Obituary of SmithSydney Smith

<h1>Dr. Sydney Smith</h1> February 10, 1920 – August 10, 2010 Passed away peacefully Tuesday August 10th, 2010 in his 91st year, at The Village of Winston Park after a brief battle with cancer. Sydney is predeceased by his wife, Sheila Ann Smith (nee Grannary) October 11, 2001. Loving father of sons Cameron with Connie of Langley BC, Hal with Louise of Langley BC, David and his wife Donna of Thousand Oaks, CA, Sean of Toronto ON, and daughters Sherry Gamble and her husband Dennis of Winnipeg MB, Sandra Smith and her husband Gerry of St. Jean sur Richelieu PQ, and Stephanie Hanley and her husband Ron of Waterloo, ON. Grandpa will be sadly missed by his thirteen grandchildren: Jeramy, Adam, Sydney, Nathan, Tanya, Kate, Elizabeth, Keltie, Stephen, Rebecca, Lee, Michelle, and Adrienne, along with his seven great-grandchildren, Connolly, Keegan, Joshua, Laurel, Ashley, Heather and Ryan. Survived by his sister Lilian. Diagnosed with cancer just prior to his 90th birthday, being true to form Sydney did not disclose his disease to his family until after his birthday celebrations were complete. He fought the good fight and eventually succumbed peacefully, comfortably and with family at his home. Born and raised in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Syd enlisted in the R.C.A.F. during WW II piloting 13 missions with R.A.F. Bomber Command until being shot down over occupied Europe. Evading capture via the “Comète Line” he was returned into service to train new pilots through the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, B.C.A.T.P., Canada’s Aerodrome of Democracy. After the war Sydney graduated the School of Dentistry at the University of Toronto in 1950 initially practicing in New Liskeard, ON, and Thunder Bay, ON in 1956. Then, with the good of the community at heart, Sydney turned to social service and practiced dentistry for the Ministry of Social Services at the Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital in Thunder Bay and in Southern Ontario at the Oxford Regional Center in Woodstock, Ontario. Retiring to Waterloo in 1987 both Syd and Sheila remained in service to their faith and church and ultimately family, enjoying their golden years with a proud independence and lucidity until the end of their days on this earth ... and their new beginning. Their love lives on. Sydney’s story is now the subject of a book entitled “Lifting the Silence”, co-authored with his son David and will be available in bookstores this fall. Friends are invited to share their memories of Sydney during visitation Saturday August 14th, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., at the Erb &amp; Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, with service and reception to follow at the Church of the Holy Savior Anglican Church, 33 Allen St. E., Waterloo. Interment will be at Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Huntingford at 4:30 p.m. Condolences for the family and donations to Church of the Holy Saviour or to the Canadian Cancer Society may be arranged through the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445 519-745-8445.