Professor, storyteller; artist, cook extraordinaire. John C. Courtney: born Oct. 4, 1936, in Regina; Helen J. Courtney: born April 15, 1937, in Winnipeg; died Nov. 30, 2023, in Saskatoon, Sask.
born April 15, 1937, in Winnipeg; died Nov. 30, 2023, in Saskatoon, by medical assistance in dying; John aged 87; Helen aged 86.Every single day of a road trip started with the singing of “their” song,Just as long as we’re together, It really doesn’t matter at all”They met on a double blind date in first year at the University of Manitoba. The date was not with each other but they soon fixed that.
John loved to tell stories and had a never ending supply. At 13, while staying at Saskatoon’s Bessborough Hotel, he was asked to walk Gypsy Rose Lee’s dog and then sneaked into the Exhibition tent to watch the stripteaser’s performance. At the Dominion Drama Festival in the early 1950s he, along with Shirley Douglas, won the best actor and actress awards.
John’s career allowed them to travel – three years at Duke University for his PhD, sabbaticals spent at Oxford and Harvard, and numerous visiting professorships to Germany, Israel, and Washington. In each of those places they immersed themselves in all that was offered. Helen spent much time at local food markets, art galleries and museums. Once her children were in school full time, she went back to university to study her first interest, art.
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