GLOGOWSKI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-12 published
Cheryl Louise
GLOGOWSKI
By Doris GRANT
Wednesday,
February 12, 2003, Page A22
Graphic designer, wife, daughter, sister, friend, lover of birds.
Born September 7, 1960, in Scarborough, Ontario Died June 22,
2002, in North Sydney, Nova Scotia of cancer, aged 41.
Cheryl, the eldest of three children, was the daughter of Marilyn
and Arthur
ORTIZ.
From an early age, she nurtured things: at
first insects and butterflies, then cats, birds, animals and
always, people. She was instinctively kind.
Cheryl's love of nature developed in the summers spent with her
parents and brothers at their Algonquin Park cabin. Her younger
brother, Adrian, remembers Cheryl teaching him about the forest
and its creatures. The two loved to lie and listen to the wind
they relished the meals their mother cooked over open fires.
Cheryl inherited artistic gifts from her father and created works
from nature at an early age. Family members treasure her fine
pencil-and-ink drawings of animals and birds.
Cheryl attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto
and worked there until she met Troy
GLOGOWSKI, the man who became
her beloved husband. She, along with her two Siamese cats and
her horse, moved to Troy's native Cape Breton. They were married
in North Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1990 and the pair bought a home
in the Barrachois hills outside North Sydney, where Cheryl was
in her element feeding the wild birds and animals.
When Cheryl and Troy built an addition to their home, they included
a bird room and Cheryl acquired birds such as budgies, cockatiels,
rosellas, macaws and her special African grey parrot, Cosmo.
People began bringing her sick or unwanted birds and she never
turned them away. "They call me the bird lady now," she would
say proudly. Over the years, five macaws were left in Cheryl's
care, and just a few weeks before her death, she took in a budgie.
She worked as secretary at St. Matthew Wesley United Church in
North Sydney and then moved to
ESP
Graphics where she applied
many of her artistic skills. "I can do anything with these two
hands," she always said, and over the years she proved it. She
was a self-taught computer whiz.
Diagnosed with breast cancer at 36, Cheryl determined from the
outset to beat the disease by educating herself. Unfortunately,
the disease metastasized, but she continued her self-education
and, with the help of her doctors, tried new medications and
alternative medicines. In the end, doctors said, she lived much
longer than most with her type of cancer.
Cheryl joined the local breast-cancer support group. Her knowledge
and attitude encouraged others to take control of their illness.
The group launched its own Dragon Boat to race last year and
hoped Cheryl could paint the dragon's eye -- the symbol of its
spirit and life. However, Cheryl was too ill.
In September 2001, Cheryl and Troy realized their dream of visiting
her brother Ron in Australia. They dove into the Great Coral
Reef and marvelled at what they saw. She wrote home that it looks
like a spectacular, underwater garden.
Last March, Cheryl flew home to Ontario for Easter with her family,
and Ron joined them from Australia. Ron returned with Cheryl
to North Sydney for a week, taking her to her treatments and
doctor's appointments as each member of the family had over the
previous five years.
Cheryl possessed a strong Christian faith and she leaned on it
to the end.
Cheryl was buried on a spectacular, summer day with birds singing
in the clear, blue, Cape Breton sky.
Cheryl would be happy to know that large numbers of birds continue
to visit her feeders at her home in Barrachois.
Doris GRANT is Cheryl's godmother. She wrote this with help from
Marilyn ORTIZ,
Cheryl's mother.
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GLOVER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-09 published
Mary Ellen
GLOVER
By Jane DUBROY
Wednesday,
April 9, 2003 - Page A18
Wife, mother, gymnastics judge, tenacious advocate for the elderly.
Born May 19, 1944, in Ottawa. Died of cancer November 26, 2002,
in Toronto, aged 58.
Although Mary Ellen's own life ended prematurely, part of her
legacy is the work she did on behalf of those who are long-lived.
She served as executive director of the Ontario Association of
Residents' Councils for 17 years, and was instrumental in winning
legislative support for long-term care residents to have input
into their own care and activities. "She was a true advocate
for seniors throughout the province," wrote the Residents' Council
of Hillsdale Manor. "She worked very hard and often presented
the views, feelings and wishes of the elderly population... at
Queen's Park and other places... Mary Ellen
GLOVER will be really
missed and not forgotten..."
She was the oldest of three sisters. Adele was born next, and
then I came along three years later. Adele died at age 9, so
that left just we two. The anthropologist Margaret
MEAD has observed
that sisters have "probably the most competitive relationship
within the family." Mary Ellen and I were no exception. However,
Ms. MEAD added, "once sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest
relationship," and I like to think that's how we finished too.
Our west-end Ottawa neighbours were like our extended family.
Unfortunately for Mary Ellen, she was one of the first members
of the younger generation to date. Every time a beau came to
pick her up, he would be scrutinized by all the dads who happened
to be out tending their lawns. They sometimes showed their support
by applauding. Mary Ellen kept her cool, but this may help explain
why she took off on an extended trip to England in her early
20s.
Back in Ottawa, she took a job at the Canadian Wood Council,
where she met Bill
GLOVER.
They married almost 27 years ago.
Their daughter Margot was born in 1980, the same year they moved
to Williams Lake, British Columbia where Bill worked with the
Wood Industry Association. They returned to Toronto in 1984.
After our mother moved into long-term care, there were many Christmases
and Thanksgivings when Mary Ellen, Bill and Margot drove to Ottawa
with the turkey in the back of the car, and treated Mother and
several other elderly relatives to a home-cooked holiday dinner
with all the trimmings in the Glovers' hotel suite. When I told
Mary Ellen she was the only person I knew who could cook Christmas
dinner in a hotel room, her response was always, "No big deal."
Pretty much the only time she ever broke her no-bragging rule
was when it came to Margot. Her daughter trained for many years
as a competitive gymnast, and Mary Ellen and Bill put in countless
hours of volunteer time at the club; Mary Ellen eventually qualified
and served as a judge. In her memory, the Toronto gymnastics
community has created "The Mary Ellen Glover Award" to be given
annually to a west-end club achieving excellence in balance-beam
choreography.
I always thought Mary Ellen would go on forever, she was such
a determined person. She had to be -- she suffered from severe
rheumatoid arthritis for 22 years, and endured many operations.
Her determination also showed in her brief but intense battle
with cancer. Last August, in spite of being diagnosed with two
brain tumours on the same day that our mother died, she insisted
that the doctors let her out of the hospital so that she could
go to Ottawa for our mother's funeral. Battling her own cancer,
she conducted herself with grace, dignity and courage. "Mother
would have been so proud of you," I told her. Mary Ellen replied
"I hope so."
I know so. We all were, and are.
Jane DUBROY is Mary Ellen
GLOVER's sister.
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GLOVER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-09 published
Mary Catharine
JONES (née
STALEY)
Died 3 August 2003
Peacefully, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, at home surrounded by
her loving family.
She gave unending, unconditional love and encouragement to her
children and their spouses: Sharon
GLOVER
(Douglas
WILKINS) of
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia; Christopher
JONES (Susan)
of Dartmouth; and also to her deeply beloved grandchildren: Jason
(Alessandra) of L'Aquila, Italy; Nicholas (Erin); and Jennifer
of Dartmouth.
Mum was predeceased by her loving and beloved husband Owen in
She is survived by her dearest sister Barbara
MANNING of Ottawa.
She leaves us a rich legacy: love, courage, common sense, acceptance
and a zest for life that was never-ending. She is deeply cherished
by all of us who loved her, and she will be held in our hearts
and minds forever.
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