BEN
BENATTAR
BENDER
BENEDICT
BENNER
BENNESS
BENNETT
BENOIT
BENT
BENTLEY
BENTUM
BENZ
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TEPER,
Morris
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at his home. Morris
TEPER, beloved
husband of the late Esther
TEPER.
Loving father and father-in-law
of Luba and Johnny
GREENSPAN, Helena
BEN-
DAVID, Irv
TEPER and
Karen HACKER. Dear brother of Zvi
TEPER.
Devoted grandfather
of Joy and Nathaniel, Kyle, Koryn, Shelly, Jonathan, Maya, Robin,
Sean, and Mattie. Devoted great-grandfather of Jordan
ELY. At
Beth Tzedec Synagogue, 1700 Bathurst Street for service on Thursday,
March 6, 2003 at 2: 30 p.m. Interment Driltzer Young Men's Society
Section of Dawes Road Cemetery. Shiva 3 Newgate Road. If desired,
memorial donations may be made to the Morris
TEPER
Memorial
Fund,
c/o the Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto M6A
2C3, 416-780-0324.
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BOSWELL,
Patrick
Arthur
Died peacefully in Victoria, British Columbia, after a long illness,
on July 7, 2003.
son of the late W. H. and Nan
BOSWELL (née
CRONYN.)
He is survived by his wife
Stephanie
BOSWELL (née
HAAS,) his
sister Ann and her husband Henry
BENATTAR, and his nephews Peter
BOSWELL,
Tony and Patrick
BENATTAR, and his nieces Edie and Sue
(VIBERT) and Samantha
BENATTAR. He was predeceased by his brother
Bill BOSWELL.
Born in Toronto in 1924, he attended Ridley College
School and served overseas in the Royal Canadian Air Force After
25 years, Pat left his position at the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation in Toronto and moved to Banff, Alberta where he managed
the Alpine Club of Canada. Skiing and mountain climbing were
his great loves. He and Stephanie became owners, editors and
managers of the Banff Crag and Canyon. They retired in 1988,
moving to Sidney, British Columbia and finally to Victoria. He
will be sadly missed for his humour, kindness, generosity and
affinity with words. No funeral services by request. Private
cremation. Flowers are gratefully declined.
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Ottilie BENDER
By Lawrence
SCANLAN And Ulrike
BENDER
Tuesday,
February 4, 2003,
Page A20
Aunt, bookkeeper, artist, landlady, gardener. Born August 27,
1920, in Bessarabien, Romania. Died March 20, 2002, in Toronto,
of liver cancer, aged 81.
Ottilie BENDER was slim and elegant, tall in every way, as slow
and graceful as the giraffe. Skin pale, almost translucent. High
cheekbones, eyes blue and strong. Otti was the child of a successful
German farmer in old Romania. A peasant girl, but one with standing.
Confidence coursed in her; her stated opinion had the look and
feel of fact.
Direct too, Tante (Aunt) Otti once critiqued a book of mine:
"You didn't say much but, by golly, you said it well." The "by
golly" came with physical punctuation: her slapping both knees
with her hands. She picked up the phrase when she came here from
Germany in 1952. That, and "Vell, anyvay" -- the latter phrase
uttered at dinner to shift gears and speak of other matters.
When she arrived, she worked in a hospital cafeteria but spent
years at night school studying English, then typing and bookkeeping,
before landing work with an art and framing business. She came
here in defiance of her father and showed her signature strength
of will. The first
BENDER to cross the ocean.
Tante Otti was a woman ahead of her time. She knew that women
in her era were valued as obedient housewives and capable mothers
and not as strong-minded individuals. "I never would have developed
as a person if I had married," she once said.
She would eventually save enough money to become landlord and
superintendent at her west-end Toronto apartment complex. Her
tiny digs teemed with her own art landscapes, still lifes, a
portrait of John F. Kennedy. She loved beauty. An art teacher
once praised her imagination and sense of colour. Later, she
would move to a plain house in old Mimico, Ontario, one with
a basement apartment and a paying tenant. Form mattered; function
more.
Ottilie BENDER believed that you helped those less well-off --
not by handouts, but by encouraging them to pull themselves up
by their bootstraps. But, like all interesting people, she contradicted
herself.
Her tenant drifted from job to job, fell behind in his rent.
She never tossed him out, for he was her project. She tried to
instill in him her own work ethic, her faith in diligence, her
practical spirit. She gave him the benefit of the doubt, for
"you have to see the good in everyone."
I find it ironic that Otti's liver failed her. This woman who
abhorred strong drink all her life, who drank "ein Schluck" of
wine at Christmas dinner, who watered down tea. Restraint defined
her.
Although otherwise in good health, she was plagued for years
by poor circulation, and would attend Christmas dinner at her
brother's place -- their thermostat always set to tropical --
wearing a cardigan, heavy slacks and, over her shoes, plastic
bags against the cold.
I admired and will remember Otti's self-reliance: how at peace
she was with who she was, her steely pride, that peasant stoicism.
The BENDER family has lost its chief historian, its best letter-writer,
its clan gatherer, its most capable patroness.
The ducks and geese on the bay close by have lost a companion,
too. "Walking makes me feel free the way I felt when I was young
in Romania," she once said. On the shoreline she met Friends
who likewise found joy in the breezes off the lake, in tossing
bread to grateful birds in the setting sun. The geraniums in
pots along her windowsills will miss her, the tall conifers she
planted as seedlings, the flowers in her lavish garden. There
will be no fat tomatoes this summer. I will miss engaging her,
a process that was as lively when she was 81 as it was almost
three decades ago. She was, by golly, a great lady.
Lawrence is married to Ulrike, Ottilie's niece.
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Global advocate for workers' rights
His activism in Canada spanned three decades, but labour leader
also brought his message of education and social justice to Europe,
Russia and Latin America
By Allison
LAWLOR,
Special▼ to The Globe and Mail, Wednesday,
October 15, 2003 - Page R7
When Dan BENEDICT set out to work in the machine shop of an aircraft-engine
factory in Lynn, Massachusetts., in the 1930s, his goal was to
connect with the workers there. For the fresh university graduate,
the move was a political statement and the beginning of what
would become a lifetime spent advocating for workers' rights,
education and greater social justice both in Canada and around
the world.
"He was driven by his commitment to justice," said his son, Stephen
BENEDICT, who is a member of Canadian Auto Workers Local 112
and director of the Canadian Labour Congress's international
department. "He was almost single-minded about that. It was almost
the only thing he cared about."
Last month at a Labour Day event in Ottawa, Daniel
BENEDICT,
a retired Canadian Auto Workers staff representative, was honoured
for his pioneering efforts in the labour movement. That day he
continued his advocacy work by giving an impassioned speech about
future generations.
Afterward, a group of kids gathered around, eager to teach him
the latest cool handshakes, Stephen
BENEDICT said. "He was always
more interested in talking about the future than the past," he
said. "He would want to be remembered as someone who cared about
the future."
On September 16, just four days before his 86th birthday, the
outspoken advocate died in an Ottawa hospital. He had been diagnosed
with both colon and liver cancer.
Mr. BENEDICT's lifelong work was recognized in October, 1998,
when he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Part of
his citation reads: "He has devoted a lifetime to the labour
movement. He has advised prominent international trade-union
leaders in Canada, the United States and Europe, and represented
labour on various panels and commissions sponsored by the United
Nations' International Labour Organization."
But for the Canadian Auto Workers, his crowning achievement was
the Paid Education Leave Program, which he developed and implemented
in the late 1970s. (The union was then the United Auto Workers-Canada).
The program is still considered the largest adult-education program
for working people in Canada, according to the Canadian Auto
Workers, and one that is admired by trade unions worldwide.
The program, which now offers courses one-to-four weeks in duration
and covering topics such as collective bargaining, human rights
and workplace reorganization, highlighted Mr.
BENEDICT's belief
that education is needed to allow workers to build skills that
would then help them to create a more just society.
"He had an incredible respect for workers' intellect," said Bob
WHITE/WHYTE, former president of the Canadian Auto Workers and the
Canadian Labour Congress. "He was a great educationalist."
Born on September 20, 1917, in New York, Daniel
BENEDICT was
the only child of Blanche
BENEDICT and Joseph
KAISER, who worked
as a salesman. Not long after he was born, his mother died of
the Spanish flu and he was left to be raised largely by his grandmother
(and he later took his mother's maiden name).
By the age of 14 he had enrolled in university, and later joked
that his grandmother had sent him there while he was still in
short pants. While in university, Mr.
BENEDICT's social activism
was awakened, and after graduation he went off to work in a Massachusetts
factory that produced military aircraft engines.
On the plant floor, he was vocal and rallied for workers' rights.
But when the war broke out, he left the factory and enlisted
in the U.S. Air Force. He was sent overseas as a flight engineer
and spent much of his four years of military service in Europe.
It was on the Mediterranean island of Corsica at a ball held
for the liberating troops that Mr.
BENEDICT met his future wife,
Micheline. In 1947, the couple married in Corsica, despite the
pleadings of her father, who didn't want his daughter near any
Americans.
Following the war, Mr.
BENEDICT returned to Europe after being
decommissioned, and spent four years working with Cooperative
for American Relief Everywhere, Inc., the international humanitarian
organization, helping Europeans recover from the devastating
effects of the war.
He returned to the United States to work with labour leader Walter
REUTHER at the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and then
worked in Mexico with the regional organization of the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
Mr. BENEDICT's career also took him to Brazil, where he worked
for the International Metalworkers Federation, covering Latin
America. He took part in worker education in the region and instructed
union leaders on industrial relations. During the 1950s and 1960s,
he also helped local unions devise strategies to deal with repressive
military regimes in their countries.
Mr. White said.
He later became assistant general secretary of the International
Metalworkers' Federation, and moved his family to Geneva, where
he became a familiar figure as a labour representative on various
panels and commissions sponsored by the United Nations' International
Labour Organization.
"Dan was an outstanding international trade unionist," who was
held in high regard both at home and around the world, Mr.
WHITE/WHYTE
said.
In the late 1970s, Dan
BENEDICT moved to Canada and joined what
was then the United Auto Workers-Canada, the forerunner to the
Canadian Auto Workers. He soon became a Canadian citizen, and
was a passionate defender of the country.
A love of linguistics and a desire to communicate with others
translated into Mr.
BENEDICT learning nearly a dozen languages,
including French, Spanish and German, as well as some Finnish
and Hungarian. Most recently, he was learning Russian and Mongolian.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Mr.
BENEDICT travelled to
Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to help build independent trade unions.
He had also been in Mongolia working with a union representing
sheep herders.
A BENEDICT family story traces Mr.
BENEDICT's gift for languages
back to his childhood bout of jaundice. At the time, he wasn't
allowed to read because he was told it would weaken his eyes
so instead he was left to entertain himself with a stamp collection.
Among his collection were some Russian stamps with which he taught
himself the Cyrillic alphabet.
After retiring from the United Auto Workers-Canada in 1982, Mr.
BENEDICT continued to travel the world and teach wherever the
opportunity arose. Having earned a doctoral degree in economics
from France's Grenoble University, he taught for a time in the
sociology and political-science departments at York University
in Toronto, and was affiliated with the industrial-relations
departments at McMaster, Laval and Concordia universities.
As a senior citizen, he advocated for seniors' groups on a wide
range of issues, from soaring drug costs to nursing-care cutbacks,
and served as chair of the Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens'
Organizations. He frequently spoke at rallies and conferences
and could often be found at peace marches or protests.
"He had a tremendous amount of energy," said Morris
JESION, the
coalition's executive director.
While in his early 80s, Mr.
BENEDICT was still working on a history
of auto workers in Canada. The endeavour resulted in reams of
research material and a 3,000-page manuscript. The wealth of
material is tucked away in stacks of boxes in the garage of his
Ottawa home.
Mr. BENEDICT leaves his wife, Micheline, their two daughters,
Marie-Blanche and Francesca, son Stephen and four grandchildren.
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Murray J. BENNER
By Frank BENNER
Tuesday,
November 11, 2003 - Page A26
Son, brother, enthusiast, optimist, dreamer, clown, humorist,
homesteading pioneer, First World War soldier. Born July 31,
1893 in Bayham, Ontario Died September 4, 1918, Villers-Cagnicourt,
France, aged 25.
This letter was written by Frank
BENNER. At this stage he was
a practising physician in Winnipeg. He wrote this letter home
to Mary, his mother, on receiving the telegram from his brother
Ward saying that their brother Murray had been killed in action
overseas.
"This is going to be a hard letter for me to write. Ward's telegram
was delivered at my office about half past three yesterday afternoon
and for some reason I felt what was in it before I opened it.
Although we were in a way always prepared to receive such news
when it did come yesterday it completely upset me in a way
that I did not think possible.
"Poor Murray! It hardly seems possible that a cheerful, energetic,
buoyant brave boy can be gone. His nature seemed to be such as
to almost overcome the shadow of death. We all know that he has
faced death and dodged him for a year, that he never feared to
meet death when his time came. I am sure he died as he lived,
cheerfully, and taking it all as part of the day's events. While
we are feeling so badly over it, it is some consolation to think
of the nobility of it all, killed in battle in defence of his
country, in defence of a great cause, defending right and liberty
against oppression, tyranny and wrong. There is surely a 'majesty'
in such a death. Murray would wish nothing grander, nor could
we wish anything grander for him.
"I would rather get a dozen such messages as I received yesterday
(if such were possible) than to know he was wounded like a few
I have seen. Men who will suffer intense physical pain the rest
of their lives but the mental pain they suffer will eventually
drive them mad or drive them to seek the death they missed in
battle. Other cases are those who eventually die of wounds, after
suffering for weeks or months. I have seen all and I know and
I thank God that Murray has not suffered that.
"Murray has given his life; you have given a son. The first is
not hard but the second is heartbreaking. I am not in any way
trying to minimize Murray's sacrifice but for a year I faced
with thousands of others the possibility of death and really
one gets so that it has no great terrors. We expected it at any
time and were rather surprised that it didn't come. None of us
wanted it to come but had it happened I cannot think that my
sacrifice would have been so great as yours. From Murray's letters
I judge he felt the same way.
"We will always mourn his death as the loss of a loving son and
brother but we will always feel proud of him, his life and his
death. Canada needed such men as Murray, men who dared the unbroken
country and faced its loneliness and its privations, gave their
labour and cheer there that it might become a place for a future
generation of Canadians. In his memory Murray has left us a great
deal and I hope that when my time comes I may leave as much.
I fear I shan't fall so nobly.
"It is useless for me to attempt writing more. I know you will
all bear up as bravely and as nobly as he would wish, and as
bravely and proudly as we have the right. I feel that I should
be with you in person as well as in thought. Will anxiously await
further details but can't expect anything for four to six weeks.
Best love to all, Frank
Frank BENNER was Murray's brother and he served as a physician
in Giza, Egypt, with the British Red Cross Hospital during the
First World War. The letter is one of about 400 letters written
by family members between 1899 and 1918. It was submitted by
Murray and Frank's great-niece, Susan
GOLD, of Burlington, Ontario
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THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Katherine
(Kae)
PLAUNT
Died peacefully at York Extendicare, Sudbury, on May 9, 2003
in her 90th year, with her children at her side. Cherished daughter
of the late Mildred and W.B.
PLAUNT.
Predeceased by her loving
husband, Dr. R. MacKay
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON in 1981. Dearly remembered by
her children: Andy (Mandy
TAILOR/TAYLOR) of Toronto, Kathie
THOMAS
(Richard,)
Judy MAKI (Tom) and Robin (Mary Lou
McKINLEY) of Sudbury. Adored
Nana to Allen
DAY (Erin
CAMERON), Andy
DAY (Carla
GIUSTO), Kathy,
Jodi, Alex, Nikki, Fraser, Michael, Jamie, Scott and great-grandmother
to Alexander. Beloved sister of Marian
MAHAFFY
(Guy, predeceased,)
Bill PLAUNT, predeceased (Agnes,) Helen
VOLLANS
(Maurice, predeceased,)
Donald PLAUNT, predeceased, Royal Canadian Air Force, World War
2 and Jean
BENNESS, predeceased (Barry, predeceased.) Loving
sister-in-law to George
WRIGHT of Hanover, Ruth
LAWS of Almonte,
Murray THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON of Ottawa and Muriel
VALENTIN of Stuttgart, Germany.
Auntie Kae will be fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews
and their families in the
PLAUNT and
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON clans.
Born in Renfrew on April 29, 1914, she moved to Sudbury in 1924
where her father established his lumber business. She attended
Central Public and Sudbury High School, Branksome Hall and graduated
from the School of Nursing, University of Toronto, in 1937. After
working in Toronto in public health, she returned to Sudbury
the following year where she met and married Mac.
Kae loved to golf and curl, and took an avid interest in her
family's history. She was very talented in the traditional arts,
enjoying knitting, quilting and cooking. As an active community
volunteer, she belonged to the Imperial Order of the Daughters
of the Empire where she was Regent and to the Salvation Army
as an organizer for the annual fund raising drive and board member.
She loved to travel with her husband and Friends, but her favourite
place in the world was Lake Pogamasing where her parents established
a family camp in 1941 and where she spent every summer with her
family. She loved to entertain her Friends and her children's
Friends, especially at Pog. We were blessed to have a mother
and grandmother who stressed the importance of family, community
and responsibility. She loved to bring people together and do
things for them, to share her interests and her talents, she
was kind and considerate to all she met, and along with Dad taught
us how to dance and have fun.
Special thanks from the family to Dr. Reg
KUSNIERCZYK and his
staff, the Walford staff and Dr.
ROCH and staff on the fifth
floor of York Extendicare for their devoted and caring attention
to Mother.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to
Young Men's Christian Association Sudbury.
Memorial service in the R.J. Barnard Chapel, Jackson and Barnard
Funeral Home, 233 Larch Street, Sudbury, Tuesday, May 13th, 2003
at 11: 30 a.m. Cremation followed by interment at Lake Pogamasing.
Friends may call 6-9 p.m. Monday, or gather in the chapel after
11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Andres KRAMER 1908-2003
Andres KRAMER
(Andy to all his Friends,) came to Canada at the age of
18. Andy was born in Sonderburg, Denmark, December 14, 1908.
Settled in Toronto, was employed by the Robt. Swipson Co. as a radio
technician also doing house calls in the evenings. He met Walter
BENNETT, soon to become his brother-in-law.
Andy married Marguerite Jane
BENNETT
(Daisey to all her Friends,) in
1934 at South Baymouth, where Daisy was born. Wedding took place at
Huron Lodge. They went to Denmark on their honeymoon, taking their car with them.
About ten years later they moved to New York, where Andy was employed
by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). The time they spent there was very enjoyable.
Later they returned to Toronto. Andy attended the University of Toronto
and graduated with honours as an electrical engineer.
They returned to the USA and settled in Stanford County where Andy
was employed by Audio Magnetics manufacturing recording tape.
Their vacations were always returning to Manitoulin Island. Later
they moved back to Toronto where Andy founded Kramer Magnetics 1963,
manufacturing various types of recording tape. He engineered and
built all the equipment personally. Eric
STILLWAUGH, his great
nephew was one of his first employees and remained with him until
Kramer Magnetics was sold in 1971 after about 10 years of operation.
They moved to South Baymouth, built a home and retired, only to start
another home on South Bay waterfront, along with a hangar where he
proceeded to build a home-built Mustang float plane. Andy had
previously obtained his pilot's licence. The government inspector
said it was the best plane he ever checked out.
Daisey, Andy's wife passed away in May 1986. In 1994, he sold his
house in South Baymouth and settled in a retirement home in Goderich.
Andy eventually due to eye failure was not able to drive his car.
However, his two nieces Joyce
McDONALD and Lena
SAUDERS taxied him
when necessary.
Andy passed away peacefully at Huronview Rest Home in Clinton,
Ontario after spending eight years in Goderich Place.
He is survived by Erling
ANDERSON and Jutta
KRAMER,
Joyce
McDONALD,
Lena SANDERS, Helen
McQUAT, Georgina
STILLWAUGH, Kenneth
BENNETT, and
many nieces and nephews. He also had two nephews, Gerald
LEHMAN and
Haus KRAMER, both deceased. Andy also had one sister, Missa
KRAMER (deceased.)
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Laurie BENNETT (née
McDERMOTT)
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Laurie
BENNETT (née
McDERMOTT) on Monday, April 28, 2003. Laurie, who
was a loving and dedicated mother and grandmother, died at home
with her family. As a professional, she was the Founder and a
former Executive Director of Hospice of Peel. Laurie spent the
last twenty-five years of her career dedicating her life to helping
those around her and to developing and promoting the invaluable
hospice services in Mississauga as well as in Ontario and across
Canada. Starting in 1977, she was instrumental in starting the
palliative care service at Mississauga Hospital (now Trillium
Health Care Centre). In 1985, when the government and hospitals
began to limit services to the terminally ill, Laurie and a few
colleagues started an organization that could serve all terminally
ill patients in the community - the Hospice of Peel. Laurie was
loving mother to Lynne, Bruce and his wife
Susan
BLACK,
Brenda
and her husband Bob
LEARMONTH; proud grandmother of Shannon,
Cody, Tyler, Myles, Carolann, Christine and Jamie; dear sister
to Ted and Gary
McDERMOTT; and loving aunt to Sean, Michele,
Kevin and his wife Jessica (both who went out of their way to
help the family during Laurie's last few months), Steve, Jackie
and Scott and dear friend to too many to mention. Laurie is predeceased
by her brother Jack (affectionately known as the 'Great J.B.').
She was loved by all who were close to her and will be tremendously
missed. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter 'Peel' Chapel,
2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy. 10North of Queen Elizabeth
Way) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Service will be
held in the chapel on Friday, May 2, 2003 at 11 o'clock. Private
family interment Saint John's Dixie Cemetery. For those who wish,
it is Laurie's and the family's request that any donations be
made to Hospice of Peel, 855 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit #1, Mississauga,
Ontario L4W 4L6
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Died
This
Day -- Norman (Red)
RYAN, 1936
Saturday, May 24, 2003 - Page F10
Career criminal born in Toronto in July, 1895; in First World
War, joined Canadian Army; deserted to commit numerous robberies
in Ontario, Quebec and the United States; captured and made spectacular
escape from Kingston Penitentiary; in 1923, recaptured in United
States and deported; sentenced to life imprisonment in Kingston
became model prisoner, the "darling" of prison reformer Agnes
McPHAIL and premier R.B.
BENNETT; in July, 1935, won parole
for 10 months, toured as spokesman for prison reform while secretly
re-establishing underworld contacts; killed in shootout with
police while robbing Sarnia, Ontario, liquor store of $394.
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BENNETT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-12 published
Three cheers for a funny fellow
Like his hapless Canadian hero, he often found himself in hilarious
situations
By Carol COOPER
Special to The Globe and Mail Thursday, June
12, 2003 - Page R9
Once in the middle of an interview at the Toronto airport, writer
Donald JACK left to fetch a document from his car. Notorious
for a sense of direction so poor he found it difficult to navigate
through a city park, let alone the airport's massive parking
lot, Mr. JACK took so long to find his vehicle that by the time
he returned the interviewers had gone.
Like Bartholomew Bandy, the hapless hero of The Bandy Papers,
Mr. JACK's eight-volume comic-novel series describing an Ottawa
Valley boy's adventures during both world wars and between, the
author often found himself in hilarious situations, made the
more so by his telling.
A three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for
Humour, Mr.
JACK died last week at his home in England. He was
Listeners were reduced to tears of laughter by his tales of construction
disasters while having a villa built in Spain; a house sale falling
through on closing day; and an aging bright yellow car named
Buttercup, whose sun roof shattered soon after it was searched
for drugs at the Spanish-French border, showering Mr.
JACK with
glass, insects and rust.
Once, while being toured with his daughter around the offices
of his publisher, McClelland and Stewart, Mr.
JACK entered the
boardroom and shouted with surprise. There on the carpet lay
a large amount of dog excrement left by an employee's pet. In
his Bandy-like way, the writer very nearly stepped into it.
"If you could choose one author out of the entire world who during
a visit to his publisher would stumble across this, it would
be Donald JACK," said Douglas
GIBSON, president and publisher
of McClelland and Stewart, who knew the writer for more than 30
years.
"Things would go wrong for Don, very seldom caused by himself,"
said Munroe
SCOTT, a close friend of more than 45 years. "He
would narrate all this stuff either in person or in a letter
and make it all hilarious, because he always saw, in retrospect
at any rate, the funny side of things. You'd be doubled up with
laughter."
Despite Mr.
JACK's incident-prone nature, it would be a mistake
to see Mr.
JACK as a buffoon, said Mr.
SCOTT, also a writer.
"He was enormously well read, erudite and could handle the language
with aplomb at many levels. He could make me feel like a Philistine."
Said author Austin
CLARKE, who was Mr.
JACK's neighbour for five
years during the 1960s. "He was a quiet, reserved, retiring kind
of man. You would never have known he was a writer."
Mr. JACK's
Leacock medals came for three volumes of The Bandy
Papers: Three Cheers for Me, in 1963, That's Me in the Middle,
in 1974 and
Me Bandy, You Cissie, in 1980. Published between
1963 and 1996, they still enjoy a loyal following, including
a Web site which draws mail from around the world. Six of the
eight volumes were recently reissued by McClelland and Stewart.
Drawn from Mr.
JACK's fascination with the First World War, the
rural people he met in the Ottawa Valley and his time in the
Royal Air Force, The Bandy Papers feature the blundering Bartholomew
Wolfe Bandy, who in the first volume, Three Cheers for Me, inadvertently
becomes a hero, despite capturing his own colonel by mistake.
Ensuing volumes follow Mr. Bandy's adventures through to the
Second World War. Although devastatingly funny, they also describe
war's horrors and the realities of the home front, and lampoon
war's leaders.
Mr. Bandy encounters and influences historical figures, such
as then British minister of defence Winston Churchill, and generously
offers him use of the altered Bandy phrase "blood, sweat, toil
and tears."
While best known for The Bandy Papers, Mr.
JACK wrote countless
documentary film scripts, stage, television and radio plays,
as well as two non-fiction books: the history of a Toronto radio
station, Sinc, Betty and the Morning Man, and another about medicine
in Canada, Rogues, Rebels and Geniuses.
His third play, The Canvas Barricade, won first prize in the
Stratford Shakespearean Playwriting Competition in 1960. Produced
in 1961, it was the first, and remains the only, original Canadian
play performed on the main stage of the Stratford Festival.
Mr. JACK, however, did not see much of its opening. He left the
auditorium for the lobby. "During the performance, we'd be aware
of a crack of light from a door opening slightly and a white
face would stare through, then vanish for a while, before another
door would open a crack, and the same apparition would fleetingly
appear," Mr. Scott said.
Born on December 6, 1924 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, Donald
Lamont JACK was one of four children of a British doctor and
a nurse from Prince Edward Island. After attending Bury Grammar
School in Lancashire and Marr College in Scotland, he gained
enough qualifications to attend London University.
While stationed in Germany with the Royal Air Force in the last
year of the Second World War, Mr.
JACK attempted short-story
writing, but thought he lacked talent. After his mother asked
him, "Isn't it about time you left home?" Mr.
JACK immigrated
to Canada in 1951.
Interspersed with jobs as a member of a surveying crew in Alberta
and a bank teller in Toronto, Mr.
JACK studied at the Canadian
Theatre
School in Toronto run by Sterndale
BENNETT.
There he
wrote two plays, one of which drew praise from theatre critic
Nathan COHEN and a job offer from a film Company. Mr.
COHEN later
wrote Mr. Scott, decrying Canadian theatre's "shameful treatment"
of Mr. JACK, which largely ignored him.
A theatrical background enhanced Mr.
JACK's writing, according
to Mr. Gibson. "His dialogue was terrific and his scene-setting
was excellent."
After leaving the school, with the encouragement of his wife,
Nancy, whom he married in 1952, Mr.
JACK worked in the script
department of Crawley Films in Ottawa. Two years later in 1955,
the company's head, Budge
CRAWLEY, let him go because he thought
Mr. JACK would never make a good writer.
A dry first year of freelancing followed, until in 1957 Mr.
JACK
sold the play version of his novelette Breakthrough, published
in Maclean's, to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television.
It became the first Canadian television play to be simultaneously
telecast to the United States.
He never looked back. By 1972, A Collection of Canadian Plays,
Vol. 1, which included Exit Muttering by Mr.
JACK, noted he had
written 40 television plays, 35 documentary film scripts, several
radio plays and four stage plays. The works included Royal Canadian
Navy and Canadian Armed Forces training films for the National
Film Board and often demanded a great deal of research.
Mr. JACK wrote with military discipline, beginning at 9 a.m.,
taking tea at 11 a.m., lunch at 1 p.m., tea again at 3 p.m. and
finishing at 5 p.m. "All my life, I swear, that routine never
altered," said one of his daughters, Lulu
HILTON.
Persisting in writing drafts in pen and ink long before adopting
the typewriter and, much later, a word processor, Mr.
JACK often
developed storylines while walking. A 1959 Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation press release explains Mr.
JACK's dedication: "My
self-discipline is to keep reminding myself of how lucky I am
to be able to be the only thing I ever really wanted to be --
a writer."
During the early 1980s, Mr.
JACK and his wife returned to England
to be near their daughters who had emigrated there, and their
grandchildren. Mr.
JACK missed Canada's open spaces and its classless
society, and visited often.
At the time of his death, he was working on the ninth volume
of The Bandy Papers. He died on or about June 2 of a massive
stroke at his home in Telford, Shropshire, England. He leaves
his two daughters, Maren and Lulu, six grandchildren and one
great-grandchild, a brother and a sister. His wife Nancy died
in 1991.
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BENNETT,
Bruce
Thompson
Died peacefully in the presence of his wife Margit and daughter
Kristina on Saturday, August 23rd, 2003 at the Bennett Health
Care
Centre,
Georgetown. Beloved husband of Margit
(WOGNSBECK)
and loving father of Kristina
BENNETT-
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART
(Alan) and son
David (Kathie) and dear grandfather of Ian and Robbie. Born in
Saskatoon to Harry and Hetty
BENNETT, predeceased by brother
Harry, he is survived by his sister-in-law Elva and nieces and
nephews in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Cremation has taken place.
Bruce began his career as a concert pianist and music teacher
in Saskatoon and retained his love of music throughout his life.
An eye injury excluded Bruce from military service in the war
years and he therefore worked in Washington with the Australian
War Supply Organization. After the war he joined E.P. Taylor
(Argus Corp. Ltd.) of Toronto and later Canadian Breweries Ltd.
(Toronto) as an international director and travelled the world
for several years promoting their interests abroad. Bruce finished
his career with Markborough Properties Limited and retired in
1985. Friends are invited to join the family for a celebration
of Bruce's life at the Ward Funeral Home, 109 Reynolds Street, Oakville,
on Friday, September 5th, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions
to the Victorian Order of Nurses, Halton Branch, Oakville, or
The Bennett Health Care Centre, Georgetown, would be appreciated.
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Father figure to the Canadian stage
British-trained Stratford character actor never craved starring
roles
By Allison
LAWLOR,
Special▲ to The Globe and Mail, Thursday, October
16, 2003 - Page R11
For
Mervyn "
Butch"
BLAKE, entering a theatre was a magical experience,
something he never tired of during an acting career that spanned
close to three-quarters of a century. Mr.
BLAKE, one of the most
loved members of the Stratford Festival Company, died on October
9 at a Toronto nursing home after a long illness. He was 95.
"Theatre seems to give me life," Mr.
BLAKE said in 1994. "I just
feel marvellous when I enter the theatre... it's one of the things
which keeps me going."
Over his long stage life that included 42 consecutive seasons
with the Stratford Festival of Canada, Mr.
BLAKE "had the distinction
of playing in every single play of Shakespeare's," said Richard
MONETTE,
Stratford's artistic director.
"He had a great life in the theatre," Mr.
MONETTE said.
Adored by both audiences and fellow actors, the veteran actor
was known across Canada for his enormous talent and generosity
of spirit. When he wasn't working at Stratford, he acted on the
country's major stages and in television and film.
For seven seasons, he toured with the Canadian Players, bringing
professional theatre to smaller towns. And in 1987, he won a
Dora Mavor Moore Award for best performance in a featured role
in a production of Saturday, Sunday, Monday at what was then
called CentreStage (now CanStage).
"Everyone loved Butch without exception," said John
NEVILLE,
a former Stratford's artistic director.
Mervyn BLAKE was born on November 30, 1907, in Dehra Dun, India,
where his father was a railway executive.
His father wanted him to become an engineer but after falling
in love with the theatre, Mr.
BLAKE was able to persuade his
father to allow him to study at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art. In 1932, he graduated and soon made his professional stage
debut at the Embassy Theatre in London
During the Second World War, he served in the British Army as
a driver. It was during the war years that he is said to have
got his nickname Butch. A witness to the horrors of the Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp, Mr.
BLAKE was present at the liberation of
the camp by British troops. It was an experience that haunted
him for the rest of his life.
At the war's end, he returned to England and to the stage. He
married actress Christine
BENNETT and spent the years between
1952 and 1955 at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
There he worked with many of the great British actors such as
Sir Laurence
OLIVIER, Sir Michael
REDGRAVE and Dame Peggy
ASHCROFT.
Despite his success on the British stage, he decided to join
the Stratford Festival of Canada, then in its fifth season. With
his family in tow, Mr.
BLAKE moved to Canada and in 1957 appeared
in a production of Hamlet with Christopher
PLUMMER in the title
role.
"He wasn't a leading actor," said actor and director Douglas
CAMPBELL. "He was a supporting player. As a supporting player
you couldn't get better."
Mr. BLAKE always saw himself as a character actor who never cared
that much about starring roles, said Audrey
ASHLEY, a former
Ottawa
Citizen theatre critic and author of Mr.
BLAKE's 1999
biography With Love from Butch.
"He was one of those actors you never had to worry about," Ms.
ASHLEY said. "You knew Butch was always going to do a good job."
Known for his unfailing good nature and even temper, he enjoyed
re-telling gaffes he had made on stage. Mr.
MONETTE remembers
one performance where Mr.
BLAKE appeared on stage as the Sea
Captain in Twelfth Night. The character Viola asks him, "What
country, Friends, is this?" And instead of responding "This is
Illyria, lady." Out of his mouth popped, "This is Orillia."
To the younger actors at Stratford, Mr.
BLAKE was a father figure.
"He was very fond of the young actors and would take them under
his wing," Ms.
ASHLEY said.
Stephen RUSSELL remembers arriving at Stratford for his first
season in the mid-1970s. He was placed in the same dressing room
as Mr. BLAKE, an experience he still holds close to his heart.
"He was one of the most generous human beings," Mr.
RUSSELL said.
One of the areas Mr.
BLAKE was most helpful in was teaching fellow
actors how to apply stage makeup. He loved makeup and on his
dressing-room table he had an old rabbit's foot that he would
use to apply his face powder, Mr.
RUSSELL said.
Aging didn't stop him from applying his own elaborate makeup.
Playing the role of old Adam in As You Like It required him to
go through the same makeup ritual when he was 70 years old as
it did when he performed the role years earlier as a much younger
man.
Aside from the stage, one of Mr.
BLAKE's passions was cricket.
During his first season in Stratford, he played on the festival's
team and was responsible for starting a friendly, annual cricket
match against the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Each season, members of the two acting companies would come together
for a civilized afternoon of cricket and tea. The Stratford team
still goes by the name of Blake's Blokes.
In honour of his talent and dedication to the theatre, Mr.
BLAKE
was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in May, 1995.
"When he entered, the stage just lit up," Mr.
RUSSELL said.
Mr. BLAKE leaves his wife
Christine
BENNETT; children Andrew
and Bridget; and stepson Tim
DAVISSON.
Details of a memorial service to be held in Stratford, Ontario,
have yet to be announced.
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BLOCK,
Matthew
Alexander
Tragically died of injuries sustained when struck by a car on
Hallowe'en evening. Matthew passed away peacefully with his family
by his side at the McMaster Medical Centre on Saturday, November
1, 2003. He was 12 years old.
Matthew BLOCK
(Cambridge,
Ontario) is the cherished
son of Kelly
(née FLOOD) and Robert
BROOK, dear brother of Stephen, Kevin,
Andrew, Caitlin and Jenny, friend of Brent, and precious grand_son
of Ellen and Denis
CASE,
Dennis and Patricia
FLOOD, Stanley and
Evelyn BROOK. He will also be sadly missed by his great aunts
and uncles.
Loved nephew of Sheryl
FLOOD and Douglas
RITCHIE,
Christopher
CASE,
Leslie (née
CASE) and Rodney
GIEBLER, Debbie and Jerry
and Dave and Denise; and cousins Nicole and Alexander. Special
friend of Keith, Lena, Zeo and Matthew
BENNETT;
Ted and Joe
GIBBONS
Doreen BROWN and Lloyd
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART; and all of his many Friends and
their families.
Matthew was a student at St. Joseph's School in Cambridge, and
he enjoyed playing left wing with Hespler Minor Hockey. Matthew
was also an aspiring chef who shared his passion for cooking
with all who knew him.
We wish to thank all those who have given us their love and support,
and we offer our heartfelt gratitude to the staff at Cambridge
Memorial Hospital, McMaster Medical Centre, and specifically
Dr. Holly SMITH,
Nancy
FRAM, and Chaplin Steve. We were comforted
to know that Matthew gave the gift of life to seven families
through organ donation.
Our dear Matthew will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
It was a great joy and honour to have shared 12 years with him.
Friends will be received on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6: 00-9:00
p.m. at Littles Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 223 Main Street
East, Cambridge www.funeralscanada.com Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated at St. Clements R.C. Church, 745 Duke Street,
Cambridge on Thursday, November 6th at 10: 00 a.m. Cremation to
follow. In memory of Matthew, donations would be appreciated
to ''Kids Can Play'' and to the school that he loved, St. Joseph's
in Preston, for any educational needs.
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Died
This
Day -- James Alexander
LOUGHEED, 1925
Friday, November 7, 2003 - Page R13
Lawyer and politician born at Brampton, Canada West, in 1854
practised law in Toronto and Calgary; entered partnership with
R.B. BENNETT; 1889, named to Senate; 1906, made Conservative
leader; 1911, appointed to Privy Council; minister without portfolio
in BORDEN government; 1928, name given to mountain west of Calgary.
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Ruby WILLSON
In loving memory of Ruby
WILLSON,
May 15, 1937 to April 30, 2003.
Ruby WILLSON, a resident of Ice Lake, died at the Mindemoya Hospital
on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at the age of 65 years. She was born in
Kagawong, daughter of the late Nelson and Lillian
(TRUDEAU)
PIERCE.
Ruby was an "Adventuress" and enjoyed life to its fullest. She had
worked as a hostess at Harbour Island as well as being a navigator on
sail boats, and had sailed many places, including the open seas. She
enjoyed many things, such as needlework, baking, reading and
especially loved to entertain and host people. Her favourite place
was Harbour Island. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she will
be sadly missed, but many happy memories will be cherished.
Dearly loved wife and best friend of Chuc
WILLSON.
Loving and loved
mother of Dennis
BECKETT and Deanna
BENOIT both of Kagawong, Rob
BECKETT of Pefferlaw and Juanda
GEORGE of Espanola. Proud
grandmother of James, Charles, Kevin, Crestienne, Aaron, Brandon and
Sheldon.
Also survived by Lake
WILSON and his daughter Jasmine.
Dear sister of Sandra
JAMES.
Predeceased by husbands Robert
BECKETT,
Carl REINGUETTE and John
PETRIE and brother Reynold
PIERCE.
A private family funeral service will be conducted at the Culgin
Funeral Home, followed by cremation. A public memorial service will
be conducted at Lyons Memorial United Church on Thursday, May 15,
2003 at 11: 00 a.m. with Pastor Maxine
McVEY officiating. If so
desired, donations may be made to Strawberry Point Christian Camp or
the Mindemoya Hospital Auxiliary. Culgin Funeral Home 282-2270.
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BENT,
Vera
Clara (née
SEARS)
With her family at her side, Vera died peacefully at the North
York Seniors Health Centre, Friday, October 10, 2003 in her 99th
year. Beloved wife of the late Norman Arthur
BENT.
Devoted mother
of Maurice
BENT and Margie Penhallow. Loving mother-in-law of
Pat BENT.
Beloved sister of Margaret and Mable and the late Harry,
Art, Ernie, Dorothy and Annie. Dearest Nana of Jacqueline
KENNEDY
(John,) Stephen
BENT
(Tara,)
Warren
BENT (Jody,) Andrea
BENT
and Tim PENHALLOW.
Proud great grandmother of Madison, Lauren,
Cameron, Charlotte and Graydon. Special thanks to Carol and to
the staff of the 4th Floor at North York Seniors Health Centre
for all their loving care and compassion. A private family service
will be held at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A. W. Miles Chapel,
1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), on Wednesday,
October 15. Interment Pine Hills Cemetery. If desired, donations
may be made to North York General Hospital Building Fund, 4001
Leslie Street, Toronto, M2K 1E1.
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My father will always be my father
I won't forget the humorous running commentary he offered while
we watched horror movies. He did this so I would have the courage
to sit through the scary scenes.
By Nancy BENT,
Monday,
November 10, 2003 - Page A16
If I could go back and speak again at my father's funeral, I
would express the private thoughts that have consumed me for
the past nine months along with the public formalities I extended
at the time of his death. The latter part would serve as a courtesy
to the others who had come to pay respects to the man they knew.
The first and most important component would allow me to use
an open forum to proclaim my ambiguous feelings for the man who
had more of an impact on my life than I would have ever let him
believe.
I found a middle ground to release my thoughts in the safest
place I thought possible -- a journal. I began on March 6 of
this year -- just over a month after my father was found dead
in his bachelor apartment. He was 59 years old. I was 26.
It is natural for me to seek solace in a solitary act. I'm a
born loner who often prefers daydreaming to an outing with a
friend. Despite this, I am inhibited by the activity of writing
in a journal. As one of four children, the concept of privacy
is something I have difficulty grasping -- even in my adult years.
In the confusing and troubling weeks after my father's death
I felt a tremendous need to purge my erratic feelings, get them
on to paper. I was unable to do this in the unnatural environment
that materialized around my immediate family members and separated
us from others in our close proximity. Sympathy came in the form
of its common expression -- with the best intentions -- and those
who were closest to us blended in with the crowd of respectful
visitors.
I was afflicted by everyone else's truth. My older sister --
who had managed to develop a close relationship with our father
as an adult -- delivered his eulogy. Her speech was beautiful.
She astutely commemorated my father through humorous stories
outlining his eccentric style and shared detailed accounts of
his good deeds. I started to cry almost immediately after she
started speaking because, as she referred to them, I remembered
all of these qualities. These were the memories I enjoyed. Presented
with compassion, my sister's speech was a hagiography of the
father I always wanted.
I was lucky to catch a glimpse of this man during an anomalously
open conversation he and I shared shortly before he died. My
father finally spoke about issues he would normally avoid, including
his drinking and depression. He never expressed remorse for our
broken family to me and he was steadfast in his accusations of
others' wrongdoings. Despite this, he seemed to have accepted
some responsibility for where he ended up in life. I felt this
was a baby-step to confronting greater issues: I wanted him to
acknowledge what I believe was his neglect in the early years
of my childhood. Even more so, I wanted him to regret the ongoing
feud during my adolescence when I felt I was a moving target
for his drunken rage. These were the years when my father became
a stranger to me.
I endured many arguments with my family -- including my father
about our family troubles. Despite my role as the outspoken,
rebellious middle-child, I would not bring this animosity to
a public forum. This became even more difficult after my father's
death. I understood my family's need to cherish the only father
and husband they knew. Along with them, I felt the pressure to
present the side of my father that his Friends and family came
to mourn. I accepted these responsibilities but knew that I would
not be able to mourn my father without remembering him as a whole
person.
After paying my public respects for more than four weeks, I found
the ability to translate my feelings, along with numerous memories,
into words. I was plagued with writer's block but still felt
compelled to turn to my journal. I began on page one and later
I heard myself cry as I read the shocking and sad memories I
had recorded. It was as though I were hearing the stories for
the first time.
Writing about my father helped me recognize that my relationship
with him was not one long sad story. It was sporadically interspersed
with tender moments sponsored by an interesting and caring man
with loving intentions.
I cannot depict him without illustrating his role as the drill-sergeant
of wit. This was a role he fulfilled by catching me off guard
with a playful slight to test my retaliation skills.
There were many times that I was able to please him with my responses
especially as they improved. He would comment "Good but too
slow" if I missed a beat. I will not forget the humorous running
commentary he offered while we watched horror movies on home
video. He would do this so that I would have the courage to sit
through the scary scenes.
And most of all, when it is pouring hard rain outside, splashing
into deep puddles, I will not forget where I got the idea to
run around barefoot with my arms spread open and enjoy the shower.
The most important thing I gained from my journal is the realization
that despite the conflicting portraits of my father one thing
won't change -- he was my father.
Nancy BENT lives in Toronto.
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BENTLEY,
Peter
Passed away unexpectedly on February 25, 2003 at the age of 53.
Beloved husband and best friend to Joyce, loving
son of Kathleen
and the late Frederick. Dear brother to Stephen and his wife
Catherine, Anne and husband Tony and brother-in-law to Barbara
and husband Kelly. Dearly loved and proud uncle to Shona and
James, Katrina and Emma, Laurence, Daniel, George, Maria and
Marcus. Godfather to Shannon and Sydney and special 'Uncle Peter'
to many. Long time Executive Chef at the Royal Bank of Canada.
Peter was highly respected by his colleagues in the Food Service
Industry, both in Canada and
in Britain where Peter was born.
Through-out his life, Peter's outgoing and friendly personality
allowed him to make many wonderful Friendships through-out the
world. Peter will be forever loved and sadly missed by his family
in England and the United States, by his extended family in Canada
and by his countless Friends all over the world. A memorial service
will be held at Saint Margaret-in-the-Pines, 4130 Lawrence Avenue
East on Wednesday, March 5 at 2 p.m. The family will receive
Friends at the Giffen-Mack Funeral Home, 4115 Lawrence Avenue
East, West Hill (just west of Kingston Road) (416) 281-6800,
on Monday from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In
lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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DAVIS,
Curtiss▼
Gridley▼
Born August 31, 1916 in Rochester, New York died after a long
and courageous battle, on July 31, 2003 at the Guelph General
Hospital. He was a resident for the past year at St. Joseph's
Health Centre, Guelph. Predeceased by his first wife Grace
TURNER.
Lovingly▼ remembered and missed by his wife
Audrey▼
LIVERNOIS.
Dearly loved father of Natasha
VAN
BENTUM (Henri) and Bruce Gridley
DAVIS
(Janet▼
WRIGHT,) of Vancouver. Stepfather of John
LIVERNOIS
of Guelph, and Laurie
STATHER of Belleville; dear brother of
Joyce LOVETT
(Bob▼) of Kitchener and Jim
DAVIS (Mary) of Maple
grandfather of Rachel
DAVIS,
Celine and Jacob
RICHMOND, Nicole
STATHER, Michael
STATHER (Tabitha), Ryan
STATHER, and Ali and
Becky LIVERNOIS; and great grandfather of four. Fondly remembered
by many nieces, nephews, family and Friends. During World War
2, he served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment in England and
Europe. He will be remembered for his thirst for knowledge and
as a gifted writer and reader. A memorial service will be held
on Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 1: 30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian
Church,▼ 20 Quebec Street, Guelph, with the Reverend Thomas
KAY officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Knox
Church, or to the charity of your choice. (Arrangements entrusted
to Wall-Custance Funeral Home and Chapel, 206 Norfolk Street, Guelph
(416) 822-0051 or www.wallcustance.com).
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DAVIS,
Curtiss▲
Gridley▲
Born August 31, 1916 in Rochester, New York died after a long
and courageous battle, on July 31, 2003 at the Guelph General
Hospital. He was a resident for the past year at St. Joseph's
Health Centre, Guelph. Predeceased by his first wife Grace
TURNER.
Lovingly▲ remembered and missed by his wife
Audrey▲
LIVERNOIS.
Dearly loved father of Natasha
VAN
BENTUM (Henri) and Bruce Gridley
DAVIS
(Janet▲
WRIGHT,) of Vancouver. Stepfather of John
LIVERNOIS
of Guelph, and Laurie
STATHER of Belleville; dear brother of
Joyce LOVETT
(Bob▲) of Kitchener and Jim
DAVIS (Mary) of Maple
grandfather of Rachel Davis, Celine and Jacob
RICHMOND,
Nicole
STATHER, Michael
STATHER (Tabitha), Ryan
STATHER, and Ali and
Becky LIVERNOIS; and great grandfather of four. Fondly remembered
by many nieces, nephews, family and Friends. During World War
2, he served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment in England and
Europe. He will be remembered for his thirst for knowledge and
as a gifted writer and reader. A memorial service will be held
on Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 1: 30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian
Church,▲ 20 Quebec Street, Guelph, with the Reverend Thomas
KAY officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Knox
Church, or to the charity of your choice. (Arrangements entrusted
to Wall-Custance Funeral Home and Chapel, 206 Norfolk Street, Guelph
(416) 822-0051 or www.wallcustance.com).
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MURPHY,
C.
Francis, Q.C.
Frank MURPHY died August 13, 2003 at St. Paul's Hospital from
complications following pneumonia. He is survived by his loving
wife, Jean, and his children, Caroline, Elizabeth, Adrienne (Peter
HOLMGREN,)
John
(Leslie
LEE,) Frances and Sarah, and his grandchildren,
Anna HOLMGREN,
Jacqueline
MURPHY and Robert
MURPHY. Frank and
Robert were special companions. Frank is survived as well by
his brothers Bud, Cal and Louis, his sister Josie
BENZ, and many
nephews and nieces. He was predeceased by his parents and his
sisters, Mary
COSTELLO and Pat
MURPHY.
Frank was devoted to his
family and deeply committed to his community. Frank was born
in 1929 in Calgary and lived most of his life in Vancouver. He
loved Vancouver for its beauty and the opportunities it presented.
He graduated from high school at Vancouver College in 1945, and
graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor
of Laws in 1950. He articled at and then practised with Campney,
Owen, Murphy and Owen from 1951 to 1958. He then joined Farris,
Stultz, Bull and Farris, which evolved into the firm Farris,
Vaughan, Wills and Murphy. He was the managing partner there
from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. He remained as associate
counsel until his death. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in
1984. Frank practised primarily in areas of corporate and commercial
law. He particularly enjoyed his involvement in the Greater Vancouver
Regional District. He sat on many corporate boards, including
British Columbia Gas Inc., Mitsui Company of Canada Ltd., Northwest
Life Assurance Company, Pacific Petroleum Ltd., Westcoast Transmission,
Kelly Douglas, Alberta Distillers, and Loomis (Mayne Nickless).
Frank was on the board of many non-profit organizations, including
the Vancouver Art Gallery, Canadian Red Cross Society, Convent
of the Sacred Heart, Holy Family Hospital and St. Paul's Hospital.
Frank was for many years on the board of the Catholic Children's
Aid Society, serving as president from 1973 until 1980. It was
an association of which he was particularly proud. Frank was
active in the Canadian Bar Association and was president of the
Commercial Law Section for two years. He was heavily involved
in the International Bar Association and from 1972 to 1982 he
was the Canadian representative to its Council. Frank's work
with this organization gave Jean and him great opportunities
to travel. Frank was a student of the world, interested and knowledgeable
about history and world affairs. Each of his children has fond
memories of trips, both at home and abroad, taken with their
father. From 1995 to 2000, Frank served on the International
Joint Commission, a binational Canada-United States organization.
This experience gave him further opportunity to travel, including
to many smaller communities in both the United States and Canada,
which were experiences he enjoyed just as he did his trips to
those destinations that are more traditionally favoured. In keeping
with his great interest in his community, Frank was involved
in politics and government affairs. He was of a liberal mind
and was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He participated
at all levels of the political process side by side with Jean
and Friends, more frequently at the federal level and in particular
in the riding of Vancouver-Quadra. Frank's greatest love was
his family. He was a loyal and supportive son, brother, husband,
father and grandfather. Frank's house at Point Roberts, certainly
his favourite place on this earth, is a site of especially treasured
memories. Frank was keenly involved with his children's activities.
He inspired his children and others with his curiosity, his physical
and intellectual energy and his commitment to principle. He lived
life fully and fearlessly. He met his final illnesses and challenges
in the same manner. He died within the rites of his church and
with the love of his family. He is greatly missed. The
MURPHY
family is greatly appreciative of the care and support Frank
and his family received from the staff at the I.C.U., in particular
from his final nurse, David
BOOTH.
The
Mass of Christian Burial
for Frank will take place at 11: 00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 19,
2003 at Sts. Peter and Paul's Church, 1430 West 38th Avenue,
with a reception to follow at noon at Shaughnessy Golf and Country
Club, 4300 Southwest Marine Drive. The interment will follow
the reception. Prayers will take place at Sts. Peter and Paul
on Monday, August 18, 2003 at 7: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please
make donations to the St. Paul's Hospital Foundation at Ste 164,
1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Charitable
Registration No. 11925 7939 RR0001.
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