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PALKA o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-18 published
WIACEK, Tadeusz " Ted"
Of Saint Thomas on Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, in his 85th year. Beloved husband of 56 years to Bernice (PALKA) WIACEK and loved father of Ed WIACEK (Jean) of Saint Thomas. Loved grandfather of Scott WIACEK (Andrea) of Saint Thomas, Steven WIACEK (Andrea) of Corunna and Kristina McDONALD of Guelph and dear great grandfather of Colton WIACEK. Dear brother of Irene MILOS. Predeceased by a sister Stephanie and a brother Frank. Also survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Ted was born in Poland on March 1, 1922, the son of the late Stanley and Julie WIACEK. He came to Canada in 1946 and worked at Fauld's Cleaners and then Eaton Yale. He was a member of Holy Angels' Church. Ted served during World War 2 in the British 8th Army, Polish Division. Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas until Friday and then to Holy Angels' Church where Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10: 00 a.m. Interment to follow in Holy Angels' Cemetery. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Thursday at 7: 00 p.m. Visitation Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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PALKOVIC o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-28 published
PALKOVIC, Noel▼
In loving memory of my beloved sister and loving aunt, Noel.
Gone are the days we used to share
But in our hearts you're always there.
Too dearly loved to ever be forgotten. Joy, Bill and family.

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PALKOVIC o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-29 published
PALKOVIC, Anne Noël▲ (GEMMELL)
In loving memory of Anne Noël PALKOVIC (GEMMELL,) dearly missed mother and grandmother. We think of you and miss you every day. Love forever, Laurence, Janet, Ryan, Jessica, Chris, Sydney, Sabine and Raymond.

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PALKOVIC o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-06-21 published
KNAPP, Emily Chapin " Jamie" (née JAMIESON)
Hilton Head, S.C. -- Emily Chapin "Jamie" Jamieson KNAPP, 89, died Friday, June 16, after a long illness. She was born March 20, 1917 in Warren, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Lewis C. JAMIESON and Julia Bliss Chapin JAMIESON. She received her B.A. from Bennington College in 1938, married David KNAPP on May 31, 1941, and worked as a fashion illustrator for Lord and Taylor in New York City before starting a family. The family moved to Oakville where they lived for 23 years before retiring to South Carolina. She painted throughout her life. She is survived by five children, their spouses and grandchildren: Julia, Arthur, Allison and Ashley Roslund of Lyndonville, Vermont; Marcia, Lon, Megan and Meredith PETERS of Portland, Oregon; David, Kathy and David T. KNAPP of Oakton, Virginia; Cynthia KNAPP and Pete HOLDNAK of Atlanta, Georgia.; and Jamie KNAPP and Rick PALKOVIC of Davis, California. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, P.O. Box 24158, Hilton head Island, S.C. 29925.

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PALLA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-09-19 published
PALLA, Vilho▼ Viljam▼ - Estate of
Notice To Creditors And Others
All▼ claims against the Estate of Vilho Viljam PALLA, late of Shanty Bay, Ontario, who died on or about the 29th day of August, 2005, must be filed with the undersigned personal representative on or before the 21st day of October, 2006, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the personal representative then shall have notice.
Dated: September 19, 2006.
Liisa PALLA by her solicitor, Pirkko KURONEN, Barrister▼ and Solicitor, 35 Old Orchard Grove, Toronto, Ontario, M5M 2C8.
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PALLA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-09-20 published
PALLA, Vilho▲ Viljam▲ - Estate of
Notice To Creditors And Others
All▲ claims against the Estate of Vilho Viljam PALLA, late of Shanty Bay, Ontario, who died on or about the 29th day of August, 2005, must be filed with the undersigned personal representative on or before the 21st day of October, 2006, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the personal representative then shall have notice.
Dated: September 19, 2006.
Liisa PALLA by her solicitor, Pirkko KURONEN, Barrister▲ and Solicitor, 35 Old Orchard Grove, Toronto, Ontario, M5M 2C8.
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PALLADINI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-02 published
THEUMA, Charles
Peacefully passed away after a long battle with cancer on Friday December 30, 2005 at the age of 57. Loving father to Robbie and Amy-Lynn and her fiance Danny POTOCNIK. Grandfather to Rogen THEUMA. Dear brother to Anthony and his wife Marlene and family, Mary and her husband Maurice DEMANUELE and family, Helen and her husband Dan GRIMA and family, Pauline and her husband Peter PALLADINI and family, and sister-in-law Doris THEUMA and family and niece Carmella THEUMA. Son-in-law to Mr. and Mrs. HAMILTON and their family of Elliot Lake. Predeceased by his brothers Joe and Amante THEUMA. Thank you to the staff of the Hematology and Leukemia Department at Princess Margaret Hospital. Family and Friends may be received at Lynett Funeral Home, 3299 Dundas Street West (one block east of Runnymede Rd.) Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass 9: 15 a.m. on Wednesday January 4, 2006 at St. Paul the Apostle Church. Entombment at Assumption Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Hematology and Leukemia Department at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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PALLESEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-14 published
SHIRRIFF, Andrew Jeffrey
Died peacefully in Thornbury, Ontario on Saturday, February 11, 2006, in his 91st year. son of the late Colin H. and Grace JEFFREY) SHIRRIFF of Toronto. Husband of the late Kathleen PALLESEN of Calgary and latterly of Ouilla McLEOD of Toronto and predeceased by a step-daughter, Linda McLEOD. Loved by his children Peter (Doris) SHIRRIFF and Carol (Bill) STRATTON and their children. Remembered with great affection by his only surviving brother Colin, family members and Friends. He had five brothers and sisters, Mina (Stan LANDELL,) Frank (Barbara SLOAN,) Murray (Margaret FISHER), Anna (Lloyd JACKES) and Colin (Joan IRELAND). Jeffrey served as an Infantry Officer in World War 2 and then spent many years in the food business, mainly in sales and marketing. During those years he served a term as President of Goodwill Industries and assisted Ouilla in her extensive work with Goodwill. In keeping with his wishes, cremation has taken place and interment of Jeffrey's cremated remains will take place at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto and a private celebration of his life will take place at a later date. As your expression of sympathy, donations to a charity of choice may be made through the Ferguson Funeral Home 'The Valley Chapel', P.O. Box 556, Thornbury, Ontario N0H 2P0 (519-599-2718), to whom arrangements have been entrusted.

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PALLETT o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-13 published
MALCOLM, Eva Emily (DUNCAN)
Peacefully with her daughter by her side, on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Middlesex Terrace Nursing Home. Mrs. Eva Emily (DUNCAN) MALCOLM of London in her 90th year. Beloved wife of the late Mr. Robert "Bob" MALCOLM. Loving mother of Gail PALLETT and her husband Edward of London. Much loved grandmother to David and his wife Kimberley and Mark and his wife Daniella. Dear great-grandmother of Elaine, Sarah, Mattaya and Kayla. Dear sister of Margaret DOIG of Listowel. Also survived my many nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at the Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment Memorial Gardens, Woodstock. Those wishing to make a donation in memory of Eva are asked to consider the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the charity of your choice.

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PALLETT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-06-26 published
WASON, Karen (née EUBANK)
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Karen WASON on June 24, 2006. Taken from us was the loving devoted mother Aida, Robert and and Geoffrey. far too soon, Karen wife of Stuart and of Michael and partner wife Racheal, David. Devoted daughter of the late Laura and Howard EUBANK and daughterin-law of Marjorie and the late J. Stuart M. WASON. She will be deeply missed by sister Judy PATTERSON and husband Terry, sister Bette EUBANK, and brother Lawrie EUBANK and wife Charlotte. She will be lovingly remembered by all her cousins, nieces and nephews. She will be especially missed by her aunts and uncles, Helen and Sean DUNN, Jean and Ted PALLETT and Pauline PALLETT. Karen will be sadly missed by the hundreds of former students and staff of Northern Secondary School, Earl Haig Secondary School, Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute and Woburn Collegiate Institute at which she taught English and the love of learning during her teaching career. The family expresses its deep appreciation for the comfort and support provided by family, Friends at home and from around the globe, colleagues and the Henry Farm community. Sincere thanks to the front-line cancer doctors, nurses and technicians at Princess Margaret Hospital and the oncology wing of North York General Hospital for their dedication, skill and caring. A service in memory of Karen will be held Friday, June 30, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. at Forest Grove United Church, 43 Forest Grove Drive, North York. A reception at the church for family and Friends will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.

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PALLETT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-11-01 published
WILSON, Eileen (née WILSON)
On October 30 2006, wife of the late Robert Jellett WILSON. Dear Mother of David and his wife Peta of Australia and loved Grandmother of Megan, Robert and Geoffrey. Predeceased by her brother Tom and sisters Nina MORLEY, Kathleen THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON, Lavinia PALLETT and Patricia COTE. She will be missed by her relatives and Friends. Private arrangements for cremation have been made in accordance with Eileen's wishes. Arrangements in the care of Trull "North Toronto" Funeral Home and Cremation Centre (416) 488-1101.

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PALLETT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-19 published
PALLETT, Barbara Joan (née BEATIE)
Peacefully at McCall Centre - Etobicoke, with her son Edward by her side, on Monday, April 17, 2006. Predeceased by her former husband Douglas, parents Richard and Jean BEATIE, and brothers Edward and Bob. Dear sister-in-law of Iris and Grace. Barbara will be lovingly remembered by many nieces, nephews and good Friends. Funeral Service will be held at Saint_John The Baptist Anglican Church, 719 Dundas St. E. (east of Cawthra), Mississauga on Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 2 p.m. Visitation one hour prior at the Church. Interment Saint John's Dixie Cemetery.

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PALLISTER o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2006-02-15 published
PALLISTER, Marjory
In loving memory of a dear wife, mother and grandmother, Marjory, who passed away, February 17, 2001.
To hear your voice and see your smile,
To sit with you and talk awhile,
To be together in the same old way
Would be our greatest wish today.
So please, God, take a message,
To our precious Mom up above,
Tell her we miss her terribly
And give her all our love.
-Memories remain. Love, Gordon, Dale and Lynda, Heather and Ron, Yvonne and Neil, Ted and families.
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PALLISTER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-11 published
COOPER, Carl Raymond
Peacefully at Saint Marys Memorial Hospital, with his family at his side, on Friday, November 10, 2006 Carl Raymond COOPER age 73 years of Zorra Twp. Dear husband of Donna (PALLISTER) COOPER. Loving father of Wayne COOPER of Zorra Twp. and Janice COOPER and John WAKEM of Lakeside. Proud grandfather of Jennifer and Josh. Dear brother of Roy COOPER and wife Glenna of St. Pauls. Dear brother-in-law of Lloyd PALLISTER and wife Wilemina of R.R.#7, Woodstock. Predeceased by his parents Milton COOPER and the former Myrtle MAINPRIZE and mother-in-law and father-in-law Lenn PALLISTER and the former Isabel TOD. Resting at the L.A. Ball Funeral Chapel, 7 Water St. N., Saint Marys on Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held at Saint Marys United Church on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Richard HRYNIW and Pastor Irene RICHARDSON officiating. Interment will follow in Saint Marys Cemetery. In his memory donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Diabetes Association or East Nissouri Union Church would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Ball in Saint Marys Tele# 519-284-1480 Fax # 519-284-4661

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PALLOPSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-26 published
OGDEN, John Archibald
Peacefully, on April 25, 2006 at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. Dearly loved husband of Una (BOOTH,) and brother of Bob OGDEN (Greta). Devoted father of Gail UPTON (Dennis KOCZKA) of Toronto, and Carol LLOYD (Eric) of Orillia. Beloved grandfather of Christina UPTON (Stephen TASSIE) of Toronto, Rebecca HEARNS (James) of Mississauga, Joshua WOLKOWSKI and Sarah LLOYD of Orillia. The late Mr. John OGDEN will rest at the Mundell Funeral Home, 79 West St. N., Orillia, from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday morning, April 28th at 11 a.m. Interment St. Andrew's-Saint_James' Cemetery, Orillia. World War 2 British Merchant Navy Radio Operator, and employee of the British Marconi Company. Former proprietor of Budget Rent-a-Car Orillia and Barrie, and owner of Quilter's Woodwork. The family would like to acknowledge the support of Doctor PALLOPSON, Drs. LAM, POULOPOULOS and SRIHARSHA, the staff of Main and E2 Dialysis, and the nurses on Harvie IV and Soldiers I. We would also like to thank Diane RUYTER for all her help and support over the years. We strongly urge everyone to sign their organ donor cards in John's memory. Donations may be made to the Trillium Gift of Life Network. Messages of condolence are welcomed at www.mundellfuneralhome.com

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PALLOTT o@ca.on.brant.brantford.the_expositor 2006-03-18 published
GUIT, Philip L.
Of Port Dover on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 in his 82nd year beloved husband of Heather; dear father and father-in-law of Christopher and Anne GUIT, Rene GUIT and Monique and John PALLOTT. Will be sadly missed by his six grandchildren; loved brother-in-law of Nell and Ron BROUWER and Don and Sheila CARTER; predeceased by his parents, Helena and Karel GUIT, sister, Maria GUIT (2004) and brother, Leonard GUIT (1994.) Philip and Heather have lived in Port Dover since 1990. Philip was the vice-president of Harding Carpets until his retirement. He was also the Chairman of the United Way Brantford in 1980 and a member of Industrial Accident Prevention Association. In keeping with Philip's wishes, cremation has taken place. A Service of Remembrance will be held Monday, March 20, 2006 at 1 p.m. at Thompson Waters Funeral Home, 102 First Ave., Port Dover (583-1530.) Rev. Brian ELDER officiating. For those wishing, memorial donations to a charity of choice would be appreciated.

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PALLOTTA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-06 published
PALLOTTA, Nicolina
Peacefully passed away, Wednesday, January 4, 2006, with family by her side, at the age of 84. Beloved wife of the late Michele. Survived by her loving children Antonietta, Domenico and Victoria and their families. Nonna will be forever missed by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Family and Friends may visit the Jerrett Funeral Home, 1141 St. Clair Ave. W. (one block east of Dufferin), on Friday, January 6, 2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 11: 15 a.m. at St. Nicholas of Bari, 1277 St. Clair Ave. W. Entombment to follow at Prospect Cemetery.

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PALM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-28 published
CAMERON, Nancy▼ (née MINOR)
Peacefully at home in Toronto on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, Nancy CAMERON (née MINOR.) Born▼ on March 6, 1910, in Newport, Rhode Island. Mother and mother-in-law of Katharine and Malcolm REED of Toronto and Susan and Wulf VON SICHART of Hamburg, Germany, and grandmother of Robert VON SICHART, also of Hamburg. Aunt of Judith RUTLEDGE of Toronto, Jane McINTOSH of Ottawa, Christopher RUTLEDGE of Toronto, Bruce MacNEILL of Winnipeg, John MacNEILL of Vancouver, Bob MARLEY of Scottsdale, Bruce MARLEY of Tacoma and Robin OULTON of the Isle of Wight. Cousin of Nancy WRIGHT and David McENTYRE of Montreal, Dorothy HIERONYMOUS of Charleston, West Virginia, Bill TONN and Michael WILKENS of Houston, Margaret WILKENS of San Antonio, and Margaret PALM of Nacogdoches, Texas. Predeceased▼ by her husband Air Vice Marshal Robert CAMERON, sister Dorothy MILLER and brother-in-law Air Chief Marshal Frank MILLER, and cousins John CREELMAN of Ottawa, Katharine (Creelie) McENTYRE, Marguerite WILLIAMS and Fred SLOCUM of Montreal, and Ann RICHTER and Jean TONN of Houston. Survived by many other family members and dear Friends in Canada and the United States. Memorial service at St. Stephen-in-the Fields, Toronto, on Thursday, November 2, at 5: 30 p.m. Interment at Monticello Memory Gardens, Charlottesville, Virginia, on Sunday, November 6, at 4: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, 60 Murray Street, 4th Floor, Box 13, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9.

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PALM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-11-01 published
CAMERON, Nancy▲ Minor (née MINOR)
Peacefully at home in Toronto on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, Nancy CAMERON (née MINOR.) Born▲ on March 6, 1910, in Newport, Rhode Island. Mother and mother-in-law of Katharine and Malcolm REED of Toronto and Susan and Wulf VON SICHART of Hamburg, Germany, and grandmother of Robert VON SICHART, also of Hamburg. Aunt of Judith RUTLEDGE of Toronto, Jane McINTOSH of Ottawa, Christopher RUTLEDGE of Toronto, Bruce MacNEILL of Winnipeg, John MacNEILL of Vancouver, Bob MARLEY of Scottsdale, Bruce MARLEY of Tacoma and Robin OULTON of the Isle of Wight. Cousin of Nancy WRIGHT and David McENTYRE of Montreal, Dorothy HIERONYMOUS of Charleston, West Virginia, Bill TONN and Michael WILKENS of Houston, Margaret WILKENS of San Antonio, and Margaret PALM of Nacogdoches, Texas. Predeceased▲ by her husband Air Vice Marshal Robert CAMERON, sister Dorothy MILLER and brother-in-law Air Chief Marshal Frank MILLER, and cousins John CREELMAN of Ottawa, Katharine (Creelie) McENTYRE, Marguerite WILLIAMS and Fred SLOCUM of Montreal, and Ann RICHTER and Jean TONN of Houston. Survived by many other family members and dear Friends in Canada and the United States. Memorial service at St. Stephen-in-the Fields, Toronto, on Thursday, November 2, at 5: 30 p.m. Interment at Monticello Memory Gardens, Charlottesville, Virginia, on Sunday, November 6, at 4: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, 60 Murray Street, 4th Floor, Box 13, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9.

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PALMASON o@ca.on.peterborough.north_monaghan.peterborough.the_peterborough_examiner 2006-03-24 published
PALMASON, Grace
With great sadness we announce the peaceful passing, after a lengthy illness, of Grace PALMASON on Sunday, March 19th, 2006. Beloved wife, companion, and friend of Norm for 54 years. Loving mother of Linda (Jo-Ann), Wayne (Ellen) and extended family Bob and Deb Strong. Predeceased by sons Stan (1981) and Dean (1986) (survived by fiance Patti JAMES.) Nan of Sandra, Jeremy, Robyn (Rob), Tara, Corey, Travis, and Sheldon and predeceased by grand_son Robert (1995). A memorial celebration will be held at the Silvery Slocan Social Centre on Saturday, March 25th, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. If desired, donations may be made to the Sick Kids Foundation, 555 University Foundation, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 Your strength of spirit and your loving and giving nature will continue to impact our lives forever.

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PALMASON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-02-27 published
Pearl PALMASON, Musician (1915-2006)
Daughter of Icelandic immigrants took childhood lessons from her brother, Sandra MARTIN writes. Later, she broke gender barriers to become one of Canada's first female solo violinists and a Toronto Symphony Orchestra concertmaster
By Sandra MARTIN, Page▼ S7
This is a story about two women and a violin. In 2003, Judy KANG needed an instrument worthy of her prodigious talents. Pearl PALMASON, a trailblazing musician who broke gender barriers at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra back in the 1940s, could no longer play her precious 1747 Gagliano violin to her own demanding standards. She agreed to lend it to the Canada Council so that younger fingers could make it sing.
"I've always wanted a warm, dark, deep quality in a violin," Ms. KANG, 26, said this week. She loved the sound of the Gagliano and the way it made her feel when she was playing it. "It made me think I could really push my limits."
Ms. PALMASON went to the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto to hear Ms. KANG play during a competition and to watch the bow being passed from one dedicated player to another. But Ms. KANG was far from the only female musician to be touched by Ms. PALMASON through her long career as a violinist.
"I saw her when I was seven years old at Maple Leaf Gardens at a concert with Fritz Kreisel as the soloist," said violinist Andrea HANSEN. "I couldn't take my eyes off this redhead -- this beautiful regal person -- sitting there in a flowing black gown playing the violin with the Toronto Symphony. I was just smitten."
It was 1947 and Ms. HANSEN, who had already been playing the violin for four years, knew what she wanted to do for a career. Nearly 30 years later, the two women became neighbours, Friends and colleagues in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. "We were the only two Scandinavian ones in the orchestra," said Ms. HANSEN who is of Finnish descent. "I was even more in awe then because of the kind of person she was. She opened the door for the rest of us."
Pearl PALMASON was born during the First World War in Winnipeg. She was the third of four children of Icelandic immigrants Sveinn and Growa PALMASON (née SVEINNSDOTTIR.) Her architect father prospered in construction, but the Depression wiped him out financially and the family moved to a farm.
No matter how stretched they were, the PALMASONs always found money for violin lessons for their eldest son Palmi, who was six years older than Pearl. He studied with the violin builder and teacher Olafur Thorsteinsson in Husavick, Manitoba, and then with John Waterhouse in Winnipeg before becoming a member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
Palmi would walk five miles home from his lessons and then teach everything he had learned to his little sister Pearl. From the time she was nine years old, she was officially her brother's student, acquiring both her Associate, Toronto Conservatory of Music and Licentiate, Royal Schools of Music qualifications and winning four medals from the Toronto Conservatory of Music for having the highest examination marks in the country.
They both performed at the Manitoba Music Competition Festival in Winnipeg and played with what would later be called the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
"My uncle Palmi would perform very respectably and get high marks, but never win, and Pearl always won in her class, and she would win overall," said her niece Valerie THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON. She was awarded both the Rose Bowl and an Aikens Memorial Trophy and won a scholarship at age 18 to study for three years with Elie SPIVAK, concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and a teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
In the late 1930s she went to England to study with Carl Flesch, the Hungarian-born violinist and also played solo concerts in Iceland in 1938 and in London. Years later she described Mr. Flesch as "a genius with the violin but not in his practical life." She also complained that he "had pupils from all over the world and he wiped the floor with every one of them."
She returned to Toronto when the Second World War broke out and studied briefly with Kathleen PARLOW, before moving to New York to be instructed by Demetrious Dounis. She found him secretive and mysterious. "You went in one door and out through another," she remembered. Apparently, concert masters studied privately with him and didn't want anybody to know so "it was very hush-hush."
In 1941, she left New York and joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at $25 a week for a five-month season. "The burning question," she said later, "was how to survive the other seven months of the year and pay the rent." Even so, she managed to find the money to buy a violin made in 1666, that had previously been owned by violinist Alexander Chuhaldin, and was thought (incorrectly) to be a Stradivarius.
Ms. PALMASON was married in the 1940s, after she joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and supported her husband who lived in New York and studied with her former teacher, Dr. Dounis. By all accounts, the marriage was disastrous and quickly ended. On September 19, 1948, she performed a solo recital at the Town Hall in New York. "A metropolitan debut of promise," concluded the Musical Courier.
She considered pursuing a career as a concert violinist, but decided against it, partly because, as she said later, "you have to be absolutely great to be a concert performer and I knew I wasn't." There was another reason: the loneliness of the long-distance concert circuit. "I wouldn't have all this -- my home, my possessions and my Friends around me."
Essentially, Ms. PALMASON chose career over marriage in an era when it was extremely difficult to have both. "In those days, what happened to women violin soloists was that they got married and had children. Their career was put on hold for a while and then they tried to make a comeback, but it was never the same," she said in an interview in the 1950s.
Instead, she built a life around music, travel, a huge circle of Friends and her sister Ruby's children. "When my mother died, Pearl made the announcement that she now had three children," said her niece Valerie THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON. "We were all past the age of majority, but she said she was adopting us."
By the mid 1950s, she was one of eight women playing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and was the first female to serve as assistant concert master and to slip into the senior role when her male colleague Hyman GOODMAN was unavailable. From 1960 to 1962, she played principal second violin. She also played with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Symphony (after having confronted the conductor about his male-only hiring policy), the Singing Stars Orchestra, the Hart House Orchestra and the York Concert Society group.
An article by Florence SCHILL in The Globe and Mail in October of 1954, under the tag "Earning a Living," focused on Ms. PALMASON. The column began by quoting Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961). Apparently, the famous British conductor liked to explain the paucity of women in his orchestra by saying: "If they're pretty, they bother the men; if they aren't, they bother me."
Jack ELTON, manager of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, denied there was discrimination against women. "We have never said: Let's not take her because she's a woman -- especially if they look like Pearl." And she was definitely a looker, with flaming red hair, usually called Titian in newspaper clippings from the era, striking blue eyes and luscious red lips.
In 1960, she bought the Gennaro Gagliano violin with the rich velvet sound for $3,500 (U.S.) -- about the price of a new car at the time, according to violin-maker and restorer Ric HEINL of the Toronto firm George Heinl and Co. It was made in Naples, Italy, in 1747 by Gennaro Gagliano, who was arguably the best in a large family of expert violin-makers.
A salesman for the Rembrandt Wurlitzer company in New York brought the violin to Toronto to show to a potential client, who declined to purchase it. Ms. PALMASON fell in love with it "at first play" and insisted the instrument wasn't going back, according to Mr. HEINL. The violin is now insured for $220,000.
After her farewell concert in front of 10,000 people at Ontario Place in August of 1981, she told The Globe that she had "spent more of my life at Massey Hall than at home." Although she had reached retirement age, she had no intention of putting her violin away. She played with the Canadian Opera Company orchestra from 1981 to 1985, and continued to teach privately, play with chamber groups, give recitals with her string group. In 1987 she became concertmaster of the Oakville Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. PALMASON lived in a spacious home in North Toronto until the mid-to-late 1990s when she moved into a large retirement condominium with her Boesendorfer piano and her beloved violins. She continued to have "drinkie winkies" (Beefeater gin with a splash of tonic and one ice cube) with Friends and gave at least two concerts in her condo for her neighbours.
She practised every day, but after she broke her ankle in 2002, life became harder. After she agreed to lend her Gagliano to the Canada Council instrument bank, she played every day on her "second" violin. A year ago in January, Ms. KANG, who had been sending Ms. PALMASON letters regularly, paid the woman she calls "her angel" a visit. "She was very warm and very sweet," Ms. KANG said. "It was really moving to see her playing the violin," she said, and "inspiring to see somebody who loves music so much that she plays every day just to have it in her life."
Pearl PALMASON was born on October 2, 1915, in Winnipeg. She died in Toronto of heart failure on February 17, 2006, after having suffered a stroke in September. She was 90. She is survived by a niece, two nephews and their families.

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PALMATEER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-07-14 published
PALMATEER, Beatrice▼
In loving memory of Beatrice, July 14, 2005.
Our hearts are full of memories,
We treasure them with care,
The way you had to leave us,
Will always seem unfair.
Sad are the hearts that love you,
Silent the tears that fall,
Living our lives without you,
Is the hardest part of all.
Still missing you Gramma, your Granddaughter Cheryl CAMPBELL.

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PALMATEER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-07-14 published
PALMATEER, Beatrice▲ (FOSKETT/ GRAHAM)
In loving memory of my mother Beatrice who left us 1 year ago today July 14, 2005.
God's garden must be beautiful
He only picks the best
He knew that she had suffered
So he took her home to rest.
Lovingly remembered and missed by daughter Shirley and son-in-law Dave BARNES.

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PALMATEER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-04-13 published
HUNTER, George▼ Andrew▼ Addy▼
Peacefully on Tuesday April 11, 2006, in Toronto in his 90th year. Kind generous gentleman, loving husband of Betty (Large). Survived by daughter Sally (Doug) PALMATEER and sons Don (Joan) and Ken (Elizabeth), his brother James in Kitchener, and grandchildren Norah, Graham, Sarah, Andrea, Katie, Rebekah and Talia. Predeceased by sister Helen and brothers Harry, Frank and Tom. Cremation. Private family service. Arrangements by Morley Bedford Funeral Services 159 Eglinton Ave. West, Toronto. 416-489-8733.

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PALMATEER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-13 published
HUNTER, George▲ Andrew▲ Addy▲
Peacefully on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Toronto in his 90th year. Kind generous gentleman, loving husband of Betty (LARGE.) Survived by daughter Sally (Doug) PALMATEER and sons Don (Joan) and Ken (Elizabeth), his brother James in Kitchener, and grandchildren Norah, Graham, Sarah, Andrea, Katie, Rebekah and Talia. Predeceased by sister Helen and brothers Harry, Frank and Tom. Cremation. Private family service. Arrangements by Morley Bedford Funeral Services, 159 Eglinton Ave. West, Toronto, 416-489-8733.

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PALMEIRI o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-13 published
Storm topples tree on woman
By Jennifer O'BRIEN and Kate DUBINSKI, Free Press Reporters, Fri., October 13, 2006
Filomena PALMEIRI shelters herself with a blanket from a howling snow squall yesterday. She was watching her son's football team from Mother Teresa high school battling the Saint Thomas Aquinas high school team at Aquinas's field in London. (Dave CHIDLEY, The London Free Press)
Yesterday's unexpected snowsqualls and wind gusts broke a large tree that fell on and seriously injured an elderly woman.
It was just one of many calls paramedics faced yesterday because of slick roads and weather-related injuries.
The elderly woman was walking along Central Avenue near Wellington Street when the tree fell.
"She sustained extensive internal injuries," said Middlesex-London Emergency Medical Services duty manager Chris DARBY.
"She was not trapped under the tree, but she was under a branch. Paramedics were able to immobilize her and treat her before transporting her" to hospital.
The woman was simply "in the wrong place at the wrong time," DARBY said.
Accidents occurred throughout the day, including one at Adelaide and Oxford streets, where a vehicle crashed into a former bank building, DARBY said.
The injuries in that crash were not serious.
A car crash southeast of London that claimed the life of a 27-year-old Langton woman also was blamed on slick and snow-covered roads.
Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police said the driver of a minivan that slid into oncoming traffic on Concession Road 2 in the former Houghton Township near Tillsonburg died from her injuries.
Jaclyn SZALKAI, 27, of Langton, was pronounced dead in a Tillsonburg hospital after the 2 p.m. crash. Ontario Provincial Police said snow and slush-covered roads contributed to the crash.
Another crash south of London sent a minivan driver to hospital with minor injuries. The driver in that crash T-boned a dump truck, which slid into the opposite lane of traffic.
The truck driver steered his vehicle back into the southbound lane of Highbury Avenue near Westminster Drive and wasn't injured. He was on his way home because he'd been told Highway 401 was too slick to work on.
The fall blast of snow caused havoc elsewhere in London yesterday.
Blinded by the snow, University of Western Ontario students, many in T-shirts, raced for the nearest cover.
The first squall dismayed students taking part in a Bike for A.I.D.S. bike-athon outside Western's University Community Centre.
"Oh no, this was not supposed to happen," groaned organizer Samantha ROBERTSON, holding an arm over her face to block the wind as balloons danced behind her and jugs holding donations tipped over.
"What the hell is going on?" shrieked a woman, head down as she plowed through a white wall of snow.
"Um, Okay folks, we are just going to break for a few minutes here and reassess the situation," announced the lead singer of a band that had been playing on a stage.
While organizers did so, students ran in all directions, often bumping into one another in the scramble.
But not even wintry weather could break the spirit of the 150 people participating in the bike-athon, designed to raise money to buy bikes for workers with African A.I.D.S. agencies.
"Well, I guess it's a tradition," Jackie STRECKER said. "The first year we ran it in April and it snowed, so this year we moved it to October, and look at this."
Though the snow may have come as a surprise to most people, it isn't really out of the ordinary, an Environment Canada meteorologist said.
"This time of year, the air masses travel across the Great Lakes…. You're warm, then the next day you're cold. That's the way it goes," Andre Cyr said.
Yesterday's snowsqualls came to southern Ontario after crossing Lake Michigan and tossed about one centimetre of snow onto London.
That's far from the record, said Cyr, citing a 6.8-centimetre dump on October 12, 1988.
Flurries are expected to return tonight when the low dips to -2°C. Highs for the next few days will be in the high single digits, well below the normal high for this time of year of 14.9°C.
Analynda MIELKE and Bill CHERNIAK of University of Western Ontario's Triathlon Club were at the bottom of a hill when the snow hit.
"It was really, really intense," said MIELKE, her face wet.
Though wacky weather may have cut into on-site donations for the event, organizers of the bikeathon still hoped to reach their $10,000 goal, STRECKER said. Each of 14 teams paid $200 to take part and a charity party was planned for last night.
Last year the event raised $7,500, which bought about 32 bikes to be sent to A.I.D.S. workers in Africa.

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PALMER o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2006-03-29 published
MITCHELL, Norman D.
Passed away at the Avalon Retirement Centre Orangeville Ontario on Wednesday March 22, 2006 in his 90th year. Beloved husband of Ruth MOFFATT of Dundalk, and formerly of Beeton. Loved father of Donald and his wife Kathy MITCHELL of Tottenham, Gladys PALMER of Dundalk, Nancy and her husband John SETCHELL of Caledonia. Loved by his 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Dear brother of Jean POLLOCK of Hamilton and predeceased by Earl, Harold, Ken and Lorne MITCHELL, Audrey MAYES, Grace, Lance, and Edith ARMSTRONG. Norman will be fondly remembered by his nieces and nephews. Rested at the W. John Thomas Funeral Home, 244 Victoria St. E. Alliston. Funeral services were held in the chapel on Friday March 24, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m. Interment Trinity United Cemetery, Beeton. If so desired, memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
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PALMER o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2006-09-20 published
PALMER, Marion▼ R.▼ (née WORTMAN)
Born July 12, 1914 in New Brunswick, Marion died on September 12, 2006 in Toronto with her loving family at her side. Cherished wife of John H. PALMER (March▼ 1983.) Dear mother of John M. PALMER (Vilda) and Janet Palmer PURVES (Bud▼) and much loved grandma to John and Charlie PALMER. Sister-in-law of Helen PALMER (August 1999) and James B. PALMER (March▼ 2004.) The family received Friends at The Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, Toronto on Tuesday September 19. A private family service and interment will be held on September 22 in Dundalk, Ontario with arrangements by McMillan and Jack Funeral Home. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Palliative Care Unit, Saint Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto Ontario M5B 1W8
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PALMER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-02-11 published
PALMER, Elva
In loving memory of a dear wife and mother, Elva, who passed away three years ago, February 11th, 2003.
Though her smile is gone forever
And her hand we cannot touch,
Still we have so many memories
Of the one we loved so much.
Her memory is our keepsake,
With which we'll never part
God has her in his keeping,
We have her in our hearts.
There is a link death cannot sever.
Love and remembrance lasts forever.
- Lovingly remembered by husband, LeRoy, daughter, Patricia and son, Douglas and Krista.
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PALMER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-04-22 published
BELL, Mary Isabel (née PALMER)
Of Desboro, passed away at Elgin Abbey, Chesley, on Thursday, April 20th, 2006 in her 94th year. Wife of the late Boyd J. BELL. Cherished mother of Frances MANNEROW of Wasaga Beach, Patsy and Dick PAGE of Mississauga, Harold and Peggy of Owen Sound, Betsy and Jim McCLURE of Collingwood, Winston and Dorothy of Kitchener, Faye and Bill McCLURE of Chesley, Boyd Jr. and Lynn of Guelph, Lyle and Ruth of Desboro, Lynda BELL of Munster, Rhonda and Tom O'REILLY of Balmy Beach, Shannon and Stan DIEMART of Kitchener, Dean and Veronica of Midhurst and mother-in-law of Florence BELL of Napanee. Lovingly remembered by forty seven grandchildren, sixty great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Myrtle BOLAND of Owen Sound. Mary was predeceased by her sons Robert, Morell and Scott, grandchildren Daniel McCLURE and Jody BELL, brothers John, Elijah, Elmer and Emerson PALMER, sisters Lydia SMITH and Rachel KILBREATH and parents Elijah and Ena (McGILL) PALMER. Visitation will be held at Cameron Funeral Home, Chesley, on Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held on Monday, April 24th, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. at Desboro United Church. Interment in Desboro Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Sick Kids Foundation (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto), Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. How beautiful, how precious Is the peace that we can find, In the legacy of memories That you have left behind.

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PALMER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-11-11 published
RECKIN, Stella “Mae” (HATT)
Peacefully at Lee Manor in Owen Sound Thursday afternoon November 9, 2006. The former Mae HATT of Wiarton in her 85th year. Beloved wife of the late Captain William (Carl) RECKIN and the late Clifford (Cap) ANDERSON. Loving mother of Shirley COSTELLO of Owen Sound, Pat HEPBURN and her husband Wayne of Wiarton and Larry ANDERSON of St. Catharines. Lovingly remembered by her two grandchildren Stephen COSTELLO and his wife Sandy of Germany and Stephanie CASEMORE and her husband David of Napanee and her two great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Evelyn PALMER of Stratford and Paddy HATT of his wife Sheila of Owen Sound. Predeceased by her son-in-law Brian COSTELLO, one brother Bruce HATT and one sister Eva MATTHEWS. Friends may call at the Downs and son Funeral Home Hepworth Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Funeral Service will be conducted from Zion Amabel United Church, Sauble Beach Monday morning at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Gerry HOFSTETTER officiating. Interment Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton. Memorial contributions to Zion Amabel United Church, Sauble Beach or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated as your expression of sympathy. Messages of condolence for the family are welcome at www.downsandsonfuneralhome.com. A tree will be planted in the Memorial Forest of the Grey Sauble Conservation Foundation in memory of Mae by the Downs and son Funeral Home.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-07 published
GAGNON, Garnet Walter
Peacefully, with family by his side, on Sunday, February 5, 2006, at the University Hospital, Garnet Walter GAGNON in his 84th year. Beloved husband of Florence GAGNON for 58 years. Loving father of Archie GAGNON and his wife Mary and daughter Patricia KNOTT. Grandfather of Randy KNOTT and Susan GAGNON. Sadly missed by brothers-in-law Jeff PAUL and Joe McDONALD and sisters-in-law Marjorie PALMER, Mary COE, Madeleine McDONALD and Willow GAGNON and several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his siblings Doris McEWEN and her husband Sandy, Marvel PAUL, Cliff GAGNON and his wife Eileen, Cyrus GAGNON and Lyal GAGNON and brothers-in-law Gordon COE and Lloyd PALMER. Friends will be received at Memorial Funeral Home, 1559 Fanshawe Park Road (east of Highbury), 452-3770, for visitation on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 1057 Oxford Street East, on Wednesday, February, 8, 2006 at 11 a.m. Father John VAN DAMM officiating. Interment St. Peter's Cemetery. Parish Prayers Tuesday at 3: 30 p.m. at the Funeral Home. In memory, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-04 published
FLEMING/FLEMMING, Ellen Bernice (formerly JEFFERY, née BARONS)
Peacefully with her family at her bedside at Chateau Gardens Nursing Home, Aylmer on Friday, March 03, 2006 Ellen Bernice Jeffery (FLEMING/FLEMMING) of Tillsonburg in her 91st year. Beloved wife of the late J. Edward FLEMING/FLEMMING (2001) and the late William Thomas JEFFERY (1965.) Dear mother of James E. JEFFERY and his wife Wilma of Tillsonburg; Grant W. JEFFERY and his wife Doris of Saint Thomas; Pegi CHOMOS and her husband Leslie of Burlington Louise PALMER and her husband Dale of Tillsonburg. Cherished and much loved grandmother to 9 grandchildren; great grandmother to 5 great grandchildren. Ellen is survived by her sister Grace JEFFERY; sister-in-law Marjorie BARONS. Predeceased by her parents Gordon and Alberta BARONS, her brother Aubrey BARONS, sister Doris McNEIL and her husband Ronald. Ellen was a Past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star Branch #167, Tillsonburg. The family will receive Friends at Ostrander's Funeral Home 43 Bidwell St. Tillsonburg (842-5221) on Monday March 06, 2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Order of the Eastern Star service will commence at 6: 45 p.m. on Monday evening. Funeral service for Ellen will be held in Ostrander's Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday March 07, 2006 at 11 a.m. Rev. Margaret MURRAY of Avondale-Zion United Church, Tillsonburg officiating. Interment Tillsonburg Cemetery. At the families request memorial donations (payable by cheque) may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or Charity of Choice. Personal condolences may be sent to www.ostrandersfunerlhome.com

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-11 published
DIGNAN, Revada Elizabeth
At South Huron Hospital, Exeter, on Saturday, April 8, 2006, Revada Elizabeth DIGNAN, of R.R.#2, Hensall, in her 83rd year. Beloved wife of Harold DIGNAN. Dear mother of Diane and Gerald THIEL, of Owen Sound, Dale and Marie M. DIGNAN of Ingersoll and Wesley DIGNAN and friend Nancy WILSON of Goderich. Loving grandmother of Sharon TAILOR/TAYLOR, Ian THIEL; Jason, Christal and Amanda DIGNAN Mathew HOY, Courtney and Lindsey DIGNAN and great-grandmother of Marsha TAILOR/TAYLOR, Alex THIEL and Maximus HO. Sadly missed by Mark TAILOR/TAYLOR. Dear sister-in-law of Beverley DIGNAN, William Earl and Esther DIGNAN and Sharen DIGNAN. Sadly missed by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents George Wesley and Bessie (PALMER) DIGNAN, one daughter Marilyn ADELE in infancy, one daughter-in-law Marie B. DIGNAN, brothers Edwin DIGNAN and his wife Blanche, Weldon DIGNAN, sister Linnie RAYNER and her husband Wallace and brother-in-law Harvey DIGNAN. Visitation in the Hensall. Visitation Chapel, 79 King St. Hensall, on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the Funeral Service will be conducted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m. Pastor Elly VAN BERGEN officiating. Interment Exeter Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society. (J.M. McBeath Funeral Home, Zurich) Condolences may be forwarded through www.jmmcbeathfuneralhome.com A tree will be planted as a living memorial to Revada DIGNAN
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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-29 published
CLOES, Ada Marie (COXON)
Of Strathroy (formerly of Hanover). In her 81st year after a long and courageous battle with cancer at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on April 27th, 2006 with her family at her side. Predeceased by husband Murray (1988). Also predeceased by sister Minnie RUBY (1961,) and brother Lloyd COXON (1996) and infant sister Margaret. Survived by brother Doctor Earl COXON, Wellesley, Ontario, son Brian CLOES (Vera) of Horseshoe Valley, daughter Carol DAVIES (Dan THOURNOUT) of Strathroy and Linda PALMER (Jim) of London. Also survived by 6 grandchildren. Ada was a proud member of the United Church Women. Memorial Service to be held in Hanover at the Grace United Church on Thursday May 4th, 2006 at 1 p.m. with Rev. Doug KAUFMAN officiating. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Crohns Society. Arrangements entrusted to Denning Bros. Funeral Home. A tree will be planted as a living memorial to Ada.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-03 published
JEFFREY, Reta▼ M.▼ (PALMER)
Suddenly at her residence in Thames Centre on May 2, 2006 Reta M. (PALMER) JEFFREY age 71 years. Beloved wife of Kenneth H. (Ken) JEFFREY. Loving▼ mother of Mark JEFFREY and Alan JEFFREY both of Thames Centre, Sandra and Richard AYALA of Yucaipa, California. Proud grandmother of Amy. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and may be obtained by calling the L.A. Ball Funeral Chapel in Saint Marys at 284-1480.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-04 published
JEFFREY, Reta▲ M.▲ (PALMER)
Suddenly at her residence in Thames Centre on May 2, 2006, Reta M. (PALMER) JEFFREY age 71 years. Beloved wife of Kenneth H. (Ken) JEFFREY. Loving▲ mother of Mark JEFFREY and Alan JEFFREY both of Thames Centre, Sandra and Richard AYALA of Yucaipa, California. Proud grandmother of Amy. Dear sister of Stuart PALMER of Stratford. Dear brother-in-law of Reg HARRIS and Shirley of Saint Marys. Sadly missed by nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents Bert PALMER and the former Cora TUCKEY, a sister Marion HARRIS, a brother Glen PALMER and his wife Evelyn. Resting at the L.A. Ball Funeral Chapel, 7 Water Street North, Saint Marys on Friday 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. with Pastor Irene RICHARDSON officiating. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the charity of choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-11 published
WILLIAMS, Suzanne (née SCHIMANSKI)
Sadly, on Tuesday, May 9th, 2006, Mrs. Suzanne (SCHIMANSKI) WILLIAMS of London in her 42nd year. Loving wife of Dan WILLIAMS. Beloved daughter of Anne SCHIMANSKI and the late John SCHIMANSKI. Loving sister of Caroline PALMER and her husband Alan of London, and Frank SCHIMANSKI and his wife Jennie of Brussels. Loving aunt of Brian and Shannon PALMER, Ami and Elli SCHIMANSKI, Danielle, Shawn and Kristen WILLIAMS and Spencer WILLIAMS. Visitation will be held at the Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, on Friday from 2: 00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. where the funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, May 13th, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. Cremation to follow. Those wishing to make a donation in memory of Suzanne are asked to consider the London Humane Society.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-13 published
PALMER, H. Douglas
Formerly of Oshawa, Ontario, born on February 18, 1926, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 in London, Ontario. Predeceased by his parents Grace Valentine PALMER and Harry G. PALMER and brother-in-law William McLEESE. Father of Bryan PALMER (Joan SANGSTER), Blake PALMER (Kathi JAMES) and Brock COOPER (Laurence HEATH.) Grandfather of Beth, Cliff and Reid. Survived by sister Lois M. McLEESE, good friend Doris GUNESCH, nephew Douglas McLEESE and nieces Dale DANAHER and Karen ENGEL. Doug was an avid curler and golfer and active in standardbred horse racing as an owner and judge. After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces (1944-1946) he was employed by the John B. Stetson Co. (1947-1969). He later operated businesses in Exeter and London. Friends will be received at the Memorial Funeral Home, 1559 Fanshawe Park Road (east of Highbury) for visitation on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 7-8: 30 p.m. A private interment will be held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-14 published
WEBER, Ralph Edward
Peacefully, with his family at his side, at Exeter Villa, on Monday, June 12, 2006, Ralph Edward WEBER, age 85, formerly of Twin Willow farm, R.R.#3, Dashwood. Beloved husband of the late Mary (MacGREGOR) WEBER (1997.) Loved father of Diane and Bill CARSON of Saint_Joseph Shores, Bill and Ginger WEBER of Huron Woods. Loving grandpa to his six grandchildren, Marshall EAGLESON and Suzanne, Marianne EAGLESON, Rob and Suzanne EAGLESON; Julie WEBER and Andrew, Jacob WEBER and Amy, Janna-Lynn WEBER and Sean and extended grandchildren Barb and Jeff LOUCKS and daughter Dakota and Jean CARSON. Great-grandpa of Kassidy and Hunter EAGLESON. A very special friend of Jean PALMER of Exeter. Dear brother of Edith CARR of Saint_Jacobs and Ruth WEBER of Red Deer, Alberta. Dear brother-in-law of Margaret EAGLESON and Millie STEEPER. Loved by his nieces, nephews and their families. Predeceased by sisters Thelma WEBER, Gladys SCHADE, brothers Walter and Keith WEBER. Resting at the T. Harry Hoffman and Sons Funeral Home, Dashwood, with visitation Thursday commencing at 2 p.m. until 9 p.m.; where the funeral service will be held Friday, June 16, 2006 at 11 a.m. The Rev. Alex McGILVERY and Rev. Paul ROSS officiating. Interment Calvary United Church Cemetery, Dashwood. If desired, memorial donations to Calvary United Church Cemetery, Exeter Villa or charity of choice would be appreciated. Ralph was a former deputy-reeve of Stephen Township and served on Huron County Council. He was a former active member of Calvary United Church and Cemetery Board. Condolences at www.hoffmanfuneralhome.com

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-17 published
CLARK, Eula Johanna (formerly HOBBIN, née TAIT/TAITE/TATE)
Of Norwich, Ontario, at People Care, Tavistock on Thursday June 15, 2006, after a brief illness. Eula was in her 99th year and was born on the family farm at South Walsingham, Ontario on March 15, 1908. She is survived by her loving daughter Joan (HOBBIN) BISHOP and husband Robert of Woodstock; her dear granddaughter Pamela (BISHOP) CHRISTIE and husband Peter of London; and her cherished and loving great granddaughter Erin JOHNSON and husband David of London, England. Also survived by nephews Jim MERCHANT (Zora) of Sherwood Park, Alberta; Larry TAIT/TAITE/TATE (Lynn) of Woodstock; Brennan TAIT/TAITE/TATE of Beachville; niece Marion ANDERSON of Edmonton, Alberta, as well as several great nieces and nephews. Eula was predeceased by her dearly loved parents Henry and Ellena (McCALL) TAIT/TAITE/TATE, an infant son Raymond Peter HOBBIN, husbands Peter HOBBIN and Stanley CLARK, sisters Blanche PALMER (Stewart), Orpha WESTFALL (John), Viola MERCHANT (Tom,) brother Morley TAIT/TAITE/TATE (May,) and several nieces and nephews. In approximately 1918, the family moved to Norwich and the five children of Henry and Ellena grew up at the Norwich Gore, attending the Gore Public School and the Gore United Church. Our Mother and Grandmother was active in the community and enjoyed being a member of the Norwich Historical Society and the Norwich United Church. Her other pursuits included decorating and quilting and in particular painting which she continued to do into her late nineties. She was extremely proud of and took an avid interest in our United Empire Loyalist ancestors (the McCalls of Norfolk County) and passed on a great deal of family history. Eula enjoyed life and was always happy, healthy and content. She was kind, generous and blessed with a wonderful sense of humour. Eula was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. The family feels blessed to have had her in our lives for so many years and we are so grateful for her love. Thank you Grandma. Friends will be received at The Arn-Lockie Funeral Home, 45 Main St. W., Norwich on Monday, June 19 from 1-2 p.m. Funeral service to celebrate Eula's life will follow at 2 p.m. with Rev. Donna BAUMAN/BOWMAN- WOODALL officiating. Interment will follow at Norwich Gore Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to Alzheimer's Society or Norwich United Church. Arn-Lockie (519) 863-3020. On-line condolences at www.arn-lockiefuneralhome.com.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-26 published
HULL, Helen Irene
Peacefully, at Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, on Sunday June 25, 2006. Helen Irene HULL, in her 84th year. Beloved wife of the late Gordon LeRoy HULL. Loving mother of Robert and his wife Janice, of London, Linda and her husband Steve FERRIER, of Bolton, Douglas and his wife Bonny, Margaret PALMER, Janet▼ and her husband David OSTROM, and mother-in-law of Larry PALMER, all of London. Dear sister of Lloyd WALKER and Betty Patrick. Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Laura COLLIER, Jodi LEWIS, Lisa, Gordon, Nicole, Robert HULL, Erin JAMES, Amy PALMER, Kalyn and Trevor OSTROM, and great-grandchildren Natalie and Victoria COLLIER, Nathaniel and Colin LEWIS. Predeceased by a son Larry Wayne HULL and a grand_son Scott HULL. Friends will be received at the Logan Funeral Home, 371 Dundas Street (between Colborne and Waterloo Street) on Monday from 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held in the Logan Chapel on Tuesday June 27, 2006, at 1: 00 p.m. with Rev. Paul BROWNING officiating. Interment in Woodland Cemetery. Donations to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences can be expressed at www.loganfh.ca A tree will be planted as a living memorial to Mrs. HULL.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-04 published
PALMER, Nancy
In loving memory of my dear friend Nancy, who passed away 2 years ago October 4, 2004. I miss you everyday and miss all the good times we had traveling together. Rona.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-05 published
HARPER, Glenn " Zettie"
A resident of Thamesville, passed away peacefully at C.K.H.A. Public General Campus, Chatham on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at the age of 75. Born in Chatham, son of the late Harold and Evaline (PELFRY) HARPER. Beloved husband of Donna (SPENCER) HARPER. Loving father of Rick HARPER and Lorie GLOVER- HARPER of Chatham, Dennis and Sheila HARPER of Thamesville, Lynda KALOYANIS and partner Greg PELLEY of Chatham, Brenda and John PADDICK of Dresden. Precious Gramp of Wayne and Stacey HARPER, Tonya and Melissa HARPER, Mike and Steve KALOYANIS, Alicia and Tyler PADDICK. Kind brother of Marion HARWOOD of London, Pat and Charlie VERMET of Thamesville. Dear brother-in-law of Iline HARPER, Reta COEMAN, Carolyn PAUL, Ethel PALMER, Cleada GALBRAITH, and Marg SPENCER. Predeceased by a brother Ray HARPER (2005,) brothers-in-law Maurice HARWOOD, Garfield PALMER, Bob COEMAN, Bob GALBRAITH, and Fred SPENCER. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. At Glenn's request there will be no visitation or funeral service. A Private Family Grave side service will be held on Friday October 6, 2006. Donations to the Victorian Order of Nurses, C.K.H.A. Palliative Care, or Canadian Red Cross would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences and donations may be left at our website www.badderfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to John C. Badder Funeral Home, Thamesville A tree will be planted in Memory of Glenn HARPER in the Badder and Robinson Memorial Forest, Mosa Twp."

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-10 published
WINTER, Joyce
With her family by her side, at London Health Sciences Centre- Victoria Hospital, on Sunday, October 8th, 2006, Joyce WINTER "Gunda" of London in her 79th year. Loving wife of the late George WINTER (1983.) Beloved Mother of Barbara WINTER, Lynda KNOWLES and her husband Rob, Donna WINTER and her husband Scott PALMER and Jacqueline OFFICER and her husband Philip, all of London. Loving Grandmother to her 6 grandchildren: Thomas, Jaclyn, Robyn, Lindsay, Lucas and Samuel. Survived by 2 brothers, 4 sisters and predeceased by 1 sister. Cremation. Private family memorial service with interment at Saint Peter's Cemetery. Those wishing to make a donation in memory of Joyce are asked to consider the charity of their choice. Arrangements entrusted to Westview Funeral Chapel (519) 641-1793.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-31 published
PARKER, Marjorie (PRATT)
Suddenly at home in Ingersoll on Saturday, October 28, 2006, Marjorie (PRATT) PARKER, of Ingersoll, in her 89th year. Wife of the late Lloyd PARKER (1984.) Dear mother of Phyllis PETERS, Joan JACKSON and Dick PARKER and his wife Pegi all of Ingersoll. Dear sister of Olive STEWARD/STEWART/STUART of Strathroy and Leona PALMER of Orlando, Florida. Also survived by 9 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Predeceased by two sisters Mildred PERRY and Beatrice MINERS. Friends will be received at the McBeath-Dynes Funeral Home, 246 Thames Street S., Ingersoll Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where service will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. Rev. CARMEN Holbrough officiating. Interment Ingersoll Rural Cemetery. Memorial donations to Trinity United Church Foundation would be appreciated.

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-11 published
SCHIRMER, Michael
Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, on Thursday, November 9th, 2006, Mr. Michael SCHIRMER of London in his 75th year. Loving husband of Ingeborg and the late Katie (1982.) Dear father of Michele (Gary) HEIDEKAMP, Thomas (Lisa) SCHIRMER, Karin (Ross) PALMER, Simone (Rob) FRASER, and Andre SCHIRMER all of London. Dear brother of Ute KUBITZKE of Germany and the late Doris CANNON. Loving Opa to Michael, Philip, Lauren, Alexandra and Megan. Long standing member of the German Canadian Club and the Fanshawe Yacht Club. Michael retired after 38 years of service at Unifin. Visitation will be held at the Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, on Sunday from 2: 00-4:00 and 7: 00-9:00 p.m. The funeral and committal service will be held at St. Ansgar Lutheran Church, 600 Lawson Road, on Monday, November 13th, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Those wishing to make a donation in memory of Michael are asked to consider the London Health Sciences Foundation - Cancer Centre

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-04 published
PALMER, Dorothy
Passed away peacefully at the John Noble Home on Saturday December 2, 2006, in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late Ray PALMER (1990.) Devoted, loving mother to Gloria CLEVELAND, Nellie CAMPBELL and Geraldine PALMER. Dear grandma to Philip CLEVELAND and Melanie (Brian) OLDHAM. Great-grandmother to Cassidy. Survived by her sister Alice (Bill) COOK and many nieces and nephews. Dorothy was predeceased by her several brothers and sisters. Friends will be received at the Dennis Toll Funeral Home, 55…Charing Cross Street, Brantford, on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service to be held in the chapel on Wednesday December 6, 2006 at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at Huntingford Cemetery. Donations to the charity of your choice appreciated. www.dennistoll.ca

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-09 published
LEESON, Gerald Frederick " Fred"
Peacefully at his home in London on Thursday, December 7th, 2006, Gerald Frederick " Fred" LEESON in his 64th year. Beloved husband and best friend of Pat (MARTIN) LEESON for over 38 years. Dear father of Beth LEESON- HAGEN and her husband Jason HAGEN, and Jerry LEESON all of London. Predeceased by his parents Gerald LEESON and Winifred GARDNER. Dear brother of Evelyn HARRIS- WILLIAMS and her husband Gary WILLIAMS of Port Stanley, Shirley PALMER and her husband Doctor Ted PALMER of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Bilton LEESON and his wife Lynn of Burford, and Mary-Ellen LEESON of Bath, England. Friends will be received by the family from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London, where the funeral service will be held in the chapel on Monday, December 11th at 11 a.m. with Reverend Anne BEATTIE- STOKES of White Oaks United Church officiating. Private interment in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, London. Friends will also be received 1 hour prior to the funeral service. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations would be appreciated to the Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association 1185 Eglinton Avenue East, North York, Ontario M3C 3C6, or the Canadian Cancer Society (for Pancreatic Cancer Research) 123 St. George Street, London N6A 3A1. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

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PALMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-27 published
KYLE, Nora May (formerly TRIPP, née BAKER)
At Chateau Gardens Nursing Home, London on Monday, December 25th, 2006, Nora May (BAKER) (TRIPP) KYLE of London in her 98th year. Beloved wife of the late John TRIPP and the late William KYLE. Dear mother of Deanna PALMER, and Sandra JARMAN and her husband Don all of London. Predeceased by her son James TRIPP and her son-in-law Bert PALMER. Dear mother-in-law of Gae CHAPMAN of Ocala, Florida. Also loved by her 8 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Remembered fondly by Dave KYLE and Sandra GILEAQUE. Friends will be received by the family from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London where the funeral service will be conducted in the chapel on Thursday, December 28th, 2006 at 3 p.m. with Reverend Teresa CORRIGAN of the Church of the Epiphany officiating. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, 617 Wellington Street, London N6A 3R6.

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PALMER o@ca.on.peterborough.north_monaghan.peterborough.the_peterborough_examiner 2006-03-10 published
WILLIAMS, Margaret Ann (BRISTOW)
Passed away at her home in Port Hope on Thursday March 9, 2006. Margaret BRISTOW beloved wife of Edward (Ted) WILLIAMS. Loving mother of Wayne WILLIAMS (Cindy), Ann (Dave TALBOT) and Angie (Mike HOWRELUK.) Sister of Mary SHERRY, Pat PALMER and Clifford BRISTOW. Also survived by grandchildren Brooke and Dawson WILLIAMS, Chris, Sarah and Josh TALBOT and Kassie HOWRELUK. Friends will be received at the Allison Funeral Home, 103 Mill Street North, Port Hope, Friday 7-9 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. until time of Funeral Service at 11 a.m. If desired, memorial contributions may be made by cheque to the Victorian Order of Nurses, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church - Towers of Hope or charity of choice. www.allisonfuneralhome.com

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PALMER o@ca.on.peterborough.north_monaghan.peterborough.the_peterborough_examiner 2006-03-13 published
IMRIE, David Robertson (1920-2006)
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a beloved Husband, Father and Papa. David leaves behind his wife of 58 years Betty. Loving father of Gail (David) RICE, and Karen (John) TAILOR/TAYLOR. Sadly missed by his grandchildren Andrew (Tania) RICE, Racheal (Wayne) PALMER, Amanda (Barret) McNAB, Christine DUGGAN, Rob (Steph) DUGGAN. Also missed by his 6 great-grandchildren. Dear brother of the late Peggy and Willie of Scotland. Survived by his sisters-in-law Chrissie CALDWELL, Kay GAUTHIER and Graham (Olive) ROBERTSON of Scotland. Also survived by brother-in-law Peter PIRRITT. Predeceased by his cherished son-in-law Jim DUGGAN. David will be lovingly remembered by his many nieces and nephews. At Dave's request a Private Family Service has been held followed by Cremation. The family would appreciate Memorial Donations in David's name to the Diabetes Association, Canadian Mental Health Association or the Heart and Stroke Association. (Arrangements entrusted to Kaye Funeral Home). Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for you are with me Your rod and Your staff they comfort me. Psalm 23: 4

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-02-16 published
TALLEVI, Marjorie▼ Tessa▼ (née PALMER)
Suddenly after a brief illness on Monday, February 13, 2006 at Oakville Trafalgar Hospital at the age of 55. Daughter of the late Charles and Karoline PALMER. Dearly▼ loved wife of Dennis and much loved sister of Diana, and close friend of Wendy. She will be remembered as a hard working, compassionate nurse and will be deeply missed by her Friends and relatives. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter 'Peel' Chapel, 2180 Hurontario St. (Hwy. 10, North of Queen Elizabeth Way) on Thursday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday, February 17, 2006 at 3 o'clock. If desired, remembrances may be made to a charity of choice.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-04-20 published
PALMER, Doctor John▼ Dickinson
Much loved husband of Diana, father of Susan, Heather, John, Diana, and Ann, and grandfather to Diana, Ian, John, Matthew, Jess, Madelaine, Katie, and Jane, died aged 89 on 17 April, 2006 after a notable career in medicine and active retirement on Salt Spring Island, including a period on the board of Greenwoods elderly care facility (where, fittingly, he passed away). John, a specialist in cancer care, was a distinguished surgeon at Montreal General Hospital from the 1950s until his retirement. He also taught at McGill University, and was at one time team physician for the Montreal Canadians. Outside medicine, he was a lifelong learner, always immersed in a new book; a surprisingly talented painter and accordion player; a keen outdoorsman; and of course a sportsman, into tennis, golf, and in his early days, hockey. John was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, son of John Dickinson PALMER, a noted shoe manufacturer (Hart,) and Florence (Bappy) JARDINE, of the Jardine shipping family. After Fredericton High School, he completed an arts degree at University of New Brunswick before studying medicine at McGill University, where he also found time to play hockey for the McGill Redmen. His medical career path was interrupted by the 2nd World War, in which he served as a medical officer in the Canadian Navy before being seconded to the British Navy. It was on shore leave at Esquimault, Victoria, that he met Diana HETT, a British Columbia rancher's daughter, and so began a romance that was to last over 60 years. John and Diana moved to Salt Spring Island permanently in 1986. Typically, in retirement John was a well known figure in the island's tennis, golf, and bridge communities. The family would like to express their heart-felt thanks to the extraordinary care and kindness of the staff at Greenwoods during John's final illness. For those who wish to remember John, donations to Greenwoods Elder Care Society, 133 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, V8K 1Z9, would be gratefully appreciated.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-06-12 published
PALMER, Helen▼ (née CHITOVAS)
Passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 10th, 2006 in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late Peter PALMER. Loving▼ mother and mother-in-law to Daphne and Paul LOUKAS. Caring▼ and devoted grandmother to Peter and Mary-Ellen (Reynaldo). Special thanks to the management and staff of The Claremont Retirement Residence for their supportive care and love; to Doctor Russell GOLDMAN and staff from The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital; to Romana and Oretta; and, especially, to Cora PALITA for the heartfelt devotion, love and tender care she unselfishly provided for the past five years. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, June 15 at 10 a.m. at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 30 Thorncliffe Park Drive, Toronto, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Schulich Heart Centre c/o Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5 would be greatly appreciated.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-06-14 published
PALMER, Helen▲ (née CHITOVAS)
Passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 10th, 2006 in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late Peter PALMER. Loving▲▼ mother and mother in law to Daphne and Paul LOUKAS. Caring▲ and devoted grandmother to Peter and Mary-Ellen (Reynaldo). Special thanks to the management and staff of The Claremont Retirement Residence for their supportive care and love; to Doctor Russell GOLDMAN and staff from The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital; to Romana and Oretta; and, especially, to Cora PALITA for the heartfelt devotion, love and tender care she unselfishly provided for the past five years. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, June 15 at 10 a.m. at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 30 Thorncliffe Park Drive, Toronto, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Schulich Heart Centre c/o Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5 would be greatly appreciated.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-09-14 published
PALMER, Marion▲▼ R.▲ (née WORTMAN)
Born July 12, 1914 in New Brunswick, Marion died on September 12, 2006 in Toronto with her loving family at her side. Cherished wife of John H. PALMER (March▲▼ 1983.) Dear mother of John M. PALMER (Vilda) and Janet Palmer PURVES (Bud,▲) and much loved grandma to John and Charlie PALMER. Graduate of Mount Allison University and former dietician with the Toronto General Hospital. Marion was a dedicated volunteer at Saint Michael's Hospital in Toronto where she enjoyed working for more than 30 years with Friends, staff, suppliers and patients in the Gift Shop until retiring at age 80. She lived happily and independently in Toronto and Tottenham until the fall of 2005. Special thanks to Liz, her friend and caregiver, and the kind staff at Simcoe Manor and Lakeside Long Term Care for their care over the past year. Very special gratitude to the Doctors, Nurses and all staff and volunteers associated with the Palliative Care unit at Saint Michael's Hospital where Marion spent her last three weeks comfortably and peacefully. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2-4: 30 p.m. and 5:30-9 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19th. A private family service and interment will be held at a later date in Dundalk, Ontario. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Palliative Care Unit, Saint Michaels's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-18 published
BAYES, Richmond Allan
A beloved husband, brother, father, uncle, grandfather and friend passed suddenly Monday evening at the age of 58. Born in Toronto, he was a son of the late Allan and Jean (PALMER) BAYES. " Richie" was a teacher by trade whose zest and enthusiasm for life was passed to all who sat in his classroom. He was also an excellent hockey player, starring with the Saint Mary's University Huskies, Toronto Marlies and the Canadian National Team during his younger years and rounding out his career with the Truro Bearcats Oldtimers. He later passed down his knowledge and skills to the next generation while acting as a coach for Truro Area Minor Hockey. He was a man who loved Fridays more than anyone and a Friday's experience could only be enhanced by a steak and draught at the Midtown tavern. His favorite times of year were March break and summer during which he would travel with the "regular crew" to an exotic All-Inclusive resort. Richie was well known and liked everywhere he went. He will be missed and remembered by all who were lucky enough to have met him. He is survived by his wife, Judy (SHEARD) daughter, Brandy BAYES (Yaniv,) Toronto; son, Richmond BAYES (Kathy), Winnipeg; sister, Bonnie BAYES- SOKOWLOWSKI, Carleton Place; grandchildren, Courtenay and Whitney BAYES, Winnipeg sister-in-law, Patti GRANVILLE (Jim;) Truro; nephews, Bret GRANVILLE, Halifax, Dal GRANVILLE, Truro; nieces, Amy FLATTERS (Ryan,) Kingston, Ontario, Amanda HALL (Chris,) Toronto; grand-niece, Katy FLATTERS grand-nephew, Carson HALL. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 6-8 p.m.; memorial service on Friday at 4: 00 p.m., both in Colchester Community Funeral Home, 512 Willow Street, Truro with Rev. Brent Robertson officiating. Private family interment in Robie Street Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or a charity of choice. On line condolences may be sent to: colchestercommunityfh@ca.ns.aliantzinc.ca

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-11-18 published
Helen ALLEN, Journalist (1907-2006)
She laboured for decades to improve the lot of unwanted children, many of whom were better off because of her efforts, writes Sandra MARTIN. At the end of the Vietnam War she also helped rescue orphans in Saigon
By Sandra MARTIN, Page▲ S11
The concept may seem bizarre today, but in its era, the Toronto newspaper column Today's Child was an innovative force intended to improve the lives of thousands of emotionally needy and often physically damaged children. In the early 1960s, back in the days when having a child "out of wedlock" was socially unacceptable and before reliable contraception or abortions were generally available, many young women gave their unplanned babies up for adoption. The ranks of healthy infants were swelled by older children who had been abandoned by parents unable or unwilling to raise their own offspring or who had been removed from dangerous situations. Many of these "hard-to-place" children trundled from one foster home to another or marked birthday after birthday in orphanages and other residential institutions.
Helen ALLEN, a journalist who became a crusader for adoption, believed that all children deserved parents and a home to call their own. For nearly 20 years, she devoted her energies to the task through her column Today's Child in The Telegram in Toronto and the long-running television program Family Finder. Although, nobody knows for certain how many of these adoptions were successful, there is enough anecdotal evidence to suggest that many, many children were happier and healthier because of Ms. ALLEN's actions.
"Some social workers were very reluctant at the thought of exposing children to the public in this way, because it was an invasion of privacy, but I was all for it," recalled Victoria LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH, a former social worker and adoption supervisor who knew first-hand the dire circumstances of these children's lives. She and Ms. ALLEN became colleagues and good Friends, sharing the same dedication and sense of humour.
The late media mogul John BASSETT, who was the last publisher of The Telegram, considered Ms. ALLEN's long-running adoption column "her real life's work." Ms. ALLEN "has helped this country enormously by giving new hope and new opportunities to the nation's richest resource, our children," he wrote in a tribute to her in 1982, and "nothing has given me greater pride than being associated with her in this task."
Helen Kathleen ALLEN was born near Saskatoon, the only child of a Presbyterian minister and a school teacher. The family eventually settled in Aurora, north of Toronto, as her father moved from one congregation to another. He died of meningitis when Helen was five and her mother worked as a supply teacher to support them both. Ms. ALLEN later described her childhood as happy, although she regretted that there was never enough money to buy her a bicycle. It was only much later that she looked back as an adult and realized that "it's too bad to be an only child, too bad not to have a Dad."
After graduating from high school in 1925, Ms. ALLEN moved to Toronto to do a four-year degree in modern languages (French and German) at University College at the University of Toronto. By then, her widowed mother had married a man named PALMER, so Ms. ALLEN boarded with a family named GRIFFITHS while she attended university, financed with $2000 from her mother's savings. That's how she met the GRIFFITHS' daughter, Phyllis, who became a classmate, then a journalism colleague and a dear friend and housemate until she died more than 50 years later in 1978.
At U of T, Ms. ALLEN joined the German club, which turned out to be a lively collection of people, including professors Geoffrey HOLT and Barker FAIRLEY, who got together on a weekly basis to sing German songs. An older cousin, who worked on the student newspaper, The Varsity, introduced Ms. ALLEN to the editor, a young man named Charles STACEY. (A year older, he was destined for a stellar career as a military historian and became very well known as a biographer of Prime Minister Mackenzie King.) "Somehow I found myself accepting an assignment to cover a freshie tea that first week. It showed up on the front page, without a word changed, and I was hooked," she presciently told Judith ADAM/ADAMS, the author of the 1982 Ontario government publication, Today's Child and Helen ALLEN.
After graduating in 1929, Ms. ALLEN went to work as a reporter for The Telegram, a newspaper founded in 1876 by John Ross ROBERTSON as a vehicle to promote British and Imperial sentiments. For the next three decades, Ms. ALLEN did general assignment reporting, reviewed movies, covered political events and criminal trials, and edited the women's pages. In covering the 1939 Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth she wrote: "Everyone who has seen her is talking about the Queen. The Queen's smile. The Queen's charm. The Queen's beauty. The Queen's lovely gowns."
What made her name, however, was an assignment that she took on reluctantly in 1964 to write an adoption column for the paper. Instead of being the brainchild of one person, the idea came about as a confluence of incidents, experience and inspiration dating back to the early 1960s when The Telegram ran a front-page story about a young boy being publicly beaten by his father on a downtown street corner. Publisher John BASSETT assigned reporter Andrew MacFARLANE to investigate and write an article on child abuse.
Mr. MacFARLANE contacted the office of Doctor James BAND, the deputy minister of welfare in Ontario, who supplied huge amounts of information on child protection services and took Mr. MacFARLANE to visit an orphanage which housed dozens of children three years of age and under. Mr. MacFARLANE quickly realized that many of these children had short attention spans, played aggressively, and, despite being "cuddled" by volunteers, appeared lacking in warmth and curiosity. Both men believed these children needed families and permanent homes, if they were to have any chance of growing up emotionally healthy.
In 1964, Doctor BAND sought out Mr. MacFARLANE, who by then was The Telegram's managing editor, and suggested he run an "advertising" feature to make the public aware of the plight of these forgotten children. Both Mr. MacFARLANE and Mr. BASSETT took up the idea enthusiastically and assigned the column to Ms. ALLEN, telling her to contact the more than 50 regional Children's Aid Societies that operated in Ontario under the Child Welfare Act, find some children who were waiting for families, and run their pictures and write about them in the paper. The plan was to run Today's Child for a few weeks and check the response.
Children's Aid Societies, which are protective by definition, were largely horrified at the idea of parading children, along with their physical and emotional problems, in a public newspaper. To them, the column reeked of "freak shows" at carnivals. Only three were willing to participate -- Hamilton, Kenora and Toronto. Although disappointing, the response was strong enough to give Ms. ALLEN enough children to produce a daily column for three weeks.
The first child was a 15-month-old girl of mixed race named Hope, a difficult placement in those homogeneous days before the immigration rules relaxed and Canada had an official multiculturalism policy. Nevertheless, 40 prospective adoptive parents wrote in response to the story about Hope. Their letters were passed along to the Children's Aid Society for screening, assessing and processing. "I wrote abut 23 children in those first Today's Child columns that summer," Ms. ALLEN recalled years later, "and when the results were finally assessed, 18 of those youngsters found homes."
After three years of daily columns, Today's Child expanded to other daily and weekly papers throughout Ontario. The following year, Ms. ALLEN proposed doing a television version of the column based on the daily Ben Hunter Program in California, which delivered commercials for a variety of products, saving one day a week for children wanting to be adopted. Armed with a tape of the American show, Ms. ALLEN and Victoria LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH, then Ontario Adoption Co-ordinator, approached CFTO, the Toronto television station that was part-owned by Mr. BASSETT. "It took them all of 15 minutes to make up their minds," Ms. ALLEN reported later. Family Finder, which ran commercial-free, debuted in the fall of 1968 and for years was the longest-running program on the channel.
When The Telegram folded in 1971, the Ontario government hired Ms. ALLEN as an information officer in the Ministry of Community and Social Services. She continued to write the column three times a week (which was syndicated by the government to more than 20 daily newspapers including The Toronto Star), do the television program and speak about adoption to community and service groups.
In the early 1970s, television and newspaper reporting from Vietnam publicized the plight of many of the children who had become victims of the continuing conflict. The orphanages in Saigon were overflowing with abandoned or parentless children. Social changes, including a declining birth rate, had put an end to the baby surplus of a decade before. That fact, plus the human desire to help needy children, had lots of North Americans flying to Vietnam and trying to pick up babies in exchange for cash or services.
The local adoption agencies were floundering, so the Ontario Ministry of Social and Community Services sent Victoria LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH and Ms. ALLEN to Saigon to work with the Vietnamese. As the Viet Cong advanced and the Americans pulled out, the two women rescued close to 60 children, brought them to Canada and found homes for them. "The deputy minister told me, 'if we are going to do this, we will give it the same service we give our own children,' Ms. LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH said.
Ms. ALLEN received many honours, including being named to the Order of Canada and an honorary doctorate from York University and the Award of Merit from the City of Toronto. In the late 1970s, she was at an Order of Canada reception when she encountered fellow laureate and University of Toronto military historian Charles STACEY. " When I was at college, I dated Charles, who was then editor of the Varsity. He was in fourth year and I was in second," she told Ms. ADAM/ADAMS. "He went off to Oxford and then Princeton; I went on to the Tely as a reporter."
Ms. ALLEN and Colonel STACEY, a widower, renewed their Friendship and their affection for each other and were married in a small wedding at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Toronto on October 3, 1980. The bride was 73, and the groom 74. A little more than a year later, she officially retired from Today's Child (Judith ADAM/ADAMS took over the column for another seven years) and Family Finder, but continued to spend two days a week answering mail and writing Adoption Bulletins while her husband wrote his books.
The STACEYs were a very companionable couple. They loved to entertain at small dinner parties at Massey College, to read Jane Austen novels aloud to each other and to travel. Col. STACEY died suddenly of a heart attack in November of 1989, after nearly a decade of marriage. She continued to live in their Rosedale apartment until she suffered a heart attack and a fall late in 2002, and moved into the Leaside Retirement Residence.
Helen Kathleen ALLEN was born in Dundurn, Saskatchewan., on August 16, 1907. She died in Toronto of congestive heart failure on November 9. She was 99. Predeceased by her husband Charles STACEY and by her dear friend Phyllis GRIFFITHS, she is survived by her god-daughter Nadine BELL and her family.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-12-08 published
BOYMAN, Maurice
On Thursday, December 7, 2006 at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Maurice BOYMAN, loving husband of the late Esther BOYMAN. Devoted father and father-in-law of Marc and Tiana BOYMAN, and Anne BOYMAN and John RAJCHMAN of New York. Passionate grandfather of Daniel, Jack, Alex, Julian, and Karina. Will be sadly missed by Iona PALMER. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Ave., W. (3 lights west of Dufferin) for service on Sunday, December 10th at 1: 00 p.m. Interment Temple Emanuel El section of Pardes Shalom Cemetery. Shiva 22 Knightswood Road. Memorial donations may be made to Maurice Boyman Memorial Fund c/o the Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-10 published
PALMER, Gordon F.
(Retired from Ontario Hydro)
Suddenly on Sunday, January 8, 2006. Gordon, beloved husband of Mary and dear father of Gord and Darlene, Bruce and Marlene, Dave and Lisa, and Brian and Inez. Will be sadly missed by his grandchildren. Friends may call at the Scott Funeral Home, Mississauga Chapel, 420 Dundas St. East (one block west of Cawthra Rd.), 905-272-4040 on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the chapel on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Glendale Memorial Gardens, Toronto. InGordon's memory, kindly consider a donation to the charity of your choice.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-12 published
PALMER, Fitzroy " Roy"
(Former owner of Audio Tronics on St. Clair Ave. West)
After a valiant fight with cancer at the age of 56, Roy PALMER passed away peacefully at the Sunnybrook Hospital - Palliative Care Unit on January 10, 2006. He will be sadly missed by his children, family and Friends. Friends will be received at Chapel Ridge Funeral Home, 8911 Woodbine Avenue, Markham (4 lights north of Hwy. 7), 905-305-8508, on Friday, January 13, 2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Celebration of Roy's life will be held at St. Paul's L'Amoreaux Church, 3333 Finch Avenue East, Scarborough (corner of Finch/Warden Aves.), on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 2: 30 p.m. Burial to follow at Buttonville Cemetery (Woodbine/16th Aves.).

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-22 published
COLLENS, Harry " Mike"
At the Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Orillia on Friday, January 20, 2006. Harry (Mike) COLLENS in his 91st year of Gravenhurst and of New Port Richey, Florida. Beloved husband of Audrey (nee DEW) COLLENS of Gravenhurst. Dear father of Wendy and her husband Bruce CLELAND of Gravenhurst, Sandra and her husband Chester MORRISON of Severn Bridge, and Patti and her husband Rick PARKER of Scarborough. Beloved brother of Bill and his wife Rose COLLENS of Toronto, and Norma and her husband Bob PALMER of Toronto. Predeceased by his brother Bob and sister-in-law Alice of St. Catharines. Beloved grandfather to Brandon, Delf, Jeremy, Daniel (Erin) CLELAND, Patty BARNES and Ricki-Lee PARKER, and great-grandfather to Jacob and Jamie SWAN. The family will receive Friends at the W.J. Cavill Funeral Home in Gravenhurst on Monday, January 23, 2006 from 12-1 p.m. A Service to celebrate the life of Mr. COLLENS will be held in the chapel at 1 p.m. Cremation has taken place. In memory, donations to the Dialysis Unit at Soldiers Memorial Hospital, 170 Colborne St. W., Orillia, Ontario L3V 2Z3 or to the Kidney Foundation would be appreciated by the family. The family would sincerely like to thank Dr. Leo LAM and all the nurses and staff of the Dialysis Unit for their personal care and concern.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-26 published
PALMER, Mary▲ Catherine (née NEVILLE)
Passed peacefully away at Credit Valley Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer on January 25th, 2006 in her 69th year. Predeceased by her husband Gordon (Bob) PALMER January▲ 8, 2006, her parents Ellen (DAVIS) and Robert NEVILLE, sister Ellen and Jim JENSEN, brother Billy and granddaughter Courtney PALMER. Leaving to mourn four sons Gord (Darlene), Bruce (Marlene), Dave (Lisa) and Brian (Inez), grandchildren, Jeremy, Dylan, Kaitlynn, Hannah, brother Bob KETTLEWELL (Teresa) of Newfoundland, nephew Rick (Stephanie) (Darcy, Devin) KETTLEWELL, niece Lori (Murray) CAINES of Newfoundland, special cousin Len (Marianne) DAVIS of Milton, special nieces Linda ROMAGNULO, Nancy (Mark) ASHLEY and nephew Wayne (Sheila) NICHOLICH, brother-in-law Charlie NICHOLICH and many other relatives and Friends. Friends may call at the Scott Funeral Home, Mississauga Chapel, 420 Dundas St. East (one block west of Cawthra Rd.), 905-272-4040 on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Funeral Service will be held in the chapel on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Glendale Memorial Gardens, Toronto. In Mary's memory, kindly consider a donation to the Cancer Society or the Credit Valley Hospital.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-06 published
SURTEES, Vivienne (née PALMER)
Born March 30, 1932 in Broken Hill, Australia, died Friday, February 3, 2006, peacefully in her sleep after a short illness. Beloved wife of Bruce Venn SURTEES, loving mother of Adrienne (Ante BILIC) and Kathryn. She was adored by her three grandchildren Andrew, Madeleine and Alexis. Vivienne will be greatly missed by her niece Cassie in Australia and her many Friends in Dallas, Texas and Toronto. Vivienne and Bruce came to Canada from Sydney, Australia on their honeymoon in 1954. The Book Cellar of Toronto and Shakespeare Beethoven and Co. of Scottsdale, Arizona and Dallas, Texas were her life's work. Vivienne was a constant reader, passionate about her garden and created beautiful smocked dresses and knitted sweaters for her grandchildren. Bruce and Adrienne would like to say a special thank you to Dr. Albert KURSHEN for his incredible compassion and kindness. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East) from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 7. A service will follow in the chapel at 11 o'clock. Donations to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5 or the Canadian Cancer Society, 20 Holly Street, Suite 101, Toronto, Ontario M4S 3B1 would be greatly appreciated.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-16 published
TALLEVI, Marjorie▲ Tessa▲ (née PALMER)
Suddenly after a brief illness on Monday, February 13, 2006 at Oakville Trafalgar Hospital, at the age of 55. Daughter of the late Charles and Karoline PALMER. Dearly▲▼ loved wife of Dennis and much loved sister of Diana, and close friend Wendy. She will be remembered as a hard working, compassionate nurse and will be deeply missed by her Friends and relatives. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario St. (Hwy. 10, North of Queen Elizabeth Way) on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday, February 17, 2006 at 3 o'clock. If desired, remembrances may be made to a charity of choice.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-06 published
HEALY, Bridget
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our mother on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at St. Michael's Hospital. Bridget, beloved wife of the late Edward HEALY. Loving ma of Mary (Dave PALMER), John (Helen), Cyril (Terry), Terry (Sandy), Catherine YEROSCHENKO (the late Vic) and Eileen BEAUVAIS (Tom.) Fondly remembered by her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Many thanks to the neighbours on Maria Street for always being so helpful and to the staff of St. Michael's Hospital. Relatives and Friends will be received at the Lynett Funeral Home, 3299 Dundas St. West (one block east of Runnymede) on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 9: 30 a.m. at St. Puis X Catholic Church, 2305 Bloor St. West. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, do something nice for someone who needs it.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-14 published
BURNIE, Charles Francis
Peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at the age of 82 years. Charlie BURNIE of Sutton, formerly of Virginia, Ontario, beloved husband of Annie BURNIE (née RABEY,) formerly of Rosebridge, Gaspé, Quebec. They celebrated their golden anniversary on December 3, 2005. Loving father of Wayne BURNIE, Donna BURNIE, Brenda PALMER and Judy FEDORKO and her husband John. Dear grandfather of Jamie FEDORKO and Andrew PALMER. Dear brother of Thomas BURNIE and Theresa ANDERSON (Bruce.) Predeceased by his sisters Winnifred COMER and Margaret CARLISLE. Resting at the Taylor Funeral Home, 20846 Dalton Road, Sutton from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Anthony's Mission Catholic Church, 28118 Hwy. 48, Virginia, Ontario, Friday at 11: 00 a.m. Cremation to follow. Memorial donations to St. Anthony's Mission Catholic Church would be appreciated by the family.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-03 published
SCOTT, Madonna Ernestine (née HUGHES)
Peacefully after an illness, with her family by her side, at Guelph General Hospital, on Sunday, April 2, 2006. Madonna (nee HUGHES) SCOTT, 70 years of age, was the beloved wife of the late Murray SCOTT. She was the loving mother of Doug and his wife Hazel▼ of Morriston, Kathleen PALMER and her husband Brad of Nova Scotia, Randy and his wife Fil of Aurora, and Bruce and his wife Gloria of Kitchener. Dear grandma of Jordan, Michael, Kevin, Donna, Shayne and Katie. She was the loved sister of John HUGHES, Barb McGAW and Gwen PETERS. Madonna will be sadly missed by her many relatives and Friends. Resting at Gilbert MacIntyre and son Funeral Home, Hart Chapel, 1099 Gordon Street, Guelph where the family will receive Friends on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m., followed by cremation. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home or send condolences at www.gilbertmacintyreandson.com).

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-04 published
DOBROWOLSKI, Maria 'Mary'
Peacefully at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto on Saturday, April 1, 2006, in her 82nd year. Cherished mother of Irene COOPER, Eugene and his wife Darlene, Libby and her husband Glen PALMER, Sandy and her husband Rob DENT. Devoted grandmother of 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She will be sadly missed by her many close Friends. The family will receive Friends at the Doney Funeral Home, 318 Main St. E., Shelburne on Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service will be held at the Kingdom Hall, Hwy. 10 N., Shelburne on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m. Cremation. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or charity of choice would be appreciated.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-12 published
MATHER, Roy MacGregor
Passed away peacefully at the Tyndall Nursing Home on Monday, April 10, 2006 at the age of 90. Beloved husband of the late Elizabeth. Dear father of Linda and her husband Peter PALMER and Elizabeth and her husband Steve VARGA. Loving grandfather of Carolyn and her husband Thomas KUTI, Gregory, Lissa, Jordana, Stephen and great-grandfather of Charlie and Samuel. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas St. W. (between Islington and Kipling Aves.) on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 11 a.m. Private Interment at Glendale Memorial Gardens.

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-15 published
LOUGHBOROUGH, Sheila Maureen (née MALONE)
(Of Brighton)
At the Trenton Memorial Hospital, on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, age 82 years. Daughter of the late Charles Henry MALONE and the late Minnie Ellis (PALMER.) Loving▲ wife of Mark Trevor LOUGHBOROUGH, for 61 years. Dear mother of Adrian and his wife Mary of Florida, Kevin LOUGHBOROUGH of Toronto and Hugh LOUGHBOROUGH and his wife Karen of Waterloo. Sadly missed by her grandchildren, Miranda, Sean, Graham, Alyssa and Trevor. Service will be held at the Walas Funeral Home, 130 Main Street, Brighton, on Friday, April 21st at 2 o'clock. The Reverend Bill MANSON officiating. Cremation. In memory of Sheila, donations to the Arthritis Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation, care of Box 96, Brighton, Ontario K0K 1H0, would be appreciated by the family. www.walasfuneralhome.com

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PALMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-18 published
PALMER, Hazel▲ Johanna▲
Peacefully at Fairhaven Home on Sunday, April 16, 2006, in her 100th year. Beloved wife of the late Edward George PALMER. Dear▲ mother of June POWELL and her husband Bruce of Mactier, Ontario. Loving Nan of Wendy LEE and her husband Bill of Peterborough and Bruce POWELL Jr. of Toronto. Great-grandmother of Kim and Billy, Ashleigh, David and Elise. Relatives and Friends are invited to attend the service on Wednesday, April 19th, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. at the Kaye Funeral Home "Memorial Chapel", 539 George Street N., Peterborough. Interment to follow at Little Lake Cemetery.

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