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DATLEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-09-07 published
KELLY,
Norman▼
Henry,▼ B.A. (Hons.,) M. Ed., Cert. Guid. And Couns.
Died peacefully with his family at his side, at 62 years of age
in Toronto on Sunday, September 4th, 2005. Dearly missed and
remembered as an amazing individual who touched so many lives,
and for his quirky sense of humour, love of the theatre in all
its aspects, pride of Canada, occasional constant flirtatious
nature, and maker of industrial strength Caesar salads. Norm
always loved a party and was often the last to leave. He took
great joy in helping others grow strong and reach their full
potential, and valued his role as mentor to many, many people.
Dearly beloved and loving soul mate, partner and husband of Barbara
DATLEN-
KELLY for 26 years (back to 1979;) former husband of Mary
Ellen JAMIESON; father of Sheila Anne
KELLY; stepfather of James
DATLEN
(Dave▼
CLEGHORN) of Brampton, Stephen
DATLEN (Rachel) of
Brampton, and John
DATLEN
(Jennifer▼) of San Francisco; eldest
son of Dr. Norman
KELLY and the late Helen
KELLY née
McCARTHY)
of Toronto; brother of Robert
KELLY of Toronto; eldest nephew
of many aunts and uncles, and eldest of 22 cousins. He will be
sorely missed by many Friends and former colleagues. A lifetime
resident of Toronto, and graduate of De La Salle (Oaklands),
York University and University of Toronto (O.I.S.E.), Norm was
a classroom teacher for 12 years and then moved to guidance at
the elementary, secondary and board levels in the former M.S.S.B.
(now T.C.D.S.B.) for the next 23 wonderful years. He also taught
a wide variety of psychology and counselling courses for Humber
C.A.A.T., York University and the University of Toronto. The
undisputed 'Mayor' of University City, Norm was President of
the University City Community Association, President of the Board
of Directors of York Condominium Corporation #54 for 17 years,
Chairman of the North York Secondary Plan Committee for York
University, and was Master of Ceremonies for numerous Canada
Day celebrations in University City. His theatrical experience
included 25 years with T.C.D.S.B. Staff Arts as both a performer
and technical producer and 8 years with Spotlight Music Productions
as a performer. He set a shining example of courage by performing
8 different shows while confined to a wheelchair over the last
4 years. Norm fought a crippling Parkinson's Plus disorder, Multi
System Atrophy, for 7 1/2 years with grace, courage and determination.
Norm's quality of life was greatly enhanced by a dedicated group
of 15 Friends and neighbours who conducted speech therapy sessions
with him on a regular basis for over 3 years. Our deep appreciation
for their excellent and compassionate care goes to Dr. Mark
GUTTMAN,
Jill BURKHOLDER and Janice
STOBER from the Centre for Movement
Disorders; Bonnie
BERESKIN,
Speech▼
Language▼
Pathologist▼ and the
Day Hospital staff at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care; Christine
MacKIE and Jackie
WILLIAMS from Visiting Homemakers Association
staff at Bellwoods Centre; Valda
LEE of St. Elizabeth Health
Care; Margaret
WILTSHIRE from Toronto Community Care Access Centre
Maggie DIDIANO from Canadian Paraplegic Association; and all
the staff (especially those on Oxford West) at Kensington Gardens
Long Term Care Facility. Friends may call at the Rosar Morrison
Funeral Home and Chapel, 467 Sherbourne Street (south of Wellesley),
on Thursday and Friday, September 8th and 9th from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Parking adjacent to the funeral home. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated at St. Paul's Basilica, 83 Power Street,
Toronto (Queen/Power Street), at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September
10th, 2005. Cremation will be held at the Saint John's Norway Crematorium.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the following organizations,
and sing a song in memory of Norm. Donations to the Centre of
Movement Disorders, 2780 Bur Oak Avenue, Basement Level, Markham,
Ontario, L6B 1C9, The Parkinson's Society of Canada, 4211 Yonge
Street, Suite 316, Toronto, Ontario, M2P 2A9 or to Kensington
Gardens Long Term Care Facility, 25 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto,
Ontario, M5S 2L9.
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DATLEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-07 published
KELLY,
Norman▲
Henry,▲ B.A. (Hons.,) M.Ed., Cert. Guid. and Couns.
Died peacefully with his family at his side, at 62 years of age,
in Toronto on Sunday, September 4th, 2005. Dearly missed and
remembered as an amazing individual who touched so many lives,
and for his quirky sense of humour, love of the theatre in all
its aspects, pride of Canada, occasional constant flirtatious
nature, and maker of industrial strength Caesar salads. Norm
always loved a party and was often the last to leave. He took
great joy in helping others grow strong and reach their full
potential, and valued his role as mentor to many, many people.
Dearly beloved and loving soul mate, partner and husband of Barbara
DATLEN-
KELLY for 26 years (back to 1979;) former husband of Mary
Ellen JAMIESON; father of Sheila Anne
KELLY; stepfather of James
DATLEN
(Dave▲
CLEGHORN) of Brampton, Stephen
DATLEN (Rachel) of
Brampton, and John
DATLEN
(Jennifer▲) of San Francisco; eldest
son of Dr. Norman
KELLY and the late Helen
KELLY née
McCARTHY)
of Toronto; brother of Robert
KELLY of Toronto; eldest nephew
of many aunts and uncles, and eldest of 22 cousins. He will be
sorely missed by many Friends and former colleagues. A lifetime
resident of Toronto, and graduate of De La Salle (Oaklands),
York University and University of Toronto (O.I.S.E.), Norm was
a classroom teacher for 12 years and then moved to guidance at
the elementary, secondary and board levels in the former M.S.S.B.
(now T.C.D.S.B.) for the next 23 wonderful years. He also taught
a wide variety of psychology and counseling courses for Humber
C.A.A.T., York University and the University of Toronto. The
undisputed "Mayor" of University City, Norm was President of
the University City Community Association, President of the Board
of Directors of York Condominium Corporation No. 54 for 17 years,
Chairman of the North York Secondary Plan Committee for York
University, and was Master of Ceremonies for numerous Canada
Day celebrations in University City. His theatrical experience
included 25 years with T.C.D.S.B. Staff Arts as both a performer
and technical producer and 8 years with Spotlight Music Productions
as a performer. He set a shining example of courage by performing
8 different shows while confined to a wheelchair over the last
4 years. Norm fought a crippling Parkinson's Plus disorder, Multi
System Atrophy, for 7 ½ years with grace, courage and determination.
Norm's quality of life was greatly enhanced by a dedicated group
of 15 Friends and neighbours who conducted speech therapy sessions
with him on a regular basis for over 3 years. Our deep appreciation
for their excellent and compassionate care goes to Dr. Mark
GUTTMAN,
Jill BURKHOLDER and Janice
STOBER from the Centre for Movement
Disorders; Bonnie
BERESKIN,
Speech▲
Language▲
Pathologist▲ and the
Day Hospital staff at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care; Christine
MacKIE and Jackie
WILLIAMS from Visiting Homemakers Association
staff at Bellwoods Centre; Valda
LEE of St. Elizabeth Health
Care; Margaret
WILTSHIRE from Toronto Community Care Access Centre
Maggie DIDIANO from Canadian Paraplegic Association; and all
the staff (especially those on Oxford west) at Kensington Gardens
Long Term Care Facility. Friends may call at the Rosar-Morrison
Funeral Home and Chapel, 467 Sherbourne Street (south of Wellesley)
on Thursday and Friday, September 8th and 9th from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Parking adjacent to the funeral home. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated at St. Paul's Basilica, 83 Power Street,
Toronto (Queen/Power Streets) at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September
10th, 2005. Cremation will be held at the Saint John's Norway Crematorium.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the following organizations,
and sing a song in memory of Norm. Donations to the Centre of
Movement Disorders, 2780 Bur Oak Avenue, Basement Level, Markham,
Ontario, L6B 1C9, the Parkinson Society of Canada, 4211 Yonge
Street, Suite 316, Toronto, Ontario, M2P 2A9 or to Kensington
Gardens Long Term Care Facilit
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DATLEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-10 published
Norm KELLY,62:
Teacher, friend, actor
Norm KELLY: educator, amateur thespian, 'good best friend'
Despite debilitating illness, he retained his interest in others
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
In the late summer afternoons, Norm
KELLY was always on the pretty
front porch of his flag-strewn house atop a little hill on Linnsmore
Cr. in Toronto's east end. He'd be smiling and waving to the
people streaming up from or toward the Greenwood subway station,
and usually they'd be smiling and waving back.
Many of them stopped to talk to the friendly man in the power
wheelchair, probably because it was hard to miss the notice printed
on hot pink or neon green or orange computer paper pinned to
both sides of the garden pergola right at the sidewalk.
"Norm on the porch says hello," it read. "Please say hello back."
On Fridays, he changed the signs. These ones read: "Please join
us for tea and cookies on the porch."
Admittedly most of the people who did join them there were neighbours,
but as one of them told
KELLY and his wife, Barbara
DATLEN-
KELLY,
they hadn't known one another before the couple moved onto the
street in 1996.
KELLY and
DATLEN-
KELLY invited all their neighbours
over for a barbecue the minute they finished their renovations
that year. After that, everyone would gather at their home every
Christmas for their open house as well as for their annual barbecues.
In 2003, when the barbecues were becoming too big for
DATLEN-
KELLY
to handle, they decided to have a dinner party every Saturday
night from late June until the Saturday after Labour Day for
a rotating cast of 12 to 16 people from all aspects of their
busy and varied lives.
"Norm was just a very friendly guy," said
DATLEN-
KELLY.
He was more than that.
He was a community builder who not only organized his own funeral,
he attended it.
He died at 62 on September 4 of multiple system atrophy, a crippling
Parkinson's Plus disorder of relatively late onset, which robs
people of their mobility and ultimately of their speech.
KELLY was 54 and a year away from retiring when he noticed he
was having difficulty working the computer mouse.
It was a particularly devastating illness for
KELLY, who had
been a guidance counsellor with the Toronto Catholic District
School Board and a real presence at Jean Vanier secondary school
where he, 6-foot tall and 250 pounds, danced "The Sugar Plum
Fairy" in a tutu at the annual Christmas assembly to cheers and
howls from students.
"He was the highlight of the show," said
KELLY's friend, former
school principal Mike
LEROUX. "
But he also had the total respect
of the kids."
KELLY also performed in 21 Broadway shows put on by Staff Arts,
a group of talented and musical teachers and Catholic school
board employees. His first show was Fiddler on the Roof; his
favourite show was Guys and Dolls, where he was Nicely Nicely
Johnson and got to sing "Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat."
He had never been a star; "Norm would say he was first on right,
back row," said
DATLEN-
KELLY. He was too sick to be in this year's
Beauty and the Beast, but he was in the four shows before that
in his wheelchair. For Oliver in 2003,
DATLEN-
KELLY managed to
find an antique wheelchair for him to appear in.
"He loved being on stage, everything off stage and everything
backstage," said his friend Mary Jane
McKEEN, who was part of
his set painting crew. "I think the theatre gave him focus and
kept him going."
He grew up in the Dundas/Dufferin area of Toronto in an apartment
over the bakery run by his Scottish parents and began teaching
after a one-year post-high school course. He studied at nights,
earning a B.A. and eventually a masters' degree in education.
In 1972, he and his then wife, Mary Ellen, and daughter Sheila
moved to University City, one of many young families attracted
to the innovative townhouse and apartment complex south of Finch
Ave., one of the city's first planned communities.
The developers had designed the complex with a vehicle-free promenade
to encourage a feel of community, but it was
KELLY who made that
a reality. For 17 years he was head of the condo board, earning
him his nickname the Mayor of University City.
It used to take him an hour to fetch a jug of milk from the store
that was five minutes away because he stopped to talk to everyone.
He was always organizing something -- winter carnivals, dances
and huge Canada Day celebrations. More than 5,000 people used
to turn out, recalled former neighbour Terri
HOPE, making it
the second largest July 1 celebration in Ontario, if not Canada.
"Norm was the epicentre. He ran the best all-candidates meetings
I've ever been to," she said.
He spearheaded the community's political fight to keep nearby
lands for parkland and, with
DATLEN-
KELLY, helped run the Four
Winds Sentinel, the longest running community-operated newspaper
in North York until it folded after 17 years in 1993.
Married in 1995, he and
DATLEN-
KELLY had been together since
1979 and had just really moved into their new east-end neighbourhood
when he began noticing symptoms. In the winter of 2000-01, he
and HOPE wrote a letter to 50 Friends -- "Norm came up with the
initial 50 or so names. Who the hell else could do that?"
HOPE
exclaimed -- asking for volunteers for a circle of support helping
him with speech therapy.
For four years, they kept up that circle. "I probably got more
out of it than Norm did," said his friend
LEROUX.
They'd vary
the speech exercises by riffing about George W. Bush and Condoleezza
Rice to the tempo of "Who's On First." And Terri
HOPE's husband
Bob searched out naughty limericks for
KELLY's exercises.
"Norm KELLY had this amazing group of Friends because he was
such a good best friend," said Bonnie
BERESKIN, the Baycrest
Centre's speech therapist who helped coordinate the Circle of
Support. "It was sort of like putting money in the bank. He had
given a lot over the years."
BERESKIN said she'd been worried that people might drop out when
KELLY's condition inevitably worsened. "I thought they would
be afraid, but instead they devised new ways of helping him and
started doing other things that were needed."
They organized cleaning crews for the house, brought over casseroles,
took him places, and continued the therapy sessions even during
the last two months of his life when
KELLY finally lost his ability
to speak.
"I would say Norm dealt with this in a state of grace," said
DATLEN-
KELLY. "He was determined to do everything he possibly
could."
But last year, he decided it was time to move into a nursing
home. He put up a sign on the pergola -- "I have chosen to go
into a beautiful nursing home because I can no longer stay safely
at home" -- and people were upset when they read it.
But KELLY always knew he would be coming back to the neighbourhood.
For his funeral he specified he wanted a street party, the music
he had loved to sing, and he wanted the hearse containing his
remains to stop by and stay awhile. And that's exactly what happened.
"As we turned the corner, I could see the tables and chairs on
all the driveways. Someone had put big plastic flowers out and
I thought Norm would get such a kick out of it," said
DATLEN-
KELLY.
"It was like he was welcomed back home. It was beautiful."
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DATO,
Cristoforo
Joe
Passed away, at the age of 70 years, in Chicago, Illinois, on
March 2, 2005. A Funeral Mass, in his memory, will be held on
March 17 at 7: 15 p.m. in St. Bernardo Church, Lawrence Ave. and
Jane St.
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DEL
BEL
BELLUZ,
Pietro
Passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Monday,
November 21, 2005. Beloved husband of Gioconda (née
PALU.)
Devoted
father of Sonia
(PACE) and Arlene
(DATTOLICO.)
Loving grandfather
of Daniel, Michael, Alyssa, and Jenna. Predeceased by his sisters
Dina, Pina, Dorinda, Anna, and brother Dino. Loving brother to
Giuseppe, Vico, and Angelo, and sister Rosalia. He will be greatly
missed by his nieces and nephews. He will always be remembered
for the strong passion he had for the outdoors, art, gardening,
fishing, and the good times spent with Friends and family. Friends
and family will be received at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston
Rd. (north of Lawrence Ave.), Toronto, on Wednesday, November
23 from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Funeral Mass on Thursday, November 24
at 9: 30 a.m. at All Saints Roman Catholic Church, 1415 Royal
York Road (north of Eglinton). Entombment at Beechwood Mausoleum,
7241 Jane Street, Concord, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations
may be sent to the William Osler Palliative Health Care Foundation
(Etobicoke Campus).
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WILSON, Elizabeth "Betty" Agnes (née
HEFFORD/
TOON)
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth
(Betty) Agnes
WILSON (née
HEFFORD/
TOON) wife, sister, mother,
aunt, cousin, grandmother, greatgrandmother, friend and lady.
Betty died peacefully on September 18th, 2005 at Princess Margaret
Hospital at the age of eighty-one surrounded by her loving husband
and family. Betty was born July 28, 1924 at Toronto, Ontario.
Betty is survived by her husband of 37 years William (Bill) G.
WILSON, her son and daughter in law, Garry and Karyn
TOON and
her daughter, Elizabeth
TOON, her four stepsons and their partners:
Tony and Susan, George and Myrna, Kevin and Denise, and Scott
WILSON, as well as her grandchildren: Maryrose
VERNER (née
COLEMAN,)
Robert COLEMAN, Emily
REA (née
COLEMAN), Kali
COLEMAN; Joanne,
Robert, Danielle Mae and Geordie
TOON; Emma, Craig, Kelly, Kevin
and Christopher
WILSON; her brother and sister-in-law, Lloyd
and Marylou
HEFFORD, along with more than thirty-five cousins,
nieces, nephews, and great-grandchildren. Betty's absence will
be palpable for us all. Betty loved to travel and her journeys
with Bill took her the world over. One trip that she talked about
often was to South Africa for a photo safari. She also organized
a family trip with her cousin Nancy
DATTRINO to England, Scotland
and Wales on a quest to discover her lineage. Betty and Bill
enjoyed winters in Florida away from the cold of Toronto and
they would invite family and Friends to come and visit for winter
holidays. The tradition of toasting the sunset over the gulf
was started at Madeira Beach and continued when they moved to
St.▼
Augustine▼ to be closer to her niece Debbie
CASCADDEN.
There▼
was a cottage at Belmont Lake that was a special place for Betty
and her family and is the source of many funny stories. Then
later on when Betty and Bill bought a cottage on Paint Lake they
would host tremendous parties for the whole gang. When she set
the table you felt honoured to be there with her. When Betty
had a party there was always dancing, and her husband continued
to dance with her right to the end. Betty enjoyed sitting on
the deck swing and watching the hummingbirds feed and the evening
sunsets were so beautiful over the lake that the whole cottage
would be filled with a golden light. Betty was predeceased by
her parents, Tom and Mae
HEFFORD (née
JONES,) her niece Elizabeth-Anne
HEFFORD and her grand_son Simon
WILSON.
Visitation▼ will be held
Sunday, September 25th at 11: 00 a.m. followed by a service at
1: 00 pm at Turner and Porter Funeral Home, 436 Roncesvalles Avenue
in Toronto, Ontario. The family of Betty
WILSON wishes to acknowledge
the excellent care and compassion given by the Princess Margaret
Hospital staff. Words alone cannot express our thanks for the
support given our family during Betty's last days. Donations
in Betty's memory may be made to Casey House Hospice, the Scott
Mission or a charity of choice.
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WILSON, Elizabeth "Betty" Agnes (née
HEFFORD /
TOON)
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of a dear
wife, sister, mother, aunt, cousin, grandmother, great-grandmother,
friend and lady. Betty died peacefully on September 18th, 2005
at Princess Margaret Hospital at the age of eighty-one surrounded
by her loving husband and family. Betty was born July 28, 1924
at Toronto, Ontario. Betty is survived by her husband of 37 years
William
(Bill)
G.
WILSON, her son and daughter-in-law, Garry
and Karyn TOON and her daughter, Elizabeth
TOON, her four stepsons
and their partners: Tony and Susan, George and Myrna, Kevin and
Denise, and Scott
WILSON, as well as her grandchildren: Maryrose
VERNER (née
COLEMAN), Robert
COLEMAN and Emily Rea (née
COLEMAN)
Joanne, Robert, Danielle Mae and Geordie
TOON; Emma, Craig, Kelly,
Kevin and Christopher
WILSON; her brother and sister-in-law,
Lloyd and Marylou
HEFFORD, along with more than thirty-five cousins,
nieces, nephews, and great-grandchildren. Betty's absence will
be palpable for us all. Betty loved to travel and her journeys
with Bill took her the world over. One trip that she talked about
often was to South Africa for a photo safari. She also organized
a family trip with her cousin Nancy
DATTRINO to England, Scotland
and Wales on a quest to discover her lineage. Betty and Bill
enjoyed winters in Florida away from the cold of Toronto and
they would invite family and Friends to come and visit for winter
holidays. The tradition of toasting the sunset over the gulf
was started at Madeira Beach and continued when they moved to
St.▲
Augustine▲ to be closer to her niece Debbie
CASCADDEN.
There▲
was a cottage at Belmont Lake that was a special place for Betty
and her family and is the source of many funny stories. Then
later on when Betty and Bill bought a cottage on Paint Lake they
would host tremendous parties for the whole gang. When she set
the table you felt honoured to be there with her. When Betty
had a party there was always dancing, and her husband continued
to dance with her right to the end. Betty enjoyed sitting on
the deck swing and watching the hummingbirds feed and the evening
sunsets were so beautiful over the lake that the whole cottage
would be filled with a golden light. Betty was predeceased by
her parents, Tom and Mae
HEFFORD (née
JONES,) her niece Elizabeth-Anne
HEFFORD and her grand_son Simon
WILSON.
Visitation▲ will be held
Sunday, September 25th at 11: 00 a.m. followed by a service at
1: 00 p.m. at Turner and Porter Funeral Home, 436 Roncesvalles Avenue
in Toronto, Ontario. The family of Betty
WILSON wishes to acknowledge
the excellent care and compassion given by the Princess Margaret
Hospital staff. Words alone cannot express our thanks for the
support given our family during Betty's last days. Donations
in Betty's memory may be made to Casey House Hospice, the Scott
Mission or a charity of choice.
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