VICTORIA – Cable television engineer Cor Maas passed away on June 7 at his home in Duncan BC after a battle with colorectal cancer. He was 68.
Maas, who had recently retired from Shaw Communications, also held roles at BCTel, Telesat, and Rogers Cablesystems before joining Shaw where he worked on Vancouver Island. He had a lifelong passion for ham radio and was an active supporter of any system using the airwaves.
Long-time colleague and friend Tony van Wouw, who began working with Maas in 1980 at Premier Communications, described him as “a dear friend” and a “walking, talking encyclopedia on all things microwave and a huge resource for the industry.”
“He was very fortunate that his day-to-day work was his hobby, and he’d often say ‘where else can you get paid for playing in amateur radio’?” van Wouw told Cartt.ca.
A celebration of Maas’ life is planned for June 25 at 1:00 pm at First Memorial Funeral Services in Duncan. Click here for more on Maas’ life.
– Lesley Hunter
