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GAIL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-03-24 published
DORAN,
Lillian
Jane (née
CRAWFORD)
At Central Place Retirement Home, on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005,
in her 85th year. Lillian Jane
DORAN (née
CRAWFORD,) the beloved
wife of the late Kenneth James
DORAN.
Loving mother of Bonnie
GAIL
(Mrs.
Robert
JOHNSTON,) of Lawrence, Kansas and Louise and
her husband, Jim
WALTON, of Langley, British Columbia. Proud
grandmother of Gordon
JOHNSTON and his wife, Amy, Catherine and
her husband, Max
CORDOVA,
Timothy
WALTON and Sarah
WALTON. Special
great-grandmother of Colby, Creighton and Brock. Predeceased
by her son-in-law, Robert
JOHNSTON and her parents, William and
Rachel CRAWFORD.
Lillian was a devoted member of St. George's
Anglican Church and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels for over
thirty-five years. Friends may call at St. George's Anglican
Church, on Monday from 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will
take place at St. George's Anglican Church, on Tuesday morning
at 11: 00 a.m., with visitation one hour before service. As an
expression of sympathy, memorial donations to either the Canadian
Cancer Society, Sleeping Children Around the World or to St.
George's Church would be appreciated by the family.
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GAIL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-02 published
DE LUCA,
Victor
Passed away peacefully at Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay on
Saturday, April 30, 2005 in his 81st year. Loving husband and
best friend of Wilma DE
LUCA for 54 years. Father of Christopher
(Gail) DE LUCA of Oshawa, Janice (Lonnie)
HOWARD of Springfield,
Missouri and Michael DE
LUCA of Lakefield. Loving grandfather
of Christopher DE
LUCA,
Tammy
BAXTER and Aubrey DE
LUCA. Great-grandfather
of Liam BAXTER and Lily
GAIL.
Father-in-law of Schellé DE
LUCA.
Brother of Sister Reta DE
LUCA, Sister Jean DE
LUCA and the late
Harry, Albert, Anthony and Stella. Family and Friends will be
received at Monk Funeral Home, 6 Helen Street, Bobcaygeon (866-393-0063)
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday. Mass of Christian Burial in Our
Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church, Need Street, Bobcaygeon
on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. Burial at a later date
in St. Aloysius Cemetery, Fenelon Falls. Donations to the Oshawa
General Hospital Cancer Unit would be appreciated. Messages of
condolence may be sent to www.monkfuneralhome.com
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GAILBRAITH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-30 published
FEATHERSTONE,
Peter
Peacefully at his residence in Milton, following a long illness
with Myasthenia Gravis. Peter
FEATHERSTONE,
son of Grace and
the late Sheldon
FEATHERSTONE.
Beloved husband of Bea. Loving
father of Debbie and her husband Mike
HYDE,
Kathy▼ and her husband
Ken GAILBRAITH,
Todd and his wife
Sandy.
Peter will be missed
by his grandchildren Thomas, Emily, Jaymes and Mitchell. Predeceased
by his sister Anne and brother-in-law George
YORK.
Family and
Friends are invited to visit at the McKersie-Kocher Funeral Home,
114 Main St. Milton, 905-878-4452 from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday and
2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Monday. The funeral service will be
held in the funeral home chapel on Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
at 11: 00 a.m. Interment to follow at the Milton Evergreen Cemetery.
As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to the Oakville
Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Foundation would be appreciated.
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FEATHERSTONE,
Grace
At her beloved home in Milton on Saturday, July 30th, 2005. Grace
FEATHERSTONE of Milton, beloved wife of the late Sheldon
FEATHERSTONE.
Dear mother-in-law of Bea
FEATHERSTONE.
Grace will be missed
by her grandchildren Mark
YORKE and his wife
Jean,
Debbie and
her husband Mike
HYDE,
Kathy▲ and her husband Ken
GAILBRAITH,
and Todd and his wife Sandy; also her great-grandchildren Eric,
Thomas, Emily, Jaymes, Mitchell and Sarah Grace. Predeceased
by her son Peter, daughter Anne and son-in-law George
YORKE.
A special thanks to Dr. W.
KOSLOWSKI for his kind care. Family
and Friends are invited to visit at the McKersie-Kocher Funeral
Home, 114 Main Street, Milton, 905-878-4452, from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9
p.m. on Tuesday. The funeral service will be held at St. Paul's
United Church, 123 Main Street, Milton on Wednesday, August 3rd,
2005 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment to follow at the Milton Evergreen
Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to the
Milton District Hospital Foundation or the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated.
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GAILITIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-14 published
GAILITIS,
Agnese
Zelma
On Tuesday April 12, 2005 at St. Joseph's Hospital, in Elliot
Lake. Agnese, beloved wife of Alexsandris, loving mother of Arnes
(Joanne), Ilona (Harry) and step-mother of Sandee (Murray) and
Rasma of Latvia. Cherished grandmother of Alexis and Nicole.
Agnese will sadly be missed by many Friends and relatives. Friends
may call at the York Cemetery, Visitation, Chapel and Reception
Centre, 160 Beecroft Road, North York, on Thursday April 14,
2005 from 7-9 p.m. and
on Friday April 15, 2005 from 10: 00 a.m.
with the Funeral Service in the Chapel at 11 a.m., reception
to follow. In lieu of flowers, if desired, a memorial contribution
to the charity of your choice would be greatly appreciated by
the family. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Alternative Funeral
Services.
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GAILUS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-19 published
GAILUS,
Magdalene
Anna
Born in Russ, Memelland (Lithuania), December 16, 1904, passed
away February 3, 2005, in Canmore, Alberta. She is laid to rest
beside her husband Max and mother Lydia. She is lovingly remembered
by her son Fred (Andrea), grandchildren Jeff, Chris (Jane), Alison
(Laurent), Erika (Paul) and great-granddaughter Makaila. She
is survived by sister Margaret and many nephews and nieces in
Canada and Berlin, Germany. Magdalene lived a full life of over
100 years. She is gone but will never be forgotten. Visit www.gailus.ca
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GAIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-01-15 published
GAIN,
Donald
Nelson
(Journalist /Traveler)
Don passed peacefully in his 92nd year in Victoria, British Columbia
where he had lived for more than 40 years. Born September 17,
1913 in St. Catharines, Ontario to Daisy
(DEAN) and Charles Nelson
GAIN,
Don was the second of 4 brothers. Don began his journalism
career at age 18 as a high school sports reporter for the St.
Catharines Standard and here his skill as a wordsmith was developed
as he made a list of all the synonyms for a football on a sheet
of paper and ticked them off as he used them. Don attended the
University of Toronto and worked variously in Toronto, Timmins
and Kirkland Lake before joining two of his brothers in the Royal
Canadian Air Force. Here his love of travelling was nurtured
during his training at Chatham, New Brunswick, Summerside, Prince
Edward Island and Patricia Bay, British Columbia before being
stationed as a navigator on Canso submarine patrol aircraft out
of Alliford Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands. At Alliford Bay, he
continued his interest in newspapers by becoming editor of a
daily, mimeographed news sheet handed out to service personnel
in the dining hall and publishing a monthly magazine (The Victory)
at the station. Don was now hooked on the West Coast and after
the war, lived and worked in Oregon and California, writing for
a string of labour newspapers owned by a Canadian. But ever eager
to travel, he signed on to Norwegian cargo vessels as a steward
and travelled to Japan, West Indies, South America, and the U.S.
east coast. On those trips, he disciplined himself to write as
much as 3000 words a day, selling what articles he could and
dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. The last thing he
did before departing on a ship, was to return his library books.
Now in his late 30's, Don wrote from Trinidad to a friend that
'If I live long enough, maybe I will be successful.' After ship-board
travel became tiresome, Don continued to work in California,
where, among other things, he was a radio drama producer. Finally,
Don returned to Canada where he worked for Canada Dry as sales
manager in Victoria and here he realized his dream. In 1962,
he joined the staff of the Victoria Colonist where he covered
all the beats - politics, religion, marine events, armed forces,
police and realized another dream by travelling with Canadian
Peace Keepers to Cyprus, Norway, Germany, France, and the Arctic.
Highlights of those trips included interviewing Archbishop Mikarios
and transferring, ship-to-ship on a bosun's chair, with the Navy.
After 13 years, Don retired from the paper with cudos from the
Saanich District council as 'a fair and honest reporter.' He
used to say he had Friends in 'high' places as he wrote both
the military news and the church page. He then attended the University
of Victoria to learn French and continued travelling by, among
other things, immersing himself in the French culture by spending
6 month stints at the university at Aix-en Provence. He continued
to freelance and never lost his inquisitiveness, sometimes 'interviewing'
you until you had to cry 'Uncle!'. Don never married nor had
a family of his own, but he was a true patriarch, always keeping
in touch and visiting family in eastern Canada and U.S., usually
as stop-overs to overseas. He knew all the family connections
and sometimes as a young man, my eyes would glaze over as he
once again recited the family tree. But his enthusiasm was infectious
and I'm now destined to carry that torch. Don did not belong
to service clubs but, non-the-less, served the community through
a deep sense of social involvement. In retirement, he tirelessly
visited elderly Friends and acquaintances and drove them anywhere
necessary to attend their needs until he voluntarily gave up
his own license. His list of annual charitable donations was
long. Don never made the Fortune 500 list and had by-lines instead
of headlines, but by any other measure, he was a success. He
survived all 3 of his brothers and is now survived by nephews:
Nelson GAIN (Marg), Meaford, Ont,;; Cameron
GAIN (Pauline), Welland,
Ontario; Scott
GAIN, Nelson, British Columbia (Glenda, Victoria,
British Columbia); Donald
GAIN (Mickey), Aurora, Ont,;; Dean
GAIN,
California;
Diane
GOLDWATER, Arizona. Grand nieces/nephews:
Kitty ARMSTRONG, Dana
GAIN, Jason
GAIN, Christy
GAIN, Allison
GAIN, Donald
GAIN, Geordie
SEED, Corrie
SEED and numerous great-grand
nieces/nephews. Don was a long time member of the First Unitarian
Church of Victoria (5575 West Saanich Road) where he will be
remembered and celebrated by Friends and family on February 5,
2005 at 2pm. Don's ashes will be scattered in the Memorial Garden
and a plaque placed in the Memorial Wall. If so inclined, please
bring remembrances both written and verbal to share and make
donations, in his name, to your favourite charity in lieu of
flowers.
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LUNN,
Irv "
Duke"
Peacefully on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at his home with his family
by his side. Loving husband of Joan. Cherished father of Danny,
Frank and his wife Mary Lynne, Shawn and his wife Laurie, and
Laurie and her husband Don
GAIN.
Proud grandfather of Zo, Amanda,
Rebecca, Daisy and Gabriel. Irv will be sadly missed by his brother
Arnold and his wife Janet as well as his many relatives, Friends
and the boys at the hunt camp. The family will receive Friends
at the Ogden Funeral Home, 4164 Sheppard Ave. East, Agincourt
(east of Kennedy Rd.) on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
Service to be held in the Ogden Chapel on Monday at 2: 30 p.m.
Cremation.
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GAINES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-08-26 published
BARTLETT,
Ivan
Peacefully, into the arms of his Lord, surrounded by his loving
family, on Wednesday, August 24th, 2005, at the Tillsonburg District
Memorial
Hospital,
Ivan
BARTLETT of Tillsonburg, in his 76th
year. (Member of the North Broadway Baptist Church, Tillsonburg).
Best friend and loving husband of Mary
(HELSDON)
BARTLETT.
Much
loved father and father-in-law of: Cheryl and Barry
HOSNER
(Tillsonburg,)
Dan and Anne
BARTLETT (of P.E.I.,) Kathy and David
RACHAR
(Tillsonburg.)
Cherished grandfather of Angela and James
MUIR;
Joshua,
Amanda
and Nicholas
BARTLETT;
David,
Matthew and John
RACHAR. Proud
great-grandfather of: Jacob and Kalen
MUIR.
Predeceased by a
grand_son James
HOSNER (2003.) Survived by sister and brother-in-laws:
Jack and Mary
HELSDON,
Margaret
JENKINS and friend Howard
VANNATTER,
Dorothy and Art
FULLER
Sr.
Also survived by an aunt Audrey
TALBOT.
Predeceased by a brother-in-law George
JENKINS.
Also predeceased
by his parents: William and Hazel
GAINES.
Friends and relatives
are welcome to meet with the
BARTLETT family on Sunday 2 to 4
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Verhoeve Funeral Home, 262 Broadway,
Tillsonburg (842-4238). Funeral Service to be conducted on Monday,
August 29th, 2005 at 1: 30 p.m. at the North Broadway Baptist
Church by Pastor Alan
SILVESTER and Pastor Bill
BALL.
Interment
to follow in the Tillsonburg Cemetery. Memorial donations (payable
by cheque) to the "Gideons", "Teen Challenge Farm" or the "Heart
& Stroke Fund" would be gratefully appreciated by the family.
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GAINOR o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-10 published
KASTANEK,
Karl
Peacefully, at Tyndall Nursing Home, Mississauga, on Thursday,
September 8, 2005. Karl
KASTANEK, in his 74th year. Beloved husband
of the late Helga
KASTANEK (née
FELTEN.)
Loving father of Patricia
and Gerald. Dear father-in-law of John
GAINOR and Sabine
BAUMANN.
Sadly missed by grand_son Jason
GAINOR.
Karl will be lovingly
remembered by all of his family and Friends in Austria and around
the world. Resting at the Newediuk Funeral Home, Kipling Chapel,
2104 Kipling Ave., Etobicoke (two blocks north of Rexdale Blvd.)
from Sunday 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Service in the Chapel Monday
1 p.m. Interment Glendale Memorial Gardens.
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STEELE,
Annie (née
STOCKWELL)
Peacefully, at home on January 21, 2005, at the age of 83. Beloved
wife of the late Jim
STEELE.
Loving mother of Susan
FERGUSON
and her husband Bob, Douglas and his wife
Wendy,
Mary
GAIR and
her husband Graeme, Duncan and his wife Anna, and the late James
John (Jamie). Dear grandmother of Rob, Laura, Jim, Karen, Amy,
Ashley, Adrienne, Jackson, Audrey, Gordon, Chelsea and Katherine.
Adored great-grandmother of Russell, Jimmy, Joseph, Owen, Emily,
Adam and Molly. Sister of Kathleen
LLOYD and her husband George,
Colleen BRADFORD, Bill
STOCKWELL and his wife Loretta. Predeceased
by her brothers Maitland and George "Son"
STOCKWELL.
Auntie
Anne
to many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Turner and
Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas St. W. (between Islington and
Kipling Aves.) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Monday. Funeral Service
in the Chapel on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 1 p.m. Interment
Park Lawn Cemetery. If desired, remembrances may be made to the
charity of your choice.
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RICHARDS,
Pamela
Mary
Elizabeth
On Wednesday, September 7th, 2005 at the age of 41. Beloved wife
of John IRELAND. Dear mother of Adam
RICHARDS.
Loving daughter
of Eileen and Ken
RICHARDS.
Sister of Don
GAIR (Sue,)
Carolyn
BURKITT
(John) and Patti
COOMBES (Steve.)
Pamela will be lovingly
remembered by her extended family and Friends. Friends may call
at Oshawa Funeral Service "Thornton Chapel", 847 King St. West
(905-721-1234) for memorial visitation on Saturday, September
17th from 1-3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to
the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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GAIREY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-06-27 published
George BANCROFT, 82: Mentor and role model
George BANCROFT, 82, opened doors for black students
Former University of Toronto prof fought for diversity in the
workforce
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
A commissioner with the Ontario Human Rights Commission, executive
director and senior policy adviser to the minister of multiculturalism
and citizenship in charge of 125 staff and a $16 million budget,
one of the seven-person team who wrote the groundbreaking Hall-Dennis
report on Ontario's education, professor emeritus for scholarship
at the University of Toronto, author, editor and contributor
to a dozen papers and books, chair of umpteen educational community
groups and professional organizations.
That's not all.
Hundreds of students credit George
BANCROFT for their post-graduate
degrees in education.
Claire ALLEYNE, registrar at the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education, said he was a "stalwart" in the black community,
a dignified, old-school role model for the many he mentored.
"He was a fighter, but he did it by putting forth an educated,
well-reasoned argument," she said.
Poet and University of Toronto professor George Elliott
CLARKE
hailed BANCROFT as one of a generation of black intellectuals
whose work set high standards and opened doors for generations
of black academics.
"These were the forebearers, the torch bearers, the door openers,"
he said. "We owe people like George
BANCROFT a great debt."
BANCROFT was also the founder of the Harry Gairey scholarship
awards (which has now been folded into the Harry Jerome Awards
for outstanding black youth), one of the founders and a board
member of Caribana as well as the Canadian Council of Christians
and Jews. He was also a popular keynote speaker known for telling
it like it is, not as people, even those listening, wanted it
to be.
The latter trait is why his family believes he never received
some of the appointments they think he should have. Plaques and
honours from Indo-Canadian organizations, First Nations and Chinese-Canadian
groups line the walls of his North York home, yet when he died
May 16, at 82,
BANCROFT had not received an Order of Canada nor
a Senate seat, each of which his admirers had lobbied for on
his behalf.
"He would have liked that," said his wife, Carole. "George was
always passionate about seeing more blacks in stronger positions."
At university convocations, he would scan the crowd of graduates
for black faces. He believed, fervently, that education would
empower and promote young blacks within Canadian society.
"Where are they?" he would say to Carole. "They should stop dancing
and start studying."
Friends have told her that while her husband was not afraid "to
speak the truth to the powerful," he could also be quite acerbic
about what he called the "race-relations industry."
In a 1984 edition of Graduate, University of Toronto's alumni
magazine, he wrote of his decision to leave his tenured professorship
and campus for "a rather palatial office with Her Majesty's Government
of Ontario."
"I am a member of what is euphemistically called the visible
minorities -- a wretched term,"
BANCROFT wrote. "As a result
of increasing demand for significant rather than token recognition
of minorities and to refute, 'you people do not apply,' Friends
prevailed upon me to do so. I do not pretend reluctance. I wanted
to enter what seemed to me to be the world of practical affairs."
But he missed his academic freedom and after three years he returned
to U of T.
Even in the 1970s and 1980s, when multiculturalism policies were
sweeping the country,
BANCROFT often challenged what he saw as
examples of stereotypical thinking. At one dinner attended by
influential policy- makers and politicians, he ruffled feathers
when he wanted to know why an Italian-Canadian couldn't be considered
for the High Commission in Britain, as an example, instead of
Italy.
"His main focus was how multiculturalism worked," said his son,
George Jr., a 23-year-old student at the University of Toronto.
"People shouldn't stay in their own groups all the time."
Upon learning of the appointment of Adrienne
CLARKSON as Governor
General, he personally wrote Jean
CHRÉTIEN, prime minister at
the time, expressing disappointment the post had not gone to
a native Canadian.
In 1989, he was one of two commissioners of the Ontario Human
Rights Commission calling for an investigation into the organization
about its hiring practices after it became known that the head,
Raj ANAND, had failed to hire any visible minorities for seven
senior posts.
"I question why not a single non-white person was hired for the
seven positions, especially considering the quality of some of
the non-white candidates who applied," he told the Star in an
article that noted that
BANCROFT had "broken ranks" by speaking
out.
BANCROFT called for an investigation of the matter. "The survival
of the commission is at risk... (and) no taint can be attached,"
he said at the time.
BANCROFT came to Canada from his native Guyana in 1948.
"He was a young gentleman in white shoes, white suit, white panama
hat and flamboyant ties who used purple ink," according to his
older brother, Clarence, who said
BANCROFT would have become
president of the University of Guyana had he not followed so
many of his countrymen to Montreal to study at McGill University.
He worked as a porter for Canadian Pacific Railways to finance
that education, shining shoes, hauling luggage and learning how
to hold his hand, palm up, close to his body, to receive the
discreet tip.
"He talked to me about the emotions of that time. He was angry
but never bitter," his son said.
Father also told son that many of the men with whom he worked
became significant in their own right. Legendary head porter
Harry GAIREY encouraged him to stay in school and
BANCROFT never
forgot. They were Friends until
GAIREY died in 1993 when he was
BANCROFT graduated from McGill with degrees in French and English,
and moved to Toronto where he received his Master's degree and
his PhD in educational theory. He taught at Forest Hill Junior
High and Forest Hill Collegiate Institute for a decade -- although
he had an unhappy work relationship with a principal there who
never acknowledged his doctorate.
In 1967, he got a job in the U.S. at the faculty of education
at New Jersey's Fairleigh Dickinson University but returned to
Canada in 1969 to teach at U of T's faculty of education.
"He wanted to come back to Canada because it was less discriminatory
although I hate that word -- than the U.S. and had an atmosphere
in which he could make a better contribution," said Clarence,
who is a retired school superintendent and church minister. George
BANCROFT met his wife in 1976 at a Chopin black tie affair at
Casa Loma.
She was a music teacher and graduate of the Royal Conservatory
of Music, and he was a music lover who was studying the saxophone
and piano, and less successfully, the violin. He was 60 when
their son was born. He was ecstatic. "He thanked me for months
for giving him an heir," she said.
After he retired he had more time for his hobbies: he was an
enthusiastic collector of antiques and roadside treasures. "We
have antique doors, pots, vases, tables chairs -- he liked finding
things," said George, Jr.
The students continued to seek him out. They would come to him,
to sit with him in his magnificent and cluttered study under
the gaze of his collection of busts of Voltaire, Paul Robson,
W.E.B. Du Bois and other great men to get help on their theses
and work up their oral presentations with him. Even now, they
telephone just wanting to come to the house.
"They still want to be connected with him," said Carole.
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GAIRNS,
Margaret
Susie
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GAIRNS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-02-09 published
Margaret S.
GAIRNS
By Christine
BECKETT,
Wednesday,
February 9, 2005 - Page A18
Teacher, wag. Born July 26, 1910, in Toronto. Died January 10,
2005, following a stroke, aged 94.
Margaret GAIRNS' exemplary teaching of English at Toronto's Lawrence
Park Collegiate Institute embodied that school's excellence.
She taught two or three generations of some families: in 1937-38
she taught my father, and in 1967-68 she taught me.
Born in Toronto, an only child of only children, Margaret stayed
with her Scots parents all their lives. She spoke proudly of
them often -- the father an avid gardener, the mother artistically
inclined. Not yet 21, she took her B.A. from Victoria College.
(In later years,
GAIRNS also earned her M.A.)
Fellow grads and lifelong closest Friends Marjorie and Walter
MANN became English teachers in Ottawa; Margaret always holidayed
with them, marking papers during travel. Another dear Ottawa
friend was the New Democratic Party's Stanley
KNOWLES.
Gretchen
and Susan MANN claimed they had four parents -- "Mom, Dad, Stanley,
and Marg!" Margaret was very proud of her two daughters, and
they in turn stood by her all her life.
As a teacher, Margaret
GAIRNS was not flamboyant. She did not
believe in entertaining a class, and she did not fraternize.
Passionate, precise and proud, she could be sardonically merciless
three grammar or spelling mistakes on a paper and a student said
goodbye to an A. Teaching the great works of English literature,
GAIRNS shone brilliantly. She honed student thought to an edge
coals were heaped on those who misquoted sources. Yet she stayed
open to new ways. When asked if a class could sit in a circle,
she agreed to try it, liked it, and boasted of it for years.
At 93, revisiting her teaching notes for King Lear, she declared
them "not too bad."
Margaret could be an irascible wag. During retirement, from her
modest home she watched two adjoining properties nearby used
to erect one pretentious house with Doric pillars. She threatened
to tack a message to those pillars -- "My name is Ozymandias..."
finally relenting only because "whoever bought such a house wouldn't
know the reference."
Margaret did not go easy. At her final residence, she walked
daily, grumped energetically, haunted the library, sought good
conversation, music and culture. A visiting violinist who performed
Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending was asked, "You do know
the reference?" He didn't. She did. By heart.
Incurably independent, she had fathomless reserves of feeling.
Admirers? Many. Married? Never! Kids? Thousands.
Margaret GAIRNS was a staunch benefactress of Victoria University
in the U of T. She never trumpeted this. She simply, quietly,
built up her country. At 94, she seemed a permanent part of it.
She had extraordinary backbone and indomitable spirit; courage
always to say what she thought; a love of avocado salad and single-malt
pride in her Scots heritage; a penchant for public speaking and
being the centre of attention; joy in her students; zest for
travel, often by ocean liner; high standards, caustic wit, a
rich laugh, and hope for a better world -- not just in the afterlife,
where she might be now, chatting with Stanley Knowles, Tommy
Douglas, maybe discussing Lear with the Bard himself -- but here
and now in this life. She worked long, hard and humbly for that.
A devoted member of Deer Park United Church, Margaret
GAIRNS
co-planned her own memorial service with her minister, who declared
her wishes "clear and forceful." These were for brevity, simplicity,
the poetry of the King James Bible, the dignity of Scottish psalter
hymns, Shakespeare, and Bach. It was an honour to have known
her at all, a blessing it could be for so long. Doubt not that
it is now "Margaret [we] mourn for" -- she would know the reference
and forgive us our tears.
Christine BECKETT is a friend of Margaret.
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GAISER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-05-02 published
SHARROW,
Ileen
Margaret (née
STEBBINS)
Unexpectedly, at South Huron Hospital, Exeter, Saturday, April
30, 2005, Ileen Margaret
(STEBBINS)
SHARROW, of Grand Bend, age
86. Beloved wife of Ivan L.
SHARROW for 63 years. Loved mother
and motherin-law of Barbara and Wayne
O'ROURKE of Walkerton,
Brian and his partner Joyce of R.R.#2, Grand Bend and Janice
Ann SHARROW at home. Loving grandma of Steve
O'ROURKE and partner
Wendy, Carolyn and Brad
McKEEMAN,
Kevin and Leeanne
O'ROURKE,
Matthew SHARROW,
Laura
SHARROW and great-grandma of Cameron,
Alicia, Jacob, Kirby, Keenan and Jeremy. Loved by her nieces,
nephews and their families. Predeceased by sister Mona
GAISER
(2003,) parents Ira (1970) and Hazel
(WEBB) (1993)
STEBBINS.
Resting at the T. Harry Hoffman and Sons Funeral Home, Dashwood,
with visitation Tuesday evening 7 to 9 p.m. The Funeral Service
will be held at Emmanuel Baptist Church, (London Road at Kirkton
Road, South of Exeter) Wednesday, May 4, 2005 at 11 a.m. Pastor
Scott STEIN officiating. Interment Pinery Cemetery, Grand Bend.
If desired, memorial donations to the Alzheimer Society, Community
Living - South Huron or charity of choice would be appreciated.
Condolences at www.hoffmanfuneralhome.com
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GAISER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-11-01 published
KOEHLER,
Glenn
E.
Peacefully, at his residence, surrounded by his family, on Monday,
October 31, 2005, Glenn E.
KOEHLER, of R.R.#2 Hensall, in his
75th year. Beloved husband of Audrey (Campbell)
KOEHLER.
Dear
father of Brenda and Richard
SCHILBE of Zurich, Garry and Brenda
KOEHLER of Hensall and Betty Lynn and Doug
ECKEL of Zurich. Loving
grandpa of Jason and Krista
SCHILBE,
Shauna and Jillian
KOEHLER
and Jaime and Kraig
ECKEL and great-grandpa of MacIntyre and
Hallee SCHILBE. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Joan and Art
McCALLUM,
Dianne and Raye
ARMSTRONG, Linda and Denton
GAISER,
Keith and Fiona
KOEHLER,
Elmer and Anna
CAMPBELL and Marg and
Ray CONSITT.
Sadly missed by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased
by his parents Bruce and Pearl
(WILLERT)
KOEHLER and one brother
Donald and his wife
Alice, his father-in-law Percy
CAMPBELL and
his mother-in-law Emma
CAMPBELL.
Visitation in the Hensall Visitation
Chapel, 79 King Street Hensall on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
where the funeral service will be conducted on Wednesday, November
2, 2005 at 11 a.m. Mr. Bob
HEYWOOD officiating. Interment Hensall
Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Canadian
Cancer Society or a charity of ones choice. Condolences may be
forwarded through www.jmmcbeathfuneralhome.com A tree will be
planted as a living memory to Glenn
KOEHLER.
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GAISER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-12-27 published
BORTHWICK,
Harry
Norman
At London Health Science Centre Victoria Hospital on Sunday December
25, 2005, Harry Norman
BORTHWICK of London. Beloved husband of
Marie (GAISER)
(DICK)
BORTHWICK of London. Dear father of Jason
DICK,
Gary and John
BORTHWICK all of London. Friends will be
received at the Logan Funeral Home, 371 Dundas St. (between Waterloo
and Colborne) on Wednesday December 28th, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
service will be held in the chapel on Thursday December 29th
at 1: 00 p.m. Interment Baird Cemetery, Brucefield. Friends who
wish may make memorial donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke
Foundation. Online condolences www.loganfh.ca. A tree will be
planted in memory of Harry.
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GAIT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-05-16 published
Championship win tempered by death of legendary coach
By Neil STEVENS,
Monday,
May 16, 2005, Page S3
Canadian Press
Toronto -- Les
BARTLEY died of colon cancer yesterday, less than
24 hours after the team he coached to four National Lacrosse
League championships won a fifth.
The resident of St. Catharines, Ontario, was 51. The family planned
a private service for today.
"It's a deep loss," said Terry
SANDERSON, the general manager
and coach of the Toronto Rock. "He was so well respected by the
Rock players he coached.
"It's an awful thing. It's such a brutal disease. This is a big loss."
The team presented a three-minute video tribute to
BARTLEY before
defeating the Arizona Sting 19-13 in front of a record National
Lacrosse League crowd of 19,432 at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday.
During the game, fans held up signs wishing
BARTLEY well.
BARTLEY was a club vice-president this season, but was too ill
to attend games. Captain Jim
VELTMAN spoke from the heart about
his former coach after the victory.
"He's not here right now and that breaks my heart,"
VELTMAN said.
"It's hard for me to talk about.
"He's a very special man. When I saw that tribute, it was hard
for me to keep it together. I have a lot of respect for that man."
BARTLEY coached Buffalo to three professional titles before taking
over the new franchise. After his seventh pro title in 2003,
he looked forward to going for another. But he was diagnosed
with colon cancer later in the year and underwent operations.
He had to relinquish his job behind the bench. He also was the
club's general manager.
"He continued to have a deep interest in the team,"
SANDERSON
said. "We had a very good rapport."
The league named the trophy it awards to the coach of the year
the Les Bartley Trophy.
BARTLEY was a United Auto Workers contract negotiator in St.
Catharines, and he helped the National Lacrosse League and the
players association get together on a new collective agreement
last fall. On May 9, the National Lacrosse League chose
BARTLEY
as the executive of the year.
Five of the National Lacrosse League's 10 head coaches this season
played for
BARTLEY: Bob Hamley (Arizona), Paul Day (Rochester),
Darris Kilgour (Buffalo), Jamie Batley (Colorado) and Derek Keenan
(Anaheim).
"A lot of coaches in the league today were influenced by Les,"
Day said after the announcement of the award. "You're not going
to find anybody who had a more positive influence than he had
on his teams and the guys who played for him."
BARTLEY coached Canada to international titles, including the
Heritage Cup and the inaugural world indoor championship in 2003.
"He did a great job competing at the highest level," Gary
GAIT,
the National Lacrosse League career scoring leader, said of
BARTLEY
last week. "Les embodies the spirit of competition and sportsmanship
in a coach. He's a model coach."
The Les' Fund Initiative was launched in conjunction with Lisa's
Beads to raise money to fight cancer. Fans in most National Lacrosse
League cities participate, selling beads in National Lacrosse
League team colours and donating proceeds to local cancer societies,
hospitals or research centres.
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GAITANAKIS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-05-20 published
GAITANAKIS,
Patricia - Auction of the Estate of
Estate Auction
Saturday, May 21: 10 a.m.
Creemore Legion Hall
For the late Patricia
GAITANAKIS, of Durham
Quality antique Victorian, Oriental and modern furnishings, glass,
china, silver, figurines, lamps, chandeliers, paintings, prints,
sculpture, oriental rugs, tapestries, collectibles etc.
John SIMPSON
Auctioneer, I.C.C.A.
Creemore: 1-800-438-8138
Visit www.simpsonauctions.com
Page B9
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GAITIANAKIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-06-06 published
FRECKELTON,
Edith
Thelma
Peacefully, on June 3, 2005, in her 99th year, at Kennedy Lodge
Nursing Home. Thelma, former manageress of Women's Bakery. Predeceased
by her daughter Patricia
GAITIANAKIS.
Beloved "
Nana" to Susan,
Deborah, Karen and Angela. Great-grandmother of Martin, Sean,
Jessica, Connor, and Rachel. Great-great-grandmother of Megan,
Shannon, and Kayla. A private memorial service to be held at
a later date.
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GAIU o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-04-16 published
PRITCHARD,
Audrey▼
Carolyn▼ (née
BROWN)
Died peacefully at home in Mississauga on Thursday, April 14,
2005 in her 75th year, of cancer. Beloved wife of Ross for 50
years. Sister of Connie
HENLEY, sister-in-law of Don
HENLEY,
Tom SADLER and Audry
WEST.
Mother▼ and mother-in-law of Kelli
and Nagui
(PRITCHARD-
CHARKY), Jory and Doug
(PRITCHARD-
KERR),
Jeff and Jane
PRITCHARD, and Jill and Nigel
(PRITCHARD-
SCOTT.)
Dear Nanny of Brady, Daniel, Emily, Jamie, Kyle, Michael, Ryan,
Teddy, Thomas and Whitney. Audrey was born and grew up in Chatham,
Ontario and was predeceased by her parents, Alfred and Miriam,
sister Jean and brothers Gordon and Douglas. She attended the
University of Western Ontario where she served as chapter president
of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Audrey taught English and
physical education at high schools in Belle River, Oakville and
Milton. She was an active member of Streetsville United Church,
and helped found and lead many community-based volunteer programs,
including the youth volunteer corps at Credit Valley Hospital,
and Mississauga-based Foodpath, an organization whose initiatives
included creation of a foodbank, children's breakfast program
and co-op housing. Audrey was privileged to have had so many
good Friends, colleagues, neighbours and family who contributed
to her well-being and success and whom we would like to thank
for their generous support in her final days. We are particularly
grateful for the loving homecare provided to Mom by our Dad Ross
and our sister Kelli. Our family would also like to thank Dr.
Ron PEDDLE, Nadean
HARLEY, Dr. Robert
SAULS and other staff of
Credit▼
Valley▼ hospital, Carolyn
OLIVER and other nurses of the
Victorian▼
Order▼ of Nurses, Doina
GAIU, and Reverend John
TAPSCOTT
and the members of Streetsville United Church for their compassionate
care. Visitation will be on Sunday, April 17, 2005 from 2-4 p.m.
and 7-9 p.m., at the Lee Funeral Home, 258 Queen Street South,
(Streetsville) Mississauga, L5M 1L8 (phone 905-826-1148). Funeral
and reception will take place on Monday, April 18, 2005 at 11
a.m. at Streetsville United Church, 274 Queen Street South, Mississauga
(phone 905-826-1542). Burial to follow in Chatham, Ontario. If
desired, donations by cheque may be made payable to: 'Foodpath'
(in memory of Audrey Pritchard, for Breakfast Clubs), 2550 Goldenridge
Road, Unit 36, Mississauga, Ontario, L4X 2S3; phone905-270-9792
www.foodpath.org; registered charity #11892 7011 RR0001 (tax
receipts will be issued).
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GAIU o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-16 published
PRITCHARD,
Audrey▲
Carolyn▲ (née
BROWN)
Died peacefully at home in Mississauga on Thursday, April 14,
2005 in her 75th year, of cancer. Beloved wife of Ross for 50
years. Sister of Connie
HENLEY, sister-in-law of Don
HENLEY,
Tom SADLER and Audry
WEST.
Mother▲ and mother-in-law of Kelli
and Nagui
(PRITCHARD-
CHARKY), Jory and Doug
(PRITCHARD-
KERR),
Jeff and Jane
PRITCHARD, and Jill and Nigel
(PRITCHARD-
SCOTT.)
Dear Nanny of Brady, Daniel, Emily, Jamie, Kyle, Michael, Ryan,
Teddy, Thomas and Whitney. Audrey was born and grew up in Chatham,
Ontario and was predeceased by her parents, Alfred and Miriam,
sister Jean and brothers Gordon and Douglas. She attended the
University of Western Ontario where she served as chapter president
of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Audrey taught English and
physical education at high schools in Belle River, Oakville and
Milton. She was an active member of Streetsville United Church,
and helped found and lead many community-based volunteer programs,
including the youth volunteer corps at Credit Valley Hospital,
and Mississauga-based Foodpath, an organization whose initiatives
included creation of a foodbank, children's breakfast program
and co-op housing. Audrey was privileged to have had so many
good Friends, colleagues, neighbours and family who contributed
to her well-being and success and whom we would like to thank
for their generous support in her final days. We are particularly
grateful for the loving homecare provided to Mom by our Dad Ross
and our sister Kelli. Our family would also like to thank Dr.
Ron PEDDLE, Nadean
HARLEY, Dr. Robert
SAULS and other staff of
Credit▲
Valley▲
Hospital, Carolyn
OLIVER and other nurses of the
Victorian▲
Order▲ of Nurses, Doina
GAIU, and Reverend John
TAPSCOTT
and the members of Streetsville United Church for their compassionate
care. Visitation will be on Sunday, April 17, 2005 from 2-4 p.m.
and 7-9 p.m. at the Lee Funeral Home, 258 Queen Street South,
(Streetsville) Mississauga, L5M 1L8 (905-826-1148). Funeral and
reception will take place on Monday, April 18, 2005 at 11 a.m.
at Streetsville United Church, 274 Queen Street South, Mississauga
(905-826-1542). Burial to follow in Chatham, Ontario. If desired,
donations by cheque may be made payable to: Foodpath (in memory
of Audrey Pritchard, for Breakfast Clubs), 2550 Goldenridge Road,
Unit 36, Mississauga, Ontario, L4X 2S3; 905-270-9792; www.foodpath.org
registered charity No. 11892 7011 RR0001 (tax receipts will be
issued).
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GAIVOTO o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-12-19 published
CARNEGIE,
Laura
Ethel
Suddenly and peacefully at Lakeridge Health Corp. - Oshawa on
Thursday,
December 15th, 2005. Laura Ethel
CARNEGIE at the age
of 93. Dearly beloved wife of the late William
CARNEGIE.
Loving
mother of Jim
CARNEGIE and his wife
Roxanne and Carol
FRALICK
and her husband Ken. Cherished grandmother of Mike
CARNEGIE and
his wife Dawn, Kim
CARNEGIE, Kelly
BAKER and her husband John,
Mark FRALICK and his wife
Carolyn,
Lesley
FRALICK and her fiance
Chris GAIVOTO and great-grandmother of Chenice and Cody
PAPP,
Jordan and Madison
BAKER,
Jacob
FRALICK and Brenden and Matthew
CARNEGIE.
Cremation with interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince
Albert. Donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated and may be made at The Armstrong Funeral
Home, 124 King Steet East, Oshawa.
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