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BUCHANAN
BUCHER
BUCK
BUCKIEWICZ
BUCKLAND
BUCKLEY
BUCKMAN
BUCKNELL
BUCHAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-10 published
Died This Day -- Lord Tweedsmuir, 1940
Monday, February 10, 2003, Page R7
Scottish aristocrat born August 26, 1875, served as Governor-General
from 1935 to 1940 and, as John
BUCHAN, wrote such classic thrillers
as The Thirty-Nine Steps; instituted the Governor-General's Literary
Awards in 1937; died in Montreal.
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BUCHANAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-24 published
BUCHANAN,
Audrey
Cameron
At the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Sunday, February 23, 2003,
in her 90th year. Audrey
BUCHANAN (née
SMAIL,) formerly of Toronto,
was the beloved wife, for over 60 years, of the late Stanley
BUCHANAN (2000.) Dear mother of Betty
BUCHANAN of Toronto, and
Nancy RZESZUTKO and her husband, Walt, of Cambridge; loved grandmother
of Sian SILLS and Mark
FRANKLIN of Toronto, Erin and Michael
HARTMAN of Burlington and Kathryn and Corryn
RZESZUTKO of Cambridge
dear sister of Alex
SMAIL of Oakville; dear sister-in-law of
Alfred BUCHANAN of Toronto; and special aunt of Kathleen
SMAIL
of Tualatin, Oregon, Pat
BRANDON of Coldwater, Ontario, Blake
and Allison
SMAIL,
Bruce and Judy
SMAIL, all of St. Joseph's
Island, Ontario, and Janet
SMAIL of Sault Saint Marie. Audrey
graduated in nursing from Women's College Hospital in 1937, following
which she became Night Supervisor of The Ontario Hospital in
Saint Thomas. Since her retirement from nursing, Audrey had been
actively involved with the Alumnae Association of Women's College
Hospital. She treasured the long, happy summers spent with children
and grandchildren at the family cottage at Floral Park on Lake
Couchiching. Since 2001, she resided at Queen's Square Terrace
in Cambridge, Ontario, where she found a happy and fulfilling
life surrounded by new best Friends and kind caregivers. Friends
will be received at Coutts Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 96
St. Andrews Street, Cambridge (wwwfuneralscanada.com), on Tuesday
from 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted in the funeral
home chapel on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 3 p.m. A reception
will follow in the Coutts Family Reception Cottage. Spring interment
will take place at Carlyle Cemetery in Iron Bridge, Ontario.
As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to Women's
College Hospital Alumnae Memorial Fund, 58 Lascelles Boulevard,
Toronto, Ontario M5P 2E1.
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BUCHANAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-01 published
EBBS,
Adèle ''Couchie'' Page
(STATTEN)
Died serenely, at peace, on Saturday, June 28, 2003, in her own
home 10 days before her 94th birthday. Lovingly cared for by
her son John, his partner Bill
YEADAN and other compassionate
caregivers. Companion since 1924 of the late Dr. Harry
EBBS (1906
- 2000). ''Their portages often diverged but they paddled as
one.'' Daughter of the late Taylor ''Chief'' and Ethel ''Tonakela''
STATTEN.
Sister of Dr. Tay
STATTEN and the late Dr. Page
STATTEN.
Wonderful mother to Bobsie, Susan, John
EBBS. ''Geeya'' was so
proud of her grandchildren (children of Jim
HAYHURST and Sue
EBBS) Cindy
HAYHURST (Scott
HANSON), Jimmy
HAYHURST (Beth) and
Barbara HAYHURST
(Paddy
FLYNN.) ''NanaGeeya'' was joyously entertained
by her great-grandchildren Ben, Cameron, Griffen
HANSON;
Statten,
Quinn, Tatum
HAYHURSAINT_Dear to her always, Eleanor
PARMENTER
and Jean BUCHANAN.
From birth Couchie summered under canvass,
first at Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching, where her father directed
the Central Toronto Young Men's Christian Association camp and
from 1913 when the Stattens took a lease on Canoe Lake, Algonquin
Park. In 1921 and 1924 Camps Ahmek and Wapomeo were founded.
Graduate of Brown P.S., Bishop Strachan School, University College
U31T, O.C.E. Inductee of the University of Toronto Sports Hall
of Fame. Teacher at Oakwood Collegiate, after which she assumed
full-time directorship of Wapomeo until retirement in 1975. Involved
member of the Canadian, Ontario and American Camping Associations,
Bolton Camp Committee, Young Men's Christian Association Board.
Founding member of the Society of Camp Directors. Supporter of
the Taylor Statten Bursary Fund and Camp Tonakela in Madra, India.
Recipient of the Directors' Award of Friends of Algonquin. Patron
of the Tom Thomson exhibit, in memory of her husband, at the
Algonquin Park Visitors Centre. Loyal sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Avid member of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Toronto
Mycology Society, the Toronto Camera Club, Rotary Club of Toronto
Inner Wheel, Women's Auxiliary at the Hospital for Sick Children,
University Women's Club. Enthusiastic member of Osler Bluff Ski
Club and Rosedale Golf Club. Founding member of Lawrence Park
Community Church. She and Harry travelled widely sharing their
passion for children in camping, paediatric medicine and other
youth causes. Her strong leadership, fairness, integrity, wisdom
and instinct to see the good in all has touched thousands and
will be her legacy for generations. If you wish, remember Couchie
by donating to The Camping Archives, Bata Library, Trent University,
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8 or to any of the above organizations.
In early September a Celebration of her Life will be held at
Lawrence Park Community Church, Toronto. Friends on Canoe Lake
are invited to renimisce and tell tall tales at her beloved Little
Wapomeo Island on Monday, July 7th, 3-6 p.m. Memories may be
posted at www.firesoffriendship.com. ''Here Let the Northwoods'
Spirit Kindle Fires of Friendship.''
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BUCHANAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-18 published
Nova Scotians proudly recall a political icon
By Kevin COX,
Thursday,
December 18, 2003 - Page A10
Halifax -- To many Canadians, Robert
STANFIELD was a hard-luck
opposition leader in the wrong place at the wrong time, but in
his home province, he inspired fierce pride as a political icon.
Yesterday, the flags flew at half-mast at Province House, where
he served four terms as premier from 1956-1967, and mourners
signed a book of condolences for Mr.
STANFIELD, who died in Ottawa
at 89 on Tuesday.
"Robert STANFIELD brought a remarkable understanding of our country
based on respect, strength and civility that was, and is, missing
in public life," Premier John
HAMM said yesterday. Mr.
HAMM's
low-key country style has been compared to that of Mr.
STANFIELD.
"We will always wonder how Canada would have moved forward with
Robert STANFIELD as prime minister."
Colleagues remembered him as a compassionate, honest and decent
leader who reluctantly entered partisan politics in 1949 to rebuild
the Progressive Conservative Party after it had been shut out
in the provincial election three years earlier.
He took the unusual step of refusing to attack the governing
Liberals under long-time premier Angus L.
MacDONALD, and instead
chose to build up the Tory organization, which would dominate
the province for decades.
He overcame the tragic death of his first wife, Joyce, in a car
crash in 1954 and took the Conservatives to power two years later.
Senator John
BUCHANAN, who was Nova Scotia premier for 13 years,
recalled campaigning as a political rookie under Mr.
STANFIELD's
banner in 1967.
"Bob STANFIELD was a household name in this province. In my constituency,
I would meet people I had never known before and they'd look
at the badge I was wearing and say, 'Good, you're a
STANFIELD
man.'"
Mr. STANFIELD's folksy, earnest manner, coupled with an often
self-deprecating dry wit, disguised an ambitious reform program
that he brought to the economically depressed Atlantic province
with a tradition of political patronage.
Under Mr. STANFIELD, the Tories undertook sweeping education
changes, building several new schools, introducing vocational
institutions and providing more funds for universities.
But his most controversial move was to establish one of the first
provincial economic development agencies in Canada -- Industrial
Estates Ltd. -- to attract industry to the province.
Entrepreneurs including grocer Frank
SOBEY signed on to provide
provincial money to bring businesses to Nova Scotia.
The agency had a couple of embarrassing failures that cost the
government millions of dollars, but also created thousands of
jobs.
Mr. BUCHANAN also spoke of Mr.
STANFIELD's calm demeanour.
The senator recalled Mr.
STANFIELD placidly watching in a Halifax
curling club as the results came in from the 1972 election when
the tally was seesawing and jubilant supporters believed that
he would become prime minister.
"About 11 p.m., he just decided that he and his wife would go
back to the hotel and they were going to get a good night's rest
and see what would happen the next day," Mr.
BUCHANAN recalled.
The next morning, Mr.
STANFIELD found out the Liberals had won
the election by two seats.
The homespun, Lincolnesque qualities that endeared Mr.
STANFIELD
to Nova Scotians were no match for the emotional Trudeaumania
that swept the country in the 1968 election campaign.
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BUCHER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-05 published
BUCHER,
Eileen
Mary
Passed away peacefully on March 3, 2003, at St. Michael's Hospital,
Toronto in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of Clemens
JOSEPH.
Mother
of Mary Jo
GASCON and her husband Louis, and Loretta
GSELL and
her husband Alain. Grandmother to François, Lise, Elizabeth,
and Rose-Marie, Joseph, Therese, Jean, and Anne. The family will
receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel,
1403 Bayview Avenue (South of Eglinton Avenue East) from 7-9
p.m. on Wednesday. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday
at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 78 Clifton Road. Interment
Mount Hope Cemetery.
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BUCK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-24 published
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART,
Suzanne
Katherine (née
BUCK)
Peacefully, at the Cancer Palliative Care Unit of Sunnybrook
& Women's College Health Sciences Centre - Sunnybrook Campus,
on Tuesday, February 18, 2003. Suzanne (Sue), of Toronto, in
her 68th year. Dearly loved and loving wife of 45 years of Dr.
Barclay G.
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART, mother of Paul and Ian (Heather)
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART,
and sister of Peter (Victoria)
BUCK.
Fondly remembered by Irene
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and Dr. Donald A. (Peggy)
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART. A Service of Remembrance
will be held at Saint John's York Mills Anglican Church, 19 Don
Ridge Drive, Toronto, on Wednesday, February 26th at 2: 00 p.m.
A reception will follow at the church. If desired, donations
may be made to the Freeman Centre for Palliative Care, c/o North
York General Hospital (416-756-6214).
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BUCKIEWICZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-28 published
BUCKIEWICZ,
Halina
Died in her 87th year on October 26, 2003, attended by her family.
A Funeral Mass is being held at St. Casimir's Church, 156 Roncesvalles
Ave., at 9 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2003, and her surviving
children Irene, Marek, and Marta, and grandchildren Kate, Tara,
and Alexander wish to welcome her Friends to the Turner and Porter
Roncesvalles Chapel, 436 Roncesvalles Ave., on Thursday evening
between 6 and 8 p.m. The family would like to extend their gratitude
to the nurses at Sunnybrook Hospital for their care and generosity.
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BUCKLAND o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-01-08 published
Denise Catherine
OLMSTEAD
In loving memory of Denise Catherine
OLMSTEAD,
October 25, 1925 to December 20, 2002.
Denise OLMSTEAD, a resident of the Manitoulin Lodge, Gore Bay and
formerly of Mississauga, died at the Mindemoya Hospital, on Friday,
December 20, 2002 at the age of 77 years. She was born in London,
England, daughter of the late Wm. Timothy and Anne
(BUCKLAND)
WALKER.
Denise has been an R.N. in the R.A.F. and also at the Scarborough
Centenary Hospital and the Trillium Hospital, Mississauga. She had
been a very active person, having been a member of the Girl Guides
Lion's Club, and had been Co-founder of the Parents Without Partners
Chapter in her area. She was fondly referred to as "the Duchess",
and will be remembered as a lady who kept others organized. Her
greatest joys were being involved with her many Friends, her family
and PWP.
Through these relationships, she was an inspiration and
mentor to many. Denise never "gave up" and her inspiration and love
of life will be cherished by family and all who knew her.
Dearly loved and loving mother of Gloria and Bill
KENNEDY of London
and Terry and Rosanne
OLMSTEAD of Gore Bay. Proud grandmother of
Jessica, Jason and Jennifer. Dear sister of Bill and his wife Ruth
WALKER of Kingston and Pat
KERRISON of England. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Friends called the Culgin Funeral Home, Gore Bay, on Monday December
23, 2002. The funeral service was conducted with Fr. Bert
FOLIOT
officiating. Cremation to follow. Culgin Funeral Home
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BUCKLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-22 published
Champ didn't tell his mother
Toronto fighter was talked into boxing by his brothers during
the Thirties as a way to make more money
By Barbara
SILVERSTEIN
Special to The Globe and Mail Saturday,
March 22, 2003 - Page F11
When Leon SLAN became Canada's champion heavyweight boxer, he
didn't tell his mother. She disapproved of the sport, so he kept
the news to himself -- though not for long. Mr.
SLAN, who died
last month at the age of 86, had for years fought under another
name and managed to escape his mother's wrath until 1936, when
he won the national amateur title and the irresistibility of
fame upset his comfortable obscurity.
The modest Mr.
SLAN went on to become a successful Toronto businessman
who had so allowed boxing to settle into his past that in 1986
most of his Friends were surprised when he was inducted into
the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame. It astonished everyone that
the man they knew as the co-owner of a luggage-making company
was known in boxing circles as Lennie
STEIN, holder of the Canadian
amateur heavyweight title from 1935 to 1937.
A quiet and unassuming giant of a man, his wife described him
as invariably soft-spoken. "I never heard him raise his voice
once in all the years we were married, Isabel
SLAN said.
By all accounts, Mr.
SLAN's mild demeanour belied his prowess
in the ring, said his son, Jon
SLAN. "
For a man who was a champion
at a blood sport, he was the gentlest person you ever met."
Born in Winnipeg to Russian immigrants on June 28, 1916, Mr.
SLAN was the second of three sons. In 1922, the family moved
to the Annex area of Toronto where he attended Harbord Collegiate
Institute.
His father, Joseph
SLAN, was a struggling tailor with
interesting ideas about the garment industry. In 1931, he headed
a co-operative called Work-Togs Limited. It consisted of a small
band of tailors who were to share in the profits. The project
suffered from poor timing: It came on the scene at the height
of the Depression and failed dismally.
In 1934, Joseph
SLAN died in poverty and Leon and his two brothers
Bob, who was born in 1914, and Jack, born in 1918 -- had to
provide for their mother. Bringing home meagre paycheques from
what little work they could find, the three decided to find a
supplement.
At the time, boxing was a popular spectator sport and one of
the few that was open to Jewish athletes. Bob and Jack knew that
a good fighter could earn a decent living in the ring. Their
eyes fell on Leon. At 17, their 6-foot-2, 200-pound, athletic
brother towered over most grown men.
"Leon was big and strong and Bob and Jack thought he should be
boxing, Mrs.
SLAN said. "The family needed the money."
They persuaded him to give it a try and promised their support,
she said. "They took him to over the gym. There they were, the
three boys walking down the street arm-in-arm with Leon in the
middle. They all walked over together to sign Leon up."
They didn't consult their mother. In fact, the brothers decided
to enter the fight name Lennie
STEIN, so she wouldn't read about
Leon in the papers and worry.
As it turned out, the new Lennie
STEIN was a natural. Mr.
SLAN
won his first major fight in a Round 1 knockout over the Toronto
Golden
Gloves title holder. "
STEIN is durable and exceptionally
fast for a heavyweight, " The Toronto Star reported in 1935.
"He has the ability to rain punishment on his opponents with
both hands."
In this way, he won almost all of his major fights. It helped,
too, that his coach happened to be Maxie
KADIN, a legend in Ontario
boxing. Out of 40 bouts, Mr.
SLAN netted 34 wins, 22 by knockout,
and six losses.
A fighter who possessed a dogged and implacable manner, he was
popular with the fans.
"He was known for not staying down on the canvas, Jon
SLAN
said. "On those rare times when he was decked, he always refused
the referee's outstretched hand and picked himself up."
Yet, for all his success, Mr.
SLAN rejected the opportunity to
go fully professional. A manager and promoter from New York had
seen him in a bout with a certain German boxer and saw possibilities.
"He wanted to promote him as the Great White Jewish Hope, " Jon
said.
The
German boxer happened to be the brother of Max
SCHMELING,
the Aryan protégé of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich, who in
1936 had defeated the otherwise invincible Joe
LOUIS in the upset
of the century. To make it even more interesting, the manager
proved to be the famous John
BUCKLEY, who called the shots for
Jack SHARKEY, a heavyweight who had beaten
SCHMELING four years
earlier.
"The promoter got so interested in this meeting of German and
Jew that he offered my father a contract, but he didn't offer
enough money, " Jon said.
The problem, it turned out, was that Mr.
SLAN couldn't afford
to turn professional, he once told a Globe and Mail reporter.
"I was making good money then, $25 a week, and I was supporting
my mother, " he said in 1988. "I asked him [Buckley] to put up
$5,000 [and] he just laughed at me. He said he had hundreds of
heavyweights."
Negotiations ended right there. "He was [only] interested in
me because I was Jewish and that would go over big in New York."
It wasn't the only time that race emerged as an issue. Mr.
SLAN
had boxed under the auspices of the Young Men's Hebrew Association
until 1936 when it was blackballed by the Amateur Athletic Union
of Canada for withholding a portion of its proceeds. The money
was earmarked for the Canadian Olympic effort, but the Young
Men's Hebrew Association had refused to support the upcoming
1936 Berlin Games because of Germany's poor treatment of Jews.
In the end, the Amateur Athletic Union permitted Mr.
SLAN to
enter as an independent and he went on to fight unattached to
win the Toronto and national titles.
"It seemed so easy at the time, " he said in 1988. "I was a very
quiet kid, but when I won, I became such a hero."
That glory turned out to be the undoing of Lennie
STEIN, the
fighter -- though it was all something of an anticlimax. The
one thing Leon
SLAN had feared on his way up through the ranks
came to nothing: his mother finally found out that he boxed and
then failed to react -- at least, not that anyone in the family
can remember.
"She just took it in her stride, said Isabel
SLAN. "
She was
a Jewish mother from the old country. I don't think she really
understood what boxing was all about."
Perhaps, too, it helped to smooth matters that her son's secret
endeavours had ended in triumph. She can only have felt a mother's
pride.
In 1937, Mr.
SLAN retired from boxing and found a job at a produce
stall in Toronto's old fruit terminal on Colborne Street and
was later hired by his brother Bob, a proprietor of Dominion
Citrus
Ltd. It was tough work with long hours, Mrs.
SLAN said.
"Leon would have to get up at 2 o'clock in the morning to go
unload the fruits and vegetables off the trucks."
Even so, he still had some time for boxing. After working long
days at the market, he taught athletics at the Young Men's Hebrew
Association and it was there that he met Isabel
MARGOLIAN. A
concert pianist newly arrived from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, she
happened to take one of his boxing classes for women.
"We were all lined up in a row, punching bags, " she remembered.
"Leon came up to me and told me I wasn't punching hard enough.
Then he took my hand and hit it into the bag to show me how to
do it. I felt my bones crunch, but I didn't say anything."
As it turned out, he had broken her hand. When he learned what
had happened, he phoned her and thus began a different relationship.
They married in 1942 and later that year Mr.
SLAN enlisted in
the army where he ended up in the Queen's Own Rifles. While in
the army, he returned to boxing and won the 1942 Canadian Army
heavyweight title.
After the war, the
SLAN brothers founded Dominion Luggage in
Toronto's garment district, a company that started small with
eight workers and grew into a successful enterprise employing
200. Each brother had a different responsibility -- Jack was
the designer, Bob took care of the administration and Leon was
the salesman.
"It was a job that really suited him, Mrs.
SLAN said. "He was
very personable [and] sold to Eaton's, Simpsons, Air Canada --
all the big companies. He became good Friends with many of the
buyers."
The three brothers enjoyed a comfortable relationship built on
affection and loyalty, Jon said.
"Bob liked to fish, so he took Thursdays and Fridays off to go
to his cottage. My father took Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons off to golf."
Jack, the creative force among them, rarely left the business
but never begrudged his brothers their leisure time.
"They had the perfect partnership, " said Jon, a relationship
anchored by their mother. "They were her surrogate husbands.
I don't think there was a
SLAN wife who felt that she wasn't
playing second fiddle to my grandmother."
The brothers went to her house every day for lunch until she
was 90. "She made old-time Jewish food. Her definition of borscht
was sour cream with a touch of beets, " Jon said. "She cooked
with chicken fat and the boys loved it."
Sophie SLAN died in 1984 at the age of 93.
In 1972, the
SLANs sold Dominion Luggage to Warrington Products,
a large conglomerate. "Warrington made them an offer they couldn't
turn down, " Isabel said.
Even so, the brothers' relationship continued into retirement.
"They called each other every day, even when their health was
failing, " Jon said. "Bob died in 2000 and Jack in 2002. My father
took their deaths very hard."
Although he never boxed again, Mr.
SLAN played sports well into
his 70s and could still show his mettle. He had taken up tennis
at about the age of 40 and, when he couldn't get a membership
at the exclusive Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in Rosedale, he co-founded
the York Racquets Tennis Club. It opened in 1964, directly across
the street from the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club.
Mr. SLAN died of heart failure in Toronto on February 11. He
leaves his wife
Isabel, son Jon and daughters Elynne
GOLDKIND
and Anna RISEN.
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BUCKLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-03 published
BELLAMY,
Aline
Marie
Blanche (née
BUCKLEY)
After a very brief illness, died on March 29, 2003, in Rouyn-Noranda,
Quebec. Born May 27, 1927 in Trois-Rivières. After her marriage
in 1947, Aline and her former husband, Arthur
BELLAMY, settled
in Rouyn-Noranda where they raised their two children, The Honourable
Madam Justice Denise
BELLAMY (Ian
CUMMINGS) now resident in Toronto,
Ontario, and Raymond
BELLAMY
(Suzan) now living in Cumberland,
Ontario.
She is survived by her granddaughter, Jennifer
BELLAMY
and by her sisters, Jeannine
McDONNELL
(Bill) of Revelstoke,
British Columbia, and Brigitte
BUCKLEY of Trois-Rivières. Her
sister, Claire, predeceased her in 1998. She is also survived
by her brother-in-law, Léo-Paul
PELLERIN, her nephews, Paul,
Pierre (Nicole) and Jean
PELLERIN (Trois-Rivières and Cap-de-la-Madeleine)
and by her niece, Linda
NOËL (Trois-Rivières.) As was her wish,
no service will be held and flowers are gratefully declined.
Alternatively, a donation to The Osteoporosis Society of Canada
(1-800-463-6842) 33 Laird Drive, Toronto, Ontario M4G 3S9 would
have been greatly appreciated by Aline and is welcomed by her
family.
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BUCKLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-09-16 published
Jerome Hamilton
BUCKLEY
Husband, father, professor. Born August 30, 1917, in Toronto.
Died January 28 in Cambridge, Massachusetts., of natural causes,
aged 85.
By Margaret
ATWOOD and David
STAINES,
Page
A24
Every American Thanksgiving, Jerry and Elizabeth Buckley would
invite at least one of Terry's graduate students to their home
in Belmont, Massachusetts., for the customary turkey dinner.
(In the 1960s, the graduate student was Margaret
ATWOOD; in the
'70s, David
STAINES.)
There, surrounded by their three children,
Nicholas, Victoria, and Eleanor, and other guests, Jerry would
regale everyone with tales of Puritan ancestors, though they
were not "his" ancestors both Jerry and Elizabeth were born and
raised in Toronto, and they were distinctly Canadian in their
gracious manners, their widespread generosity, and their affections.
At a large institution such as Harvard, Jerry stood out for his
kindness and humanity.
Jerry attended Humberside Collegiate Institute and then Victoria
College in the University of Toronto, where his courses included
Elizabethan literature offered by Northrop
FRYE and Shakespeare
offered by E. J.
PRATT. As a young poet and critic, he reviewed
new works by Robinson Jeffers and Virginia Woolf, and won a prize
for an essay titled New Techniques in Contemporary Fiction. Graduating
with a B.A. in 1939, he chose Harvard Graduate School, obtaining
his PhD in 1942. On June 19, 1943, in Toronto, he married Elizabeth
ADAM/ADAMS, his confidante and soul mate.
University teaching posts were thin on the ground in Canada during
the Second World War. Jerry used to describe his one job interview
with a Canadian university: They were less interested in his
a academic credentials, he said, than in whether he was a Christian
and whether he drank. If he did the latter, they made it clear
that he must do it with the curtains closed so as not to corrupt
the students. He took a job in the United States.
His teaching career took him to the University of Wisconsin,
where he rose from instructor in 1942 to full professor in 1954
to Columbia University from 1954 until 1961; and
to Harvard University,
where he taught for 26 years 1987. Named Gurney Professor of
English Literature in 1975, in this distinguished chair he followed
Douglas BUSH and
B.
J.
Whiting;
BUSH, another ex-Canadian, welcomed
Jerry BUCKLEY to Harvard, as Jerry recollected, "with open arrns...
filled with theses."
A Harvard seminar on Victorian critics led by Howard Mumford
Jones prodded Buckley's interest in William Ernest Henley, and
his dissertation on Henley became his first published book, William
Ernest Henley: A Study in the Counter-Decadence of the Nineties
(1945). In 1951 he secured his reputation as a major Victorianist
with The Victorian Temper, and in 1960 he re-established Tennyson's
stature in literary studies with his Tennyson: The Growth of
a Poet. The rise of Victorian studies owes very much to his dedicated
scholarship and his inspiring leadership.
He was passionately devoted to his subject, so much so that he
often seemed to become the incarnation of it. Former students
remember with affection riveting oral performances of his favourite
authors, such as Dickens. Striding across the room, long arms
waving, he would "become" Mr. Micawber or Ebenezer Scrooge. His
performances would be interspersed with strange bits of gossip,
which he would also act out, becoming Tennyson at an advanced
age, creeping around behind an alarmed woman at a garden party
to inform her that her stays were creaking, or reciting with
verve and relish one of Edward Lear's parodies of his beloved
Tennyson. Many of Terry's former graduate students were at his
funeral to pay tribute to a superb humanist and an equally superb
friend.
Margaret ATWOOD and David
STAINES were among Jerry
BUCKLEY's
graduate students.
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BUCKMAN o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-03-05 published
Marcel Alexander
GORZYNSKI
In loving memory of Marcel Alexander
GORZYNSKI, born January 16, 1925
in Poland, died February 23, 2003 at his residence on Manitoulin Island.
He married in 1948 in Germany to Lena
(KAPPLER,) and they came to
Canada in 1949 to Montreal. In 1950 he came to Sudbury and was hired
at INCO. He was a millwright retiring in 1985.
In 1975 he went camping on Manitoulin Island. While he was there he
and his wife went out looking for waterfront property. They bought
one on Lake Manitou and started building a camp. In 1986 he moved to
Manitoulin Island permanently. Marcel enjoyed his life on Manitoulin
Island to the fullest. He grew everything in the garden. He planted
trees all around, Chestnut, Walnut, Apple, Pear and Grape. The
flower garden was started too. Roses were his favourite. He had a
green thumb for gardening and took great pride in his flowers and
fruit. He was predeceased by his canine friend, Lady.
Marcel battled non-Hodgin's lymphoma for two years. He died
peacefully in his beloved home. We all miss him.
Beloved husband of Lena
(KAPPLER)
GORZYNSKI of Sudbury. Loving
father of Madeline (husband Terry
BUCKMAN,)
Patricia (husband Norm
BODSON,) and Raymond (partner Debbie
ROBERTSON) all of Sudbury.
Cherished grandfather of Andrea and Stephanie.
The Memorial Service was held in the R. J. Barnard Chapel, Jackson and
Barnard Funeral Home, 233 Larch Street Sudbury on Thursday, February
27, 2003. Cremation at the Park Lawn Crematorium.
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CHAMBERS,
Dorothy
Gail (née
ALLEN) September 24, 2003
It is with great sadness that the family announces the death
of Dorothy Gail
CHAMBERS, in her 56th year. Beloved mother of
Rebecca and Jesse; loyal, loving and supportive wife to Jim for
over 32 years. Gail's loving presence will be missed by her brothers
Glen and Gene and sister and brother-in-law Maureen and John
and her extended family and Friends, too numerous to name. Gail
lived fully engaged and with great humour, love and compassion
with cancer for over 13 years. This was not a battle -- it was
a co-existence with a disease that focused her energies on the
things that were important to her, family, Friends, and a profound
respect for the scared and the sacred and the spiritual, which
she found in the natural world, particularly at her cottage in
Muskoka. Gail will be sorely missed by the many Friends and relatives
she touched in her life. Particular thanks must be given to the
St. Elizabeth Visiting Nurses' Association home care who treated
her with love and respect. Special thanks to Dr. Rob
BUCKMAN
who risked the very human trait of mixing health care with compassion
and Friendship, also Dr. Molyn
LESZCZ whose compassionate counselling
helped her through the rough part of her difficult journey. Heartfelt
thanks to Dr. Angela
MAZZA-
WHELAN who was present when Gail died
in the loving embrace of her family. Thanks also to Doctors
WARR
and TOZER for their care. Also the unsung heroes of the health
care system - the nurses. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration
of Gail's life will take place on Saturday, September 27th at
2: 00 p.m. at Olivet United Church followed by a reception. Olivet
United Church, 40 Empress Avenue at Prince George Street, Hamilton.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals would be appreciated by the family.
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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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