Obituary

Maurice Brooks Jr. of Orange City, Florida passed away peacefully on June 1, 2023 with family at his side at Advent Health Hospital in Deland, Florida. He was 64.

Fernand Lussier of Mont St-Hilaire, Que. passed away on May 26, 2023 at the age of 85 following a long illness.

Longtime horseman Douglas George Delaney of Erin, Ont. passed away peacefully at Guelph General Hospital on Sunday, May 28, 2023 with family by his side. He was in his 89th year.

Longtime horse owner Lowell Stead of Montague, P.E.I. passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in his 81st year at the Kings County Memorial Hospital.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Jack Jones passed away on May 15, 2023 at Woodstock Hospital at the age of 90.

On May 12, 2023, the harness racing community lost another longtime participant. Robert Clare lost a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 63.  

Longtime harness racing industry participant and well-known philanthropist Margaret Juravinski, a lifelong resident of Hamilton, Ont., passed away on May 9, 2023 at the age of 91.

The Quebec horse racing industry lost one of its greatest builders when Gilles Blondeau passed away recently.

Randy James Edmonds, age 67, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 27, 2023 in Ann Arbor, Michigan surrounded by his family.

Howard Dinning of Windsor, Ont., passed away on Monday, May 8. He was in his 92nd year.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Hattie Till (née Weir) passed away on April 23, 2023 at the age of 84.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Homer Martin of Elmira, Ont. passed away peacefully at Wellington Terrace, Fergus on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at the age of 82.