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Dr. William Ross Walters, MD, known as “Bucky” to many of his friends, and colleagues, and “Uncle Bucky” to his nieces & nephews, passed away peacefully on Sept 26, 2022 at The Hanover & District Hospital. He was 92.
Bill was born in Toronto, on June 7, 1930 to Dr. W. Ross Walters MD and Aileen Walters (nee Lacey). The second born, he had an older sister and two younger sisters.
Bill lived and grew up in the Beaches area of Toronto. He attended public school in the Beaches, and was as at Malvern Collegiate for high school. After graduating high school, he enrolled at the University of Toronto in Medicine, following in the footsteps of his father, who was a prominent Toronto physician and Chief of Staff at The Grace Hospital in Toronto.
While at U of T, in the early and mid 1950’s he was an accomplished athlete on the Varsity Blues Hockey and Football teams, as he studied medicine. On the ice, he was a quick skater and gritty competitor. Golf was also a passion, doing trips with the North American Medical Golf Association with trips to the US and Europe over the years.
Graduating in 1955, he left Toronto and spent time interning in Wichita, Kansas and some time at the Cleveland Clinic studying urology. He returned to Canada, and settled in Caledonia for a number of years working with a senior physician, who had a local practice. Dr. Bucky took an interest in general practice with a keen interest in Obstetrics. It was during his time in Caledonia he met Carol Murray. Carol and Bill married on July 19, 1963. A few months after being wed, an opportunity arose to re-establish a local practice in Mildmay. In 1963, he and Carol moved to Bruce County. He practiced in Mildmay from 1963 to 1993, with hospital privileges at The County of Bruce General Hospital, in Walkerton, as it was known then. After retiring from his full-time practice, Dr. Walters did numerous locums in various communities in northern Ontario. A favorite locale, of both he & Carol, was Longloc, Ontario. He did a good number of locums there, over a good number of years, till his mid 70’s.
He lived at his country home, close to Ayton and Neustadt, and loved the piece of property he was fortunate to have. He loved seeing deer in the front fields from the downstairs living room window, or sitting out back on the deck that overlooked the forest behind his house. He loved his home.
Bucky had a true love of the North, having his camp at his favorite place on the planet, Noganosh Lake. Hunting in his younger years as part of the Hunt Club there, he built his own cabin in 1975, and enjoyed many summer vacations, and winter snowmobile trips with many friends and family over many years.
Survived by his wife, Carol and their children, Ross, Mary Beth and Alex plus his grandchildren Meghan, Blake, Garrett and Zac.
The family is grateful for the compassionate care Dad received from both the health teams at the Hanover & District Hospital over these past few weeks, and also to the staff at the Walkerton Hospital, when he was there for medical care in the past year. Thank you to all the kind and compassionate doctors and nurses.
A private family only visitation and service will take place and private internment in Neustadt Baptist Cemetery. Please join the family for a celebration of life at Trixie’s Saloon In Ayton on Sunday, October 16, 2022 from 12 noon till 4 pm. Donations may be made directly to the Diabetes Society or the Terry Fox Fund. Arrangements entrusted to the Greg Roberts Funeral Home, Mildmay, ON.
Dr. William Walters
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