IMHOFF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-05 published
CREERY,
Leslie
John
With sorrow, we announce the death of L. John
CREERY, husband,
father, grandfather, friend. Born in Vancouver on August 14,
1926 to Marion
KER and Leslie
CREERY,
John died on December 3,
2007, in his 82nd year, after a long courageous war with cancer.
John is survived by his wife of 30 years, Gretchen Keirstead
CREERY, his four sons, John Michael (Anne
RISTIC,)
Jamie
(Carole
IMHOFF), Adam (Laurie) and Anthony (Laura
AITKEN), his step-daughter,
Melissa MOSELEY, his sister, Eleanor
ROBINSON, his 10 grandchildren
and many cousins, nieces and nephews, and was predeceased by
his daughter, Sarah Ann, and his brother, Andrew. His Friends
and clients are too numerous to imagine, much less tally. Horses,
newspapers and theatre were among John's early interests but
he turned to law as a young man, as it was a responsible thing
to do. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University
of British Columbia in 1951, John headed to the Department of
Justice in Ottawa, for a brief stint as a legislative draftsman.
Thereafter, John practiced law in Vancouver virtually to the
end of his life. John was as interested in his clients themselves,
and their businesses, as he was in their legal affairs and worked
tirelessly on every idea, venture and project that came his way.
For John, the journey was every bit as compelling as the destination.
John practiced extensively in the entertainment, cruise and natural
resources businesses as varied a legal practice as were his interests
in life. John was enthralled by people, by car collecting, by
gardening, and by trains big and small. John had, to the end,
an active and inquiring mind and was fascinated by life, and
by the physical and spiritual world in which he lived. John was
old-fashioned in the most admirable sense of the phrase and embodied
respect, civility and good manners; he loved his Friends. To
the end, John was a very spiritual man. A memorial service marking
John's life will be held at 12 o'clock p.m. on Saturday, December 8,
2007 at Saint Mary's Anglican Church in Kerrisdale. In lieu of
flowers, a donation to the British Columbia Cancer Foundation
or the Huntington Society of Canada, British Columbia Chapter,
would be appreciated.
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