McCRACKEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-03 published
KANE,
Alice
Elizabeth, B.A., B.L.S., D.Litt.
Children's librarian, author, artist of the wondertale. Born
April 18, 1908, Belfast, Ireland; died in Toronto on May 30,
2003. Sister of the late Hugh
KANE
(Lorna
McCRACKEN.) Aunt of
Sean KANE
(Kelly
LIBERTY) and the late Maire Elizabeth
KANE.
Grand-aunt of Owen
KANE. A celebration of her life and art, organized
by Calvin Presbyterian Church with the Toronto Storytellers School,
will be held on Friday, June 27 at 7 p.m. Further information
will be available at www.storytellingtoronto.org. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to one of Miss Kane's delights:
The Bruce Trail Association, Box 857, Hamilton L8N 3N9; Calvin
Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave., Toronto M4V 1S5; the Osborne
Collection of Early Children's Books, 239 College Street, Toronto
M5T 1R5; The Storytellers School of Toronto, 43 Queen's Park
Cres. E., Toronto M5S 2C3.
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McRAE o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-11-12 published
Glenn Vernon
PELTIER
Glenn Vernon
PELTIER of Wasaga Beach, formerly of Wikwemikong passed away at
Wasaga Beach on Thursday, November 6th, 2003 in his 47th year.
Beloved son of Eugene
PELTIER and Stella
PELTIER née
RECOLLET predeceased.)
Beloved step-son of Honorine
(CORBIERE)
PELTIER.
Loving
brother of Ron (Beatrice), Brian (Catherine), Linda (Byron), Arlene (Dale),
Warren (Jackie), Wayne (Christi). Survived by uncles Robert
PELTIER, Tommy
PELTIER, Norman
RECOLLET, Isadore
RECOLLET and aunt Bella
PITAWANAKWAT.
Predeceased by aunts, Yvonne
McRAE, Rosemary
FISHER, Margaret
RIVERS and
uncles, Wilfred
PELTIER, Eli
RECOLLET, Philip
RECOLLET and Sam
RECOLLET.
Will be sadly missed by nephews and nieces, Yvette, Joe, Jennifer, Binaysi,
Ying, Cheyene, Jade, Steven, Anais, Nicholas and Jeana. Special aunts and
uncles, Thomas (predeceased), Boniface and Mary Ann, Glen and Joanne, Doreen
and Clement, Theresa and Leonard, Shirley, Carroll, Danny, Timmy (predeceased) and Cecilia.
Friends called at St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Buzwah from 4: 00 p.m.
on Saturday, November 8th until the Funeral Mass on Monday, November 10th at
11: 00 a.m. also at St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Buzwah with Father
McCARTHY officiating.
Interment in the Wikwemikong Cemetery. Bourcier Funeral Home Espanola.
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McCRAE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-01-28 published
Died
This
Day -- John
McCRAE, 1918
Tuesday, January 28, 2003, Page R7
Doctor and poet born in Guelph, Ontario, on November 30, 1872
in 1894, attended University of Toronto; 1899, led artillery
contingent in Boer War; 1902, resident pathologist at Montreal
General Hospital; co-wrote pathology textbook; 1914, appointed
army surgeon and sent to France; April, 1915, at Second Battle
of Ypres under gas attack; wrote poem In Flanders Fields in memory
of friend killed in battle, first published in Punch in December,
1915; died of pneumonia in France.
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McRAE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-13 published
Gordon Kenneth
FLEMING/FLEMMING
By Jack FORTIN
Thursday,
February 13, 2003, Page A30
Musician, husband, father. Born August 3, 1931, in Winnipeg.
Died August 31, 2002, in Scarborough, Ontario, following a stroke,
aged 71.
Gordie FLEMING/FLEMMING was a remarkable music talent, known internationally
as a master of the accordion, especially in the jazz idiom. He
was a life member of Local 149 of the Toronto Musicians' Association.
In show-business vernacular, Gordie was "born in a trunk." He
began playing accordion when his older brother gave him lessons.
His musical ability was such that he began performing publicly
at the age of five. His schoolteachers often saw him being whisked
away in a taxi to perform at theatres and radio stations in Winnipeg.
By the age of 10, he was a working member of various bands in
that city.
In 1949, Gordie lost his accordion in a fire at a Winnipeg hotel.
With the insurance money, he headed for the bright lights of
Montreal where he soon became an important part of that city's
musical life. His accordion ability was complemented by the fact
that he was also a gifted arranger and composer.
He had a marvellous ability to improvise and could string out
complex bebop lines, leaving his listeners in awe. He often slipped
a jazz phrase into ballads or commercial tunes, confirming that
jazz was indeed his first love.
One of Montreal's busiest musicians, he wrote for local orchestras,
shows, radio and television. He had perfect pitch and often wrote
without reference to a keyboard. He was at home in every type
of music from classics to jazz. For several years, he worked
at the National Film Board as a composer and musician.
In Montreal, Gordie performed with many show business headliners:
there was a wealth of home-grown talent in Montreal, such as
Oscar PETERSON and Maynard
FERGUSON, as well as other jazz musicians
who were beginning to be noticed.
Gordie had said that when when he first heard bebop it was like
entering another world. As his career indicates, he had no trouble
in that world. He worked with many personalities including: Charlie
PARKER, Mel
TORMÉ, Hank
SNOW, Lena
HORNE, Englebert
HUMPERDINCK,
Dennis DAY, Gordon
MacRAE, Cab
CALLOWAY, Nat King
COLE, Cat
STEVENS,
Rich LITTLE, Billy
ECKSTEIN, Pee Wee
HUNT, Arthur
GODFREY and
Buddy DEFRANCO.
He also performed with Tommy
AMBROSE,
Allan
MILLS, Wally
KOSTER,
Tommy HUNTER,
Bert
NIOSI, Wayne and Shuster, Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation jazz shows with Al
BACULIS, and many other Canadian
jazz musicians.
On Montreal's French music scene, Gordie performed on radio and
television with Emile
GENEST, Ti-Jean
CARIGNAN,
André
GAGNON
and Ginette
RENO. He was a featured soloist with the Montreal
Symphony Orchestra on several occasions.
Internationally, Gordie toured France in 1952 and performed with
Edith PIAF and Tino
ROSSI. He had the honour to perform for former
prime minister Pierre Elliot
TRUDEAU at a Commonwealth Conference.
He participated with other top Canadian musicians in a Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation tour to entertain Canadian and the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization troops in Europe in 1952 and 1968.
For me, a memorable experience was playing in a group with Gordie
for several winters in Florida. A popular member of the Panama
City Beach family of musicians, Gordie looked forward to his
winter trek south. Many of the American musicians will miss him,
as will the many snowbirds who looked forward to hearing him
each year.
His extensive repertoire allowed Gordie to author a book called
Music of the World, in which he wrote the music to 280 songs
from more than 30 countries.
Gordie leaves his wife of 47 years, Joanne, and seven children.
Jack FORTIN is Gordie's friend.
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McRAE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-29 published
MacRAE,
John
Ross
Died peacefully on April 26, 2003 at North York General Hospital
after a brief illness. He was 84. Ross was born in Winnipeg in
1918, and later moved to Regina when his father, D.B.
MacRAE,
became editor of the Regina Leader-Post. Ross was a musical prodigy,
learning the violin, trumpet and piano, and even during the Depression
as a teenager he earned money as a classical violin performer
and with a swing band he started. He worked as an announcer at
CKCK radio in Regina, then briefly in radio after moving to Toronto
before getting a job at the Cockfield-Brown advertising agency,
where he remained until his retirement in 1978. At Cockfield,
Ross was one of the pioneers in television advertising, and with
old friend Brian
HAWKINS, created the Expo 67 commercials that
became television works of art. When he retired he was a vice-president
and in charge of the agency's outstanding radio and television
unit. But active life didn't end then. For many years Ross played
violin with the semi-professional North York Symphony Orchestra,
and later with the East York Symphony (now part of Orchestra
Toronto), and with a string quartet. He was also an ardent golfer
right to the end of his life, and rarely missed the annual Maxville
Highland Games in Glengarry County, where his family's ancestors
first settled in Canada in the early 1800s. Above all, Ross had
a love of life and a sense of humour backed by an apparently
endless fund of stories that endeared him to everyone he met.
He will be greatly missed by his sons, Paul and Scott (Denise),
their mother Phyllis, daughter-in-law Sherry
BRYDSON, and grandchildren
David, Kevin, Sean, Gaye, Duncan, Cameron and Holly; by nephew
Bruce MacDOUGALL
(Lucy
WAVERMAN) and their children, Alexander,
Emma, Katie and Robyn; by the family of Ross's sister Isobel
LEES who, with sisters Margaret and Betty, predeceased him; by
the family of Eunice
McGILLIS,
Ross's second wife, who predeceased
him; by his good friend Mary
MacMILLAN and her family; and by
Ross's many Friends, former co-workers, and fellow golfers and
musicians. The family has only thanks and praise for the work
of the doctors, nurses and staff at North York General Hospital,
who cared for Ross during and after his abdominal surgery. A
memorial will be held in Toronto on Saturday, May 24, at 5 p.m.
at The Elmwood Terrace Room, fourth floor, 18 Elm Street. In
lieu of flowers, please send donations to Orchestra Toronto and/or
the North York General Hospital.
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McRAE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-05-31 published
BRAILEY,
F.
George
March 6th, 1923 to May 29th, 2003. Died peacefully at West Park
Long Term Care Centre. George suffered from Alzheimers, and the
past year was very difficult for him as he declined so rapidly.
George leaves his loving wife of 57 years, Joyce, and two daughters,
Seonaid BRAILEY and Moira
MacRAE and her husband, Garth. He was
a wonderful Poppa to Justin
MacRAE,
Krista
BRAILEY, Gail
MacRAE
(Allan LAURENT,) and Heather
MacRAE
(Chris
O'CONNOR.) George
enjoyed being Great Poppa to his precious great-granddaughter,
Jordan TUCKER-
MacRAE and great-grandchildren, Sam and Leigha
BRETT, Haley
MacRAE, Finlay and Emma
O'CONNOR and Philippe
GIGUERE.
The family is grateful to the kind and caring nurses and support
staff at West Park Long Term Care Centre for treating Dad with
gentleness and dignity. Private arrangements have been made,
however the family invites Friends to join them on Saturday,
June 7, 2003, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the home of Moira and Garth
MacRae. If you wish, a donation may be made to the Alzheimer
Society or to the charity of your choice.
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McCRAE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-20 published
CRAWFORD,
Margaret (née
FREDERICKSON,) B.A. (Tor.,) M.A. (University
of British Columbia)
died in Victoria, British Columbia on June 17, 2003 at the age
of 78. Long associated in many capacities with the administrative
offices of University of British Columbia. Secretary to Walter
H. GAGE, who was then Dean of administrative and inter-faculty
affairs, 1951-1954; secretary to president, Norman A. M.
MacKENZIE,
1954-1962; briefly a programmer in University extension, programs
for women and assistant in the office of Helen
McCRAE,
Dean of
women, 1964-1975, with special interest in that office's outstanding
contribution to the mature women students who were then arriving
at University of British Columbia in increasing numbers and with
special needs. Margaret completed a M.A. at University of British
Columbia with a research thesis on mature women students in 1976.
Married in 1977 to Frank W.
CRAWFORD and moved to Edmonton where
she continued to be active in women's affairs as a founding member
of the Edmonton Women's Network. The
CRAWFORD's retired to Victoria
in 1982 where Margaret continued her interests in educational
resources for mature students and in support systems for women.
Margaret is survived by her husband, Frank
CRAWFORD; 2 step sons
and 2 step daughters and their families. Private cremation entrusted
to Royal Oak Crematorium. In lieu of flowers, donations, if so
desired, may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the charity
of one's choice. Hayward's of Victoria (250) 386-3505
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