Obituary of Stuart Grant

<h1>Stuart Grant</h1> 1922 - 2007 Passed away peacefully at Grand River Hospital on December 29, 2007 at the age of 85. Pre-deceased by his darling wife Shirley in 2004. Lovingly mourned by sons Robert and Brenda of Waterloo, William and Patti of Vancouver and daughter Jennifer and Jack Baer of Houston, Texas. Also mourned by grandsons Trevor and Sarah of Waterloo, Andrew and Christina of Squamish, Robert of Vancouver and granddaughter Alison and Andrew Phillips of Ottawa. Stuart was born in Toronto where he received his early schooling. He later graduated from Carleton University, Ottawa with a diploma in Public Administration and did post-graduate work at the University of London in Air Law. As a wartime pilot, Stuart completed a tour of operations with 519 Squadron RAF coastal command in the Norwegian Sea between Norway, Iceland, Scotland and Spitzbergen. For a period after World War II, he was an airline pilot in the United States and in the late forties joined the Department of Transport as an Air Regulations Inspector in the Toronto Region. In 1950, he went to Ottawa where he served in numerous administrative and operational posts. He has investigated numerous aircraft accidents including a fatal crash of a large jet aircraft near Montreal in 1963. Over a number of years he was responsible for planning the continuing use of Canadian Civil Aviation resources in time of war or NATO emergency. For several years he served as Civil Air Atttache with the Canadian High Commission in London. He returned to Ottawa in 1970 to become Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Transport. In 1973, Stuart became Director, Civil Aviation Security, where he developed and coordinated with airports and airlines the early elements of the Canadian Civil Aviation Security Program. Between 1977 and 1980 he served as Canada's Permanent Representative on the Council of ICAO in Montreal whose principal function is to ensure the safe and orderly growth of International Civil Aviation throughout the world. In 1980 he left the Federal Government after 36 1/2 years and joined the Air Transport Association of Canada as Vice-President until his retirement there in 1989 where he took on the post of Executive Director of the Northern Air Transport Association with its headquarters in Yellowknife, NWT. He retired from NATA at the end of 1995. In 1952 he became a member of the Gyro Club of Ottawa and served as its President in 1964. He has been a member of the K-W Gyro Club as well as the KW Senior Gyro Club for a number of years. With his wife Shirley, they moved to Waterloo in 1991 and enjoyed many benefits of this great community. Friends are invited to share their memories of Stuart with his family at the Erb &amp; Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. The service to celebrate Stuart’s life will be held at First United Church, Waterloo (King &amp; William) on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 11 :00 a.m. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family and can be arranged through the funeral home – 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com In living memory of Stuart, a tree will be planted through the Trees for Learning Program by the funeral home.