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Bernard Adell

Birth
Death
24 Jul 2014
Sasebo, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki, Japan
Burial
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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ADELL, Bernard "Bernie"

Died peacefully of natural causes on July 24, 2014, in Sasebo, Japan, while visiting his youngest daughter and her family. Beloved father of Simon Adell, Rebecca Adell MacNeely (Paul) and Elena Adell Smith (Kyle), and beloved step-father of Nathan Baron (Alison) and Eric Baron (Jillian). Also dearest friend of Jochebed Katan. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1939, Bernie attended the University of Alberta and subsequently Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. From 1964 until his death Bernie was an integral member of the Law Faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in the area of labor and employment law, serving as its Dean from 1977 to 1982. His work as a professor of law, labor arbitrator and scholar took him around the world throughout his career and his contributions to his field of study were extraordinary. He was also an avid hiker, climber and skier and a long-time supporter of Frontenac Park, one of his most loved places in the vicinity of Kingston. Bernie will be sadly missed by his family, colleagues and friends in all parts of the world. Funeral will take place Friday, September 12, 2014, at James Reid Funeral Home, 1900 John Counter Blvd., Kingston: doors open at 1:00 pm for service commencing at 1:30. Interment at the Cataraqui Cemetery on Sydenham Road, followed by a reception. Friends and family are also welcome to attend a memorial service hosted by Queen's University on Saturday, September 13, 2014, 1:00 pm at Grant Hall, University Avenue, on the Queen's University campus. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are welcomed for the Friends of Frontenac Park, Box 2237, Kingston, ON K7L 5J9 or the Adell-Carter Fellowship, Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, Queen's University.
ADELL, Bernard "Bernie"

Died peacefully of natural causes on July 24, 2014, in Sasebo, Japan, while visiting his youngest daughter and her family. Beloved father of Simon Adell, Rebecca Adell MacNeely (Paul) and Elena Adell Smith (Kyle), and beloved step-father of Nathan Baron (Alison) and Eric Baron (Jillian). Also dearest friend of Jochebed Katan. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1939, Bernie attended the University of Alberta and subsequently Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. From 1964 until his death Bernie was an integral member of the Law Faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in the area of labor and employment law, serving as its Dean from 1977 to 1982. His work as a professor of law, labor arbitrator and scholar took him around the world throughout his career and his contributions to his field of study were extraordinary. He was also an avid hiker, climber and skier and a long-time supporter of Frontenac Park, one of his most loved places in the vicinity of Kingston. Bernie will be sadly missed by his family, colleagues and friends in all parts of the world. Funeral will take place Friday, September 12, 2014, at James Reid Funeral Home, 1900 John Counter Blvd., Kingston: doors open at 1:00 pm for service commencing at 1:30. Interment at the Cataraqui Cemetery on Sydenham Road, followed by a reception. Friends and family are also welcome to attend a memorial service hosted by Queen's University on Saturday, September 13, 2014, 1:00 pm at Grant Hall, University Avenue, on the Queen's University campus. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are welcomed for the Friends of Frontenac Park, Box 2237, Kingston, ON K7L 5J9 or the Adell-Carter Fellowship, Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, Queen's University.

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