In Memory of
Ted
Margetts
Margetts
1940 - 2017
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Obituary for Ted Margetts
Also known as Victor Edward James or “Teddy,” it truly did depend on how well you knew him.
Ted was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital and later joked that he just walked across the street and went to work at the Experimental Farm where he spent 28 years. He always said that if you get a job you love you never work a day in your life. His love of trees, nature, and his curiosity were a perfect combination for his years at the farm.
Before his career in Civil Service he was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy. His favorite memory from this time was flying back from Halifax with the Prime Minister.
Ted was previously deceased by his parents Victor and Eunice Margetts, and his high school sweetheart and wife of 53 years, Lillian (Blair). He is survived by his brother Stephen (Marlene) and many lifelong friends. He would frequently reminisce about his times getting into mischief on the streets of Kemptville with these same friends. Some of these stories have become local legends.
Ted enjoyed spending time camping, fishing, and keeping his bees. He loved spending time with his girls Vicky-Lynn (Trent) and Kelly-Anne (Chad). He instilled into his girls to always be kinder, more generous, and more gracious than you need to be; you never know what somebody else is going through.
The amazing memories of camping trips, weekends on the island, Christmas mornings, and laughs around the kitchen table provided a template for the girls to aspire to with their own families.
He was Grandad to Tereck, McKenna, and Kade. They worshipped him just as he worshipped them. He taught them all golf, archery, how to swim, and how to build bird houses. Often, these lessons would mean the destruction of their Grandma’s amazing flower gardens, clean clothes on the line or, once, the solar panels. He and his grandkids always had great adventures.
He will be missed on his annual hunting trips to Algonquin Park with Pryce Apedaile. Ted will be terribly missed by his sister-in-law Joan (Keith), his nieces and nephews, and his companion Mrs. Lil Render.
Our daily conversations will be missed. We will now have to rely on Google when we need to research something because our guru on everything no longer takes phone calls.
Your witty jokes and exceptional bear hugs will be greatly missed.
We love you Dad, Grandad. You will be forever missed.
Ted was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital and later joked that he just walked across the street and went to work at the Experimental Farm where he spent 28 years. He always said that if you get a job you love you never work a day in your life. His love of trees, nature, and his curiosity were a perfect combination for his years at the farm.
Before his career in Civil Service he was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy. His favorite memory from this time was flying back from Halifax with the Prime Minister.
Ted was previously deceased by his parents Victor and Eunice Margetts, and his high school sweetheart and wife of 53 years, Lillian (Blair). He is survived by his brother Stephen (Marlene) and many lifelong friends. He would frequently reminisce about his times getting into mischief on the streets of Kemptville with these same friends. Some of these stories have become local legends.
Ted enjoyed spending time camping, fishing, and keeping his bees. He loved spending time with his girls Vicky-Lynn (Trent) and Kelly-Anne (Chad). He instilled into his girls to always be kinder, more generous, and more gracious than you need to be; you never know what somebody else is going through.
The amazing memories of camping trips, weekends on the island, Christmas mornings, and laughs around the kitchen table provided a template for the girls to aspire to with their own families.
He was Grandad to Tereck, McKenna, and Kade. They worshipped him just as he worshipped them. He taught them all golf, archery, how to swim, and how to build bird houses. Often, these lessons would mean the destruction of their Grandma’s amazing flower gardens, clean clothes on the line or, once, the solar panels. He and his grandkids always had great adventures.
He will be missed on his annual hunting trips to Algonquin Park with Pryce Apedaile. Ted will be terribly missed by his sister-in-law Joan (Keith), his nieces and nephews, and his companion Mrs. Lil Render.
Our daily conversations will be missed. We will now have to rely on Google when we need to research something because our guru on everything no longer takes phone calls.
Your witty jokes and exceptional bear hugs will be greatly missed.
We love you Dad, Grandad. You will be forever missed.