Carlyle Dunbar

Business journalist

DUNBAR, A. Carlyle, on Saturday March 6, 2021. Husband of Phyllis (née Gunning), father of Iain (daughter-in-law Mary Fenn-Dunbar), Burlington, Ont.; Gavin, Savannah, Georgia; and Carolyn (son-in-law David Dell), Oakville, Ont.; grandfather of Molly Dunbar, Madeleine Dell, Martha Dunbar, Andrew Dell, Thomas Dell and Iain Dell; brother of Diane Henning, Toronto; and Sylvia Dunbar (brother-in-law Gabor Takach). Predeceased by brother Robin, and brother-in-law James Henning. Eldest child of W. Roy and Molly (née Gordon) Dunbar.

Born in 1930 and grew up in Timmins, Ont., where he started a career in journalism as reporter with local newspapers. In Toronto, he was an assistant editor of New Liberty magazine, assistant financial editor of the Toronto Star, and for 30 years held senior editorial positions at the Financial Post; and subsequently freelanced for Investor's Digest of Canada, Investment Executive, and the Globe and Mail Report on Business. Honorary director and former director, Empire Club of Canada. Elder, Presbyterian Church in Canada. A life-long practitioner of the journalistic craft, Carlyle had a deep love of journalism and spent most of his life surrounded by piles of newspapers and periodicals. He had a capacious memory for an amazingly eclectic range of information on all manner of topics acquired from wide reading; and he had an old journalist's knack for striking up conversations with strangers encountered in the course of daily errands, which he would then report with evident pleasure. A life-long reader of Scripture, he was baptized late in life by his second son, who is an Anglican priest, and became an active member and elder at Knox Presbyterian church. A committed husband and father, he took delight in the doings of his children and grandchildren. After making a full recovery from a Christmas Eve heart-attack four years ago, he was blessed with an Indian summer to his life, and was planning a return to free-lance journalism, when he died in his sleep next to his devoted wife of 63 years. A funeral service will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Oakville, on a future date to be determined.  Burial will take place at a future date in Ethel, Ontario. Memorial donations may be made to Knox Presbyterian Church, 89 Dunn Street, Oakville, Ont. Service streaming information at knoxoakville.ca.