John Hilliard TRETHEWEY

TRETHEWEY, John Hilliard January 3, 1941 - December 8, 2007 Portrait of Lieutenant John Trethewey by Wendy Trethewey, 1962 Retired Infantry Major (The Canadian Guards, and after 1970, The Royal Canadian Regiment). While vacationing with his cherished wife Judit in Budapest Hungary, John died peacefully in his sleep on December 8th, the result of a heart attack. Following school in Toronto (Whitney Public and North Toronto Collegiate) and a Junior Forest Ranger job, John hitchhiked across Canada. He joined the Cdn. Officers Training Corps in 1958 at U of T. He chose Infantry (he liked the red beret) for his summer training at camps Borden and Petawawa. After attending OAC Guelph and Mount Allison in Sackville N.B. (History/English), John joined the regular army in 1962 as a Lieutenant. He served in Petawawa, Gagetown, Germany, Norway, Cyprus, Montreal (FLQ), Australia (Staff College, Queenscliff and the Jungle Training Centre, Canungra), London ON, Meaford, Suffield, RMC Kingston (honourary member of Class of '80), Halifax, Aldershot, and Ottawa. John was a varsity swimmer and water polo player and an avid canoeist. He enjoyed chess, poker, casino roulette, traveling to WWI battlefields and history. He was also a spectacular father, grandfather, husband and friend. He cherished time spent with family and his many close friends. Beloved husband of Judit (nee Csontos), son of Hilliard and Dell, loving father of Philip (Megan), Colin (Cyndi), Steve (Sarah). Fondly remembered by his first wife Wendy (nee Finch-Noyes, Phil and Col's Mum). Devoted Poppa to Carolina. Dear brother of Margaret Lewless, Uncle to David Slatter, and dear friend of everyone he spent time with. Saturday, January 12th @ 1100hrs - Celebration of Life service open to all held in Ottawa at Beechwood Cemetery in the new National Memorial Centre (280 Beechwood Ave). In lieu of flowers feel free to follow John's example by donating clothes, money, and/or your time to the Ottawa Mission: www.ottawamission.com Published in the Ottawa Citizen on 12/15/2007