Robert Bernulf Hunter

Robert (Bob) Bernulf Hunter, QC, was born in Vancouver on August 3, 1935 to Robert Hunter and Diana Hunter (Clegg). He is survived by his wife Jo-Mary, his daughters Melisa (Ian), and Judy (Rudy) and son Jamie (Jo-Anne) and by his grandchildren Gillian, Aiden, Stuart, Sophie, Ben and Esme. He is survived also by his brother Stephen Hunter (Barbara), sister Sandra Harmel (Lloyd), sister in law Virginia Hunter and sister Joanna Wilkinson.

He was predeceased by his father and mother and step mother Jessie Catherine, his dear aunt Virginia, his wonderful grandmothers Nettie Hunter and Edith Jane Clegg and by his brother Alan D Hunter, QC. He also remembers with affection his mother and father in law, Lorayne and Russell Bell as well as a favourite cousin Caroline Denoon Duncan and husband Russell.

Bob was raised mainly in the Kerrisdale area of Vancouver. He attended Kingsley School for Boys in North Vancouver, Vernon Preparatory School as well as Point Grey and Magee High Schools. He graduated from UBC in Commerce and Law in 1962 and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity at UBC.

Bob and Jo-Mary were married in Vancouver in September 1962. He articled in Vancouver and in 1963 joined the law firm of Fulton and Co in Kamloops where he practiced for many years. He was a Bencher of the Law Society of BC and in 1982 he was appointed Queen’s counsel. In 1987 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

In December of 1991 he was appointed a judge of the BC Supreme Court. He was for several years a Director of the University College of the Cariboo Foundation (now Thompson Rivers University).

Bob was a long time member of St Paul’s Cathedral in Kamloops and for many years the Registrar and then Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese. He was also a coach of the Kamloops South Shore Junior Boys Soccer Association in the 1980's in which he loved coaching Jamie and his friends.

Bob retired as a judge in late 2002. Bob and Jo-Mary were blessed with the opportunity to travel the world: Asia, Europe (including 9 trips to Ireland!), North Africa and all over North America.

Bob and Jo-Mary's family life was a happy experience. Kamloops was a wonderful place to live and enjoy the seasons and the great outdoors.

Bob completed his earthly journey on December 17th, 2024 surrounded and upheld by his family in love in the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home.

A service of celebration of Bob's life will be held at 11am on February 17th, 2025 at St Paul's Cathedral in Kamloops, BC.

No flowers by request, donations to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home or St. Paul's Cathedral would be graciously accepted.