William Kavanagh:  

Life In July of 1957 I joined the Westmount Police and was assigned the motorcycle patrol. After the MUC took over policing in Mtl. I left in 1974 and went to Ontario, Town of Petrolia and stayed their for 5 yrs then in 1979, I went to Aylmer, Ont as Chief of Police, Aylmer is the home of the Ont Police College and the heart to tobacco country. Then in 1987 I went to the City of St. Thomas, Ont as Deputy Chief. I retired in 1997 after 40 yrs Policing. In 1998 My first wife died of a heart attack very suddenly. I remarried in 2001 and still living in Aylmer. 2 of my son's are living here and 1 in Petrolia. My youngest is 42 yrs old. I enjoy wood working and gardening. Most of all I enjoy not having to get those phone calls in the early morning and having to go to work. FURTHER to above comments from Bill personally, please read on - - I am the 'lucky girl' who married Bill in 2001 - my name is Ruth-Anne Kavanagh and yes, I'm the one with Bill in the above photo! With both Bill and I retired, we shared so many wonderful times together. One of the first was flying out to British Columbia to visit family on my side and, just to be different, we returned by catching the relaxing two day Rocky Mountaineer train ride, from Vancouver to Calgary, staying overn...Expand for more