CANN, James Victor (Jim)

With sadness and love we, the Cann Family, announce the passing of James
Victor Cann, in his 90th year, on July 13th 2019. Jim was born on April
30, 1929, in Exeter, Ontario, the son of Sylvanus Cann and Mary Ellen (nee
Ferguson) Cann. He attended schools in both Bayfield and Exeter,
Ontario. Jim was a long-time resident of Eden Mills. He loved his family
farm home on Lake Huron, just north of Bayfield and the rolling shores of
Lake Huron where he learned to body surf with his brothers. Jim was very
proud of his time in Army Cadets in the 1940s and his coaching of a very
successful Eden Mills baseball team in the 1960s. He was a former
employee of the Guelph Stove Company and was a member of the University of
Guelph Fire Department. Jim was also the first aid instructor to the
employees and students of the University of Guelph.

Jim was an active 90 year-old senior who could be found walking weekly
around the Marden indoor walking track with his walker. He so enjoyed his
weekly workouts with Kelly who affectionately called him “Gramps” and
chatting with the staff at South City Physio. His favorite summer time
activity was spending time outside watching the birds from his garden
chair. Jim loved spending special moments eating oysters and drinking
beer with his Buddy Brad and Barb and chatting with neighbours Karen and
Darryl and their pups Joe and Lucy. Jim loved the outdoors, fishing,
hunting, swimming and boating. He was especially interested in his
Scottish heritage: he loved to quote Robbie Burns and to watch massed pipe
bands and highland dancing competitions.

Jim met and married his beloved wife, Anna (nee Crichton) Cann, on October
15, 1955. She predeceased him on November 29, 2015. He was predeceased by
his parents Sylvanus Vivian Cann and Mary Ellen (nee Ferguson) Cann. Jim
was the last surviving member of a large family of 11 children, the late
Mary, Marguerite, Edith, Bruce, Stewart, Jean, Jack, Pearl, Gordon and
Ronald. He was the loving father of the late David Crichton Cann (May
2019) (Judith), Mary Ellen Cann, Andrew James Ferguson Cann (Allison) and
John Gordon Cann (Susan). Jim was the loving grandfather of Greg (Ula),
Heather (Aaron), Margaret, Jessie, Jack, Isabella and Olivia and he was
the great-grandfather of Sophia Anna Cann, Julian David and Ella Rose
Cann-Michaux. He will be missed by special neighbours Brad and Barbara
Roelofson and Karen and Daryl Bennett of Eden Mills.

As a memorial to Jim, donations may be made at the Gilbert MacIntyre
Funeral Home, Hart Chapel, Guelph (519-821-5077) for a memorial bench and
tree, to be placed at the cenotaph at Gregor Square, Bayfield, Ontario.