EGIT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-03-04 published
KWICINSKI,
Larry
On Saturday, February 18th, 2006, Larry
KWICINSKI lost his 9
month battle with pancreatic cancer. Larry passed away peacefully
at his home in Woodside, California. Larry was born in Welland,
Canada on August 5th, 1948. Larry moved to Toronto when he was
18 years old and lived there for more than 25 years. Larry moved
from Toronto to California in 1998 with his wife, Nanci
CALDWELL
and his daughter, Adriana. Larry retired from the software industry
3 years ago where he was the Chief Executive Officer of a company
he founded - Sales Gorilla. Larry also had a distinguished career
at General Electric and Hewlett Packard for 10 and 8 years respectively.
Larry was a man who lived every aspect of his life to the fullest.
Larry could light up a room just with his presence; he didn't
need words - tall and very handsome, his face warm and welcoming,
his smile wide and eyes sparkling. And as his daughter, Adriana
says, his wink could light a whole town of people's hearts. Larry
loved to laugh and had a great sense of humour. Larry was known
for his love of playing - Adriana's Friends saw Larry as their
friend. He not only joined the kids in play but he was the impetus
for so much of their fun. Nothing made Larry happier than spending
a day playing with Adriana and her Friends. Larry was a well
educated man, a wise man, a life long learner. Larry's first
degree was a degree in Electronics from Ryerson; while he was
at Hewlett Packard he went back to York University and did his
M.B.A.; and when Adriana was a baby, he went back to school part
time to University of Waterloo and received his Masters in Environmental
Studies. Larry loved to read and to learn and although he would
share his wisdom he did not have a need to prove his wisdom.
Larry loved nature and the outdoors - it was a passion that Larry
shared with Adriana. Larry had travelled to the Canadian Arctic
many times throughout his life and began sharing the Arctic with
Adriana when she was in 5th grade. Larry and Adriana had 4 wonderful
trips to the Arctic together - 3 in winter and 1 in summer. Larry
also loved kayaking, snowshoeing, canoeing and in recent years
went back to his Canadian roots by taking up ice hockey. Perhaps
more than anything, what defined Larry were his values. Larry
was an honest man. True to himself and true to others. He was
a man of the highest integrity. Larry was a man that defined
himself by who he was not by what he had. Larry touched so many
lives in such a positive way and he will be greatly missed. He
is survived by his loving wife Nanci, and his adoring daughter
Adriana. He is also survived by his parents Betty and Chester
KWICINSKI
(Welland,
Ontario;) and his brothers and sisters (all
of Canada:) Betty Lou
DIMATTIO;
Barry
KWICINSKI; Brenda
MICHENER
Randy KWICINSKI;
Cindy
BLANCHARD; Jerry
KWICINSKI; his wife's
parents: Bill and Fran
CALDWELL
(Brockville,
Ontario;) brothers-and
sisters-in-law (all of Canada:) Mike
DIMATTIO; JoAnne
KWICINSKI
Art BLANCHARD;
Carol
CALDWELL; Michael and Judy
CALDWELL; Susan
CALDWELL and Mark
EGIT; Terri and Paul
JENKINSON; Patti
CALDWELL.
He is survived by many nieces and nephews that loved their uncle
dearly: Beth, Michael, Alison, Jessica, Justin, Alexandria, Curtis,
Evan, Jessica, Jacob, Jennifer, Patrick, Shaindel, Ruby, Megan,
Jill, Sam, Lee and Sophie. The family requests that in lieu of
flowers, donations be made in Larry's name to PanCan (www.pancan.org)
or the Canadian Wildlife Federation (1-800-563-9453 Ext. 211).
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