- MURRAY, Walter Brower — Of Kentville, died peacefully September 11, 2011, in the Palliative Care Unit, Annapolis Valley Regional Hospital. Born March 22, 1932, in New Glasgow, he was a son of Rutherford Harris (Ra) Murray and Marjorie (Merriam) Murray, both of whom predeceased him. Walter was also predeceased by his first wife, Joan (Sutherland) Murray, the mother of his three children and his grandparents, Captain Walter and Eva (Kerr) Merriam of Granville Ferry and Harry and Kate (Rutherford) Murray of Truro. Walter had an indomitable spirit and deep sense of commitment to his family, church and community. He attended Liverpool High School (where his father was Principal) and was granted an Honours Degree in Chemistry with a minor in English by Acadia University in 1952. He served two terms on the Board of Governors of Acadia University, and was a long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Associated Alumni of Acadia. Walter enjoyed a long and satisfying career in the Canadian pulp and paper industry, beginning as chief chemist with the Bathurst Paper Company in the mid- 1950s. He and his young family then moved to Montreal, where he assumed the position of Director of Overseas Sales for Consolidated-Bathurst. In 1972 he returned with his family to Nova Scotia as Vice-President Marketing for Minas Basin Pulp and Power in Hantsport. Throughout these years Walter was an active participant in the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, serving as Chairman of the CPPA Paperboard and Recycling Sections, as well as the Packaging Association of Canada. Sports were an important part of Walter’s life. He was a dedicated rugby player, Captain of the Acadia University Swimming Team (where he established intercollegiate records), and a long-time member of Ken-Wo Golf Club. Walter played and followed baseball and was a faithful member of the BoSox nation to the end of his life. His love of athletics carried over to his work in the community. Among other activities, he coached the Wolfville Tritons swimming team for a period of time, and helped organize the first Sea Cadets group in Hantsport. Music was a passion throughout Walter’s life. He played trumpet in the Acadia University and the Chester Brass Bands, was a boy chorister at Trinity Anglican Church, sang tenor in the Acadia Chorus, was leader of his own band in Bathurst, N.B., and organized numerous variety shows and entertainments for worthy causes in the communities in which he lived. He was a long-time member of the choir at St. John’s Anglican Church in Port Williams. In recent years he derived great pleasure playing lead trumpet in the King’s Community Band, Kentville, and the Four Seasons Symphony Orchestra in Windsor.
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1932 - 2011 (79 years)
