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LAIDLAW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-14 published
LEPOIDEVIN,
Shirley
Died peacefully and bravely at home on Thursday, March 13, 2003.
Predeceased by her parents, Dr. Jim and Jean
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT of Quebec
City.
Shirley was so glad that her two six week old grandchildren,
Lucy and Alex, with Teresa and David, were able to come to Collingwood
from Vancouver to be with her. The twins are an absolute delight.
Shirley was also able to celebrate her 40th Wedding Anniversary
with Tom and Mark, along with sister Ann and Jack
LAIDLAW.
Ann and Jack as well as nieces Kate and Meg gave so much love
and support throughout Shirley's ordeal. It is greatly appreciated.
The numerous cards, letters, emails, phone calls, food, flowers
etc. that Shirley received were constant reminders of all her
loving Friends. Many remembered what an important role she played
in their lives. Shirley new that she had an army of angels looking
out for her over the past four months. She never stopped caring
for others and wanting to help them in any way she could.
Shirley accomplished a lot in her lifetime. Very early in her
adult life she travelled by herself around the world. She returned
to nursing, met Tom, sailed off to England, raised two wonderful
sons, went back to school to get her BscN, and then was a very
caring Homecare Co-ordinator, first at Sunnybrook, then in North
York.
In retirement, she loved life in Collingwood with many new Friends,
playing bridge, golfing, skiing, hiking, biking the list of activities
goes on and on.
Shirley, you were so strong. You will be greatly missed but we
all have incredible memories from a life so full of terrific
events, like hiking on the northern shore of Lake Superior.
There are many people to thank but particular recognition has
to be given to the Community Care Access Centre in Simcoe County,
Hospice in Collingwood, the doctors and nurses in the Cancer
Wing at Sunnybrook, Dr.
MORAN and a special, big thanks to Gil
and Angela.
A memorial service and reception will be held at the Presbyterian
Church, at the corner of Third and Maple Streets in Collingwood,
at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 21.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests a donation to Hospice
Georgian Triangle, 49 Raglan Street, Collingwood L9Y 4X1.
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LAIDLAW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-31 published
LAIDLAW,
Vibeke
I have lost my Danish treasure of 58 years to an awful disease.
Vips (for Very Important Persons) actually died at year-end and
has lived in a virtual hell of discomfort and pain until this
week when her life ended in the Palliative unit of Parkwood Hospital
in London.
She was my loving wife, soul-mate, house manager and garden architect,
advisor, companion, often a sensible crutch and most of all matriarch
mother. And oh how clever, perceptive and insightful she was!
Our children and theirs, adored her. Christian and Jane in Copenhagen
and their Vibe and Johan; Lillemor also in Denmark and her Anders
and Maja; Peter and Sharon (deceased) and Hanna and Ulla of Toronto.
Her brother Carl Johan
PROBST and Inger too. They live in Copenhagen.
Her wonderful young sister, Bitten, died earlier. Vips' mother,
Astrid, was a fiery Norwegian and her father, Ivan - a kind and
gentle Dane. We met on VE-Day 1945. She leaves nieces, nephews
and Friends on two continents, many in the broadcasting, newspaper
and photographic fields.
Vibeke definitely did not like funerals. So there is not one.
I hope you will remember her from her more vibrant times. That
memory is, I'm sure, what she would like of you now.
If you knew her, be it as Vibeke or Vips, I'm sure you too have
lost a special person in your lives. A public thanks to the kind
people of the Cancer Clinic and especially those most special
Palliative
Care nurses led by Dr. John
SWIFT.
Ron, July 30.
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LAIDLEY o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-02-19 published
LAIDLEY--
In loving memory of a dear mother and grandmother, Bev. August 29, 1932 to February 20, 1983.
No farewell was spoken
No time to say good-bye
Our memories we treasure
20 years later we still cry.
-Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by the Laidley family.
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LAIDLEY o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-02-19 published
LAIDLEY
-In loving memory of a dear sister, sister-in-law and aunt
who passed away February 20, 1983. We miss you Bev.
As we silently mark this day, treasured memories of you are held deep within our hearts.
-Always remembered by Joan, Joe and family.
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LAIDLEY o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-05-14 published
LAIDLEY--In loving memory of a dear husband, father, grandfather and
great grandfather, George, who passed away May 18, 1998.
Never more than a thought away,
Quietly remembered every day.
No need for words except to say,
Loved and still missed every day.
--Lovingly remembered by Cay, Bruce, Carmen, Brian and Jonathan.
Tom, Gail, Christopher, Crystal, Steven and Ryan. Steve, Cindy and
Ethan.
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LAIDLEY o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-08-06 published
Hawley CRESS
In loving memory of Hawley
CRESS who passed away peacefully at
Manitoulin Health Centre on Friday, August 1, 2003 at the age of 82 years.
Predeceased by dear wife
Elsie (née
PEARSON.)
Loving father
of Larry and wife Roberta of Tehkummah, Jack and friend Julie of
Mindemoya, Danny and wife Anita of Mindemoya, Beryl and husband Shane
LAIDLEY of Little Current, Patsy and husband Mervin
GILCHRIST of
Mindemoya. Cherished grandfather of Brent and wife Pam, Jeff and
wife Heather, Trevor and wife Lynn, Luke, Philippe, Michael, Melonie
and friend James, Meghan, Matthew. Great grandfather of Zack, Jade,
Paige, Haley, Jordan, Damion and Desaree. Remembered by brother
Norman and wife Carrie and sisters-in-law Elva, Ann, Nelda and
Jessie. Predeceased by brothers Harvey, Paul, William, Goldie,
Cecil, Roy and sisters Nelda and Crystal. Graveside funeral service
was held on Monday, August 4, 2003 in Hilly Grove Cemetery.
Arrangements in care of Island Funeral Home.
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LAILEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-09-27 published
GAMMON,
Elizabeth
Catherine
Died quietly at Beechwood Court in Mississauga, on Thursday,
September 25th, 2003 at the age of 88. Beloved wife of the late
Richard ''Dick''
GAMMON.
Loving mother of Ted and his wife
Mary
Alice, Nancy and Susan and her husband John
McDONALD. Dear grandmother
of Michael and David
RYAN.
Sister of the late William
WOODLEY
and Barbara
LAILEY.
Sister-in-law of Betty
WOODLEY and Joseph
LAILEY.
Fondly remembered by Geoff
BEYER, Doris
PATTERSON, her
niece Alison and nephews Lawrence, Bill and Brian. Friends may
call at the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas Street
West, Etobicoke (between Islington and Kipling Avenues), from
1-4 p.m. on Sunday. Funeral Service will be held at St. Matthew's
Anglican Church, 3962 Bloor Street West, Etobicoke, on Monday,
September 29, 2003 at 2 o'clock. Cremation.
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LAINEVOOL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-26 published
CLOSE,
Mary
Mills
Donald
Died peacefully, in her 95th year, in Markham, Ontario, on Sunday,
March 23rd, 2003, the beloved wife of the late Edward Robinson
CLOSE.
She is greatly missed by her son Allan and his wife
Sandra,
her son Donald and his wife Clare, and daughter Johanna and her
husband Bert
SPENCER.
She is survived and missed by her adoring
grandchildren Erin and Grant
SPENCER,
Alexandrina
CLOSE and her
husband Ravo
LAINEVOOL,
Andrew
CLOSE and his companion Kristina
SMITH, Sarah
WRIGHT, Nathalie
GLEESON, Paula
HUDSON; and her
sister Alexandrina (Mrs. P. B. F.
SMITH) of Halifax. Mary was
the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
DONALD of Hamilton
and Burlington, sister of the late Mrs. W. E.
BOAKE
(Ivadell,)
the late Mrs. Paul
FARREN
(Jane,) and the late George E.
DONALD.
A family service will be conducted at the graveside, Woodland
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario on March 28th, 2003 at 2: 30 p.m.
As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Canadian charity
of your choice would be appreciated by the family.
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LAING o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-30 published
Melva MANCHEE
By Janice MANCHEE, page A16
Wife, mother, folk music supporter, fundraiser. Born January
15, 1921, in Montreal. Died May 15 in Ottawa, of cancer, aged
Melva MANCHEE had a wonderful, wry sense of humour. Even as cancer
wore her away, she invited the neighbourhood children to move
in if their parents bothered them too much. When her doctor visited,
she'd warn him to stay healthy for his most important patient
and she never forgot to remind her children that the cat inherited
everything on her death. She had the eyes of a thinker, but then
there was that quirky, humorous mouth.
Melva was born in Montreal. Early pictures show her on her toes
pirouetting across the lawn, and in cross-country skiing gear
boldly setting out across Montreal parkland. When Melva was 14,
her family moved to Toronto, where her father, Joe
LAING became
plant manager for Canada Malting Co. She left behind two large,
extended families for life in a strange city, with only her younger
brother for company. In Toronto, Melva entered Havergal College,
a private girls' school, as a day student.
During her Havergal years, Melva began to date Eric
MANCHEE.
They continued dating while she attended Trinity College at University
of Toronto, where she specialized in household sciences. The
Second World War only temporarily delayed their marriage until
1945. The couple's first two children, Rod and Ellen, were born
in Toronto and the small family moved west to Edmonton where
Eric took a job with the oil industry. A third child, Janice,
was born shortly after the move.
Melva was not a big fan of either the West or the oil industry
he said the wind was always blowing out there, but it was the
Americanization of the West by the oil industry that really upset
her. And she didn't hesitate to let her views be known.
The couple became involved in the small folk music community
in Edmonton and played host to Peggy
SEEGER,
Pete's sister and
the woman for whom the song Black is the Colour of My True Love's
Hair was written. This interest in folk music and concern for
Canadian culture was not particularly popular in Alberta and
Melva was happy when Eric took a job with the federal government
in Ottawa in the early 1960s.
This began as a period of relative tranquility for Melva, but
the late 1960s changed all that. Melva patiently and lovingly
supported her children as they protested for peace and against
war; her daughters became "liberated women" and generally pushed
the envelope, as baby boomers then did.
Melva's concern for the children of the sixties went beyond her
own. At that time, medical institutions, in particular hospitals,
were not providing sensitive or supportive care for young people
experimenting with street drugs. As a result, young people organized
to assist each other with medical problems and one of their initiatives
in Ottawa was to set up a street clinic. Melva worked on findraising
and providing nutritional information and resources to street
kids through the diet dispensary project. Since that begining,
the clinic has developed into Ottawa's Centretown Community Health
Centre, a large, forward-thinking and well-respected community
health service.
Melva loved words. She was one of those rare non-visual crossword
players. She could sit back in her chair, close her eyes, hear
the clue and the space configuration and simply give you the
answer. She was an avid reader and collector of Canadian fiction.
Robertson Davies and Timothy Pindlay were two of her favourite
authors.
When Melva was told she had terminal cancer, she gathered and
considered all the information. Then she made her decision: let
nature take its course. But while nature was doing its thing,
she did hers. She toured Ottawa's museums and art galleries one
more time and waited for the spring flowers. In April, they came.
Janice MANCHEE is Melva's daughter.
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MacPHERSON,
Harvey
Alexander
Died October 16th at Saint Mary's Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario.
Harvey celebrated his 90th birthday earlier this year at The
Village of Winston Park where he was a resident. Born on March
2, 1913 in Macton, Ontario to John and Elsie (née
REAMAN)
MacPHERSON,
Harvey was the eldest of three children. His brothers Ron and
Grant predeceased him. In the 1930's Harvey learned to fly, and
after a stint of bush pilot work in northern Ontario with Algoma
Airways, became the chief flying instructor with the Kitchener
Waterloo Airport. When war broke out, the Kitchener Waterloo
Airport was contracted to open a flight training school in Goderich
for the Empire Flight Training Program. In 1940, Harvey went
to Goderich as Chief Flying Instructor and trained hundreds of
pilots for the Commonwealth. Before leaving, Harvey married Elizabeth
Jean Gartshore
LAING, the daughter of Reverend A.A. and Marion
LAING.
Harvey met Elizabeth when her father was the minister at Linwood
United Church where he attended. During the war, Harvey joined
the Royal Canadian Air Force. At war's end he took a job with
Dominion Rubber (now Uniroyal) in Kitchener. In 1958, Harvey
took over the operation of Caya Fabrics Ltd. and later became
its sole owner. He managed the business until the early 1990's
when he retired. Harvey, Elizabeth (Betty) and their family were
active members of Trinity United Church in Kitchener for many
years. Betty passed away in 1975 after a long battle with Amyotrophic
Lateral
Sclerosis.
Harvey is survived by his children; Doug
MacPHERSON
(wife Kathy
MacPHERSON,)
Barbara
BUTLER (husband Bob,) and Bruce
MacPHERSON (wife
Catherine
SCHULER,) and four grandchildren Jason
and Brett BUTLER and Matthew and John
MacPHERSON, all of Toronto.
He is survived also by his friend and companion, Jean
CAYA.
The
funeral service will be held at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home
at 621 King Street West, Kitchener on Saturday, October 18, 2003
at 2: 30 p.m. Visitation will be at the funeral home prior to
the service starting at 1: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donation
in memory of Harvey to your favourite charity would be appreciated.
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