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Kari posted a condolence
Thursday, November 4, 2021
I was Peter's student in 2016. He was without doubt the funniest and most engaging professor I ever had, and nurtured in me a lifelong love of Ursula K. LeGuin. Many years later, I can still remember specific stories he told in class and smile to myself. I am so grateful for his presence and his passion, and can only imagine how immense this loss must be for his family. Sending my love to them, and to Peter.
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David Taylor posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
It with great sadness the Pitchrippers Soccer Family heard of Peter's passing.
Our Condolences to you and all the family from all Pitchrippers past and present.
We miss him bombing down the wing during games and his quips in the dressing room afterwards.
As a personal note I will always remember him giving me a hard time when asking or him for money for the seasons dues.
"David it seems entirely wrong that a Scot should be giving an Englishman money"
Personally being married to a Scot I always understood the sentiment.
He is already missed.
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Douglas Thorpe posted a condolence
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Peter was a treasured colleague for many years. A more stimulating, thoughtful, and witty scholar can scarcely be found. So many memories tumble out, from the agile, quick-witted yet erudite talk he gave at his job interview, enitrely without notes, to the inventive memos about student performance, composed in blank verse, Peter was a constant delight. It's hard to imagine the department in the last three decades without his voice and presence. To Janet and all the extended family I send my condolences. I'll be thinking of you.
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Lorraine Samborsky posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Dear Janet and family;
I am so sad to hear about peter's death. My heart and my prayers go out to all of you at this time. I can only imagine the many 'roller coaster feelings' that each of you is experiencing.
Let the good times and memories guide you in your journey.
Lorraine Samborsky
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Jimmy Connolly lit a candle
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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It's been a very long time since I last saw my older cousin, Peter, in Scotland, but at least we could participate in the streamed service today. 'People Get Ready' was moving. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of his family and friends.
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Joel Fonstad posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Peter was a kind, hilarious, and intellectually intimidating instructor. I was shocked to hear of his passing and, since I heard, my thoughts have been with his family and the friends I knew he had within the English Department (and beyond).
I will miss the opportunity to have conversations in passing with him again. When wishing him a happy belated birthday once, he replied, "My birthday wasn't late...". I have only ever wished people happy birthdays belatedly since and every time I do so, I think of Dr. Hynes. He was a masterful conversationalist and his retorts were always sharp without being cutting.
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Sharon Crafter lit a candle
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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Our deepest condolences to the Hynes family. Strength and peace to you all.
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marnie deighton lit a candle
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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So many talents and positive qualities- shared with many and now embodied in his children. Healing prayers to Janet, friends and family as you walk this next journey grieving his loss while celebrating his life and the gifts he has left behind. With love from the Deighton crew. Marnie Lorne Alex and Zach
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William Bain posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Peter will be dearly remembered and much missed among his family in Scotland, his aunts and uncles, and his cousins, like me. We remember his visits to his Aunts Phil, Anne and Cathie and Uncle Tommy in the West of Scotland with great fondness, and our visits in turn to Pat and Jack's home in Kentville and at the cottage where we met Peter. My thoughts with Janet, Peter's children, and our cousins in Canada.
William Bain
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Anne Kelly posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Peter was always in unfailingly good spirits when I used to pass him in the hallways as a student. He seemed to have a spring in his step and a genial word for everyone. He was also deeply dedicated to the academic community and could be counted on as a regular attendee at student events. My deepest condolences to the Hynes family. Peter will be sorely missed.
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Frank Klaassen uploaded photo(s)
Monday, November 30, 2020
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What I need to put into words had nothing to do with them. Peter and I shared a common academic life, but being in a different department, I knew very little about his work. Instead, as we played music together, off and on, for over a decade, the Peter I came to know was the musical one, and curiously, our relationship was almost entirely limited to music. He could not only express himself in multiple languages, he could also do so in music. He was simply a terrific guitar and bass player. (I remember with significant pride the two times I found I was able to do something on the guitar that Peter wasn't!) He also had the phenomenal gift of being able to plot out long and complicated chord structures in his head and solo over them even if he couldn't hear them. (Bad sound systems. It happened!) Unsurprisingly, his greatest love was jazz, but there were wonderful moments during practices when he broke off into riffs from The Who or Led Zeppelin. In our musical conversations, Peter was usually the respondent, not only because I wrote the songs, but more significantly, because he had the talent to speak through his instrument, something few of us (including me) can do. As a child of the 60s and 70s and an inveterate experimenter, he was prone to getting carried away with his guitar solos and we were never quite sure what would happen in our gigs. But on stage he always pulled the rabbit out of the hat. And in developing songs we could always depend on Peter finding his way with unassuming and selfless grace to make the song both infinitely better and also his own, often in ways we didn't expect. We've had to leave most of that repertoire behind us now because simply no one else can do the job. We miss him, his voice, and the wordless fellowship profoundly.
My deepest condolences to his family.
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Carleigh Brady posted a condolence
Monday, November 30, 2020
My deepest sympathies to Janet and the rest of Peter's family. I have always considered myself fortunate to have had Peter as my supervisor: he was kind, funny, and encouraging, always ready with a good story, and generous with his knowledge and his time. I am honored to have known him and he will be deeply missed.
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Lisa Vargo posted a condolence
Monday, November 30, 2020
It is hard to put into words how I feel, and the comfort I would like to extend to Janet and family. Like so many others, I have numerous good memories of Peter, who was one of the most intelligent and talented people I know. Although he certainly had a serious and thoughtful side, we shared many jokes with our alter egos of Pierrot and Lise. Language was one of his delights—being bilingual in French and English, as well as bilingual in Saskatchewan and Glaswegian English made conversations with him a source of fun. From time to time he would share phrases from his early childhood. One expression I remember is “he fancies his barrow,” meaning a kind of inflated sense of pride capture in an image of a cart with goods for sale. Peter was one of the least barrow fanciers I know. He was too busy being generous to others and taking a friendly interest in those around him. But he certainly had a loving pride for his family, who were always part of our conversations. Peter’s presence has been especially strong with me in these past sad days since his passing. There is much consolation in these memories, but as least as much grief as I think how much he will be missed.
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Pat and Darlene Kelly posted a condolence
Monday, November 30, 2020
Our condolences to the Hynes family on their loss, especially those members of his household whom it was our pleasure to teach. We always found Peter to be a dedicated and very genial colleague. He will be much missed.
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Ron Cooley posted a condolence
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Since Wednesday, I’ve been pondering what to say about the loss of my longest and dearest adult friend, Peter Hynes. Mostly, I’ve been thinking about the special nature of adult friendships. In youth, friendships are desperately intense and immediate. I remember Peter telling me that a child’s birthday party might, or might not take place--because it was unclear who would still be a friend on the day of the event. The difference of adult friendships is equally poignant. So many of us sacrifice our intense, youthful friendships to career, romantic attachments, family, and relocation, (not to mention politics). I know I have done so, and mostly, I regret it. My friendship with Peter was incomparably special because it was built up by all the things that usually break down youthful friendships. We shared a career—we taught in the same department, and I think we shared similar doubts about some broad institutional priorities. We traded barbs about the merits of poets who “torture one poor word ten thousand ways.” Our daughters were best friends from the time of our first arrival in Saskatoon in 1989. Our sons played soccer together. Our life partners were members of the same 25-year-running book club. For years, we made an annual 2-family fall pilgrimage to Fort Carlton. Peter was my other, better self. Nearly everything I wanted for my children was something I saw in Peter. I wanted them to be both spontaneously clever, and dedicated in their intellectual commitments. I wanted them to have the opportunity to speak a language other than the one spoken routinely at home. I wanted them to have the facility to play a musical instrument, and more than that, to make music for the sheer joy of it, if they so chose. These were things I had seen but not experienced growing up. Peter Hynes taught me that all these things were possible.
As many nights endure
Without a moon or star,
So will we endure,
When one is gone and far.
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Paula Outhouse lit a candle
Sunday, November 29, 2020
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Condolences to the Hynes family. I knew Peter and his siblings while attending high school at KCA.
Donna Marie Bigelow lit a candle
Sunday, November 29, 2020
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Sorry to hear about Peter illness. Condolances and our prayer for all the family.
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Paul and Jane Curren posted a condolence
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Janet and Family. We are so very sorry to hear about Peter. Please know that we are thinking of you and send our most sincere condolences.
Paul and Jane
Yellowknife, NT
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Gloria Hill posted a condolence
Saturday, November 28, 2020
I am truly sorry to hear of Peter’s passing. He was always kind and caring. My condolences to Janet and family.
Gloria Hill
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Jennifer Amadio lit a candle
Saturday, November 28, 2020
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Our deepest condolences to the Hynes family. Peter will live on in the hearts of all who loved him. Thinking of you all in this difficult time and sending our love, thoughts and prayers from Ontario.
With sympathy,
-The Amadios (Jayne, Jim, Greg and Jeff) & the Mosas (Jennifer, Adam and Sophia)
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Tara Chambers lit a candle
Saturday, November 28, 2020
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My condolences to the Hynes family. Thinking of Peter and all his kindness, intelligence, and talent. Sincerely, Tara Chambers
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Diane Schaffel posted a condolence
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Janet, my deepest condolences to you and your family. It was always nice to see Peter playing with the band at church. I didn't know Peter well but always enjoyed talking to him. Hugs, Diane
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Dillon Person posted a condolence
Saturday, November 28, 2020
My deepest sympathies are with the Hynes Family. Thinking of you all.
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Marley Duckett posted a condolence
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Thomas and I became friends during our undergraduate degrees, so it was very fun to eventually take a class from, “Thomas’s Dad!”
Peter was a wonderful instructor. He was funny and his class was very fun.
My favourite memory of Peter was at graduation. I was backstage at TCU, ready to graduate when I heard a, “Pssst! Marley!” I turn to see Professor Hynes waving to me from the line up of teachers ready to go onstage. I’m sure it must have been his millionth time sitting through a graduation but he took the time to wave to me and to wish me congratulations.
I’m very sorry to Thomas and Family for the loss of this special person. Thinking of you.
Robbie Hynes uploaded photo(s)
Friday, November 27, 2020
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Dad and I during a few weeks in PEI. I was starting school at UPEI, and Dad helped me get settled in. We spent the weeks exploring every corner of the island
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The family of Peter John Hynes uploaded a photo
Friday, November 27, 2020
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