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de Vries 2025 résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles
At 3:08 pm on Friday, Henk weighed anchor, raised the sails and sailed off into the sunset. His adored wife Wendy and his beloved daughter and son, Nina and Pieter were on the dock to release his lines and bid him farewell. Waving from a distance was his cherished sister Fenny Bloemink, his daughter-in-law Leslie and beautiful grandson Sebastian. He will be missed by all who knew him, especially his nieces and nephews and extended family in Canada, The Netherlands and the U.K. and his multitude of friends around the world. The end was fast, but only to be expected from a race car driver.
Henk was a charismatic Dutch Canadian adventurer who grew up with his two sisters in war torn Amsterdam where they survived the “hunger winter” of 1944/45. In college he studied auto techniques and following his service in the Transport Division of the Dutch army he took up rallying and car racing. He then became the Director of the Anti-Skid School at the Zandvoort Grand Prix Race Track in Holland where he taught the art of Skid Control to many famous race car drivers, including Jim Clarke and Graham Hill. He emigrated from Holland in 1966 and partnered with BP Oil to open the first of two Skid Schools in Canada. While operating these schools he raced Porsches and Mini Coopers on weekends at the Mosport racetrack near Toronto. In time, Henk moved back to his first love of racing and cruising yachts and he spent immeasurable time sailing with his family around Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands. He was a true voyageur and looked for bigger adventures so twice he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. He braved storms in the Bay of Biscay, sailed through the Bermuda Triangle, all around the Caribbean Islands and up and down the Atlantic seaboard countless times.
His loss to his family is immense but he will be remembered for his catch phrase “hello beautiful” which he used indiscriminately and to great effect. Many, many thanks to Dr. Reynolds and all the staff at the Golden Plough Lodge and to Dr. Mule and the palliative care team at NHH. You are all amazing. A Celebration of Life will be held at MacCoubrey Funeral Home, 30 King Street East, Cobourg, Ontario on May 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Northumberland Hills Hospital, The Northumberland Humane Society, or BC Children’s Hospital.
2025
Décès pour la Ville:Cobourg, Province: Ontario
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