David Ingledew (1940 - 2015)

Born 15 Jul 1940 in Beaverlodge, Grande Prairie County No. 1, Alberta, Canada

Ancestors

Died 18 Dec 2015 at age 75 in Canada

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Biography

David Ingledew was born on 15 July 1940 in Beaverlodge, Grande Prairie County No. 1, Alberta, Canada, son of Harold Ingledew (1900–1976) and Joyce Hunkin (1912–1997).

His siblings were:

1. Jessie Ingledew (~1940 – unknown)
2. Patricia Ingledew (~1940 – unknown)
3. Mary W Ingledew (~1950 – unknown)

David died on 18 December 2015 in Canada, aged 75.

David (27) married Lesslie Scott (27) (born in 1940) in 1968 in Canada. Their known children were:

1. Jason Ingledew (~1960 – unknown)
2. Scott Ingledew (~1960 – unknown)
3. Theresa Ingledew (~1960 – unknown)

Records and Facts

David Ingledew recipient of CSTA Seed Achievement Award

^[1] Ottawa, Ontario July 28, 2004 The Canadian Seed Trade Association’s Seed Achievement Award recognizes and honours significant contributions to the Canadian seed industry. It is presented to an individual engaged in a private seed business or public institution based in Canada. During the CSTA’s 81st Annual meeting, held recently in Halifax, Nova Scotia, David Ingledew was named this year’s recipient.

Dave Ingledew was raised on the family farm just southwest of Beaverlodge where he cultivated an early interest in the seed industry from the family’s involvement in clover seed production. After completing a diploma at the Vermilion School of Agriculture in 1960, Dave proceeded to the University of Alberta. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture in 1964 majoring in Ag Economics. Dave joined Federated Co-op in Lethbridge in 1965. After two years he went to work for OSECO where he later became the Western Canadian manager of OSECO out of Edmonton.

In 1981 Dave ventured out on his own and founded Prairie Seeds. His management expertise for over twenty years saw that seed enterprise expand to enjoy national and international recognition as a supplier of high quality innovative products for the agricultural and reclamation seed markets. Located in Nisku Alberta, Prairie Seeds is now a significant forage and canola seed company and the reclamation component of the business that Dave initiated and defined maintains a strong part of Prairie Seeds’ business doctrine and its success.

Dave has held leading roles and is highly respected in numerous organizations. He served on the board of the Alberta Forage Seed Council and as chairman of an advisory group which was instrumental in starting the seed and grain technology program in Olds, Alberta. Dave recently received recognition as an Honorary Life Member of the Alberta Seed Growers’ Association. Dave served as a director of the CSTA from 1980 -1994 and as the CSTA president in 1992-93.

Dave retired from Prairie Seeds in April of 2002. He continues to pursue his passion of developing production techniques and making commercial quantities of difficult to grow native species available to the market on his seed farm south of Edmonton. Dave is married to Lesslie and together they have raised three children, Theresa, Scott and Jason.

“Dave’s leadership and strong business skills helped guide and shape the CSTA during his tenure as president. It is fitting that he has been selected as the recipient of this award,” says 2004-05 CSTA President Neil Arbuckle.

Obituary

^[2] David Ingledew was born in Beaverlodge, Alberta on July 15, 1940 to Harry and Joyce Ingledew. He graduated from the University of Alberta Faculty of Agriculture in 1964. After graduation he spent a year travelling around the world. He married his best friend and travel companion, Lesslie, in 1968. David worked several years in the seed industry before starting his company Prairie Seeds in 1981. After retiring in 2002, he continued to keep busy with his hobby farm and his passion for investing. David lost his battle with cancer on December 18, 2015. David was devoted to his family and extended family, always making an effort to host them as well as visit them in whatever corner of the world he travelled. His other passions were hiking, debating any issue, entertaining and learning about friends, along with his lifelong quest for knowledge. David is survived by his wife Lesslie; daughter Theresa (Andreas); sons Scott and Jason (Jennifer); and four grandchildren Nicholas, Kimberley, Kathleen, and Robert. He was the eldest brother of Jessie (Brian), Patricia (Bob), and Mary (Kip).

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2004/july/9428a.htm
2. ↑ *http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?pid=176988062

   • http://serenity.ca/serenity-obituaries/david-ingledew/

   • https://thebeaumontnews.remembering.ca/obituary/david-ingledew-1070938286

Acknowledgements

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 July 2023, 03:51), entry for David Ingledew (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTYF-Z22 ); contributed by various users.

• WikiTree Profile Ingledew-84 Added by Merryl Hunkin;13 September 2017