Beloved husband to Peter Mitchell for 51 wonderful years. Don leaves behind his half-sisters Lynn (Ian) McWilliams of Kelowna, Pam (Peter) Wagner of Hamilton, and Jayne (Bill) Baldwin of Hamilton and their families, his half-brother Randy Monk of Hamilton, and all of the friends and neighbours of Riverside Gate Condos. A heartfelt thanks to the Doctors, nurses and staff at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus 5NE. Donations to Lung Cancer Canada, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation or Parkinson’s Canada would be appreciated. Friends are invited to a Fly-by Happy Hour in the Party Room of 3580 Rivergate Way, Ottawa, on September 22, 2026, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ….
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind, I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
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