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David George Meredith Cape ’32
David George Meredith Cape ’32 died peacefully in his sleep on December 8, 2015. He is survived by Helene Holden Cape, his wife and best friend for over 34 years, seven children, Ted (Ann), Julie (Stewart), David (Hope), Diana (Don), Andrew (Diana), Edmund and Meredith, and three stepchildren Arthur (Claire), Christopher (Sophie) and Caroline (Ferdinando). He is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
David was born in Montreal on January 12, 1923, the youngest son of Edmund and Lillian Cape. He grew up with his brothers, Johnnie and Teddy, and his sister, Peggy, in the wonderful house his father built for their family on Redpath Crescent, from where he attended Selwyn House and Lower Canada College, going on to graduate from the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. He was a founding director of the Lakeshore General Hospital, where he practiced as an anesthetist from 1965 until 2004.
David loved being with his large family, particularly at their home on the river in Dorval or on the golf course at the Royal Montreal Golf Club. To an only slightly lesser extent, he loved tennis, skiing, windsurfing and driving possibly the greatest series of Mercedes Benz sports cars, coupes, sedans and limousines a man will be lucky enough to own, even in a life as long as David's.
He was a larger-than-life and increasingly wise husband, father, grandfather and friend, and the world is a far less interesting place for his absence.
Funeral service was held on December 12 at the Church of St John the Baptist, Pointe Claire, with a reception afterward at the Royal Montreal Golf Club.
Published in The Gazette Dec. 10, 2015
