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Joan Kathleen Crooks (nee Jamieson) peacefully died at Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga. She is survived by her husband, Gerald (Gerry) Crooks, three children, and seven grandchildren. 

Joan was born Sept. 5, 1932, in Ottawa and grew up in Montreal, Ottawa, Carleton Place and Toronto. Following her mother Mary Hooper Jamieson’s proud example (Bachelor of Commerce, 1929), she attended ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s. She graduated in 1955 as a Bachelor of Nursing Science. She took her training at KGH, class of ‘54. Days after marrying in 1957, she moved with Gerry to his military posting in Germany. During their two-year “honeymoon” in Europe, they explored Bavarian castles, Swiss meadows, and Dutch tulip gardens. In 1959, they returned by trans-Atlantic ocean liner with their first child to settle in Kingston. 

Joan worked teaching nursing, and in community nursing with the Victorian Order of Nurses, supporting the Kingston community. 

She enjoyed summers at their cottage on Bobs Lake with her grandchildren. She and Gerry danced with the Kingston Square Dance club for many years. We will all miss her immensely.

John Hyland Limeburner passed away on the evening of Sept. 6 surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife of 33 years Cynthia; his sisters, Jane and Mary (Wayne); and his children, Chip and Peter (Ashley). He was predeceased by his parents, Jack and Gaggie; and sister, Ann.

As a man who spent his life reading and learning, John completed many degrees, including a BComm at Loyola College in 1968; an MBA at ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�'s in 1974; and the National Program at McGill in 1985, earning both a BCL and LLB.

Throughout his life, John devoted himself to serving his communities. Whether it be the golf community through the Quebec Golf Association and Royal Canadian Golf Association; his work at McGill for 25-plus years; his religious community at St. Ignatius of Loyola parish; his work with the Black Watch Foundation and Concordia Alumni Association; or his community, as a resident of Montreal West, he put all his energy into bettering the lives of those around him in whatever way he could. He will be deeply missed and long remembered by all who knew him.

Dr. Pamela Frid passed away on July 3, 2024. She is survived by her mother, Karen Simmons (William); sister, Sandra Frid (Artsci’83, MSc’85, Ed’86) (Nevile); sister, Beverly Frid-Burrows (MBA’84) (Scott); and niece, Holly Burrows (Artsci’18). Pam was the granddaughter of James Curtis Houston (BSc’30) who first introduced Pam to a love of ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s and ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s football as a young child in the 1960’s. 

Pam began her education at ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s in 1976 and graduated from the medical school in 1982. While at ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s, Pam was a very proud member of ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s Bands (French horn) for five years and thoroughly enjoyed the tradition of the parade to football games. This love continued throughout her life and her attendance at many homecoming weekends. Pam practiced in her early career in Kingston and was a member of the faculty at ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�'s School of Medicine. After moving to London, Ont., Pam spent over 20 years as the medical director at Thames Valley Children’s Centre, with a cross appointment on the faculty at Western University. Pam received official recognition from the Royal College of Physicians of Canada for her contributions in establishing developmental paediatrics as a medical specialty with its own curriculum and its own qualification exam. She was chair of the national exam committee for several years. 

After retirement in 2023, Pamela was named as a Professor Emeritus at Western University. Pam loved ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s and Kingston with her whole heart. It had been her intention to spend her retirement years in Kingston, where her family roots extend back to 1784. Her ties to ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s campus included “Grey House”, which was built by her great-great-grandfather, James Maxwell, in 1899 and who also built many of the stately brick homes that now house ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s students. Her ties to Kingston included her grandmother, Doris Bruce, who was born and raised at 420 Albert St. and her great grandfather Robert Bruce, who owned a mercantile department store on Princess Street and who liked to tell stories about his first job as a young lad planting the trees that now shade many of the streets in the University District. 

Pamela’s ashes have come home to Kingston, and she is resting in Cataraqui Cemetery, where seven generations of her family are buried.