On April 12 , 2023, William F. "Bill" Jarvis passed away in Oakville, Ontario, aged 85.

Bill was born in Toronto, Ontario on October 27, 1937 to Helen and Elgin Goodwin, with an older brother, James. At approximately one year of age, due to family difficulties, he was adopted by his uncle's family, Fred and Norah Jarvis. Growing up, he lived in a number of different locations in Ontario, including Waterford, Simcoe, Copper Cliff, Sudbury, and Guelph.

He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree, then served six years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He attained the rank of Flight Lieutenant, first as a navigator on a maritime patrol squadron in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, then as a navigation instructor in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Leaving the military in 1966, Bill earned a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Western Ontario, and spent the next 17 years with Labatt Breweries of Canada Limited in London, Ontario, ultimately with the position of Director of Information Systems. He left Labatt's in 1984 to co-found The Transition Group Inc., a Toronto-based Information Technology research and consulting firm. A subsequent joint venture saw him also serving as President and CEO of Gartner Group Canada, a subsidiary of a renowned U.S.-based IT research and consulting business.

After selling his business interests and retiring in 2000, Bill served for ten years as a volunteer with the Distress Centres of Toronto. Then, after suffering a major stroke in 2011, he was admitted to the Revera Northridge Long Term Care Centre in Oakville, where he peacefully lived out his final years. He was appointed Revera's first Resident Innovation Ambassador in March 2016, a position he was forced to resign in 2020 because of ill health.

He is survived by his former wife of 24 years, Patricia (Brearley, of Belleville, Ontario), and three adult children: Rob (wife Vesna Rukavina from London, Ontario), and children Erik, Aaron and Andrew, all of London), Dr. Blair (former wife Julie Barnes from Toledo, Ohio, and children Gage and Raven, all of New York City, New York); and Patti (husband John Straumann from Long Island, New York, and children Alexandra and Avery, all of Tampa, Florida).

In his recently-published autobiography, Bill stated "I've come to realize that my family is everything. As I see how our three children have grown and prospered, and become excellent parents in their own right, I can only believe that nothing else really matters! It's not so much about what we have done in life, but what we leave behind!"

Finally, Bill wished to pass on his appreciation, respect and best wishes to the management and staff of the Northridge Long Term Care Centre in Oakville for the outstanding care and support he was given during the many years he lived there, and to the management and staff of their parent corporation, formerly Revera Inc., who gave much value to his final years.