I can remember the day as if it was yesterday, when I received that terrible telegram telling me of my cousin's murder in Canada.
It was on this day in 1977. I was in my kitchen in France when a yellow post office van pulled-up outside the gates. The telegram said that he had been shot; in fact he had been stabbed 15 times.
Stephen was a 'Genius'; I have no qualms in using that word. He was an exceptionably 'clever' person. His loss was a serious blow to medicine in Canada, and elsewhere.
His next door neighbour's son had broken into his house looking for drugs; he was unlucky enough to have discovered him. Stephen was a hospital doctor, there were no drugs in the house.
Stephen was my first cousin, and I still miss him. I loved him like a big brother. What a terrible waste of a life. He was someone who did only good for the world. He was just 35 when he died; he left a wife and three daughters. I wonder what happened to the little scumbag who murdered him?
p.s. The letters after his name (above) are just a selected few. His accolades were extraordinary. RIP.
Very tragic that a man destined to do so much good for others in his lifetime should have been killed by a man destined to nothing of any significance.
ReplyDeleteThe killer's father was a Judge!
DeleteWhat a sad story. So young and a brilliant mind. You must often wonder what he would have achieved.
ReplyDeleteYes, he was destined for greater things.
DeletePure evil. Why do such things happen?
ReplyDeleteAlso, a young family devasted by the brutal loss of their brilliant father. Very sad.
Are you in touch with the family members?
Only through Facebook. They all live in Canada.
DeleteWhat an awful and tragic loss, I expect the killer will be free now having been 're-educated' !
ReplyDeleteMany years ago I tried to find-out what had happened to him, but it seemed that such info was not to be made public!
DeleteHi my nephew has recently found this blog. I am also related to Stephen Lowe and although I was quite young when he left the UK I do remember him. He was a lovely man. I think he initially joined a cruise ship before he settled in Canada. We are related on my mother's side who was a Lowe and was born in Oswestry before moving to Manchester with her parents. Is there a way I can contact you?
ReplyDeleteI was also related to Stephen Lowe on my mother's side. She was a Lowe born in Oswestry Shropshire in 1919. My nephew just found your report on his very sad death. Although I was quite young when he left the UK I remember him fondly. Is there any way I can contact you?
ReplyDeleteHello Jill. Gilbert Lowe (Stephen's father) must have been your uncle? Yes, Stephen met his wife Linda whilst working as a Ship's Doctor. They were a lovely family, which sadly ended in tragedy. I remember his passing every year, and of course I think of him almost daily. He was without doubt an exceptional person. I am still in contact with his daughters who live in Vancouver. Linda died quite recently. My Email is jrogercb@hotmail.co.uk
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