{"id":35447,"date":"2024-11-21T17:09:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T22:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35447"},"modified":"2024-11-21T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T22:09:40","slug":"former-councillor-richard-isaacson-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/former-councillor-richard-isaacson-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"Former councillor Richard Isaacson remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Flags were lowered across all municipal facilities last Wednesday in memory of Richard Isaacson, a two-term Aurora Councillor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaacson died at home, surrounded by family, who said it was the end of a \u201crich and full life that included a career as an accomplished pharmacist\u201d and time on Council where he also served as the community\u2019s Deputy Mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s with sadness that the Town of Aurora shares news of the passing of former Councillor Richard Isaacson,\u201d said the Town in a statement. \u201cRichard served as a member of Council from 1977-1980.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Mayor Tom Mrakas: \u201cOn behalf of Town of Aurora, I offer my deepest sympathies and condolences to Richard\u2019s family and friends. As a member of Council in the late 1970s, Richard played an integral role in shaping modern Aurora, helping the Town grow into a thriving community that not only offered a high quality of life, but also new and exciting economic opportunities. He deeply loved this community and worked tirelessly to improve the lives of residents. His contributions to Aurora continue to be felt to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former mayor Tim Jones, who served on Council with Isaacson, remembered his career and humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember him as being a straight-shooter, calling out the Mayor and other members of Council if it was appropriate,\u201d Jones recalled. \u201cHe was fun-loving, had a great sense of humour and was well-liked. I\u2019m sorry to hear of his passing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As his family summed up: \u201cRichard\u2019s unequivocal generosity and commitment to the various communities that he lived in was remarkable. Some of his fondest memories included childhood visits to Massey, ON, winters spent in Florida, playing tennis, and playing with his cherished hockey team, The Church Dodgers. Throughout his life, he maintained deep, meaningful friendships with friends and colleagues, organizing and participating in annual reunions for the Class 5T8 College of Pharmacy for over 65 years. Above all, he loved and is loved by the many varying branches of his family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flags were lowered across all municipal facilities last Wednesday in memory of Richard Isaacson, a two-term Aurora Councillor. Isaacson died at home, surrounded by family, who said it was the end of a \u201crich and full life that included a career as an accomplished pharmacist\u201d and time on Council where he also served as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-9dJ","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-20 11:42:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35448,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447\/revisions\/35448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}