COUCHMAN ROBERT (BOB) GEORGE JAMES
21 FEBRUARY 1937 - 03 MAY 2008  Suddenly, at
Kingston Ontario, Bob Couchman, adventurer, campaigner, poet, friend and family man. Bob was the former Executive Director of Toronto and Whitehorse Family Service Associations, the Donner Foundation and other private philanthropic activities. In a career spanning five decades, he was active in dozens of causes related to social justice, especially in relation to families and young people. Bob had a profound spiritual connection to the wilderness, which took him from a boyhood in East Toronto, via Algonquin Park to the vast beauty of the Yukon and Northern B.C., where his heart felt truly at home. He leaves behind many loved ones his immediate family and those he made his family during a lifetime of loving and connecting with others. We are Bruce Couchman, Barbara O’Sullivan (nee Couchman), Stephen Couchman, Michael Couchman, Frances O’Sullivan, Matthew Couchman, Ruth O’Sullivan, Samuel Couchman, Catherine Smart-Couchman, Brian O’Sullivan, Jane Couchman, Carolyn Moore, Kyn and Gwynne Barker, Bill Found. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Simon - The Apostle Anglican Church on Friday, May 9th at 10:30 a.m.

Cremation to follow. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date in Whitehorse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atlin is a small isolated community in the NW corner of British Columbia, on the traditional lands of the Taku River Tlingits. Glacial-fed Atlin Lake is 4 miles wide and 85 miles long, in a wide wilderness valley surrounded by snowcapped mountains.  Atlin is a 2 to 3 hour drive from Whitehorse Yukon or Skagway Alaska. Current population is up to 500 full-time residents. During the Klondyke Gold Rush of 1898, the population was 10,000! Many buildings from that era still exist. Though Mining and Tourism underpin the economy of Atlin, there is a large and very influential colony of artists, artisans and authors in this very special little-known community.