Mr. Robert Stephen Hampson

STEPHEN HAMPSON

Died November 24, 2021, ten

days prior to his 96th birthday

at the North Shore Hospice in

Vancouver from complications

of a severe infection. Devoted

husband of Roberta (née Begbie)

for 59 years. Predeceased by his

parents, Robert and Beatrice (née

Cantlie) and his older brother,

George (Eve). Loving uncle of

Fen Hampson, Beatrice Hampson

(Duncan, Charlotte and Malcolm

George) and Philip Hampson

(Sarah, Robert and James); Farah,

Mathew and James Begbie;

Fred, Chad, Shaun and Patricia

Pattenden; Carol, Christine and

Julie Fontaine; Debbie Hunt and

Elizabeth Beaulieu. He will be

fondly remembered by cousins,

Christopher Hampson, Daphne

Hampson, and Hugh Stewart.

Robert (“Bob”) was born in

Montreal December 4, 1925. He

attended Selwyn House, Bishops

College School and Royal Roads.

Bob followed his older brother

into the Navy as soon as he was

of age in 1943, trained at the

Royal Canadian Naval College,

was commissioned as Sub-

Lieutenant (Act.) in 1945 and

served on destroyers until he was

discharged in 1946. Following his

naval service, Bob worked in the

insurance industry for almost

50 years, initially for Robert

Hampson & Sons and then as a

senior executive for a number

of major firms until he retired.

It should be noted that he had

the highest score the year he

wrote the Insurance Institute

of Canada exam and he also

qualified with the U.K. Chartered

Insurance Institute.

Bob worked in Montreal, Ottawa

and Vancouver during his

career and moved to Vancouver

permanently in 1983. He was an

excellent golfer, an avid skier

and mountain biker. He was

skiing powder at Whistler into

his 80s and did not permanently

dismount from his bike until he

was 93.

Many thanks to the very kind

and diligent staff at the Lionsgate

Hospital and the North Shore

Hospice who attended to Bob

during his recent illnesses. In

lieu of flowers, please donate

to the North Shore Hospice, the

Lionsgate Hospital Foundation or

to the charity of your choice, as

Bob was generous and donated

to many. Condolences can be sent

via the Hollyburn Funeral Home

website www.hollyburnfunerals.

com. A celebration of life will be

held at a later date.