Madderom, Pieter

Pieter (Pete) Madderom 
August 30, 1943 (Koedijk, Netherlands) - December 6, 2022
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Peter was frankly puzzled that his exit strategy did not go according to plan.  The idea was to reach his 80th birthday in superb health, then somehow naturally and painlessly sail into the next dimension.  He was always an optimist!  Unfortunately he fell short of the mark by less than a year.  He lived a charmed life, blessed with an abundance of joy, friends, wishes fulfilled, and a rock solid confidence in himself that never failed.  He loved people, but had no patience for fools. A brilliant, pioneering computer scientist who retired from UBC after forty years, he never touched a computer again.  He was dismayed by the wild growth of the Internet, in which he saw too little social or moral accountability.  He called it “pure evil.”  (He was never a man to mince words!)

Peter’s retirement days were idyllic, filled with endless walks, chess games at the pub, cross-Canada motorcycle adventures, and the great pleasure of greeting friends and strangers alike on his daily perambulations.  Most of all he loved family visits, with grandkids and pets snuggled on his lap.  This beautiful, kind and gentle soul will be missed terribly by wife Victoria, his kids Meredith (Andrew), Patrick (Amanda), and Iris (Ruan), grandkids Hendrik and Johanna, and siblings Jake and Sita.  And of course, his favourite lap-cat Lady!  He loved us all, as he loved life itself.  May his memory be for a blessing.