As I write this, June 17, 2024, I’m remembering 28 plus years of a life collectively and marvel with issue to generally totally comprehend that 6 years have merely slipped by since John’s sudden passing from pancreatic most cancers on June 18th, 2018.
“with so little to make sure of, on this world, we had a second, a marvellous second!”
Stephen Sondheim. Anybody Can Whistle.
from June 18th, 2018
Disappointment, ache, grief, disbelief. It’s with such a damaged coronary heart that I need to announce the latest passing of my husband, co-founder, accomplice of 27 years and chief instigator of our 2004 #aroundtheworld followsummer journey John Mountain, who confronted an aggressive, unrelenting pancreatic #most cancers. Solely 5 weeks in the past had been we planning the subsequent 20 years. We now have so many reminiscences. I wished to share our very first followsummer submit, January 3, 2004: bit.ly/johnandgregfirstpost
That is occurring so rapidly for us, so rapidly. We now have been overwhelmed with help from our households, buddies and enterprise associates. No phrases besides THANK YOU to all our fast household and buddies and to our international #journey household for all help, variety ideas and effectively needs and love.
Handed away peacefully at residence, hours forward of a scheduled Medical Help in Dying, with metastatic pancreatic most cancers nipping at his heels. Surrounded by his husband Greg, mom Lois, sisters Pam, Ruth, Liz, and Janet, brother Eric, nephew Nimi, and their cats Sophia, Ariel and Hastings. (Predeceased by his father Bob.)
John was keen about all issues:
He cherished his household and buddies, good artwork, structure, opera and theatre. He cherished good meals, whether or not snuggling in with a bowl of pasta at residence with Greg on a chilly winter evening or eating out in a flowery restaurant – he positive cherished fancy eating places. And he cherished to journey.
John cherished his work. He was thrilled to rejoin the Ontario Securities Fee two years in the past to assist make investing in funds higher for everybody; he loved the dedication to motion he discovered – he favored motion. He labored on the OSC with the most effective group ever – good and dedicated, with an exquisite sense of humour. He deeply revered the management his former firm confirmed on ESG issues and his position in that.
John at all times believed that by main his life as an brazenly homosexual man, exerting stress from inside the place he might, and from outdoors the place it was wanted, he helped make it simpler for youthful LGBTQ folks.
He was so pleased with with the ability to give again along with his volunteer and charitable board work through the years.
John cherished his reference to Windsor Legislation, and the chance it gave him to satisfy a complete new technology of younger attorneys by educating securities regulation there. He felt he obtained way more from his college students than he was ever capable of give them again.
However most of all, John cherished Greg. He thanked the celebrities for introducing them in 1991 and informed anybody who requested that it was the luckiest day of his life. For 27 years, by thick and skinny, Greg introduced John pleasure each single day. The truth that John was capable of marry Greg in 2003 made him even prouder of his Canadian identification. He’s so pleased with the journey weblog that he and Greg began in 2003, followsummer.com
John and Greg thank so many individuals for his or her assist by John’s temporary sickness however particularly Jacqueline Jordan, who simply knew what was wanted always.
World Traveler, Author, and Blogger, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the followsummer.com journey weblog. Come, journey the world with me and my experiential eye!
