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WEISSMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-06-15 published
GOLDBERG, Susan (née WEISSMAN)
Born March 25, 1938. Died peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her children Ruth, David and Eve; Ruth's partner Mark DELANEY and Eve's partner Ellen LONG. She is also survived by her sister Terry WEISSMAN and her brother Peter WEISSMAN (Tuki WONG.) Aunt of Liz CAMPOS, Cyrus and Zoe WEISSMAN. Susan will be remembered for her research in Child development at the Hospital for Sick Children, her social activism, and her commitment to building community through music. The family is grateful for the extraordinary level of care and attention Susan received from her medical team, her caregivers and her large circle of Friends and colleagues. A memorial service will be held at York Visitation, Chapel and Reception Centre, 160 Beecroft Road, Toronto, 416-221-3404, on Saturday, June 18 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, Susan has requested donations in her memory to Common Thread: Community Chor us of Toronto, or to the Woods Music and Dance Camp Scholarship Fund.

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WEISSMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-07-04 published
Susan GOLDBERG, Professor And Researcher: 1938-2005
Psychologist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children wrote the book on parent-child attachment
By Allison LAWLOR, Special to The Globe and Mail, Monday, July 4, 2005, Page S6
As a research psychologist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, her work on attachment in children was internationally recognized. As a social activist involved in the peace movement, she guided parents on how to talk to their children about nuclear war. And as a folk musician, she formed choirs and song circles as part of her deep belief that building community could be done through music.
During her career, Susan GOLDBERG, who has died in Toronto at the age of 67, made significant contributions on the psychosocial implications of early medical problems, such as prematurity, developmental delay, cystic fibrosis and congenital heart disease, how they impact on parent-infant relationships and their consequences for a child's future emotional and social development.
Her book, Attachment and Development, was considered one of the best books on the subject, says Dr. Jean WITTENBERG, head of the infant psychiatry program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. "She was able to put the theories into language that people understood," he said.
In the last months of her life, Dr. GOLDBERG's study of parent-child attachment was recognized and honoured when she received the Bowlby-Ainsworth Award from the Centre for Mental Health Promotion and the New York Attachment Consortium.
Susan WEISSMAN was a native of New York. Growing up in the Bronx, her parents Frank and Anne WEISSMAN were members of the Communist party and active in the labour movement. Childhood was filled with music, summer camps with the children of fellow Communists and lots of discussion about the rights of workers. She breezed through school; she was 16 when she went off to Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio -- then a hotbed for social activism. It was there that she met her future husband Stanley GOLDBERG. They married and moved to Boston where he did graduate work in the history of science.
In the late 1960s, they moved to Zambia where Mr. GOLDBERG got a teaching job. They stayed in Africa for a couple of years before returning to the United States. Dr. GOLDBERG completed her PhD in child-developmental psychology and in 1974, the couple separated. With three young children, she moved to the Boston area where she got a job at Brandeis University. She taught there for the next seven years.
In 1981, Dr. GOLDBERG moved her family to Toronto and joined the psychiatry research unit at Sick Kids. Six years later, she was appointed professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Toronto.
"She was a very kindly mentor," said her former colleague Dr. Susan BRADLEY. " She was extremely valued and sought out by students. She mentored more PhD students than anyone else in our department."
During her career, she was also a member of the editorial boards of the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development and Infant Behaviour and Development and played a leadership role among Canadian attachment researchers.
Active in the peace movement and having studied the effects of war on children, she wrote a guide called Facing the Nuclear Age: Parents and Children Together and spent time with parents groups to help them understand how to best talk to their children about nuclear war.
During the Gulf War of 1990, she put together a booklet that was distributed to Toronto school teachers to guide them in their discussions about global conflict in the classroom. In the guidelines, she recommends: "It is important that youngsters have an opportunity to express their concerns and to feel adults are taking those concerns seriously. Acknowledge that it is difficult to concentrate on other things in the wake of these events. You may, after some initial discussion, be able to set aside some time each day for this issue."
In the mid-1990s, Dr. GOLDBERG came up with a finding, which at the time she said could alter theories about parent-child attachment.
In experiments involving Romanian-born and Canadian-born four-year-olds, she found a tenfold difference in the tendency of Romanian-born orphaned children to be indiscriminately friendly.
"They would walk up to a stranger and behave affectionately with no hesitation and without checking with their mother," she told The Globe and Mail. This kind of unguarded behaviour normally is thought to result from the lack of a secure bond with a parent, she said at the time, but the Romanian children observed did have good bonds with their adoptive parents.
"Preschoolers who go up to strangers and behave affectionately cannot be said to be well protected," she said. "We have to clue-in parents that being sociable and friendly isn't always a positive thing." Indiscriminate affection is a good survival skill in an orphanage -- since it can win a child attention from busy staff -- but even children who have been in an adoptive family for several years continue to show this behaviour, Dr. GOLDBERG's research found.
Outside her research, Dr. GOLDBERG's other passion was music. "She had a life-long love of folk music," said her daughter Eve GOLDBERG, who is herself a professional musician. "She was always singing. We always had music in the house."
An organizer of the Woods Music and Dance Camp for adults in the Muskoka area of Ontario, she also started a Toronto community choir with her daughter Eve about six years ago. Created with the aim of singing folk music from around the world, the Common Thread Community Choir now has about 70 singers. "She was the heart and soul of the choir," said Eve.
Considered unpretentious by her colleagues, Dr. GOLDBERG was also extremely private. "She never talked about her feelings," Dr. WITTENBERG said. However, she could be outspoken if she felt an injustice had been committed. He recalls a particular child-development conference in Boston in which Dr. GOLDBERG stood up and challenged a top international researcher when he made what she felt was a misogynistic comment. "It was talked about for a long time."
Dr. GOLDBERG had been fighting cancer for several years. About 15 years ago she endured two lumpectomies and later a mastectomy. Last summer, doctors told her that the cancer had spread to her lung. Several months later, it spread to her brain. While she had retired in the early 2000s, she maintained an office and continued her research for as long as she could.
In her honour, the Susan Goldberg Colloquium on attachment, development and child psychotherapies has been established. It will be held every year at Sick Kids. When she heard the news, she told a colleague that she wished she could be there -- at least for the first one.
Susan GOLDBERG was born on March 25, 1938 in New York. She died at home in Toronto on June 14, 2005, surrounded by Friends and family. She leaves her children Ruth, David and Eve; sister Terry and brother Peter.

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WEIST o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2005-01-19 published
GERMAINE (née BOIS) SAINT_PIERRE
In loving memory of Germaine (née BOIS) SAINT_PIERRE, 89 years, who passed away Sunday, January 16th, 2005 at the Sudbury Regional Hospital - St. Joseph Health Centre. Beloved wife of Ernest SAINT_PIERRE, predeceased 1998. Loving daughter of Napoleon and Eva BOIS, both predeceased. Loving mother of Gene (wife Coni) of Garson and Conrad, predeceased (wife Lorna of Espanola). Cherished grandmother of Christopher (wife Chantal) of Sudbury, Jason of Toronto, Jeff (wife Cathy) of Sault Ste. Marie, Dean (wife Leanne,) Lori (husband Neil WEIST) and Tara, all of Espanola, great grandchildren Joshua, Bryce, Peyton, Julien and Jacob. Dear sister of Noella WINN, Romea PICHE, Georgette COTE, Jeanne BEAUDOIN, Velma SHANK, Glenora ROCHE, Rose RIVET, Majella COLLINS, Roma and Charles all predeceased. Sadly missed by many nieces and nephews. Funeral Prayers were held in the Lougheed Funeral Home, 252 Regent St. at Hazel Street, Tuesday, January 18th, 2005 at 1 pm. Cremation at the Parklawn Crematorium. Friends called after 12 noon, Tuesday.

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WEISZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-16 published
HOCHMAN, Stanley
On Thursday, April 14, 2005 at Toronto Western Hospital. Stanley HOCHMAN, beloved husband of Rose. Loving father and father-in-law of Louis and Brenda, and Irma WEISZ and Sam SKURECKI. Devoted grandfather of Staci, Rory, Tara, and Jaclyn. Services were held at Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel on Friday, April 15, 2005. Shiva 100 Old Forest Hill Road. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Kensington Health Centre, 25 Brunswick Ave., Toronto, M5S 2L9, 416-963-9640.

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WEISZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-31 published
CALACIAN, Teodor
Passed away peacefully at the Humber River Regional Hospital, Church Site on Sunday, May 29, 2005 at the age of 74. Beloved husband of Ana. Much loved father of Liana and her husband George WEISZ, and grandfather of Andrew and Leah. He will be sadly missed by his extended family and Friends. Friends may call at the Turner & Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St. W., at Windermere, east of the Jane subway, on Thursday from 9 a.m. until the Funeral Service in the Chapel at 1 p.m. Interment to be held at Burlington Memorial Gardens. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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WEITENDORF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-08-29 published
MAHER, William Verne Nelson
Suddenly at Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound on Friday, August 26, 2005. Nels MAHER of Owen Sound in his 72nd year. Beloved husband and best friend for 49 years of Jean (née WEIR.) Dear father of Brian and his wife Cindy and Clare and his wife Stephanie all of Barrie, Lenore and her husband Brad GERVAIS of Allenford, Shannon and her husband Paul WEITENDORF, Nadine and her husband Bill McNABB and Karen and her husband Darcy KING all of Owen Sound. He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren Terra MAHER, Lisa and Erin WEITENDORF, Chandra and Ashley GERVAIS, Jessamyn and Jacob McNABB, Clarissa and Amber KING and William and Joshua MAHER. Also survived by two sisters Rosemary KELSO of Wiarton and Sharon McLAREN of Owen Sound. Predeceased by a grand_son Matthew MAHER. Friends are invited to the Tannahill Funeral Home for visiting on Tuesday from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint Mary's Church on Wednesday morning at 10: 30 a.m. Interment, Saint Mary's Cemetery. Parish prayers will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday evening at 8: 30 p.m. Memorial donations to the G.B.R.H.C. Foundation, St. Mary's Church or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Messages of condolence are welcome at www.tannahill.com
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WEITZEL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-11-14 published
ROBINSON, Lamotta Mabel (née WEITZEL)
At Summit Place with her immediate family by her side. Lamotta ROBINSON (née WEITZEL) of Owen Sound in her 103rd year. Wife for 68 years of the late Mac ROBINSON. Loving mother of Earl ROBINSON and his wife Joyce of Georgian Bluffs. Sadly missed by four grandchildren, Grant ROBINSON and his wife Sheila of Guelph, Barbara ROBINSON and her friend Dan WILLARD of Windsor, Bruce ROBINSON and his wife Betty of Guelph and Elizabeth DRIMIE of Owen Sound and nine greatgrandchildren. The funeral service will be conducted in the chapel of Tannahill Funeral Home, 376-3710 on Tuesday, November 15th at 2: 00 p.m. with Reverend Deborah MURRAY officiating. Visitation at the funeral home one hour prior to service time. Interment in Avondale Cemetery in Stratford. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorial donations to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Summit Place or the charity of your choice. Messages of condolence for the family are welcome at www.tannahill.com

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WEITZEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-01-17 published
JACKSON, Martha C.
Peacefully at Middlesex Terrace Nursing Home, Delaware, on Sunday, January 16th, 2005, Martha C. JACKSON in her 86th year. Predeceased by parents Christopher and Margaret JACKSON and the last surviving member of 10 siblings. Also remembered by nieces and nephews Gordon JACKSON of Kilworth, Margaret WEITZEL of London, Irene JACKSON of Burlington, Rita ZUBIS of Montreal, Jeannine HASTIE of Mississauga, Brian JACKSON of Burlington and Paul JACKSON of Toronto. At the family's request there will be no funeral home visitation or service. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery, London. Donations to the Residents Activity Fund, Care of Middlesex Terrace Nursing Home, 652-3483 or the charity of one's choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Elliott-Madill Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements.

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WEITZEL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-09-20 published
HAYES, Patrick Francis, M.O.M.
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In Ottawa, Sunday, September 18, 2005, Patrick Francis HAYES, age 55. Beloved son of the late Mary HOGAN and Vincent HAYES and stepson of Ruby (WATTIE.) Beloved husband of Brenda (née MERRIMAN.) Devoted father of Andrew (Katherine VAN HEUGTEN) and Shannon HAYES (Marko LARABIE.) Pat will be dearly missed by his trusted friend, Piper. Loving brother of Michael (Paulette), Robert (Shirley), Shirley (Mike FLYNN), Sharon (Paul KELLY), Janet (Jim McAULEY) and Brian WATTIE (Sheila.) Loving brother-in-law of Jill and Dennis WEITZEL, Kim and John PULLEN, Tim and Anne MERRIMAN and Tammy and Jon HOPKINS. Lovingly remembered by his 22 special nieces and nephews. Pat will also be fondly remembered by the dedicated men and women he worked with in the Ottawa Police Service. The family wants to sincerely thank the very professional and caring doctors and nurses of the Intensive Care Unit of the Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus and Dr. FORGIE for her dedicated care. Friends may pay respects at the Kelly Funeral Home, 3000 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday after 9 a.m. Funeral Thursday to Notre Dame Cathedral, Sussex Drive, Ottawa for Mass of Christian Funeral at 10: 30. In Memoriam donations to the Ottawa Civic Police Pipe Band who will be preparing a Pat HAYES Memorial.
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WEITZMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-09-23 published
ROSS, Alicia▼
Tragically▼ on Wednesday, August 17, 2005. Alicia ROSS, beloved daughter of Sharon and Julius FORTIS, and Anna and the late Marvin ROSS. Dear sister of Jamie, Trisha, Randi, Andrew and Tammy, Shawn, Adam, and Stefan. Devoted granddaughter of Helen ROSENZWEIG, and the late Morris ROSENZWEIG, and Bertha and Albert WEITZMAN. Please note that time and place of the funeral will be announced at a later date. If desired, donations may be made to the Alicia Ross Memorial Fund c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto. M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324.
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WEITZMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-04 published
ROSS, Alicia▲▼
Tragically▲▼ on Wednesday, August 17, 2005. Alicia ROSS, beloved daughter of Sharon and Julius FORTIS, and Anna and the late Marvin ROSS. Dear sister of Jamie, Trisha, Randi, Andrew and Tammy, Shawn, Adam, and Stefan. Devoted granddaughter of Helen ROSENZWEIG, and the late Morris ROSENZWEIG, and Bertha and Albert WEITZMAN. At Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder Street for service on Friday, October 7, 2005 at 10: 30 a.m. Interment Har Zion Section of Pardes Shalom Cemetery. If desired, donations may be made to the Alicia Ross Memorial Fund c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto. M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324.
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WEITZMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-11-21 published
WISEMAN, Max
On Sunday, November 20, 2005 at his home. Max WISEMAN beloved husband of the late Ruth WISEMAN. Loving father and father-in-law of Susan and Stan RABOVSKY. Dear brother of Goldie CASH, Jean RUBINOFF and the late Yitzak WAICJMAN, Bennie WEITZMAN, Albert WISEMAN, Helen LANGER, and Sylvia SHIFFMAN. Devoted grandfather of Janet, Sandra and Gary, Neil and Sharon, and Mitch and Wendy. Devoted great grandfather of Isaac, Erin, Joshua, Alec, Ethan, and Jake. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel 2401 Steeles Ave W (3 lights west of Dufferin) for service on Monday, November 21 at 12: 00 p.m. Interment Beth Tzedec Memorial Park. Shiva 3181 Bayview Ave #306, with visits after 1: 00 p.m. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Max and Ruth Wiseman Endowment Fund c/o The Baycrest Centre 416-785- 2875.

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WEITZMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-23 published
ROSS, Alicia▲▼
Tragically▲▼ on Wednesday, August 17, 2005. Alicia ROSS, beloved daughter of Sharon and Julius FORTIS, and Anna and the late Marvin ROSS. Dear sister of Jamie, Trisha, Randi, Andrew and Tammy, Shawn, Adam, and Stefan. Devoted granddaughter of Helen ROSENZWEIG, and the late Morris ROSENZWEIG, and Bertha and Albert WEITZMAN. Please note that time and place of the funeral will be announced at a later date. If desired, donations may be made to the Alicia Ross Memorial Fund c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324. "Our Lily among the thorns."

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WEITZMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-04 published
ROSS, Alicia▲
Tragically▲ on Wednesday, August 17, 2005. Alicia ROSS, beloved daughter of Sharon and Julius FORTIS, and Anna and the late Marvin ROSS. Dear sister of Jamie, Trisha, Randi, Andrew and Tammy, Shawn, Adam, and Stefan. Devoted granddaughter of Helen ROSENZWEIG, and the late Morris ROSENZWEIG, and Bertha and Albert WEITZMAN. At Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder Street for service on Friday, October 7, 2005 at 10: 30 a.m. Interment Har Zion Section of Pardes Shalom Cemetery. If desired, donations may be made to the Alicia Ross Memorial Fund c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto, M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324. "Our Lily among the thorns."

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WEIZEL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-07-25 published
SOLOMON, Evelyn (née LONDOE)
After a long brave and dignified battle with Cancer, with her family by her side, on July 24, 2005 at North York General Hospital, Evelyn said goodbye. Loving wife of 43 years to David. Devoted mother and mother-in-law of Wendy and Laurence WEIZEL. Adoring bubbie and best friend of Oliver. Evy will be sadly missed by her sister Marion (Tootsie) BLOOM, and her incredibly supportive circle of wonderful Friends and extended family. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West, (3 lights west of Dufferin), for service on Tuesday, July 26, at 1: 00 p.m. Interment Beth David Section of Dawes Road Cemetery. Shiva 27 Crimson Millway, from 12: 00 p.m. daily. If desired, memorial donations may be made to The Evelyn Solomon Memorial Fund c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto M6A 2C3, (416) 780-0324.

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