CLARENCE REDEKOP

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CLARENCE REDEKOP Clarence Redekop died on August 15, 2000 at the age of 56 following a massive cardiac arrest five days earlier. Born in Winkler, Manitoba, he was a graduate of the University of Manitoba and then completed a PhD in political science at the University of Toronto. He began teaching at the University of Toronto and then also at York and Trent Universities; in each of his posts he was recognized by his students as a brilliant, always approachable teacher. An outstanding achievement during those years was his establishment of a Canadian Studies program in 1980 - 1981 at Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan. He later moved to what is now the Ministry of Education and Training, where his primary responsibilities have been for nursing programs in community colleges and where his influence on the ongoing integration of these programs into university programs has been substantial. He leaves his deeply grieving wife, Magdalene Falk Redekop, professor of English at Victoria College; and their two children, Jonathan and Susanna. He is remembered with love by his mother, Anna Redekop, and by Adeline (Redekop) and Hugo Muller, Viola (Redekop) and Dan Prowse, Ted and Marilyn Redekop, and Ernie Redekop and Alison Lee, as well as by all his nieces and nephews, especially James, Andrew and Anna Redekop. He leaves also a large extended family and colleagues whose expressions of support and love have helped greatly in the past few days. His body may be viewed at Toronto United Mennonite Church, 1774 Queen St. E., Toronto, on Friday, August 18 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The memorial service will be at this church on Saturday, August 19 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow. No flowers please; donations welcomed to the Toronto Mennonite Central Committee (the relief organization), in care of the United Mennonite Church.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Aug 18, 2000