Anthony (Tony) Cresswell-Jones

Anthony (Tony) Cresswell-Jones passed away peacefully at his home in Kingston, Ontario at the age of 92 on Thursday April 9th, 2020 with his wife at his side. He had been suffering from advanced prostate cancer which had metastasized to his bones.

He is survived by his wife Jeanna (Jeanne Marie Bonaccorsi), his son Jonathan (Izabella Latawiec), his daughter Katherine Anne (John MacMillan),his stepdaughter Michelle Wilson (Jean Perras) and grandchildren Laura, Jeremy, Cassidy, Dean, Danielle and Kylie.

Tony was a loving, kind and wise husband, a gentle soul who was greatly loved by his wife, family and friends and was respected by his colleagues and students.
We will miss you Tony and will always remember your beautiful smile, your warmth, your understanding and forgiving nature.
Go with God Tony, and be happy until we are together again.

An interior architect, artist and teacher Tony Cresswell-Jones was born and educated in London, England. He received his formal art education at St. Martin's School of Art, and Kingston College of Art in London, England and qualified as an interior architect and designer at the London School of Building. His early career was as an exhibition designer developing major exhibits in many London shows.

In 1954 Tony immigrated to Canada where, working for the well known Frank Sherwood design firm in Toronto, he pursued a career designing malls and stores in Canada and the USA and major trade exhibits for numerous large companies. As an architectural designer Tony was privileged to combine his talents in both design and art and was well known for the impressive presentation illustrations of his own design proposals.

In 1966 Tony accepted the "once in a lifetime" opportunity to work on the planning and design for Montreal's "Expo 67" which marked the 100th anniversary of Canada's Confederation. In this capacity he was involved in designing the major exhibits for the governments of the three Western Provinces.

Following his "Expo 67" experience Tony taught two and three dimensional design, photography for artists and figure drawing at Toronto's Central Technical School. He enjoyed three years there before moving to Barrie's Georgian College to teach interior design and later to Humber College in Toronto. In 1975 Tony was invited to teach similar subjects at Algonquin College in Ottawa. During his time in Ottawa he maintained an interior architectural practice as Cresswell-Jones and Associates designing many restaurants in the Ottawa and Montreal areas and working as a consultant for a number of major building firms.

After successful careers in designing and teaching Tony retired in 1993. He then increased his focus on painting as an artist, showing his works in galleries and exhibitions and selling his paintings to collectors in Canada, the USA, UK, Europe, Australia and Japan.

A memorial service for Tony at Christ Church Cataraqui, Kingston, Ontario will be announced after the lifting of the COVID restrictions

Tony's works may be viewed on his website at www.tonycresswelljones.com