GUTHRIE
GUTHRO
GUTMAN
GUTTRIDGE
GUTHRIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-11 published
REA,
Olive
Editha
Wood
Guthrie ''Eddie''
After a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's, died peacefully, surrounded
by her Friends at Maple Villa Nursing Home, on Friday, February
7th, 2003, at the age of 88 years. Beloved wife of the late James
Harold GUTHRIE and Frederick Thompson
REA.
Loving mother of Peter,
Linda and Diana, sister of William A.
WOOD and Margaret
WOOD,
devoted Granny of Kathy, Geoff, Jim, Robert, Peter, James, Shauna
and Jayson. Great grandmother of Hailyn, Caleb, Olivia and Dylan.
Eddie loved young people and kept in touch over the years with
many of her nieces and nephews and their young, in each of her
three families, and maintained her relationship with her many,
many Friends in Oakville and Montreal. A service will be held
on Saturday, February 15, 2003, at St. Jude's Anglican Church
(William Street at Thomas) at 2 p.m. Cremation. Peter, Linda
and Diana wish to thank the nursing staff of Maple Villa Nursing
Home most sincerely for all their tender, loving care to mother,
over the past 11 years. Arrangements entrusted to Kopriva Taylor
Community Funeral Home. 905-844-2600.
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GUTHRIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-14 published
KARAKAS,
Krikor
Loving husband, father and grandfather died peacefully at home
in Montreal, at the age of 94 on February 12, 2003 Husband of
Alis (née
SALDJIAN,) father of Anna, wife of Simon
TAVITIAN,
all of Montreal, Quebec, Rita
KARAKAS of Toronto, and beloved
grandfather of Gregory
TAVITIAN of Toronto and Stephanie
TAVITIAN
and her fiance David
GUTHRIE of Barrie, Ontario. Will be sadly
missed by his niece, nephew, godchildren and relatives in Istanbul,
Turkey. Predeceased by his parents, sister and brother in Turkey.
He led a full, rich life dedicated to his family, his Friends
and his Armenian community. Funeral Saturday, February 15 at
11 a.m. at St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church,
Montreal. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hayastan
All Armenia Fund 416-332-0787.
May he rest in eternal peace.
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GUTHRIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-15 published
Stephen CSATARI
By Avery GUTHRIE, Susan
CSATARI and Andrea
CSATARI Tuesday, April
15, 2003 - Page A18
Son, brother, grand_son, avid reader, university student. Born
September 14, 1981, in Mississauga. Died April 6, 2002, in Herstmonceux,
Sussex, England, of a rare heart disorder, age 20.
The first thing most people noticed about Stephen was his height:
6 foot 8.
His rapid growth gave him a tendency to get tripped up by his
own feet, often resulting in fairly spectacular falls and a constant
awareness that door frames, light fixtures and, in one hilarious
instance, a cowbell suspended from a beam, did not accommodate
the free movement of someone of his stature.
His father, a manager at a computer consulting firm, and his
mother, a nurse, were often told about Stephen's ability to absorb
knowledge. His childhood babysitter clearly remembers him at
age 5, happily reading the newspaper and telling her all about
the day's big stories. Before he was 10 he'd gone through C.
S. Lewis's Narnia chronicles and
P. G. Wodehouse; he went on
to history, biographies and novels by Michael Ondaatje, Stephen
Fry and Kazuo Ishiguro.
His sister, Andrea, 22 months his junior, had little motivation
to speak as a young child; she merely had to point and grunt,
and Stephen would cheerfully communicate her desires to any adults
at hand. A fine mimic -- Stephen did John
CLEESE as Basil Fawlty
he had an impeccable sense of comic timing. He also used his
superior size to great advantage. He would sweep his girlfriend,
Avery, off her feet and hold her upside-down (despite her protests).
Grabbing Mum or Grandma for an unexpected polka around the kitchen
was another favourite tactic of domestic disruption.
Stephen met Avery in Grade 7; they started dating in high school.
At age 17, Stephen entered Queen's University to study history,
a life-long passion he shared with his father.
He took courses in the Second World War, British, military, Russian
and Chinese history, consistently placing at or near the top
of his classes. His professors encouraged him to become an academic
they told us his polite, understated way of sharing knowledge
also won him much respect.
In 2002, Stephen and Avery went to study at Queen's International
Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England, and enjoyed
field trips to historical sites in Britain, France and Belgium
(his fellow students nicknamed Stephen "tour guide" because of
his store of knowledge).
On a sunny spring day in the last week of term, he went for a
run along his favourite country lane, past hedgerows, an ancient
church, and grazing sheep. The exertion triggered a severe rhythm
disturbance of his heart, a rare hereditary problem of which
he was unaware. Stephen collapsed. A local landowner, Rieke
SCHWEITZER,
grandnephew of Albert
SCHWEITZER, found him and called the police.
Now that his family knows about what killed him -- arrythmogenic
right ventricular dysplasia -- we are being closely monitored.
In death, Stephen has been able to watch out for those he loved.
Stephen was intrigued by Churchill and Kennedy; he told Avery
that they had accomplished more by age 20 than he, and worried
that, if he were to die, no one would notice. Avery spoke of
this at the funeral, which was attended by hundreds of Friends,
family and teachers. They gave Stephen a standing ovation.
His potential will never be realized. But he is remembered for
his intelligence and wit, for his generosity and loving nature.
Mr. SCHWEITZER has placed a stone marker on the lane where Stephen
fell.
Avery is Stephen's girlfriend, Susan and Andrea his mother and
sister.
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GUTHRIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-06 published
Notice To Creditors And Others In the estate of Douglas Graeme
WATSON, deceased
All persons having claims against the estate of Douglas Graeme
WATSON, late of Toronto and Penetang, who died on May 24, 2003
are hereby notified to furnish full particulars of their claims
to the undersigned executors of the will and codicil of the said
deceased, on or before the 10th day of September, 2003. Immediately
after that date, the executors will distribute the assets of
the said deceased having regard only to claims of which they
shall then have notice.
Dated this 6th day of August, 2003.
H. Donald GUTHRIE and Frederick W.
HACKER,
Executors,▼
by Hacker Gignac Rice, 518 Yonge Street,
Midland, Ontario, L4R 2C5, their
solicitors herein.
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Notice To Creditors And Others In the estate of Douglas Graeme
WATSON, deceased
All persons having claims against the estate of Douglas Graeme
WATSON, late of Toronto and Penetang, who died on May 24, 2003
are hereby notified to furnish full particulars of their claims
to the undersigned executors of the will and codicil of the said
deceased, on or before the 10th day of September, 2003. Immediately
after that date, the executors will distribute the assets of
the said deceased having regard only to claims of which they
shall then have notice.
Dated this 6th day of August, 2003.
H. Donald GUTHRIE and Frederick W.
HACKER,
Executors,▲▼
by Hacker Gignac Rice, 518 Yonge Street,
Midland, Ontario, L4R 2C5,
their solicitors herein.
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WATSON, In the estate of Douglas Graeme
Notice To Creditors And Others
In the estate of Douglas Graeme
WATSON, deceased
All persons having claims against the estate of Douglas Graeme
WATSON, late of Toronto and Penetang, who died on May 24, 2003
are hereby notified to furnish full particulars of their claims
to the undersigned executors of the will and codicil of the said
deceased, on or before the 10th day of September, 2003. Immediately
after that date, the executors will distribute the assets of
the said deceased having regard only to claims of which they
shall then have notice.
Dated this 6th day of August, 2003.
H. Donald GUTHRIE and Frederick W.
HACKER,
Executors,▲
by Hacker Gignac Rice, 518 Yonge Street,
Midland, Ontario, L4R 2C5,
their solicitors herein.
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GUTHRO o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-09-13 published
Singer was hit on Hit Parade
Canadian-born performer played violin with Jack Benny and posed
as wife of Sid Caesar
By James McCREADY
Special to The Globe and Mail Saturday, September
13, 2003 - Page F11
She was called "Canada's First Lady of Song." In the late 1940s,
singer Gisele
MacKENZIE was so popular on Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation radio that she was known just by her first name.
When she was 23, she headed off to Hollywood, where she became
one of the main singers on Your Hit Parade, a popular American
network television show in the 1950s. By the time television
started in Canada in 1952, she was already a star in the United
States, appearing on programs with Jack Benny and later with
Sid Caesar, the hottest comedian of his day.
Gisele MacKENZIE, who has died at the age of 76, was not always
known by that name. On the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
she was known simply as Gisele, though a 1950 Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation press release did call her by her proper name --
Gisele LAFLECHE. As soon as she moved to CBS in 1951, she adopted
the stage name Gisele
MacKENZIE.
The reason, she told a New York
reporter in 1955, was that the name Gisele
LAFLECHE "sounded
too much like a striptease artist's." The real explanation was
an American audience would have trouble with so French a name.
It was the television network that ordered the name change.
Marie
Marguerite
Louise Gisele
LAFLECHE was born on January 10,
1927, in Winnipeg. The name
MacKENZIE was from her paternal grandmother.
Her father, Georges, was a doctor, who played the violin, and
her mother, Marietta
MANSEAU, was a concert pianist and singer
as a young woman. Ms.
MacKENZIE started playing the violin seriously
when she was 7. She made her first public performance at the
Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg at the age of 12.
When she was 14, her family sent her to the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Toronto. She studied the violin and the piano, and
planned on being a concert violinist. Later in life, a story
circulated that she never took voice lessons, but Jim
GUTHRO,
who was at the conservatory at the same time, remembered a voice
teacher who took an interest in her. He also remembered that
she attended at the same time as Robert
GOULET and they would
sing together.
When she first came to Toronto, she stayed at Rosary Hall, a
residence for Catholic girls on Bloor Street at the top of Jarvis
Street. Tess
MALLOY, who was there at the same time, remembered
her. "She lived right across the hall from me. She and her girlfriend
used to drive us nuts practising the violin."
Ms. MALLOY didn't remember her singing at the residence, but
somewhere along the way someone discovered Ms.
MacKENZIE could
sing. It was close to the end of the war and she started to perform
for groups of servicemen. It was then that she was discovered
by musician Bob
SHUTTLEWORTH, a lieutenant who led a band for
the Royal Canadian Navy.
Right after the war, she started singing with Mr.
SHUTTLEWORTH's
band at the Glenmount Hotel on the Lake of Bays, north of Toronto.
Mr. SHUTTLEWORTH, who later became her manager and her husband,
took her to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which then
broadcast live popular music over the radio.
"Bob SHUTTLEWORTH called me at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
and said, 'Get a studio, a piano and a vocal mike. I have someone
I want you to hear,' recalled Jackie
RAE, then a music producer
at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, later leader of his
own band (and, incidentally, the uncle of former Ontario premier
Bob RAE.) "I remember her wonderful voice and how fresh she was.
We hired her straight away to do three programs a week."
The program was Meet Gisele, and it ran for 15 minutes on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. The program started on October 8, 1946,
and lasted for four years. She was so popular the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation used her in other programs with names such as The
Girl Next Door or The Song Pluggers.
In 1951, Ms.
MacKENZIE was spotted by Bing
CROSBY's son, and
went to work in the United States for Bob
CROSBY's
Club 15, bumping
the Andrews Sisters from their regular slot. The pay was $20,000
(U.S.) a year, worth $150,000 in today's money. She was 23.
The money was something Canada could never match. Mr.
GUTHRO,
later head of Variety at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
guesses she was making $200 a week for her radio programs.
"Gisele Leaves for Hollywood. Canada's Loss," read a headline
in one Toronto paper. The article guessed at the pay package,
and it was right.
Ms. MacKENZIE was about to have her best decade ever in show
business. After a short stint on Club 15, she worked on the Mario
Lanza Show, before landing her full-time job at Your Hit Parade.
The idea behind the NBC program was to take the top seven songs
on the hit parade that week and have them done by the regular
singers in the Your Hit Parade troupe. The half-hour program
was a huge success in the United States and in late 1953 the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation picked it up for a while.
Ms. MacKENZIE was the only regular singer on the program to have
her own hit record, Hard to Get, in 1955.
Though none of her family shared her success, all were musical.
There were her parents, both of whom were serious amateur musicians
two of her sisters sang and played, and a brother played the
cello. Along with Gisele, two of them had what is called perfect
pitch.
"It's rare and she had it," Mr.
RAE said. "You would play four
notes on the piano and she could match them. Perfect pitch isn't
always a great thing, but in her case it was."
Ms. MacKENZIE's training as a classical violinist came in handy
on the Jack Benny program, on which she first appeared in 1955.
The droll comedian always made a thing of how he couldn't play
the violin. One vaudeville-type act they would do on his show
involved her patiently showing him what to do with a violin after
he made some awful screeching noise with his bow.
She was Jack Benny's protégé, and he helped land her own television
program in 1958. Called the Gisele
MacKENZIE
Show, it lasted
only six months.
But she remained famous. At one stage, she was the subject of
This is Your Life, which involved linking up with old Friends
and relatives. She was a regular on game shows that featured
minor celebrities, such as Hollywood Squares.
In 1963, she was cast as Sid Caesar's television wife and made
regular trips to New York City, where the program was done. Like
other television programs of that era, it was live, since videotape
was only just being introduced.
Ms. MacKENZIE also acted and sang in live musicals in the United
States, things such as Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific.
Over the years, she also worked in Las Vegas, performing in night
clubs there. She returned to Canada for the occasional concert
and television special, including one on the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation in late 1960. It was about "her story book career"
and included the yarn, always told by her publicists, of how
she decided to take up singing after she lost her $3,000 violin.
By the end of the 1960s, the big work started to dry up and Canadian
newspapers were running the occasional "Where Are They Now" articles.
She was in a sprawling ranch house in suburban Encino, Calif.
She also owned property in Palmdale and Marin County, Calif.,
as well as a house on Lake Manitoba back home.
All that detail came up in a nasty divorce from Mr.
SHUTTLEWORTH
in 1968. Because he was also her manager, he kept 10 per cent
of her gross income for the next three years. She later married
a banker, Robert
KLEIN, but that also ended in divorce.
During the rest of her career, Ms.
MacKENZIE kept working in
regional theatre and made guest appearances on television series,
including MacGyver and Murder, She Wrote, as well as singing
stints on programs such as the Dean Martin Show. She also did
television commercials in the United States and Canada.
Ms. MacKENZIE had some odd hobbies. She collected and mixed exotic
perfumes and in the 1950s she took up target shooting, becoming
an expert shot. She and her first husband had a large collection
of pistols, rifles and shotguns. In her later years, like many
Hollywood stars, she was involved with Scientology.
Ms. MacKENZIE, who died in Burbank, Calif., on September 5, had
two children with Mr.
SHUTTLEWORTH, a son Mac and a daughter
Gigi (short for Gisele)
DOWNS.
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GUTMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-11 published
GUTMAN,
Adam
(George
Adams)
In Montreal on Sunday, August 10, 2003. Beloved husband of the
late Ida Baron
GUTMAN.
Father of Betty, and Dr. Jimmy
GUTMAN.
Father-in-law of Susan
SCHAFER and Greg
KUDRAY.
Brother-in-law
of Albert BARON and Sylvia
GUTMAN.
Grandfather of Evan and Bianca.
Uncle of Debby, Judy and Stephen
MERLMELSTEIN,
Fran
PARKER and
Shelly COHEN.
Admired by thousands. Died gently in the presence
of his family. Leaves behind a legacy of art, music and poetry.
An accomplished and charitable mentor for the entire community
regardless of colour, race or creed. Our greatest thanks to the
loving and caring staff of Manoir Pierrefonds. Funeral Service
from Paperman and sons, 3888 Jean Talon W., Montreal on Tuesday,
August 12, 2003 at 10: 45 a.m. Burial at the Rodomer Society Section,
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Duvernay. Shiva at his son's home. Donations
may be made to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in memory of Adam
GUTMAN. (514-842-3402.)
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GUTTRIDGE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-02 published
ROBERTSON,
Josephine
Ann (née
GUTTRIDGE)
Died suddenly in Penetanguishene on Monday, June 30, 2003 in
her 87th year, surrounded by family. Predeceased by her beloved
husband Lorn James. Devoted mother of Jo Anne and husband Ken
McMATH and Gordon and his wife
Linda.
Proud
Granny of Lori-Jo
and husband Tim, Kelly and husband Darrin, Michael, Ian and wife
Rosalie, Kevin and Andrea and husband Dave. Wonderful ''G.G.''
to Brennan, Daniel, McKenzie, Hannah, Harrison, Emily, Sarah,
Jonathan, Tyler and Abby. Loving sister to Roberta (Bob) and
husband Art
NASH and sister-in-law to Gordon and (the late) Florence
ROBERTSON.
She will be greatly missed by extended family and
many close Friends. Visitation at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home
(6150 Yonge Street, at Goulding, south of Steeles, North York),
on Thursday, July 3, 2003 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service
will be held at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (140 Brooke Street,
Thornhill) on Friday, July 4, 2003 at 11 a.m. Interment Saint John's
Cemetery, York Mills. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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