Condolences
It is with great sadness that we have just learned of your loss. I have such fond memories of your entire family from my days working with Dr Don Miller at Silver Springs Dental and Arbour Lake Dental. It was always a great day when anyone from the Wieser family visited the practice. In later years we crossed paths again at Bowcrest Care Centre. Dr Wieser fondly known as “the professor” is remembered by me as a kind, intelligent man who had a genuine compassion for people. His family was his life, his mentor ships valued! I send all of you a hug and healing energies! He will be missed! Donna & Rudy vanVeenendaal
Dear Mike,
My heart breaks for you, as there are no words to express the bitter sweetness from here. Take comfort in the warm memories you have, and know that you’re honouring him so well… with your curiosity in and engagement with the world, care for and kindness toward others, and love for your family left behind. Take care during this hard time, knowing that my heart is with you.
Helen
Dear Wieser family,
Sincerest condolences from the Kruegers - Kathryn, Vivian, Jonathan. May you draw strength from each other during this difficult time. Our dad, Peter, spoke fondly of Hal whenever he talked (at great length!) about the early years at U of C.
Vivian Krueger
I am sorry for the loss of Hal who was an early colleague when I arrived at UofC in the early 1990's. I was pleasantly surprised to discover a team of chemists (Hal, Bill Laidlaw, Lis Dixon) studying bark beetles in forests, which was my area of research. Our day trips to Parson BC for field work were long but full of good humour. Hal was serene and focused. Subsequently, it was always a pleasure to meet him in the hallways and have a chat. A fine man. My condolences Mike, Caroline and rest of the family.
Mary Reid
To the Wieser family - please accept my heartfelt condolences for your loss. I hope your fond memories will help give you all strength in this difficult time. And to Mike - I'm so sorry to hear about your dad's passing. I didn't know him unfortunately, but from my readings it sure seems like his bright spirit continues to shine through you.
-David Feder
Dear Mike,
I am truly sorry to find out of the loss of your father. Please receive from our family our most heartfelt condolences for your loss.
Best regards,
Pedro Martinez
Meta, Michael, Caroline and family; we wish you our sincere condolences.
Mike,
I am very sorry for your loss. I wish you and your family peace and healing during this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Sean Stotyn
Dear Professor Wieser,
My condolences for your loss in this difficult time.
- John Ming Ngo
Dear Mike and family,
Please accept my condolences in the loss of Helmut. Our thoughts are with you in this very sad time.
-Wendy
Hello Mike,
My deepest condolences to you and your family. I wish you all the best.
-CJ
Wishing my uncle a great new journey. The Hal I knew would look at this not as an end, but as a fantastic adventure of possibilities; and in knowing that my sadness is abated. You are always in my thoughts and memories, and for your joyous presence I am forever grateful.
Leo Wieser
Mike, I'm terribly sorry to hear of your loss, especially during an already terribly difficult time.
-Jason
Dear Mike
I am saddened to hear of your father's passing. My sincere condolences, and all the best to you and your family at this time of sorrow.
Andrew Yau
I knew Hal as a capable chemist, a devoted teacher, and as an exemplary colleague.
His energy and cheerfulness were inspirational. I have thought of him often since
we both retired from the University of Calgary.
My deepest condolences to the Wieser family on this inestimable loss..
Gene Milone
Dear Prof. Weiser,
I'm so sorry for your loss. All my best wishes to you and yours during this difficult time.
Matthew Patrick
Dear Mike and family,
I am deeply saddened by news of your father's death last week. He and I collaborated on several projects and shared many interests and lively discussions over the years.. We hope that your many memories of him will lessen the impact of his loss.
My thoughts are with you at this difficult time.
Alan Clark
My sincere condolences on the loss of your father Mike. He was such a friendly professor who was lighthearted and pleasant to encounter. I recall learning about his fascinating work on MPB pheromones from our brief 5 minute exchanges in the hallways of SB over the years and remember him fondly.
Hi Mike,
I'm so sorry for your loss. It sounds like he was a wonderful person who inspired many, and a inquisitive scientist who brought much to Chemistry. I imagine that very little can ease a loss of that magnitude. I hope that grief helps keep his memory fresh in your mind and close to your heart, and that you have the opportunity to reminisce with others who love him deeply. It isn't easy to lose a family member, and grief can be very non-linear, so please take care and be kind to yourself.
Kim
Mike, I have very sorry to hear about the loss of your father. My most sincere condolences.
Nic Ploquin
Dear Mike and family,
please, receive my sincere condolences in this difficult time.
Our thoughts are with you.
Claudia G. Rocha
I am very sorry for your loss of a great person whom I recall fondly from my undergraduate days forty years ago. May his memory be a blessing to you all.
Hello Mike
I am so sorry to heat about the loss of your father. Please accept my condolences and let me know if there's anything I can do to help during this difficult time.
Behnam
Dear Mike and family,
I am so sorry for your loss, and wish to give my sincerest condolences. I hope and pray that the cherished memory of your father may bring you comfort and joy as you celebrate the life that he lived.
Best wishes,
Jordan Smith
Helmut, your loss hurts my heart and somehow I have no words. Hal, I thank you for the countless wonderful hours of being together, for the in-depth conversations, for our beautiful meetings in Austria and Canada, for the loving way you lived your life, I just thank you for everything. I miss you and I speak for all of your relatives in Austria, we miss you.
I hereby want to convey our deepest condolences from the entire Austrian relatives to the Canadian family.
Markus Auer
Vienna, Austria, Europe
I first met Hal at a spectroscopic conference in Balatonfured, Hungary, in 1996. Half a year later Hal found a possibility to invite me to join his group at the University of Calgary as a Visiting Graduate Student. Hal, together with his great group members, heartwarmingly welcomed me in a land so far away from my homeland and helped me to feel like home even during cold and long winters.
Later I became a PhD student and accomplished my PhD under Hal’s supervision. Hal was always an ideal example of a supervisor and teacher for me: caring, supportive, always encouraging (even when the work didn’t go the way you wanted). He taught me how to be a real scientist and a good supervisor, which I constantly appreciate throughout my daily work. Hal was also very supportive and caring outside of the lab. I still remember how he took me to help him with his other project in a forest near Golden, and how he helped me to move to another house. I enjoyed working with Hal so much, that when I got a chance to continue my research in his lab as a postdoc, I didn’t think even for a moment. Altogether I spent 7 years in Hal’s lab, and I enjoyed every little moment of it. I often look back to those times and always remember it as one of the best and happiest times.
Later, whenever I visited Calgary, I tried to contact Hal and meet with him. Both during my studies and work in Calgary and during those short visits, Hal often invited me for a dinner at his house, where I had a chance to meet his great family, Meta, Mike and Caroline. I always enjoyed those moments and discussions in their cozy living room.
It is a very sad news and I would like to express my most sincere condolences to the family.
Valery Andrushchenko
During his Grad Studies years, Hal and I worked together on a number of projects. In policy issues, he was always concerned to balance the requirements of the institution and the welfare of the students. I will not forget his gentle smile, his soft-spoken manner, and his conviction that, with patience, reasoned solutions could be found for most problems. Hal Wieser was in equal measures a scientist and a humanist.
Dear Meta and family,
I have fond memories of Hal’s support and kindness when I started my career in the Department of Chemistry. Hal was an understanding colleague as I struggled to balance my career and family obligations. In addition to his leadership in the Chemistry Department, he was a humane leader in graduate studies and made an important impact on the lives of many students, particularly female students. He made valuable contributions to science, to teaching and to service - a true academic star. I am sorry for your loss. My condolences,
Penelope Codding
Victoria, BC
I knew Hal from the University of Calgary, where I had the privilege of having him as my PhD supervisor from 1993-1998. Hal was a great man and a great teacher - always supportive and encouraging. I will be forever grateful for the kindness he and his family extended when I first came to Calgary and also for the learning opportunities he provided, including many conferences. I will always remember him and my time in his research group very fondly. He touched the lives of so many. My heartfelt condolences to his family.
To Mike and Family
You have my deepest sympathy at the passing of your father, particularly in these precarious times. Best wishes to you all in your grief. From Irene Krouse
Hal was a wonderful man and supervisor. I got to know him and his family when I came to the U of C as a visiting graduate student in 1994. He gave the opportunity to me to do research in his lab. He was a great teacher and a very kind man. And a pretty good squash player (I never managed to beat him or Mike)
We send our sincere condolences to Mike and his family
Birgit, Tobias, Laura and Mats
Mike, sending you the most sincere condolences on the loss of your dad. While never having met him, I have often heard his name spoken accompanied with a smile and a compliment by those who worked with him. You and your family are in my thoughts.
Laura Baird
My wife Gillian and I met Hal in 1969, when he was visiting the University of Reading, England, where I was doing a postdoctoral fellowship. I wanted to return to Canada when it finished, and Hal suggested that I apply for a two-year postdoctoral position at the University of Calgary. With his support, I was successful in the application, and we came to Calgary, thinking it would be for two years – we stayed for 32 years! Hal was always very supportive, and we shared a lab for many years. Hal was a true gentleman!
Hal and Meta were wonderful at helping us get established in Calgary. I remember being invited to a barbeque that first winter, when the temperature was in the -30’s. (A shocking temperature for us Vancouverites!) Hal would put on his puffy jacket and a toque, and go outside to tend the meat on the barbeque. After dinner – Meta had made an Indonesian rijsttafel which included many dishes we had never tasted before and a wonderful peanut sauce – we talked for a long time. When we finally left, Hal discovered that he had forgotten two skewers of meat on the barbeque. The coals had gone out, and the pork on the skewers was frozen solid – further impressing we west-coast softies!
Ron Kydd
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