This page features remembrances of past Local 180 members and brings memories of our union colleagues into one place.
Most entries are from Local 180’s newsletters, and new entries will be added over time.
This page also features new information about some of Local 180’s earliest members who were active in the Local soon after it was established in 1902. Local 180’s records don’t go back that far, so newspaper articles and ancestry records have been used to learn about early members’ careers, the music they played, where they performed, and how Ottawa’s music scene has been constantly changing since the early 1900s.
Readers are welcome to contribute their memories of past members at info@ma180.org.
Remembrances can be informal and include links to audio and video.
TO VIEW AN OBITUARY, SIMPLY CLICK ON A PHOTO. YOU MAY ALSO SEARCH FOR A LATE MEMBER IN THE UPPER RIGHT SEARCH BAR.
Frederick Calnan
1876 – 1943
Donald J. Lynn
1907 – 1953
Harry Gossage
1884 – 1962
Allan Saunders
1900 – 1964
Lionel Mortimer
1891 – 1964
Donald Wyman
1930 – 1965
Ward Allen
1924 – 1965
Jack Heath
d. 1971
Mac Turner
1904 – 1971
Cammie Howard
1910 – 1972
Seymour Sokoloff
1921 – 1972
Les Cox
1923 – 1973
Arnold Haltrecht
1902 – 1974
Errol Rouselle
1952 – 1974
Gordon Moore
1929 – 1974
Arthur Greaves
1896 – 1975
Arthur Very
1914 – 1975
Henri Delcellier
1902 – 1975
Robert Fleming
1921 – 1976
Ted Donaldson
1911 – 1977
Gerry Pizzariello
1911 – 1977
Vern Isaac
1913 – 1999
Wyatt Ruther
1923 – 1999
Dave Dennison
1950 – 2000
Earl Dupuis
d. 2000
Ed Hall
1922 – 2000
George McFarlane
d. – 2000
Jack McPartlin
1938 – 2000
Alex Pozy
d. 2000
Barrie Naylor
1945 – 2001
Bob Berry
d. 2001
Gordon Rushworth
d. 2001
Jan Koster
1922 – 2001
Kelly-Anne Barker
1979 – 2001
Ken Davidson
1924 – 2001
Ken Graydon
d. 2001
Leon Kostiner
1922 – 2001
Niels Lund
1919 – 2001
Ron Henry
d. 2001
Victor Pomer
1931 – 2001
Arthur Grainge
1936 – 2001
Charles Coleman
1932 – 2002
Christine Sabourin
1939 – 2002
Eddie Pigeon
1942 – 2002
George Whitehead
d. 2001
Ralph Carlson
1940 – 2001
Romeo Nesrallah
1924 – 2002
Stewart MacLeod
d. 2002
Wally Ekholm
1926 – 2002
Wilf Gillis
1923 – 2002
Abe Dubinsky
1913 – 2003
Bill Stevens
1927 – 2003
Bill Wood
1934 – 2003
Cal Calvert
1914 – 2003
George Milne
1913 – 2003
Gerard Rivet
1927 – 2003
John David
1910 – 2003
Joseph Darwen
1914 – 2003
Julian Colella
1926 – 2003
Mike Rowan
1943 – 2003
Duke McGuirl
1927 – 2003
Sid Holmes
1925 – 2003
Blenis Pennell
1935 – 2004
George Essery
1915 – 2004
Marcel Charron
1938 – 2004
Marie Savard
1961 – 2004
Pawel Szymczyk-Marjanovic
1956 – 2004
Ralph Stewart
1929 – 2004
Bill Waid
1953 – 2004
Armand Weisbord
1910 – 2005
Billy Robinson
1939 – 2005
Gerry Cullen
1932 – 2005
Jimmy Lytle
1910 – 2005
Patti Lewis
1932 – 2005
Peter Shaw
1932 – 2005
Phillip Laham
1916 – 2005
Allan Miskell
1983 – 2006
Carm Aubé
1933 – 2006
Ross McCallum
1930 – 2006
Faye Payne
1915 – 2006
Gerry Zaat
1927 – 2006
Michel Villeneuve
1955 – 2006
Moe Gencher, M.D.
d. – 2006
Winnie Canty
1918 – 2006
Guy Fortier
1928 – 2007
Paul Ruffo
1919 – 2007
Ron McMunn
1932 – 2007
Bill Robson
1919 – 2007
Art Rail
1924 – 2008
Ed Hounsell
1939 – 2008
George Down
1923 – 2008
Pat Kent
1930 – 2008
Lorne Kelly
1953 – 2009
Mick Collins
d. – 2009
Bas Cullen
1925 – 2010
Dougie Johnston
1939 – 2010
Peter Smith
1945 – 2010
Philip Nesrallah
1949 – 2010
Raymond Lafortune
1915 – 2010
Ric MacDonald
d. – 2010
Sylvie Rocheleau
1956 – 2010
Albert Devito
1945 – 2011
Arni May
1937 – 2011
Cynthia Floyd
1938 – 2011
Mike Scorah
1947 – 2011
Sally Benson
1945 – 2012
Edward Sullivan
d. 2012
Claude Remy
d. 2012
Ralph Cabana
1949 – 2012
Bob Langley
1944 – 2012
Ann Allain
1951 – 2013
Ken Fahie
1955 – 2013
Mac Horner
d. 2013
Robert Oades
1924 – 2013
Bobby Lee
1941 – 2014
Brad Summerfield
1956 – 2014
Cecil Hughes
1925 – 2014
Keith Richardson
1948 – 2014
Norbert Boyce
1933 – 2014
Ronald Milne
1921 – 2014
Fraser Holmes
1987 – 2015
Brian Rading
1946 – 2016
Carmelo Scaffidi
1957 – 2016
Ed Terziano
1920 – 2016
Frank Burke
1942 – 2016
Jean-Guy “Muff” Morin
1948 – 2016
Frank Casey
1916 – 2016
Paul Demers
1956 – 2016
Rosalind Sartori
1935 – 2016
Brian Browne
1937 – 2018
Donald Whitton
1923 – 2018
Len Lytwyn
1942 – 2018
Bill Luxton
1927 – 2019
Ed Bimm
1951 – 2019
Fiona Vanderkamp-Merritt
d. 2019
Dave Hildinger
1928 – 2020
Gilles “Satch” Rhéaume
1944 – 2020
Howard Tweddle
1951 – 2020
Hugh O’Connor
1928 – 2020
Janet Roy
1931 – 2020
Steve Groves
1943 – 2020
Yehoatan Berick
1968 – 2020
Daryl Wadsworth
d. 2020
Moe Wozniak
1951 – 2021
Don Renshaw
1956 – 2022
John D’Aoust
d. 2020
Marc Reid
d. 2022
Ian Clyne
1956 – 2023
Jay Harrison
1957 – 2023
Jim Glover
1936 – 2023
Kay Denison
1925 – 2023
Peter Webster
1944 – 2023
Robert Cleall
d. 2023
Bernie Eberley
1933 – 2024
Josée Nadeau Devoua
d. 2023
Maurice Momy
1930 – 2024
Barbara Zuchowicz
1948 – 2025
Christian Elliott
1984 – 2025
Pace Sturdevant
1948 – 2025
John Steele
d. 2025
Kurt Walther
1958 – 2025
Larry Gentle
1950 – 2025
Wayne Young
d. 2025
David Johnstone
d. 2025
Ron Seguin
d. – 2025