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LUCAS,
Muriel
May (née
ROSS)
Died peacefully, at her home in Toronto, on Wednesday, February
12, 2003, in her 97th year. She was born in Brighton, Ontario
on December 15, 1906. The
ROSS family were early settlers from
Ireland in the Brighton region. Muriel's parents were Robert
James ROSS and Elva
WAITE.
Elva
WAITE's parents, Sarah Jane and
William WAITE, were of United Empire Loyalist background and
owned a farm between Brighton and Colborne. Muriel was a Registered
Nurse and graduated from The Wellesley Hospital. During World
War 2, she volunteered for the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic and
nursing assignments at The Wellesley Hospital to free up nurses
for war duty. Muriel devoted much of her time and energy to her
church, Deer Park United. Her many years of service included
being president of the United Church Women. She was a longtime
member of the Philanthropic Educational Opportunity and continued
to attend meetings into her last year. Her service to her community
also included Board membership of Saint Christopher House and
the Toronto Children's Aid Society. Muriel enjoyed spending every
summer with family and Friends at her cottage on Lake Scugog.
She was the loving wife of J.D.
LUCAS, former Solicitor for the
County of York, who predeceased her in 1986. Her love was endless
for her daughters Jane
GORDON, who predeceased her in October
2002, and her husband Ian of Burlington, Ontario, Carol
BOTTERELL
and her husband Frank of Claremont, California, her grandchildren
Bruce GORDON, who predeceased her in December 2002, Sarah
LEIKKARI
and her husband Rick of Ottawa, Douglas
BOTTERELL and his wife
Audra, and Kate
BOTTERELL, all of California, and great-grand_son
Ian LEIKKARI of Ottawa. Funeral Services will be held at Deer
Park United Church, 129 St. Clair Avenue West, on Tuesday, February
18th at 2: 30 p.m. If desired, donations in Muriel's memory to
the Canadian Cancer Society, 20 Holly Street, Suite 101, Toronto
M4S 3B1, would be appreciated.
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LUCAS,
Professor
Emeritus
Alec
Died, after a lengthy illness, at Island Lodge in Ottawa, on
May 6th, 2003. He was born in Toronto June 20, 1913, the youngest
child of Bert and Emma
LUCAS, and grew up on a farm near Cobourg.
It was here his love of nature and books was nurtured. Schooling
began at Cook's School, a two-roomed school near Cobourg, where
he later taught while studying for a B.A. and M.A. from Queen's.
He obtained a Ph.D. in English from Harvard in 1951. Wishing
to return to Canada, he accepted an offer from University of
New Brunswick and taught English there until 1957 before going
to McGill where he taught for and wrote for the next 30 years.
After retirement he was made an Emeritus Professor in 1984, and
worked part-time, which included a visiting lectureship in Iqaluit.
He continued to write until he suffered a stroke in December
1995. Alec was an early advocate for the importance of teaching
of Canadian literature and was the founding coordinator of the
Canadian Studies Program, the forerunner of The McGill Institute
for the Study of Canada. He wrote extensively on Canadian literature,
including articles for The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature,
and the Literary History of Canada. He published books on writers
such as Hugh MacLennan, Farley Mowat and Peter MacArthur and
edited several anthologies of short stories including the best
selling Great Canadian Short Stories. His passion for literature
and teaching was matched by his concern for and interest in nature
he was an active conservationist and bequeathed most of his woodland
property at Plaisance, Quebec to the Quebec Society of the Protection
of Birds as a nature reserve. He is predeceased by his parents,
and siblings Eva
FISHER,
Vera
FORSYTH, and Leonard
LUCAS. He
leaves his wife, Sharon; former wives Margaret and Coula; children
George
(Charlotte) of White Rock, Suzanne (Allan)
LANGSFORD of
Kingston, and Edward of Halifax, five grandchildren, several
nieces and nephews including Sylvia (Tom)
MIDDLEBRO'of
Ottawa
and Joan (Dick)
MEYER of Barrie and grandnieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at the Mackay United Church,
39 Dufferin Road, Ottawa, May 16 at 3 p.m. Ashes will be interned
in Cobourg at a later date. If desired, a donation can be made
in his memory to Island Lodge, 1 Porter's Island Ottawa K1N 5M2
or a charity of choice.
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