Henry Beecher DUROST

1925 - 2004  (78 years)

• Name	Henry Beecher DUROST  [1]
  Birth	15 Feb 1925	Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	2004	Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Death	6 Jan 2004	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I22432	Carleton

  
  

  Father	Henry Beecher DUROST           b. 14 Nov 1883, Glassville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 13 Oct 1968, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Clarissa Edna PERKINS           b. 22 Jul 1888, Kingston, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 11 Feb 1976 (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	31 Dec 1913	Kingston, Kings, New Brunswick
  Family ID	F8101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Feb 1925 - Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Burial - 2004 - Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 6 Jan 2004 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Headstones

  Durost.Henry.Beecher_Perkins.Clarissa Photo: 'Dave W.' ©2021

  
  

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• Notes

  Obituary: Henry DUROST 1925-2006 DUROST, Dr. Henry B. Suddenly in Toronto on January 6, 2004 at the age of 78. He was predeceased by his parents, H. Beecher Durost and Clarissa Perkins. He will be greatly missed by his sister, Dorothy Thorpe, Fredericton, N.B., three nieces, Marilyn, wife of Charles Rowan, Fredericton, Evelyn, wife of Dr. Brian Mann, Hedgesville, West Virginia, and Jeanne, wife of Kenneth Lee, of St. Stephen, N.B., as well as his eight great- nieces and great-nephews, and his many friends. Dr. Durost graduated from the University of New Brunswick, and obtained his medical degree at McGill University. The final year of his postgraduate training in psychiatry at McGill was spent at the Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K. He held the rank of Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Durost was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Canada), and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (United Kingdom), a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, as well as Life Member of the Canadian and Ontario Psychiatric Associations, the Canadian Medical Association, and Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. In mid career, he studied Community and Administrative Psychiatry at Columbia University, School of Medicine, New York. Dr. Durost visited most of the psychiatric facilities across Canada as a surveyor for the Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation. He had been Executive Director of Douglas Hospital, Verdun, Quebec, Medical Director, Queen Street Mental Health Centre, Toronto, and Clinical Director, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, where he also had a busy psychiatric practice. Dr. Durost was a member of the congregation of the Cathedral Church of St. James, 65 Church St., Toronto, and for several years was Chair of the Cathedral's Education Committee. A Requiem Eucharist will be celebrated at the Cathedral on Monday, January 12, 2004 at 2 p.m. At a later date, there will be a memorial service at Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, N.B., followed by interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton. In lieu of flowers, donations to Saint James Cathedral, to the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health or the charity of your choice, would be appreciated by his family. Published by The Globe and Mail on Jan. 9, 2004. https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/henry-durost-obituary?id=41783501

  
  

• Sources

  [S544] FamilySearch.org, Find A Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZWM-13S2 : Tue Apr 01 04:39:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Henry Beecher Durost. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZWM-13S2