Obituary for David Dargavel Cole
David Dargavel Cole died on Thursday, February 27th, 2020.
He was predeceased by his parents William Stanley Cole and Jean Dargavel Cole, his brother James Richard Cole, and his first wife Eleanor Atkinson Cole.
He is survived by his wife of fifty years, Sheila Mary Seddon Cole and his six
children and their families: Anne Cole and Ron Mulholland, Caley Mulholland and Andrew Bennett and their children Torin, Aaron & Kai, and Spruce Mulholland; Leigh Cole, Chloe Bhandari Cole and Saijith Loganathan, and Clarke Bhandari Cole; Mollie Cole and Doug Sutherland, James Dunbar, Luke Dunbar, and Rory Dunbar; Richard Cole and Sandy VanKoughnett, Brigit Jessup and Darcy Duplessis and their children Jaxxen & Maddex, Jenna Jessup, Jaime Jessup and Pierre Huneault, and Cayden Cole and Rowan Gilmour; Michael Cole and Sarah Benton, and Benjamin Cole; Tom Cole and Shannon Cole, Eric Cole and Bryn Keogh, and Meagan Cole.
He is also survived by his sister-in-law Joan Atkinson, his niece Denise Atkinson and her family, and his in-laws and their families in England: Jean and Neil Buchan, Trevor and Margaret Seddon, and Mike and Jenneth Seddon.
David was born May 16th, 1928 in Windsor, Ontario. He spent his early life in Elgin, Brockville, and Cochrane, moving to Sudbury in 1945. He and Eleanor built their home in the mid 1950’s and he lived there until a few days before his death at the Maison McCulloch Hospice. He was a high school shop teacher with the Sudbury Board of Education at Lasalle Secondary from 1961 to 1988. He was a dedicated volunteer at Camp Manitou Bay of Islands from the late 1950’s until his last visit there at the age of 90. He was inherently curious, figured out how things worked, followed international news, believed in planting trees, and enjoyed nothing more than setting off with Sheila on a land or water exploration with a small backpack.
Visitation at the Jackson & Barnard Funeral Home (233 Larch Street, Sudbury) Friday, March 6th, 2020 from 6:00- 8:00 p.m.
Funeral Service St. John the Divine Church (34 Godfrey Drive, Copper Cliff) Saturday, March 7th at 2:00 p.m. Friends may gather at the church after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation in memory of David to Camp Manitou Bay of Islands - David Cole Project (manitoucamp.org) or the Maison McCulloch Hospice (maisonsudburyhospice.org).
For donations, or messages of condolence, www.lougheed.org.
He was predeceased by his parents William Stanley Cole and Jean Dargavel Cole, his brother James Richard Cole, and his first wife Eleanor Atkinson Cole.
He is survived by his wife of fifty years, Sheila Mary Seddon Cole and his six
children and their families: Anne Cole and Ron Mulholland, Caley Mulholland and Andrew Bennett and their children Torin, Aaron & Kai, and Spruce Mulholland; Leigh Cole, Chloe Bhandari Cole and Saijith Loganathan, and Clarke Bhandari Cole; Mollie Cole and Doug Sutherland, James Dunbar, Luke Dunbar, and Rory Dunbar; Richard Cole and Sandy VanKoughnett, Brigit Jessup and Darcy Duplessis and their children Jaxxen & Maddex, Jenna Jessup, Jaime Jessup and Pierre Huneault, and Cayden Cole and Rowan Gilmour; Michael Cole and Sarah Benton, and Benjamin Cole; Tom Cole and Shannon Cole, Eric Cole and Bryn Keogh, and Meagan Cole.
He is also survived by his sister-in-law Joan Atkinson, his niece Denise Atkinson and her family, and his in-laws and their families in England: Jean and Neil Buchan, Trevor and Margaret Seddon, and Mike and Jenneth Seddon.
David was born May 16th, 1928 in Windsor, Ontario. He spent his early life in Elgin, Brockville, and Cochrane, moving to Sudbury in 1945. He and Eleanor built their home in the mid 1950’s and he lived there until a few days before his death at the Maison McCulloch Hospice. He was a high school shop teacher with the Sudbury Board of Education at Lasalle Secondary from 1961 to 1988. He was a dedicated volunteer at Camp Manitou Bay of Islands from the late 1950’s until his last visit there at the age of 90. He was inherently curious, figured out how things worked, followed international news, believed in planting trees, and enjoyed nothing more than setting off with Sheila on a land or water exploration with a small backpack.
Visitation at the Jackson & Barnard Funeral Home (233 Larch Street, Sudbury) Friday, March 6th, 2020 from 6:00- 8:00 p.m.
Funeral Service St. John the Divine Church (34 Godfrey Drive, Copper Cliff) Saturday, March 7th at 2:00 p.m. Friends may gather at the church after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation in memory of David to Camp Manitou Bay of Islands - David Cole Project (manitoucamp.org) or the Maison McCulloch Hospice (maisonsudburyhospice.org).
For donations, or messages of condolence, www.lougheed.org.