RITCHEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-04 published
MARTIN,
Anne
V. (née
KEMP)
On Saturday, March 1, 2003 at home peacefully of cancer surrounded
by her loving family in her 67th year. Tended with skill by her
loving sister Sheila
RITCHEY, husband Dr. Ronald
MARTIN and daughter
Susan KENT who never left her side in the closing days. Also
by her side sons David and Stephen and Russ
KENT whose help was
so much appreciated. She will be sadly missed by five grandchildren,
four nieces, Colleen
MARTIN and many Friends and acquaintances.
The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home
- A. W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton
Avenue East), from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5th.
Service in the chapel Thursday, March 6th at one o'clock. Interment
of cremated remains Saint John's Norway Cemetery. In memory of
Anne, donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada,
250 Bloor Street East, Suite 1000, Toronto, M4W 3P9 would be
appreciated.
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RITCHIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-22 published
Died
This
Day -- Al
RITCHIE, 1966
Saturday, February 22, 2003 - Page F11
Athlete and coach born in Ontario on December 12, 1890; moved
to Regina with family before First World War; excelled at baseball
and lacrosse; coached Regina Pats hockey team to Memorial Cup
titles in 1925, 1928 and 1930; coached the Regina Pats football
team to western Canadian titles in 1925-28; only person to have
won national championships in both sports; credited with naming
the Saskatchewan Roughriders; coached club to consecutive Grey
Cup finals in 1929-32; hockey scout for the New York Rangers
for 30 years.
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RITCHIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-05 published
BLOCK,
Matthew
Alexander
Tragically died of injuries sustained when struck by a car on
Hallowe'en evening. Matthew passed away peacefully with his family
by his side at the McMaster Medical Centre on Saturday, November
1, 2003. He was 12 years old.
Matthew BLOCK
(Cambridge,
Ontario) is the cherished
son of Kelly
(née FLOOD) and Robert
BROOK, dear brother of Stephen, Kevin,
Andrew, Caitlin and Jenny, friend of Brent, and precious grand_son
of Ellen and Denis
CASE,
Dennis and Patricia
FLOOD, Stanley and
Evelyn BROOK. He will also be sadly missed by his great aunts
and uncles.
Loved nephew of Sheryl
FLOOD and Douglas
RITCHIE,
Christopher
CASE,
Leslie (née
CASE) and Rodney
GIEBLER, Debbie and Jerry
and Dave and Denise; and cousins Nicole and Alexander. Special
friend of Keith, Lena, Zeo and Matthew
BENNETT;
Ted and Joe
GIBBONS
Doreen BROWN and Lloyd
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART; and all of his many Friends and
their families.
Matthew was a student at St. Joseph's School in Cambridge, and
he enjoyed playing left wing with Hespler Minor Hockey. Matthew
was also an aspiring chef who shared his passion for cooking
with all who knew him.
We wish to thank all those who have given us their love and support,
and we offer our heartfelt gratitude to the staff at Cambridge
Memorial Hospital, McMaster Medical Centre, and specifically
Dr. Holly SMITH,
Nancy
FRAM, and Chaplin Steve. We were comforted
to know that Matthew gave the gift of life to seven families
through organ donation.
Our dear Matthew will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
It was a great joy and honour to have shared 12 years with him.
Friends will be received on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6: 00-9:00
p.m. at Littles Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 223 Main Street
East, Cambridge www.funeralscanada.com Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated at St. Clements R.C. Church, 745 Duke Street,
Cambridge on Thursday, November 6th at 10: 00 a.m. Cremation to
follow. In memory of Matthew, donations would be appreciated
to ''Kids Can Play'' and to the school that he loved, St. Joseph's
in Preston, for any educational needs.
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RITTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-10 published
Allan QUINN
By Bev QUINN and Arch
RITTER,
Monday,
November 10, 2003 - Page
A16
Veteran, Mason, jeweller, piper. Born November 27, 1916, in Ottawa.
Died March 3 in Ottawa, of stomach cancer, aged 86.
One might have thought that Allan was born with bagpipes in his
hands. Instead, he started taking chanter lessons from his uncle,
Alex McBAIN, at 6, moved up to the pipes at 8, and by the age
of 11, won a gold medal for piping in Banff, Alberta.
Allan's father, George, was born in China but became a restaurateur,
first in Montreal, and then in Ottawa. Here he met Margaret Helen,
from Moose Creek, Ontario They had six sons and one daughter.
All the children worked in the St. James Café, George's fish-and-chip
shop in Ottawa. As a boy, Allan also delivered candy by wagon
for Short's Candy Store, worked as paper boy for the Ottawa Citizen,
delivered for a drug store, and worked in a radiator shop and
garage.
In 1931, Allan joined the Ottawa Highlanders (later the Cameron
Highlanders) as a piper. He went on active duty in 1939 when
the "Camerons" were mobilized, then moved to Camp Borden; later
to Iceland and Scotland in 1941. From 1943 to 1944, he studied
piping at Edinburgh Castle with the renowned Pipe Major Willie
ROSS. He was posted in England until D-Day when he went to France,
Belgium and Germany. He was released from the army in 1945.
Allan met his first wife, Sophia, in a social club the troops
would frequent in Edinburgh while on leave. They were married
in 1944 and she came to Canada as a war bride. Allan and Sophia
had four children, George, Allan, Margaret and Heather, and eight
grandchildren, one of whom predeceased him. Sophia passed away
in 1986 from breast cancer.
Allan entered watch-making coincidentally, when a fellow soldier
threw his broken Timex against the Nisson hut wall. Allan picked
it up and repaired it in a day or two. Soon everybody, including
a brigadier general from 3rd Division Headquarters, was bringing
him watches for repair. This led to a watch-making course in
1943 in Brighton, England, courtesy of the military.
Following the war, Allan worked for Jack Snow Jewellers in Ottawa,
then acquired Elgin Jewellers. In 1974, Allan handed Elgin Jewellers
over to his son, Allan, who still operates it.
Allan was an excellent piping instructor, referred to by some
as a "student's teacher." He taught hundreds of students, some
up until one month before he was diagnosed with cancer. He was
an inspiring mentor, a demanding musician, and a good friend.
One of Allan's best students was Bev
FEDORCHUK from Dauphin,
Manitoba They met at a chanter practice with the Sons of Scotland
pipe band in Ottawa in 1991. Bev fell in love with his laugh,
his beautiful smile, his sense of humour and his quality as a
true gentleman. Two years later, they were happily married.
Allan formed two pipe bands, the Sons of Scotland in 1980, and
the Highland Mist Pipe Band in 1993 where he was pipe major until
1995 and music director until 2000. In 1996, Allan won the "Over
50" Champion Supreme award in the Ontario Highland Games circuit
in "Open Solo" piping -- in the same event (march, strathspey
and reel) he had won some 60 years earlier.
During his last hospital stay, on New Year's Day, 2003, Allan
was visited by three Cameron pipers who gave him a "levee" since
he was the oldest living Cameron. It was during this period in
hospital that Allan remarked that his biggest regret was that
people don't realize the sacrifices that he and his fellow soldiers
made for them in the Second World War.
Lest we forget.
Bev is Allan's wife, best friend and piping student; Arch his
student and friend.
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