NÚÑEZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-06 published
NÚÑEZ,
Ann
Matthews (née
MATTHEWS)
Ann Matthews
NÚÑEZ passed away unexpectedly on October 2, 2003.
Ann was born in Torrance, California on May 20, 1948. Her parents
were Robert Emmet (Bobby)
MATTHEWS and Margaret Ann (Peggy)
VINCENT.
Her older sister, Kitty
SALINAS, lives in San Marino, California,
and her older brother Bo
MATTHEWS lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
The family lived together in Hermosa Beach, California. Her father,
Bobby MATTHEWS, died in 1951. In 1956, Peggy Matthews married
Donald O'NEIL.
Ann's dear step-father brought them four new brothers
and a sister (Tom, Mike, Steve, Jack, Molly
O'NEIL.)
Ann attended the University of California at Berkeley. She graduated
from Cal in 1969 and shortly after, she married José
NÚÑEZ de
las Cuevas of La Coruña, Spain. She and José and their growing
family lived in Tiburon, California; in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
in the province of Orense in the region of Galicia in Spain,
and finally in Toronto. They have five children: Lucia, Mauro,
Martin, Pilar, and Alvar. The
NÚÑEZ children have all graduated
or are presently attending Canadian universities. The entire
family are contributing members of the community. Like their
mother, they are devoted to their adopted country of Canada.
Ann graduated from the University of Toronto Law School in 1993.
She practiced law since then and, recently, she served as Vice-Chair
on the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board. She was on
the Spanish-Canadian Chamber of Commerce. And she taught mediation
at York University Law School.
Ann leaves behind her dear children; her mother; her brothers
and sisters; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law; many beloved
MATTHEWS and
O'NEIL cousins, nieces and nephews; and her many
wonderful and loving Friends in Toronto.
A Memorial Mass will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
(St. Clair and Mt. Pleasant), on Monday, October 6, 2003, at
7: 00 p.m.
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