Dr. Robert Michael Cantilupe, FRCS (C) HARRISON

Dr. Robert Michael Cantilupe, FRCS (C) HARRISON

HARRISON, Dr. Robert Michael Cantilupe, FRCS (C) Mike died peacefully at Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington, Ontario on July 26, 2018.

Predeceased by parents Juliet Marion Menzies Harrison (nee Dallas) and Dr. Cecil Cantilupe Harrison, and by his sister Juliet Elizabeth Harrison-Renner (Karl). Mike is survived by his partner of 41 years Helena Langer and her son James; by his children Susan Harrison (Todd Lefebure), Lesley Reichenfeld (Stephen), Robert Harrison, Diana (Diny) Harrison, Carol O’Neil (David) and Michael Harrison and 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and by sister Margaret Francesca Fullerton and her children Anne Fullerton (Mark Pritzker), John Fullerton, Jane Fullerton (Daniel Meyerhans), Juliet Fullerton (John Morand), 5 grandnieces and nephews and 1 great-grandnephew.

Born Chuapera T.E. Dooars, India, April 18, 1927, Mike and his sister Francesca came to Canada in 1940 as war guests under the auspices of the Alumni of the University of Toronto, staying with Lady Mary Gooderham. Mike graduated from Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada, Mike received his FRCS in 1958.

Mike was an accomplished and compassionate orthopedic surgeon who practiced and taught for many years in Hamilton, Ontario and, later, Washington, Indiana. After retiring to Dundas Ontario in 1998 Mike spent many happy hours with friends and family at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Ancaster, Ontario.

A private cremation service has taken place with a celebration of life to come in early October.