Obit: SPICER KERR, Merrydith "Mim" and husband, KERR, _ George Albert
SPICER KERR, Merrydith "Mim" passed away June 7, 2007 at her home in Burlington ON. Born on [sic] Spencer's Island, NS on the family farm in 1930, she was the daughter of Peggy and Isaac Spicer, a Harvard educated lawyer. She attended Edgehill School for Girls, the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School, where she was the only woman in her graduating class. She settled in Burlington with her late husband, George, where they raised their three children and where they both worked for the firm of Kerr and Hawken. She donated her time to the Salvation Army, March of Dimes, Canadian Cancer Society and the University Women's Club and assisted her husband in his political career. She was an avid reader, lover of languages, the theatre, the visual arts, history and politics. She is survived by son Larry, daughter-in-law Ellen and grandsons Spencer and Callaghan of Invermere BC; daughter Margot of Burlington, Ontario; and son James, daughter-in-law Dana, granddaughter Martha and grandson Max of Fredericton, NB.
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[Source: Hearsay, The Dalhousie Law Alumni Magazine, Summer 2007 pp 76-77]
Transcribed by Eric Keys.
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KERR, George Albert "Buzz" passed away May 21, 2007. A native of Montreal and the Gaspé, he was educated at Rothesay Collegiate School, the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School. While completing his law studies he married a classmate, Merrydith Spicer. Upon graduation, "Buzz" and "Mim" moved to southern Ontario finally settling in Burlington in 1954, where he practice law and became involved in local politics. He sat on the town council for four years and specialized in finance and business development. George decided to seek his party's nomination for the 1963 provincial election and went on to defeat the then mayor of Burlington. He held the seat until his retirement in 1984. His appointment to the Ontario Cabinet by Premier John Robarts came on June 5, 1969, and during the next ten years he continued to serve under Premiers Robarts, the Honourable William Davis as the Minister of Energy and Resources Management, later to become the country's first Minister of Environment, the Minister of Colleges and Universities, Provincial Secretary of Justice, and Solicitor General. Upon his retirement from politics and his legal practice, Kerr and Hawken, with William Hawken, he continued to volunteer his time to numerous causes most notably the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. George predeceased his late wife Merrydith; his son Larry, daughter-in-law Ellen and grandsons Spencer and Callaghan of Invermere, BC; daughter Margot of Burlington, Ontario; and son James, daughter-in-law Dana, granddaughter Martha and grandson Max of Fredericton, NB.
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[Source: Hearsay, The Dalhousie Law Alumni Magazine, Summer 2007 p 76]
Transcribed by Eric Keys.
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