Well-known in the local sporting community, Roz Paterson passed away peacefully in her 76th year Sunday evening, at the North Bay Regional Health Centre following complications after cancer surgery a year ago.
Rosalynd (Roz) Louise Paterson was born in North Bay,
According to her obituary, after graduating from Chippewa Secondary School she was trained as a registered laboratory technologist at Women's College Hospital learning her trade drawing blood on the streets of Toronto. She then embarked on a lengthy and rewarding career spent entirely at North Bay Civic Hospital.
See the complete obituary here.
She was very active in sports, primarily slopitch and competitive curling.
She also co-chaired the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships at the North Bay Granite Club in 1988, the first big curling event in the city, helping set the stage for North Bay going on to host Pinty's Grand Slams and the Women's World Curling Championship.
"She loved living on Trout Lake and was happy captaining the pontoon boat or enjoying a beer on the deck," says the obituary. "Gardening was also a favourite pastime of hers and she loved nothing better than cruising in her Mustang convertible with the top down on a sunny day.
"Roz was an ardent sports fan. She loved Brad Gushue (her mother was from Newfoundland) and Tom Brady but hockey was her passion. She began attending games as a youngster with her dad and went on to be a season ticket holder of the Junior 'A' North Bay Trappers, the North Bay Centennials and the North Bay Battalion, attending her last game on New Year's Eve.
"She was a very generous person, quietly helping others, as well as being a long-time volunteer with Meal's on Wheels until late December."
Cremation has occurred. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Martyn Funeral Home in North Bay with a service at 2 p.m. A celebration of life will immediately follow at the Royal Canadian Air Force Alliance 406 Squadron, 406 First Ave. W., where she was a long-time member.
