Obituary of Douglas Thomas Hunter

Douglas Thomas Hunter, late of Regina SK, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2016 at the age of 68 years. He was born in Paisley Scotland to parents Elizabeth Wiggly Armistice and Douglas Walton Hunter. He attended Paisley grammar school and the University of Glasgow medical school, and completed his training with medical, surgical, and obstetrical residencies at large teaching hospitals. During residency he met the love of his life, Judith. They moved together to Regina to join the general practice group at the medical arts building. There he served as a dedicated family physician for 37 years, alongside his Glaswegian colleagues and dear friends, Dr. Brian Laursen and Dr. Stewart McMillan. He was an outstanding athlete, playing for the junior national cricket team for Scotland, and as a member of the Canadian national team. He played squash with fierce competitiveness at the A level. He posted perfect records in both golf and tennis against his brother Andy and sister Jean, all while demonstrating humility in victory. He also excelled in rugby, soccer, and boxing. He coached innumerable teams for his children, including hockey, despite total inability to skate. He had a passion for nature, specifically for Waskesiu, where he spent the summers of his retirement. He looked forward every year to his annual golf trip with the usual suspects. He had a gift for storytelling, always asking "are you all sitting comfortably?", before weaving improvisational tales of layered complexity, before eventually arriving back at a concluding line that incorporated Scottish puns; "What's this 'ere?" He spent his final winters renewing his passion for gardening in Costa Rica, surrounded by an incredibly caring contingent of Saskatchewanians, and many new local friends as well (despite his insistence that Spanish was, in fact, a Scottish dialect). He is survived by his wife Judith; sons Bruce (Laura) and their children Summer, Elisabeth and Kyra, Gary (Kimberley), Greg (Kandis) and Rod (Britt); his brother Andy (Sheena); his sister Jean (Ian), and his nieces and nephews. The family wishes to express sincerest unending gratitude to Dr Stewart McMillan for his tireless service to Douglas as a patient and friend, and to our family. Douglas will be missed forever as an incredible husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, physician and friend. A private service for friends and family will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations towards a memorial bench in Waskesiu are very gratefully received at www.gofundme.com/uey5f3ys