Theodore (Ted) Hector Hansen died on March 27, 2021.
Ted is predeceased by his parents, Blanche and Howard, and his daughter Julie. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Nadeane, his sons Robb (Betty-Sue), Dean (Jacquie), Mark (Margaret), and Matt (Juliet), his 10 grandchildren Matthew (Kristen), Thomas (Becky), Mitchell (Steph), Theodore (Ally), Chloe, Jack, Neil, Kevin, Jake (Rebecca), and Kathryn, and his four great grandchildren, Callie, Johnathan, Sophie, and Emma.
Ted was born in Kamloops, B.C. on October 28, 1935, and raised on the family farm in Little Fort, B.C. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Physical Education degree in 1957.
In 1959 Ted was recruited into the wholesale lumber industry. He thrived as a salesman, with his outgoing personality, incredible sense of humour, and reputation as a man of his word. Following his career in lumber, Ted and Nadeane moved to Whistler, B.C. in 1995 where Ted sold real estate and volunteered as a mountain host with Blackcomb for 20 years.
Ted was an avid golfer his entire life. It was a love/hate relationship. When Ted wasn't skiing or golfing, you could find him fly fishing at Taweel Lake. Taweel has been a second home to the entire family for generations. Ted's early years at the lake were spent as a fish boy at the camp and driving the Jeep road.
Ted's true love was for his family. It was the overriding purpose of his life and the focus of every decision he ever made. His devotion as a loving husband, father, and grandfather will be his true legacy for eternity. He will be forever loved and remembered in the hearts of his family and friends.
John Hilliker
John Featherston Hilliker (23 July 1935-14 September 2021), died peacefully at home in Ottawa from complications of Parkinson's disease.
He was predeceased by an infant sister, Elizabeth Anne (1932), his father, Albert deForest Hilliker (1953), his mother, Ethel Featherston Hilliker (1984) and his cousin, Helen Cole (2017).
Born and raised in Kamloops, B.C., John graduated from Queen’s University (BA, 1958), Brown University (MA, 1962) and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (PhD, 1968). He joined the Canadian foreign service in 1958 and served as Consul in Jakarta, Indonesia. He left to pursue his doctoral studies and taught at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, before returning to the Department of External Affairs as historian in 1975. As head of the Historical Section from 1986 until his retirement in 2003, he became a leading authority on the history of Canada’s foreign relations. He was general editor of the series Documents on Canadian External Relations, architect of the Department’s official history project and senior author of its three published volumes, and contributor to numerous scholarly collections.
As Parkinson’s restricted his independence, John was sustained by his family of friends: Christopher Cook, the late Greg Donaghy and his wife Mary, Doug and Margaret MacDonald, Lolan Merklinger, Pat Steele, Elayne van Snellenberg and Mary Halloran.
