Died at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ont. in his 67th year, the husband of Mary Lou Sturgess. He was the father of Doug and Wendy of Barrie, Don and Sharon of Bradford and Cheryl and Dan Prentice of Bond Head. He was predeceased by his brother Leonard, his sisters Annie and Mary-Carol and by his parents Roy and Cora Stephenson. A funeral service was held in the chapel of the Rod Abrams Funeral Home, Tottenham, on February 5th, 2008, with a later interment in Schomberg Union Cemetery.