Death and Legacy
William L. Walsh died on January 13, 1938 of heart failure following a stroke in Victoria, British Columbia. A simple service was held in Calgary at the Pro-Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, which was attended by then-Lieutenant Governor of Alberta John C. Bowen, University of Alberta President William Alexander Robb Kerr and leaders of Alberta's legal system and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was buried in Calgary's Union Cemetery. His wife, Bertha died on August 20, 1943 and was cremated. His first wife, Bessie, who died in 1925, was buried in Simcoe.
Affectionately referred to as "Daddy Walsh", Walsh was well-liked amongst his many friends. William A. R. Kerr, president of the University of Alberta said of him, "All who knew … not only respected him for his gifts of mind and character but loved him as a fine warm-hearted human being." L. Ralph Sherman, a Anglican bishop on Calgary described his legacy as "a record of integrity, devotion to duty and service which will be an inspiration."
Read more about this topic: William L. Walsh
Famous quotes containing the words death and/or legacy:
“That piecemeal peace is poor peace. What pure peace allows
Alarms of wars, the daunting wars, the death of it?”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)