HOWARD o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-01-29 published
HOWARD
-In loving memory of a dear mother and grandmother, Marlene, who passed away January 24, 2001.
They say the pain will get easier
in time. Two years ago today God called
you home, the ache in our hearts
is still there, and silent tears we
shed of the greatest Mom (Grandma)
we know. What we wouldn't give
to see you smile, hear your laugh
or hold your hand again. We have
all the great memories we created
with you we will treasure those in
our hearts forever.
We miss you and love you always.
--Lovingly remembered by Wanda, Larry, Caitlyn, Tyler, Dwayne, Heidi, Natasha, Nathan and Rob.
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HOWARD o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-07-02 published
Lilliean "Mary"
TAILOR/TAYLOR
In loving memory of Lilliean "Mary"
TAILOR/TAYLOR who passed away at Saint
Joseph's Hospital, Sudbury on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at the age of 76 years.
Loving friend of James
ESSERY (predeceased.) Cherished mother of Kim
and husband Neil
ANDERSON of Blezzard Valley, Janet and husband Bruce
FOX of Azilda, Marlene (predeceased) (husband Lawrence
HOWARD,)
Lindsey (predeceased) (wife Irene), Michael (predeceased)(close
friend Sherry). Special grandmother of Tammy (husband Steve), Cory
(wife Krystal), Chantelle, Wanda (husband Larry), Dwayne (wife
Heidi), Rob, Shane (wife Holly), Lori (husband Neil), Sandra,
Raymond, Darren, Stephanie. Will be missed by great grandchildren
Mathew, Brianna, Jamie, Nathan, Carter, Caitlyn, Tyler, Nathan,
Natasha, Tamara, Lindsey, Chance, Brittany, Tiffany. Dear sister of
Shirley McCULLIGH (husband Dougal predeceased) of Little Current,
Elva TAILOR/TAYLOR (husband Clarence predeceased) of Espanola, "Windy"
William Sr. (wife Doreen) of Wikwemikong, predeceased by brothers
John TAILOR/TAYLOR, and Orion (wife
Doreen.)
Remembered by many nieces and
nephews. Visitation was held on Friday, June 27, 2003. Funeral
Service was held on Saturday, June 28, 2003 at Island Funeral Home.
Burial in Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery.
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HOWARD o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-10-29 published
Betty Jane
VANHORN (née
HOWARD)
In loving memory of Betty Jane
VANHORN (née Howard,) October 28, 1935 to
October 26, 2003. Suddenly at Mindemoya Hospital on Sunday, October 26, 2003
at the age of 67 years.
Dear wife of John
VANHORN of Tehkummah. Loving mother of Hector (Marilyn)
of Ice Lake, Jacqueline (Ted) of Cambridge, Becky (Marvin) of Manitowaning,
predeceased by Barry (1981), Gilbert (1979). Special grandmother of Tammy,
D.J., Tobi (Andy), B.J., Ariana, Tyler, Benjamin, Mikala and two great
grandchildren Angelica and Logan John. Will be remembered by siblings,
Eleanor (Len)
BOND, Tina (Roy)
MANDIGO, Dorothy
ALLARD, Reta (Charlie)
PARKINSON, Lawrence
HOWARD, Marie (John)
CARRADONNA, Len (Ilene)
HOWARD, Tom
(Florence)
HOWARD.
Visitation was held on Tuesday, October 28, 2003.
Funeral Service at 2: 00 pm Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at Island Funeral
Home. Burial in Elmview Cemetery.
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HOWARD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-25 published
Agnes
Elizabeth
Jean
HOWARD (née
MITCHELL)
This most gracious lady died peacefully at her home in Stratford,
February 22, 2003 in her 94th year. Agnes is predeceased by Earle,
her loving and devoted husband of 51 years. Ever caring, ever
supportive, she was cherished mother of David, adored grandmother
of Gillian
HOWARD, and treasured mother-in-law of Nicola
ADAIR.
She is most lovingly remembered by Andrew,
son of Nicola; and
Kitty HOWARD, mother to Gillian. Also by nephew Douglas
GOWAN
(Carol) and their sons, David (Debbie), Donald (Tana), Michael
(Darla), and Paul. Agnes was born on her family's farm in 1909
at Hagersville, Ontario, daughter of Ionson and Annie
MITCHELL.
She completed her education with a post- secondary year at Waterford
Business College before following her future husband's family
to Fort Erie in 1928. Working briefly for the Bridgeburg Review,
she married in 1933, residing in the home the couple built until
1989. Always passionate about her bridge, her garden, and her
church, St. Andrew's Knox Presbyterian, Agnes was a proud member
of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire; and ever
the steadfast and unobtrusive power behind the man as she supported
Earle throughout his career. Moving to St. Catharines, she continued
to vigorously engage life, establishing a devoted and caring
group of new Friends at age 80 in her home on Towering Heights
Blvd., remaining there until 2002 when she joined her family
in Stratford, reunited in her son's home, blessing all with her
presence these last nine months. Agnes is best remembered for
the quiet, understated grace with which she moved among her wide
and committed circles of Friends, nurtured and maintained lifelong.
Visitation (11: 00 a.m.) will precede funeral services at Knox
Presbyterian Church, 53 Church Street, St. Catharines, Ontario,
Saturday, March 1st, 12: 00 noon; interment at McAffee Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the Canadian Diabetic
Association, St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation, Stratford
General Hospital Foundation, Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Catharines,
or St. Andrew's Knox Presbyterian Church, Fort Erie; donations
may be facilitated by W.G. Young Funeral Home, 430 Huron St.
Stratford, Ontario (519-271-7411). Stratford and area Friends
are invited to remember Agnes at a reception at 90 Neal Avenue,
Stratford, Ontario, Sunday, March 2nd, 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m.
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HOWARD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-22 published
HOWARD,
Barbara▼
Lynn▼
(DAWSON)
Known as Gram since the first of her 10 beloved grandchildren
were born 25 years ago - died secure in the love of her family
on Thursday, April 17, 2003.
Barbara will always be the much-loved wife and a fantastic ''first
mate'' for William A. E. (Ted)
HOWARD, her husband of 54 years.
The two led shipwatching expeditions for their grandchildren
from ''Terraho'', a home they built themselves on the Thousand
Islands Parkway in Mallorytown Landing after sailing the high
seas together in the ''Barbaelia''.
Barbara was also the wonderful and proud mother of Alexander,
Peter, Stephen, Darrell, Christine and Timothy, who died in 1990
and welcomes her now. Born into the musical and artistic
DAWSON
family of Toronto Barbara will be missed every day by her surviving
siblings, brother Donald
DAWSON of Sherwood Park, Alberta., and
sister Darrell
(DAWSON)
HOWARD of Nanaimo, British Columbia,
as well as by all the members of the
DAWSON and
HOWARD families,
and her many Friends.
Instead of flowers, Barbara's family suggests a contribution
to St. Peter's Anglican Church Choir, or to a charity of special
meaning to you and your family. They also ask you to bring your
best singing voices to a service to celebrate her life on Saturday,
April 26th at 2 p.m., to be held in St. Peter's Anglican Church
in Brockville.
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HOWARD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-24 published
HOWARD,
Barbara▲
Lynn▲
(DAWSON)
Known as Gram since the first of her 10 beloved grandchildren
were born 25 years ago - died secure in the love of her family
on Thursday, April 17, 2003.
Barbara will always be the much-loved wife and a fantastic ''first
mate'' for William A. E. (Ted)
HOWARD, her husband of 54 years.
The two led shipwatching expeditions for their grandchildren
from ''Terraho'', a home they built themselves on the Thousand
Islands Parkway in Mallorytown Landing after sailing the high
seas together in the ''Barbaelia''.
Barbara was also the wonderful and proud mother of Alexander,
Peter, Stephen, Darrell, Christine and Timothy, who died in 1979
and welcomes her now. Born into the musical and artistic
DAWSON
family of Toronto Barbara will be missed every day by her surviving
siblings, brother Donald
DAWSON of Sherwood Park, Alberta., and
sister Darrell
(DAWSON)
HOWARD of Nanaimo, British Columbia,
as well as by all the members of the
DAWSON and
HOWARD families,
and her many Friends.
Instead of flowers, Barbara's family suggests a contribution
to St. Peter's Anglican Church Choir, or to a charity of special
meaning to you and your family. They also ask you to bring your
best singing voices to a service to celebrate her life on Saturday,
April 26th at 2 p.m., to be held in St. Peter's Anglican Church
in Brockville.
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HOWARD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-12 published
McCOOL,
James
Francis
Patrick
Died on November 10, 2003, Peterborough, Ontario at the age of
77. Survived by his loving wife Jean; his children Sean (Victoria),
Brian (Jamestown, North Carolina , Gael (Vancouver), Kerry (Peterborough),
Dennis (Whitby) and Douglas (Ottawa); ten grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; his sisters Sister Ann Marie
McCOOL
(Convent
of The Good Shepherd in Toronto,) Lorraine
TISCHART
(Beamsville)
and brother Joseph (Toronto); predeceased by his sisters Mary
RUDDEN and Theresa
HOWARD.
Jim had a life-long interest in aviation.
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a Flight
Engineer and Air Gunner on Coastal Command during World War 2.
After retirement from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce he dedicated
his time as a volunteer at the Alberta Aviation Museum, where
he became President and a member of the Board of Directors for
some years. He was also President of the West Edmonton Senior's
Association and served on the Boards of a number of community
organizations. A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, November
15, 2003 at 1: 00 p.m. in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 1066
Western Street at Clonsilla Avenue, Peterborough. Arrangements
entrusted to Comstock Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 356 Rubidge
Street.
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HOWARD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-24 published
Fight master set standards for stage combat
Canadian Press, Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - Page R9
Stratford, Ontario -- Patrick (Paddy)
CREAN, a longtime fight
director at the Stratford Festival who set international standards
on staging combat in theatre, died Monday after an illness. He
was 93.
Mr. CREAN, who was a competitive fencer, began choreographing
fights in 1932 when he was working in his native England as an
actor in The Legends of Don Juan. From then on he was frequently
hired to stage fight scenes in theatre and movies such as The
Master of Ballantree and The Sword of Sherwood Forest. He worked
with actors including Paul
SCOFIELD,
Laurence
OLIVIER, Trevor
HOWARD, Alec
GUINNESS, Douglas
FAIRBANKS Jr. and Errol
FLYNN,
often acting as
FLYNN's stunt double in movies.
Mr. CREAN first came to the Stratford Festival in 1962 to be
fight arranger for a staging of Macbeth and ended up by making
Stratford his home. He remained as festival fight director until
1983, arranging combat scenes for such demanding productions
as The Three Musketeers. He continued to work as an actor, sometimes
taking small roles in shows for which he had done fight arranging
and also performing a one-man show, The Sun Never Sets. A funeral
will be held Saturday in Stratford.
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HOWE o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-11-19 published
Mary Elizabeth
McHARG "
Bette"
In loving memory of Mary Elizabeth
McHARG "
Bette" who passed away peacefully at the
Manitoulin Health Centre, Little Current on November 11, 2003 at the age of 80 years.
Bette was the assistant clerk for the town of Little Current, and the
Justice of the Peace for many years. Born on September 12, 1923 to
Thomas and Elizabeth
(HOWE)
TRIMBELE.
Predeceased by husband
Raymond. Loving mother of John. Cherished by grand_son Matthew.
Will be missed by sister Peggy
FISCHER (husband Homer predeceased,)
brother Thomas (predeceased) and wife
Jenette
TRIMBELE.
Remembered
by cousins Thomas and wife Sandi
FISCHER, Madelene
CAVE, Judy
MILLER
and Jane FISCHER.
Memorial service was held on Friday, November 14,
2003 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Little Current. Cremation.
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HOWE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-05-03 published
Leafs trusted their doctor
Talented M.D. specialized in hand surgery. 'He had a unique technical
approach. That's what made him different from other surgeons.'
By Carol COOPER
Special to The Globe and Mail Saturday, May 3,
2003 - Page F10
Nothing about Jim
MURRAY's hands indicated that he was a surgeon.
Large and gnarled with undulating fingernails, those hands played
bagpipes, patched up Toronto Maple Leafs and Team Canada players
and restored form and function to other hands.
Dr. MURRAY, a plastic surgeon who was the first Canadian doctor
to devote his practice to hand surgery, died last month at the
age of 82.
"His hands looked more like those of a prize fighter than a surgeon.
His fingers were bent, "said Robert
McFARLANE, a retired plastic
surgeon with a special interest in hands and a close friend of
Dr. MURRAY. "It didn't seem to make a difference. He had tremendous
skill."
In 1983, Dr.
MURRAY brought together plastic and orthopedic surgeons
to form a hand unit at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Science Centre,
the city's first. "His concept was to pull together the expertise
of different surgeons, "said Paul
BINHAMMER, once a student
of Dr. MURRAY and now a plastic surgeon at the hospital, now
part of the Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. MURRAY assembled a highly skilled team. Among them were orthopedic
surgeon Robert
McMURTRY, who went on to become dean of medicine
at the University of Western Ontario, and plastic surgeon and
nerve expert Susan
MacKINNON, who is now a professor in the United
States.
But before rising to prominence in the field of hand surgery,
Dr. MURRAY gained fame in hockey circles. Serving as one of the
Toronto Maple Leafs team doctors from 1948 to 1964, he was greatly
trusted by players. When cut during games on the road, they left
their wounds unstitched until he could tend to them at home.
"He'd come at you with those fingers and they were just so big,
you'd wonder how he was ever able to stitch as neat as he did,"
said former Leaf defenceman Bobby
BAUN, who played professional
hockey for 17 years.
Mr. BAUN estimates that Dr.
MURRAY put in half of his 143 career
stitches.
Under instructions from Leaf owner Conn
SMYTHE, injured players
were not to be rushed back into the lineup, according to Hugh
SMYTHE, another Leaf doctor and Mr.
SMYTHE's son. "This was a
heavy and not always popular role, "he said.
During the 1964 Stanley Cup finals, it became especially challenging.
Entering Game 6, the Detroit Red Wings led the series against
the Leafs 3-2. Playing in Detroit on April 23, with the scored
tied at 3-3 in the third period, Mr.
BAUN first was hit on his
right leg by a slapshot from Gordie
HOWE and then, after a faceoff,
spun on the leg, which gave way.
X-rays delayed at Mr.
BAUN's insistence showed a small broken
bone, just above the ankle. He spent six weeks in a cast.
But that came after the series ended. During its sixth game,
Mr. BAUN was tended to by Dr.
MURRAY and other team doctors.
After being carried off the ice, he asked Dr.
MURRAY if he could
hurt his leg any more. The doctor replied no. "Having someone
like Jim tell me that, I could believe him, "Mr.
BAUN said.
With his leg taped and frozen, Mr.
BAUN continued playing. Within
the first two minutes of the first overtime period, he scored
the winning goal and kept the Leafs in the series.
Mr. BAUN didn't miss a shift during Game 7, and neither did teammate
Red KELLY, who had torn knee ligaments during the previous game.
The Leafs won the seventh game 4-0 and the Stanley Cup, their
third in a row and their fifth during Dr.
MURRAY's time with
the team.
That year, Dr.
MURRAY resigned and 20 years later joked to The
Toronto Star that it was he who had led them to the five Stanley
Cups.
If he took the connection between his presence and the Leafs'
wins lightly, Punch
IMLACH, then the team's coach, did not. Mr.
IMLACH had become convinced that Dr.
MURRAY brought the team
good luck, the doctor told the Star in a 1972 story.
The newspaper was interviewing Dr.
MURRAY about his appointment
as a doctor to Team Canada for the Canada-Russia hockey series.
In the article headlined "Good luck charm for Team Canada, "
he recalled how during the 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs, Mr.
IMLACH
invited him to a Leaf game in Chicago, believing that he would
bring the team good luck.
"If it had been anybody else but Punch, I'd have dismissed it
as a joke. But he really needed to win and he honestly believed
my presence would make a difference, "Dr.
MURRAY was quoted
as saying.
The
Leafs won not only that game, but, with Dr.
MURRAY in attendance
for the remainder of the series, the Stanley Cup. The Leafs haven't
won a Stanley Cup since.
And the Star's headline proved prophetic. Team Canada won the
Canada-Russia series when Paul
HENDERSON scored with 34 seconds
left in the eighth game.
Born in Toronto on May 14, 1920, James Findlay
MURRAY was the
youngest of three children. His father ran a store at Yonge and
Queen Streets in downtown Toronto and died before the birth of
his third child.
Dr. MURRAY attributed his curvy fingernails to his mother's malnutrition
when she was pregnant with him, said his youngest son Hugh. Within
a few years, she had remarried, and his stepfather helped to
raise him.
An avid athlete, Dr.
MURRAY played football during his high school
and university days, so much so that once, when forbidden by
his mother to play for his high-school team because he had had
pneumonia, he practised and played in secret.
That lasted until his picture appeared in the Star running for
a touchdown. He was immediately placed on the disabled list.
Awarded the George Biggs trophy for sportsmanship, leadership
and scholarship, Dr.
MURRAY graduated from medical school in
1943 and spent two years in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps,
finishing as a captain.
After a year of general practice in Belleville, Ontario, he trained
in plastic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto
with A. W.
FARMER, whom many consider to be the father of Canadian
hand surgery.
A humble man, who drove less-than-fancy cars, Dr.
MURRAY was
known for his ability to relate to everyone. "He was a doctor
and an esteemed member of society, but it didn't matter to him,"
Hugh MURRAY said. "He considered himself an everyday person.
He was as comfortable, if not more comfortable, dealing with
just working guys."
In 1953, Dr.
MURRAY joined the Toronto East General and Orthopedic
Hospital as head of plastic surgery and organized a specialized
hand clinic, according to Bernd
NEU, another former student of
Dr. MURRAY and now a plastic surgeon at North York General Hospital.
"It's because the hand is such an important part of the body,
not just physically, but aesthetically, "Dr.
MURRAY, a specialist
in soft tissue and the reconstruction of flexor tendons, said
in 1984 to explain the dedication of hand surgeons.
In 1983, Dr.
MURRAY left Toronto East General, where he had been
surgeon-in-chief since 1976, to head the hand unit at Sunnybrook
Medical Centre, taking a cut in pay to do so.
At the time, plastic surgeons could earn $2,000 for a face-lift
and $106.50 for a carpal-tunnel release.
Dr. MURRAY derived great satisfaction from the help his hands
gave others. Once in a clinic at Toronto East General, he and
Dr. NEU came upon a patient with only a thumb and little finger
on one hand.
"This is a wonderful hand, "he told Dr.
NEU. "
Look at how dirty
and callused it is."
After several surgeries, Dr.
MURRAY had restored the worker's
hand to the point where the man could use it once again to earn
a living.
"What to other people would look like a devastating loss, to
Dr. MURRAY and the patient, this was a hand to be proud of,
Dr. NEU said.
As a hand consultant beginning in 1974 at the Downsview Rehabilitation
Centre of the Workers' Compensation Board, Dr.
MURRAY treated
those injured in industrial accidents, often surmounting language
barriers to do so.
"He could speak to them [the patients] in basic English, so they
could understand how seriously he took their problems, and how
everything was being done that could be done for them, "Dr.
NEU said.
In a 1996 letter to Dr.
MURRAY, another of his former residents
recalled how once on rounds, the doctor lifted the sheets to
examine a paraplegic patient, only to find the man soiled. Instead
of calling for hospital staff to clean the man, Dr.
MURRAY performed
the task himself.
"That little lesson reminded me that being a doctor is not just
being a cutter, "the physician wrote.
Not only did he have a natural way with people, Dr.
MURRAY was
a gifted surgeon.
"He was a talented person with original ways of doing things,"
Dr. McFARLANE said. "He had a unique technical approach. That's
what made him different from other surgeons."
Appointed a lecturer at the University of Toronto in 1953, Dr.
MURRAY was first an assistant and associate professor, becoming
a full professor in 1979. He developed the first hand surgery
fellowship training program in Canada in 1981, Dr.
NEU said.
As well as teaching at the university, Dr.
MURRAY trained surgeons
during two trips to Southeast Asia as a volunteer with Cooperative
for American Relief Everywhere, Inc. Medico and led a group of
hand surgeons to study techniques in micro-surgery in China during
the late 1970s.
At the medical meetings Dr.
MURRAY often attended, he impressed
Dr. McFARLANE with his ability to discuss surgery. "He had a
very common-sense approach to a surgical problem, and when everyone
had something to say about a problem, he would get up and clarify
it very nicely, "Dr.
McFARLANE said.
A founder of
MANUS
Canada, a society of hand surgeons, once a
president of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons and the
American
Society for Surgery of the Hand, Dr.
MURRAY was honoured
by the U.S. society at "Murray Day" in 1990 with tributes from
past presidents.
Stricken with Alzheimer's disease toward the end of his life,
Dr. MURRAY died in Collingwood, Ontario, on April 4. He leaves
his wife of 57 years, Shirley, and his children, John, Bill,
Claire and Hugh.
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HOWE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-06 published
Linda STEARNS: 1937-2003
As ballet mistress and artistic director of the esteemed Montreal
company, she nurtured personality, flair and a risk-taking approach
to dance
By Paula CITRON
Wednesday,
August 6, 2003 - Page R5
In the cutthroat, competitive world of dance, Linda
STEARNS was
an anomaly. As artistic director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens,
she never played games or held grudges. Whether good or bad news,
she bluntly told her dancers what they had to hear, and in return,
her open-door policy allowed them to vent their own feelings.
National
Ballet of Canada artistic director James
KUDELKA, who
spent almost a decade as a member of Les Grands Ballets, likens
her approach to wearing an invisible raincoat upon which unhappy
dancers spewed their venom. At the end of their tirades, she
would serenely remove the garment and say, "Now let's talk."
Linda STEARNS died at her home in Toronto on July 4, at age 65.
She was born into privilege on October 22, 1937. Her father,
Marshal, was an investment broker; her mother, Helen, was heavily
involved in charity work. The family lived in the posh Poplar
Plains area of central Toronto, where Ms.
STEARNS attended Branksome
Hall.
Despite their wealth, the
STEARNS children (Linda, Nora and Marshal)
were expected to earn their own livings. Helen
STEARNS had studied
dance in her youth, but a career was never an option. When eldest
daughter Linda showed a strong talent, history might have repeated
itself had not Marshal Sr. set aside his reservations after seeing
his daughter perform.
After graduating from high school, Ms.
STEARNS went to London
and New York for advanced training. It was the great Alexandra
Danilova, one of Ms.
STEARNS's
New
York teachers, who pointed
the young dancer in the direction of the upstart Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens. Ms.
STEARNS joined Les Grands in 1961, and was promoted
to soloist in 1964. In a Who's Who of Entertainment entry, Ms.
STEARNS was once listed as joining the company in 1861, and she
liked to joke that, at 103 years, she held the record for the
longest time spent in the corps de ballet. In fact, one of Ms.
STEARNS's hallmarks was her sense of humour, much of it at her
own expense.
Les Grands was known for taking dancers who did not necessarily
have perfect ballet bodies, but had personality and flair, a
policy Ms.
STEARNS continued during her own administration.
Although Ms.
STEARNS had very unballetic, low-arched feet, she
was a fine classical dancer. She excelled, however, in the dramatic
repertoire: Mother Courage in Richard Kuch's The Brood, or the
title role in Brydon Paige's Medea. In later years, while teaching
and coaching, Ms.
STEARNS wore high heels to conceal her hated
low arches -- while showing off her attractive ankles.
Her performing career was cut short in 1966 when artistic director
Ludmilla CHIRIAEFF recognized that Ms.
STEARNS would make a brilliant
ballet mistress, and by 1969, Ms.
STEARNS was exclusively in
the studio. In fact, giving up performing was one of the great
disappointments of her life, although she did in time acknowledge
that she had found her true destiny. Ms.
STEARNS's astonishingly
keen eye allowed her to single out, in a corps de ballet of moving
bodies, every limb that was out of position. She could also sing
every piece of music, which saved a lot of time, because she
didn't have to keep putting on the tape recorder. Because of
her intense musicality, Ms.
STEARNS also insisted that the dancers
not just be on the count, but fill every note with movement.
Ms. STEARNS loved playing with words -- she was a crossword-puzzle
addict, for example -- and gave the dancers nicknames, whether
they liked them or not. Catherine
LAFORTUNE was Katrink, Kathy
BIEVER was Little Frog, Rosemary
NEVILLE was Rosie Posie, Betsy
BARON was Boops, and Benjamin
HATCHER was Benjamino, to name
but a few. One who escaped this fate was Gioconda
BARBUTO, simply
because Ms.
STEARNS loved rolling out the word "G-I-O-C-O-N-D-A"
in its full Italian glory. The dancers, in turn, called her Lulubelle,
Mme. Gozonga and
La Stearnova or, if they were feeling tired,
cranky and hostile -- and were out of earshot -- Spoons (for
her non-arched feet) and even less flattering names. As reluctantly
as she became ballet mistress, Ms.
STEARNS became artistic director,
first as one of a triumvirate in 1978 with Danny
JACKSON and
Colin McINTYRE (when Les Grands and Brian
MacDONALD came to an
abrupt parting of the ways;) then with Jeanne
RENAUD in 1985
and finally on her own in 1987. She retired from Les Grands in
1989. Both Mr.
JACKSON and Mr.
McINTRYE still refer to Ms.
STEARNS
as the company's backbone.
These were the famous creative years that included the works
of Mr. KUDELKA, Paul Taylor, Lar Lubovitch, Nacho Duato and George
Balanchine. Les Grands toured the world performing one of the
most exciting and eclectic repertoires in ballet. It was a company
that nurtured dancers and choreographers, many of whom reflected
Ms. STEARNS's risk-taking, innovative esthetic.
She also had time to mentor choreographers outside the company,
including acclaimed solo artist Margie
GILLIS.
Her post-Grands
career included writing assessments for the Canada Council, setting
works on ballet companies, coaching figure skating, and most
recently, becoming ballet mistress for the Toronto-based Ballet
Jörgen. When she was diagnosed with both ovarian and breast cancer
two years ago, she continued her obligations to Ballet Jörgen
until she was no longer able, never letting the dancers know
how ill she was.
Ms. STEARNS loved huge dogs -- or what Ms.
GILLIS refers to as
mountains with fur -- and always had at least two. Her gardens
were magnificent, as was her cooking. Her generosity was legendary,
whether inviting 20 people for Christmas dinner, or hosting the
wedding reception for dancers Andrea
BOARDMAN and Jean-Hugues
ROCHETTE at her tastefully decorated Westmount home. After leaving
Montreal, whether, first, at her horse farm in Harrow, Ontario,
or at the one-room schoolhouse she lovingly renovated near Campbellville,
northwest of Toronto, former colleagues were always welcome.
She continued to keep in touch with her dancers, sending notes
in her beautiful, distinctive handwriting. Her love of sports
never left her, and after a hard day in the studio, she would
relax watching the hockey game. Religion also filled her postdance
life, with Toronto's Anglican Grace-Church-on-the-Hill at its
epicentre. Ms.
STEARNS was very discreet in her private life,
although another disappointment is that neither of two long relationships
resulted in marriage or children.
Ms. STEARNS was always ruthlessly self-critical, always striving
for perfection, never convinced she had rehearsed a work to its
full potential. As a result, she never made herself the centre
of her own story. Her homes, for example, did not contain photographs
glorifying the career of Linda
STEARNS.
Only at the end of her
days, as she faced death with the same grace with which she had
faced life, was she finally able to appreciate how many lives
she had touched, and accept her outstanding achievements with
Les
Grands
Ballets. Linde
HOWE-
BECK, former dance critic for
the Montreal Gazette, sums up Ms.
STEARNS perfectly when she
says that she was all about love -- for her Friends and family,
for life, but most of all, for dance.
Paula CITRON is dance critic for The Globe and Mail.
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Norma PITAWANAKWAT (née
MISINISHKOTEWE)
In loving memory of Norma
PITAWANAKWAT (née
MISINISHKOTEWE) at the
age of 73 years. Thursday, October 2, 2003 at the Manitoulin Health Centre, Little Current.
Beloved wife of Ignatius
PITAWANAKWAT (predeceased.) Loving mother
of Inez (Joe), Jackie (Lenny), Ignatius (Carolyne), Howard (Kim),
Arlene (John), Troy (Cindy), Victor (Rose), Carmen, Barry (Patty),
Emmett (Adele), Jerome (Tammy Jo), Bruno (predeceased), Florice Esmma
Marie (predeceased) and "granddaughter" Delores. Loving daughter of
Joseph and Agnes
McGREGOR (both predeceased.) Proud grandmother of
38 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Dear sister of Wilbert
(predeceased), Verna (predeceased), Jim (wife Georgine predeceased),
Larry, Dennis, Sara (Ron) and Elaine (John). Sadly missed by many
nephews, nieces and Friends. Also predeceased by sisters-in-law
Elizabeth PITAWANAKWAT and Susan
CYWINK, and brothers-in-law, John,
Edgar and Andre. Also survived by: Albert (June), Lillian and
Genevieve PITAWANAKWAT, and brother-in-law Bill
CYWINK and son-in-law Robert
HOWELL.
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HOWELL
-In loving memory of a dear son and brother, Austin, who passed away December 12, 1999.
Beyond our smiles
There lies a tear
For the one we lost
And loved so dear.
Our hearts still ache
For what it meant to lose him
No one will ever know.
There will always be a heartache
And many a silent tear
But always the precious memories
Of the days when you were here
We hold you close within our hearts
And there you will remain
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again.
-Sadly missed and always remembered by Dad and Sheelah.
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John
Edward
Burns (Ted)
HOWELL
By Frank GARDINER
Thursday,
November 20, 2003 - Page A26
Father, husband, Sunday School teacher, fisherman, sports enthusiast,
Crown Attorney. Born June 26, 1934, in Goderich, Ontario Died
August 11, in Omemee, Ontario, of cancer, age 69.
Ted HOWELL, through all of his life, was a little man with a
big heart and a giant intellect.
During his early years growing up in Goderich, Ted displayed
an early love of academic excellence mixed with a fun sense of
competitiveness in all endeavours from table tennis and hockey,
to debating contests sponsored by the local Lion's Club.
As part of his 1950 high-school election campaign for treasurer,
Ted and his loyal cohorts dressed up as members of the Mafia.
Ted in his zoot suit, trench coat and oversized fedora imitated
a smaller version of Chicago gangster Al Capone with a campaign
slogan: "Vote for me. I need the money." Ted won.
Ted loved a physical challenge. Few could beat him at his favourite
sport of table tennis. Many fell prey to his quick eye and cunning
strategies and years later Ted won several table tennis championships
with the Scarborough Kings Table Tennis Club.
Another field of Ted's early expertise was lawn croquet. On the
large lawn of their home, the
HOWELL family had a grand lawn
croquet court. Ted, as usual, took this game very seriously and
had little patience with anyone who did not do the same. Ted
was an expert at the double-ball knock out.
These traits also made him a memorable boys' Sunday School teacher
at North Street United Church where he creatively handled --
some might say "civilized" -- some lads bigger than himself,
all tough, key members of the "Church Street gang." With his
leadership, he earned their life-long respect.
Ted graduated at the top of his high-school class and went off
to University of Toronto and then on to Osgoode Law School where
he earned an award for outstanding contribution to school life.
He was called to the bar in 1960.
Jack BATTEN's book titled Lawyers quotes Ted: 'But from the
time I started reading Erle Stanley Gardner as a kid, around
grade seven, I wanted to be a courtroom lawyer.'
HOWELL won a
public speaking award in high school, and an essay he wrote about
Canada's role in the United Nations took him on an all-expenses-paid
weekend to Ottawa, where he proudly shook hands with Prime Minister
Louis SSAINTURENT.
HOWELL was a diligent student and he was headed
for law.
"Ted HOWELL is, in almost every respect, a perfect servant of
the Crown. He is an admirably correct man. There is no stuffiness
in his make-up but he sends out the message that he values propriety
and turns off at bad manners. He conducts himself according to
such old verities."
Visiting a summer camp, Ted met the woman who was to become his
wife and soul-mate for 40 special years. Ted and Theresa
(TIFF)
were married in 1963. This was Ted's greatest project and he
is the proud father of Thomas (and his wife
Andrea
METRICK) and
Michael.
Ted was the grandfather of Ashley
HOWELL.
Ted HOWELL's many legal accomplishments and Friendships over
40 years embraced eminent legal associates and Friends as well
as Goderich pals. He was a proud Goderich character. He was a
long-time resident of Scarborough, Ontario, as well as his family's
cottage and country home in Omemee, Ontario
Ted is missed and remembered.
Frank GARDINER is a one-time Sunday school pupil of Ted
HOWELL.
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FOGARTY,
James
Patrick ''Pat'' September 9, 1920 Consort, Alberta
- November 16, 2003 Victoria, British Columbia
Died peacefully at Sandringham Hospital after a long struggle
with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He was predeceased by eldest
son, John (1953 - 1973) and by siblings, Arthur, Margaret Dulsrud
HOWELL and Edna
KOVACH.
Pat is survived by his wife, Helen, sons
Richard and David and daughter Claire and two sisters, Florence
MURRAY
(Edmonton) and Joyce
SPENCER (Lethbridge) and by nieces
and nephews and their families. In 1940, Pat joined the Royal
Canadian Air Force becoming an aero-engine mechanic and later
a flight engineer seconded to the Royal Air Force Transport Command.
After World War 2, received his M.S.W. from University of British
Columbia. He worked at various social agencies in Vancouver before
becoming a director in the Saskatchewan Dept. of Welfare until
1966. He completed his career in the federal Department of the
Environment. A memorial service will be held at 2: 00 p.m. Wednesday,
November 26 at St. Aidan's United Church Victoria, British Columbia.
Memorial Society of Vancouver Island.
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HOWELL,
Marian
February 7, 1921 - December 20, 2003.
Passed away peacefully in her sleep, after a short battle with
cancer at the age of 82. Wife of William
HOWELL and loving mother
of Philip and Brian (predeceased). She adored her grand_sons Gregory,
James and Thomas and they will miss her very much. Marian will
be fondly remembered by her daughters-in-law Margaret, Marya,
and Karen. Her last weeks were filled with memories and laughter
and she died at peace. The family would like to thank Dr.
HORVATH
and the Palliative Care Unit at Sunnybrook for their care and
kindness. Private cremation and memorial. It was Marian's wish
that memorial donations be made to the Hospital for Sick Children.
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BARR,
Robert
Matthew
(October 15, 1918 - May 23, 2003)
Bob died peacefully at the Southlake Regional Health Centre on
May 23, 2003, surrounded by his family. Predeceased by his loving
wife of over 50 years, Christine Philp
BARR; he will be lovingly
remembered and missed by his five children and their spouses:
Brian (and Joan)
BARR of Toronto, Janice
FOX (and Bill
HOWLETT)
of Toronto, Brenda
TOOMBS-
ERNST (and Bob
ERNST) of Newmarket,
Colleen McCONNELL (and Sam
FUNK) of Pt. St. Lucie, Florida, and
Robert (and Dawn
SIMKIN)
BARR of Barrie. Treasured by his grandchildren:
Patty (and Graham)
ASCOUGH of Brisbane, Australia, Michael (and
Andra) BARR of Toronto, Jeffrey
FOX of Toronto, James
FOX of
Toronto, Matthew (and Brandy)
McCONNELL of Pt. St. Lucie, Florida,
Christine McCONNELL of Tennessee, Darcy
TOOMBS of Newmarket.
Beloved great-grandfather of Jonathon and Andrew
ASCOUGH of Australia,
Kristopher and Meghan
BARR of Toronto. Bob's wide ranging interests
were pursued with larger than life passion; baseball, music,
parties, horse racing, golf, cars, boating, bridge, gambling
and travel. His entrepreneurial business career spanned 50 years
and was equally successful and prolific: tool and die making,
furnaces, foundries, golf courses, coal mines, oil wells and
fitness clubs. He was the epitome of the song ''My Way''. Friends
may call at the Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main Street
South, Newmarket, on Monday, May 26 from 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Service
will be held in the chapel on Tuesday, May 27th at 2: 30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Southlake Regional Health
Centre Foundation, Newmarket, Ontario, would be appreciated.
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