POOLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-11 published
Heather PAREKH
By Navin PAREKH, Nisha
STOPARCZYK, Shaan
PAREKH and Neil
PAREKH
Friday, April 11, 2003 - Page A20
Heather PAREKH
Wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, devout Christian.
Born June 5, 1943, in Toronto. Died January 24, 2003, in Ottawa,
of ovarian cancer, aged 59.
Boxing Day!
Heather gathered us -- her husband Navin, daughter Nisha and
sons Shaan and Neil -- around the kitchen table in our home in
Ottawa. We knew what this surreal meeting was about. Because
we had great difficulty talking, Heather began. She told us her
plan for her last rites.
With tears in our eyes and heavy hearts, we listened as she told
us that she did not want a wake nor a "funeral." She wanted a
celebration of her life. Holding our hands, she spoke in a steady
voice, telling us what songs and prayers would be sung, what
readings and prayers spoken.
She asked us to let tears come, but reminded us, "Life must go
on." Four weeks before she died, Heather was performing her most
important duty as a wife and a mother: preparing her family to
accept her death and our lives afterwards.
At Heather's celebration, Father Bob
POOLE began his tribute
by describing Heather as a "human magnet." Indeed, people from
all walks of life were attracted to her -- from ardent bridge
players and her Indian in-laws, to a developmentally disabled
young man who had become a close friend.
Born in Toronto, Heather was the second child of Lucy and William
NOBLE. It was a family of teachers. Father was the principal
of Lawrence Park Collegiate. Her brother William became a professor
of anthropology at McMaster University; her sister Nancy teaches
public school.
We met at the University of Toronto's International Student Centre,
where she was studying English. I was born and raised in India
and had immigrated to Canada in 1965. We were married in 1966
after Heather graduated, and lived in Toronto until 1969, before
moving to Ottawa.
Heather gave 100 per cent to whatever she did, including reconciling
our cultural differences. She not only learned Gujarati (when
she wanted yogurt she would always use the Gujarati term "dahin")
she could also write it, well enough to send long letters to
my mother.
When my father, Kaka, fell ill, she cared for him (he told me
he she was like his mother). Together we visited India four times.
Although Heather was born Protestant, I sensed that she was seeking
something. She found it when she converted to the Catholic faith
in the mid-1980s. As with everything else she did, she immersed
herself fully in all aspects of her faith and her church community,
whether in leading singsongs, or prayers, or volunteering for
distributing clothing and food to the needy, or cooking for social
gatherings, or lending an empathetic ear to someone in distress.
After the children were grown, she worked as a sales representative
for Ottawa magazine. She always had oomph, joie de vivre. At
Halloween parties, even her best Friends did a double take when,
clad in a white sari, Heather would bow her head and bring her
hands together to greet them as Mother Teresa.
After we took a holiday in Italy, she transformed the dining
room into a Tuscan restaurant complete with a sign, "Trattoria
di PAREKH," red, green and white streamers, and a hand-written
menu in Italian.
In January, 2000, Heather was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
With a strong faith, she braved the disease for three years.
When the doctor told her that the end was near, she accepted
the prognosis courageously and lovingly.
Navin is Heather's husband, Nisha is her daughter and Shaan and
Neil are her sons.
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POOLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-15 published
LOVE,
G.
Donald, of Toronto, Ontario and Naples, Florida died
peacefully Monday evening at his home in Naples. A self-made
entrepreneur and visionary, Mr.
LOVE was the founder and retired
Chairman of the Board of Oxford Properties Group, Inc., one of
the foremost real estate development firms in North America.
Mr. LOVE had a major impact on real estate development through
a vast array of significant projects in major urban centers.
He made a permanent and positive mark on cities across North
America. Mr.
LOVE was born on August 6th, 1927 in Calgary, Alberta,
the youngest of six children of Anah Mary and James Edward
LOVE.
He was educated at local schools in Calgary and later at the
Shawnigan Lake School of Victoria, British Columbia. He graduated
from McGill University in Montreal in 1950 with a degree in engineering
Mr. LOVE's business career began as a trainee with the Ford Motor
Company before opening the Dominion Securities Office in Edmonton
as a stock broker. One of Mr.
LOVE's best attributes was his
mastery of the 'art of the deal'. In response to an opportunity
to build a medical building, the idea of Oxford was conceived.
Together with partners John and George
POOLE,
Oxford
Development
was born. Following the young company's series of successful
projects, Mr.
LOVE began the journey of building Oxford into
one of the foremost real estate development and management companies
in North America. Some of the crowning achievements of this company
include Citicorp Plaza in Los Angeles, Canterra Tower in Calgary
and the Minneapolis City Center. Mr.
LOVE was a long time member
of the board of Pan Canadian Petroleum and later a founding member
of the board of directors of NeuroScience Canada Partnership/Foundation.
He also founded Philbrook Development Inc., developers of Charleston
Square in Naples. Mr.
LOVE, a devoted husband, father and grandfather
will live on in the hearts and minds of those he touched. His
legacy is a life of passion, fun, excitement, and he will be
remembered well for his wonderful sense of humor. He was a man
whose honesty loyalty and integrity was legendary among his Friends
and business colleagues. In addition to his many talents, Mr.
LOVE had a unique ability to find young people of potential and
mentor them in the development business. Mr.
LOVE is survived
by his wife
Penny
Lupton
LOVE; his daughter and son-in-law Dr
Katherine LOVE and Andrew
DUNCANSON of Minneapolis, Minnesota
his sons and daughters-in-law Don and Teri
LOVE of Malibu, California,
Jon and Nancy
LOVE of Toronto, Ontario, Jeff and Gloria
LOVE
of Central, South Carolina; his daughters and sons-in-law Courtney
and Chad N.
OTT of Naples, Florida and Victoria and John L.
WOLF
of Wellesley, Massachusetts. He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren,
Caitlin, Noble, Kelli, Tristin, Tyler, Christie, Jason, Jack,
Nicholas, Preston, Alexander and Christopher. He is also survived
by his sisters-in-law Mrs. Ernest
LOVE and Mrs. Jack
LOVE of
Calgary,
Alberta.
Mr.
LOVE was preceded in death by his first
wife Marilyn Ruth Duff
LOVE. Memorial services will be held in
Toronto, Ontario and Naples, Florida. On Sunday October 19th
at 1: 30 p.m. at Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd in
Toronto, Ontario and
on Saturday November 8th at 11: 00 a.m. at
Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church in Naples, Florida. Memorial
donations may be made in his memory to Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal
Church Naples, Florida or McGill University Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
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POOLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-15 published
Two charged after man dies in shooting
By Erin POOLEY,
Saturday,
November 15, 2003 - Page A16
Toronto police have charged two men, 17 and 22, with second-degree
murder in the death of a Brampton man outside a Scarborough townhouse
on Thursday.
Police were called to 110 Empringham Dr. around 2: 30 p.m., after
gunshots were heard. Andred
EDWARDS, 24, was pronounced dead
at the scene by paramedics.
Charged is Kalito
SMITH, 22, of Toronto, and a 17-year-old.
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POORTEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-10 published
STONEMAN,
Douglas
Wright, D.D.S., F.R.C.D. (C.) Professor Emeritus
U. of T. Faculty of Dentistry, former Captain Royal Canadian
Air Force Dental Corps ''The Rainbow Squadron''
Died suddenly on November 7, 2003 in his 82nd year at Sunnybrook
Hospital surrounded by family. Survived and never to be forgotten
by his beloved wife Lucy of 57 years, sons Bill, Rick, John,
daughter-in-law Jane and grandchildren Pete, Katie and Courtney.
Doug's long and remarkable life was made all the richer by family,
Friends, patients and colleagues. Private family arrangements.
Special thanks to Doctors
PANG and
CHAPMAN and the nurses in The
Schulich Cardiac Centre for their skill, expertise and most of
all compassion. The family would also like to make special mention
of Emergency Medical Services paramedics Ryan
VAN
POORTEN and
Rod SHORTT who like Doug always knew the right thing to do and
then did it. A life truly well lived.
Donations in Doug's memory can be made to The Schulich Heart
Centre, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
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