Leonard (Len) Rach P.Eng.

4/13/2019

1936 - 2019

On Saturday April 13, 2019, Len quietly passed away surrounded by his family at the age of 82 years.

Len was born on August 21st , 1936 in Toronto. He was an Engineer with the City of Toronto for over 25 years. Followed by a number of consulting positions to finally retire at the age of 80 with 57 years as a Professional Engineer.

Loving father of Lorraine, Michael and Michelle. Also survived by their mother, Jan Rach. Proud Grandfather of Derek, Yasmin, Lyam and great grandfather of Luella and Robert. He will be sadly missed by many family and friends, especially by Sandra Hill.

Predeceased by his parents Serge and Anna Rachuboff.

Cremation has taken place. A celebration of Life will be held on Sunday May 5th from 1 - 3pm in Toronto. Space is limited, for directions please contact Michelle at michellelaura601@gmail.com to receive more details.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to Jumpstart for Kids and would be greatly appreciated by the family as Len was an avid supporter and participant of sports. Messages and condolences may be left for the family at tricitycremations.com or 519.772.1237.

Please visit Len's obituary notice on Facebook.

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Erik Deiters

4/19/2019 06:46:45 pm

It is with much sadness to hear of Len's passing.
His unbelievable suffering is over now.
I extend my sincere condolences to Jeanette, Sandra and to the Family. Len was my very good friend and we exchanged Christmas Cards every year. He was amazing when it came to giving advice on many subjects. He will be missed by all of us !
Wish the Family Strength and Light.
Erik.

Joe Lesniak

4/20/2019 10:09:37 am

My condolences to Michelle and the Rach family.

Angela Storey

4/22/2019 01:50:24 pm

My sincerest condolences to Len’s family during this difficult time. I met Len through OPWA and enjoyed our chats at the golf day, Jays game and other industry events. Len will be missed by all. Rest In Peace.

Arup Mukherjee

4/22/2019 07:16:11 pm

My condolences to the family. Len was one of the first Directors of Engineering I met back when I was starting my engineering career at the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. I still recall his legendary trades to improve his team in the office hockey pool. Golf was another passion Len had and was well known to enter very competitive teams in tournaments. Decades after we parted ways, he still looked me up at another job and invited me to play on his “hand picked” team for golf......which we promptly won. He was generous with his time and was happy to help me with engineering advice knowing I was starting a new and challenging position later in my career. It is remarkable that a person takes the time to remember you so long into a career. I am grateful for his thoughtfulness.

Don Kudo

4/22/2019 10:59:59 pm

My condolences to Len's family. I was fortunate to have Len be the consultant engineer on one of my projects and would meet up with at many municipal engineering networking events. He wore his iron ring proudly!

David Leckie

4/23/2019 09:25:22 am

I met Len through golf and the Ontario Good Roads Association while Len was still working for the City of Toronto. It was clear from the start that Len loved the engineering that he did. Indeed, one wondered if he would ever retire. Once Len left the City, I had the pleasure of working with him on a consultant assignment that he did for me with the City of London. He continued to be a consummate professional, one who always foresaw design and operational challenges and looked for unique solutions when needed. He remained passionate in pursuing consulting work and often shared the details of assignments won or lost.
Of course, golf was another passion and I was honoured to join Len and his longtime friend, Richard Puccini, as they kibitzed around the course over a token wager.
Lastly, Len remained a mainstay on the OGRA Advisory Board of Past Presidents, actively participating and bringing new ideas to the group. It was at that last meeting in February that Len and I planned yet another golf outing with Richard, which clearly won't happen. I will miss Len's professionalism and camaraderie. He was a true gentleman.
My condolences go out to Len's family and friends.

Michelle Rach

4/24/2019 05:36:58 pm

Thank you all for your kind words during this difficult time. I truly miss his presence in my life especially how his belly shaked when we shared laughs over a few pre-hockey game drinks! He also taught me a good work ethic.

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