JOHN RUDDY

Well-known
NV lawyer
passes away

PROMINENT NORTH Van-
couver. lawyer John ‘Alexander
Ruddy passed away Feb. 2, 1992,
at Lions Gate Hospital after a
lengthy battle with lung cancer.

He was 55.

Mr. Ruddy was born in
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and grew
up nearby in Qu’Appelle, Saskat-
chewan,

Four years after receiving his
bachelor of arts degree from the
Universtiy of Manitoba, he grad-
uated from the university’s law
school.

In 1968, ' Mr. Ruddy and_ his

wife Evelyn (Gabriel), moved to
B.C., where he joined the Van-
couver firm of Farris, Vaughan,
Wills and Murphy.
’ He joined Ratcliff and Com-
pany on the North Shore in 1973,
and continued ‘practising “law for
the North Vancouver firm until
December 1992. ;

An active member of the Lynn
Valley Community Association
and tke Liberal Party of - B.C,
through the past two decades, Mr.
Ruddy was also a great supporter
of the athletic community on the
North Shore. '

_AS.a member of - the North
Shore ‘Winter Club, he was_in-
volved in many aspects of the
hockey program, serving over the
years as a team manager, assistant

coach, coach and division manag: |
“er for the bantam division. He.

also committed much time to the
_Lynn Valley soccer program.

- In recent-years,'Mr. Ruddy had

traded his passions for?judo and
boxing’ for fly-fishing and
‘photography.

Anticipating -a second career
after’ retirement from the legal
profession, Mr. Ruddy graduated
in May.1991 from the Capilano
College tourism program, |...

A devoted husband and father,
he is survived by his wife Evelyn,
sons ‘Jack and Scott, daughter-
in-law... Karen; nieces Tania,

Tracey, Nicole and. Rebecca, and :

, cousin Mrs. Doreen Eddy. ,

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