MacDONALD, Richard Alexander —June 3, 1923 - May 12, 2015Passed away peacefully at home in Islington, ON, on May 12, 2015 surrounded and cared for by his family: his beloved wife, Mary Elizabeth (nee Regan); nine children, Richard Joseph (Trish), Stephen Joseph (Andrea), Margaret Mary Doherty (Ron), Ann Marie MacDonald (Frank), Lori Lillian Sullivan (Bob), Joseph Francis MacDonald, Mary Catherine McKay (Kevin), Andrew Joseph (Rina), Timothy Joseph (Jingle); 17 grandchildren, Christopher (Alaina), Andrew, Patrick (Anne), Michael, Elizabeth (Jeff), Ryan (Sarah), Jennifer, Matthew, Claire, Richard Alexander (II), Lauren, Sarah, Clara, Richard, Lindsay, Michael, Ethan and one great-grandchild, Liam with more great-grandchildren to come. Born in Sydney, NS to Margaret Ann and Alec MacDonald, the youngest of seven, he attended Sydney Academy, then joined the RCAF in 1943 serving as Sergeant Air Gunner. At the end of WWII, he met and married the love of his life, Mary, to whom he was devoted for 70 years. His story is a Canadian success story. After moving to Toronto, he joined the John Inglis Company in 1946 and rose to Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 1968, he acquired Precision Small Parts Inc., a small machine tool company and built it into a leading international supplier of high tech components to the textile and defense industries with plants in Toronto and Charlottesville, VA. Yet above all this was a life lived for others, a good and useful life, and what more one can ask of a man? His loving Mary summed it up, "His legacy to us was life." Friends may call at the Turner & Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario St., Mississauga (Hwy. 10, N. of QEW) from 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Gregory''s Catholic Church, 122 Rathburn Rd., Etobicoke, on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 11 o''clock. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Online condolences may be made throughwww.turnerporter.ca