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Paul and Stephanie Aitken lit a candle
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Grandpa Lemon was one of the greatest teachers. His greatest lesson to me as a grandchild was the wonder and care for nature and Gods creation. I was happy when Hugh took me and my wife Stephanie aside before we were married and said a word of blessing on our upcoming marriage. He has given the family much and we will remember him and his beautiful cottage on Cameron Lake that we are blessed with. We Love You Grandpa.
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Bruce Hood posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Dear Aunt Doris, Tom, Kathy and families, It was a sad day when mom called to say that Uncle Hugh had passed away. I'm really sorry for your loss and I have been thinking about you in the days since, wondering how you are all doing and recalling the fond memories I have of visits with him at Cameron Lake. Swapping nature stories with him on warm summer afternoons by the lake and going birding were real highlights of my annual visits to the cottage and I always looked forward to our next visit to hear about the rare plants he had found and see the bird carvings he was working on. His reverence, enthusiasm and advocacy for nature was always so apparent in his words, activities and carvings. This rubbed off and he helped bring "the Bruce" to life for me over the years. I'm truly thankful for that and I know I will always think of him as being as much a part of the Bruce as the rocks and the flora and fauna that he loved so much. Yours truly, Bruce
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Peter McLaren posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
I met Hugh at a carving competition in Kitchener a few years ago. Since I was invilved with the show I was able to speak to hgim each year. I was impressed with his dedication to learn as much as he could.He had a notebook and was always asking questions. I was sad to meet him last year when he just came to visit without bringing any birds. Hugh was special man and will be rembered with much fondness.
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Liz Logie posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with you all Kathy, Bruce, Doris, Tom, Rosemarie and all the grandchildren. Liz and family
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Paul H. Pirie posted a condolence
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Hugh Lemon was a kind and congenial gentleman at all times. When I attended McMaster University Hugh helped in hiring me for summer employment with the Hamilton Wentworth Planning Area Board which led to my first appointment as Assistant Planner with the Board. Even after Hugh left the Board to work for the Metro Board of Trade, he found the time to meet with me on a few occasions to discuss planning problems. Later I became Director of Planning for the HWPAB and I built on the foundation of good planning that Hugh had started, eventually working as a Planning Consultant for many years. I send my heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Lemon and all of Hugh's family in their loss of a great person.
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Jim and Helen Crocker posted a condolence
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Dear Tom and Family, Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of sorrow.
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Desiree & Angus McLeod posted a condolence
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Dear Tom, Rosemarie and Family: We are saddened to hear of the loss of your dear father Hugh. We know how deeply he touched your lives as a father, father-in-law and grandfather. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this sad time. Desirée & Angus McLeod
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Dorothy Hobson lit a candle
Friday, December 23, 2011
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I remember Hugh showing us the plans he and the committe had been working for months to improve Waterloo Park.I'm sure that time wasn't wasted- we'll eventually see the changes.That's just one of the many things Hugh did. He will be missed.
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Iris Dolson(Laugher)Burlington,Ont. lit a candle
Friday, December 23, 2011
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My sincere sympathy to Doris & Family.
Hugh was a friend from Millgrove many
years ago and I am so sorry for your
loss. He was a good person.
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Karen Cooper posted a condolence
Friday, December 23, 2011
I was saddened to learn of Hugh Lemon's death and wanted to pass on my condolences to his family. Hugh had such a positive impact on me when I was a student at Waterloo(1976 to 1980) and I will always be grateful for his help. Hugh ran the Liaison Office which provided job opportunities for planning students and graduating students. Hugh seemed to know everyone in the planning world and his connections and reputation opened many doors for students to get that so important first job opportunity. Hugh helped us prepare resumes, to get ready for interviews and how to "behave". He took this all so seriously and was dedicated to ensuring that we were good planners and represented Waterloo well. It seemed that magically there was the right job for you - I know now Hugh sought out his contacts to make those opportunities available. My first planning job Hugh found was for the Region of Ottawa-Carleton. I loved it and learned a lot. The contacts I made there resulted in my first job after graduation in 1980 - even though there was a recession going on. My second job between third and fourth year was did not go well for me initially. I felt under utilized and told Hugh I was going to quit and look for another job. He took me out for a coffee. He very clearly and perceptively told me to get over myself and that if I was not being given work to do, to take the initiative to find something meaningful to do, that I had made a commitment to work there for the summer that needed to be honoured, that leaving would reflect badly on me and the school, that it was for a short period of time, that I needed to focus on the positive things at work instead of the negative, that I needed to make more effort and on and on. He took me back to my office and took a photo of me saying he was adding it to his success pile. Thank goodness he was compelling and I listened to him and followed his good advice. I made myself useful at work, more work came my way and I learned a lot about how to behave that summer. It turned out to be a fantastic job and of course now I can't remember what all the fuss was about in my head at the time, just as Hugh predicted. One of the projects I worked on that summer was a tree saving bylaw and 30 years later I drew on that learning to help our street successfully retain its heritage elms (www.saveourelms.com) I still have the picture of me smiling and being a "success" - I have loved every minute of my planning career and still follow the advice Hugh gave. Thanks very much Hugh!
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Iris Dolson (Laugher) posted a condolence
Friday, December 23, 2011
My deepest sympathy to Doris and the family. Hugh was a "Milgrove" friend and in later years we bumped into each other at a Square Dance at McMaster University. Doris, I can understand your loss as I lost my husband 17 years ago. Take care Iris Dolson (Laugher)
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Reg and Alison Perkin posted a condolence
Friday, December 23, 2011
Dear Doris, Tom, Kathryn and family members. Alison and I remember well the good times we shared with you years ago at Applewood United Church. You have our love and compassion at this time as you mourn the death of Hugh, a truly remarkable man who accomplished so much in his lifetime. We shall keep you in our thoughts and prayers. - Reg
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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Dad, Grandpa, we will miss you.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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Dad, Grandpa, we will miss you.
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Tom Lemon posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Hugh T. Lemon, FCIP 1927 – 2011 Hugh Taylor Lemon was born on September 27, 1927 in Hamilton Ontario, to Hugh Lemon originally of Bognor Ontario near Owen Sound and Helen Taylor originally of North Berwick Scotland. Hugh had an older brother Jim and a younger brother David. He was a depression era youngster raised on a rural property near Strabane Ontario north of Hamilton where his clock maker-watch maker-jeweler-clock repair dad could work from home, do odd jobs and feed his family from the garden during the hard years. One of dad’s boyhood friends David Amos may be here today. No doubt in these years the stage was set for all his passions later in life. He was an Air Cadet training for the Royal Canadian Air Force flying Harvard trainer airplanes out of the Mount Hope airfield when WWII ended. He went to Albert College in Belleville Ontario. He was trained in land surveying and city planning and went to work for the Hamilton Wentworth Planning Board. He married Doris Ann Hood of Waterdown in 1950 (just celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary). Tom was born in 1955 and Kathy in 1956. He has 7 nieces and nephews and enjoyed each one. Hugh went to work for the Metropolitan Toronto Board of Trade in 1955 and remained there until 1970 when he went to the University of Waterloo as a Professional Liaison Officer in the School of Urban and Regional Planning. While at the Board of Trade he represented significant business interests in the big land use and development debates of the time including the skyscraper bank towers downtown and their underground shopping concourses, Lake Ontario waterfront plans, the international competition for the “new” city hall in Toronto and served on the international airport committee that helped map out taking the Malton airport from what it was then to the world class Pearson International Airport it is today. One of the projects he considered the most fun of his career was building the Board of Trade Golf and Country Club in Woodbridge. There is a slide around somewhere of my dad and I up on a bulldozer grading the 18th green in the early 1960’s. At the same time, for more than 15 years he was the Secretary Treasurer of the Town Planning Institute of Canada which became the Canadian Institute of Planners and was awarded the National Centennial Medal in 1967 for his outstanding contribution to City Planning in Canada. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners (FCIP) in 1977. He knew everyone in Canadian city planning circles from coast to coast. He also ran a small land use planning consulting practice out of the house. He consulted to a number of church organizations on where they should locate churches in the burgeoning metro Toronto region. At the University of Waterloo he became the primary link between the Planning School and the profession of city planning and planning employers, and helped hundreds of planning students land their first jobs with summer internship placements and then full time jobs. There are many students who he really helped and loved. The first of those are retiring these days after great careers over the last 30 – 40 years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Grand River Conservation Authority and became a leading advocate for sound watershed management and particularly for a better solution to small watersheds in the path of urban development than putting them in concrete storm drains. He was a staunch advocate for linear open space corridors, ecosystem based and environmental friendly urban planning and design. None more so than in his own backyard in the Claire Creek watershed of Waterloo. He was an advocate for good farming practices such as contour plowing and fencing creeks to reduce soil erosion and improve water quality in tributary watersheds. He was an avid gardener and his own backyard garden in Waterloo was a showpiece in the neighborhood for many years. His next passion was his summer place near Tobermory Ontario, where he spent every summer for the last 40 years. He pursued his interests as a first rate amateur naturalist, birder, photographer, wood worker, and bird carver. No doubt there are a few plant locations whose exact locations will remain secret now. Doris and Hugh built a beautiful “new” home on the property in 1986. He was the President of the St. Edmunds Township Rate Payers Association for many years representing the interests of primarily seasonal home owners in local politics and issues and was a great supporter of the medical clinic in Tobermory spearheading the installation of its first defibrillator. He was a supporter of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, the Long Point Bird Observatory and more recently the Nature Conservancy of Canada in their conservation and land acquisition efforts on the Bruce Peninsula to purchase and protect rare habitats and properties. And he was a big advocate for the establishment of the 2 new national parks: Bruce Peninsula National Park and Fathom Five National Marine Park and served as a Director on their Advisory Board for 5 years in the 1980’s. Hugh and Doris were early residents in Luther Village in Waterloo where they have made many friends over the years. Hugh is survived by his wife Doris who just received her BA in History from the University of Waterloo, son Tom (Scottsdale Arizona) and his wife Dr. Rosemarie Kennaley and their 3 children Alex (U of Minnesota), Sarah (Colgate University) and Danielle (Grade 12 and nationally ranked goaltender in the USA), and Kathy Aitken and her husband the Rev Bruce Aitken (Bracebridge Ontario), and their 3 children Scott and wife Des (North Bay), Paul (Alberta) and Luke (Liberty University in Virginia). Hugh’s life touched many people who will miss him. He had many great friends who he appreciated and vice versa. He died of heart complications which he started battling 45 years ago and they finally won. He would be honored by any donations made in his name to the Nature Conservancy of Canada for the acquisition of nature preserves on the Bruce Peninsula OR to Birds Canada for student scholarships at the Long Point Bird Observatory. Those are the facts. Now to wing it, ad lib and editorialize for a minute thinking about dad’s death over the last two weeks, and what does it all mean. I’m sure each one of us has our own thoughts. The one that I’m taking away, and it is a real positive is that if you’ve ever held Ruby Crown Kinglet in your hand for banding, or a Blue Jay pecking at your glove, or heard a Ruffed Grouse drumming or seen the aerial display of a Woodcock, you have witnessed a remarkable life force and almost magical beauty. If you have ever walked gingerly around the edge of a wetland to find a clump of Showy Lady Slippers, or found a moss covered rock sprinkled with Calypso Orchids or suddenly come across a Striped Coral Root in the brown decay of the forest floor, or if you know exactly the one place where a certain plant is located and gone to see it in the few days it is in bloom, then you have witnessed improbable miracles out of what seems like almost nothing. And that was his gift to show you and to share it with you. He could find it, he could see it, he knew quite a bit about it, he could take pictures and capture it on film, dad could even carve it. But what he really wanted was to just appreciate these small miracles and share them with you. And that is something special. That was his gift. Imagine having someone who’d share small miracles with you. There was a price for admission. He’d get frustrated and angry at a lot of things, he could be demanding and tough to live with at times, even more so to those he cared the most for, but at the heart of it, I believe he most wanted to share and appreciate these small miracles of nature. Thanks for sharing the miracles, all else is forgiven. Peace be with him and with you, Amen.
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Randy & Tracy Franks posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Randy & Tracy Franks made a donation to The Hugh T. Lemon Student Scholarship - Bird Studies Canada
During this difficult time I would like to extend my most heartfelt sympathies. Randy and Tracy Franks
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Jim & Barb Ross posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Jim & Barb Ross made a donation to The Hugh T. Lemon Student Scholarship - Bird Studies Canada
Sorry to hear about Hugh. Memories abound of my times with your family. Visits to Cameron Lake, chopping kindling, hiking to Georgean Bay, or just playing crib by the old Coleman desk lamp. My last visit to Cameron Lake was the July long weekend 1980. I stayed overnight waiting for the Tobermory ferry on my move west to Calgary. Tom, Kathy, and Doe, Our thoughts are with you and the Lemon Clan. Kindest Regards Jim & Barb
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Jim Crocker posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Jim Crocker made a donation to The Hugh T. Lemon Student Scholarship - Bird Studies Canada
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Terry & Don MacFarlane and Family posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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We are very sorry to hear about your loss. From our family to yours, our most heartfelt sympathies.
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Ken O'Driscoll posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Ken O'Driscoll made a donation to The Hugh T. Lemon Student Scholarship - Bird Studies Canada
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Ken and Pat O'Driscoll posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Ken and Pat O'Driscoll made a donation to The Hugh T. Lemon Student Scholarship - Bird Studies Canada
