Thomas Milton Rourke July 26, 1946 to June 7, 2014.
Thomas Milton Rourke passed away peacefully at his home in Dayton, WA on June 7, 2014, after a long battle with cancer.
Tom was born July 26, 1946, in Dryden, Ontario. The second son of Harold and Margaret Rourke, Tom is preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Margaret (Tuckey) Rourke and brother James. He is survived by his wife, Jill, son Steven, daughter Laura (Stephen) Bosco, sister Linda, brothers Everett (Kaylene) and Lorne (Jo Anne), niece Julianne (Kory) Jollymore, nephew James (Stephanie) and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Tom graduated from Dryden High School. He studied surveying at George Brown College and earned a civil engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. He lived and worked throughout North America and Amman, Jordan.
His interests included a life-long love of flying and Tom earned his private pilot’s license at age 21. He also built and flew radio controlled scale model airplanes. He held a brown belt in Judo and was trained by Sensei Rush Mitani. Tom won several Judo competitions, including a silver medal at the Canadian Second Century Olympiad, in 1967. He also enjoyed the outdoors, hiking and travelling.
A Celebration of Life gathering of family and friends will be hosted Sunday, July 27, 2014, at 6 p.m. in Bonny Bay Camp, Dryden. Internment of ashes will be held Monday, July 28, at 11 a.m. in the Oxdrift Cemetery.
If friends so desire donations may be made to the DRHC Oncology Unit online or through the Stevens Funeral Homes. P.O. Box 412, Dryden, P8N 2Z1. Condolences may be posted at www.stevensfuneralhomes.ca