Following five years of living with Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Jan Edward Vos of Kanata passed away on 17 October at the age of 68.
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 43 years, Jackie; children Simon and Adrianne; his sisters Tina (Bill), Hilda (Scott), brother Brian (Susan), sister-in-law Kim; brothers-in-law Ralph (Isabelle), Eric (Marie-Claude); his relatives in Canada and abroad; and his friends.
He was predeceased by his parents Johannes and Magdalena and his brother Henry.
Born in Woodstock, Ontario, he fell in love with airplanes and joined the Canadian Armed Forces where he served as an Aerospace Engineer for 35 years. In his spare time, he enjoyed working with his hands, spending many hours tinkering on his 1984 Volvo. He loved woodworking, and completed 100s of projects. This included his own urn, which was turned out of a piece of Black Walnut from a tree Ed planted in his beloved yard in 1995.
A graveside service will be held at the National Military Cemetery, located at Beechwood Cemetery, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa, on Friday, November 1 at 10 a.m.
Memorial donations may be made in Ed’s name to Prostate Cancer Research. The family wishes to send a special thank you to the staff at the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre as well as Dr. Bossé, Dr. Fawaz, Dr. Tiberi and Dr. Spacek.
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Eric Baulne
Repose en paix Ed. I met Ed when he was about to marry my sister, I asked him to always take care of her. Ed you made me a promise that day that you respected at 200%. I will never forget you, you will be missed. Love you brother 🙏🏻
I met Ed when we worked together on the Air Staff in Business Planning (DASP) before I retired. I will always be indebted to Ed for keeping me sane in a crazy place.
Ed was truly a gentle man with a great sense of humour. I can attest to his word working skills (awesome) and his mechanical skills keeping his old Volvo on the road well beyond it's "best before date."
My sincerest condolences to Jackie and the kids - Ed, you will be missed.