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MILNER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-03-05 published
MILNER, Elnora " Tiny" (née PENDER)
Peacefully, on March 3, 2005. Beloved wife of the late Charles MILNER. Dear mother of Tom (Sue STEPHENSON,) and Jane MacKINNON (Tony), and predeceased by infant son Michael. Loving grandmother of Michelle JENKINS (Jeff,) and great-grandmother of Matthew and Katie. Sadly missed by her good friend Dorothy MacKINNON, and brother-in-law Doug MILNER. Friends will be received at the Ward Funeral Home "Brampton Chapel," 52 Main Street South (Hwy. 10), Brampton, on Sunday, March 6, 2005 from 1-3: 30 p.m. with a Service to follow in the Chapel at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.

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MILNER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-06-23 published
TAILOR/TAYLOR, Bradda Teresa Pauline (née MILNER)
Suddenly in peace at home with her daughter and grandchildren, on Wednesday, June 22, 2005. Bradda MILNER, daughter of the late Hugh and Gladys MILNER. Dearly beloved wife of the late Bruce H. TAILOR/TAYLOR and special friend of David PITBLADO. Beloved mother and mother-in-law of Frances and David GAUTHIER, Dorothy TAILOR/TAYLOR, Fred and Wendy TAILOR/TAYLOR, Charles and Cheryl TAILOR/TAYLOR, Tim and Jane TAILOR/TAYLOR, Pauline and Peter FREW, and Philip and Shannon TAILOR/TAYLOR. Loving Gramma of 18 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Ian MILNER, Tean BARRICK, Douglas MILNER, Tom MILNER, Carol COYNE and the late Charles MILNER. Bradda was a past employee of Canada Packers, Status of Women's Council of Canada, Liberal Riding Association of Etobicoke North of which she was a past president, television Ontario and numerous legal firms. In addition to a very active career, she was very active and passionate about her needlework and crafts. Resting at the Newediuk Funeral Home, Kipling Chapel, 2104 Kipling Ave., Etobicoke (two blocks north of Rexdale Blvd.) from 7 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Saturday, leaving the funeral home 9 a.m. for Funeral Mass from St. Benedict's Church, 2194 Kipling Ave. at 9: 30 a.m., followed by cremation. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation would be appreciated by the family. (The family will receive their Friends in the funeral home Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m and Friday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.).

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MILNES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-01-31 published
BATTEN, Mary Elizabeth (née MILNES)
Peacefully, on Saturday January 29th, 2005 at Sunnybrook Women's College Health Center surrounded by her family and Friends, in her 81st year. Dearly beloved mother of Della Mees and Keith BATTEN. Cherished grandmother of Becky, John, Greg and Joey. Special friend of Bill KEMP. A Memorial Service to celebrate Mary's life will be held on Saturday February 19th, 2005 at 12 noon at North Toronto Community Church, 7 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto. As an expression of sympathy donations be made to the Sunnybrook Women's College Health Centre or to the Salvation Army.
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MILNES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-06-06 published
Alice MILNES
By Arthur Herbert MILNES, Monday, June 6, 2005, Page A16
Grandmother, mother, friend. Born August 26, 1906, in Toronto. Died May 11 in Pickering, Ontario, of old age, aged 98.
'Oh that's good."
Those were my 92-year-old Grandmother's words on Christmas Eve of 1999. She'd just taken a long drink of rye -- topped with a splash of soda water -- we'd handed her to celebrate the season. After that first sip, she looked out over my kitchen at three of her nine grandchildren, tipped her glass and tossed back another.
Nanny was born in Toronto in 1906 and spent almost all of her life living near the thoroughfare called The Danforth in Toronto. She vowed she'd never burden her children by moving in with them in old age. (Her mother-in-law had done that and it was an experience she said she wouldn't revisit on anyone.) She kept her vow, living on her own in her tidy apartment until old age forced her into a long-term care facility at age 96.
She and Grampa spent many years on Rhodes Avenue and her neighbours, Nel and Jack ARBUCKLE, became so close they even chose to have cottages side by side. In later years, Nel and Jack's daughter, Marge, and her husband, John, did so much to help allow Nanny to keep visiting her cottage, with countless gestures that personified Friendship.
While she never went past primary school, she read constantly throughout her life -- how she loved her mysteries -- and it was a matter of pride for her that all three of her children Bill, Joan and Herb Jr. -- became educators.
Nanny and Grampa -- Herbert MILNES, my grandfather, who died in 1983 -- had a cottage near Bluewater Beach, north of Toronto. As a child, I'd spend hours playing cards with her there and she'd tell me story after story of life in Toronto during days gone by. My favourite? Her account of the Royal Visit of 1939. I never got tired of hearing about the crowds and the flags and her description of the Queen; I must have heard a thousand times: "She was so beautiful, Art." In 1989, I happened to be working at Queen's Park when that beautiful Queen -- by now the beloved Queen Mum -- returned to Toronto to mark the 50th anniversary of that historic visit. I left my office and watched the Queen Mum from the crowd. When I returned home that night, the first thing I did was call to tell my grandmother where I'd gone and whom I'd seen.
"You know that flag," she said to me out of the blue one day in the late 1980s, while I was raising Canada's Maple Leaf for her at the cottage, "Your Grandfather always put it up but we used to call it 'Pearson's dish-rag.' "
That comment aside, I never heard her express many political views but I knew she followed the news and politics faithfully. Last summer we asked former Prime Minister Brian MULRONEY if he'd help us mark our matriarch's birthday. He did just that, sending Nanny a handwritten letter.
"I learned that you will be turning 98 this weekend," Mr. MULRONEY wrote. "What a marvellous milestone in life and Mila joins me in conveying our warmest congratulations and best wishes for many more. Have a rye and soda on me!"
She broke into a big smile as she sat surrounded by family as that letter was read to her.
"Who did you say that was from?" she asked.
And she just nodded and grinned in a way I'd never seen before. Above all else, my Nanny loved being the centre of attention and Mr. MULRONEY's letter was icing on the cake. I detected from her the belief that all former prime ministers should be honouring her. Why wouldn't they, she seemed to say by her grin.
She was Alice MILNES -- a feisty yet gentle Iron Lady -- and she knew it.
Arthur MILNES is the grand_son of Alice MILNES.

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MILNES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-30 published
FOSTER, Helen
Peacefully passed way on Friday, January 28, 2005 at the Toronto East General Hospital at the age of 85. Loving wife of Vincent for 64 years. Dear mother of Ronald (Eve), Glen (Margaret) and Wayne (Barbara). She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren Ryan, Brent, Paul, Julia and Jennifer. Sister of Barbara MILNES and the late Roy, Norman and Bill. Sister-in-law of Oress ADAM/ADAMS and Rita FOSTER. Many thanks to the caring and compassionate staff of the Houses of Providence. Friends may call at the Ralph Day Funeral Home, 180 Danforth Ave. (east of Broadview subway), on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service Tuesday at 12 noon with visiting from 11: 30 at Eastminster Church (310 Danforth Avenue). Interment Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Donations may be made to Providence Healthcare Foundation, 3276 St. Clair Ave. E., Toronto, Ontario, M1L 1W1 would be appreciated. (Evening supervised parking at rear of funeral home).

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MILNES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-13 published
MILNES, Alice Louise "Al"
Peacefully at Bay Ridges Long Term Care Centre on Wednesday, May 11th, 2005, in her 99th year. Beloved wife of the late Herb. Dear mother of Bill and his wife the late Connie, Joan BIRD and her husband Tom, Herb and his wife Barbara. Loving grandmother of Bill, Margie, Art; Jim, Doug, Cathie; Geoffrey, Lisa and great-grandmother of Dennis, Alaina, Kevin, Megan, Colin, Fraser, Patrick and Erinn. Sister of the late Eliza Ann (Toots). Friends may call at Oshawa Funeral Service "Thornton Chapel", 847 King St. West (905-721-1234) for visitation on Thursday, May 19th from 12: 30 p.m. until time of Memorial Service in the Chapel at 1: 00 p.m. Memorial donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated. The family offer a sincere thank you to the Mitchell Park Staff at Bay Ridges for their compassionate care and support.

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MILOFF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-01 published
DEMARSH, Reverend Dr. Roy Grant
83, died peacefully in Minto, New Brunswick, July 30, 2005.
Born in rural Saskatchewan, he was challenged early by polio, later by Alzheimers. Undaunted, he pursued his education (B.Sc., Mount Allison University; B.D., Pine Hill Divinity College; M.Th., University of Toronto; Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Huron College of the Anglican Church). He served God and others in a life of selfless devotion as a United Church Minister (pastorates in the Nashawaak, Stanley, Minto, New Brunswick; New Glasgow, Nova Scotia), as General Secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Canada, Associate Secretary of the Board of Colleges of the United Church of Canada and President of Maritime Conference. He worked with the Moravian Church in Jamaica, and ran in a Federal By-election, representing the New Democratic Party in 1983.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Edna (WARD,) 4 children, Peter (Jean BURGESS), Taymouth, New Brunswick, John, P.E.I., Barbara, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Helen (Maury MILOFF), Bangladesh, 12 grandchildren, his sister Helen BLOCK (Peter,) Toronto, his brother Gordon (Delma), Saskatchewan.
He was predeceased by his parents Grace (TUTTLE) and Peter DEMARSH, his sister Kathleen, his brother Kent.
Funeral Service will be 2: 00 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2005, at Trinity United Church, Minto, New Brunswick. Reception to follow in Church Hall. Burial and Memorial Service to be held later in Sackville, New Brunswick. In lieu of flowers, donations to the M and S Fund, United Church of Canada (478 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2R3), Trinity United Church, Minto, New Brunswick, Stephen Lewis Foundation (for A.I.D.S. and Poverty in Africa), 260 Spadina Avenue, Suite 501, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2E4.

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MILORDI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-12-05 published
METCALFE, Kenneth F.
Peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, on Friday, December 2, 2005. Beloved husband of Marion and loving father of Karen MILORDI and her husband Claudio and Rick. He will be greatly missed by his granddaughters Chiara, Alyssa and especially "Grampa's Girl" Daniela. Ken is survived by his brother Bill and his wife Mary, his uncle Harvey and his mother-in-law Edith McMAHON. He will also be missed by his nieces, nephews, cousins and Friends. He spent many years in the aircraft industry starting with DeHavilland and ending with Boeing. Ken was a proud member of the Newmarket Hydro Commission, Newmarket House League Hockey Tournament, New Beaver Shrine Club and life time member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 426. Friends may call at the Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main St. South, Newmarket for visitation on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the chapel on Wednesday at 2 p.m. followed by interment at Newmarket Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Ken's name to the Canadian Cancer Society, The Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Shriners Children's Hospital.

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MILOS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-03-13 published
MILOS, Ferruccio (Fred)
On February 26, 2005. A complete funeral service will be held on Monday, March 14, 2005 at 11: 30 a.m. at the Cardinal Funeral Home, 366 Bathurst Street (near Dundas). Interment to follow.

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MILOSEVIC o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-12-22 published
BOCCIA, Rose (née STEIGER)
Peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket on December 21, 2005. Daughter of the late Martin and Annie STEIGER. Loving wife and mother of the late John BOCCIA and his children Debbie, Donna and John (Shirley). Nana Rose to Marcella, Deanna, Courtney and Michael. Rose is survived by her brothers and sisters: Ann (John), Betty (Dave), Marty (Mary-Lynn), John (Pam) and Eva as well as many nieces and nephews. Since Rose's diagnosis in 2003 she has lived her life with courage, strength and faith surrounded by the love of Ann and John, their children and grandchildren, her guardian angel Mugs and her many Friends. Special thanks to Dr. L. MARK, Sue Kelly FAULKNER, R.N., Community Care Access Centre, Dr. M. MILOSEVIC, the staff at Princess Margaret Hospital, Dr. N. MERROW, the Southlake Palliative Care Team and especially the Palliative Care volunteers. Friends may call at the Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main St. South, Newmarket on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass at Saint John Chrysostom Church on Friday at 9 a.m. followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Rose's memory to the St. Vincent de Paul Society or the Community Bread Program at Saint John Chrysostom Church. "Mary, my Mother, I placed everything in your hands." (I.34)

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MILOSOVITS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-14 published
MILOSOVITS, Maria
Peacefully, in her 101st year, on April 12th, 2005 at O'Neill Centre. Funeral Service will be held at the Morley Bedford Funeral Home, 159 Eglinton Ave. W. (2 stoplights west of Yonge St.) on Friday, April 15, 2005 at 7 p.m. with visitation one hour prior. Cremation.

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MILOVANOVIC o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-05-04 published
KOLAR, Katarina
Peacefully at Saint Mary's Hospital on May 3, 2005, Mrs. Katarina KOLAR of Kitchener (formerly of London) in her 90th year. Beloved wife of the late Stefan KOLAR. Loving mother of Katarina (Sam) MARCIS, Paul (Zlata) KOLAR, Maria (Andy) GALKO, Anna (John) HLAVCA, Susan (Mike) MILOVANOVIC. Sister of Sam TRPKA of Yugoslavia, Maria NIKOLASEVIC of Kitchener, and Anna KOLAR of West Lorne. Cherished grandmother of 7 grandchildren and 5 greatgrandchildren. Predeceased by son Stefan, brothers Paul, Andy and John and grand_son John. Visitation will be held in the Lloyd R. Needham Funeral Chapel, 520 Dundas Street, on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., where the service will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2005 at 10 a.m. Interment to follow to Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arthritis Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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MILROY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-03 published
HILL, Gordon▼ John▼
Born July 3, 1921, Estevan, Saskatchewan, died August 2, 2005, Toronto,▼ Ontario.▼ He will be remembered by his family, Sara HILL and Dennis THRENDYLE, Laurel▼ and Bill DICK, Rebecca and Ian JOSEPH, Jane and Richard HARRIS, Martha▼ HILL and Kelly MILROY, Andrew HILL and Maya MILIN. Grandfather▼ of Craig and Graham THRENDYLE, Will and Walt DICK, Naomi▼ and Rohan JOSEPH, Wesley, Spencer▼ and Sam HARRIS, Ethan▼ and Regan MILROY and Linden HILL. A law graduate of the University of Toronto, Gordon was a former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot and Canadian advertising pioneer. He started his advertising career at Locke Johnson Advertising. The firm became Gordon HILL Advertising. A private family service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations in Gordon's memory may be made to the Canadian Alzheimer's Society. (Morley Bedford Funeral Services -- Toronto).

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MILROY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-20 published
Carl BEAM, Artist 1943-2005
Outspoken and fearless Ojibway master of collage left a body of work that did justice to the complexities of aboriginal identity in Canada. He made photography a staple of his art and infused it with his own experiences
By Sarah MILROY, Saturday, August 20, 2005, Page S11
A few weeks ago, when Carl BEAM's son-in-law Mark LAROCHELLE stood in the M'chigeeng community centre on Manitoulin Island to eulogize his father-in-law, he had a simple message: "I only had the opportunity to know Carl for seven years, but one of the things that I learned from him was to never be afraid to say what needed to be said."
Outspoken, articulate, passionate, defiant and occasionally cantankerous, Mr. BEAM leaves a huge hole in the Canadian cultural landscape. An Ojibway artist who made a lot of smoke and fire with his art and his statements about the Canadian art scene, he helped to create space for himself and for other first nations artists across the country, creating a body of work that did justice to the complexities of aboriginal identity in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Honoured this year with a Governor-General's Award for the Visual Arts, Mr. BEAM had been the subject of many exhibitions both at home and abroad, and his work resides in the collections of virtually every museum of scale in Canada.
Carl BEAM ended up in M'chigeeng, and he began his life there, too, though in those days it was called West Bay. Born the eldest of nine children, he scarcely knew his white father, Edward COOPER he died as a soldier during the Second World -- but his maternal grandfather, Domenic MIGWANS, took a strong hand in his upbringing. A powerful man in the community, he recognized the young boy's intelligence and drive. "They knew that it would be Carl's destiny to face the white world," says his wife, Ann BEAM (who is also an artist), so they elected to send him to Garnier Residential School in Spanish, Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Huron.
It proved to be both a privilege -- given the education he received (he was a very gifted student) -- and a curse. This forced period of assimilation into white, Christian culture was a dark chapter in his life that he was forever reluctant to discuss.
After this, Mr. BEAM landed a series of labouring jobs in the north, from firefighting to working in the Wawa steel mill. Only in his late 20s did he focus his ambitions on a career in art, attending first the Kootenay School of Art, then the University of Victoria and on to graduate studies at the University of Alberta. Of his decision to turn to art-making, Ann BEAM says: "He used to tell me that he just couldn't hold it off any longer."
Through his education, his world opened up through exposure to the works of contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. He absorbed their photo-transfer techniques and, like them, made found photography a staple of his art. Unlike them, he infused it with autobiography. "He put the personal and family stuff in," says Ann, "so that people could feel the humanness of his [aboriginal] subjects, so that they couldn't be abstracted."
As well, Mr. BEAM learned from the example of aboriginal artists such as the late Fritz Scholder, a Luiseno artist from the American Southwest. "Carl wanted to write his final graduate dissertation on Scholder, but the department said there was not enough material on the artist to make the subject qualify for study," recalls Ann. "That was it for Carl. He was out of there."
During these early years, Mr. BEAM had fathered five children with his first wife, Rejeanne ARCHAMBAULT, but the relationship collapsed. He met Ann in Toronto in 1979. The pair decamped to the American Southwest for a few years and spent a lot of time in the Pueblo community, developing what would be a lifelong interest in pottery. Later, they wound up in Peterborough, Ontario, where from 1983 to 1992 Mr. BEAM began to participate in the Canadian museum scene. His involvement in a number of seminal shows cemented his growing reputation: Altered Egos at Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre and Centre for Indian Art (1984) Cross-Cultural Views at the National Gallery of Canada (a pioneering 1986 exhibition themed on resistance that combined non-native artists such as Hans Haacke and Jamelie Hassan with native artists such as Jane Ash Poitras and Robert Houle); Beyond History at the Vancouver Art Gallery (1989); Indigena at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (1992); and Land, Spirit, Power (also at the National Gallery, in 1992).
The National Gallery's acquisition of his painting The North American Iceberg in 1986 was an important moment for Mr. BEAM, signifying, for him, his successful penetration of hostile cultural territory previously occupied by only white artists. "It was not a donation. It was a purchase," remembers Ann, "and that made all the difference." The painting posited a rebuttal to a concurrent exhibition of Italian and German contemporary art at the Art Gallery of Ontario named the European Iceberg.
Says Diana NEMIROFF, then the National Gallery of Canada's curator of contemporary art and now the director of Carleton University Art Gallery: "Carl has a sense of humour, but he also had the sharp, critical sense that there was another Iceberg buried that we weren't paying attention to, and it involved battles, conquest, uneasy cohabitation." The acquisition represented a breakthrough. Says Ms. NEMIROFF: "It signalled the gallery's intention to look seriously at a whole generation of native artists who were dealing with aboriginal cultural issues in an absolutely contemporary way."
The BEAMs lived in Peterborough until their return to Manitoulin Island in 1992, settling finally into an adobe house they built with their own hands.
The art Mr. BEAM made along the way constitutes one of the great cultural documents of our changing political landscape. There's his Columbus Suite (1989-1990), a group of 12 etchings that responded to the quincentennial of the landing of the explorer on North American soil. (The series is currently being exhibited in a small, honorary exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario.)
On Mr. BEAM's love of visual collage, Ms. NEMIROFF says: "Collage allowed him to make subjective leaps between bodies of knowledge that had always been kept separate."
Thus, he gives us the chiselled raptor-like profile of Abraham Lincoln above a row of black ravens (symbols of transformation). Sitting Bull and Einstein are pictured stacked atop one another. Various Ways to Travel in North America couples a space rocket preparing for liftoff with a scene of aboriginal ritual dance two views of celestial travel, joined at the seam.
A subsequent series, also created in response to the quincentennial, was Burying the Ruler. In it, you see the artist holding the simple measuring instrument, then the same instrument buried from view.
"The reference was to the Renaissance idea of man as the measure of all things," says first nations artist and curator Gerald McMASTER, who frequently worked with Mr. BEAM over the years. By man, of course, they meant European man. "Indians were invented in 1492," Mr. McMASTER continues. "Carl made work to contest that European view," commenting on the environmental and humanitarian implications of such rigid modes of rational thought. Instead of the straight ruler, Mr. BEAM proposed the triangle and the circle.
A later series, Great Whale of Our Being (2002), imagined the whale as a metaphor for all mankind in our moment of ecological peril, presenting the magnificent creature dismembered and violated, and also whole, free and powerfully alive in its natural element. Before his death, says Ann, he was working on a series called Crossroads, riffing on the Robert Johnson blues classic as a way of considering his own hybrid place between cultures.
It was this sort of complexity that fuelled his art. Powerfully particular in his cultural point of view as an aboriginal, Carl BEAM railed against the racial ghettoization of his art. "My work is not made for Indian people, but for thinking people," he wrote. "In the global and evolutionary scheme, the difference between people is negligible."
Carl Edward Migwans BEAM was born in West Bay, Ontario, on May 24, 1943. He died in M'chigeeng (formerly West Bay) on July 30, 2005, of complications arising from diabetes. He was 62.
He is survived by his wife, Ann, and by their daughter Anong and by four children from a previous marriage: Clinton, Laila, Carl Jr. and Jennifer. He also leaves his mother, Barbara Migwans BEAM, and siblings Lina, Leonard, Tom, Linda, Joan, Norma, Theresa, Loretta, and Marjorie, plus 11 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his daughter Veronica.
A memorial service will be held at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, 25 Caroline St. N., Waterloo, Ontario, on September 18, at 2 p.m.
From November 28 to January 29, 2006, the Carlton University Art Gallery will mount a Carl BEAM retrospective.

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MILROY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-24 published
KELLY, Wilfred John
Passed away at the Huronia District Hospital on Friday, April 22, 2005 in his 81st year. Wilfred KELLY, formerly of Mississauga, beloved husband of the late Beatrice KELLY (née TURNER.) Loving father of Maureen (Tom) PARKES of Wasaga Beach, and Richard (Joan) KELLY of Burlington. Dear grandfather of Norman, Nicole, Claire (Paul); step-grandfather of Patricia (David), Katherine (Rick), Tracy (Carlos), and Jennifer; great-grandfather of Brad, Jennifer, Emily, Sierra, Jacob, Brandon and Dylan. Dear brother of Maurice KELLY, Marguerite MILROY, Joan GRATTON, and Goldie SONSER. Predeceased by his brother Bartholomew, and sisters Marjorie SAINT_DENNIS and Velma JOYCE. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Franz SONSER for all of his extended support and care over the last few months. Family and Friends will be received at the J.H. Lynn Chapel of Carson Funeral Home, 290 First Street, Midland (705) 526-6551 on Sunday, April 24th from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be celebrated in the chapel on Monday, April 25, 2005 at 1 o'clock. Interment and graveside service will be held at Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Mississauga, on Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Memorial donations to the Huronia Hospitals Foundation would be greatly appreciated by the family. On-line messages of condolence are welcome at www.carsonfuneralhomes.com A Memorial Tree will be planted byCarson Funeral Homes

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MILROY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-03 published
HILL, Gordon▲ John▲
Born July 3, 1921, Estevan, Saskatchewan, died August 2, 2005, Toronto,▲ Ontario.▲ He will be remembered by his family, Sara HILL and Dennis THRENDYLE, Laurel▲ and Bill DICK, Rebecca and Ian JOSEPH, Jane and Richard HARRIS, Martha▲ HILL and Kelly MILROY, Andrew HILL and Maya MILIN. Grandfather▲ of Craig and Graham THRENDYLE, Will and Walt DICK, Naomi▲ and Rohan JOSEPH, Wesley, Spencer▲ and Sam HARRIS, Ethan▲ and Regan MILROY and Linden HILL. A law graduate of the University of Toronto, Gordon was a former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot and Canadian advertising pioneer. He started his advertising career at Locke Johnson Advertising. The firm became Gordon Hill Advertising. A private family service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations in Gordon's memory may be made to the Canadian Alzheimer Society. (Morley Bedford Funeral Services - Toronto)

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MILROY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-13 published
COOK, William " Bud"
(World War 2 Veteran) Passed away at West Parry Sound Health Centre, on Monday, September 12th, 2005. Age 80 years. Predeceased by his loving wife Dorothy. Lovingly remembered by his children Pat and her husband Gord McMEEKIN, Gail and her husband George SHERIDAN, and Lynette GILMORE and her husband James RICKERBY. Dear grandfather to Erin and Alex McMEEKIN, Kelly MILROY, Stephanie MILROY- VANHEESWYK and Jenna SHERIDAN. Cherished great-grandfather to Kyle and Marissa SHEARER, and Dylan and Mikaela VANHEESWYK. Dear brother of Bob and the late Grace, Jack, Alfred, and Victor. Fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews, other relatives and Friends. Resting at the Logan Funeral Home, 81 James Street, Parry Sound (1-800-265-2218) where family will receive visitors on Tuesday, September 13th from 7-9 p.m., and Wednesday from 12 noon-1 p.m. Funeral Service will take place in the Logan Memorial Chapel Wednesday, September 14th at 1: 00 p.m. Cremation. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the West Parry Sound Health Centre, Dialysis Unit, would be appreciated by the family.

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MILSOM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-11 published
MILSOM, Gillian " Jill"
Peacefully in her sleep, on Monday, January 10, 2005, at her home in Windbourne Park. Jill leaves behind her loving children Helen and Richard and wife Barbara; grand_sons Alex and Brandon brother Tim and his wife Bernie and their children of Northern Ireland. Friends will be received at Pine Hills Visitation, Chapel & Reception Centre, 625 Birchmount Road, Scarborough (north of St. Clair Ave. E.), 416-267-8229, on Thursday, January 13, 2005 from 12-1 p.m. A celebration of her life will begin at 1 p.m. Interment and reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated.

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MILSTEIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-09 published
SCHWARTZ, Harry
Peacefully, on Tuesday, November 8th, 2005. Beloved husband of Ann. Loving father of Natalie DEUTSCH, Rhonda KASHENBERG. Cherished grandfather of Bradley KASHENBERG and Tara PULLEE. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Edith and the late Saul MILSTEIN, Libby KASHENBERG, Sam and Claire SCHWARTZ, Laura and the late Leo SCHWARTZ. Sadly mourned by his nieces, nephews, family and Friends. Funeral service from Paperman and Sons, 3888 Jean Talon W., Montreal on Friday, November 11th at 11: 30 a.m. Burial in Montreal. Shiva at 4005 Bayview Ave. No.207, Toronto. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, (514) 871-1551.

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MILSTONE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-04-02 published
Milton HARRIS, Chief Executive Officer and Philanthropist: 1927-2005
son of a scrap-metal dealer, he used his genius for business to build a $600-million company, writes Sandra MARTIN. A family man who resolved to keep his children out of the family business for the sake of the family, he supported such varied causes as primate research and the hunt for war criminals
By Sandra MARTIN, Saturday, April 2, 2005, Page S9
Milt HARRIS's business acumen was legendary, but it was only a small part of the man. A self-made entrepreneur who took his family's scrap-metal business and turned it into a hugely successful reinforced-steel business, he was also a crusader, a civil libertarian, and a quiet but generous philanthropist to a range of causes, including the Young Men's Christian Association, opera, First Nations, and especially primate research and human cognitive evolution.
Short, wiry and athletic, Mr. HARRIS hated formality and was rarely seen in a shirt and tie. As a young man, he learned to box and to fly a single-engine plane -- until good sense and his wife persuaded him to ground his aircraft. In recent years, he was a committed cyclist, often riding close to 30 kilometres a day through the ravines of Toronto. Although he couldn't read music, he took up the organ a dozen years ago and learned to play toccatas, fugues and sonatas.
Milton HARRIS was born in Detroit in 1927, one of two sons of Sam and Jenny HARRIS. The family moved to London when Milt was a few months old. His childhood was troubled because his mother was sickly and his father tended to favour Milt's brother, Liebert. Fortunately, the young boy had affectionate and supportive aunts and uncles and, instead of being embittered by his upbringing, he developed empathy and compassion for others.
In a eulogy for Mr. HARRIS, his son, David, attributed his father's affinity for the oppressed and dispossessed to those early struggles. "I think that Milt built his life in opposition and reaction to the parenting he received and... this explains... his most prominent character trait: He was a fighter, a go-getter, a man of action."
Mr. HARRIS grew up in the scrap-metal business, which had been in the family since before the turn of the century. At 13, he was driving a truck, and working part-time for his father, his grandfather and his uncle. The business went through good times and bad -- his father lost a fortune during the Depression and made most of it back early in the Second World War.
There was certainly enough money to send Milt to St. George's School and Central Collegiate Institute in London and to Camp Winnebago in Ontario's Muskoka region for at least one summer. That's where Milt met Max MILSTONE in 1943, the year he turned 16. The two boys became lifelong Friends, a connection that was strengthened at the University of Toronto because they both belonged to the Beta Sigma Rho fraternity. "He was the sharpest man I ever knew. He had a mind like a steel trap and he could remember everything," Mr. MILSTONE said this week.
"He was the best friend I ever had," he said. "A friend is somebody who can be truly happy when something good happens to you, and not with any jealousy or competition, but he also felt my pain."
It was also at the University of Toronto that Mr. HARRIS met his wife, Ethel. They knew each other socially, but they really connected one rainy evening in 1948 when they were both studying for exams in the reference library (now the University of Toronto Bookstore on College Street). "Milt walked me home and he told me later that he knew then that he was in love with me," Mrs. HARRIS said this week. They were engaged that September and married a year later, a partnership that lasted more than 55 years. She is credited with expanding his interests in the arts and encouraging his fascination with primates and human evolution.
Milt HARRIS wanted to become a lawyer after graduating with a commerce degree in 1949, but his father suffered a heart attack, and so the young couple moved to London and Mr. HARRIS took over the day-to-day running of the family business. In 1954, he bought out his grandfather or, more accurately, assumed the company's liabilities. By then, he had a new vision for the business. He had bought a load of reinforcing steel, detritus from the construction of the Welland Canal, and realized that he could cut, bend and resell it, rather than throwing it onto the scrap heap. "That was the beginning of the rebar business," said nephew John HARRIS, who has succeeded Milt HARRIS as Chief Executive Officer and chairman of Harris Steel.
Focused and imaginative, Milt HARRIS was able to envisage the future of the steel industry and to take advantage of it to manufacture a product that could be used to reinforce concrete in construction projects. In the mid-1960s, he began branching out into other businesses, including Laurel Steel, and took his company public in 1967. Today, Harris Steel Group is a leading North American steel fabricator and processor with 34 facilities in Canada and the U.S. and annual sales in excess of $600-million.
Harris Steel is not a family business in the usual sense. Unlike many self-made entrepreneurs, Mr. HARRIS discouraged his children (Judith, Naomi and David) from joining the company. There was a lot of business-related conflict within his family over the generations, according to John HARRIS, and he didn't want to inflict that on his own children.
The same stricture seemed to hold for John HARRIS. "He was more than an uncle to me, he was an idol," he said, explaining that his parents had divorced when he was very young and Uncle Milt and Aunt Ethel had stepped into the emotional gap. After John graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1974 from Trent University, he was thinking of taking a year off before going to law school. At a party, his aunt "dragged me over by the ear" to his uncle and said, "Why don't you give Johnny a job for a year."
At the end of his stint, John wanted to stay with the company. "I was working as an ironworker out in the field. The hours were great, I had all the overtime I wanted and huge money." His uncle listened, wrote the name of his biggest competitor on a piece of paper, gave it to his nephew and said: "Phone him. Maybe he'll give you a job, because if you don't go back to school, I'm firing you."
John got the message. He went to University of Toronto for an M.B.A., continued to work for his uncle part-time for two years and went back to the firm in the spring of 1977. He's been there ever since.
When asked why his uncle was so successful at founding and growing a business, John HARRIS said: "It was really a matter of culture." Long before "empowering people" became business buzz words, his uncle always saw beyond the exterior and saw the heart and intelligence workers brought to their jobs. "He treated them like real people, whether they were labourers or truck drivers or rocket scientists and let them try to do their best."
Milt HARRIS had a genius for business. "He just wanted to bring his mind and energy to the game every day," said his nephew, adding that he "had a tremendous mental toughness." He brought that toughness not only to his own business, but also as a director of other companies, including Air Canada and Canadair.
In the early 1980s, he became involved in the Canadian Jewish Congress, serving on its war-crimes committee and as president from 1983 to 1986. After reading None Is Too Many, by Irving Abella and Harold Troper, their landmark exposé of anti-Semitism in Canada, he invited Mr. Abella to speak to the Canadian Jewish Congress. "He was a dynamo -- single-minded, generous, energetic and gutsy," said Mr. Abella. "He knew what he wanted to do and how to do it."
What he wanted was to find war criminals who had found refuge in Canada. "Although he had no relatives that he knew of who had died in the Holocaust and he'd had a pretty comfortable life in Canada, he was angry that Canada had allowed people who have committed such horrific crimes into this country, allowed them to stay and made no pretense at prosecution," said Mr. Abella. "His sense of justice and his sense of the values this country represents were assaulted."
At the time, Jim PETERSON, now Minister of International Trade in Paul MARTIN's cabinet, was parliamentary secretary to then justice minister Jean CHRÉTIEN. Mr. PETERSON worked closely with Mr. HARRIS, arranging for him to meet senior Justice Department officials. "He did as much, or more, as anybody in Canada to advance the cause of bringing war criminals to justice."
In her eulogy, Mrs. HARRIS described her husband as someone who was "never afraid to stand alone for what he believed, never afraid to fight for the underprivileged and the scapegoated or against any violation of human rights." As Canadian Jewish Congress president, for example, he supported the right of Palestinians to a homeland. Later, he campaigned on behalf of Japanese Canadians seeking redress for being interned and having their homes and assets confiscated during the Second World War. "He took on causes that were his and not necessarily the community's," said Mr. Abella, "so he was often fighting solitary battles, but the right ones."
A big supporter of the Liberal Party, he was the campaign manager when Clarence PETERSON (father of former Ontario premier David PETERSON) ran against John ROBARTS in the 1963 Ontario election. In that pre-cellphone era, Mr. HARRIS invented a concept called home centres for election days. The idea was to place election workers away from headquarters in houses close to the polls, recalled Jim PETERSON, Clarence's son. This practice was later adopted by the party on a much wider scale.
Mr. HARRIS never ran for office himself, but he publicly denounced the Liberal Party for its anti-free-trade stand against the U.S. in the 1988 federal election. "He phoned me and said he could not, in principle, support a party that had always supported free trade and wouldn't in these circumstances," said Jim PETERSON. "When we later endorsed free trade, he came back to us," adding: "He was right."
About five years ago, Mr. HARRIS phoned York University president Lorna MARSDEN, an acquaintance from the Liberal Party and their days sitting on the board of Air Canada, and invited her to talk to him about the university's research projects. One of the qualities Dr. MARSDEN always appreciated about Mr. HARRIS was his low-key style. "He had conversations, he didn't lecture you," she said.
Since that telephone conversation, he quietly financed scholarships for francophone students to study at the university's bilingual Glendon campus. He also become heavily involved in funding research into brain development in humans, an outgrowth of his long-time interest in and support of anthropologist Jane Goodall's work with primates.
"His gifts were such involved philanthropy. He wanted to be there and talk to the people," said Ms. MARSDEN. " That's an incredible gift to a faculty member to have somebody who is interested in their research, understands their research and supports it."
The energetic and fit Mr. HARRIS was complaining of a stomach ache before he and his wife headed to their Florida home a month ago. He became progressively sicker and was diagnosed three weeks ago with a rare and aggressive form of abdominal cancer. His family gathered around him, making the last week of his life a very emotional time. He loved his family and he made sure each of them knew it, said Mrs. HARRIS.
Milton HARRIS was born in Detroit on July 26, 1927. He died on March 26 of cancer. He was 77. He is survived by his wife, Ethel, his children Judith, Naomi and David, his nephew John, his cousin Marcia and their families.

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MILTENBURG o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-09-11 published
BRADY, Lorne▼ A.▼
Surrounded by his loving family at London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Campus, on Saturday, September 10, 2005 Lorne A. BRADY of R.R.#2, Dorchester in his 77th year. Beloved and devoted husband of 52 years of Gwendolyn (HODGINS.) Dearly loved father of Judy and Herb HALLER of Waterloo, Jayne and Ben MILTENBURG of Lucknow and Jeffrey and Laurie BRADY of Mossley. Cherished grandfather of Craig and wife Lisa, Steven and James HALLER; Mary Gwen, Elizabeth and Anna MILTENBURG; Eric and Curtis BRADY. Dear brother of Gerald BRADY of London. Fondly remembered by Gerald and Beth HODGINS of Dorchester. Predeceased by his parents George and Eva and his brother Keith and a brother-in-law Roy HODGINS. Lorne▼ farmed all is life in North Dorchester Twp. He also was an auctioneer and a faithful school bus driver. Family and Friends will be received at the Bieman Funeral Home, Dorchester on Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September▼ 13, 2005 at 1: 00 p.m. with Reverend Lloyd BROWN officiating. Interment at Dorchester Union Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations to The Canadian Diabetes Assoc., the Arthritis Society or the Harrietsville-Mossley United Church gratefully acknowledged.

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MILTENBURG o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-09-13 published
BRADY, Lorne▲ A.▲
Surrounded by his loving family at London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, on Saturday, September 10, 2005, Lorne A. BRADY of R.R.#2, Dorchester in his 77th year. Beloved and devoted husband of Gwendolyn (HODGINS) for 53 years. Dearly loved father of Judy and Herb HALLER of Waterloo, Jayne and Ben MILTENBURG of Lucknow and Jeffrey and Laurie BRADY of Mossley. Cherished grandfather of Craig and wife Lisa, Steven and James HALLER Mary Gwen, Elizabeth and Anna MILTENBURG; Eric and Curtis BRADY. Dear brother of Gerald BRADY of London. Fondly remembered by Gerald and Beth HODGINS of Dorchester. Sadly missed by his nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents George and Eva and his brother Keith and a brother-in-law Roy HODGINS. Lorne▲ farmed all his life in North Dorchester Twp. He also was an auctioneer and a faithful school bus driver. Family and Friends will be received at the Bieman Funeral Home, Dorchester on Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September▲ 13, 2005 at 1: 00 p.m. with Reverend Lloyd BROWN officiating. Interment at Dorchester Union Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations to The Canadian Diabetes Assoc., the Arthritis Society or the Harrietsville-Mossley United Church gratefully acknowledged.

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MILTHORPE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-15 published
WINTERS, Howard Richard
At his home, in Erin, in the loving arms of his family, Howard WINTERS passed away peacefully, in his 85th year, on January 13, 2005. Devoted and loving husband for 58 years to Andrea (nee MASTERS.) Exceptional, cherished and every little girl's dream of a father to Margaret ROBERTSON of London, Marilyn PHILBROOK of Oakville, and Kathryn WINTERS of Brampton. Treasured grandfather of Glenn HUNTER (predeceased,) Russell HUNTER (Juliette,) Sarah HOLMAN (Frank,) and Michael PHILBROOK. Magical great-grandfather of Zackary and Alia HUNTER. Dear brother of Weir WINTERS (Marie) of Erin. Howard was a veteran of World War 2 and a proud member of Royal Canadian Air Force 434 Squadron. He and his brother Weir, were the long-time owners of "Winters Garage" in Erin, and together donated land for the village cenotaph. He later owned a small engine sales and service business that included "Lawnboy", and as well was the high school custodian. He started Boy Scouts in Erin. Howard was a man of unshakable honesty, loyalty and hard work ethics. His deep love and dedication to his wife and family were paramount. Howard was a gentleman who taught by the way he lived his life. He lives on in this way and in the hearts of three generations. He was a special man; a trusted and respected business man. Special thanks to Dr. Duncan BULL, without whose exceptional dedication and care, Howard would not have been able to remain at home, Dr. Jeff McKINNON, Pat MILTHORPE, R.N., Dr. Norman GOLDBERG, the Masters family and Pastor René POMERLEAU. Resting at the Butcher Family Funeral Home, 5399 Main St. S., where the Funeral Service will be held on Monday, January 17th at 2: 00 p.m. with Pastor René POMERLEAU officiating. Spring Interment, Huxley Cemetery, Hillsburgh. Visitation on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Legion Memorial Service will be held in the funeral home Sunday evening at 9 p.m. If desired, donations to Erin Fire Department, or Fellowship Baptist Church, P.O. Box 344, Grand Valley, Ontario, L0N 1G0, would be appreciated as expression of sympathy.

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MILTON o@ca.on.kent_county.wallaceburg.wallaceburg_courier_press 2005-04-13 published
METCALFE, Major Robert William "Green Howard"
Major Robert William (Bob) METCALFE "Green Howard" passed away suddenly, but peacefully on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in his 91st year. Cherished husband of Helen Margeretta METCALFE (née PORTER) of Ottawa. Dear father of Sharon MILTON of Edmonton and Sue METCALFE of Toronto. Favourite uncle of Dr. G.S.R. PORTER of Victoria, British▼ Columbia.▼ Beloved grandfather of Jennifer MILTON of Vancouver, Robert MILTON of Edmonton, Liane and Katherine BISNAIRE of Toronto. Trusty companion of 4 legged friend "Simon". Born January 25, 1915 in Richmond, Yorkshire, Robert served with the 8th Batt Green Howards in France, the Middle East and Italy, and married Lieut PORTER (Cdn▼ Medical▼ Corp.▼) in Jesi, Italy. Came to Canada as war "groom". Robert served as Reeve of Wallaceburg and Warden of Kent County. Retired with Helen to Ottawa. Robert was honoured by many organizations throughout his life, made Friends easily through his passion for the military, and was known for his encyclopaedic memory. Authored in his 80th year, "No Time For Dreams - A Soldier's Six Year Journey Through World War 2". A true "Green Howard" and sharp as a tack until the end of his days. We will miss his war stories and fine sense of humour. Memorial service on Saturday, April 30th, 2005 at 1 p.m. at Beechwood Cemetery Chapel, 200 Beechwood Ave., Ottawa. In lieu of flowers, kindly send donations to the War Amps. Bob also had a special interest in the Gurkha Welfare Trust, P.O. Box 18215, 2nd Floor, 1 Old Street, London, England, EC1V9XB or at www.gwt.org.uk

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MILTON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-01-08 published
POLZIN, Thelma May (née HEPWORTH)
Peacefully on Monday, January 3rd, 2005 at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Thelma May POLZIN (née HEPWORTH) in her 78th year. Beloved wife of Walter for 56 years. Mother to Harold (Jennifer) of Pembroke Pines, Florida, Adrienne (Wayne) MILLARD of Langley, British Columbia and Mary (Doug) MILTON of Drumbo, Ontario. Grandmother to Andrea, Brent, Katie, Jonathan, Laura and Thomas. Great grandmother to Miles and Sophia, and aunt and great aunt to many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her father Harold, mother Sybil and two brothers Eric and Douglas. Thelma loved her dear pets Dickens (deceased) and Dawson who will be a good companion for Dad. A mother of many names, Mom, Lady, Scout, Thelmer, Grammie, Grandma, Nana and Nana Cuckoo will be missed and remembered with love forever. A private memorial service in celebration of Thelma's life was held on Friday, January 7th, 2005. At Thelma's request cremation has taken place. The family requests for those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or the Kidney Foundation through the Smith-LeRoy Funeral Home, (519) 537-3611. “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others” - Pericles

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MILTON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-02-08 published
HIDVEGI, Michael
In Ottawa, Saturday, February 5, 2005. Michael HIDVEGI age 74. Husband of the late Margaret LORINCZ. Cherished father of Margo HIDVEGI-MILTON (Dave MILTON) and Wendy HIDVEGI- TOWNSEND (Andrew TOWNSEND.) Dear brother of Maria MECSEI (Laszlo.) Predeceased by son Todd Michael HIDVEGI. Friends may pay respects at the Kelly Funeral Home, 580 Eagleson Road, Kanata Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service Thursday in the Chapel at 1 p.m. In memoriam donations to Canadian Diabetes Association appreciated. www.kellyfh.ca.

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MILTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-04-09 published
METCALFE, Major Robert William " Bob"
Suddenly but peacefully on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in his 91st year. Cherished husband of Helen Margeretta METCALFE (née PORTER) of Ottawa. Dear father of Sharon MILTON of Edmonton, and Sue METCALFE of Toronto. Favourite uncle of Dr. G.S.R. PORTER of Victoria, British▲ Columbia.▲ Beloved grandfather of Jennifer MILTON of Vancouver, Robert MILTON of Edmonton, Liane and Katherine BISNAIRE of Toronto. Trusty companion of 4 legged friend 'Simon'. Born January 25, 1915 in Richmond, Yorkshire, Robert served with the 8th Batt. Green Howards in France, the Middle East and Italy, and married Lieut PORTER (Cdn▲ Medical▲ Corp▲) in Jesi, Italy. Came to Canada as war 'groom'. Robert served as Reeve of Wallaceburg and Warden of Kent County. Retired with Helen to Ottawa. Robert was honoured by many organizations throughout his life, made Friends easily through his passion for the military, and was known for his encyclopaedic memory. Authored in his 80th year, 'No Time for Dreams - A Soldier's Six-Year Journey through World War 2'. A true 'Green Howard' and sharp as a tack until the end of his days. We will miss his war stories and fine sense of humour. Memorial service on Saturday, April 30th at 1 p.m. at Beechwood Cemetery Chapel, 200 Beechwood Ave., Ottawa. In lieu of flowers, kindly send donations to the War Amps. Bob also had a special interest in the Gurkha Welfare Trust, P O. Box. 18215, 2nd Floor, 1 Old Street, London, England, EC1V9XB or www.gwt.org.uk

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MILTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-06 published
SLESSOR, Anne Lily (née MILTON)
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Anne Lily SLESSOR, beloved wife of the late David Robert SLESSOR, predeceased by son Brian, died peacefully at the William Osler Health Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario on May 1, 2005 at the age of 87. She will be lovingly remembered by her sons David (Anne) and Bob, her 6 grandchildren, Stephen, Stephanie, Erin, Matthew, Keely, and Daniel and 2 great-grandchildren, Sean and Brian. Anne was a pioneer in helping to establish Brighthope School for children with special needs in Ottawa. Acelebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 2: 00 p.m. at St. Luke's United Church, 516 The Kingsway, Etobicoke, Ontario(corner of Kipling and The Kingsway). In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Canadian Down Syndrome Society or the charity of your choice.

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MILTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-07-14 published
BOSTON, Erma " Tiny"
Peacefully at Fudger House Nursing Home on Wednesday, July 13, 2005, in her 91st year. Loving daughter of the late Victoria "Queenie" and Ernest BOSTON. Cherished sister to brother Murray (Vivian) and sister Vivian MILTON and family. Predeceased by brothers Victor "Mickey" and Arnold. Erma will be sadly missed by her two cousins Carol Ann "Cookie" and Ken (Sandi) and her close neighbour Edie McLELLAN and family. At Erma's request there will be no visitation or service. Private cremation. Arrangements entrusted to the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel.

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MILTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-26 published
BROWN, Calvin Oliver
Suddenly taken into the arms of God on September 20th, 2005 at home in Brampton, at the age of 34. Beloved husband of Marrett MILTON- BROWN. Loving Dad of Terrell, Latavia and Terrence. Much loved son of Beverly and Collin DYER. Also missed by many other relatives and Friends. Calvin was a dedicated employee of Brampton Transit and a Sunday School teacher for The Church of God of Prophecy - West End Worship Centre. Friends may call at the Ward Funeral Home "Brampton Chapel", 52 Main Street South (Hwy. 10), 905-451-2124 on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The Funeral Service will be held at The Church of God of Prophecy - West End Worship Centre, 1344 Martingrove Rd., Etobicoke on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 10 a.m. Visitation from 9-10 a.m. Interment Brampton Memorial Gardens.

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MILWAIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-18 published
LYON, James Allison Murray
At Woodstock, on Monday, November 14, 2005, James Allison Murray LYON of Woodstock, in his 73rd year. Beloved husband of Margaret (née MILWAIN.) Dear father of Lori-Ann FARR and her husband Bill of Woodstock. Loving grandfather of Aisha and Megan. Dear brother of Maureen McLEOD of Toronto. A family service will be held. Cremation, followed by interment later. If desired, memorial donations to the Woodstock Hospital Foundation or the Canadian Diabetes Association would be appreciated and may be arranged through the Smith-LeRoy Funeral Home, 519-537-3611. Personal condolences may be sent at www.smithleroy.com

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MILWARD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-26 published
BEATTIE, Charles John
(Retired employee City of Toronto) Peacefully on Friday, November 25, 2005 at the Humber River Regional Hospital - Church Site, in his 82nd year. Charles, beloved husband of the late Esther. Dear father of Wayne. Brother of Mary BARLOW, Jean MILWARD and Jim BEATTIE. He will be sadly missed by his many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Rd. (north of Lawrence Ave.), Weston from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Monday. A service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Cremation. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.

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