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- On March 12, 2020 the world lost a fantastic father, husband, grandfather, hunter, fisherman, pilot, painter and golfer. Born in Trail, B.C. Colin passed away peacefully with his loving family at his side. Predeceased by parents Harry Stirzaker (2000) and Evelyn (nee Jacobson) (2002). Survived by his loving family: spouse Norma (nee McKenzie), sister Evonne Duquette (Aime), daughters Erika (Douglas) Ponsford and Andrea (Drew) Anderson, sons Gregory and Troy (Jessica), and grandchildren Kate, Haley, Tia, Briana, Dylan, Nicholas, Kassidy, Noah, Ava, and Kye.
Colin came to Port Alberni with his parents in 1938 and graduated from Alberni District High School in 1954. In the Summer of 1958, he met the love of his life of 59 years, Norma McKenzie. Colin received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from McGill University in 1962 and practiced dentistry for 50 years in Port Alberni until he sold his practice to Dr. Louis Yap 2010.
Colin loved hunting, fishing, golfing, reading, painting (only guy in his painting class) and hockey (huge Canucks and Port Alberni Bulldogs fan). A huge thanks to Robert Longeuay for making it possible for dad to see the Bulldog games. Colin also volunteered numerous hours for Rotary Club in Port Alberni (member for over 50 years), C.O.P.S. (Citizens on Patrol), and Ducks Unlimited. Also, a long-time member of the Troubadours, Alberni Fly Tying Club, and Alberni Valley Flying Club.
Colin was a kind and caring man, deeply loved by friends, family, and his church family. He will be greatly missed. A special thanks to Dr. James Grant, Sam Williams, Isabel Contant and the staff of West Coast General Hospital, Catherine, Larry from the Medicine Shoppe and Daniel Knapp.
Due to the current circumstance, the Celebration of Life will be postponed until July 26, 2020 at the Chapel of Memories, followed by a tea at the Alberni Valley Golf Course.
This obituary was went to the author by Don Lowe in February, 2021 along qith the following interesting note concerning the local geography in the area of Alberta where this branch of the McKenzies emigrated.
Hi Mike - No need to list me as a source, already had a McKenzie descendant find me on the site and contact me (hope he dropped you a line too?). My interest is really only for my cousins who are Mckenzie descendants, my work on it is mainly for them. The fellow that contacted me is Stephen Hawtree of Kelowna, BC, he's a great-grandson of Agnes Myrtle McKenzie and James Cecil Robbins. He's early in his own research and must have to work for a living too(!), says his research time is very limited.
Was very interested to see the Oklahomans come to Peers, Alberta, the area is well-known to me, my family on both sides came to Grande Prairie, Alberta which is about 5 hours northwest of Edmonton, before a better highway was constructed straight south of Grande Prairie, we would take the "Peers cutoff" which was the nearest paved road that would get us through to a highway leading to Jasper, Alberta and from there down into British Columbia. The cutoff started at Whitecourt, Alberta, about 3 hours southeast of Grande Prairie, was about an hour long, went through Peers which was really "out in the middle of nowhere" and came out right in the town of Edson. Only other choice had been to drive almost to Edmonton, then turn west about 30 miles from Edmonton instead of east to Edmonton. I'm sure it was the land that brought them to Alberta as it was for mine, my paternal grandparents came from Prince Edward Island and my maternal great-grandparents from western Quebec. The land was just opening up in Alberta in the early 1900's, a person could "file" on a parcel of land, usually starting with a "quarter section" which is 160 acres. If you proved you made improvements to the land over a certain period of time (brush-clearing, home building, planting and harvesting crops, etc) you were given legal ownership to it. Think it was called the Alberta Homestead Act, people came from everywhere.
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1936 - 2020 (84 years)