A bright light has gone out of this world. It's been a privilege for me to be acquainted with the Edwardes family.

I have many happy memories of the times I spent with my Uncle Robin. In my childhood he was a regular and welcome visitor to the home I shared with my grandfather, his father. In later years he and Mary offered us the opportunity to join him at various timeshares across the UK. I remember in particular spending a week with my parents and Robin and Mary in Torquay one March when we were blessed with beautiful spring weather in which to explore Devon and enjoy each other's company. That is a very precious memory to me as it was the last holiday my mother and I got to share with my father and we are so grateful for having that wonderful time together. I was also able to visit Robin and Mary in their home in Canada and where I and my travelling companions were always given the warmest welcome and hospitality. When eventually I had a home of my own, it was my pleasure to reciprocate their hospitality and they visited us in Wales on several occasions.

My Uncle had a great sense of family and always kept in contact with his family in England by letter and telephone. Following my father's death he and Mary always showed the greatest care and solicitude towards my mother, myself and my sister. They stayed with mother regularly on their trips to England and she accompanied them to many of them on many of their visits to different parts of the UK. She remembers these trips with great appreciation for the time they gave her with Robin and Mary and for the opportunity to see parts of the country she would never have visited on her own. When COVID and then ill-health prevented Robin travelling, she was one of the members of the family who he rang every Sunday. As she said to me after hearing of Robin's passing, I could not have had a nicer brother-in-law.

Uncle Robin has a very special place in my heart and I will miss him immensely. One his last visit to our home in Wales I remember him saying 'Parting is such sweet sorrow' as he left and I think this sums up my feelings. Sorrow that he has left us, but sweet for all the wonderful memories I have and treasure and for his long life which he lived well.

My thoughts are with Mary and my cousins and I send my love to all the family.

Since late September I have been working at a community 6 hours away from Dad. This meant I got to spend time with Dad and help out Mary as best I could. Those Water Salt Bags in the basement have to be about 50lbs each! He was having a lot of problems with his dental work which led to a lot of bleeding and the inablity to eat food which severely weakened him. Just two weeks ago I drove him and Mary to Ottawa to have his pacemaker checked and he was happy to be told it would last another 13 years! One of his happiest and best days came the next day when his grandaughter Mellissa who had just returned from her studies at the University of Liverpool came by to visit. He spent the whole afternoon telling her stories about the many key Milestones in his life. He was totally in his element and very proud of his grandaughter. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts.

To Mrs Edwards and family, we wish to express our most sincere condolences. We had the pleasure of working with him for the concerts on the hill on McGill street where local and other artists would perform to raise money for different organizations. A lot of people benefited from the funds raised and enjoyed the entertainment. May all the memories he left, keep him alive in your hearts forever.

I spent 20 years with Richard, Robin's youngest son from 1975 to 1995 when sadly Richard passed away from Aids - literally 6 months before lasting treatment was found. Robin was very supportive of our relationship, and especially near the end when Richard was fighting health battles on multiple fronts.

But his is about Robin. I grew up in a very proper and controlled Greek household, where the breakfast table was set the night before, where you had to call if you were going to be later than 6 pm for dinner, where the Christofle silverware came out for invitations. I recall going to dinner at Robin and Margaret's - and having pots fly onto the kitchen table with a stack of plates and cutlery for self servie. I was horrified! But Robin was an exxcellent cook and that suited Margaret just fine. Robin was also very frugal and that freezer in the basement was a treasure trove of ancient wonders (some seemed to have been lost for quite a few years).

As I kept moving across Canada and rarely was near, we would only visit during holidays. Mary and Robin certainly welcomed us into their home, fed us well, and I always recall the wonderful selection of scotch that Robin collected. Well they both collected lot of stuff - stacks of newspapers and magazines in the den.

And Robin, expressing his engineering expertise was one of the earliest to install solar water heating on the roof of their house. It did work wonderfully, though the complexity of all the valves and pumps in the basement meant Robin had to operate the system for it to work correctly (Mary - I hope you got instructions on what valve does what!).

His rally mania led to his owning a number of cars that I assume may have been a little beat up. I recall one of the first times I saw Richard he came over in I think an old Relault, which was "push to start" and had a removable (not intentionally) gear shift lever. There was a collection of semi-functional rally cars in the driveway for quite a while until Robin took pity on them (or was told to) and then just went Honda all the way!

In any case, he was my first "father-(not yet) in Law, and did warmly welcome me into the family..

May he rest in peace, feeling the love of friends and family

John

Our deepest sympathies to Jeremy, Pier-Nadeige and all of his family and friends

Mr Edwardes was a dad to many of us teenage girls who needed a place to hang out with his wonderfully caring daughter. He cooked for us (often not without complaint) and let us take over his living room for countless late evenings and parties. He would gather a few of us up and make room for us to join him and Lisa on road trips to car rallies in New Brunswick. We never had so much access to free Molson beer! He always gave us the space to have fun. When I totalled the family car on the way to NB one year, he was gracious and supportive and made sure to encourage me to get back behind the wheel. They got a brand new car out of that but I am sure he was never a passenger in a car with me again. He loved his family. He loved his daughter Lisa and we all benefitted from that. You will be surely missed by your family and memories of you will forever rest with me.

Dear Mary and family,

Please accept our sincere condolences on the loss of my dear younger brother Robin.

Ian and Lucy

I have so many fondest memories of Uncle Robin.

I remember visiting Canada when l was only 12 years old. Travelling with a school friend by ourselves all the way from London. We had an amazing time and loved staying in a log cabin with the family near The Great Lakes and visiting Niagara falls but especially travelling over night to Moncton where Uncle Robin was taking part in the Moncton lobster rally- my first introduction to this tasty shellfish.

Uncle Robin and Aunty Mary spent many holidays visiting England and we always looked forward to meeting up and staying with them in various parts of the country in time shares. We especially loved staying on a canal boat and trying to manoeuvre the many locks with my son Adam, my dad, Ian, and both Uncle Robin and Aunty Mary. We enjoyed going for lovely meals along the way where Uncle Robin used to enjoy sampling a traditional pint or two!!!

My Dad, Lucy, Aunty Mary and Uncle Robin always ended the evenings playing bridge, a game they tried to teach both Rob and myself to no evail on many occassion. Uncle Robin would break open his favourite tipple and the men would enjoy a glass of whisky to end the night.

Uncle Robin always remembered everyones birthday and organised regular family reunions while he and Aunty Mary visited the UK.

Our last visit to see them both was 5 years ago where we were kindly invited to spend time with them and cousin lisa together with her daughter Stephanie, in Florida. A time l will always cherish.

Uncle Robin would phone my dad every sunday and he would share news about his brother and family with me regularly.

Uncle Robin and myself shared a close bond and l will miss him dreadfully.

May he rest in peace in Gods safe hands.

Love always

Dawn xxxx

Robin was an important part of my teenage years, since his son Jeremy is my best friend, and I am close with all the family. My fondest memory is of Robin driving Jeremy

and myself across the border from Montreal, and then trusting us to have a hippie hitchhiking adventure together down to Cape Cod. We were only 16 years old at that time! Those were very special years. A major Life Memory.

Thanks to Robin’s help and sense of adventure.

Jeremy and I are both 70 years old now, and are still best friends.

Robin will be forever missed, and always loved and appreciated. May his memory be a blessing.

A Tree of Remembrance was planted by Mark and Lisa Henderson and the staff of Hillcrest Funeral Home.