Kenneth Post

It is with sorrow and love that we mourn the death of Kenneth Post of Hamilton, Ontario. He passed away peacefully, at home, on December 18, holding the hand of his beloved wife of 54 years, Rebecca Dale Post. He had been diagnosed with advanced-stage prostate cancer in 2022.

Kenneth met Rebecca while attending Middlebury College in Vermont. They married in 1970. Having declined a Peace Corps offer to become dairy farmers in India, Kenneth accepted admission into a PhD program in the religious studies department at McMaster University. They both lived in India for a year, in 1974, while Kenneth conducted research in comparative religious studies. Kenneth taught at McMaster University and worked in the university administration. He was politically active in the right to life movement.

In 1990, he went back to school and obtained a law degree from the University of Toronto. He practiced commercial civil litigation in Hamilton, until he retired in 2007 due to kidney disease. He received a kidney transplant in 2010. His family and friends are forever grateful for the extra time they were able to spend with him as a result. He was able to enjoy playing weekly tennis, skiing and travelling.

Kenneth’s life revolved around two things: love of his family and his academic study and writings concerning the Biblical and classical sources of political order. On the former: Kenneth is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Rebecca; their eldest son, Isaac, his wife, Hayley, and their children, Edwina and Hamish; his daughter, Julia den Hartog, her husband, Jonathan, and their children, Josie and Jonah; and their youngest son, Ethan, his wife, Holly, and their son, Henry. He is also survived by his loving sister, Linda Wheeler, her husband Arnold, and their son, Tom. On the latter: He is the author of four books concerning the interpretation of the books of Genesis, Job and Plato’s Republic, and of the meaning and artistic significance of the stained-glass windows at MacNab St. Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Ontario. His final book, written after being stricken with cancer, concerns his meditations on the recurring concepts of suffering and eternity in the Old and New Testaments. Kenneth was a devoted member of MacNab, which he attended for over forty years. He spear-headed the fundraising, and oversaw the construction work, for a major renovation project so that the beautiful church building could continue as a house of worship.