BREAKELL
BREATHAT
BREITHAUPT
BRENNAN
BRENTNELL
BRETT
BREWER
BREWERTON
BREYER
BREYFOGLE
BREYNE
BREAKELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-15 published
MECH,
Wladyslaw
In his 100th year. Veteran of First and Second World Wars, wounded
at age 16 at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920. Decorated by the Polish
Government with 1918-21 Military Cross, Poland to her Defender
Medal, Long Service Medal, 10th Anniversary Medal, Silver Cross
of Merit. During Second World War served with the Polish Forces
Carpathian Brigade under British command and took part in actions
at El Alamein, Fortress Tobruk, Monte Cassino, Bololgna and Ancona.
Awarded Cross of Merit with Swords, Monte Cassino Cross, Tobruk
Emblem, the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, the 1939-1945
War Medal and the Defence Medal. In 2001 the Polish Government
awarded him a special medal Sursum Corda #16. He was born on
October 14, 1903 in Poland,
son of a Reeve in Potok Wielki. He
was predeceased by mother Maria
TOMALA, father Thomas, brothers:
Piotr, Ludwik, Jan, sisters: Stanislawa, Karolina, Natalka, Julia
and by his wife
Julia née
FUSZARA in 1974. He emigrated to Canada
with wife Julia and son Zdzislaw in 1947. During his 20 years
with the Scarborough Board of Education he was active in the
Polish Combatants Association and a founding Board Member of
Wawel Villa Senior Citizens Centre where he resided until his
death. He will be remembered for his constant involvement at
the Villa where he organized chapel and social activities, ran
arts and crafts, poetry readings and other cultural events. Lover
of outdoors, he planted and maintained summer and winter gardens
while keeping his characteristic dry humour. He was loving and
proud of his son Zdzislaw Romuald, M.D., Fellow of the Royal
College of Physicians, Q.J.M., his daughter-in-law Lilli, B.A.
Associate, Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto (Toronto),
his grand_sons Major Konrad R.W., Royal Military College '82,
B.A. B.Eng., M.B.A., Canadian Forces Decoration and Captain André
Z.I., Royal Military College '84, B.Eng, M.B.A., both of whom
followed the family artillery tradition dating to Napoleonic
times, granddaughter Danuta
WYANT, B.Sc. Toronto. He will be greatly
missed by Kim
BREAKELL-
MECH, wife of Konrad, Blaise S.
WYANT,
Vice President, Financial Advisor, Wood Gundy, husband of Danuta
and by great-grandchildren Anders
MECH of Vancouver, Armand and
Eugene MECH of Mississauga and Faith and Hilary
WYANT of Toronto
who will miss visiting and jumping on him.His leadership and
love of the countries he served will be long remembered. 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. on Sunday. Funeral Mass will be held on Monday,
February 17, 2003, at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Mississauga,
at 10 a.m. Interment Pine Hills Cemetery.
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BREATHAT o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-01-22 published
Margaret Clara
LEWIS
(Nee
WHIDDON)
In loving memory of Margaret Clara
LEWIS who died peacefully, January
19, 2003 at the Manitoulin Lodge, age 91 years.
Beloved wife of William
LEWIS (predeceased in 1996.) Loving mother
of Jack (Myrna,) Carol (Carl
HALL,)
Lyle
(Paulette.)
Very special
grandmother to Wendy, Michael, David, Stacey and Sherry. Cherished
great grandmother to Justin, Adrien, Parker, Ally and Hunter. Dear
sister of Bill (Lena) and Nora (Nick predeceased), predeceased by
John and Dorothy. Dear sister-in-law of Doreen
GRANGER
(George,)
Madeline HOLOWACK, Mary
KERHANOVICH (Earl), Catherine
GIFFEN (Garth).
Predeceased▼ by Ina and George
BREATHAT and Margaret and Arden
LEWIS.
Sadly missed by many nieces and nephews.
Margaret was born in Fort Frances, Ontario and graduated as a
registered nurse in 1932. She moved to Manitoulin Island where she
married her husband in 1941. A hard working woman, Margaret raised
her children, worked on the family farm, and nursed until her
retirement. She lived her later years in Little Current, and most
recently at the Manitoulin Lodge in Gore Bay.
Visitation from 10: 00 until Funeral Service 11:00 a.m. Wednesday,
January 22, 2003 at Island Funeral Home. Cremation with burial of
ashes in Elmview Cemetery.
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BREATHAT o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-06-11 published
Arthur
Thomas
H.
BREATHAT
In loving memory of Arthur "Art"
BREATHAT, a resident of Evansville, died at the
Mindemoya Hospital on Thursday, June 5, 2003 at the age of 50 years.
He was born in Sudbury,
son of Gerald
BREATHAT and Pauline
(CRANSTON)
VANEVERY.
He worked as a machine operator at the Lafarge Quarry, Meldrum Bay for the past 9 years.
Art enjoyed hunting, fishing and a good game of cards.
Dearly loved husband of Marilyn
(DAMPIER)
BREATHAT of Evansville. Loving father
of Cheryl Lee
BREATHAT and Aaron
PHILLIPS and Arthur James
BREATHAT. Dear brother
of Robbie and Judy
BJORKLUND of Spring Bay, Bonnie and husband Dave
PATTERSON
of Hornepayne and Peggy
FARQUHAR and Jim
DAVIES of North Bay. Also survived by several
nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives were received at the Culgin Funeral Home on
Monday, June 9. There will be no funeral service and cremation will follow.
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BREATHAT o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-09-10 published
Sidney William
COX
In loving memory of Sidney William
COX, on Saturday, September 6,
2003 at the Mindemoya Hospital at the age of 90.
Born in England in 1913. Beloved husband of the late Hollis (Nee
MARSHALL) 1986. Loving father of Bill and friend Marilyn, Jack and
wife Ruth Anne, Charlie and friend Norma, Anne and husband Frank
HANER,
Mary and husband Vance
McGAULEY. Fondly remembered by 10
grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Survived by one sister
Frances BREATHAT.
Predeceased▲ by brother Arthur and sister Kathleen
FERGUSON.
Brother-in-law
Charlie
FERGUSON. Sister-in-law Mazie
AELICK and Leona
MARSHALL.
Sadly missed by friend Mildred.
Visitation was held on Monday, September 8, 2003. Funeral service
was held on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at Saint Francis of Assisi
Anglican Church, Mindemoya, Ontario. Burial in Mindemoya Cemetery. Island Funeral Home.
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BREATHAT o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-12-17 published
BREATHAT
-In loving memory of a dear sister, aunt and great aunt, Ina, who passed away December 12, 1994.
Heavens gate swung gently open
The Master called softly "Come"
As you dear one took the Masters hand
And you work on earth was done.
But one day in Gods garden
When the Master calls us to come
You will be at the gate with open arms
And say to us "Welcome Home"
-Sadly missed and always remembered by Doreen, George and family.
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BREITHAUPT,
David
John, M.D. D.P.H. F.R.C.P.C.
Born February 14th, 1917 in Kitchener (Berlin), Ontario. Died
October 12, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario. He was born into a strong
industrial family, the youngest of six children. Graduated University
of Toronto School of Medicine with honours 1941. Married Mary
SIMPSON in 1942. Enlisted and served in the Navy during the Second
World War as a Surgeon Lieutenant. After a short career as a
physician in general practice he joined Manufacturers Life Assurance
Company in the underwriting department in 1948. Here, as he moved
up in the company, he was able to remove the restrictions on
diabetics and became an acknowledged pioneer and industry expert
in medical risk underwriting. At the time of retirement from
Manulife after almost 40 years of service he held the position
of Medical Vice-President. Despite the rigors of his underwriting
responsibilities he was able to enjoy an active and fulfilling
personal life, raising five children, devoting substantial time
to Scarborough Junction United Church, elected as Councillor
with the Scarborough School Board and enjoying his summers at
his cottage on Georgian Bay. A man of few words but always of
choice words he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease which
ultimately required him to reside in a Nursing Home since 1999.
He is the last of his siblings. His wife of 57 years of marriage
predeceased him in 1999. He is survived by his step-mother, two
sisters-in-law, five children, seven grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren as well as five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren
through the blended families of his children, fond memories:
He will be greatly missed. Memorial service at Jerrett Funeral
Home, 660 Kennedy Road, Scarborough on Saturday, October 18th,
at 1: 00 p.m., followed by reception; family visitation from 11:30
a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to Parkinson's Foundation
or Doctors without Boarders would be appreciated.
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BREITHAUPT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-30 published
SEAGRAM,
Campbell L.E. (Cam)
July 12, 1935 - December 28, 2003. Died peacefully, after a brief
period of declining health, at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health
Sciences Centre.
son of the late Beryl and Campbell A.
SEAGRAM.
He leaves his beloved wife
Janet
ALLEN; sons Campbell W., Philip
A.,
Andrew
B. (Linda
HAWKINS) and Mark A. (Amy;) and his grandchildren
Austin, Georgia and Mac. Loved brother of Robert P.
SEAGRAM and Shirley
BREITHAUPT. A private service will be held.
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BABICK
MacDONALD,
Mary
Passed away on March 6, 2003, at the age of 67 at Saint Mary's
Hospital. Beloved wife of Lee Wm.
MacDONALD.
Sister of Donald
BABICK
(Jacqueline.)
Aunt of Nancy (Mark
BRENNAN) and Todd (Erin
DYER.)
She will also be sadly missed by Brad-Lee
MacDONALD, Lee
(3rd) MacDONALD and David
MacDONALD and their families as well
as by her sister-in-law Ruth
BAIRD and her great-nephews Joshua
and Isaac. Visitation at the Mount Royal Funeral Complex, 1297
Chemin de la Foret, Outremont (514) 279-6540 on Saturday, March
8, 2003, and Sunday, March 9, 2003, from 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9
pm and two hours prior to service on Monday, March 10, 2003.
Funeral service to be held in the chapel of the complex at 1
pm. Donations in her memory may be made to Saint Mary's Hospital
Centre, 3830 Lacombe, Montreal, H3T 1M5 in care of Dr. J.F.
PRCHAL,
Chief of Oncology. Your condolences to the family may be forwarded
to www.everlastinglifestories.com
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COONEY,
Roger
Peter
Patrick
Died suddenly of a massive and final heart attack in the arms
of Elizabeth, his devoted wife of thirty years. Roger resided
in St. Andrews, New Brunswick for the past 10 years. Born in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he was the
son of the late William and
Veronica (FARCAS)
COONEY.
Predeceased by brothers, James and
Bernard; sisters, Helen
COONEY and Jeannette
BARLOW. He is survived
by his wife, Elizabeth
(DICKSON/DIXON)
COONEY; daughter, Kathleen
sons, William and D'Arcy all at home; sister, Ruth
CAVERLEY
(William)
of Don Mills; brothers, John
COONEY
(Brenda) of Markham, Gregory
COONEY
(Eva) of Oakville; nieces and nephews, John, Patricia,
Theresa, Margot, Peter, Veronica, Marlene, Paul, Shannon, Erinn,
Clifford,
Karen,
Steven and Renee; mother-in-law Peggy
DICKSON/DIXON
of St. Andrews; brother-in-law, James
DICKSON/DIXON of St. Andrews.
Resting at the St. Andrews Catholic Church, with visiting on
Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. The funeral will be held 12 noon
on Tuesday from the church, with Reverend Bill
BRENNAN officiating.
Interment will take place at the St. Andrews Catholic Cemetery.
For those who wish, donations to a charity of the donors choice
would be appreciated. MacDonald Select Community Funeral Home,
20 Marks Street, St. Stephen, New Brunswick in care of arrangements.
www.macdonaldfh.com
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BRENNAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-30 published
witnesses: are silent as the slain weep
By Christie
BLATCHFORD,
Tuesday,
December 30, 2003 - Page A1
Even on its face, what unfolded in two parts of the Beechwood Cemetery at noon yesterday is a gripping story.
There, in Section 7, the family of Godfrey "Junior"
DUNBAR --
including his three astonishingly beautiful children, aged 12,
8 and 7 -- were holding a vigil for their lost son, brother and
father at his grave. Mr.
DUNBAR and Richard
BROWN, respectively
27 and 29 years old, were gunned down precisely four years earlier
at a North York nightclub jammed with upward of 800 people.
The case went cold and has stayed that way -- Toronto police
offered a $50,000 reward yesterday as a last resort -- not because
it isn't solvable, not for a lack of potential witnesses, but
rather because none of those witnesses, including many Friends of the two men, is talking.
Among those who were at the Connections II club that night and
who would not tell detectives what they saw was one Kirk
SWEENEY.
And who was being buried yesterday in Section 17 of the cemetery,
about 400 metres away from the vigil? None other than young Mr.
SWEENEY, himself the victim of an execution-style killing just
before Christmas at a downtown club called the G Spot.
There was a big crowd of mourners at the mound of fresh earth
by his grave. Funerals for the young black men who form the city's
largest single group of homicide victims are always well attended,
as Mr. DUNBAR's terrific older sister, Trisha, noted yesterday.
At her brother's, for instance, she remembered, people did what
they could to console the family. "But money is not what we wanted,"
she said. "We wanted for one of them to come forward." It is
the cruellest irony, she said, that her brother, who so "valued
Friendship," should have been betrayed by those who were with him the night he died.
At the vigil, the crowd was tiny, composed only of relatives,
media (invited because the
DUNBARs are hoping renewed publicity
will see someone belatedly speak up) and other black mothers who have lost sons to gun violence.
One of them was Yvonne
BEASLEY.
I'd been told her son had been
killed, and after introducing myself, asked if the case had been
solved. She looked at me as though I was mad. "Oh," she said, "they're all unsolved."
"What was your son's name?" I asked, apologizing for not remembering.
"I don't blame you," she said. "There have been so many."
Her boy was Sydney
HEMMANS.
One day shy of his 19th birthday,
in July, 2001, he was shot and killed in his old downtown neighbourhood.
"Were there witnesses?" I asked Ms.
BEASLEY. "
There are always
witnesses," she said. "That's why all us moms are here."
Another was Julia
FARQUHARSON, whose 24-year-old son, Segun,
was shot and killed on May 17, 2001, the victim of what began
as an attempted robbery and ended in an utterly senseless murder.
Mr. FARQUHARSON was carrying his basketball at the time of his
death, and, realizing the gravity of the situation he was in,
had called his own cellphone's voicemail to secretly record the
voices of the two men wanting to rob him. That two-minute call,
played publicly by homicide detectives not long after Mr.
FARQUHARSON's
murder, is a terrifying mélange of Mr.
FARQUHARSON clutching
his basketball and pleading for his life, and one of his attackers shrieking, "Yo, let me fucking kill you, dude."
Police were hoping someone would recognize the voices on the
tape, and call them. That was more than two years ago. They continue
to wait, and despite a recent $50,000 reward, Mr.
FARQUHARSON's slaying remains unsolved.
That is one of the other stories here -- that police, despite
dogged work and the fact that so many of these killings take
place in public places, cannot successfully close these cases
without witnesses: willing to testify and that, on the rare occasion
they are able to get a case to court, the witnesses: are by then
demonstrably unreliable, having given several versions of what they saw before belatedly telling the truth.
All of this goes to undermine the administration of justice.
But the other, broader story is that because of the intimate
connections that often exist among the slain and their killers
and the mute witnesses: to their deaths -- and the fact that so
much of the gun violence in Toronto is committed by young black
men upon other young black men -- there is a growing cynicism, captured in an e-mail I got yesterday.
In Monday's paper, I'd written about the case of Adrian Roy
BAPTISTE,
a handsome 21-year-old who was shot five times, in broad daylight,
last Saturday, just eight days after he was found not guilty
by a properly constituted jury, and freed, in another shooting in Hamilton almost two years previous.
This is what the note said: "Let them all shoot each other. Leave
the rest of us in peace. And let God sort it all out. Enough said."
I understand the weariness there, but strongly disagree.
The killing spree now going on in the city -- not the first one,
merely the latest -- is not a problem confined to the lawless,
and it ought not to be left to the black community to solve.
There are often perfectly innocent victims, and even those with
lengthy criminal records die so young that they never get the
proverbial second chance that ought to be a given in a civilized society.
Junior DUNBAR's mother, Jamela, bent low in the rain yesterday
and whispered to her son's tombstone, "You had so many Friends.
None of them came forward to speak on your behalf; no one has
the decency. Where are your Friends now?" His older son, Marquel,
left a little drawing of him and his dad holding hands.
The baby son, D'angelo, stood with his small face utterly stricken,
his big sister, Deondra, keeping an arm around him.
Aside from a few reporters, the only white face at the vigil
belonged to Gary
BRENNAN, the detective who was one of the original
investigators of Mr.
DUNBAR's killing; he has moved to another squad now, but still was good enough to show up.
It's rarely the cops who have to be motivated to give a damn. It's the rest of us.
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BRENTNELL o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-02-19 published
Karen Louise
SHAW (née
KING)
Passed away peacefully at Gore Bay, Ontario on February 16, 2003, age 59.
Loving wife of Robert D.
SHAW for 33 years and mother of Dara
(husband Richard
BRACHMAN), Debbie (husband Kyle
BRENTNELL), and Diana (fiancé Scott
INGHAM).
Predeceased by parents Kenneth and Dorothy
KING and brother Harold
(wife Bonnie
KING). Sister to Alan
KING (Barbara), Betty Ann
HOUDE
(Garry) and Candace
INNES
(Eric.)
Sister-in-law to Norman
SHAW and
Barbara BILLMAN
(Arlo.)
Aunt, friend, and role model to many.
Karen possessed a passion for education working with Okanagan
University College in Kelowna, BC (1996-98), Cambrian College
(1982-1996), and Sudbury High School as a teacher (1967-72). She
earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education
from Michigan State University in 1997.
Karen served the Sudbury community in many roles as: Councillor,
Regional Municipality and City of Sudbury (1991-97), Governor,
Laurentian University (1985-96), President, Sudbury Chamber of
Commerce (1993-94), President, Sudbury Business and Professional
Women's Club (1986-88), and Trustee, Sudbury Board of Education (1976-85).
Her family greatly appreciates the loving care provided by the staff at Manitoulin Lodge.
A memorial service was held on Thursday, February 20 in Sudbury.
Karen's life will be celebrated with a memorial service at St.
Francis of Assisi in Mindemoya later in the summer.
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BRETT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-05-31 published
BRAILEY,
F.
George
March 6th, 1923 to May 29th, 2003. Died peacefully at West Park
Long Term Care Centre. George suffered from Alzheimers, and the
past year was very difficult for him as he declined so rapidly.
George leaves his loving wife of 57 years, Joyce, and two daughters,
Seonaid BRAILEY and Moira
MacRAE and her husband, Garth. He was
a wonderful Poppa to Justin
MacRAE,
Krista
BRAILEY, Gail
MacRAE
(Allan LAURENT,) and Heather
MacRAE
(Chris
O'CONNOR.) George
enjoyed being Great Poppa to his precious great-granddaughter,
Jordan TUCKER-
MacRAE and great-grandchildren, Sam and Leigha
BRETT, Haley
MacRAE, Finlay and Emma
O'CONNOR and Philippe
GIGUERE.
The family is grateful to the kind and caring nurses and support
staff at West Park Long Term Care Centre for treating Dad with
gentleness and dignity. Private arrangements have been made,
however the family invites Friends to join them on Saturday,
June 7, 2003, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the home of Moira and Garth
MacRae. If you wish, a donation may be made to the Alzheimer
Society or to the charity of your choice.
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BREWER o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-11-05 published
Barbara KING (née
MADAHBEE)
In loving memory of Barbara
KING (née
MADAHBEE) who passed away
Thursday morning, October 30, 2003 at her residence at the age of 73 years.
Beloved wife of Raymond George
KING, predeceased. Will be sadly
missed by her children, Susan
KING and Will
PATHY,
Jane▼
KING and Ken
PASTO, Debbie
KING and Bill
HOMER, Patrick
KING (wife Jean) and
predeceased by son Kevin
KING.
Special▼ grandmother of Desmond and
Grant KING. Dear sister of Anne
BREYER, Jean
ANDREWS, Ivan
MADAHBEE,
Lillian BUCKNELL, Archie
MADAHBEE, Cecilia
BAYERS, Linda
THIBODEAU,
Patsy CORBIERE,
Tootsie▼
PANAMICK, Patrick
MADAHBEE and predeceased by
Veronica McGRAW, Lawrence
MADAHBEE, Elizabeth
KING, Eli
MADAHBEE,
Morris MADAHBEE and Doris
BREWER.
Rested▼ at the Sucker Creek
Community Hall on Sunday, November 1, 2003. Funeral Mass was held at
St. Bernard's Church, Little Current on Monday, November 3, 2003.
Cremation. Lougheed Funeral Home Sudbury.
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STAMFORD,
Ross
Died peacefully, on Friday, June 27, 2003, at York Central Hospital.
He is survived by his wife
Joan, children Cynthia
(McCORMACK,)
Brenda (BREWER,)
Scott
(Diana
MARTIN,) Pamela, and grandchildren
Kristin, Kimberlee, Jamie, Laurel, Veronica, Nicole, Lindsay
and Christine. The family would like to thank the staff on the
3rd Floor at York Central Hospital for all their care and support.
Donations may be made to the Childrens' Wish Foundation or the
Herbie Fund, c/o The Hospital for Sick Children.
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JONES,
Carolyn ((
DUNCANnée)
McKAY)
Born in Halbrite, Saskatchewan, December 5, 1908. Carol died
in North Vancouver, British Columbia on June 24, 2003. She was
predeceased by her first husband Lewis
DUNCAN,
Picton,
Ontario.,
and her second husband William
JONES of Merrickville, Ontario.
Also predeceased by her brother Eric
McKAY, her sisters, Doris
ADAM/ADAMS,
Marion
SARKISSIAN and Elizabeth
LEE, her niece Elinor
BREWERTON and nephew Don
McKAY.
Carol is survived and will be
sadly missed by her nephews Peter
HEPPLEWHITE and Ted
McKAY,
her niece Shirley
ATKINS and all of their families as well as
many Friends throughout Canada, U.S. and Great Britain. In lieu
of flowers, donations in Carol's memory to a charity of their
choice will be gratefully acknowledged. Arrangements entrusted
to First Memorial Funeral Services, North Vancouver, British
Columbia 604-980-3451.
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BREYER o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-11-05 published
Barbara KING (née
MADAHBEE)
In loving memory of Barbara
KING (née
MADAHBEE) who passed away
Thursday morning, October 30, 2003 at her residence at the age of 73 years.
Beloved wife of Raymond George
KING, predeceased. Will be sadly
missed by her children, Susan
KING and Will
PATHY,
Jane▲
KING and Ken
PASTO, Debbie
KING and Bill
HOMER, Patrick
KING (wife Jean) and
predeceased by son Kevin
KING.
Special▲ grandmother of Desmond and
Grant KING. Dear sister of Anne
BREYER, Jean
ANDREWS, Ivan
MADAHBEE,
Lillian BUCKNELL, Archie
MADAHBEE, Cecilia
BAYERS, Linda
THIBODEAU,
Patsy CORBIERE,
Tootsie▲
PANAMICK, Patrick
MADAHBEE and predeceased by
Veronica McGRAW, Lawrence
MADAHBEE, Elizabeth
KING, Eli
MADAHBEE,
Morris MADAHBEE and Doris
BREWER.
Rested▲ at the Sucker Creek
Community Hall on Sunday, November 1, 2003. Funeral Mass was held at
St. Bernard's Church, Little Current on Monday, November 3, 2003.
Cremation. Lougheed Funeral Home Sudbury.
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BREYFOGLE,
Elizabeth ''Betty'' (née
HOPWOOD)
Peacefully on March 5, 2003, at home in Victoria. Betty has gone
to join her beloved husband, William A.
BREYFOGLE, who died in
Vermont in 1958. She is fondly remembered by her nieces and nephews,
Peter and
Jo BREYFOGLE,
Joan and Derek
BARTLETT, Christopher
WILLIAMSON and their families. Many thanks go to her friend Joan
MOODY and
to Bruce CALE of Victoria for their Friendship and
support.
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MYNARSKI's man
FRIDAY
Knocked unconscious, the young bomb aimer was saved when his
flight engineer pushed him out of their stricken Lancaster
By Tom HAWTHORN
Special to The Globe and Mail Tuesday, August
19, 2003 - Page R7
Victoria -- A Second World War bomb aimer who survived an ill-fated
mission during which his friend Andrew
MYNARSKI was later awarded
a posthumous Victoria Cross for trying the save a trapped fellow
crewman has died. Jack
FRIDAY, who spent his peacetime career
with Air Canada, died in Thunder Bay.
Mr. MYNARSKI's sacrifice awed a generation of children who learned
of it in their school readers. Mr.
FRIDAY was often asked to
recount what happened aboard his doomed Lancaster as it burned
over France. What many did not realize was that Mr.
FRIDAY only
learned the details of Mr.
MYNARSKI's heroism after the end of
the war.
On June 12, 1944, his Royal Canadian Air Force crew was assigned
to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Cambrai. The mission
was similar to others in recent days, as No. 419 (Moose) Squadron
attacked German reinforcements being rushed forward to repel
Allied forces in Normandy.
Six days earlier, the crew had bombed coastal guns at Longues
in the early-morning hours before the invasion fleet landed on
D-Day. The Cambrai target -- their 13th mission -- was to be
attacked on in the early morning hours of June 13. Later, superstitious
survivors would speak of that coincidence as a missed omen.
Their Lancaster lifted off the runway at Middleton St. George
in Yorkshire at 9: 44 p.m. on June 12. After crossing the English
Channel, the bomber was coned -- caught in searchlights -- but
the pilot, Flying Officer Arthur DE
BREYNE, managed to manoeuvre
his craft out of the dreaded lights.
The reprieve did not last long.
Rear gunner Patrick
BROPHY, who sat in an isolated compartment
at the rear of the aircraft, spotted an enemy fighter below.
"Bogey astern! Six o'clock!" he shouted into the intercom, just
before a Junkers 88 attacked.
Mr. DE BREYNE threw the bomber into an evasive corkscrew. In
an instant, though, his plane was rocked by three explosions.
Both port engines were knocked out and the wing set afire. A
hydraulic line in the fuselage had also been severed and the
midsection of the plane was burning.
The pilot ordered the crew to evacuate as he struggled to prevent
the Lancaster from going into a dive. Mr.
FRIDAY's duty as bomb
aimer was to release the escape hatch. As he did so, the rushing
wind whipped the steel door open, striking him above the right
eye.
Flight engineer Roy
VIGARS was the first among the other crew
to clamber to the hatch.
"I made my way down to the bomb-aimer's position and found Jack
FRIDAY slumped on the floor, unconscious," Mr.
VIGARS told Bette
PAGE for her 1989 book, Mynarski's Lanc. "I rolled him over,
clipped on his parachute pack, and slid him over to the escape
hatch and dropped him through the opening while holding on to
the ripcord."
The act was risky, as the parachute could have wrapped around
the craft's tail wheel. Mr.
VIGARS saw that Mr.
FRIDAY's parachute
had opened clear of the bomber. He then jumped, followed by wireless
operator James
KELLY, navigator Robert
BODIE and the pilot, who
had recovered control of the bomber and set it on a gentle descent.
Unknown to those men, a terrible drama was being played out at
the rear of the flaming craft.
As Warrant Officer
MYNARSKI prepared to jump, he looked back
to see that Flying Officer Patrick
BROPHY was still at his rear-gunner's
position.
Mr. MYNARSKI, the mid-upper gunner, crawled through the burning
fuselage, his uniform and parachute catching fire. Mr.
BROPHY
was trapped in his seat and the men struggled desperately to
free him.
Finally, Mr.
BROPHY told Mr.
MYNARSKI to jump without him.
Mr. MYNARSKI crawled back through the fire, stood at the door,
saluted his doomed comrade, and leapt into the inky sky with
his uniform and parachute in flames.
Aboard the Lancaster, Mr.
BROPHY prepared for certain death.
Some miles away, Mr.
FRIDAY floated unconscious to earth by parachute,
landing near a chateau at Hedauville. A pair of farm workers
found him in a vineyard the next morning. He was taken to a local
doctor who feared reprisals for treating an Allied airman. The
injured man was turned over to the Germans.
Mr. FRIDAY finally regained consciousness on June 17, wakening
in a prison cell in Amiens. He feared he had lost his eye. A
fellow prisoner peeked beneath Mr.
FRIDAY's bandages and saw
that a flap of skin was blocking his vision. The wound had not
been stitched.
Mr. FRIDAY was reunited with Mr.
VIGARS as their captors prepared
to transport prisoners to Germany.
The pair were sent to an interrogation centre near Frankfurt,
before being transferred to Stalag Luft 7 at Bankau, outside
Breslau (now Wroclaw), in Silesia near Poland.
The men were separated again on January 18, 1945, as the Germans
marched prisoners out of the camp ahead of the advancing Soviet
army. The forced march was arduous. Many died of disease, exposure
and exhaustion. Mr.
FRIDAY survived by stealing frozen beets
and potatoes from farmer's fields. He would later remember the
only warm night of the march was spent in a barn, where he snuggled
overnight with a cow. Mr.
FRIDAY was at last liberated by the
Soviets in April.
He returned to England in May, where, as recounted in the 1992
book, The Evaders, he prepared a statement, the brevity of which
perfectly captured his sense of the dramatic events. "Took off
from Middleton St. George. Do not remember briefing or takeoff.
First thing I remember is coming to in a hospital in Amiens."
Only later did he learn what happened aboard the Lancaster. As
the bomber crashed, the port wing struck a tree, causing the
plane to veer violently to the left. The force freed Mr.
BROPHY
from his turret prison and he landed against a tree, far away
from the burning wreckage. He had survived.
Mr. MYNARSKI, the
son of Polish immigrants and a leather worker
in civilian life, was not as fortunate. He was found by the French,
but was so badly burned that he soon died from his injuries.
He was 27.
The other crewmen, including Mr.
BROPHY, evaded capture with
the assistance of French civilians.
John William
FRIDAY was the third son born to a pharmacist in
Port Arthur, Ontario, on December 21, 1921. He graduated from
Port Arthur Collegiate Institute before joining the Royal Canadian
Air Force in 1942. He was demobilized with the rank of flying
officer. He worked as an Air Canada passenger agent for 31 years
before retiring in 1985.
In 1988, he joined his former crew mates in ceremonies marking
the dedication of a restored Lancaster at the Canadian Warplane
Heritage Museum at Mount Hope, Ontario The aircraft, which was
refurbished in the colours and markings of the crew's plane,
has been designated the
MYNARSKI
Memorial
Lancaster.
MYNARSKI's
name also graces a string of three lakes in Manitoba, as well
as a park, a school and a civic ward in his hometown of Winnipeg.
Mr. FRIDAY died of cancer in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on June 22.
He leaves Shirley (née
BISSONNETTE,) his wife of 54 years, five
children and four younger sisters. He was predeceased by two
brothers.
Mr. BROPHY, whose life he tried to save, died at age 68 at St.
Catharines, Ontario, in 1991. According to the second edition
of MYNARSKI's Lanc, Mr.
VIGARS, who saved Mr.
FRIDAY's life,
died in 1989 at Guildford, England; Mr. DE
BREYNE died at St.
Lambert,
Quebec, in 1991; and, Mr.
BODIE died in Vancouver in
1994. Mr. FRIDAY's death leaves James
KELLY of Toronto as the
only survivor.
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