Wallace Rendell
June 14, 1930 – September 27, 2021
Wallace died peacefully with family at his side in St. John’s. Recently, he was hiking in his hometown, Heart’s Content, with his soulmate of 48 years, Shirley.
At his insistence, there is to be no fanfare, no hyperbole. Just the facts. This is true to his nature. He was shaped, in part, by his birth in a simpler time and place – a place where, in the winter, mail arrived in the village drawn over the snowy barrens by horse-drawn sleigh, and a time when news of the world was tippy-tapped through his parents’ fingers via the Trans-Atlantic cable.
Yet, he led an extraordinary life: as a respected doctor of internal medicine; as a scholar, writer, and poet; as an athlete, world-traveller, and adventurous sailor; and as a supportive, loving, and generous father to a large, growing family.
From the first encyclopaedias he received as a boy, he pursued knowledge and understanding of consciousness, nature, and the universe with wide-eyed enthusiasm, always encouraging others to do the same, always through the lens of rational thought. But don’t be fooled; he was also prone to dance, to spontaneously bursting into song, to obsessive berry-picking, and to celebrating friends and family.
We hope you knew him. If not, we hope you meet someone like him on your journey. If you do, hold on tight to that positive light.
Wallace was the youngest child of Charles and Clare (nee Baggs). He was pre-deceased by older siblings Charles, Hazel (Goodridge), and Shirley (Vacca). He leaves with his love, Shirley, sons and daughters Stephen, Charles, Susan, Graham, Lianne, Karen, and Wallace Jr., a wealth of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews, John, Caroline (Little), Christine (Wilson), and Geoff (Vacca).
A celebration of his life, and opportunity to share stories, will be announced for the spring or summer of 2022, in Heart’s Content.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Wallace Rendell 2021..
Death notice for the town of: Torbay, Province: T-N