William "Bill" Fraser

Fraser, William ‘Bill’

Passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 22, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Hospital following a brief illness at the age of 92. Bill leaves behind his loving wife and partner of 67 years, Arlene, and his daughters Jennifer and Holly. He will also be greatly missed by his grandchildren Emily, Sarah and Rajee.

Born and raised in Hamilton, Bill had a lifelong love of nature and plants and loved being outdoors. He worked for a few years as a gardener at the Royal Botanical Gardens and was very proud of his contribution to building the Rock Garden. He later went back to school to become a Landscape Architect. He was part of one of the first classes graduating from the University of Guelph and the Ontario Agricultural College’s School of Horticulture. Bill had a distinguished career with CMHC for 23 years. He was retired early, so decided to hang out his shingle and go into business for himself as an independent landscape architect. There are not very many towns in Southern Ontario that have not benefitted from his design touch. He passed his love of nature and gardening on tohis daughters along with many life skills. Once he was retired completely, Bill became involved with Scouting and introduced a love of nature to another generation. 

Bill lived his life simply and wished to keep his arrangements simple too. He has been cremated. In lieu of flowers a donation to the nature charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.