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GEIER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-21 published
GEIER, HansPeter (September 6, 1937-May 17, 2005)
Passed away peacefully at Ottawa General Hospital from cancer.
Will be sadly missed and always remembered by wife Doris, the
Geier and Tremblay families.
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GEIGEN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-02-21 published
DOWNS filled life with music
The musician, who died Saturday, built the local music scene.
By Peter GEIGEN-
MILLER,
Free
Press
Reporter
Band leader, owner of a popular restaurant, recording company
entrepreneur. Johnny
DOWNS made his mark on London in many ways
but probably will best be remembered as leader of the Johnny
Downs Orchestra, a band that played sweet sounds for decades
of dancers.
DOWNS died Saturday at Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital. He
was 83.
"It was a privilege playing with Johnny," says Londoner George
LANGFORD, a trumpet player.
LANGFORD has fond memories of playing with the
DOWNS orchestra
for several years.
One of their venues was the downtown Holiday Inn, now the Hilton
London.
"We'd go into the ballroom and set up and start blowing," he
remembers. "It was fun. Music is so much fun."
DOWNS started out playing the violin but switched to the saxophone
in the 1930s.
Soon he had formed his own band and at age 17 he and his group
landed a summer gig at the Kincardine Pavilion.
The band, billed as Canada's leading college band, played on
campuses and at such big-time dance pavilions as the Summer Garden
in Port Dover, Wonderland Gardens in London and the legendary
Stork Club in Port Stanley.
LANGFORD remembers being a bit nervous about playing with
DOWNS.
"When you're playing with a good brass section, you have to be
right on, note for note. I'd stand up and take the odd solo.
I just had a great time."
LANGFORD says
DOWNS had great style as a band leader. "He was
very smooth at the microphone."
Another claim to fame for
DOWNS was his Latin Quarter restaurant,
on what was then Maple Street, now part of Dufferin Avenue.
DOWNS ran the popular eatery and watering hole with his wife,
Dorothy, for nearly 40 years. It closed in 1990 and the building
was demolished.
The place attracted legions of loyal customers, an eclectic crowd
that included university students, lawyers, the theatre crowd
and musicians.
And DOWNS had running a restaurant down to an art, said singer-songwriter
Mike MULHERN, who worked at the Latin Quarter for a short time
in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
"It was a great place to work at the time because he was such
a well respected musican and he would give you a lot of tips,"
said MULHERN. "And he had the whole night planned out for his
diners...."
The first hour, bands were expected to play softly, without inciting
patrons into applause -- which would interrupt their dinner.
As the night went on, bands would pick up the tempo to entice
diners to stick around for dancing and drinks. By closing time,
the place would be hopping with lively music, said
MULHERN.
"It was very interesting and a helpful place to be," he said.
"The Latin Quarter was pretty much the top of the game."
One attraction was the yard of ale, a tall glass of brew. Downing
one was an initiation rite.
Downing one in a single sitting earned customers a commemorative
card.
DOWNS also helped make London the headquarters for Capitol Records
Canada.
Starting in 1949, the fabled label's recordings were manufactured
in London, with
DOWNS handling cross-Canada sales. The plant
produced five million discs before the operation moved to Toronto
in 1954.
DOWNS is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy, son Tom of
New Hampshire and daughter, Jayne, of Port Stanley.
A memorial service will be held today at 3 p.m. at the Westview
Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Rd.
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GEIGEN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-03-27 published
Joe GRIGAS: a 'natural soldier'
'International Joe' had a love of travel, a love of action and
the respect of his Friends.
By Jael WONG, and Peter
GEIGEN-
MILLER, Free Press Reporter
Before he died, Joseph (International Joe)
GRIGAS had his favourite
dish -- sardines. The decorated war veteran developed a liking
for the fish more than 60 years ago after he was taken prisoner
during the Spanish Civil War.
He and his fellow prisoners -- 150 Americans in all -- were given
nothing to eat for 13 months but sardines and beans.
"Joe was a survivor, so Joe learned to like sardines and beans
and he ate them with relish. For the rest of his life, sardines
and beans were his favourite dishes," said retired Capt. Robert
WALSH.
He met GRIGAS two years ago through the Royal Canadian Regiment
Association.
GRIGAS -- dubbed International Joe because he had been to many
countries -- died March 8 at Parkwood Hospital in London at age
An American, he fought in the Second World War as part of the
London-based Royal Canadian Regiment.
He was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal -- one level below
the Victoria Cross -- for leading a group of soldiers in capturing
two enemy machine-gun nests in Sicily in 1943.
But no one at the Royal Canadian Regiment knew what happened
to GRIGAS for 58 years after the war and it was thought he was
dead. In fact, there's a gold brick at the Royal Canadian Regiment
Museum in London in his memory, said Capt. Duncan
McMILLAN.
So McMILLAN was intrigued when he learned
GRIGAS was in a veterans'
shelter in the United States and wanted to come back to Canada.
McMILLAN and two veterans went to see
GRIGAS on Veterans' Day
in 2000 and confirmed his identity. The Royal Canadian Regiment
arranged to have
GRIGAS moved to Parkwood Hospital in June 2003,
where he lived for the past two years.
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts., with Lithuanian roots,
GRIGAS was "a natural soldier at heart," said
WALSH, going wherever
the action was.
"He liked to travel a lot and he liked adventure and when he
didn't have that, he didn't have much of a life."
Tara O'CONNOR, who befriended
GRIGAS at the Worcester veterans
shelter in 1994, said he lived a vagabond existence, spending
most of the year "in the weeds," a term explained as "anywhere
you lay your head at night."
Once age finally caught up with
GRIGAS,
O'CONNOR helped him find
an apartment in a complex for the elderly.
It was not an easy adjustment.
"He wouldn't sleep in his new bed, telling me it was too civilized,"
said O'CONNOR. "And on more than one occasion, I found him cooking
a can of beans directly on the electric stove top."
After his release from the Spanish prison camp in 1939, he returned
to the U.S., but didn't stay long. In 1940, he went to Montreal
to enlist in the Canadian Army because the U.S. was not yet involved
in the Second World War. He joined Canadian troops in England.
He served until he was injured in 1944 and returned to the U.S.
For the next 50 years, he worked at odd jobs.
GRIGAS never married and didn't make Friends easily.
"But once he accepted you as a friend, he was a very good friend,"
said WALSH.
McMILLAN agrees, noting he has heard praises for
GRIGAS's character
from veterans of the Spanish Civil War.
"When he was held in captivity by the Nationalists, by the Fascists,
he was regarded as someone who was trustworthy," said
McMILLAN.
"You didn't have to watch your back with him."
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GEIGEN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-09-10 published
Accused in death released
Geun Chul LEE, 25, of Huron Street, is charged with manslaughter
and is free on $5,000 bail.
By Kelly PEDRO, and Peter
GEIGEN-
MILLER, Free Press Reporters
A man charged with manslaughter following a fight Thursday that
left a London man with fatal injuries was released on bail yesterday.
London police yesterday released the name of the 22-year-old
man, Kai ZHENG, who died Thursday in hospital after he was injured
outside his apartment building at 1128 Adelaide St. N.
Geun Chul LEE, 25, of Huron Street was held in custody after
he was arrested at his home Thursday and charged with manslaughter
in Zheng's death.
LEE and
ZHENG knew of each other but had never met, police said.
LEE was released yesterday on $5,000 bail during an appearance
in the Ontario Court of Justice.
Justice of the peace John
CARROLL ordered
LEE to surrender his
passport before his release.
CARROLL said
LEE must continue to live at his Huron Street residence,
report to London police every Sunday and is not to go within
a block of the Adelaide Street apartment building where the fight
occurred.
While out of custody, he is banned from possessing weapons of
any kind.
LEE replied with a soft-spoken "yes" when asked if he understood
the conditions of his release.
LEE's lawyer, Antin
JAREMCHUK, told
CARROLL that
LEE's family
is in Korea and his mother is flying to Canada to be with her
son.
LEE was ordered to return to court October 5.
ZHENG and a roommate moved into a sixth-floor apartment at 1128
Adelaide September 1.
Friends brought
ZHENG to Victoria Hospital after he was seriously
hurt in a fight with another person outside his apartment building.
Hospital staff then called police just before 6 a.m.
ZHENG later died of his injuries, making him the 12th homicide
victim in London this year.
Police are still awaiting autopsy results to determine his cause
of death.
ZHENG had applied to Fanshawe College, but hadn't completed registration
and had not attended classes.
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GEIGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-02-07 published
STADE,
Melvin
Christian
Peacefully, at Blue Water Rest Home, Zurich, Friday, February
4, 2005, Melvin Christian
STADE, 88, formerly of R.R.#3, Dashwood.
Beloved husband husband of Gertrude "Gertie"
(BIESENTHAL)
STADE
for 47 years. Loved father of Sherrie
EDWARDS of R.R.#3 Dashwood
and the late Oliver "Ollie"
EDWARDS (2003.) Dear brother-in-law
of Eleanore and Clarence
MILLER,
Frieda
WILSON, Margaret
KLEIN,
Alma KLISCH,
Elda
FREER, Scharlotte and Philip
LOWENBERG, Herb
and Delores
BIESENTHAL,
Russell
MILLER, Bert and Clara
MOLZAN
and Elsie BIESENTHAL.
Remembered by his many nieces, nephews
and their families. Predeceased by several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law,
parents William (1955) and Flossie
(GEIGER) (1965)
STADE.
Resting
at the T. Harry Hoffman and Sons Funeral Home, Dashwood with
visitation Tuesday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral service
will be held at Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, Wednesday, February
9, 2005 at 11 a.m. The Reverend John E.
TREMBULAK III officiating.
Interment Zion Lutheran Cemetery. If desired, memorial donations
to the Blue Water Rest Home, Zion Lutheran Church, Lung Association
or charity of choice would be appreciated. Melvin was born on
the STADE homestead, farmed all his life and was a former member
of the Dashwood-Seaforth Band, Huronia Male Chorus and Zion Lutheran
Church Choir for many years. Condolences at www.hoffmanfuneralhome.com
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GEIGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-04 published
GEIGER,
Hildegard
Peacefully and with dignity on Sunday, October 2, 2005 at her
home in Toronto, at the age of 84. Hildegard, beloved wife of
the late Franz
GEIGER.
Dearly loved mother of Karen
RENDLE of
Toronto and Ilona
KOPRIVA of Oakville. Dear sister of Frederich
BIEDERMANN of Austria and Otto
BIEDERMANN of France. Private
Family Service will be held at the Kopriva Taylor Funeral Home,
Oakville. Cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations
to the Arthritis Society or to the Oakville Humane Society would
be greatly appreciated by the family. Email condolences may be
sent to kopriva@eol.ca; please place
GEIGER on the subject line.
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GEISBERGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-09 published
MASON,
William
It is with deepest sadness that we announce the passing of Bill,
in his 43rd year, on Thursday, April 7, 2005, with his family
by his side. Bill faced his cancer with grace and dignity and
never complained. He made it easy for all his family and Friends
to share in his struggle. His smile always lit up a room. Peacefully
taken from us; he fought his cancer with hope, faith, strength
and courage. Beloved husband of Diane, who will love and cherish
the life they shared always. Loving and proud father of Colin
who will treasure him deep in his heart forever. Cherished brother
to Joyce (Lon)
FITTANTE,
Bob
MASON and Nancy
HEWSON. Special
uncle to Shawn, Ryan, Jonathon, Elyse, Tyler, Gordy, Corey, Sean,
Lindsay and Kayla. Loved son-in-law to "Ma and Pa." Bill will
be sadly missed by his many family members and Friends. Friends
may call at the Dodsworth and Brown Funeral Home, Burlington Chapel,
2241 New St. (at Drury Lane), Burlington (905-637-5233), on Sunday,
April 10, 2005 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will
be celebrated on Monday, April 11, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. from St.
Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 44 Flamboro Street, Waterdown.
Cremation to follow. The family would like to express its appreciation
to Dr. NAIDOO, Dr.
KNIGHT, Dr.
CHRIS, Lee
GEISBERGER and all
the staff at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital for their care, understanding
and warmth provided to Bill during his illness, and most importantly
to all his Friends and co-workers at Zenon Environmental for
making his "Magical Journey" come true. In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Saint Thomas the Apostle Building Fund and would
be appreciated by the family. "Bill will never be forgotten,
we will all carry a piece of his love forever..."
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GEISER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-08-05 published
GOFF,
Harry
William
Suddenly and peacefully at the Victoria Hospital, London on Wednesday
August 3, 2005. Harry William
GOFF of Woodstock in his 87th year.
Beloved husband of Frances Elinor
GOFF (née
COPELAND.)
Loved
father of Shirley
MARTIN and her husband Judson of Toronto. Cherished
uncle of Janice
BROOKS and her husband Thomas of Woodstock. Dear
cousin of Marlene
GEISER of Toronto. Survived by his sister Edna
BEAMER of Drumbo. Predeceased by several brothers and sisters.
Friends may call at the R.D. Longworth Funeral Home, 845 Devonshire
Avenue, Woodstock (519-539-0004) on Saturday August 6, 2005 from
2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held at the
R.D. Longworth Funeral Home on Sunday August 7, 2005 at 1: 00
p.m. with Reverend Don
LINKLETTER officiating and Reverend Ruth
BUTT
assisting. A private family interment will take place in the
Innerkip Cemetery. Contributions to the Woodstock General Hospital
Building Fund or Chalmers United Church Memorial Fund would be
appreciated. Online condolences at www.longworthfuneralhome.com
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GEISER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2005-01-04 published
SALISBURY,
Arlington
Keith
Mr.
Arlington
Keith
SALISBURY of Goderich passed away peacefully
at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, on Thursday,
December 30, 2004, in his 86th year. Survived by his son Ross
GEISER and his wife
Maria of Strathroy. He will be deeply missed
by his niece Norinne
BRINDLEY of Goderich, as well as several
other nieces and nephews. At Arlingtons request, there will be
no visitation or funeral service. Cremation has taken place,
with interment in Woodland Cemetery, London, at a later date.
As expressions of sympathy, donations to the North Street United
Church would be appreciated and can be made through the Falconer
Funeral Homes Ltd., Bluewater Chapel, Goderich, (519) 524-1221.
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GEISLER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-01-08 published
GEISLER,
Brenda
Carol (née
JONES)
Born May 10, 1945, Brenda passed away peacefully at Scarborough
General Hospital on December 27, 2004. Beautiful and cherished
wife of Richard, beloved mother to Karen, Christina, Tanya and
Greg, grandmother to Lauren, sister to Norma and Bill
BENNETTS
and family. A lifelong devotee of reading, gardening, crosswords
and bridge, Brenda will forever live in our hearts. Thanks to
Dr. AITKEN, and the Nursing staff under Sue, Yvonne and Carlene
at Scarborough General Hospital. As per Brenda's wishes, the
memorial service will be held for family only and will be officiated
by Reverend D.
McKANE. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made
in support of a memorial tree and bench in Brenda's honour. Please
contact the family for details.
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GEISLER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-10 published
BOYD,
Murray
Ellis
After a lengthy illness, at the Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga
on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in his 63rd year. Murray
BOYD, beloved
husband of Elaine (née
GOYER.)
Loving father of Stephanie and
her husband Paul, Jason and his wife Laura and Christopher and
friend Lindsay. Loving Poppa of Kate, Maggie and Adam. Dear brother
of Gordon and Ron and their families. Will be missed by his friend
and business partner Tim and his wife Bonnie. Resting at the
Lee Funeral Home Limited, 258 Queen Street South, (Mississauga
Road South of 401), Streetsville where Friends may call on Thursday,
February 10 from 7-9 p.m. and
on Friday, February 11 from 2-4
and 7 p.m. Funeral Service will be held from St. Peter's Church
Erindale, 1745 Dundas Street West, Mississauga (Corner of Dundas
and Mississauga Roads) on Saturday, February 12th at 11 a.m.
Interment in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto would be
appreciated. The
BOYD family would like to say a special thanks
to Dr. Peter
FINDLAY and the nurses of the palliative care unit.
A very special thank you to Ted and Dorothy
GEISLER who were
a huge support to the family.
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HUG,
Aline (née
GEISSBERGER)
At the Bethany Lodge West on Tuesday, September 27, 2005. Aline,
wife of the late Fred. Born in Switzerland in 1909. She is survived
by her many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held
at the Marshall Funeral Home, 10366 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill
(4th traffic light north of Major Mackenzie Dr.) on Saturday,
October 22, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. Visitation 1 hour prior to service
time.
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GEIST o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-22 published
KRONENBERG,
Blanka
Passed away suddenly as the result of a car accident on Thursday,
October 20, 2005. Devoted wife of the late Chaim. Loving mother
of Rene and Sam
GEIST, and Marilyn and Rynaldo
FEDORENKO.
Beloved
grandmother of Michael and Allison
GEIST,
Aaron and Sara
GEIST,
Rebecca and Jacobo
SCHATZ, and Josh and Liane
GEIST.
Doting great-grandmother of Jordan, Ethan, and Gabrielle, Mimi, Ilana and Shoshana, and
Orly and Tamar. Service at Steeles Memorial Chapel, 350 Steeles
Ave. W. on Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 1: 00 p.m. Donations may
be made to Beth Radom Congregation or Baycrest Centre for Geriatric
Care.
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