It is with great sadness that, after a lengthy illness and a hard fought battle with ALS, Peter, in his 55th year, passed away in his home in Niagara Falls on Sunday, June 24th, 2018. Loving youngest son of Beverley and John Lowden, twin brother of Paul (Lisa), brother of Pam (late Thomas) and Patti (Scott). He will be dearly missed by his nieces and nephews Heather and Ryan, Ashley and Cory, Kristyn, Kaitlyn and Kyler as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.
Peter graduated from De La Salle and Henry Carr Collegiates in Toronto and Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan where he attended on a full hockey scholarship. He followed up by playing professional hockey in Germany for 14 years. He returned to Canada and became the owner/operator of Townline Fish & Chips in Orangeville until 2016.
As per Peter’s wishes cremation has taken place. A celebration of Peter’s life will be held at the Caledon East Community Complex, 6215 Old Church Road, Caledon East on Sunday, July 29 from 11 to 3 o’clock.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to the ALS Clinic, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto M4N 3M5.
Condolences for the family may be offered at www.EganFuneralHome.com
Terry Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Lowden, My condolences on your loss. I will always remember the good times Peter and I shared on the golf course with the Ryan and others at Osprey Valley, I know Peter looked forward to our Thursday and Sunday games as did I! The fish and chips were pretty good too:)! Regards Terry Smith
Peter E. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Lowden!
My heart felt condolences! Will keep Peter in my prayers each & every day! An outstanding hockey player, a terrific young man, remember your son & his brother Paul fondly! Pictures of Peter & Paul adorns the ‘Wall of Fame’ & trophy cases at Henry Carr!
Coach Miller!
steve gray
Our condolences to the Lowden family on the loss of Peter.
Steve and Cathy Gray
Mike and Virg Pytlik
Sincere condolences to the families of Peter Lowden. I knew him only from Townline Fish and Chips and he made sure we always got the best food he could make for us. Thank you for being my friend.
Greg Krar
My most sincere condolences to all of the Lowden family on the passing of Peter. I will cherish and remember the good times shared in the many rounds of golf that Peter and I played at Osprey Valley, on Niagara trips, and down in Myrtle Beach. The regular visits to Townline Fish & Chips for a chat and a laugh helped winters fly by until the next golf season arrived. As good an athlete as Peter was, he was an even better person! Peter was liked and respected by all who met him. Rest in peace my good friend.
Andy Black
We are heartbroken to hear of Peter’s passing. Sending our deepest sympathies to the entire Lowden family.
Andy & Liz Black
(Ferris State University)
Patti Holmes- Drysdale
Peter – I still can’t believe we’ve lost you! Everyday in my mind I think why did this happen to you and how did this happen to you ? I love you dearly and always will brother ! Remembering the good times we shared ! Rest In Peace Peter! Missing you so much !
Jaime Noble
I can’t believe this could ever happen to someone so great. You truly were a nice guy and you were a good boss as well. You will be missed by many people. My deepest condolences go out to the Lowden family.
Jack and Beverley Lowden
Peter our very precious son and ourselves wish to thank all the many family members and friends along with his many hockey and golf sports friends for your beautiful remembrances. We shall never forget. We love you Pete.
Katalin Papp
To the Lowden Family:
So sorry to hear of the loss of Peter. Please accept our deepest sympathy.
Katalin Papp and family.
(Kentish Cres., Agincourt)
Glen and Debbie Davis
Jack, Beverly and family:
We are very sorry to hear about the passing of your son. May your memories bring you comfort during this very difficult time.
Glen and Debbie Davis
Darin Fridgen
My sincere condolences to Paul and the rest of the family. We had many great experiences at Ferris.
Pat Maunder
To the Lowden Family
Please accept our families deepest sympathy with the loss of Peter.
Pat & Fran Maunder
Arnie Kourtjian
My deepest sympathies go out to you and your family. May God give you the peace that you seek.
(Ferris State Hockey Trainer)
Wendy Smith
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Lowden family. Will always remember our good times at Ferris State, he was one of a kind… Wendy Solomon Smith
Heather Hollett-Blank
Dear Bev, Jack & family,
The Hollett’s are all thinking of you.
Peter was such a lovely man. Sending lots of love and hugs to you all.
Xoxo
Heather Cook
My deepest sympathy to the whole Lowden family. I have many found memories from Ferris.
Micki Lyons
Lowden Family
Sadden by this news, my deepest condolences to you all, I will always remember his smile. May your family find comfort surrounded by family, friends, love and memories.
Micki Lyons
(Ferris State)
Heidi &Blair McBratney
Bev, Jack, Patti, Pam, Paul, I’m so sorry to hear about Peter. You are all in Heidi and My Prayers. Deepest Sympathies to all the Family. I shall always remember his Smile….
Heidi & Blair McBratney
Familie Martin Memmingen
To the Lowden Family: we can‘t believe what happen to Peter. Always we will remember the wonderful Time with Peter and Paul in Memmingen! Our deepest condolences to you all.
Mum Martin, Petra, Stefan and Markus
Florian jahrmann
i can’t say what a great sorrow i am filled with when i heared this morning that you Peter Lowden left us. first of all i would like to express my deepest condolences to the family lowden.
you were my idol in my young years, then you became my trainer. i didn’t become a good hockey player, but i learned a lot i did reasonably on the ice from you. in the end i was even allowed to play with you, my idol, on one team. besides hockey you simply became a great friend over the years. who always welcomed me warmly. with whom i share some great memories from our time together in your restaurant in germany when you were my boss. i regret it too deeply that two years ago it did not work out to visit you with my family. i will always carry you in my heart peter …
Sandra Green
Incredibly sad. So sorry to hear of Peter’s passing. I have fond childhood memories of Peter, we went to public school together. My thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time.
Lynn Obrien
Paul and Family,
My heart breaks to hear about the passing of Peter. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. We had such fun times in college. He was a wonderful and thoughtful person. He will be greatly missed.
Lynn
(Ferris Alumni)
Tim Fray
I would like to send out my condolences to Peter’s family. I knew Peter as his GFS rep during his time at Townline Fish & Chips. I still visited his restaurant even after I left GFS because of the relationship we built over the years. Once again my sincere condolences to his family.
Gary & Donna Richner
Our prayers to the family with great memories of his hockey in Big Rapids
Stefan Wiche
Family Stefan Wiche
It is painful to hear that he has parted from us.
He was a good friend and he will always have a place in our hearts.
Our heartfelt condolences
Manuela Sigg
My deepest condolences to the Lowden family…My thoughts and prayers are with you…
Peter will be remembered as a great friend.
Rainer Meisinger
Dear Family Lowden,
Dear Paul and Lisa,
with great dismay we have heard of the death of our former teammate Peter.
Our thoughts are with you.
We will never forget the great time together at SC Memmingen.
Our heartfelt condolences
Rainer Meisinger, Markus Gmeiner and Xandy Schnoell
Susan and David Jones
Aunt Bev, Uncle Jack, Pam, Patti, Paul and families,
I was so saddened to read of Peter’s passing in the paper. I cannot imagine your pain watching him suffer with this horrible disease and the loss you now share. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Susan and David Jones
Dad and Mom
Dear Susan and David Thankyou yes peter suffered immense pain and was the bravest young man throughout this dreadful disease he even at times gave us that famous beautiful smile.
Nieder Ingo
Our heartfelt condolences
Peter, it was an honor to play with you and to know you. You are the Memmingen ice hockey legend
Ingo und Daniela Nieder
Mike Lorenz
Abschied nehmen war noch nie leicht, aber für immer ist extrem schwer.
Mike aus Memmingen
Laura
We were so saddened to hear of Peter’s passing. Paul, we hope that as time passes, the happy, fun memories you have of Peter will make you smile and bring you comfort.
Laura and Randy Flechsig
Beyer,Fred
It is with great sadness,that I had to hear one of my icehockey idols has passed away. It always was a pleasure to see him play as well as to see how he cared about the young ones, when training them. All the best wishes and lots of power to his beloved ones in trying to cope with their loss. The Memmingen icehockey community shall surely never forget one of it´s best.
Andrea
Dear Lowden Parents,
dear Paul and Lisa,
dear Pam and Patti,
a hero – a true role model – well known above and beyond the Memmingen ice hockey community passed away. He left traces in countless people´s hearts and lives. These traces will never be forgotten. We are grateful and feel honored to share a lot of memories with Peter.
Please accept our sincere and deepest condolences. Our thoughts are with you in those hard times!
Zeljko Jauernig
Gretl Stolz
Andrea Stolz
Wolfgang Huber
Dear Lowden Family,
I send out my condolences. Peter was the reason for me to visit many hockey games in Memmingen and on the road. I can’t remember one single game without seeing him fighting over 60 minutes and more! Thank you for a great time! God bless you.
Wolfgang Huber
Jennifer Brown
Dear Aunt Bev ,Uncle Jack, Pam, Patty and Paul
My condolences on the loss of Peter. I know all to well how you are feeling right now and all the words one can say at a time like this will not change that. Peter was loved by many and all of us have our own memories of him. So as difficult as things are right now for all of you time will lessen that pain and you will be able to move forward as Peter would want you to. He will not physically be there but he will always be in your hearts no you in his.
Love
Jenny and Ivan
M. Iris Hess
It was with great sadness that we learned Peter had passed away , losing his battle to such a dreadful disease as ALS. Peter was always kind and friendly and loving to everyone and although we could not visit often in person, living across the country in California, we always enjoyed great Family times when we were able to make trips ‘home’ to see our Canadian loved ones and got to see and visit with Peter, and later when he was home from playing professional hockey and owning a business in Germany, to remain in Canada, and became the owner of and gracious host to all his customers at his Fish & Chip restaurant. His food was truly delicious and Peter had a very loyal clientele. We are all so blessed to be part of Peter’s life and through our sadness in Peter’s passing we are thankful that he is no longer suffering. Rest in Peace Peter. We love you forever. Auntie Iris, and cousins Marc and Julie and their families, Marc Anthony, Meagan and Dani, Summar (Eric and baby Morrison), Nicholas , and Christopher
Marlene Prosper
Dear Bev and Jack, Paul, Pam and Patti and families.
Peters Auntie Marlene, Uncle Jim, cousins Ron, Rob, Lisa and Josh and families send our most heartfelt condolences on the passing of Peter from such a horrendous illness. Peter was a brave soul enduring this tragedy. He is so loved by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing this amazing young man. I personally have enjoyed many opportunities to spend time with Peter and so proud of all his accomplishments. Also so grateful for all the times he took his cousin Lisa to places along with his brother Paul when she lived with them on weekends during her stay at the ballet school.
I thank Peter for his kindness, understanding and attention he gave her. We will miss immensely this wonderful and generous young man, our family send our deepest and most sorrowfull condolences to my sister and her husband, my nephew Paul and nieces Pam and Patti and their families. A beautiful and talented man in all ways. Peace be with you Peter. Love you forever.
Heinz EVR Towerstars
Liebe Familie Lowden
mein aller herzlichstes Beileid zum Tod von Peter. Er wird immer in meiner bzw. unserer Erinnerung bleiben. Die Zeit mit ihm bei den Derbys sind unvergessen.
Peter ruhe in Frieden
Vom langjährigen Rivalen aus Ravensburg
Carolann Bell Prue
I am so saddened to have learned of Peter’s passing. I didn’t want to believe it was true. On behalf of Jim and Marg Bell, myself and our family, we send our deepest condolences to the entire Lowden family.
Peter Karl
Sincere sympathy
With the death of a loved one you lose a lot,
but never the time you spent together.
Blacky, Günther Schölhorn, Peter Wimhofer, Theo and Erika Schleicher
from Memmingen
Jackie Munro
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Lowden, Patti, Pam and Paul and family. I am so sorry for your loss of Peter. My thoughts will be with you. Love Jackie (Cubbon) Munro and Trevor, Jennifer and family and Stephen and Chelsea.
Sonia Campbell
My Dear friends Bevy, Jacky:
It is with great sadness that I express my most sincerest of condolences to you and the rest of Peter’s family.
I hope that the happy memories of Peter will always be in your hearts and minds and always bring a sweet smile to your faces!
I pray that God in his infinite wisdom will grant you the grace and strength sufficient to deal with this ordeal!
Jason Thorsteinson
I met Peter in 1989 in Memmingen, I was an American playing on the junior hockey team there and we became very good friends the year I spent in Germany. He was very much a mentor to me both on the ice as well as navigating a foreign country and helping get through the first few months which were tough! My heart broke upon hearing about Peters passing, I’m still trying to come to grips with it! My condolences to the Lowden family and condolences from Hugo Warter and Christian Loesaus who were great fans of the Lowden brothers. They were incredible on the ice together!!
Beverley and Jack
Thank you Jason. We Pete’s mom and Dad remember you. Peter spoke fluent German which helped also. Peter is a very special gentleman, hockey player and friend . We have been blessed with having a son of his character .
Rita Lange
To Mr. and Mrs. Lowden
My deepest condolences and prayers for your loss. I had the pleasure of working with Peter in selling his business we had some laughs and some stressful moments. He was a wonderful person considerate of others, his staff and making sure everything was done well. May he Rest In Peace.
Chris Saunders and family
Mr. and Mrs. Lowden, Patti, Pam and Paul. Me and my family were very sorry to hear of Peters Passing. He was a great friend and teammate. I will miss him and will pray for him always.
Mark Johnstone
I just heard of Peter’s passsing from coach Miller of Henry Carr. I have many fond memories of being friends and team mates with both Peter along with Paul while we played together at Ferris State. I have always looked back fondly on our friendship and the fun we had along with Peter travelling in the old Cadillac to and from practices and games at Ewigilben and hanging out afterward at the house we shared with Arnie. I can still picture spraying ether on the engine block of that 4 am after getting back from a Saturday night game at Michigan State and watching a fire start. I’m pretty sure it was Paul who grabbed Pete’s new hockey jacket and threw over the flames. That was a memorable night/morning in Big Rapids.
Gone but not forgotten Peter – my prayers are with you and your family.
Mark Johnstone