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HITCHCOCK o@ca.on.kent_county.wallaceburg.wallaceburg_courier_press 2005-04-13 published
FREEBURN,
John
Mr. John FREEBURN a resident of Wallaceburg passed away on Wednesday,
April 6, 2005 at his residence at the age of 69. John was a son
of the late John and Diane
(LAUZON)
FREEBURN and was a lifelong
resident of Wallaceburg. He was a member of Our Lady Help of
Christians Church in Wallaceburg, as well as a member of Knights
of Columbus Council 2102. John was a retired employee of Dominion
Glass
Co., in Wallaceburg. Beloved husband of Theresa
(HINNEGAN)
FREEBURN of 51 years. Loving father and father-in-law of Erin
FREEBURN of Hamilton, Joseph
FREEBURN,
Carl
OSTER of Vancouver,
British
Columbia,
Edward and Michelle
FREEBURN of Wallaceburg,
Shannon FREEBURN and Todd
CELOTTO of Mississauga, Jack
FREEBURN
of Toronto and Liz
FREEBURN of Niagara Falls. Beloved Poppy of
Lauren, Meghan, Jamison, Brennan, Lucas and Reilly and Ava. Dear
brother and brother-in-law of Pat and Monique
FREEBURN of Bracebridge,
Irene MALLETTE of Wallaceburg, Mary
VAN
MEENEN of Wallaceburg,
Kathleen and Emile
GOGLIA of Wallaceburg, Mary Anne
TROIAN of
Orillia, Deanna
FORGIE of Wallaceburg, Doreen and Jerry
LUCIER
of Wallaceburg, Beth
MYERS and Garbett of Mitchell's Bay and Pamela
& Dr. Jack
OSTRANDER of Owen Sound. The late John
FREEBURN rested
at the Eric F. Nicholls Funeral Home, 639 Elgin Street, in Wallaceburg,
until Saturday, April 9, 2005 when the concelebrated funeral
mass was celebrated at Our Lady Help of Christians Church at
10: 30 a.m. with Fr. John
JASICA, Celebrant and Fr. Greg
BONIN,
Co-Celebrant. The gifts were brought to the altar by his loved
grandchildren. Interment was in Riverview Cemetery, Wallaceburg.
Pall bearers were: Bernie
ARMSTRONG, Steve
HITCHCOCK, Doug
CATTON,
Orm MASON,
Ralph
CARR, Bill
KNIGHT and Brennan
CONRY. Flower
bearers were Lauren
FREEBURN,
Meghan
FREEBURN, Jamison
FREEBURN,
Lucas Freeburn
HING,
Reilly
CELOTTO and Ava
CELOTTO. As an expresson
of sympathy, donations to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto
may be left at the funeral home. As a living memorial a tree
will be planted in Nicholls Memorial Forest in memory of John
FREEBURN.
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HITCHCOCK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-01-17 published
HITCHCOCK,
Lawrence
Aubrey
At Parkwood Hospital, Lawrence Aubrey
HITCHCOCK in his 80th year.
Beloved husband of the late Joyce
HITCHCOCK.
Loving parent of
Lawrence and his wife Marie, Sharon (Vince), Debbie (Shad), Robert
(Elvira), Marlene (Joe), Kathy (Ben) and Roberta. He will be
sadly missed by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces
and nephews. Visitation at the Lloyd R. Needham Funeral Home,
(520 Dundas Street, London), on Monday from 7-9 p.m. where the
funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 18th at 10 a.m.
Interment to follow at St. Peters Cemetery. Memorial contributions
to the Parkwood Foundation would be greatly appreciated.
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HITCHCOCK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-19 published
BENNETT,
John "
Jack"
Penman
(Retired 37 year employee of Ontario Hydro and faithful member
of Mount Horeb United Church and Ops Curling Club) Entered into
rest at the Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay, on Saturday, September
17, 2005, at the age of 75. Jack was the beloved husband for
52 years of Laura
FANTHAM.
Loving father of Leigh and her husband
Bill ARUNDELL and John and his wife
Lori. Cherished grandfather
of Sara and Jason
BENNETT and Billy
ARUNDELL. Dear brother of
Marilyn BENNETT and Margaret and her husband Al
HITCHCOCK.
Brother-in-law
to Raymond and Helen
FANTHAM,
Joan and her late husband George
VANORDER.
Jack will be fondly remembered by his many nieces and
nephews. Friends are invited to call at the Mackey Funeral Home,
33 Peel Street, Lindsay, 705-328-2721, on Tuesday from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Wednesday, September
21 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment at Mount Horeb Cemetery. If desired,
memorial donations to the Mount Horeb United Church would be
appreciated by the family.
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HITCHEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-30 published
HOSTRAWSER,
John "
Jack"
William
Peacefully at Headwaters Health Care Centre, Orangeville, on
Thursday,
April 28, 2005, John
HOSTRAWSER, in his 82nd year,
beloved husband of Gail
HITCHEN and the late Mary
HOSTRAWSER
(née FEWSTER.)
Loving father of John, Linda and her husband Robert
MUNROE,
Scott and his wife
Sandy,
Debbie and her husband Richard
BISHOP,
Terry and his wife
Janis
LEGG, Michelle and her husband
Ken MARTIN. Cherished grandfather of Erin, Leah and her husband
Chris GRAHAM, John
ROBINSON, Suzanne
ROBINSON, Cody, Julia
MUNROE,
Rachel BISHOP, Ryan
BISHOP, Tyler
LEGG, Nicole
LEGG, Sarah
MARTIN,
and Sean MARTIN. Dear great-grandfather of Tyler
GRAHAM and Jordan
GRAHAM. Dear brother of Jean and the late Howard Codlin. Resting
at the Egan Funeral Home Baxter and Giles Chapel, 273 Broadway,
Orangeville (519-941-2630) Sunday afternoon 2-6 o'clock. Funeral
service will be held in the chapel on Monday, May 2 at one o'clock.
Interment Greenwood Cemetery, Orangeville. If desired, memorial
donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences
for the family may be offered at www.eganfuneralhome.com
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HITCHIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-07-13 published
HITCHIN,
Charlotte
Suddenly passed away while at the cottage on Monday, July 11,
2005. Beloved wife of Don. Loving mother of Jeff and his wife
Julie and Doug and his wife Samantha. Proud Nana of Nicole and
Natalie; Ryan and Grace. Daughter-in-law of Kathleen Elizabeth
HITCHIN.
Friends may call at the Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home,
157 Main St. South, Newmarket for visitation on Thursday, July
14 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday,
July 15 at 11 a.m. followed by cremation. Donations to the Heart
and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated by the
family.
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HITCHING o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-20 published
GUNNING,
George
Clifford "
Cliff" (1911-2005)
Of Oakville, Ontario. Retired long time employee of the Canadian
Pacific Railway. Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving
family on Friday, April 15, 2005 at The Village of Wentworth
Heights, Hamilton. Survived by his beloved wife of 61 years,
Kathleen (HITCHING) of Smith Falls, Ontario. Cliff was the last
remaining sibling of eleven brothers and sisters born to Herbert
GUNNING and Agnes
RONDEAU of Port Alexander, Ontario. Cherished
father of daughter Judy (and husband Wayne) of Oakville, sons
Alan ( and wife Janet) of Caledonia, Ronald ( and wife Joanne)
of Kingston, and Bill (and his wife Margaret) of Port Coquitlam,
British Columbia. Adored grandfather and sadly missed by Christopher,
Cory, Shannon, Jeffrey, Kyle and Lauren. Special "Greatgrampie"
to Caitlin and Kieran. Cliff is fondly remembered by many nieces,
nephews, Friends and neighbours whom he valued so highly throughout
his lifetime. A service of Celebration to honour Cliff's life
will be held at Oakview Funeral Home, 56 Lakeshore Road West
(one block east of Kerr) Oakville, (905) 842-2252 on Monday,
April 25 at 2 p.m. Visitors wishing to gather with family are
welcome to do so for two hours prior to the service. For those
who wish, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or The Hospital
For Sick Children would be appreciated by the family. Email condolences
may be sent to oakview@arbormemorial.com
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HITCHINGS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-18 published
HITCHINGS,
Emma▼ "
Margaret▼" (née
BELL)
Peacefully at William Osler Health Centre, Brampton on Tuesday,
May 17th, 2005 at the age of 87 years. Beloved wife of the late
David Harry (1983). Loving mother of Dennis and his wife Velma,
David an his wife Lynne and Donald and his wife Judy. Loving
grandmother of Donald, Samantha, Suzanne, Debbie, David, Dale,
Kim, and their spouses. The great-grandchildren will miss their
"Nana.▼"
Julie,▼
Robert,▼ Caroline, Darren
BOAST and their families
will miss their honorary "Granny". Dear sister of Doris "Betty"
WHITNEY and her family and of the late Robert, Ross, Roy and
Grace. The family will receive Friends at the Scott Funeral Home,
"Brampton Chapel", 289 Main St. N., 905-451-1100, on Friday,
May 20th, 2005 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Saturday, Service
in the chapel at 10 a.m. Interment Greenwood Cemetery, Orangeville.
In memory of Margaret, donations to the charity of your choice
would be appreciated. Sign a book of condolences at www.obituariestoday.com
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HITCHINGS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-05-20 published
HITCHINGS,
Emma▲ "
Margaret▲" (née
BELL)
Peacefully at William Osler Health Centre, Brampton on Tuesday,
May 17th, 2005 at the age of 87 years. Beloved wife of the late
David Harry (1983). Loving mother of Dennis and his wife Velma,
David and his wife Lynne and Donald and his wife Judy. Loving
grandmother of Donald, Samantha, Suzanne, Debbie, David, Dale,
Kim, and their spouses. The great-grandchildren will miss their
"Nana.▲"
Julie,▲
Robert,▲ Caroline, Darren
BOAST and their families
will miss their honorary "Granny". Dear sister of Doris "Betty"
WHITNEY and her family and of the late Robert, Ross, Roy and
Grace. The family will receive Friends at the Scott Funeral Home,
"Brampton Chapel", 289 Main St. N., 905-451-1100, on Friday,
May 20th, 2005 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Saturday, Service
in the chapel at 10 a.m. Interment Greenwood Cemetery, Orangeville.
In memory of Margaret, donations to the charity of your choice
would be appreciated. Sign a book of condolences at www.obituariestoday.com
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HITCHINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-13 published
MURTAGH,
Sarah
Lee
(HITCHINS)
Peacefully at the John Gordon Home, London on Thursday, August
11, 2005. Sarah Lee
(HITCHINS)
MURTAGH of London, in her 52nd
year. Beloved wife of Dwight
MURTAGH. Dear mother of Christopher
Alan MURTAGH and Graeme Charles
MURTAGH. Dear sister of Ross
HITCHINS and his wife
Ayse of Toronto. Dear sister-in-law of
Peter C. MURTAGH and his wife
Laura
LANDRY of Wakefield, Quebec.
Also loved by her nieces and nephews John, Kealan, Noelle and
Alex. Cremation with a private family graveside service at Mount
Pleasant Cemetery, London. Sarah's family would like to express
their heartfelt thanks to Sarah's dear friend Jane
HAUSER and
the staff of the John Gordon Home for their care and compassion
- "Angels without wings". As an expression of sympathy, memorial
donations may be made to the John Gordon Home, 596 Pall Mall
Street, London, Ontario N5Y 2Z9. Online condolences accepted
at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca.
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HITCHINSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-03 published
WEIR, J.E. Fraser
On September 30, 2005, Fraser
WEIR of Yellowknife passed away
at the age of 53 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his
wife Delia and his son Alexander; his sister Carolyn (Robert)
HITCHINSON and his brother Dixon (Laurie)
WEIR; as well as numerous
nieces, nephews and other relatives; and many Friends. A Memorial
Service will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 7: 00 p.m.
at St. Patrick's Church in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Fraser's memory
to a charity of one's choice. Hainstock's Funeral Home and Crematorium
(780) 440-2999. Honoured Provider of Dignity Memorial.
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HITCHINSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-03-02 published
YEWCHUK,
Anne
On February 27, 2005 at Humber River Regional Hospital - Church
Site, in her 94th year. Beloved wife of the late Peter. Loving
mother of Walter (Carol), of Margate, Florida. Dear sister of
Mary HITCHINSON, of Toronto and the late Michael and Peter
PLETENCHUK.
Cherished Grandmother of Robert, David (Susanne), Carolyn and
Christopher and great-grandmother of Matthew and Stephanie. Dear
daughter of the late Steven and Katherine
PLETENCHUK.
Anne was
former President of the Ukrainian Women's Association of Canada
- Eastern Provincial Executive, and Kniahynia Olha Branch at
St. Vladimir Cathedral. Anne also held many positions in the
Ukrainian Museum of Canada and St. Vladimir Institute Heritage
Club. Friends will be received at the Ukrainian Canadian Care
Centre, 60 Richview Road (at Scarlett Rd.) from 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Thursday, March 3, 2005 with a Celebration of Anne's Life to
follow at 11 a.m. Interment York Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in Anne's memory to the Ukrainian Canadian
Care Centre, 60 Richview Road, Etobicoke, Ontario M9A 5E4. Neweduk
Funeral Home 905-828-8000 www.neweduk.com
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HITCHMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-06 published
HITCHMAN,
Walter▼
Ernest▼
P.▼
Eng:▼
In loving memory of Walter Hitchman P. Eng, 69 years, who passed
away Monday April 4, 2005, at home in London with his family
by his side. It is with great sorrow and joy that the family
announces the passing of Walter. Our sorrow lies in the loss
of a cherished husband, father, Poppa, uncle and friend. Our
joy lies in the knowledge that he is reunited with his beloved
parents, Eveyln and George. Walter is survived by his wife and
best friend Ronona, daughters Kelly (Paul)
POWERS of Barrie and
Karen (pre-deceased Rick)
KONRAD of Stittsville and Poppa to
Jaimie, Timothy and Liam. Walter is survived by his brother George
HITCHMAN of Sudbury and sister Betty
LEDGER of Richmond Hill
and their families and also Ronona's siblings, their spouses
and families.
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HITCHMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-06 published
HITCHMAN,
Walter▲
Ernest,▲
P.▲
Eng.▲
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HITCHON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-06 published
GILES,
Rita
(LAROCQUE)
At her residence on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Rita
(LAROCQUE,) dear
wife of Ralph
GILES, in her 79th year. Loved mother of Mary-Louise
HITCHON (Scott), Kelly
GENEREAX (Gary), Rebecca
BRALEY (Michael),
William GILES
(Rose) and Stephen
GILES (Tanya.) Dear sister of
Veronica LEO
(Peter,)
Corinne
ESTEY, and Jeannette
LAROCQUE.
Beloved grandmother of 10 grandchildren. Visitors will be received
at John T. Donohue Funeral Home, 362 Waterloo Street at King
Street, on Thursday from 2: 30-4:30 and 7-9 o'clock. Funeral Mass
at Saint John the Devine Church, 390 Baseline Road East, on Friday
morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in St. Peter's Cemetery. Prayers
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Donations to Palliative Care Team
of Victorian Order of Nurses would be appreciated.
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HITCHON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-15 published
SMITH,
Helen
Mary (née
WYNN)
Passed away at Royal Victoria Hospital, in Barrie, on Thursday,
October 13, 2005. Helen
SMITH (née
WYNN,) of Barrie, in her 74th
year, was the beloved wife of John
SMITH
(Royal
Canadian
Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers) of Barrie. Dear mother of Dwight and
his wife Janet of Toronto, Kathy
THOMAS and her husband Robert
of Barrie, and Gail
SMITH and her partner Lenore
HITCHON of Toronto.
Loving grandmother of Nicole
SMITH and Stephanie and Meaghan
THOMAS.
Also survived by sisters Dorothy
SMITH and Norma
HARKNESS.
Predeceased by brother Roderick and sisters Evelyn, Freda and
Bertha. Friends may call at the Jennett Chapel of the McClelland
& Slessor Funeral Home, 152 Bradford St. in Barrie, on Sunday,
October 16th from 12: 00 noon until time of Service at 1:00 p.m.
As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made
to the charity of your choice in lieu of flowers. Words of comfort
may be forwarded to the family at: helensmith@funeralhome.on.ca
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HITLER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-02-28 published
Karl RENNER,
Aristocrat And Broadcaster: 1917-2005
Grandson of modern Austria's first chancellor, he came to Canada
as an 'enemy alien' and stayed to broadcast propaganda to Germany.
Later, he worked for Radio Canada International
By F.F. LANGAN,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Monday, February
28, 2005 - Page S6
Toronto -- Karl
RENNER never meant to come to Canada. He was
sent here at the start of war as an internee, an "enemy alien"
kept behind barbed wire in one of several camps for Germans and
Austrians, many of them Jews, who were living in England when
the Second World War broke out in 1939.
Although not a vengeful man, Mr.
RENNER did get back at the Nazis.
He later helped to create Canadian war propaganda, German-language
radio broadcasts aimed at sowing doubts in the German population,
and stayed on for most of 65 years.
The
Nazi race laws were one of the reasons Karl
RENNER and part
of his family fled to England. The other was that they couldn't
abide living under Nazi rule. Although his father had been a
practising Protestant, the Nazis classified him as Jewish. "As
far as the Nazis were concerned, he was Jewish," said Frances
ASHLEY,
Mr.
RENNER's sister. The classification applied to his
son, too.
In May, 1940, the British didn't have time to decide who was
a threat and who wasn't. They put them all in internment camps,
such as on the Isle of Man, and then shipped them to Canada.
"The
British panicked," said broadcaster and writer Eric
KOCH
who went to England from Germany in the mid-1930s. "We were interned
by the British and sent to Canada."
Both men spent about two years in "enemy alien" camps. Later,
Mr. RENNER would joke that although they were given the same
rations as men in the Canadian Army, they ate better. The chef
from the Ritz in London was among the detainees at his camp at
Farnham in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
The internees arrived in May, 1940, and settled down to life
behind the wire. Soon, however, Ottawa questioned whether they
should be treated as prisoners of war and in mid-1941 reclassified
them as refugees. The government also realized they could be
useful. Some, like Mr.
RENNER, were given a chance to work.
He spent a short time at the spy school at Camp X outside Toronto
where he polished his propaganda skills. From 1943 on, Mr.
RENNER
and others wrote and broadcast propaganda aimed at the German
population in a unit with the ominous name of the Psychological
Warfare Committee. The Canadian Censorship Board also asked Mr.
RENNER and many others to translate letters to and from some
of the 32,000 German prisoners of war held in camps in Canada.
What they gleaned was often used to advantage in their radio
broadcasts. The service began transmission during Christmas,
"What distinguished the German-language material was that it
was prepared by very bright persons who understood German, could
empathize with the German population as well as the prisoners,"
wrote Arthur
SIEGEL in his History of Radio Canada International.
"Karl RENNER, the Censorship's Board's contributor to psychological
warfare, had himself been an internee when he first arrived in
this country, although he was a refugee from the Nazis."
Even 10 years after the war, Canadian officials glossed over
the treatment given to Germans and Austrians who had fled the
Nazis. "A native of Vienna, Karl came to Canada in 1940 and worked
for a time with the National War Services in Ottawa," read the
announcement when Mr.
RENNER was named a correspondent for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation International Service, implying
he arrived as a happy immigrant.
Karl RENNER was a man of polished manners and a sharp wit, a
product of a privileged childhood in Vienna and a direct connection
to the culture of central Europe. In Canada, where he lived for
most of the past 65 years, he was always the life of the party.
He loved his connection to European socialist aristocracy. "We
don't have to work, we're socialists," was a favourite throwaway
line. And he had a string of them.
"He had beautiful manners, spoke several languages and was a
beautiful dancer," recalled Joan
IRWIN, a retired journalist
who knew him in Ottawa and Montreal. "He was very aware of his
family background. He lived two-thirds in the present and one-third
in the past."
Karl RENNER's socialist connection came through his maternal
grandfather, Karl
RENNER, the first Chancellor of the Republic
of Austria. He was born Karl
RENNER-
DEUTSCH (his father, Hans
DEUTSCH, had hyphenated the two names) in Vienna in 1917. The
year of his birth shaped his life. The Austro Hungarian Empire
was at war with Britain, Canada and the rest of the Empire, France
and Italy and soon the United States. When it ended, so did the
Empire that stretched from parts of Poland in the north to Trieste
and the Adriatic in the south, covering 11 ethnic groups. Vienna
went from being the centre of a polyglot empire of 50 million
people to being the capital of a poor man's Switzerland with
just three million people.
Karl RENNER, grandfather of the man who has just died in Ottawa,
was the son of a Moravian peasant and a prominent socialist politician,
first elected to Parliament in 1907. In her book, Paris 1919,
University of Toronto historian Margaret
MacMILLAN details how
Karl RENNER, who was leader of a peace delegation at Versailles,
used his charm to save chunks of land for the new Austria. "Karl
RENNER, a cheerful, portly man, fond of good food and drink,
card games and dancing," was how Ms.
MacMILLAN described the
Austrian chancellor.
By all accounts, it also described his grand_son, Karl
RENNER,
who had long since dropped both the hyphen and his father's name.
Big-picture politics continued to shape young Karl
RENNER's life.
When that other Austrian, Adolf
HITLER, took over his native
country in 1938, young Karl
RENNER fled to England. His grandfather
remained in Vienna under a kind of house arrest throughout the
war and re-surfaced in 1945 to help Austria maintain its delicate
balance between the Soviet Union and the West.
In England, the grand_son of the old Austrian Chancellor was a
social hit. His dancing skills made him a favourite at balls
his Austrian airs added a cosmopolitan sparkle, helped out by
anti-Nazi views.
After his internment and then freedom in Canada, Mr.
RENNER returned
to London and worked for an oil company, travelling across Europe.
In 1948-1950 he worked for the International Refuge Organization
in Italy. During his time in Europe he maintained his Canadian
connection, making freelance radio reports to the International
Service.
In the mid 1960s, he returned to Montreal to serve as public-relations
officer for the service. By then, the Cold War was at its height
and much of the service was broadcasting to the Soviet Union.
Mr. RENNER's ambition was to become head of the department but
worried his connection to a famous socialist family might have
done in him. "Socialism and communism were seen as closely related
during the Cold War," said his wife, Juliet
HARRISON.
Some of
his Friends thought he was thwarted, in part by his own louche
image.
"He loved to give the appearance of never working very hard,"
said Mr. KOCH.
His old friend Joan
IRWIN remembered that Al Johnson,
the Saskatchewan-born president of the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, was not fond of the smooth Karl
RENNER.
"Al Johnson thought Karl was frivolous," said Ms.
IRWIN.
And,
in many ways, he was. Years of diplomatic parties gave him a
weakness for drink. One of his affectations was to carry a silver
flask filled with vodka. Eventually, one by one, he gave up his
vices.
Some time in the mid-1970s, Karl
RENNER moved to Ottawa. He loved
it there. The Austrian embassy treated him as a near deity and
he was invited to many receptions. Recently, the current ambassador
paid him a visit.
He visited Austria often, staying with his mother at the family
home near Vienna. When his mother died, the house was dedicated
to his grandfather and made into the Renner Museum.
Karl RENNER was born in Vienna on February 7, 1917. He died in
Ottawa on January 26, 2005. He was 87.
He is survived by his wife and by a sister who lives in California.
He asked that some of his ashes be buried beside his parents
in Austria, and the rest spread at Lake Memphramagog in Quebec's
Eastern Townships.
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