GAFFNEY o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-03-18 published
JOHNSTON,
Edmund
Lowell
(Korean War Veteran), in Durham, on Thursday, March 17th, 2005.
Ed JOHNSTON, of Durham, in his 73rd year. Beloved husband of
Merle (née
COOPER.)
Loved father of Lowell (Karen,) of Victoria,
British Columbia and Debbie (Bill)
LILLIE and Denise (Philip)
GROVE, all of Durham. Dear brother of Cedric (Jackie,) of Durham,
Betty GAFFNEY, of Stratford and Luella (Jack)
STURROCK, of Hopeville.
Sadly missed and loved by grandchildren, Jasen
GROVE and friend,
Morgan HENDERSON.,
Marnie
GROVE and friend, Andrew
PINK and Brianne
LILLIE and fiance, Steve
QUESNEL; great-granddaughters, Alexandra
and Justice
QUESNEL; brother-in-law, Louis
NIGH and sister-in-law,
Helen APPLEBY.
Predeceased by parents, Elizabeth and Lowell
brother, Robert; brothers-in-law, Oliver
GAFFNEY and Roy
APPLEBY
and sister-in-law, Jean
NIGH.
Cremation has taken place. Funeral
Service will be held at the Fawcett-McEachern Funeral Home, Durham,
at 11: 30 a.m. Monday, March 21st, 2005. As expressions of sympathy,
donations to the Durham Hospital would be appreciated.
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GAFFNEY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-12-27 published
WEATHERSTONE,
Robert
Gordon
At Victoria Hospital, London on Friday, December 23, 2005. Robert
Gordon WEATHERSTONE of London in his 72nd year. Beloved husband
of Dorothy
(TOUSEANT)
WEATHERSTONE. Dear father of Robert
WEATHERSTONE
and his wife
Alana,
Wendy
GAFFNEY, all of London and Jim
WEATHERSTONE
and his partner Tammy of Huntsville. Dear son of Lulu
MARRIOTT
of Petrolia. Dear brother of Shirley
BLACKWELL of London. Also
loved by his grandchildren, William, Rebecca, Caitlin, Shaylyn
and Sophia. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service
will be held at a later date. Bob served with the City of London
Police Force for 30 years, retiring as a Staff Sergeant, he was
a member of Saint John's Lodge No. 20 Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons (A. Millard George Funeral Home, in charge of arrangements
433-5184). On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca
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GAFFNEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-07-14 published
Chris GAFFNEY
By Cynthia
HARRIS,
Thursday,
July 14, 2005, Page A18
Priest, publisher, author, canon lawyer, husband, stepfather,
fine Yorkshireman. Born November 18, 1946, in Bradford, Britain.
Died February 13, in Ottawa, of cancer, aged 58.
Chris grew up in the north of England in a happy world filled
with football, brass bands, childhood sweethearts, and tucking
into such delicacies as Barnsley chops, bacon buttys and warm
custards. For three summers as a young teenager, he worked as
a lagger's assistant, replacing blue asbestos insulation on industrial
boilers in the local mills -- a job that would later seal his
fate.
He entered the seminary in the 1960s during the heady post-Vatican
II days, when there was experimentation on all fronts, and the
Beatles tune All You Need is Love was playing everywhere. He
was ordained to the priesthood with the Redemptorist Congregation
in 1970. At 27, he became their director of publications, a position
he blamed for his immediate and nearly complete male-pattern
baldness. He took immense risks but eventually carried out a
huge automation of operations (in 1974!) and an international
expansion. He held several roles with the "Reds" that took him
to locations throughout England, Europe, and Africa. He was in
high demand, giving missions and retreats. Always one to challenge,
during one mission at a school in Perth, Scotland, and against
his colleagues' better judgment, he taught the complex Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin's Mass on the World to a class of 13-year-olds.
They were captivated.
He did graduate studies at Fordham University in New York and
subsequently came to Canada for further studies. In 1990, he
was granted a civil doctorate in philosophy from University of
Ottawa and a pontifical doctorate in canon law from Saint Paul
University. While studying, he worked as a chaplain at Ottawa's
Riverside Hospital. He left the priesthood and started both family
life and a thriving career-consulting firm.
Chris was a consummate public speaker who loved a full room.
And could he hold a room! In any given talk, he wove in such
disparate elements as Gabriel Marcel, Somerset Maugham, Woody
Allen, William Bridges, Ivan Illich, scripture, mystics, poets,
Warren Buffet, Monty Python, The Velveteen Rabbit, Bernard Lonergan,
and who only knew what else. He often surprised himself at what
came to him in the moment. He would throw his voice, do funny
walks, play the buffoon, then very subtly deliver a message so
profound, you could hear a pin drop. He had an intriguing ability
to be simultaneously light and profound in dealing with matters
of life, love, purpose, and even tragedy.
As a career counsellor, he helped many individuals and corporate
groups, often during turbulent times. He helped them uncover
their charism -- their gift, their higher purpose, their evolving
responsibility to the world. Privately, he called it wide-angle
spirituality.
If his illness was harsh, his response was measured and brave.
Chris mined his deeply held faith and philosophy of life. He
used psychoneuroimmune techniques. He leaned on God and his family.
Although he was quite short of breath, two days before he died
when there were specialists and caregivers coming and going,
he quipped that the house was like an English country castle.
In the end he died, obviously not cured, but healed.
A priest colleague wrote of Chris: "I loved his magnanimity,
no smallness or pettiness, at times hugely irritating, always
challenging, forgiving to a fault, cheerfully oblivious and fun
to be with." Chris loved a good wine and fine food -- he managed
to find reason to celebrate at least twice a week. He had a huge
joy and appetite for life. He created for himself and his circle,
a rich and lovely tapestry.
Cynthia Harris is Chris's wife.
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