FOSTER o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-08-27 published
Hannah Vivian
McKAY
In loving memory of Hannah Vivian
McKAY,
September 6, 1932 to August
18, 2003. Vivian
McKAY, a resident of Gore Bay passed away at the
Manitoulin Lodge on Monday, August 18, 2003 at the age of 70 years.
She was born at Long Bay, daughter of the late Richard and Josephine
(VANMEER)
FOSTER.
Vivian was very active and well known in the
community, as a member of the United Church, United Church Women, Cancer Society,
volunteered at the Lodge, and enjoyed curling, baking, cooking,
lottery and scratch tickets, cribbage, feeding and watching birds and
deer and her flower garden. She will be remembered for her love of
people, visiting Friends and family, and in particular as a professional Nana.
Vivian was predeceased by her beloved husband Reginald. Loving and
loved mother of Sandra and husband Rick
RAYNER and Keith and his wife
Judy McKAY.
Proud and loving grandmother of Aaron, Stacy, Andrew,
Nikki, Krystian (predeceased) and Jodi and soon expected great
grandchild. Dear sister of Elaine
McCAULEY,
Fledda
RYDER and Tom and
Joe FOSTER.
Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends
called the Culgin Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 20. The funeral
service was conducted in the Wm. G. Turner Chapel on Thursday, August
21 with Pastor Maxine
McVEY officiating. Interment in Gordon Cemetery. Culgin Funeral Home.
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FOSTER o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-11-05 published
Patricia Marilyn
THORPE (née
THOMAS)
Passed away suddenly on August 28, 2003 in London, Ontario, at the age of 70 years.
Patricia was born October 7, 1932 in Saint Thomas, Elgin County,
Ontario. Daughter of the late Hon. F. S. (Tommy) Thomas (1957) and
Myrtle (SYMES)
THOMAS (1982.) Wife of the late Cameron George
THORPE
(1969,) partner of William Henry
WADDELL.
Beloved mother of James
(Suzanne) THORPE,
Burbank,
California and Jane
THORPE, Ottawa.
Sister of Carolyn
THOMAS, Saint Thomas, Shirley (Harry)
FOSTER and
Robert (Margery)
THOMAS and aunt of Brien, Bruce, Kate and Mark
THOMAS,
all of Union, Ontario. Dear friend of the late John M.
PECK (1994,)
Grand
Bend,
Ontario (son Jeffrey, daughter Sandra,) and the
NITSCHE
family, London, Ontario. Adoptive "grandmother" to Emily, Valerie, and Jamie.
A dedicated teacher, Patricia touched the lives of thousands of
children. She began her educational career in 1951 in Ottawa and
subsequently taught for various Ontario school boards including
Windsor, Toronto, Welland, Port Stanley, Lynhurst and ending with her
retirement from the London Board of Education in 1986.
Patricia was also a talented musician and composer who played the
piano and accordion, as well as a published poet, author and
photographer. Her passion for learning continued on into her
retirement years where she continued to pursue higher education in
the arts and foreign languages.
Once met, never forgotten -- Patricia was a vibrant spirit whose
gifts of love, courage, laughter and song will continue to bring joy
and inspiration to her family and Friends for many years to come. Cremation, no service.
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FOSTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-22 published
Walter▼
Lenord▼
Gordon▼
FOSTER
Walter FOSTER died peacefully after a short illness at St. Michael's
Hospital in his 80th year on February 19, 2003. Born in Toronto
on June 9, 1923, Walter served in the Royal Canadian Air Force
during the Second World War. Walter was a Charter dancer with
the National Ballet of Canada, 1951-1953. He joined the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation in 1959, retiring in 1985, and serving
in many roles including Classical Music Programming, Announcer
and Benefits Counselor. Walter was predeceased by his life-long
companion, David
WALKER in May, 1994. Walter is survived by his
beloved sister Anne, his brother Owen, and by many nephews and
nieces and their children and grandchildren. Walter will be greatly
missed by his dear friend Mary
McDONALD and his neighbours Frances
and Amber, Paul and Mary, Mike, Maddy, Heather and Nadine and
by his friend Adrian. A memorial service will be held later in
the Spring, after the release of Walter's remains by the School
of Medicine, University of Toronto. Donations to St. Michael's
Hospital or the Canadian Cancer Society.
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FOSTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-25 published
FOSTER,
Walter▲
Lenord▲
Gordon▲
Walter FOSTER died peacefully after a short illness at St. Michael's
Hospital in his 80th year on February 19, 2003. Born in Toronto
on June 9, 1923, Walter served in the Royal Canadian Air Force
during the Second World War. Walter was a Charter dancer with
the National Ballet of Canada, 1951-1953. He joined the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation in 1959, retiring in 1985, and serving
in many roles including Classical Music Programming, Announcer
and Benefits Counselor. Walter was predeceased by his life-long
companion, David
WALKER in May, 1994. Walter is survived by his
beloved sister Anne, his brother Owen, and by many nephews and
nieces and their children and grandchildren. Walter will be greatly
missed by his dear friend Mary
McDONALD and his neighbours Frances
and Amber, Paul and Mary, Mike, Maddy, Heather and Nadine and
by his friend Adrian. A memorial service will be held later in
the Spring, after the release of Walter's remains by the School
of Medicine, University of Toronto. Donations to St. Michael's
Hospital or the Canadian Cancer Society. Further information
may be obtained from Dr. Adrian
HILL at (416) 694-8438.
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FOSTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-13 published
Jim NOBLE: 1924 - 2003
Toronto beat cop who went on to become a deputy chief was 'one
of the most highly respected operatives in the history of Canadian
justice'
By Bill GLADSTONE
Special to The Globe and Mail Wednesday, August
13, 2003 - Page R5
He was a gentleman cop who rose through the ranks of the Toronto
police force to become deputy chief. Jim
NOBLE, who devoted 37
years to Canadian law enforcement, has died at the age of 78.
Mr. NOBLE's career was marked by an almost continuous advancement
through the ranks. As a divisional detective, he worked on a
gamut of crimes that included "housebreaking, frauds, sex offenses,
robberies -- a little bit of everything," he once explained.
Later promoted to the homicide squad, he investigated more than
100 murders. He was known for his painstaking legwork, his meticulous
attention to detail and his uncanny ability to weave an assortment
of disparate clues into what he once called "a nice rope of circumstantial
evidence."
He eventually headed the homicide squad, where up-and-coming
detectives like Julian
FANTINO, the current police chief, worked
under his command.
"He was one of the most highly respected homicide investigators
that the Toronto Police Service ever had," Mr.
FANTINO said.
"I always found him to be of impeccable integrity and a man of
very strong character and loyalty to the profession."
"He was one of the guys that knew all the answers,"said Walter
TYRRELL, a retired deputy chief who also once worked in homicide
under Mr. NOBLE's command. "If you needed advice, Jim was the
guy you would go to."
Mr. NOBLE was promoted to inspector in 1973, staff superintendant
in 1974 and deputy chief in 1977. He retired in 1984 with 61
letters of commendation in his file.
Besides homicide investigation, he was an expert on deportation
and extradition and lectured on those subjects at police colleges.
An outspoken critic of what he saw as an overly-liberal legal
system that put the rights of criminals above those of law-abiding
citizens, he once penned an article titled "The Pampered Criminal."
Convinced that the immigration department was equally soft on
criminals, he helped spurred the government into tightening up
the process by which criminals are deported.
"He was really upset with the system," said his former partner,
Jack FOSTER, a retired staff sergeant from the detective branch.
"He felt they were too soft on immigrants. We'd go to all the
trouble of a deportation hearing, they'd escort a guy over to
the United States, and within an hour he'd be back on our side
again."
Born in Whiteabbey, near Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1924,
James Melvyn
NOBLE came to Canada with his family at the age
of four and grew up in a working-class neighbourhood on Toronto's
Shaw Street. After grade 12 he entered the Royal Canadian Air
Force and earned his pilot's wings, but, to his immense disappointment,
he never served overseas. Leaving the Royal Canadian Air Force
in 1946, he began looking for "something with a little bit of
action, a little bit of excitement." When his father, a carpenter,
suggested that he apply for a position with the police department,
the 22-year-old laughed -- hard -- but agreed to talk to a friend
of his father's who was a police inspector. After two lengthy
discussions, Mr.
NOBLE was ready to "give it a try."
For six months he pounded a beat in a police uniform. Then, paired
with a partner in a patrol car, he worked a graveyard shift and
became familiar with the "usual cases -- fights on the streets,
drunks, domestics, robberies." Often, after an overnight shift,
he would be obliged to make an appearance in court the next day.
Promoted to detective in 1957 and to the homicide squad in 1961,
he once explained that he'd watch for certain telltale signs
in an accused upon introducing himself as a police detective:
"a darting of the eyes, the mouth becomes dry and there's a wetting
of the lips, a throbbing of the artery in the neck. The person
gets pale, he's trembling."
He was often amazed at how readily criminals, once apprehended,
will confess their misdeeds. "There's almost a compulsion of
people to confess, especially in murder cases," he once said.
"It makes them feel that they have salved their conscience to
some degree by telling about it."
In one of many infamous cases that he handled,
NOBLE solved the
murder of an 89-year-old female doctor, Rowena
HUME, who was
viciously beaten to death by a derelict who had stayed at a Salvation
Army shelter and whom she had hired to do a few odd jobs. Two
days after the murder, having followed a series of clues, Mr.
NOBLE nabbed the suspect on a downtown street; the man blurted
out a confession almost instantly. Mr.
NOBLE was also part of
the gruesome homicide investigation involving the notorious Evelyn
DICK of Hamilton, Ontario
Mr. FOSTER, who was paired with Mr.
NOBLE for about eight years,
recalled that though he took his job very seriously, he also
"had a good sense of humour -- he enjoyed a good laugh."
On one occasion, after a painstaking, six-month investigation
into a complex case of insurance fraud, the duo were finally
ready to collar the perpetrator, a well-known socialite named
Irene.
"I remember Jim and me driving up Yonge Street to make the final
arrest, and he was singing, 'Irene, Goodnight, Irene,' " Mr.
FOSTER recalled. Irene, needless to say, was convicted.
For all of Mr.
NOBLE's acumen as an investigator, however, not
all of his professional faculties were in operation the day he
and Mr. FOSTER visited a Yonge Street ladies' wear shop to check
into a routine fraud. Getting back into the patrol car, Mr.
NOBLE
commented on how attractive he had found the store manager and
that he wished he could get to know her better.
"But she's probably married," he lamented.
"Jim, what kind of detective are you?" Mr.
FOSTER said. "Didn't
you notice that she's got no wedding ring on her finger?"
"No, I didn't. I guess I was too busy taking notes."
Mr. FOSTER insisted that Mr.
NOBLE, then 35 and single, make
the requisite follow-up call on his own. He did, and he and the
store manager, Barbara, were married in 1961.
Although he could play rough when the situation demanded, Mr.
NOBLE was known as an impeccable gentleman and a guardian of
old-fashioned standards and family values.
He once upbraided some bikers for using profanity in the presence
of their girlfriends; the biker girls explained they weren't
typical ladies but seemed touched by his courtesy all the same.
According to his daughter, Elaine
NOBLE Tames, Jim
NOBLE rarely
spoke about his professional life at home.
"Being in a house with two ladies, the typical gentleman side
of him would say, 'That's not the sort of thing to discuss with
your wife and daughter,' " she said.
Mr. NOBLE was the subject of a cover story in Toronto Life magazine
in 1972 that used him as a prism through which to view the entire
police force. The article described him as "gentle, thoughtful
and courteous," and noted that, except in target practice, he
had never fired the snubnosed Smith and Wesson.38 revolver that
he wore on his right hip.
American authors Bruce Henderson and Sam Summerlin devoted a
chapter to him in their 1976 book The Super Sleuths, and described
him as "one of the most highly respected operatives in the history
of Canadian justice."
"He was the embodiment of professionalism in everything he did,
and that was the standard to which he held other people," Mr.
FANTINO said.
Jim NOBLE died in Toronto on July 15, leaving his wife
Barbara,
daughter Elaine and sister Pat
WILKINSON, all of Toronto.
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FOSTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-22 published
Ronald Jess
FOSTER
By Fran O'HEARE
Wednesday,
October 22, 2003 - Page A20
Husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, golfer. Born
May 4, 1919, in Fredericton, New Brunswick Died October 13, of
cancer, aged 84.
Ron learned he had lung cancer in May of this year. Although
it had been more than 30 years since he smoked, his oncologist
told him that "lungs never forget." He was advised to play golf,
drive his Lincoln, have a good time and get his affairs in order.
So he did. He called his children and grandchildren and implored
those who smoked, to quit and those who didn't smoke, not to
start. His son Stephen and daughter-in-law Lynn quit smoking.
Ron opted for chemotherapy and despite 42 treatments over four
months, maintained his humour, stamina and appetite. The more
his tumour shrank, the better he felt, and so he started "the
farewell golf tour." Together with his son Graham and brother-in-law
Bill, Ron managed to play most of the golf courses in and around
Kingston, Ontario, during his final months. Two weeks before
he died, "short of air and hair," as he put it, Ron played nine
holes on the Gananoque golf course and shot 50 "without cheating
which is more than I can say about Jimmy," referring to his
brother-in-law who had joined him for the game.
When he turned 80, Ron's children gave him a dog, a miniature
schnauzer. Misty was a constant source of great companionship,
love and affection. Her favourite spot was Ron's lap where she
spent many hours during his final weeks.
Ron enlisted September 3, 1939, right at the start of the Second
World War; he served as a sergeant in the 90th battery, 1st Anti-Tank
Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was wounded twice
and decorated by Field Marshal Montgomery. Following the war,
he moved to Kingston where he worked as foreman at DuPont.
Upon his retirement in the 1970s, Ron and his wife Barbara purchased
a place in Lake Seminole Estates, Florida, where he enjoyed 27
years as a Snowbird. Ron loved Florida and was the life of the
party -- and there were parties galore. He will be fondly remembered
for his pancake breakfasts, Christmas dinners, and Super Bowl
extravaganzas. Regardless of the occasion, Ron would always make
his special baked beans, the key ingredient being rum -- and
lots of it. They were delicious.
Ron was a lifetime member and past president of the Kingston
Lions Club. He enjoyed the camaraderie and worked tirelessly
on the club's events and committees. One of his proudest moments
was being honoured as a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Lions International
Foundation for "dedicated humanitarian services."
Labatt Blue was Ron's favourite beer and he often bemoaned the
fact that he had never purchased shares in the company. "There's
no bad beer, " he would say, "but some are better than others."
The day before he died, he sipped half-a-bottle of beer through
a straw.
Ron loved driving his car. His commanding use of the brakes was
well known among those of us who were passengers (as well as
his mechanic). In the middle of his chemotherapy, at the age
of 84, he took and passed his driving test, to his immense satisfaction.
Despite the traditional division of labour in his marriage, Ron
was the family shopper. Each week, he would pore over the flyers
to identify the best buys on bran flakes, orange juice and toilet
paper. He shopped at stores where complimentary goodies were
served and noted with pride that, on those days he went grocery
shopping, he wouldn't need lunch.
During his final weeks, Ron was visited by all his kids. At one
visit, his son Alan advised Ron that he would bring his family
to Kingston from Winnipeg for Thanksgiving and wanted Ron to
be there. Ron promised he would stay around for the visit. He
kept his promise. He died Thanksgiving Day.
Fran is Ron
FOSTER's daughter-in-law.
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FOSTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-01 published
Medical pot activist dies after mishap handling it
Canadian Press, Saturday, November 1, 2003 - Page A10
Ottawa -- An outspoken advocate of marijuana for medicinal purposes
has died of burns he suffered when he tried to extract oil from
marijuana.
Donny APPLEBY died Thursday in the company of Friends at an Ottawa
hospital.
"He ended his life peacefully and surrounded by Friends," said
Mike FOSTER, a long-time friend and owner of Crosstown Traffic,
a cannabis paraphernalia store.
Mr. APPLEBY was an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome patient
on a disability pension and couldn't afford the marijuana he
used for his illness.
While his Friends are trying not to turn his death into a political
issue, many are blaming the federal government for restricting
access to marijuana for medicinal purposes.
"It's a travesty that people don't have access to this stuff
- a clean, safe good source and supply of it," said Eugene
OSCAPELLA,
a lawyer with the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy and a friend
of Mr. APPLEBY.
About two weeks ago, Mr.
APPLEBY suffered severe burns while
trying to extract oil from low-grade cannabis using butane, which
exploded in his apartment.
He was admitted to hospital with no chance of survival and had
been on a ventilator until his death on Thursday.
Mr. OSCAPELLA, who was at Mr.
APPLEBY's side when he died, described
his friend as an "activist who tried to help people."
"The guy didn't have a lot of strength physically, but he had
a lot of strength in other ways, and I think you've got to hand
it to him," Mr.
OSCAPELLA said.
In a July protest on Parliament Hill, Mr.
APPLEBY smoked a joint
and burned his Health Canada exemptions to demonstrate dismay
at the government's handling of medical marijuana.
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FOSTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-26 published
FOSTER,
Douglas
Mortimer
Died peacefully at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital in Bracebridge,
on Saturday, November 22nd, 2003 at the age of 88. Beloved husband
of Mary Jean (née
LYALL.)
Predeceased by his first wife
Marnie
(née KERR.)
Lovingly remembered by his children Lynn
ARMSTRONG
(Brock,) Wendy
SHELLEY
(Steven,)
Doug
FOSTER (Nancy,) Lesley
FOSTER (Leslie
HENDY), his stepchildren Susan
BELL, Sharon
JONES,
Donald BELL and Lyall
BELL.
Loving grandfather of Craig, Carolyn,
Stuart, Adam, Katelynn, Samantha, Marcella, Natalie, Alexandra,
Sachi and Hunter. A private memorial service was held at the
Reynolds Funeral Home ''Turner Chapel'' in Bracebridge 877-806-2257.
Donations in memory of Doug to the South Muskoka Hospital Foundation
would be gratefully appreciated by the family.
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