Buck Ratchford passed away in Kamloops, British Columbia on March 24, 2013 at the age of 79. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge for 45 years, the Shriners for 35 years and also the Scottish Rite for 44 years.
Don Rawson
Douglas Richards
Dr. Douglas Perry Richards of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at the age of 80, after a remarkable two-year battle with lung cancer.
He was born on May 13, 1934, in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, to the late C. Perry & Helen Hornby Richards. He was preceded in death by his sister, Audrey and brother-in-law Everett Henderson of Nanaimo, BC, Canada and his sister-in-law, Virginia Patton, and brother-in-law, Houston Campbell, of Jonesborough, TN.
Dr. Richards is survived by his loving wife, Shirley Patton Richards, formerly of Telford, TN, for nearly 47 years, along with two caring nieces: Jill Henderson (Robert Goodlad) of Vernon, BC, Canada and Janet Bowers (Gavin and children Celine and Katelyn) of Victoria, BC.
He was educated in the public school system and graduated in 1952 from Kam High. In 1957, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of British Columbia. After working several years with the BC Forest Service, Prince Rupert, BC, he entered as a graduate research assistant at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. At this institution, he received both a Master of Forestry (1963) and a Ph.D. of Forestry-agriculture Economics and Statistics (1971) from Oregon State University. He was a member of the Canadian Institute of Forestry and the Society of American Foresters, which he joined in 1960. Douglas served in progressively more challenging positions after graduating from Oregon State University until his retirement in 2005. These included Northwestern Pulp and Paper in Hinton, Alberta, Canada; Crown Zellerbach Corp. in Portland, Oregon; Forest Economics Government Institute in Ottawa, Canada; Instructor of Forestry Economics at Virginia Tech; Canadian Forestry Service in Ottawa, Canada; Head of the Forestry Department at the Mississippi State University and also Associate Director of the Forest and Wildlife Research Center at M.S. U. He retired in July 2005 and in September of that year moved to Jonesborough, TN.
Jean passed away suddenly on August 8, 2020 at the age of 86.
She will be missed by her nephew Brian Ross (Delane) and her nieces Elaine Ross and Laurie Ross as well as many friends.
Jean was born in Vancouver on October 21, 1933. Her middle name was chosen to recognize Cairine Wilson, the first woman appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1930. The family moved to Kamloops when Jean was a child due to health issues for her older brother Gordon. Jean fondly remembered her childhood in Kamloops and especially her time with her father, Sime Ross. She shadowed him everywhere and helped him with his errands as he had lost a leg at Passchendaele.
Jean graduated from Kamloops High School and attended Mount Royal College in Calgary, graduating in 1954. After working with J.R. Pyper for a short time, Jean joined Ian Clark at Radio Station CFJC in 1955.
As partners they founded CFCR-TV (now CFJC-TV) in 1957, one of North America's first small-market TV operations. They then extended service throughout the Thompson-Cariboo area via seven re-broadcasting stations. They also founded CFFM-FM, Kamloops' first FM station, in the early 60s and built Broadcast Centre on Columbia Street West.
For many years Jean worked as a CBC news photographer taking 16 mm film of events in the area. If there was a news-worthy story, they would send the film to CBC in Vancouver. Hockey was a dominant sport in the area, with the local team reaching the Memorial Cup, so sending sports and news stories to CBC became a regular occurrence. One story, the last sailing of the steamer "Lady Minto" on the Arrow Lakes, not only made it to the full CBC Network but also was carried on the full CBS Network in the U.S.
Jean remained with Broadcast Centre until selling her interests in 1970 and moved to Vancouver to join Rudd, Goold & Elliott, Chartered Accountants. In 1981 this firm merged with Price Waterhouse and shortly thereafter, Jean was asked to transfer to the Price Waterhouse national office in Toronto. Jean retired in 1992 and returned to Vancouver to look after her mother who was not well.
We will greatly miss her love and kindness, her generous nature and her interest in the people around her. She loved connecting with people and getting to know them.
Ratchford.jpg "Ralph (Buck) Ratchford - Grad Picture")
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