STOANGI
STOATE
STOBIE
STOCKELBACH
STOCKS
STOECK
STOGRE
STOKES
STONE
STONEMAN
STOPA
STOPARCZYK
STOPPS
STOREY
STORM
STORMS
STORRING
STOS
STOTT
STOVER
STOW
STOANGI o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.collingwood.the_connection 2003-11-14 published
STOANGI,
Albert
Joseph
Retired Business Man Passed away at the General and Marine Hospital,
Collingwood, on Wednesday, November 5th, 2003. Albert J.
STOANGI.
beloved husband of the late Wanda Vera
MIANDRO
(June 4th, 1998,)
In his 82nd year. Dear father of Robert and his wife Alexis of
Wasaga Beach; Raymond and his wife Ellie of Collingwood; Anthony
and his wife Joan of London. Grandfather of Rob, Alysha, Rychelle,
Ryan, Amanda, Ellice, A.J., Jeff and Holly. Brother of Tony,
Willie, John and Theresa of Toronto. Predeceased by one brother
Louis.
Visitation was held at the Watts Funeral Home and Cremation Centre,
132 River Road E., Wasaga Beach on Saturday and Sunday from 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. Mass of the Christian Burial was celebrated by Rev.
Fr. Darrin
CORKUM on Monday November 10th, 2003 at Saint Marys
Roman Catholic Church, (63 Elgin Street, Collingwood) at 1: 00
p.m. Interment Wasaga Beach Cemetery. Donations to the charity
of your choice.
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STOATE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-05 published
BOWER,
John
Stuart
Past President and Chairman of the Board of the W.C. Edwards
Company Ltd., Past President and Director of the Canadian Lumbermen's
Association
Passed away peacefully, at Carleton Lodge, Ottawa, on Sunday,
March 2nd, 2003.
son of the late Dr. Ira
BOWER and the late Eleanor
JOHNSTON.
Beloved husband of Claudette (Ranger). Devoted father to Sara
(Greg McDONALD) and Bob (Anne.) Predeceased by son John (Joanna,)
brother William and sister Mary
STOATE.
Survived by grandchildren Ken, Heather, Andrew, Shawn, Adam and
Alexander, and three great-grandchildren, Jaimee, Sydney and
MacKenzie.
Stu was well known throughout the lumber industry. He served
as Chairman of the Canadian Lumbermen's Association Wholesale
and Export Bureau, and on the Association's Executive Committee
and its Board of Directors. He was a member of the Royal Ottawa
Golf Club for over 40 years.
Friends may visit at Tubman Funeral Homes, 1610 Roger Stevens
Drive, Kars (east of Hwy. 416), on Thursday, March 6th between
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at Manotick United
Church, Main Street, Manotick at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 7th.
Our deep appreciation to the staff of Carleton Lodge, especially
the staff of Nepean Village, for their wonderful care. Their
compassion and their love have helped us all through a difficult
journey.
In lieu of flowers, if you wish, donations to Carleton Lodge,
or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.
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STOBIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-25 published
STOBIE,
Alexander
Malcolm, M.A., M.D. (Oxon,)
DORCOG, born 21
February, 1922 in Oxford, England, died peacefully on 23 February,
2003 at Cobourg, Ontario. Malcolm led a colourful, exciting and
fulfilling life. A graduate of Clifton College, Bristol; St.
Andrew's University, Scotland; and University of Oxford where
he gained a Rugby blue as Captain, and M.A. and M.D. degrees
before and after serving in the Royal Navy, which included command
of a minesweeper in the North Sea, Malcolm and Stephanie emigrated
to Canada in 1957 with their young family, settling in Brantford
where they were involved in amateur theatre and Malcolm played
on the local cricket and rugby teams, inculcating his young sons
in the process. After a short sojourn back in England, in 1962,
Malcolm and his family returned to Canada, settling in the Colborne/Cobourg
area. While in Colborne, Malcolm helped found the village rugby
team, cleared a barren field for a pitch, and proceeded to welcome
rugby teams from around the province, who all enjoyed great games
and great times at the family house. Malcolm's change of medical
practice to Cobourg brought him a new set of Friends and patients
while retaining his Colborne connections. In Cobourg, Malcolm
co-founded the Cobourg Yacht Club and regularly raced his 16
foot Albacore against all comers, with both willing and unwilling
family members as crew. Malcolm was a dynamic, intelligent, and
energizing person; no one felt untouched by his presence. His
family and Friends shall miss him most dearly. His declining
years were spent peacefully at Streamway Villa, Cobourg where
every attention and care was received. Malcolm leaves his children
Anthony, Jonathan, Jane and David, and their partners; grandchildren
Christopher, Patrick, Rebecca, Emily, Elizabeth, Matthew, David
and Margaret; his ex-wife Stephanie and his previously-deceased
wife, Janet. Visitation with Malcom's family will be held on
Friday, February 28, 2003, 2-4 p.m. at the MacCoubrey Funeral
Home, 30 King St. East, Cobourg, Ontario with a private family
service to follow in Aurora. If desired, donations in Malcolm's
memory may be directed to the Northumberland Health Care Foundation.
Condolences to maccoubrey@sympatico.ca
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STOCKELBACH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-08 published
JOHNSON,
Marion
Sellers
Passed away peacefully on March 5, 2003 in Toronto at the age
of 96. Beloved wife of J. Ragnar
JOHNSON, Q.C. (deceased October
15, 1985,) dear mother of Jon R.
JOHNSON and dear mother-in-law
of Patricia C.
JOHNSON, lovingly remembered by grand_sons, Jon
(Karen) and Patrick (Julie)
JOHNSON and dear great-grandmother
of Jon and Lilja
JOHNSON. Dear aunt of Louise Delaware
KRIEGER,
James WALKER,
Douglas
WALKER, Edward
STOCKELBACH and Herbert
SOLEM.
Predeceased by her sisters, Flora, Lois, Alice and Mary.
Gold medalist in Political Science at the University of Manitoba
and member of the Pi Phi Sorority. Graduated in nursing from
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and practised paediatrics at Winnipeg
General Hospital. Active member of Calvin Presbyterian Church
in Toronto and the University Women's Club in Toronto. She dedicated
many years as a volunteer at the Toronto General Hospital, the
Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Opera Company. Marion
had a long and productive life and will be missed by all who
knew her. Visitation will take place at the Morley Bedford Funeral
Home, 159 Eglinton Ave. W., on Monday, March 10, 2003 from 2-4
and 7-9 p.m.. Private Service. In lieu of flowers, please send
donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke
Foundation or to a charity of your choice.
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STOCKS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-08 published
CHANDRAN,
Beverley
Anne
On Friday, March 7, 2003, in her 50th year, Beverley was called
to, once again, be one with the Creator of Creation. She went
with a blazing smile of glory in her soul, while giving her unselfish,
unstoppable gratitude in peace, tranquility, and a twinkle in
her eye. At home in Erin, Ontario with her loved ones. In their
29th year of marriage, ever beloved part of Clarence; eternally
loving mother of sons Justin (23) and his wife Jennifer; Liam
(21) and Keddy (19.) Only daughter of Ambrose and Theresa
CARROLL
and sister of Gary (Marlene), D'Arcy (Pam) and Paul (Harriet).
Only daughter-in-law of Geoff and Lena
CHANDRAN and sister-in-law
of Brinda McLAUGHLIN
(John.)
Permanent thanks to dearest and
giving Friends, old and new. And special thanks to: Dr. Alan
FRIEDMAN and staff, Dr. Henry
FRIEDMAN of Duke University Medical
Center;
Dr.
Stephen
TREMONT and staff of Rex Hospital Cancer Clinic
Dr. Julian
ROSENMAN and staff of University of North Carolina Radiation
Oncology Clinic; Dr. Lew
STOCKS and staff, Dr. Mike
DELISSIO and
staff, Dr. Robert
ALLEN and staff, Dr. Donald
BROWN, all of Raleigh
and Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. Dr. Peter
COLE of Orangeville,
Ontario, and the nursing staff of Robertson and Brown of Kitchener,
Ontario. Visitation and a Celebration of Beverley's life will
take place at her home: #4998, 10th Sideroad of Erin, Ontario
(north of Ballinafad Road, south of 5th Sideroad). Visitation
for family and Friends will be held on Sunday, March 9, 2003,
from 2 pm to 8 pm. On Monday, March 10, 2003, there will be a
private family Funeral Mass, after which, Friends and family
are invited to participate in a Celebration of Beverley's life
from 3 pm. to 8 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully
requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society (P.O.
Box 102454, Atlanta, Georgia 303068-2454) or The Canadian Cancer
Society (Wellington County Unit, 214 Speedvale Avenue, W. Unit
4A, Guelph, Ontario N1H 1C4) Arrangements entrusted to Butcher
Family Funeral Home, 5399 Main Street, South, Erin, Ontario,
Canada. For more information call 519-833-2231.
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STOECK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-07 published
He struck gold at the old Empire games
By Tom HAWTHORN
Special to The Globe and Mail Monday, April 7,
2003 - Page R7
Jim COURTRIGHT, who has died, aged 88, was one of Canada's top
track-and-field athletes, winning a gold medal in the javelin
throw at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney.
Just getting to the meet was a marathon for Mr.
COURTRIGHT, an
engineering student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario
The price of a train ticket to Vancouver beyond his means, he
found work as a prisoner escort, travelling cross-country in
a converted box car while handcuffed to a man facing deportation.
In any event, he found his fare and went on to join the Canadian
team which arrived in Australia on January 15, 1938.
In the javelin throw, Mr.
COURTRIGHT faced formidable competition
in Stanley
LAY of New Zealand and Jack
METCALFE of Australia.
LAY, a sign writer by trade, had been a capable cricketer who
put his arm to great success.
METCALFE was a superb athlete whose
specialty was the triple jump, in which he won a bronze at the
Berlin Olympics in 1936 and gold at the Empire Games in 1938.
In the end, it was the Canadian who prevailed, followed by
LAY
and METCALFE.
Despite his gold medal, Mr.
COURTRIGHT was overshadowed by Eric
COY of Winnipeg, who had won two medals and so was awarded the
Norton H. Crowe Trophy as Canada's outstanding amateur athlete
that year. Mr.
COURTRIGHT also trailed Mr.
COY and sculler Bob
PEARCE in voting for the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top male
athlete, a prize open to amateurs and professionals. Mr.
PEARCE
won the trophy.
Later in 1938, Mr.
COURTRIGHT unleashed a throw of 62.74 metres,
an intercollegiate record at the time that still ranks as the
third longest in Queen's University history. He broke his leg
in an accident at a gold mine in Northern Ontario in the summer
of 1939, yet recovered to play guard for the school's basketball
team the following winter.
James Milton
COURTRIGHT was born in 1914 to a civil engineer
and the daughter of the town sheriff in North Bay, Ontario The
family moved to Ottawa and the boy participated in football and
field events at Glebe Collegiate.
Mr. COURTRIGHT placed third nationally in the javelin in 1934
while still a student at the University of Ottawa. He finished
second the following year behind Mr.
COY.
In 1936, the Ottawa student was the best in the land and attended
the Berlin Olympics that summer. One of 28 competitors in the
javelin, Mr.
COURTRIGHT's best throw of 60.54 metres was too
short to qualify for the final round. He finished 14th in an
event won by Gerhard
STOECK of Germany, whose winning toss of
71.84 metres was inspired by chanting crowds at the Olympic stadium,
among them Adolf Hitler.
The disappointment of his Berlin performance spurred Mr.
COURTRIGHT
to greater success in throwing events. In 1937, he was Canada's
intercollegiate champion in javelin and the shot put.
In July, he travelled to Dallas to compete at a 200-athlete meet
organized as part of the city's Greater Texas and Pan-American
Exposition. Mr.
COURTRIGHT won the gold medal in javelin at the
Cotton Bowl. The success of the meet inspired the organizing
of the first official Pan-American Games fourteen years later.
Mr. COURTRIGHT attended postgraduate classes in engineering at
Queen's, where he did double-duty as star athlete and track coach.
He was also president of the student body in his final year.
After graduation, Mr.
COURTRIGHT joined Shell Canada as a refinery
engineer in Montreal in 1941. As he was promoted he accepted
back-and-forth postings from Montreal to Toronto to Vancouver
to Toronto to Montreal to Toronto, including a stint as a public-relations
co-ordinator.
He became a vice-principal at Queen's in 1970, a job he held
until retirement nine years later.
Mr. COURTRIGHT died on February 21, just days after the 65th
anniversary of his triumph in Sydney. He leaves eight children
and sister Celina
COURTRIGHT of Ottawa. He was predeceased by
his wife, Mary (née Roche), and three brothers.
In 1958, a moving van loaded with the family's possessions caught
fire and burned, destroying many of Mr.
COURTRIGHT's medals and
trophies. A prize rescued from the ashes was the gold medal from
the British Empire Games. It is now in the hands of a grand_son.
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STOGRE o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-06-11 published
Genevieve
Anne▼
Dorothy
McGREGOR
In loving memory of Zigos Genevieve Anne Dorothy
McGREGOR who began
her spiritual journey May 22, 2003 at Saint Peter's Health Care Centre,
Hamilton,
Ontario where she was met by her mother Julia
RECOLLET
McGREGOR and her father William
McGREGOR
Sr., and sisters Agnes,
Helen, Florence, Barbara, Mary Louise, Marion, Susan and Veronica for
their awaited reunion. Left to carry on her memory, love, kindness
and generosity are her brothers Arthur and wife Violet, George,
Murray Sr., and wife
Marion
McGREGOR all of Birch Island, her nephew
Greg and his wife
Linda
McGREGOR of Barrie, and her best friend Betty
CALDWELL of Hamilton. Also, survived by many nieces and nephews,
grand nieces and nephews. Sadly missed by her relatives and Friends
in Birch Island and her neighbours in Hamilton.
Visitation and wake service were held at the Whitefish River First
Nation Community Centre. Funeral Mass was held at Saint Gabriel
Lalemant on Monday May 26, 2003 with Reverend Michael
STOGRE S.J.
officiating. Interment in Birch Island Cemetery.
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STOGRE o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-08-27 published
Helena Viola
{McGREGOR}
TOOLEY
In loving memory of Helena Viola
{McGREGOR}
TOOLEY,
May 7, 1920 to August 13, 2003.
Beloved wife of George Bruce
TOOLEY of Steinbach Manitoba.
Loving mother of Brucette
WATERSON (Doug), Theodore (Betty),
Juanita BROWN (Buster), Andre (Gail). Predeceased by sons
Douglas and James. Loving grandmother of Crystal (Mark), Michael
(Nancy), Jennifer (Paul), Jason, Sonny, Evelyn (Corey), Justin
(Brandy), Jesse (Crystal), Lynette, Shawee, Teri, predeceased by Sean
(Brucette), Bruce (Andre). Great Grandmother of Fern, Miah,
Natashia, Alexandra, Brooklyn, Riley, Cameron, Tristen and Trinity.
Sister of Rose (Harold)
DOOLEY and Geraldine (Carl)
ZIEGLER of Little
Current, Oscar
McGREGOR,
Godfrey
(Ann▲) and Jean-Mary Jane (Lawrence)
ANDREWS of Birch Island. Predeceased by parents Dave and Louise
McGREGOR, Theresa, Blanche, Theodore, Gordon (Rebecca), and Evelyn.
Sister-in-law of Roy (Bernice), Jim (Betty), Fred (Dianne) and Velma
(predeceased). Special Aunt to many nieces and nephews. Visitation
was held on Sunday, August 17, 2003 at the Birch Island Community
Centre. Funeral service was held on August 19, 2003 at St. Gabriel
Lalement Roman Catholic Church. Interment in Birch Island Cemetery,
Birch
Island,
Ontario. Reverend Michael
STOGRE officiating.
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STOKES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-12 published
Moms always liked him best
The Happy Gang's popular lead singer had a good reason for saying
hello to his mom whenever the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
radio classic was on air
By James McCREADY
Special to The Globe and Mail Saturday, July
12, 2003 - Page F10
The double knock on the door occurred every afternoon at 1.
"Who's there?"
"It's the Happy Gang."
"Well, come on in!"
Then Eddie
ALLEN,
Bert
PEARL, Bobby
GIMBY and the rest of the
cast of Canada's most popular radio program would break into
"Keep happy with the Happy Gang."
Mr. ALLAN, the show's main singer, accordion player and sometimes
emcee, died last week, leaving Robert
FARNON as the gang's sole
surviving member.
Every day as many as two million Canadians tuned in The Happy
Gang, which led the national ratings for most of its run on Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation from 1937 to 1959. Until television
came along in 1952, Mr.
ALLEN and his cast mates were among the
most famous people in the country.
The show was the creation of Mr.
PEARL, who'd come to Toronto
from Winnipeg (his real name was Bert
SHAPIRA) to study medicine.
To pay for his education, he started playing piano on radio with
a band that included violinist Blain
MATHE, organist Kay
STOKES
and Mr. FARNON, a trumpet player who would go on to be the most
successful of them all.
The band morphed into the Happy Gang and Mr.
PEARL was the driving
force behind it. Eddie
ALLEN was hired as the fifth member of
the troupe and stayed with the program until it went off the
air.
He was born Edward George
ALLEN on December 24, 1920, in Toronto,
and came from a family of musicians. His father, Bill
ALLEN,
played the trombone and was in a military band in France during
the First World War. When Eddie was 10, his father asked him
what instrument he wanted to play. The boy thought about it for
a while and made up his mind after seeing a huge piano accordion
in a music-store window.
"It was bigger than I was," Mr.
ALLEN remembered, "but dad bought
it anyway."
In a couple of years, he was entertaining at small events with
his accordion, making $5 or $10 a week. Better than a paper route.
He also won some local singing contests. When he was 17, he started
singing and playing three nights a week on a radio program called
The
Serenader.
Bert
PEARL heard it and called him in.
"I auditioned him with Bert
PEARL, and we liked him right away,"
Mr. FARNON says from his home on Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
"He looked about 12 years old and could barely see over the top
of his accordion. He was terribly shy, no self-confidence like
the rest of us. He was very popular with the ladies, a very good-looking
little chap."
What impressed most was his voice. "There really wasn't a singer
in the Happy Gang until he came along. I really liked his voice."
Mr. FARNON remembers an incident from a Happy Gang rehearsal.
"Eddie was about to sing a song called, I'll Take You Home Again,
Kathleen, and I came up behind him and said, 'If you bring the
gasoline.' He laughed so much he couldn't sing it when we went
on the air."
The Happy Gang was old Canada, when the country was more rural
and white skinned. It is impossible to imagine the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation mounting something so corny and wholesome. How corny
was it? The host, Mr.
PEARL, was known as "that slap-happy chappy,
the Happy Gang's own pappy."
He also knew that sentiment sold. Mr.
ALLEN would sing The Lord's
Prayer on the program, two or three times a year, such as Good
Friday, and during the war he sang it as an inspiration for mothers
and their boys overseas.
By that time, the show's "appeal was enormous," wrote Ross
MacLEAN,
the late Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer and media
critic who began listening as a child. "During the war years...
its influence on the nation was profound. Its almost daily performance
of There'll Always Be An England helped maintain home-front resolve
and stirred at least this school kid into a frenzy of tinfoil
collection, war certificate sales and the knitting of various
items for the navy."
Among the cast, Mr.
ALLEN was the kid. He was slight, about 5-foot-6,
and looked as though he were too young to shave. A newspaper
reported that while he was on his honeymoon in 1942, a hotel
clerk in Hamilton didn't believe he was old enough to be married
and refused to rent him a room. Even some of his fans were quoted
by writer Trent
FRAYNE as saying, "Oh my goodness, don't tell
me that little boy's married."
On air, he always sang old-fashioned ballads. "Every mother would
love the stuff he sang," said Lyman
POTTS, a retired broadcaster
who crossed paths with some of the gang. He recalled that one
of the songs Mr.
ALLEN performed on a Happy Gang recording was
I'm a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch. It was popular
on the program, maybe because it was the perfect example of the
Happy Gang's sort of cornball humour.
Another example is the line Mr.
ALLEN used almost every day in
the early years of the program. Mr.
PEARL had told him not to
let fame go to his head -- "Don't ever get the idea that you're
too big to say hello to your mother." So, for his first six years,
Mr. ALLEN's opening words were "Hello mom."
During the war, they dropped the shtick for fear of hurting the
feelings of mothers with sons in uniform. It sparked a letter-writing
campaign. "Don't let Eddie stop saying 'Hello mom,' " Liberty
Magazine reported in May, 1945. "He reminds me of my own boy
overseas. I wonder if he could think of all of us mothers when
he says hello."
Over the years, the show appeared 195 times, always live (tape
had yet to come into use when it began), in the course of an
annual 39-week season, most of the time with the same cast. Its
time slot was moved when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
began running a 1 p.m. newscast, but the shift to 1: 15
EST didn't
hurt the ratings. At first, it was produced in a studio on Davenport
Road in Toronto and later in front of an audience of 700 to 800
on McGill Street near College and Yonge.
The program's mainstay was not talk or jokes but music, and the
signature double knock on the door was an old-fashioned radio
sound effect provided by Blain
MATHE, who would move up to the
mike and rap twice on the back of his violin.
Working together so closely did create some personality conflicts.
There were practical jokes, usually aimed at the most uptight
cast member: Mr.
PEARL, a control freak who loved to plan the
program in detail and had his own small office at the McGill
Street studio.
One day, Mr.
ALLEN and the other Happy Gang members set all the
clocks forward by a few minutes. "We're late," they announced
to Mr. PEARL, who raced into studio. After the opening, a couple
of performers started to whine: "I don't want to do this."
Thinking they were actually on air, Mr.
PEARL was shocked --
and didn't feel much better when he learned it was all a joke.
It might have been one of the reasons he suffered a nervous breakdown
(called "nervous exhaustion" for public consumption) and left
the show in 1950 after 18 years and moved to the United States.
Eddie ALLEN took his place as emcee, but the incident rated an
article in Maclean's by June
CALLWOOD, the country's top magazine
writer at the time, entitled: The Not So Happy Gang.
By then Mr.
FARNON was long gone. During the war, he had joined
the Canadian Army Show's band, and later led the Canadian band
with the Allied Expeditionary Force, just as Glen
MILLER led
its U.S. ensemble. After the war he became a top arranger, working
on Frank Sinatra albums and scores for such movies as Horatio
Hornblower starring Gregory Peck.
Sinatra, however, was a little too flash for Eddie
ALLEN, who
preferred Bing Crosby. He was a sharp dresser, but his style
was understated, almost always a conservative suit and muted
shirt in a business where the shirt easily could have been orange.
His love of clothes gave him something to do when he left show
business. Eddie
ALLEN owned a men's clothing store in the west
end of Toronto after he left the program. He later retired and
moved to London, Ontario
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STOKES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-04 published
A painter of real people
Toronto artist sought to get beneath a subject's veneer to achieve
a 'luminous presence'
By Allison
LAWLOR,
Special to The Globe and Mail Thursday, December
4, 2003 - Page R11
'She'll paint you the way she wants," David
MIRVISH, patron and
art collector, once said of the Canadian portrait painter Lynn
DONOGHUE.
"She's sensitive to mood," Mr.
MIRVISH, who sat for Ms.
DONOGHUE
on several occasions, told The Financial Post Magazine in 1984.
"She may catch you at a different angle, and not every subject
feels that's the way they want to be seen. The important thing
is whether it's a successful picture or not. You shouldn't expect
to like a portrait."
But what you could expect if you were having your portrait painted
by Ms. DONOGHUE is that you would at the very least enjoy the
process. Sitting for the Toronto-based painter was like having
tea with a lively, old friend.
"You were always chatting about this and that with Lynn," said
Father Daniel
DONOVAN, an art collector and professor of theology
at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, who also
sat for Ms.
DONOGHUE. "
She was always vibrant and alive."
Always seeking to get beyond a person's veneer, Ms.
DONOGHUE
enjoyed the process of trying to draw out her subjects. "She
wanted people to [be] open and communicate with her," Father
DONOVAN said.
Mr. DONOGHUE, considered one of the pre-eminent portrait painters
in Canada, died last month in Toronto. She was 50.
"She made a huge impact [in the Canadian art world] and did so
at a very young age," said Christian Cardell
CORBET, founder
of the Canadian Portrait Academy.
"She was at a stage... where she was just about to take off,"
Mr. CORBET said. "What she could have contributed was just cut
short."
Ms. DONOGHUE started showing her work in 1973. Her early work
caused a stir when some galleries refused to show her giant portraits
of naked males. Since then she has had countless group shows
and solo exhibitions. Her work can be found in the Art Gallery
of Ontario, the Ontario Legislature, the National Museum of Botswana,
the Vancouver Art Gallery, and several other private and public
collections.
Ms. DONOGHUE, who was elected a member of the Royal Canadian
Academy of Arts in 1991, did both commissioned and non-commissioned
portraits. One of her notable commissions was of John
STOKES,
the former speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Last year, Ms.
DONOGHUE completed a portrait of Margaret
ATWOOD
that came was at once celebrated. After approaching the Canadian
literary icon to paint her portrait, Ms.
DONOGHUE set about to
capture Ms.
ATWOOD using bright oil colours. In the portrait,
Ms. ATWOOD, sits with her legs crossed and looks out at the viewer
wearing a vibrant, green shirt.
"She was not afraid of colour," Mr.
CORBET said. "She would take
it [paint] right from the tube."
Three years ago, Terrence
HEATH, the former director of the Winnipeg
Art Gallery, wrote in BorderCrossings following an exhibition
of Ms. DONOGHUE's work at a Toronto gallery: "Each painting...
is a statement in colour. The figures are set in colour fields
that tell you as much about the figure as the likeness and body
position do. Most remarkable about these paintings is their sheer
luminous presence."
"She created honest portraits" and "didn't follow much of a systematic
approach to portraiture," Mr.
CORBET said. "She allowed her spontaneity
and intuition to come through."
Ms. DONOGHUE once said that her historic mentors, such as Frans
Hals, conveyed in their portraits the feeling of people who are
very alive. "Why do people know, when they look at a painting
of mine, that it is a real person?" she told The Financial Post
Magazine in 1984. It was one of her perpetual queries into the
nature of portrait painting.
Lynn DONOGHUE was born on April 20, 1953, in the small community
of Red Lake in northern Ontario, more than 500 kilometres from
Thunder
Bay.
Her father Graham
DONOGHUE was a mining engineer
who moved his family about, including a spell in Newfoundland.
Ms. DONOGHUE finished high school at H.B. Beal Secondary School
in London, Ontario She graduated in 1972 with a special art diploma.
Having lived in England and New York as an artist, Toronto was
home to Ms.
DONOGHUE.
She lived with her 14-year-old son Luca
in a loft in a converted industrial building in the city's west
end. Her loft doubled as her studio. In the cluttered space,
some of her paintings hung on the walls and canvases were stacked
next to the essentials required for daily living. Living off
the sale of her paintings, Ms.
DONOGHUE financially scrapped
by month to month, her Friends said.
Described as vivacious and gregarious, she was "the life of the
party." An active member of the arts community, she could regularly
be seen at gallery openings and art shows around Toronto. Outside
the art world, she was an active community member. Most recently
she helped to organize events for Toronto's new mayor David
MILLER
during the municipal election. She also attended the Anglican
Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, where a painting she had done of
her son's baptism hung on the wall.
An exhibit of Ms.
DONOGHUE's most recent major work is scheduled
to open at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario, in March.
Called the The Last Supper, the large group piece, which Ms.
DONOGHUE started in 2001, consists of 13 portraits encircling
a central table piece, which is itself a triptych. The installation
requires a total wall space of about 5 metres by 10 metres (16
feet by 34 feet).
Father DONOVAN well remembers how he first learned of the project.
One day, he received a call from Ms.
DONOGHUE asking if he would
have lunch with her. She had an idea she wanted to talk to him
about. The idea turned out to be the The Last Supper and Ms.
DONOGHUE said she needed his help. After their lunch, she invited
Father DONOVAN, along with several others, to dinner. While they
were eating and drinking, she photographed them, capturing their
mannerisms and expressions. From the photographs, she made a
series of sketches which she then used to develop the large group
piece.
"She loved what she was doing," Mr.
CORBET said. "There was this
inner drive that said 'go on.' "
Ms. DONOGHUE, an insulin-dependent diabetic, died on November
22 in a Toronto hospital, after suffering from an insulin reaction
that led to a coma.
She leaves her parents Marjorie and Graham
DONOGHUE, her son
Luca LANGIANO and his father, Domenico
LANGIANO and sister Barbara
VAVALIDIS.
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STONE o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-12-17 published
Victoria PITAWANAKWAT
(STONE)
In loving memory of Victoria
PITAWANAKWAT,
July 13, 1937 to December 6, 2003.
Victoria PITAWANAKWAT, a resident of Wikwemikong, passed away at the Manitoulin
Health Centre, Little Current, on Saturday, December 6, 2003 at the age of 66 years.
She was born in Little Current, daughter of the late George and Seraphine
SPANISH)
PITAWANAKWAT.
Victoria was a postal worker for 29 years. She enjoyed puzzles and
collected spoons while traveling and was especially fond of cows. She will be sadly
missed by her family and all who knew her.
Surviving are common-law husband Jarvis
McCUMBER, sons George
(Richard) STONE, friend Henrietta, John
STONE, friend Pearl of
M'Chigeeng and Jeffrey
STONE, friend Margaret Anne. Proud
grandmother of Johnny
STONE, Kristy
STONE, Timmy
STONE, Tito
SMITH,
Jeremy SMITH,
Tara
STONE and Sara
STONE and great grandchildren Katie
Summer Seraphine
STONE and Erica
STONE.
Also survived by many nieces
and nephews. Predeceased by sister Mary
LISCUMB
(Harry,)
Mabel
CORBIERE
(Paul) and Archie
PITAWANAKWAT.
Friends called at St. Ignatius Church, Buzwah on Monday and Tuesday evening.
The funeral mass was held at Holy Cross Mission on Wednesday, December 10, 2003
with Fr. Dougals McCarthy as celebrant. Cremation to follow.
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Alphonse Ignatius
CORBIERE
Surrounded by his children, Alphonse Ignatius
CORBIERE moved on to
the spirit world, peacefully on Monday, December 15, 2003. Lovingly
remembered by his wife
Mae
CORBIERE and friend Bertha
ROY.
Dear
brother of Georgina
NIXON and Liz
BRIDGES.
Loving and loved father
of Jean STONE, (husband Mack,) Menesa
CORBIERE (husband Wally,) Roger
CORBIERE,
Sandra
BAYER, Bonita
TAIBOSSIGAI (husband Jason) and Rodney
CORBIERE (wife
Barbara.)
Loved grandfather of Kelly, Mack Jr.,
Sarah, Jeff, Shanna, Ryan, Rhiannon, Rachel, John, Anthony, Matthew,
Chad, Kyra, Joshua, Wilfred, Bethany, Nicholas and Cameron. Also
survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents
Clayton and Eliza
CORBIERE, sister Sharon
CORBIERE and son Larry
TAILOR/TAYLOR.
Friends may call at Alphonse's residence 5785A Hwy 540, M'Chigeeng on
Tuesday evening and Wednesday. The funeral mass will be celebrated
at Immaculate Conception Church, M'Chigeeng on Thursday, December 18,
2003 at 11 a.m. with Fr. Robert
FOLIOT as celebrant. Interment in
M'Chigeeng cemetery. Culgin Funeral Home.
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Harry
David
(Butch)
FREEDHOFF
By Alex STAHL
Wednesday,
February 19, 2003 - Page A32
Husband, father, grandfather, executive, athlete. Born November
14, 1938, in Toronto. Died May 4, 2002, of Lou Gehrig's disease,
aged 63.
To his face, it was almost never Harry. Born redheaded to Anne
and Ben, he weighed a sinister 35 pounds after one year, which
prompted the lifetime nickname "Butch, " often becoming "Butchie"
because of his likeable nature.
His physicality developed early. Anne, a ranked tennis player,
and Ben, also ranked, as well as a Hockley Valley Ski Club co-founder,
taught him the skills and instilled gritty determination, concentration
and self-discipline. He won the Telegram Tennis Tournament at
9; for the next five decades, he ranked among the top of his
peer-group at the provincial and national levels. He represented
Canada as a 1955 Junior Davis Cup participant, in the 1961 and
1965 Maccabiah Games and during the 1982 Senior World Team Championships.
That early family closeness never left Butch. After first meeting
his future wife, Sandra
STONE, movie-like, he predicted their
fate together to a friend. Married in 1963, Sandy and Butch soon
brought Richard and Marla into their lives. In the 1990s, daughter-in-law
Meredith and granddaughter Merritt extended and intensified family
life.
Butch had compensated for his lack of academic interest with
his competitive nature and love of interaction with people. After
seven years in high school, his career as an outstanding marketer
started ignominiously: from a $50-a-week stockbroker, he became
a manufacturer's agent for children's wear. He was later president
at Charan Toys, where he triumphed by securing the North American
rights to Batman action figures. After a tour with Tyco Toys
and Sega Canada, his career culminated in 1994 with Sony Computer
Entertainment Canada. There he was instrumental in leading the
marketing of Sony's Playstation platforms.
The mark of any man is the character displayed in the face of
adversity. Butch dealt with any setback with a touch of philosophy,
objectivity and humanity. If his opponent played better, it was
acknowledged (and then Butch worked out harder on his machines).
If business life proved impossible (such as entrepreneurial bankruptcy
on the eve of his son's bar mitzvah), Butch discovered a new
source for joke-making, and then another, better job. When his
mother developed Parkinson's disease, he became even more devoted.
When personal or professional successes occurred, his spontaneous
speechmaking allowed him to openly share his joy with family,
Friends and colleagues. His audiences quickly learned to expect
hilarious anecdotes, followed by insightful and heartfelt truths
that everyone found entertaining and endearing. If his words
were persuasive, his actions spoke even louder. Generous and
hospitable to virtual strangers (when his condo's doorman couldn't
obtain immigration permits for his family in Somalia, Butch spontaneously
found and paid for the professional help to make the reunion
happen), Butch and Sandy opened their doors and lives to many.
I learned of Butch's affliction on 9/11. Whereas athletics and
business offer future opportunities and hope for improvement,
the verdict of Lou Gehrig's disease does not. Last March, with
his family and close Friends, I spent a week with him in Florida
during that time, physical changes were heartbreakingly noticeable.
But he regaled us, then as always and until the end, with his
comic genius, memory and insightfulness, regularly scrawling
one-liners on his writing board and delivering his smiling, nodding,
thumbs-up optimism. In body, mind and soul, he remains with me
as a mensch to the core, who lived on the high and through the
low -- an example to emulate.
Butch's friend Alex wrote this with Butch's wife Sandy and other
family members.
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STONE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-15 published
Professor played a role in defeat of
SSAINTURENT government
By M.J. STONE
Special to The Globe and Mail Friday, August 15,
2003 - Page R5
Nearly four decades after Louis
SSAINTURENT had been Prime Minister
of Canada, McGill professor James
MALLORY was surprised to discover
how influential he had been in the defeat of Mr.
SSAINTURENT's
Liberals in 1957. The revelation occurred in 1992 when the cabinet
papers of the
SSAINTURENT government, which had been sealed for
35 years, were made available to the public.
Unknown to Professor
MALLORY, a radio interview he gave in the
wake of the 1957 election had caught the Prime Minister's ear.
The Liberals had been reduced to 105 seats in the House, seven
fewer than the Conservatives. But the Grits were still in a position
to form a minority government with the aid of the 25 elected
members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, later to
become the New Democratic Party.
Mr. SSAINTURENT found himself at a crossroads. While his party
was clearly in decline, the Conservatives were on the rise and
many questioned whether the Liberals still had a legal mandate
to govern. When Mr.
SSAINTURENT arrived in cabinet that morning,
Prof. MALLORY's radio interview was still ringing in his ears.
Prof. MALLORY, who died in Montreal on June 24, said in the interview
that if the Liberals continued to govern it would result in a
constitutional crisis. He believed it was the responsibility
of John DIEFENBAKER and the Conservatives to form a government.
The cabinet papers clearly reflect Prof.
MALLORY's influence
over the Prime Minister that morning. Mr.
SSAINTURENT demanded
a copy of the
MALLORY interview and after carefully studying
the radio transcripts, he handed the rule of government over
to the Tories.
Highly regarded as the foremost expert in Canadian legal and
federal structures, Prof.
MALLORY was often called on to advise
governments about constitutional procedures. McGill professor
Charles TAILOR/TAYLOR said another good example occurred in 1979.
"Joe CLARK's
Conservatives had just lost a parliamentary vote,"
Prof. TAILOR/TAYLOR recalled. "The governor-general, Ed
SCHREYER, telephoned
McGill's political science department, looking for Jim. It caused
something of a stir when he couldn't be found immediately.
SCHREYER
was frantic for
MALLORY's advice. The governor-general was unsure
how to proceed.
"Jim was eventually found and consulted. His advice was that
the Conservatives should call an election -- exactly what Joe
CLARK did."
The son of a county sheriff, James Russell
MALLORY was born on
February 5, 1916. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of New Brunswick in 1937 and later studied law at
Edinburgh and Dalhousie universities.
He met his American-born wife, Frances
KELLER, in Scotland, and
the couple married in 1940. They had two sons: James and Charles.
Prof. MALLORY joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan
in 1941. Later, he taught at the University of Toronto and Brandon
College before moving to McGill in 1946.
A respected scholar and lawyer, Prof.
MALLORY was an "old-school"
professor who taught at McGill for 45 years. His reputation as
a constitutional expert was solidified in 1954 when he published
Social Credit and the Federal Power in Canada. The quintessential
text mapped out the constitutional parameters of federal/provincial
relations.
"James MALLORY was a discreet and modest man," McGill professor
Sam NOUMOFF recalled. "He had a profound understanding of morality
and he was incapable of self-promotion. He worked on university
committee after committee while holding many teaching responsibilities.
"Jim wasn't the sort of man who sought public approval, he just
did things because they were the right thing to do."
His son James, who lives in Britain, summed up his father's idealism:
"He had a bloody-minded stubbornness. It would manifest sometimes
in allowing discussions to go on and on. Then he would do exactly
what he intended to do in the first place. Somehow it never impaired
his reputation as a genuine democrat."
Prof. MALLORY was the founder of both the Canadian Studies program
at McGill and the Canadian Association of University Professors.
After retiring in 1982 he was appointed professor emeritus and
continued to teach for another 10 years. In 1964, he was elected
to the Royal Society of Canada and was later awarded the Queen's
Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.
In 1995, McGill founded the James R. Mallory lecture series,
a one-day event that features a special guest who lectures about
Canadian issues. Past guests have included Bob
RAE,
Peter
WHITE/WHYTE
and Phyllis
LAMBERT.
The organizers of the event say that this
year's lecture will focus on Prof.
MALLORY's legacy.
Prof. MALLORY died 11 weeks after the death of his wife on what
would have been their 63rd anniversary.
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STONE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-24 published
Composer, jazz musician worked with Ellington
By Mark MILLER,
Friday,
October 24, 2003 - Page R11
Toronto -- Ron
COLLIER, a well-respected composer and teacher
in the Canadian jazz community, died in Toronto on Wednesday
of cancer. He was 73.
Mr. COLLIER, who was born in Coleman, Alberta., played trombone
during his teens with the Kitsilano Boys Band in Vancouver then
moved in 1950 to Toronto.
While working in local dance bands and studio orchestras there,
he was involved with Gordon
DELAMONT,
Norman
SYMONDS, Fred
STONE
and others in the late 1950s as a performer and composer in "third-stream"
jazz, an idiom that framed jazz improvisation in such classical
forms as fugue, sonata and concerto.
Mr. COLLIER turned exclusively to composition in 1967, the year
that he led a studio orchestra for the LP Duke Ellington North
of the Border with the noted American pianist as guest soloist.
Mr. COLLIER subsequently collaborated personally with Ellington
on a ballet, The River, in 1970, and a symphonic work, Celebration,
in 1972, although his contributions went largely unacknowledged.
He also wrote for ballet, radio, television and film and completed
arrangements for recordings by Moe Koffman and the Boss Brass
his last major work was a big-band setting of Oscar Peterson's
Canadiana Suit/, premiered in 1997.
Mr. COLLIER, a warm, direct man, taught for many years in Toronto
at Humber College, where his influence was felt by at least two
generations of musicians now active on the Canadian jazz scene.
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STONE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-17 published
STONE,
Gale
The Stone and Co. family is saddened by the passing of Gale
STONE,
our Founder's wife of 21 years.
Gale courageously fought the cancer that had been afflicting
her since 2001, and managed the journey on her own terms with
a high degree of dignity and grace, a true reflection of the
lady she is. Richard and Gale were blessed with each other's
love and affection, which was the core strength for both during
this difficult journey. Her final days were spent in a calm and
peaceful state, with her entire family at her side.
Gale's positive outlook on life and her genuine caring for others
made all that knew her feel special. She will be sorely missed.
In celebration of her passion for children, donations can be
made in lieu of flowers to the Gale and Rich Stone Learning Fund,
to the Toronto Central Ontario Region office of Hemophilia Ontario
at 416 924 3446.
Page B5
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STONEMAN 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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STONEMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-15 published
MILLER,
Marjorie
Florence (née
SMYTH)
of Oakville, Ontario. Died peacefully on Thursday, November 13,
2003, in her 78th year, after a brief illness at Oakville Trafalger
Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her family. Predeceased by her
husband Tom of 53 years. Survived and never to be forgotten by
their daughter Jane
STONEMAN, son-in-law Rick, grandchildren
Pete and Katie and sister Vera
SHAW of Surrey, British Columbia.
All those who knew and loved her will miss Marge's Friendship,
bright smile and ready laugh. After Tom's death and the loss
of sight in her remaining eye, some of that spark was diminished.
She soldiered on with the help and support of her many steadfast
Friends whose companionship she cherished. In the end her prayers
were answered: her darkness was transformed into light, as she
was able to see and be with Tom once more. Many thanks to the
staff on 4E at Oakville Trafalger Memorial Hospital whose remarkable
and uncommon compassion and care made her journey easier. As
well to Dr. Frank
ROUSE, a dear friend and physician of 42 years,
who was there for her until the end. A celebration of her life
will be arranged for a later date at Hearthstone By The Lake,
Burlington, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to The Salvation Army or the Canadian National Institute for
the Blind.
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STOPA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-23 published
WIESMAN,
Brahm
Died peacefully and with dignity July 20, 2003. He leaves his
wife Madge, brother-in-law Alan
BERNSTEIN of Montreal, nephew
Robert and his wife
Judy of Ottawa, niece Janet
MENDELSON and
her husband Stephen and their family of Nepean, Ontario, nephew
Mark MADRAS and his wife
Eva of Toronto, niece Karen
MADRAS-
STOPA
and her husband Ed and family of East Greenwich, Rhode Island,
brother-in-law David
McCULLOCH and his wife
Janet of Glasgow,
Scotland, brother-in-law George
McCULLOCH and his wife
Ina and
family of Glasgow, niece Helen
FARMER and her husband Stewart
and family of Glasgow, and nephew Gordon
McCULLOCK and his wife
Linda and family of Glossop, England. Born on June 13, 1926,
Brahm lived his rich life with the greatest consideration and
care for others. He studied architecture and community planning
at McGill University in preparation for what was to become a
distinguished career in the field of city planning. After taking
on senior management positions in the Cities of Edmonton, Victoria,
and Vancouver, he was asked to join the faculty of University
of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning
in 1967. He went on to serve as Director of the School for 12
years. In that position, he was much loved as a colleague and
teacher, and provided internationally admired leadership to the
planning profession. In retirement, Brahm continued to actively
promote good planning by advising universities in Asia on planning
curricula, consulting to cities in China, and speaking out forcefully
as a citizen on Vancouver area issues. A service will be held,
11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23, at Schara Tzedeck Cemetery in
New Westminster, 2345 Marine Drive. In lieu of flowers, donations
may be sent to ''Prostate Cancer Research at Vancouver General
Hospital'', Vancouver General Hospital and University of British
Columbia Hospitals Foundation, 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver,
V5Z 1M9.
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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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STOPPS,
Evelyn
(SCROGGIE)
After a short illness, died at St. Joseph's Health Centre on
July 30th, aged 80. Evelyn was born in Chatham, Ontario to George
E. SCROGGIE and the former Clarice Louis
VON
GUNTEN. Later Evelyn
won several scholarships at Westdale Collegiate Institute in
Hamilton enabling her to attend the University of Toronto, Victoria
College, for her B.A. degree after which she moved to the University
of Saskatchewan where she obtained an M.A in Physiology. Returning
to Ontario she obtained an M.D. in 1952 from the University of
Toronto, being one of only nine women in a class of 176.
In 1954 she married another physician, Jim
STOPPS.
The next few
years were devoted to raising a family of three girls. Winnie
is now an architect living in Boston. Jennie is an interior designer
in Toronto and Susan is a jeweller and silversmith also living
in Toronto. Evelyn developed a family practice in Bloor West
Village in Toronto while also working at Women's College Hospital
and The University of Toronto Health Centre. Evelyn died a much-loved
doctor, wife, mother and grandma. Her great joys were her patients,
her family (now including four grandchildren Max, Katy, Hannah
and Nicholas) and the world of nature. Funeral arrangements are
private and include a family gathering of remembrance at the
cottage.
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STOREY o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-06-04 published
Dennis N. STOREY
In loving memory of Dennis N.
STOREY
July 4, 1930 to May 30, 2003.
Three score and ten is quoted in the Good Book as man's allotted time
on Earth. "Having surpassed this time span each and every hour, day,
week, month and year, is a bonus to be utilized for enjoyment and to
lead a good life trying to give others something to look forward to
in later years." Death is the natural end to life, no matter how it
arrives, it is the end. Dennis met his end on Friday evening at his
home. Patti invites you to a celebration of his life on Saturday,
June 6, 2003 at 32 Hawberry Lane (off White's Point Rd.) at 2: 00 pm.
Come and have a glass of wine on him.
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CAIE,
Alastair G.R.
Died on July 22, 2003, at his home in Goderich, Ontario of esophageal
cancer. Al was born in Glasgow, Scotland and graduated from the
University of Glasgow in 1954 with a Masters of Arts and Economics.
He then joined the Royal Air Force, where he flew as a pilot
for three years. In 1957 he emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, where
he was employed at Canadian Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, Bell Canada
and later Northern Electric. In 1981 he moved to Burlington,
Ontario and worked at Northern Telecom in Mississauga as Director
of International Tax Planning. From 1986-1988 Al was the manager
of Corporate Tax Policy with the Government of Alberta in Edmonton.
In 1992 Al and his family retired to Goderich where he has spent
the past 11 years enjoying golf, wood working, reading and walking
trails at Naftel's Creek and Fall's Reserve. He leaves his wife
Kathryn, sons George (Susan) of Burlington, Andrew of Goderich
and step-son James (Jennifer)
STORM of Kitchener; grandchildren
Brandon and Brooke
CAIE and Elizabeth and William
STORM; sisters
Audrey and Jessie
CAIE of Glasgow, Scotland, brother Roderick
(Tynne) CAIE of Bromley, Kent, England and in-laws Betty and
Jack SCAMAN of Goderich. At Al's request there will be no funeral
service. A gathering of family and Friends to celebrate his life
will be held on August 2, 2003 from 1-4 p.m. at his home at 122
Warren Street, Goderich. As an expression of sympathy, donations
to the Canadian Cancer Society will be greatly appreciated.
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STORMS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-11 published
STORMS,
Peter
Henderson
Died
Saturday,
June 7, 2003. Loving husband of Isabel
STORMS.
Father of Sandra, Peter Stewart, Wendy and Pamela. Grandfather
of Charles and Nicole
LEHOCZKY,
Andrew and Sarah
STORMS and Jennifer
WORKMAN.
Great grandfather of Nicholas and Alexander
LEHOCZKY
and Wendy Emma
WORKMAN.
Friends may call at the Morley Bedford
Funeral Home, 159 Eglinton Ave. West (2 lights west of Yonge
Street)
Today, Wednesday June 11, from 7-9 p.m.
A memorial service will be held in Christ Church Deer Park, 1570
Yonge Street, Toronto (corner of Yonge and Heath St. West) Thursday,
June 12, 2 p.m.
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STORRING o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-24 published
Charlotte Isabel
GROVER
By Kathryn
STORRING,
Wednesday,
December 24, 2003 - Page A20
Woman of words, lover of cats. Born September 25, 1953, in Toronto.
Died October 1, of cancer, aged 50.
You may have noticed my cousin on one of her regular tours of
Toronto's Eaton Centre. A large woman -- a side-effect of medication
she may have been somewhat dishevelled, depending on the day.
You may have also noticed how her purposeful stride was interrupted
by a limp, the result of a hip problem. It's unlikely she returned
any glance you cast her way. In middle years, she wasn't out
to seek your acceptance or the approval of the so-called normal
world.
Charlotte GROVER did not have an easy life -- not one most of
us would choose. She had schizophrenia coupled with mild autism,
after all. But how do we measure happiness or define achievement?
In the end, is it not about being cushioned by love, living in
a supportive home, knowing you've overcome incredible challenges?
Raised by doting parents and living for the past eight years
with Pilot Place, a residence for schizophrenics, Charlotte was
gentle, endearingly polite and keenly curious about her interests:
words, animals, history, droll jokes. All of this made it easy
for me and another cousin, Holly
McBRIDE of Peterborough, Ontario,
to accept a request from Charlotte's mother that we be future
co-guardians. In retrospect, my acceptance may also have been
an attempt to settle the past -- all those years when Charlotte's
name evoked profound sadness in our extended family; those years
when few of us knew what to say or do.
Charlotte's father, John, an accountant who loved art and poetry
as much as numbers, died in 1993. Her mother, Rachel, whose remarkable
intellect fuelled a career at the University of Toronto's rare
books library, had a stroke last spring that has left her partially
paralyzed.
As a child, Charlotte was healthy, bright and cheerful, but her
behaviour was decidedly unusual. I remember her standing apart,
watching, as her cousins played on my family's farm near Peterborough.
It was more than the awkwardness of a city kid visiting country
cousins. Often she would retreat to the house and read a dictionary,
emerging to recite definitions in her measured tones. There was
also her obsession with our Siamese cat, Simon. Insistent, predictable
questions would start with, "Do you like Simon, Kathy?" and progress
through a stream of comparisons to other, lesser felines.
Still, her behaviour did not attract labels. If anything, we
looked upon her as an intellectual in the making. However, in
teen years, schizophrenia overshadowed her life. School marks
plummeted. Attempts were made to find specialized education and,
later, suitable lodging -- fresh starts and new disappointments
for parents who were steadfast in their love and support. With
visitors to the family home, Charlotte was distant. Conversations
would pull her in, but she would quickly disengage. Often, making
tea was her easiest social connection.
This all changed in recent years with improved medications and
her move to Pilot Place. She still visited her mother regularly,
but her life found a new rhythm in a mix of independence, support
and routine. She took pleasure in visits to the Eaton Centre
or the library's history section. She had setbacks, including
a vascular necrosis, which affected her hip, but she never complained
unless you made specific inquiries. Instead, she filled conversations
with questions about family, jobs or hobbies -- and, of course,
Simon.
It seems unfair that during this period of calm, cancer was silently
stalking her. By the time it revealed itself, with painful blood
clots, Charlotte had only one week to live, spent in St. Michael's
Hospital. We gathered there -- family, my aunt's Friends, a compassionate
medical team and Pilot Place staff. If it had to be, it was the
best it could be.
Kathryn STORRING is Charlotte's cousin.
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STOS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-03 published
Man dies in ditch accident
By Will STOS,
Wednesday,
December 3, 2003 - Page A15
A Richmond Hill man died early yesterday morning after being
buried in a ditch he had been digging in his front yard.
Lorenzo PILAGATTI, 40, died after the walls collapsed and firefighters
on scene were unable to free him. His body was recovered several
hours later.
Firefighters from Richmond Hill and Vaughn were called to the
scene at 8: 30 p.m. Monday to free Mr.
PILAGATTI from the ditch.
An initial collapse had covered him up to his chest. About 1
a.m., a second cave-in completely covered him.
Mr. PILAGATTI's wife and two daughters were at home at the time,
although they were not outside.
"It's awful, absolutely terrible," said Constable Kim Killby
of York Regional Police. "I mean, these rescue workers were with
him for hours, talking to him, trying to keep him warm. And to
get so close and then all of the sudden another collapse to occur,
and this time cover him completely. They couldn't get to him."
Police said Mr.
PILAGATTI was using a backhoe to dig a trench
in his yard, possibly to connect his home to a sewer line or
make repairs. He was buried when he began digging in the trench
with a shovel.
Constable KILLBY said the mud and ground water made recovery
difficult.
Firefighters involved in the incident returned yesterday evening
for briefing. A critical-incident stress team was brought in
to assist them.
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STOTT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-05 published
Kenneth Peter
BARR
Died peacefully at home on Monday, June 2, 2003 with dignity
and courage, after a brief battle with cancer, his wife Trish
by his side. Ken was born November 25, 1949 and raised in St.
Catharines, Ontario. Predeceased by his mother Isabel. Ken is
survived by his father David
BARR, wife
Patricia, sons Paul and
Craig HANSON and grand_son T.J. Also survived by his sister Judy
and family, father-in-law John
STOTT, and extended family members
Normande GAUDETTE and Margaret
HANSON-
BROWN.
Ken spent 35 years
in the telecommunications industry in Canada and is well respected
by colleagues, customers and business partners. Ken's caring,
Friendship and respect for all individuals are hallmarks of his
personality and his leadership style. Ken's extensive career
included President of CTI, President of Lucent Canada's, Business
Communications Systems, and a variety of sales, marketing, regulatory
and management roles at American Telephone and Telegraph, TTS,
Nortel, BCSI and Bell Canada. Most recently Ken was President
and Chief Executive Officer of Vancouver based Security Biometrics.
Ken's involvement with the community included the United Way,
Junior Achievement, the Bay Street Rat Race and Ronald McDonald
House. Ken balanced his business life with his love for his family.
His special place for himself, family and Friends was Oak Lake,
where he loved to relax and appreciate the wonders of nature.
Ken's love of life is exemplified by his genuine concern for
family and Friends and his many hobbies and interests including
flying, boating, snowmobiling. His spirit will live on in all
of us. Funeral service will be held at Timothy Eaton Memorial
Church, 230 St. Clair Avenue West on Monday, June 9th at 11: 00
a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ken's memory
to the Canadian Cancer Society, 20 Holly Street, Suite #101,
Toronto M4S 3B1 or the Ronald McDonald Children's Charities of
Canada, McDonald's Place, Toronto, Ontario M3C 3L4.
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ENGLEBERT, Margaret Winifred Lade (née
MURRAY)
born Kilmacolm, Scotland, died in Vancouver, November 27th, 2003.
Predeceased by husband Renny, survived by Susan (Joe
STOTT) and
Michael (Donna) and grandchildren Rob and Johanna. There will
be no service. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or a charity of your
choosing.
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STOVER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-03 published
CUMMINGS-
STOVER,
Dorothy
Peacefully at her residence on Saturday, March 1, 2003. Dorothy
beloved wife of Charles
STOVER and the late Albert Francis
CUMMINGS.
Beloved mother of Al, Paul and his wife Patricia of Lake Forest,
Illinois, and the late Bruce
CUMMINGS and his first wife
Mary.
Loving grandmother of Paul, Meaghan, Elizabeth, Heather and Anne.
Friends may call at the Funeral Home of O'Connor Bros., 1871
Danforth Avenue Toronto (Two blocks west of the Woodbine Subway
Station) on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass in The Church
of the Canadian Martyrs (Woodbine Avenue South of O'Connor Drive)
on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Cremation. In lieu of flowers donations
in Dorothy's name to the Alzheimers Society would be appreciated.
(Supervised Parking at Funeral Home).
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STOW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-09-09 published
TREES,
Frances
Dixon
Died peacefully, at Toronto, on Saturday, September 6, 2003.
Fran spent her working years at the Hospital for Sick Children
and had served in the Navy during World War 2. Predeceased by
her beloved sister Betsy
STOW.
Sister-in-law of Ticker
STOW,
and much loved aunt of Dunc McLaren, Matthew and Rowly
STOW.
Many thanks from the family to her Friends and to the staff and
dedicated Personal Care Workers at the Balmoral Club who helped
to keep her spirits up. A graveside service will be held at St.
James' Cemetery, 635 Parliament Street, on Friday, September
12th at 11 o'clock. Reception to follow at the Balmoral Club,
155 Balmoral Avenue (at Avenue Road). In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University
Avenue, Toronto M5G 1X8.
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