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John Richardson

Following high school, I attended UNB (mechanical engineering), completed two years and in my third year was recruited into the RCAF as a pilot in June ’66. I graduated pilot training in December ’67 and married my current and only wife, Susan, whom I met in Florida while on vacay after graduation. We have two children, Bob and Christine, who both live within 15 minutes of us here in Manotick, Ontario. We have a 14 year-old grandson and a 4 year-old granddaughter, both of whom are treasures.

I enjoyed several years of flying high performance jet aircraft until my vision began to fail and then flew low performance antiques – the C45 Expeditor, a 1946 transport WWII aircraft, and the C47 Dakota (DC 3), circa 1944. After 2000 hours of flight time on the latter I was almost dead of boredom and retrained in the logistics profession. This was an interesting change for me, during which I served with the United Nations Emergency Force, Middle East, travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and Europe and earned a final year of University at Carleton here in Ottawa at government expense – thank you for paying your taxes.

I spent the last 19 years of military/public service with the Office of the Judge Advocate General and thoroughly enjoyed every year. I retired in 2010 after nearly 45 years of service, double-dipping for the last 9. During those years my family has lived in several wonderful places and enjoyed many rewarding experiences across this country and in many others. In 1986 we bought and operated Westgate Home Hardware in Ottawa. While this was fun and lucrative, it was too much work and we sold it so that we could again enjoy weekends and holidays. Owning a retail business was 24/7/365 work for all of us, kids as well. Also during these years we vacationed extensively off shore, enjoying Italy above all destinations.

Following her retirement in 2011 from 25 years of real estate, Susan has volunteered at my granddaughter’s public school and at the Museum of Natural History. I spend my time restoring antique and classic wooden boats for cousins, friends and myself. I love my little dog, Shanti, a border collie/lab, and she rarely leaves my side.

You all have a standing offer to a cruise on the World Heritage Rideau Canal should you visit us during the summer. We have a nice cottage in the village of Kars on the Rideau River, 11 minutes from our home. There’s lots of room there for visitors since no one lives there. We would both love to share some good times with my fellow LHS alumni.

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