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WARRICK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-09-27 published
GRAHAM, Hazel▼ " Vivian▼" (formerly HEPBURN, WARRICK)
Of Toronto and formerly of Saint Thomas, on Sunday, September 25, 2005, at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, in her 78th year. Wife of the late Charles R. HEPBURN and the late Victor WARRICK. Loved▼ mother of Paul HEPBURN and Jerrold HEPBURN, both of British Columbia, D. Ross and his wife Claudia▼ HEPBURN of Port Stanley, C. Kenneth HEPBURN of Saint Thomas and the late George A. HEPBURN. Predeceased▼ by a brother Bruce WALTER and by 2 sisters Marion WREN and Irene WALTER. Vivian was born in Toronto on November 5, 1927. She worked for the Law Society of Upper Canada. Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas where funeral service will be held Thursday at 11: 00 a.m. Interment to follow in Saint Thomas Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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WARRICK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-27 published
GRAHAM, Hazel▲ " Vivian▲" (formerly HEPBURN, WARRICK)
Of Toronto and formerly of Saint Thomas, on Sunday, September 25, 2005, at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, in her 78th year. Wife of the late Charles R. HEPBURN and the late Victor WARRICK. Loved▲ mother of Paul HEPBURN and Jerrold HEPBURN, both of British Columbia, D. Ross and his wife Claudia▲ HEPBURN of Port Stanley, C. Kenneth HEPBURN of Saint Thomas and the late George A. HEPBURN. Predeceased▲ by a brother Bruce WALTERS and by 2 sisters Marion WREN and Irene WALTERS. Vivian was born in Toronto on November 5, 1927. She worked for the Law Society of Upper Canada. Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas where funeral service will be held Thursday at 11: 00 a.m. Interment to follow in St. Thomas Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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WARRILLOW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-15 published
SEABROOK, Norman John, B.Comm.
(Veteran of World War 2). Peacefully, at home, on October 13, 2005, in his 84th year. Beloved husband of the late Louise (BOOMER.) Father of the late Sharon APPLETON (Bruce) and father of Lori KARVOUNIS (George) of Etobicoke, Raymond (Marilyn) of Denver, Colorado, and Jim (Stella) of Mississauga. Will be missed by eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario in 1922, the son of the late Lloyd and Violet SEABROOK (TROTTER.) Predeceased by sister Frances (WARRILLOW) and brothers William and Robert. World War 2 Flying Officer Navigator with Royal Canadian Air Force, University of Toronto B. Commerce in 1948. Employed with Swift Canadian for thirty-five years in the meat packing industry. Friends may call at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Rd. (north of Lawrence Ave.), Weston, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service will be held on Monday at 1 p.m. in the Chapel. Cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.

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WARRINER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-06-05 published
FINSANT, Ruby Kathleen (née WARRINER)
It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of Ruby on June 2, 2005, in Oakville. Born in Parry Sound District, November 19, 1924, but lived almost her entire life in the Toronto area. Loved wife of the late Norman Lief FINSANT (1989.) She will forever be in the hearts of her daughter Gail, son-in-law Ron, grandchildren, Tricia, Kristin, and her husband Mark. Predeceased by brothers Victor, Dennis and sister Grace. Survived by sister Dorothy, brother Frank, loving sister Irene, and many nieces and nephews. Her devoted friend Danny will also miss her. A Memorial Service will be held at the Oakview Funeral Home, 56 Lakeshore Road West (one block east of Kerr Street), Oakville at 3 p.m. Monday, June 6th. A donation to the Lung Association or The Osteoporosis Society of Canada would be appreciated.

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WARRINER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-20 published
FISCHL, Raymond George (April 13, 1925-May 31, 2005)
Beloved husband of Elsie (née WALSH) and the late Leona WARRINER. Loving father to Rod KING, his wife Diane and grandchildren Zoe and Gina; his son Bradley FISCHL, his wife Teresa and grandchildren. Loved and admired by his extended family David ALCOCK, Mark ALCOCK and family, Brenda LINNEMAN and Pat RICHARDS. He loved and was loved by his Friends and neighbours. He is survived by brother Bert, sisters Kay, May, Clara, Margaret and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents and his brothers Joseph, Carl, and Lawrence. Ray's memorial service was held on Saturday, June 4, 2005 in Newmarket. His interment will be held on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 1: 00 p.m. at the Alliston Union Cemetery, Alliston. We will always love you sweetman.

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WARRINGTON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-10-22 published
PICKERING, Thelma (DEADMAN)
Peacefully at Marion Villa, on Wednesday, October 19, 2005, Thelma (DEADMAN) PICKERING of London in her 95th year. Beloved wife of the Late Francis (Pic) PICKERING (1994.) Lifelong friend of Elsie WARRINGTON of London. At Thelma's request, there will be no visitation or Funeral Service. Cremation with interment Christ Church Cemetery, Delaware. Donations to the Alzheimer's Society gratefully acknowledged. McFarlane and Roberts Funeral Home, Lambeth 652-2020 in care of arrangements.

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WARRINGTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-05-26 published
WARRINGTON, Marguerite▼ " Peggy▼"
Peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, May 23rd, 2005 in her 80th year. Peg, beloved wife of the late Tom. Loving mother of Doug and his wife Laurie and of the late Steven. Nan will always be remembered by Leigh, Catie and Michael. A private family service was held. Interment Saint John's Cemetery (Norway). Please join the family in a celebration of Peg's life at the Weston Golf and Country Club, 50 St. Philips Road on Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 from 5-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice King-Aurora, 155 King Road, Oakridges, Ontario L4E 2W1. Condolences may be sent to the family at peggy.warrington@wardfh.com

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WARRINGTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-26 published
WARRINGTON, Marguerite▲ " Peggy▲"
Peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, May 23rd, 2005, in her 80th year. Peg, beloved wife of the late Tom. Loving mother of Doug and his wife Laurie and of the late Steven. Nan will always be remembered by Leigh, Catie and Michael. A private family service was held. Interment Saint John's Cemetery (Norway). Please join the family in a celebration of Peg's life at the Weston Golf and Country Club, 50 St. Philips Road on Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 from 5 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice King - Aurora, 155 King Road, Oakridges, Ontario L4E 2W1. Condolences may be sent to the family at peggy.warrington@wardfh.com

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WARRIS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-01-28 published
WARRIS, Catherine Evelyn (MOLLET)
Died in her home, Tuesday, January 25th, 2005. The former Catherine MOLLET, in her 50th year, the beloved wife of Bradford WARRIS, of Allenford, Ontario. Mother of Chad and his wife, Angela, of Milton; Mitchell and his wife, Kristianna, of Owen Sound and Cheney and her husband, Jonathan, of St. Catharines. Survived also linked as linked as , by her loving mother and friend, Mary Ellen MOLLET, of Arran Sideroad 20. Catherine was predeceased by her father, Fraser MOLLET. Dear sister of Sheridan, Claudia and Trent, all residing in Bruce County. She is lovingly remembered by one grandchild, four nephews and two nieces. A service will be held Saturday, at 2: 00 p.m., at the Port Elgin Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, on Highway 21, just north of Port Elgin. For further information, please contact Downs and son Funeral Home, 935-2754.
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WARRIS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-07-14 published
ROESNER, Norval
Norval of Saint Thomas, on Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at his late residence, in his 82nd year. Beloved husband of the late Emma (WARRIS) ROESNER (August 29, 2003) and dear father of Linda Clarke, Judy ROESNER, Raymond ROESNER, Michael ROESNER, Pat RUTTAN, Carmen ROESNER, Carol ROESNER- RILEY, Cindy PATTERSON and David ROESNER. Sadly missed by a number of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Norval was born in Stratford on June 8, 1924, the son of the late William and Anna ROESNER. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He formerly lived in Milton and Stratford. The funeral service to be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Saint Thomas on Friday at 1: 00 p.m. Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, London. Visitation at the Church on Friday from 12: 00-1:00 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the charity of choice. Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas in charge of arrangements.

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WARSH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-08 published
WARSH, Michael▼ William▼
Died peacefully on Friday, August 5, 2005. Dear son of the late Mary. Loving companion of Frances 'Honey'. Sadly missed by family and Friends. A graveside service will be held at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, 2700 Kingston Road, Toronto on Wednesday, August 10 at 11 o'clock. If desired, donations may be made to Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, (Sunnybrook Foundation) 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5.
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WARSH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-18 published
CYNA, Evelyn
On Sunday, October 16, 2005 at The Baycrest Hospital. Evelyn CYNA beloved wife of the late Leon CYNA. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Herbert and Eugenia CYNA, Lawrence and Elizabeth CYNA, and Rosalie and Jeff FINKELSTEIN. Dear sister and sister-in-law of Molly and the late Ben WILLER, Molly and the late Louis WILLER, and the late Bessie and Izzie WARSH, Selma and Izzie SHNIFFER, and Doris and Sam ROSENBLATT. Devoted grandmother of David and Debbie, Andrea and Richard, Ilana and Robert, Robin, Marni and Jarret, Leon, Adam, and Lindsay. Great-grandmother of Justin, Samantha, Rachel, and Isabella. Services were held at Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, on Monday October 17, 2005 at 3: 45 p.m. Interment Beth Sholom Section of Mount Sinai Memorial Park. The family will be receiving Friends on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings and all day Sunday at 108 Olive Avenue. If desired, memorial donations may be made to The Cyna Family Endowment Fund c/o The Baycrest Centre 416-785-2875.

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WARSH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-08 published
WARSH, Michael▲ William▲
Died peacefully on Friday, August 5, 2005. Dear son of the late Mary. Loving companion of Frances "Honey". Sadly missed by family and Friends. A graveside service will be held at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, 2700 Kingston Road, Toronto on Wednesday, August 10 at 11 o'clock. If desired, donations may be made to Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre (Sunnybrook Foundation), 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5. Inquiries to:

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WARSH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-22 published
'Nobody's daughter' spoke up
Ann SZEDLECKI's Holocaust tale
Survivor told her story until the end
By Catherine DUNPHY, Obituary Writer
Ann SZEDLECKI was a powerful and popular speaker for Toronto's Holocaust Centre.
"I think you are brave for standing up in front of a bunch of students to tell your story; it must have been hard to tell us some of those awful memories from your past," wrote one student from King City Secondary School.
"I don't think I would last as long as you did. Unlike me, you never gave up," wrote another.
"It opened my eyes and informed me about something I knew little about," a third student commented.
And a fourth wrote: "I believe that people like yourself, who struggled during the war, should speak out and share their stories."
But SZEDLECKI, who died of cancer May 7 at 79 and was buried on Mother's Day, had to be talked into telling her story. At 14 she was alone in Siberia, sentenced to six months of hard labour, her brother imprisoned for supposed political crimes, but she always said she was never in a concentration camp and therefore really wasn't a Holocaust survivor.
"At first she was a bit reluctant to talk, especially with an Auschwitz survivor like me," recalled Judy COHEN, who as co-chair of the Holocaust Centre's speaker bureau interviewed all potential speakers four or five years ago when SZEDLECKI was approached to tell her story.
"I said 'Ann, you lost your family. The end result is you are a Holocaust survivor of a different sort. It's good for people to know there are varied experiences.'"
That accomplished, COHEN had to then talk SZEDLECKI out of telling her story the way she was accustomed to: as an adventure story of a spirited young girl.
"I think she missed the point of her own suffering," said COHEN. "I told her to tell them the absolute truth and put it in an historical context, otherwise it is just a sad story. As I said to her 'You didn't enjoy the adventure.'"
SZEDLECKI listened and became a fine speaker, someone who understood that this kind of storytelling is more educational than cathartic.
"Her story became what it should be," said COHEN.
But first she wrote it down over the 10 years in which she attended Toronto author Sylvia WARSH's creative writing classes at the Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living.
"My mother became a whole other person once she muttered the words 'I am a writer,'" said her daughter, Lynda KRAAR.
"She was a natural storyteller," said WARSH, who helped SZEDLECKI produce a 200-page autobiographical manuscript. "Look at page three, starting 'I am nobody's daughter.' It is great stuff."
Her manuscript begins as Ann FRAJLICH is leaving the Soviet Union after six years, leaving behind the unmarked grave of her brother Shoel -- dead at 23 from tuberculosis contracted as a result of being arrested for cooked-up political crimes, tortured and imprisoned -- and leaving with only a bag of dried bread, a jar of melted butter, a few clothes and size 12 shoes on her feet.
She is returning to her hometown of Lodz, Poland, even though her entire family had died in the Warsaw Ghetto.
"I am nobody's daughter, nobody's sister, nobody's granddaughter, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt or cousin," she wrote. "My past is all gone, it disappeared."
In 1940, her worried parents had sent her off with her brother to the Soviet Union where they would work for one year to "wait out, hopefully, the short war," as she wrote. They were transported to Ridder (later renamed Leninogorsk) in western Kazakhstan, in Siberia, about 500 kilometres from the Chinese border.
And it was true, she was a bit giddy over what she considered to be a great adventure, excited to be going to a new place and to be out on her own. She didn't even mind when she was put to work painting bathhouses and enrolled in school. But after her brother was arrested, she was thrown out of the school and ended up hauling bricks, then later peeling potatoes and washing dishes in a mining cafeteria.
When she took three days off work without permission to bury her brother in the frozen spring of 1943, she was sentenced to six months of hard labour in appalling conditions at a labour camp. She lugged railway ties to build a new line, shovelled snow to clear roads, cut down trees and freed logs from a frozen river, but she was also carrying the grief of her brother's death and her guilt that she wasn't with him when he died.
After being released she volunteered to work underground in the mines, loading the ore into wagons. She hated it but, typically, wrote instead about "the miracle of my survival" in which she left the pile of ore she was sitting on to boldly ask the foreman for a cigarette -- and just as he handed her a smoke, the pile collapsed. "I could've been buried under tons of ore," she cheerfully concluded.
"I can even go so far as claiming that smoking saved my life."
(The children and students to whom she later told that story just loved it.)
"Since she was 14, my mother has been invincible," said KRAAR.
She married soon after the war, a man who was 11 years her senior, a concentration camp survivor with the numbers forever burned into his forearm. Abraham SZEDLECKI was "a wounded, traumatized and sad guy," according to his daughter and the marriage was never a happy one, although it lasted until her death.
The couple moved to Canada in 1953 after three years living in Israel and both went to work in the garment district. He pressed coats, she sewed on buttons. But it wasn't long before the boss promoted her to bookkeeping duties in the office and even though she'd had no experience doing books, she learned fast.
Although Abraham stayed in the factory, she left her job in 1965 when a store out on Albion Rd. became available.
"She took out a loan for $5,000 -- this little Holocaust lady with Grade 7 education -- when all her Friends were saying don't do it," her daughter recalled.
For years, her women's clothing store was the most successful business in the Shoppers World Mall on Albion Rd. KRAAR -- SZEDLECKI's only child and travel companion on holidays -- had married and moved to New Jersey by the time SZEDLECKI retired in 1990.
"They were close, closer than I could imagine," said Masha AMI, KRAAR's best friend since they met at camp when they were 11.
"I could see they were not only mother and daughter but Friends."
The Friendship was always volatile, however, as both were strong, talented and stubborn women who liked to do things their way.
As SZEDLECKI and her husband had long been leading separate lives although continuing to share their Bathurst Manor area bungalow, she threw herself into volunteer work.
She had always been involved with her Masada chapter of Hadassah-Women's International Zionist Organization, but she began driving for the Kosher Meals on Wheels program and serving on a committee managing funds provided to survivors through the Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc.
She kept up her writing and her talks until the last year of her life.
Her husband, suffering from Alzheimer's, moved into a care facility, but she stayed where she was determined to be, in her own home. KRAAR said she kicked into overdrive, often staying for weeks to care for her weakening mother in her home.
SZEDLECKI died in her home listening to show tunes and singer Theodore Bikel.
And as far as KRAAR is concerned, her mother's story isn't over. She's writing a show about her mother's life. One song is finished, which KRAAR, an amateur musician and publicist, performed in a small club in New York City recently. It was part of Mamapalooza, a celebration of mothers.

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WARSH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-22 published
WARSH, Toby Lyle (née SINGER)
Passed away on November 20, 2005. Beloved wife of the late Leonard. Loving and devoted mother and mother-in-law of Darryl and Tanya, Jerry and Sylvia, and Martin and Eleanor. Cherished grandmother of Lori, Melanie, Denise, Nathaniel and Jessica. Proud great-grandmother of Aaron and Kailey. Survived by her twin sisters Charlotte and Dorothy. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery, B'nai Moshe section. Shiva at 50 Rondeau Dr., Toronto. Memorial donations may be made to the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation (416) 586-8290.

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WARSHAFSKY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-09-01 published
SHANOFF, Rose (née WARSHAFSKY)
Passed away peacefully on August 31, 2005. A void has been left in the lives of Ann "Candy", Marla Zoe, Stephen and Evelyn, her joys, her grandchildren, Ryan, Jay and Sari, her sister Dorothy MILLS, Michael and Doris KIRSHENBLATT, and her extended family and many, many Friends. "The Ma", "Bubbs" and a true friend to all who knew her. To know her was to love her. The family wishes to thank "Dr. Joe" GREENBERG, Dr. Mitra NOURAMAND, Dr. Ernest MICHELLE, Carmelina MARZILIANO and the caring nurses and staff of Mount Sinai Hospital, 17 South. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue W., (3 lights west of Dufferin), for service on Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 2: 30 p.m. Interment in the Beth Shalom section of Mount Sinai Memorial Park. Donations can be made to a charity of your choice. Shiva at 31 Peter Andrew Crescent, Thornhill. Ma, you are the "Wind Beneath Our Wings".

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WARSIMAGE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-25 published
GEORGE, Stanley " Stan"
Passed away peacefully following a lengthy illness on Wednesday, February 23rd 2005 at the Milton District Hospital. He will sadly missed by his wife of 52 years, Jean, son Glen (Kim), daughters Lynda (Wayne WALDROFF), Debra WATSON, Susan (Brian WARSIMAGE) and Karen (Steve ALBERTI,) seven grandchildren Sarah, Rob, Danny, Kyle, Tim, Leah and Eric. Also survived by a brother Lloyd and sisters Rene and Fran. The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, volunteers and hospital staff for their extraordinary care and thoughtfulness. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at McKersie-Kocher Funeral Home 114 Main St. Milton 905-878-4452 on Sunday, February 27th 2005 at 1: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, if desired, donations may be made to the Parkinson Society of Canada or the charity of your choice.

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WARSZAWSKI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-15 published
WARSZAWSKI, Mary
Passed away at Baycrest Centre on Sunday, November 13, 2005. Predeceased by her husband Bernard. Much loved mother of Harley and his wife Silvana. Loving grandmother of Lisa and Samantha. Dear sister of Ala and aunt of Gregory and his wife Elizabeth, Yolanda and her husband Zbigniew. Friends may call at the Turner & Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy. 10 North of Queen Elizabeth Way) on Wednesday and Thursday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held at Saint Mark's Roman Catholic Church, 277 Park Lawn Rd., Toronto on Friday, November 18, 2005 at 10: 30 a.m. Interment Park Lawn Cemetery. If desired, memorial donations may be made to Baycrest Centre Foundation for Palliative Care.

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WARTEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-03 published
PROSSER, Norm Albert
After a lengthy illness on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at the Lakeridge Health Centre in Oshawa at the age of 76. Father of Pam and her husband Barry TAILOR/TAYLOR, Steve and his wife Janet, Cathy and her husband Richard WARTEN. Grandpa to ten grandchildren. Great-grandfather to five great-grandchildren. Brother to Pauline, Faye, Joan, Valerie, and John. Norm will be fondly remembered by his family and Friends. For funeral information please call the "Scarborough Chapel" of McDougall and Brown, 416-267-4656.

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WARWICK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-03 published
WEATHERSTONE, Jean
At Fiddick's Nursing Home, Petrolia, on Saturday, April 2, 2005. Jean WEATHERSTONE (née YOUNG,) 77 years, formerly of Sarnia and Dawn Twp. Beloved wife of the late Delbert WEATHERSTONE (1988.) Dear mother of Anne and Terry WARWICK of Petrolia and the late James WEATHERSTONE (1996.) Dear grandmother to Christina and Katherine WARWICK. Dear sister of Donald YOUNG and his wife Keith of Mandaumin and the late Angus YOUNG and his wife Myrtle of Tillsonburg and the late Douglas YOUNG and his wife Joyce of Kitchener. Dear brother-in-law of Richard D'EON and his wife, the late Dorothy of Sarnia. Visitors will be received on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Needham-Jay Funeral Home, Petrolia, where the funeral service will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 1: 30 p.m. with Reverend Dr. Robert M. GIBSON officiating. Interment in Hillsdale Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Alzheimer Society of Sarnia-Lambton, the Inn of The Good Shepherd or St. Paul's United Church, Petrolia. Memories and condolences may be sent on-line at www.needhamjay.com

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WARWICK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-22 published
WHITE/WHYTE, Gerald Robert
At Alexandra Marine and General Hospital on Thursday April 21, 2005, Gerald Robert WHITE/WHYTE of R.R.#5 Goderich in his 62nd year. Beloved husband of June (WARWICK) WHITE/WHYTE. Loving father of Laurie WHITE/WHYTE and Steven (Anita) WHITE/WHYTE. Survived by grand_sons Joshua and Daniel. Brother of Gordon (Nancy) WHITE/WHYTE, Laura (Murray) JOHNSTON, Helen HUTCHINGS, Marci (John) PRIDHAM. Also survived by sister-in-law Margaret WARWICK and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at McCallum and Palla Funeral Home, Cambria Rd. at East St. Goderich on Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at the Funeral Home on Saturday April 23, 2005 at 11 a.m. Interment Colborne Cemetery. Donations to the Kidney Foundation or the London Health Sciences Centre Transplant Unit.

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WARWICK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-10-03 published
BRECKENRIDGE, Donald J.
At Woodstock General Hospital on Saturday, October 1st, 2005. Donald J. BRECKENRIDGE of Woodstock in his 70th year. Beloved husband of Betty P. BRECKENRIDGE (née HENRY.) Dear father of Dianne NEVILLE and her husband Robert of Burgessville and their children Sarah, Jennifer (Andrew), Trisha and Cody; Kevin of Beachville and his daughter Ashley; Bill and his wife Susan of Lanark and their children Jennifer, David, Violet, Jonathon and James. Loved great-grandfather of Riley. Dear brother of Helen WARWICK and her late husband Lloyd of Bluevale. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents James and Louie BRECKENRIDGE. Don owned and operated Breckenridge Building Supplies since 1965 and was a member of the King Soloman Masonic Lodge #43 Woodstock. Friends may call at the R.D. Longworth Funeral Home, 845 Devonshire Ave. Woodstock (539-0004) Monday 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday 2: 30-4:30 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will be held in the chapel Wednesday at 11: 00 a.m. with Reverend Richard HOLM officiating. Interment Innerkip Cemetery. Contributions to London Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated. A Masonic Service will be held on Tuesday at 6: 30 p.m. in the Funeral Home. Online condolences at www.longworthfuneralhome.com

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WARWICK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-10-13 published
WHITE/WHYTE, Wilfred John
At Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital on Wednesday October 12, 2005. Wilfred John WHITE/WHYTE of R.R.# 3 Saint Thomas in his 85th year. Beloved husband of Louillen (POWERS) WHITE/WHYTE. Dear father of Marilyn DEVINE and husband Terry of Forest, David WHITE/WHYTE at home and the late Linda WHITE/WHYTE (1950.) Loved by his grandchildren Carol DEVINE, Bill DEVINE, and Don DEVINE and wife Carrie. Great grandfather of Nicole, Tanya, Derek, Makayla, and Rheanon. Predeceased by a sister Edna SOPER. Born in South Dorchester Twp., Ontario on May 2, 1921 the son of the late Gordon and Celicia WARWICK) WHITE/WHYTE. Wilfred retired from Weatherhead in 1985 after 30 years of service. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Friends may call at the H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home, Aylmer on Friday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will be held on Saturday October 15, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. with Reverend Philip BUTLER of New Sarum Baptist Church officiating. Interment Aylmer Cemetery. Donations to the Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation or charity of one's choice would be appreciated.

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WARWICK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-10-21 published
PRICE, Donald Wayne
Passed away peacefully at his residence on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 in his 49th year. Loving father of Brett (Alicia), Ryan (Crystal), and Megan (Sok). Cherished grandfather of one granddaughter Sierra. Loving brother of Sharon (Murray) KURSTJENS, Philip (Sandy) PRICE and Betty (Rab) WARWICK. Don will also be missed by Sheila PRICE. Dear uncle of Chris and Bill WALL, Rick, Jeff, Melissa and Matthew PRICE. The family will receive Friends and relatives at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel, 1997 Dundas Street East (at Wavell), London, for a funeral service on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 2 p.m. Visitation one hour prior to service. Cremation to follow. In remembrance, donations to the charity of your choice would be gratefully appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, 452-3770.

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WARWICK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-24 published
Hugh TAILOR/TAYLOR, Sailor (1920-2005)
Chief petty officer served in the Royal Canadian Navy through three periods in its development. In 1940, he was among the skeleton crew that saved a battle-damaged H.M.C.S. Saguenay
By Buzz BOURDON, Special to The Globe and Mail, Monday, October 24, 2005, Page S8
Ottawa -- Leading Seaman Hugh TAILOR/TAYLOR had just awakened from a nap in the upper mess deck of H.M.C.S. Saguenay when a torpedo fired by the Italian submarine Argo slammed into her port side at 3: 55 a.m. on December 1, 1940.
The explosion, which blew a large hole in Saguenay's hull three metres from the bow on the port side, killed 21 of Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR's shipmates and started a fire in the fore lower mess deck. Eighteen others, some severely burned, were wounded.
It was the start of a desperate, five-day odyssey that quickly became a naval legend that endures to this day, and Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR was right in the middle of it. He remembered that night for the rest of his life. "It was a helluva crash," he said in 1993. "The ship seemed to go up in the air and come down and just for a minute everything went silent. Then everything was on fire."
Within seconds, the crew of Saguenay, who had been escorting a convoy of 30 merchantmen from Gibraltar to Britain along with ships of the Royal Navy, ran to action stations. Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR, his three years of training in the Royal Canadian Navy kicking in, rushed to join his shipmates but slipped and fell ingloriously to the deck. That fall probably saved him from the burns suffered by those who ran over him in their haste to escape the blaze. He crawled instead. "All the flames were up high and I was laying on the floor. Actually, I think tripping was a godsend."
Miraculously, Saguenay, which had been steaming 300 nautical miles west of Ireland, was still afloat and moving at 12 knots. Damage, however, was severe. The stokers' and seamens' messes were gone and the bridge and wheelhouse had to be abandoned.
Yet the destruction failed to extinguish Saguenay's fighting spirit. Minutes later, the officer of the watch, Lieutenant Ralph WARWICK, spotted a submarine 800 metres off the port bow. Within seconds, a deck gun fired two 4.7-inch shells -- one short and one over the target -- before the submarine dived. At the time, no one knew that the sights on the turret had been knocked out of alignment by the explosion, making accurate fire impossible.
At dawn, H.M.S. Highlander arrived and removed 87 officers and ratings. Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR, who known as Buck, remained on board as one of the few nominated to take Saguenay to safety. It wasn't an easy assignment. Making a pitiful four knots with a fire still raging, Saguenay was forced to steam backward because of excessive vibrations. "Next day, she was relieved of the dead weight of a large section of her hull when it fell away, and she was able to increase speed to six knots," Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR wrote.
He also wondered if they'd ever make it. There were small fires to put out, the engine room was flooded and seawater had seeping into the oil tanks, contaminating the fuel. The temporary repairs to the hole in the hull also had to be monitored, which was one of the worst parts, said daughter Geraldine TAILOR/TAYLOR. " All his dead shipmates were there [inside] so he had to see them. It made him sick to his stomach."
Somehow, Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR and his shipmates worked miracles and kept their ship alive. "By December 4th, it was apparent that, barring an act of God or the enemy, Saguenay would be able to reach either Belfast or the Clyde."
One more ordeal remained for Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR and Saguenay, which was commissioned on May 22, 1931, in Portsmouth, England, as the first river-class destroyer built for the Royal Canadian Navy. Early on December 4, a mine exploded underneath the ship but did little damage. Saguenay arrived in Barrow-in-Furness, in northwest England, the following day.
A naval board of enquiry concluded that bringing the ship back to port "represents a very considerable feat of seamanship and endurance, and is one that reflects great credit on her captain, officers and ship's company." Saguenay's captain, Commander Gus MILES, was awarded the Order of the British Empire.
Thirteen months later, at the beginning of January, 1942, Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR lived though another dramatic episode when a week-long storm battered Saguenay as she escorted a convoy to Canada. About 400 nautical miles east of Newfoundland, "the wind rose rapidly to full hurricane force creating seas so violently confused that it was impossible to heave through in the normal manner," he wrote. "Hour after hour, in the log, the entries read, 'wind, 12; sea, 99,' which are the highest possible under any scale."
After two days of merciless pounding, Saguenay was "a bit of a mess." The storm had knocked out the main steering gear and Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR and two other men were sent to the "Tilley flats" at the stern, where emergency apparatus allowed the ship to be steered by hand.
First, though, the men had to get there, which meant inching along about 30 metres of sea-swept deck. Waves as high as 25 metres towered over them. "It was very dangerous. They could have been washed overboard," recalled fellow crewman George BORGAL of Halifax. Seventeen hours later, after displaying "remarkable stamina and endurance," Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR and his men were relieved.
Saguenay's punishment continued after Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR left the ship. In November of 1942, a collision on a foggy night off Newfoundland detonated racks of depth charges and blew off the stern. Saguenay once again made port but never returned to convoy duty. After that, the stern was sealed off and the ship became a training vessel.
By then, Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR was serving on H.M.C.S. St. Catherines. He was on duty on March 6, 1944, when the ship helped capture German submarine U-744. In an exhausting ordeal that lasted 32 hours, seven ships dropped 291 depth charges until finally U-744 surfaced, its guns blazing.
Buck TAILOR/TAYLOR was a Maritimer born with salt air in his lungs. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by his Nova Scotia grandmother. At 15, he ran away to sea and joined the merchant marine, only to have his adventure meet an ignoble end when his ship ran aground in Bedford Basin at the north end of Halifax Harbour. It took him two days to walk home.
Two years later, on September 13, 1937, Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR joined the navy. Over the next 25 years, he served on 10 ships and cruised all over the world before retiring in 1962 as a chief petty officer. During the Korean War, he served on H.M.C.S. Haida. His career spanned three distinct eras, starting with a tiny prewar navy of 1,800 men and 13 ships that mobilized on September 10, 1939, and evolved into a huge wartime force of 100,000 sailors and 400 fighting ships. During the 1950s, the navy expanded to 20,000 men and 50 modern ships. It was the navy's golden era and Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR helped build it.
Despite a career filled with drama, Mr. TAILOR/TAYLOR never boasted of his exploits, Geraldine TAILOR/TAYLOR said. "He was one of the unsung heroes of the Royal Canadian Navy because he never talked much about his experiences. He just did his job."
Hugh Edward TAILOR/TAYLOR was born on August 19, 1920, in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia He died of cancer on July 22 in Kemptville, Ontario He was 84. He leaves his wife, Patricia, his daughters Geraldine, June and Kathryn, and his son James.

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WARWICK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-12-12 published
WARWICK, William▼ John▼ Joseph▼
(Retired Bell Canada-P.Eng.).
Bill passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2005 in his 88th year with his family by his side. Dear husband of Eleanor for 54 years. Loving▼ father of Susan (Pat MUISE) and Jill O'BRIEN. Loving▼ grandpa of Flannery, Cameron, Tegan and Stuart. Dear brother of Dan of Vancouver, Helen RECCHIA, Alfred▼ " Bud▼" and the late May LINYCIA and Anne WARWICK. A complete service will be held in the chapel of the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Road (north of Lawrence Ave.), Weston on Tuesday at 2: 30 p.m. Reception to follow. Special thanks to the staff at Humber River Regional Hospital, especially Rosanna on 5B. In lieu of flowers donations to the Aphasia Institute would be appreciated by the family. Condolences may be sent to bill.warwick@wardfh.com

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WARWICK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-12-12 published
WARWICK, William▲ John▲ Joseph▲
(Retired Bell Canada - P.Eng.)
Bill passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2005 in his 88th year, with his family by his side. Dear husband of Eleanor for 54 years. Loving▲ father of Susan (Pat MUISE) and Jill O'BRIEN. Loving▲ grandpa of Flannery, Cameron, Tegan and Stuart. Dear brother of Dan of Vancouver, Helen RECCHIA, Alfred▲ " Bud▲" and the late May LINYCIA and Anne WARWICK. A complete service will be held in the chapel of the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Road (north of Lawrence Ave.), Weston on Tuesday at 2: 30 p.m. Reception to follow. Special thanks to the staff at Humber River Regional Hospital, especially Rosanna on 5B. In lieu of flowers donations to the Aphasia Institute would be appreciated by the family. Condolences may be sent to bill.warwick@wardfh.com

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