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FELDMAN
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FELDBRILL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-23 published
Mary Elizabeth
STARR
By Elizabeth
STARR, Michael
STARR and Laurie
STARR Tuesday, December
23, 2003 - Page A22
Musician, teacher, mother, mother-in-law, sister, granny. Born
March 4, 1920, in Toronto. Died August 3 in Toronto, of a brain
hemorrhage, aged 83.
Mary STARR lived a full life teaching the cello to generations
of students and enjoying a close relationship with her family.
Growing up in Toronto, Mary received her licentiate in cello
in 1947 from the then-Toronto Conservatory of Music (now the
Royal Conservatory) -- the highest possible diploma, and a rather
uncommon achievement at the time for cellists. As a member of
the Conservatory orchestra, she remembered seeing "a young kid"
who played a piano concerto with the orchestra. The "young kid"
was Glenn GOULD.
Through the 1940s and 1950s she travelled extensively
throughout Ontario playing chamber music with various Canadian
musicians who were to become well known: Victor
FELDBRILL,
Eugene
KASH, Stuart
HAMILTON, Steven
STARYK, and John
COVEART among
them.
After her future husband Frank (a singer) went to England, he
managed to entice Mary over in 1951 by sending her programs of
the concerts that were happening in London. There Mary worked,
practised, played, went to concerts, and got married in 1952.
After returning to Canada (and two children later), Mary's teaching
career was well under way. Through her career she taught with
the Metropolitan Toronto School Board as an itinerant cello teacher,
privately with the Royal Conservatory of Music, and in the Seneca
College Suzuki program. She taught three-year-olds, school-aged
children, high-school students, university students and even
a few of the parents of her students. After years of doing four
to six schools per day walking up three flights of stairs (it
always seemed to be three flights of stairs) with a cello and
music, she left to concentrate on private teaching. Although
a number of her students went on to become professional cellists,
Mary remained a tireless advocate of the fundamental value of
musical education to developing and informing the enjoyment of
the art of music throughout one's life; this was more important
to her than becoming a professional musician.
Whether at music camp where she was a faculty member for many
years, or her regular Monday night quartet sessions where we
will always appreciate the warm vibrations and wonderful harmonies
that crept through our house, the opportunity to play chamber
music, just for fun, was one of the great pleasures for Mary
throughout her life.
With the death of Frank in 1969, Mary had to work hard to support
the family to cover all the "needs" and most of the "wants."
She did this admirably.
The last six years of Mary's life, after moving into an apartment
in her son and daughter-in-law's house, were surely among her
best. There she had security with independence, community with
privacy, and a granddaughter who lived just downstairs. She would
sit ensconced in her big green chair, content to let life swirl
around her as she read, needle-pointed, embroidered, or knitted.
Nothing thrilled Mary more than when 11-year-old Laurie and a
few of her Friends took up cello last year. So began private
teaching all over again -- not something she expected at the
age of 82, but this was much more fun!.
Mary was Mary right to the end. After making an impressive recovery
from a broken hip and arm suffered through an encounter with
a revolving door, she was soon to be discharged from the rehabilitation
hospital. She was in good spirits, had her sense of humour, and
craved her "big green chair." She worked hard for that goal that
unfortunately was not to be.
Elizabeth and Michael are Mary's children; Laurie is Mary's granddaughter.
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FELDMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-14 published
HEATHCOTE,
Eric
Thomas
Blake
Died peacefully, after a short illness, at North York General
Hospital, on March 12, 2003. The loving husband of Barbara, father
of Isobel and Blake, grandfather of Elspeth, Zoe, Elizabeth,
Edward and Maggie, and brother of Joan
GRIGNON of Ajax. He was
predeceased by his father, Major E.T.
HEATHCOTE,
Military
Medal,
Canadian
Efficiency
Decoration, and his mother, Winnifred
(WALLIS)
HEATHCOTE.
Blake was born in Toronto in 1925, attended Lawrence
Park Collegiate, and graduated from the University of Toronto
with a degree in engineering after serving with the Canadian
Signal Corps (1944-1946). His career took him from work under
the Eisenhower administration in radio technologies, and back
to Canada in engineering consultancy work until 1964. He then
spent 23 years with the firm of McGregor and Associates, retiring
as senior partner to work with the firm of Proctor and Redfern
as senior Vice President until his retirement. He continued working
as an independent engineering consultant until December 2002,
when he completed his last assignment for St. Michael's Hospital
in Toronto. Blake was a member of the Don Mills Civitan Club
and helped found their hockey league; of the Professional Engineers
of Ontario, the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society, the
Royal Canadian Legion, the Royal Canadian Military Institute,
and a range of other professional associations. In 1998, he was
presented with an award for 25 years' service from the Canadian
Standards Association, for whom he had done extensive work in
the medical gas sector, serving on many inquiries and boards
as an expert analyst. He was an active member of the Church of
Our Saviour in Don Mills, and also took great pleasure from such
activities as woodworking, winemaking, fixing pretty much everything
that got broken, and travel with his family. He also took great
satisfaction in maintaining a colourful correspondence with a
wide range of corporate and political thorns in his side. His
family would like to extend warmest thanks to Dr. Sid
FELDMAN,
Dr. Simon YU, the nursing staff of North York General Hospital
(particularly the pastoral support people), as well as the many
Friends who showed such compassion and support as his rapidly-moving
illness emerged and took hold. There will be a visitation at
the Morley Bedford Funeral Home (159 Eglinton Avenue West, 2
lights west of Yonge) Sunday, March 16th from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The funeral will take place at the Morley Bedford Funeral Home
on Monday, March 17th at 11 a.m., with a reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Church of Our
Saviour in Don Mills (1 Laurentide Drive, Don Mills, M3A 3C6),
the North York General Hospital 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto,
M2K 1E1), or the charity of your choice.
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FELDMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-29 published
FOGELL,
David 1923-2003
Born December 22, 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Died October 27,
2003 at home with his family in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He was predeceased by his parents Melach and Surka, brother,
Ben and sisters Dora and Netty. Dave is mourned by his wife,
Estelle, children, Melanie and her husband Ken
GOLDSTEIN,
Wayne
and Mark. He will be greatly missed by his grandchildren Carie
and her husband Stuart, Daniel, Sarah, Kylie; Sammy, Benji and
their mother Dorothy
ULLMAN as well as great-grand_son, Kade.
He will never be forgotten by his many relatives and Friends.
Dave was an incredibly charismatic and an intensely joyful human
being. He felt deeply and loved unquestioningly. Those who were
fortunate enough to be part of his life will be forever enriched
by having known him. Dave approached everything in his life with
meticulous attention. He had very humble beginnings yet he always
remembered those who helped him throughout his life. He had a
rare passion for living extending to everything and everyone.
His seemingly endless energy led to numerous accomplishments
and successes. He will be remembered most for his ability to
make those around him feel loved. The funeral is Wednesday, October
29, 2003 at the Beth Israel Cemetary, 1721 Willingdon, Burnaby,
at 12 noon. The pallbearers are Sammy and Benji
FOGELL,
Daniel
GOLDSTEIN, Lanny
GOULD, Howard
DINER and Joel
ALTMAN. Honourary
pallbearers are Zivey
FELDMAN and Harry
GELFANT.
The family would
like to thank caregivers Denyse
TREPANIER and Bryan
WALKER as
well as Dr. Larry
COLLINS and Dr. Victoria
BERNSTEIN. If desired,
donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Fund or the Jewish
Family Service Agency.
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FELICIANT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-10 published
FELICIANT, Peggy Penelope (formerly
PERRY, née
KNOWLES) 1926
Died early Monday morning, June 9, 2003, in Toronto, peacefully
with her family. Beloved wife of the late David
FELICIANT, she
will be lovingly remembered by her sons Douglas
PERRY
(Lesley)
and Stephen
PERRY, her stepson David
FELICIANT, her sisters Patricia
ATKINSON
(Ted) and Barbara
GABRIEL (Fred,) her nephews Gary
ATKINSON
(Susan,) Gregory
ATKINSON
(Sharon,)
Tim
ATKINSON (Linda) and
Andrew GABRIEL
(Holly,) and her niece Carol
GABRIEL. Peggy was
a graduate in nursing of McGill University, and for many years
was a public health nurse with the Borough of Etobicoke. Visitation
will be held at the Morley Bedford Funeral Home, 159 Eglinton
Avenue West, Toronto (2 stoplights west of Yonge Street), from
7 - 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel
on Wednesday, June 11, at 11 a.m. Reception to follow. Private
interment will take place at Cataraqui Cemetery, in Kingston,
on Thursday. For those who wish, donations may be made in Peggy's
memory to the Alzheimer's Society of Toronto.
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FELICIDADE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-03 published
SANTOS,
Felicidade
Peacefully at home on Saturday, March 1, 2003 in her 80th year.
Beloved wife of the late Joao. Loving mother of Joao
LUIS,
Jose
MANUEL, Fernando, Maria
FELICIDADE, Maria
GORETE and Tony. Dear
grandmother of sixteen and great-grandmother of one. Friends
may call at the Turner and Porter 'Peel' Chapel, 2180 Hurontario
Street, Mississauga, (Hwy. 10 north of Q.E.W.), from 2-4 and
6-9 p.m. on Tuesday. Parish Prayers at 7: 30 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral
Mass at S. Salvador do Mundo Church, 1225 Melton Dr., Mississauga
on Wednesday March 5 at 10 a.m. Interment Saint Mary's Cemetery.
If desired, donations may be made to the Trillium Health Centre-Mississauga
(Oncology).
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FELLOWES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-09-06 published
From fashion to furniture
Photographer gave up the fast life in Manhattan to open a shop
in the Ontario countryside
By James McCREADY
Special to The Globe and Mail Saturday, September
6, 2003 - Page F11
Malcolm BATTY was a top fashion photographer, taking pictures
of the likes of Christie Brinkley and Andie MacDowell for big
Manhattan department stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue. But for
the past 15 years, he ran an art and furniture shop in the hamlet
of Mono Centre, living in a farmhouse in the countryside nearby.
At the peak of his photography career in the early 1980s, Mr.
BATTY, who has died at the age of 57, moved in a rarefied world
of high fashion and show business in New York City. Not bad for
a kid who had started his working life as a waiter in a coffee
shop in Toronto's Yorkville district in the early 1960s.
A man as handsome as his models were beautiful, he was always
cool, in an understated way. Even when he was in the furniture
business, he had a low-key style, bringing his finished pieces
into town in an old red Toyota Land Cruiser.
Mr. BATTY dropped out of photography, and the fast life in New
York City, in part because he came to find the world of fashion
so shallow. He moved back to Canada with his new wife, Jane
FELLOWES,
and started making furniture. The first pieces they sold were
birdhouses made from things such as orange crates.
They sold their high-end birdhouses at the Pack Rat, which at
the time was the only furniture shop along the strip of Yonge
Street in Rosedale, an area now jammed with fashionable stores.
"We decided our birdhouses were not going to be the common hardware-store
style," Mr.
BATTY told an interviewer in 1994. "They would have
themes: Muskoka lodges, Santa Fe roadhouses, Indian dhows, grain
elevators. Very odd stuff. We took them down to Pack Rat and,
lo and behold, they started to sell for $220 to $250 a piece."
Malcolm David
BATTY was born of British parents in India, on
November 29, 1945. His birthplace was Nasik, just outside Bombay
near where his mother was a military nurse. His father was a
riding instructor for the British army who left the family soon
after Malcolm's birth.
When the British left India in 1947, Malcolm and his mother returned
to England. He was brought up in Wales with his mother and grandparents.
He went to an experimental school, but was never a brilliant
student. He did learn one skill that came in handy in later life:
building dry stone walls. His grandfather taught him how and
he built a series of stone walls on his farm in Mono Township,
using rocks from the foundation of an old barn.
Mr. BATTY decided to come to Canada when he was about 16. He
had relatives in Brockville, Ontario, but soon made his way to
Toronto. While working in the Peddler coffee shop, he started
to paint. He had a studio above a sail-making shop on Front Street
and just about made a living selling his paintings. He was talented
enough, but he needed formal training. He received a grant to
study in Paris.
While there, a friend gave him a 35-mm camera and he stopped
painting, for a while anyway, and started taking pictures. He
came back to Toronto, was successful and then moved to New York
City. The full page ads in The New York Times were his specialty
superstar models and spreads for the big Manhattan stores.
"It was the painting that made him a great photographer," said
Alan VENABLES, a friend and the owner of the Pack Rat. "He was
a photographer with a painter's eye. Not too many of those."
Like someone trying to quit smoking, Mr.
BATTY tried to kick
the Manhattan habit more than once. His favourite escape was
in a camper van, travelling across the United States and ending
up in Mexico, usually the Baja Peninsula.
When he came back to Canada in the mid-1980s, it was with Jane
FELLOWES, a Canadian. They spent some time in Cyprus, where Mr.
BATTY's mother had retired. While there, they kept busy training
horses. Because his father had been a riding instructor, Mr.
BATTY wanted to see if he had the same talents. It turned out
that he had a natural touch with horses.
After their furniture business took off, Mr.
BATTY and Ms.
FELLOWES
wanted to find a shop where they could work and sell some of
the things they made. They found it in Mono Centre, almost an
hour north of the Toronto international airport. They opened
a shop called Tequila Cove, across the driveway from a restaurant
and pub, the Mono Cliffs Inn.
By this time, they made more than birdhouses and had expanded
to tables with hammered tin tops, stripped cedar furniture and
seagulls carved from old white fencing. What they didn't sell
in the shop was put in the back of the Land Cruiser and went
to Toronto.
Mr. BATTY took up photography again, working for a quarterly
magazine called In The Hills. A few years ago, he landed a big
assignment as the still photographer for a film Called Spirit
of Havana, a National Film Board Production. It was one of many
trips to Cuba and he always took his cameras.
This started a collection of photography that is to be published
this fall. The book is called Cuba, Grace Under Pressure, with
the text by Toronto writer Rosemary
SULLIVAN.
There are 102 pictures,
with the theme being Cuban culture, the aging musicians, poets
and dancers of the revolutionary era. It talks about how ordinary
Cubans survive day to day.
Mr. BATTY had also started to paint again in the past few years.
And he loved music, in particular the blues. He owned a vintage
electric guitar, a 1967 Fender Telecaster. He leaves his wife,
Ms. FELLOWES, and his mother.
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FELLOWS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-05-08 published
RAPSEY,
Margaret
Louisa
(FELLOWS) 1914-2003
Margaret died May 4, 2003. She was predeceased by her husband
Jim and by her brothers George and Bill. She is survived by her
brother John and by her sons John (Irene), David (Glenda) and
Brian (Linda), grandchildren Jay, Kammi, Jesse, Crispin, Brian
John (Fiona), Dylan and great-grandchildren Zac and Sunday. Her
family and Friends will remember her grace, kindness and indomitable
spirit. Cremation has occurred and a memorial will be held later.
Condolences and donations received at www.maccoubrey.com
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