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TRONNES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-28 published
ROBSON,
Mary
Virginia (née
SKILLING)
On June 27, 2003, died from natural causes at age 73. She is
survived by her husband of 49 years, James Thomas, her children
David and Marianne of St. Albert (Edmonton), Mark of Toronto,
Andrew and Jackie
MARSH of Mississauga, Marthanne and Bruce
GORDON
of Owen Sound, Jennifer and Reidar
TRONNES of Reykjavik, and
11 grandchildren. Visitation at Fawcett Funeral Home - Collingwood
Chapel, 82 Pine Street at Second Street, Collingwood, on Sunday,
June 29, 2003 from 2-4 in the afternoon. Funeral Mass at St.
Mary's Church, 63 Elgin Street at Ontario Street, on Monday,
June 30 at 11: 30 a.m. Cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the General and Marine Hospital Foundation, John
Howard Society or your favourite charity will be appreciated.
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TROUGHTON o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-02-19 published
James Edwin
LEE
In loving memory of James Edwin
LEE who passed away peacefully at
Manitoulin Health Centre, Little Current on Wednesday, February 19,
2003 at the age of 89 years. Loved by wife Carole. Predeceased by
wife Jessie (née
CORBETT.) Dear father of Jamie and wife Karen of
Sunderland and their children Kevin, Jeffery, Rebecca and Jonathan.
Will be missed by step children Eric and wife
Claudette
TROUGHTON,
Steven and wife
Tammy
TROUGHTON,
Geoffrey and wife Kelly
TROUGHTON, all
of Oshawa, Shawn and wife
Bonnie
TROUGHTON of Guelph, Dan and wife Dawn
Troughton of Harriston, Kristin
TROUGHTON and step grandchildren
Leeanne, Nicole, Ryan, Jeremy, Mikayla, Brianna, Justin, Kelsey,
Nicholas and Brett. Fondly remembered by sister Isabel and husband
Lorne BRADLEY of Glouster. There will be a memorial service later in
the spring. Arrangements in care of Island Funeral Home, Little Current.
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TROVARELLO o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-04-16 published
Roy Allen GREEN "
Squirt"
In loving memory of Roy Allen
GREEN on Monday, April 7, 2003,at the age of 54 years.
Cherished husband of Darlene (née
OLIVER.)
Loved by children Lori and
husband Terry
CASE of Little Current, Jeff and Tanya of Sault Ste.
Marie, Derek and fiancée Lesley of Espanola. Special grandpa of
Braedan and Brady
CASE.
Will be greatly missed by sister Linda and
husband Ron
BOWERMAN of Sheguiandah, brother Gary and wife
Nicole of
Little
Current, predeceased by sister Norma
LLOYD (husband Gerald,)
and brother Ronnie (wife
Carol
WESSEL.)
Predeceased by parents
Charles and Edna. Fondly remembered by parents-in-law Ting and Pee Wee
OLIVER and brothers and sisters-in-law Mike and wife
Betty
OLIVER,
Wanda
& husband Lou
TROVARELLO, predeceased by Roger
OLIVER (wife
June.)
Uncle to numerous nephews and nieces.
Visitation was from 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm Wednesday, April 9, 2003.
Funeral Service was held at 2: 00 pm Thursday, April 10, 2003, both at
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Little Current.
Cremation with burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery at a later date.
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TROW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-02 published
Robert TROW
By Ann SILVERSIDES
Wednesday,
April 2, 2003 - Page A20
Gay liberation and A.I.D.S. activist, health-care worker, musician.
Born November 23, 1948, in Toronto. Died October 21, 2002, in
Toronto, of a brain aneurysm, aged 53.
The last time I saw Robert, he was bicycling north on Church
Street near Queen Street in Toronto, heading to a meeting. Though
he was running late, he graciously stopped to answer some questions
I'd been meaning to ask him about the history of Hassle Free
Clinic, the downtown Toronto sexual health clinic where he spent
26 years, first as a volunteer and later as a long-time staff
member. A few weeks later, Robert was dead, and Canada lost a
knowledgeable, tireless Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome activist
who had kept up his activism until the day he died.
About 400 people attended his memorial service at Hart House
Theatre at the University of Toronto. As an undergraduate, Robert
had performed in that theatre, and he remained a member of Hart
House long after completing two University of Toronto graduate
degrees.
He grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, the eldest of three boys. His
father was an engineer, and his mother a homemaker. Playing piano,
which he took up as a child, was a lifelong passion.
Many gay men are rejected by, or alienated from, their original
family; their gay Friends become their family. Robert was lucky:
he maintained close ties with parents, brothers and extended
family, and kept up with both (heterosexual) best Friends from
high school and a large family of gay Friends.
In the mid-1970s, Robert began working and living communally.
He volunteered on the collective that ran The Body Politic, a
left-wing gay liberation newsmagazine published in Canada but
with a worldwide readership. He wrote articles, mostly about
health-care issues, edited, proofread and did paste-up -- but
also took on the thankless task of distribution manager. He lived
in a series of communal houses with his former long-time partner,
writer Gerald
HANNON, and other Body Politic collective members.
To his Friends, Robert was known as Bunny, and his foibles --
dithering, an aversion to drafts, a highly developed sense of
personal frugality, a propensity to lose his wallet, a talent
for being, as Gerald noted, sprawlingly messy -- were more than
offset by his generosity to all and his wicked sense of fun.
When Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome emerged in the early
1980s, Robert helped organize the first public Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome forum in Toronto on April 5, 1983, which
was sponsored by Hassle Free and Gays in Health Care. He went
on to be a founding member of the Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome Committee of Toronto. After a test for Human Immunodeficiency
Virus was developed, Hassle Free became the first clinic in Canada
to offer anonymous testing. When anonymous testing was eventually
legalized in Ontario, the government adopted Robert's manual
on anonymous testing guidelines.
Robert served on the Ontario Advisory Committee on Human Immunodeficiency
Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and other bodies. "But
first of all, he was passionate about Hassle Free Clinic. He
wouldn't take on anything that wasn't also good for the clinic,"
said Jane GREER/GRIER, his co-worker at the clinic. All the while,
Robert was Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive and coping with
the effects of his condition and medications.
The Ontario Ministry of Health awarded him a posthumous citation,
and Toronto City Council observed a moment's silence in his honour.
Silence was an odd tribute, Gerald noted -- because Robert almost
never stopped talking, whether it was his "up-to-date" gossip
about the Hapsburgs or the Holy Roman Empire, or his appreciative
"Oh, boy!" when one of his Friends served him dinner.
Robert is survived by his partner, Denis
FONTAINE, his parents
Bill and Lucie, his brothers Philip and Christopher, and his
wide family of Friends.
Ann SILVERSIDES is a friend of Robert
TROW.
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