Stuart Gilbert McLean

Other Events:

• Misfortune: killed in plane crash
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-384838

Notes:

McLEAN, Stuart G.

Of 81 Church St., Kitchener, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 1986, as the result of a flying accident, 54 years of age. He was the president and co-owner of Apex Metals, Apex International and MLW and Associates of Detroit, Mich. The past president of the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association, vice chairman of the Automotive Parts Manufacturer's Association of Canada and the past president of the Waterloo-Guelph Flying Club. Husband of Helen Thorman-McLean; father of John McLean of Elmira, Judi and her husband Nick Scetta of Burlington; grandfather of John and Krista-Leta Scetta, also Lisa and Susan McLean; son of Helen (nee Kirby) McLean of Mississauga, brother of Jack McLean and his wife Diane of Belleville, Mery McLean, Susan Rankin and Nancy McLean, both of Toronto, Sally Denstedt and her husband Earl of London, Ont.; son-in-law of Margery Thorman; brother-in-law of Shirley and Gary Bowman and their family, John and Janice Thorman and their family, all of Cambridge. Visitation for relatives and friends, with the family, at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel, 51 Benton at Church St., will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 7-9 p.m. and again on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service will be held at King Street Baptist Church, Cambridge, on Thursday, at 2 p.m., Rev. Tom O'Shiro, a family friend, will officiate.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 20 Oct 1986 pg D15

BAMBERG, A small airplane struck a tree-top moments before it plunged to the ground Saturday, killing a former president of the Waterloo-Guelph Flying Club. A witness, Fred Heer of Kitchener, said the twin-engine Piper Seminole piloted by Apex Metals president Stuart Gilbert McLean, 54, of 81 Church St. Kitchener, was flying extremely low and banking over a small woodlot, when a wing tip hit a tree. McLean was the plane's sole occupant. The crash occurred about 1 p.m., just north of Bamberg, 15 kilometres west of Waterloo: Heer, who was driving a cement truck north on Regional Road 10, watched in horror as the plane slammed into the ground, then skidded across the road and crashed into a row of trees, only a few hundred metres away from his truck. Another witness said later the accident occurred after the pilot flew low to "buzz" some friends in the area. Police said a post-mortem was conducted to determine whether McLean suffered a heart attack, before the crash. The results will not be available for several days. McLean, a well-known businessman who was recently awarded a gold medal for his contribution to aviation in Canada, was dead at the scene, coroner Dr. Jack Burger said. An industrial engineer, McLean was a co-owner of Apex Metals Ltd., an auto-parts firm, an owner of the automotive sales company, M.L.W. Associates of Detroit and vice-chairman of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association of Canada.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 20 Oct 1986 pg 1

Stuart — Helen Thorman. Helen (daughter of Harold Ernest Thorman and Margery Ramsay) was born 6 Apr 1945, , Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jul 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]