Obituary for Robert Russell McDONALD
MCDONALD, Robert (Bob) Russell of Ingersoll, after several years of declining health, Bob passed away peacefully at Woodingford Lodge Long Term Care Home on Sunday, June 14th, 2020 in his eighty third year.
Bob was born in Belfast on August 25, 1937 to Solomon and Dollie McDonald. Predeceased by his sister Betty and brother Ian and survived by his brother Morton.
Bob started his career working as a clerk at the Canadian National Railway in Toronto. In 1968 Bob and his wife Barbara and two children, Bethanne and Alan, moved to Ajax and Bob began his successful career with General Motors Canada. Bob went on to become a member of GM International and was instrumental in GM automobile assembly plant start-ups around the world.
Bob and his wife retired to a home on Horn Lake, close to Burks Falls, Ontario, where they enjoyed almost twenty years of post-retirement comfortable living.
Bob is survived by his children Bethanne and Alan; grandchildren Saxxon, Gabe, Delcinea, Eliesha and Rogan; and great grandchild Hendrick.
People wishing to honour Bob’s life can donate to any worthy cause supporting education, especially the education of girls and women in third world countries; a cause supporting the equal rights and freedoms for all; a cause that works directly in a community helping to protect victims of domestic abuse.
Please reflect on your good memories while in the company of Robert. No service, at this time, will be held in his memory in keeping with pandemic protocols.
Bob was born in Belfast on August 25, 1937 to Solomon and Dollie McDonald. Predeceased by his sister Betty and brother Ian and survived by his brother Morton.
Bob started his career working as a clerk at the Canadian National Railway in Toronto. In 1968 Bob and his wife Barbara and two children, Bethanne and Alan, moved to Ajax and Bob began his successful career with General Motors Canada. Bob went on to become a member of GM International and was instrumental in GM automobile assembly plant start-ups around the world.
Bob and his wife retired to a home on Horn Lake, close to Burks Falls, Ontario, where they enjoyed almost twenty years of post-retirement comfortable living.
Bob is survived by his children Bethanne and Alan; grandchildren Saxxon, Gabe, Delcinea, Eliesha and Rogan; and great grandchild Hendrick.
People wishing to honour Bob’s life can donate to any worthy cause supporting education, especially the education of girls and women in third world countries; a cause supporting the equal rights and freedoms for all; a cause that works directly in a community helping to protect victims of domestic abuse.
Please reflect on your good memories while in the company of Robert. No service, at this time, will be held in his memory in keeping with pandemic protocols.