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8174 David A. Redmond

Died: 01 March, 2009 (Cancer)

REDMOND, David Albert Died peacefully in hospital on Sunday, March 1, 2009 in Nanaimo, B.C. after a long battle with cancer. Son of the late Thomas Redmond and Noreen Redmond (nee Germain). Survived by his loving wife Ivana, mother Noreen, sisters Oneta Ramsay (Kevin) and Deidre Redmond (Jamie) in Ottawa and his brother Michael Redmond (Cathy) in Halifax. Also survived by his mother-in-law and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law in Brazil. David will be fondly remembered by numerous cousins, nephews and nieces in both Canada and Brazil. Memorial service will be held at a later date in Ottawa. TELFORD'S MID-ISLAND MEMORIAL SERVICES 1-866-503-5553

 

REDMOND, DAVID ALBERT
JUNE 14, 1947 – MARCH 1, 2009
DAVID LOVED AND LIVED LIFE FULLY AND WAS LOVED BY ALL: FRIENDS, FAMILY AND IN LAWS, SPECIALLY BY HIS WIFE, IVANA OF SIXTEEN YEARS. HE LIVED COURAGEOUSLY AND NEVER SHOWN AWAY FROM ANY CHALLENGES. DAVID WAS A MAN OF HONOR AND INTEGRITY WHO APPRECIATED HIS FRIENDS AND LOVED HIS FAMILY, SPECIALLY HIS WIFE DEEPLY. HE ALSO, LOVED GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST AND BELIEVED IN AN ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD.

HE GRADUATED FROM MILITARY COLLEGE AND JOINED THE RCN AS CHIEF ENGINEER. HE WAS A CAPTAIN, HELD A PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE, LOVED HIS MOTORCYCLE, SCUBA DIVING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. HE WAS A WORLD TRAVELER, AND A BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER THOMAS, SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND BEST FRIEND IVANA, BY HIS MOTHER NOREEN REDMOND, BROTHER MICHAEL, SISTERS ONETA AND DEIDRE AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

A SPECIAL THANK TO DR. T. DAVIES, DAVID'S FAMILY PHYSICIAN, WHO FOUGHT RELENTLESSLY FOR DAVID'S LIFE UP TO THE END.

Dave, Ivana, Wil Bush 2006

 


  
Matterhorn Summit 
                                                             

    

L-R FNU, FNU, Dana Ferguson, FNU, Wayne Ananny, Keith Reed at Dave's Celebration of Life  2009

    

1969
Ah yes- the famous flying Spitfire - which was previously owned by my good buddy Dave Redmond. I bought it from Dave in the fall of 1968 Dave was the photographer for the 1969 RMC yearbook - the "Review". Dave wanted to use a full page picture of "his" Spitfire flying through the air as the title page of the "Spring Term" section of the Review. After much searching we found a suitable spot and the two of us went out for the photo shoot. I was alone in the car for that first photo shoot and as a result the driver's side was way lower than the passenger side, so we decided we needed a re-shoot using a girl to balance the Spitfire - why didn't we think of adding a girl in the first place??? By now it was literally the day before the cut-off date for inserting photos into the review. Where to find a girl on 5 minutes notice. I was engaged to my wife Maureen at the time, who was living in Calgary - so I was out of touch with the ladies. Dave had lots of ladies but none available on 5 minutes notice. The lady in the Spitfire is Linda Watson, who I had dated in the fall of 1967 for at time. Gerry Gainer started dating her and she was his girl friend at the time of the photo shoot. I called her and the rest is history.

 Crazy days! 

Best regards,

Mark (Moore)

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  1. Mike BardonApril 13, 2024 at 6:48 AM

    I have fond memories of Dave from our time in the same squadron in 4th year at RMC when our rooms were close. We had one novel "business" deal together. He had a wrecked mandolin which I traded him for something I had that he wanted. After I had refurbished the mandolin, he thought it looked so good that he regretted getting rid of it and bought it back from me.

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