David Lyon Prentice, 73, of Sheenboro, QC, died suddenly and unexpectedly on January 4, 2021. He is survived by his brother Steve (wife Lea; nephew Billy), of South Dennis, Massachusetts; uncle Jack Prentice, of Hudson, Ohio; and cousin Brett Borger (wife Stacie), of Columbus, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Theo Prentice, as well as his aunt Mildred (Ricky) Borger Prentice. He is mourned by the hundreds of people whose lives he enriched and delighted in both his native United States and his adopted Canada, gaining dual citizenship in 2003. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated from Greenwich High School in 1965. He received both his baccalaureate (1969) and graduate degrees in business (1971) from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. A career in advertising took him on travels around the world and stays in New York, London, Toronto, and then Pembroke in 1989, before he “retired” to his ancestral property known as Malin’s Point on the Ottawa River in 1998. He was charming, honest and direct, a community builder, networker, punctuation police, music maven, organizer guru, eggnog aficionado, political pundit, and an avid historian and reader. He was the creator of his life’s script and he had it all...a genuine quirky character, a razor-sharp intellect, irrepressible humor, and an opinionated tongue. An exceptional photographer and skilled early adopter of Apple technology, he devoted much of his time to publishing class reunion books for Dartmouth alumnae, and countless newsletters, flyers, and brochures for the Old Fort William Cottagers Association. He served on the Sheen Council and devoted himself to keeping close relationships with his Sheen/Fort William neighbours, hometown and college mates, career colleagues, and countless cottager friends who were always eager to reconnect with him each summer. Most notably, David had an enduring effect on people, but most especially his Little Brothers in Toronto and Pembroke. Memorial contributions in his name will be welcomed by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada or the Canadian Cancer Society.
