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RUSHLOW o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-01 published
MILLEN,
Patricia "
Pat" (née
HOGAN)
Passed away peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria
Campus London on Saturday, February 25, 2006. Patricia (Pat)
MILLEN (née
HOGAN) in her 70th year. Beloved wife of Lorne
MILLEN
of 48 years. Sister of Margo
TUCKER
(John) of Victoria, British
Columbia and Elaine
GRAVELLE of Perth. Pat's family would especially
like to thank Rosemary
DAVIDSON,
Rita
VANDEBAUEHKAMP, Dr.
KOCHA
and Dr. REID all from London Health Sciences Centre. Family will
receive Friends from 1 p.m. until the memorial service at 2 p.m.
on Thursday March 2, 2006 at Woodland Cemetery Chapel, 493 Springbank
Drive,
London.
Fr. Dan
RUSHLOW officiating. Expressions of sympathy
and donations (London Regional Cancer Centre) would be appreciated
and may be made through London Cremation Services 672-0459.
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RUSHMORE o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2006-04-26 published
BUDGE,
Viola▼
Helen▼
Passed away at the General and Marine Hospital, Collingwood on
Sunday,▼
April▼ 23, 2006. Viola H.
BUDGE of Wasaga Beach, in her
78th year. Beloved wife of Ralph A.
BUDGE. Dear mother of Mike
(Pam) BUDGE of Toronto, Terry (Linda)
BUDGE of Kitchener, Judy
(Barry) McKINNON of London and Diane (George)
DRAGINDA of Alberta.
Lovingly remembered by her 7 grandchildren. Sister of Ron (Eleanor)
RUSHMORE and the late James
RUSHMORE and his wife
Ada.
Cremation.
Memorial Donations to the Dialysis Unit at the General and Marine
Hospital, Collingwood or the charity of your choice would be
appreciated and may be made thru the Lynn-Stone Funeral Home,
Elmvale. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to lynnstone@sympatico.ca
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RUSHTON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-09-21 published
RUSHTON,
Vera▼
May▼
(FREDIN)
Peacefully at Parkwood Hospital, on Tuesday, September 19th,
2006, Mrs. Vera May
(FREDIN)
RUSHTON of London in her 85th year.
Predeceased by her husband Harold in 1998. Loving mother of Diana
and her husband Ross
MAY of Lucknow and Ruby and her husband
Jim WITHINGTON of Tillsonburg. Proud and caring Grandma of David
GRANGER and his wife
Shari of London, Pamela
GRANGER of Windsor
and Lisa BOULIANNE and her husband Neb of London. Great-Grandma
to Richard
BLAIR and Megan
GRANGER. Survived by loving sisters,
Wilma and Grace and brother Les. Also survived by many nieces
and nephews. She will be fondly missed by many relatives and
Friends. The family will receive visitors on Thursday from 7: 00-9:00 p.m.
at the Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, where
the funeral service will be conducted on Friday, September 22nd,
2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Those
wishing to make a donation in memory of Vera are asked to consider
the London Health Sciences Foundation-Cancer Centre or the Alzheimer
Society of London and Middlesex. Email condolences may be sent
to mail@westviewfuneralchapel.com
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RUSHTON,
Vera▲
May▲
(FREDIN)
We would like to thank our relatives, Friends, neighbours and
all who visited and attended our mother's funeral for their support
during our recent loss. Our sincere thanks and appreciation for
the beautiful flowers, phone calls, letters, cards, and memorial
donations. Thank you to the pallbearers and to the ladies of
St. Luke's Anglican Church (Crumlin) for the wonderful luncheon
following the funeral service. Special thanks to Doctor Claire
TEMPLE
and Doctor Ron
KOMAR.
Sincere thanks also to Westview Funeral Chapel
for funeral arrangements. Your thoughtfulness was much appreciated.
Diana, Ruby and families.
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RUSHWORTH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-26 published
BUDGE,
Viola▲
Helen▲
Passed away at the General and Marine Hospital, Collingwood on
Sunday,▲
April▲ 23, 2006. Viola H.
BUDGE of Wasaga Beach, In her
78th year. Beloved wife of Ralph A.
BUDGE. Dear mother of Mike
(Pam) BUDGE of Toronto, Terry (Linda)
BUDGE of Kitchener, Judy
(Barry) McKINNON of London and Diane (George)
DRAGINDA of Alberta.
Lovingly remembered by 7 grandchildren. Sister of Ron (Eleanor)
RUSHWORTH and the late James
RUSHWORTH and his wife
Ada.
Cremation.
Memorial Donations to the Dialysis Unit at the General and Marine
Hospital, Collingwood or the charity of your choice would be
appreciated and may be made through the Lynn-Stone Funeral Home,
Elmvale. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to lynnstone@sympatico.ca
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RUSIN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-07 published
KONEFAL,
Wladyslaw▼ "
Walter▼"
Suddenly, on Tuesday, January 3, Wladyslaw (Walter)
KONEFAL in
his 72nd year. Beloved husband of Maria (née
RUSIN.) Dear father
of Stanley (Theresa) of Burlington, Edward of California, Maria
Katherine KONEFAL
(William
GLOVER) of Saint Thomas, Michael of
Florida and Genowefa of London. Loving grandfather of Richard,
Stephanie, Sarah, Rebecca, Emmanuel, Aristotle, Anastasia, and
Sebastian.
Brother of Stanley
KONEFAL of Durham and brother-in-law
of Stanley
RUSIN
(Stella) of London. Predeceased by his sister
Zofia KRAWIEC.
Visitors will be received on Sunday from 2: 00-4:00
p.m. and 7: 00-9:00 p.m. in the O'Neil Funeral Home, 350 William
St. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated in Our Lady of Czestochowa
Church on Monday at 10: 00 a.m. Interment St. Peter's Cemetery.
Prayers Sunday at 7: 00 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Canadian Diabetes Association.
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KONEFAL,
Wladyslaw▲ "
Walter▲"
In his 72nd year, rode from this life to the next on January
3, 2006, near Hyde Park. Loved husband of Maria (née
RUSIN.)
Dear father of Stanley and Theresa (Burlington), Edward (Sausalito,
California), Maria Katherine and William
GLOVER (Saint Thomas),
Michael (North Port, Florida), and Genevieve (London). Beloved
grandfather of Richard and Stephanie
KONEFAL,
Sarah and Rebecca
GLOVER, and Emmanuel, Aristotle, Anastasia and Sebastian
KONEFAL-
ROVITHIS.
Survived by his brother Stanley
KONEFAL, brother-in-law and sister-in-law
Stanley and Stella
RUSIN, and other dear family and Friends.
He was predeceased by his sister Sophie
KRAWIEC. Born to a farming
life in Kopcie, Poland, Walter and his family cherished their
Polish heritage. In the early 1960's, Walter brought his young
family to Toronto and then moved to London in the 1970's. In
1984, Walter and Maria returned to their roots on a 14 acre farm
outside of London where Walter focused on his family. He enjoyed
tending to his farm animals and his hobbies including mechanics
and electronics. Even before successful heart surgery in 2004,
Walter embraced a healthy lifestyle and continued with exercise
to the end. Special thanks to the good samaritan who applied
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to this determined cyclist at
the roadside. Resting at O'Neil Funeral Home, 350 William Street,
London, on Sunday, January 8, 2006, from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and
7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated in Our
Lady of Czestochowa Church, London, on Monday at 10: 00 a.m. Internment
St. Peter's Cemetery. Prayers Sunday at 7: 00 p.m. The Heart and
Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Diabetes Society deserve your
support.
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RUSIN,
Zofia
(DZIUBA)
Suddenly at her home on May 5th, 2006, Zofia
(DZIUBA)
RUSIN in
her 96th year on May 5th, 2006 in Lipnica, Poland. Mother of
Maria (RUSIN)
KONEFAL and Stan (Stella)
RUSIN of London; the
late Joseph (Ludwika)
RUSIN,
Weronika
(Jan)
RUSIN, Jan (Janina)
RUSIN of Poland. Zofia is survived by 22 grandchildren and 26 great
grandchildren.
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RUSK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-26 published
CAMERON,
James
R.
At Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital on Thursday May 25, 2006.
James R. CAMERON of Aylmer in his 94th year. Beloved husband
of the late Marian
(WHITE/WHYTE)
CAMERON (1993.) Dear father of Anne
and husband John
STEINBACHER of Ottawa and Ian
CAMERON and wife
Judith of London. Grandfather of Doctor John
STEINBACHER and wife
Maha, Jeffrey
STEINBACHER and wife
Tina,
Cynthia and husband
Greg HALL, and Doctor Christopher
CAMERON and wife
Cheryl.
Also
survived by 7 great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law in Florida
and several nieces and nephews. Born in Montreal, Quebec on April 10,
1913 the son of the late John and Sarah
(RUSK)
CAMERON.
Brother
of the late Ewan
CAMERON (1971) and the late Sarah
TRAINOR (2006)
The funeral service will be held at H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home,
Aylmer on Saturday May 27, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m. Visitation one hour
prior to the funeral. Interment Aylmer Cemetery. Rev. Norman
JONES, officiating. Donations to the Saint Thomas Elgin General
Hospital palliative care would be appreciated. On line condolences
kebbelfuneralhome.com
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RUSK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-03-15 published
Village's spirited defender dies
Long
Branch's
Marie
CURTIS, 94, fought subway wars, hurricane
Hazel
By James RUSK.
Page▼
A12
Marie CURTIS, who as reeve of the village of Long Branch from
1953 to 1962 paved its streets and fought the building of the
Bloor-Danforth subway line, has died.
Ms. CURTIS, a feisty woman whose spirited advocacy for her municipality
foreshadowed the careers of municipal leaders like Mississauga
Mayor Hazel
McCALLION, was one of the few remaining city political
figures whose career began before the creation of Metropolitan
Toronto in 1954.
A charter member of Metro council, Ms.
CURTIS died of an apparent
stroke on Sunday at age 94 in a nursing home in Markdale, said
her daughter, Joan
McGEE.
"She was absolutely a stormy petrel, as they used to call them
in those days…. She was a doughty defender of her municipality,
no doubt about it," said former Toronto mayor David
CROMBIE.
"I'm an old Swansea guy from the waterfront, and Marie
CURTIS
was one of my mom's heroes."
When Ms. CURTIS was reeve, the village on Long Branch on the
shore of Lake Ontario had a population of only 10,000. Lakeshore
Road, now Lakeshore Boulevard, was its main street, recalled
Toronto councillor Doug
HOLYDAY, whose family settled in the
village in 1919.
"You could run into quite a few people on a Saturday and Marie
knew just about everybody. Consequently, she was the reeve for
nine years there," said Mr.
HOLYDAY, the last mayor of Etobicoke
before it was amalgamated with Toronto in 1997.
Ms. CURTIS and her husband moved to Long Branch in 1935 at the
height of the Depression to escape high rents in Toronto. After
a term as deputy reeve, she became reeve while the postwar boom
was hitting a village that only a few years earlier had given
returning Second World War veterans free building lots.
Those were likely lots on unpaved side streets, and one of Ms.
CURTIS's
achievements as reeve was to get sewer lines put in and the roads
paved, her daughter said.
"They put in the sewers and they paved the streets and she got
them to plant crabapple trees. And every spring, if you drive
through Long Branch, there they still are on the edges of the
streets," Ms.
McGEE said.
Soon after Ms.
CURTIS became reeve, two storms rolled in. One
was the 1954 creation of Metropolitan Toronto, an upper-tier
supergovernment that controlled and guided the city's postwar
expansion.
The Lakeshore communities fought the creation of Metro, and although
as reeve of Long Branch Ms.
CURTIS served on the first Metro
council, the fights did not end.
When Metro decided to build an east-west subway line and impose
a small property-tax increase to help pay for it, she fought
the tax all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
She paid a price for her opposition to the subway line when she
was tossed off Metro's executive committee.
At the time she told a reporter, "I'm in this fight because I
think I'm right, and when you are right, you're not doing right
by yourself or anyone else if you back down."
The other storm to hit in 1954 was hurricane Hazel. On October 15
that year, after moving up from the United States the storm battered
Toronto, killing 81 people and leaving thousands of families
homeless. Long Branch was severely flooded. After the storm,
30 properties that had been in its path on the flood plains of
Etobicoke Creek were expropriated.
Property owners who thought they were not getting enough for
their homes turned to Ms.
CURTIS, and she helped them get more
money from the city. Instead of houses being rebuilt at the same
location, however, a 35-acre park was created at the mouth of
Etobicoke Creek.
Then it came time to name the park.
"First they were going to call it Curtis Park, that was the story,
then [former Ontario premier] Les
FROST told [former Metro chair]
Fred GARDINER that they would have to call it Marie Curtis Park,
because there was only one Marie
CURTIS. So they did that…. It
is a living memorial to her. It always will be there," said Ms.
McGEE
said, adding that she will tell this story at her mother's funeral
today.
In 1962, five years before a second round of amalgamation saw
Long
Branch merged into the city of Etobicoke, Ms.
CURTIS left
politics and moved with her husband to a retirement home near
Flesherton in the Beaver Valley.
Until 1968, she was secretary-treasurer of the Mayors and Reeves
of Ontario, the forerunner of the Association of Municipalities
of Ontario. Until a stroke four years ago, she returned to Toronto
for events and, on occasion, to appear at council meetings to
speak out for Long Branch, Mr.
HOLYDAY said.
Ms. CURTIS was predeceased by her husband, Bryce, a son and a
grand_son. She leaves her daughter, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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Web clues in club shooting mystify police
By James RUSK,
Page▲▼
A10
Toronto police said yesterday that they have pictures of a man
they suspect shot another man dead in an illegal after-hours
club on Weston Road early Saturday morning.
They just don't know who he is, Detective Sergeant Gary
GIROUX
told a news conference at police headquarters.
He said that witnesses: in the community directed police to an
Internet site on which the photographs of the suspect were posted.
The suspect, described by the police as a Hispanic in his late
20s or early 30s, is "extremely, extremely dangerous to the community.
He is a high-risk to reoffend violently," Det. Sgt.
GIROUX said.
The suspect is wanted in connection with the shooting of Gabriel
JARAMILLO, 22, just before 6 a.m. Saturday in an after-hours
club at the rear of 1806 Weston Rd., near Lawrence Avenue West.
"The deceased was involved in a physical fight within the premise
of the after-hours club, not with the shooter, with another male,
who had been in the company of the shooter throughout the evening.
The shooter intervened in the fight, and shot the deceased a
number of times at extremely close range," Det. Sgt.
GIROUX said.
Mr. JARAMILLO was pronounced dead at the scene, and an autopsy
performed yesterday morning concluded that he had died of a gunshot
wound to the head, Det. Sgt.
GIROUX said.
The shooter and his friend were last seen on Weston Road.
According to the police, the suspect who fired the shots has
a dark complexion, is 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 9, weighs 180 pounds,
and has a thin nose, thin face, slight goatee, dark curly hair
and tattoos with the word "libertad" on his arms, chest and the
back of his neck.
His friend is described as a Hispanic in his late 20s or early
30s, 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 9, 200 pounds, lighter complexion than
the shooter, wider face, big build, muscular, with a long, dark-brown
ponytail just below the collar and one earring.
Also yesterday, police said they have made an arrest in another
homicide committed in the city on the weekend.
Detective
Sergeant
Steve
RYAN of the homicide squad said that
Patrick BRADLEY, 25, has been charged with second-degree murder
after his mother, Colleen
BRADLEY, 59, was stabbed to death in
her North York apartment near Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue
West.
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RUSK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-06-16 published
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Ken -- I Remember
By Bruce RUSK,
Page▲
S11
Neighbour Bruce
RUSK also writes about Ken
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON.
Shortly after my partner, James, and I moved into our condo,
we were outside watching our 16-year-old wire-haired dachshund
sniffing around (walking any distance was too challenging for
Lionel) when an elderly man walked by with two dogs. He stopped
to inquire about Lionel and introduced himself as Ken. A week
later, I was walking through Craigleigh Gardens and saw Ken talking
to someone. Not wanting to interrupt, I walked past.
"Hey, you didn't say hello," he called out. I turned. "Sorry,
Ken, I wasn't ignoring you deliberately." After that, James and
I made a point of stopping to say hello to him and to chat briefly.
Ken was genuinely sad when Lionel died, and obviously pleased
to meet D'Arcy, the new puppy. Even if we were driving by, we
would roll down the window and say "Hi, Ken. How are you?" "Fine,"
would come the response. "Thank you for stopping and saying hello."
He was Lord Thomson of Fleet and Northbridge and the richest
man in Canada but, to others, he was Ken, a kind neighbour who
just liked to say hello.
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CASSADAY,
Kathleen▼
Passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 18th, 2006, after a
two and a half year unrelenting battle with cancer, in her 44th
year. Loving daughter of Terrence and Kathleen
CASSADAY of Burlington,
Ontario. To be missed, beyond words, by brother John and sister-in-law,
Mary;▼ sister Nancy and brother Terry and his wife, Brenda
RUSNAK.
Adored aunt and friend of Jesse, Kate and Jake, John and Jennifer,
Saffron, Emerson, Madison, Kascha and Macaulee. Kathleen was
a passionate IT professional having worked at Wang Labs, Xerox
and most recently Microsoft Canada until the time of her death.
Thanks to the many doctors, nurses and health care workers at
Saint Michael's, Princess Margaret, Toronto General (University
Health Network) and Mt. Sinai who cared for Kathleen in her battle.
Also a special thank you to Emily who cared for Kathleen so generously
in the last months of her life. The family will receive Friends
at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview
Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), on Tuesday, March 21
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A service for family will be held on Wednesday,
March 22 at 11 a.m. followed by a reception for Kathleen's family,
relatives and Friends from 12-1: 30 p.m. at the Granite Club,
2350 Bayview Avenue (north of Lawrence). In lieu of flowers please
make a donation to something you feel passionate about in honour
of Kathleen.
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CASSADAY,
Kathleen▲▼
Passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 18th, 2006, after a
two and a half year unrelenting battle with cancer, in her 44th
year. Loving daughter of Terrence and Kathleen
CASSADAY of Burlington,
Ontario. To be missed, beyond words, by brother John and sister-in-law,
Mary;▲▼ sister Nancy and brother Terry and his wife, Brenda
RUSNAK.
Adored aunt and friend of Jesse, Kate and Jake, John and Jennifer,
Saffron, Emerson, Madison, Kascha and Macaulee. Kathleen was
a passionate IT professional having worked at Wang Labs, Xerox
and most recently Microsoft Canada until the time of her death.
Thanks to the many doctors, nurses and health care workers at
Saint Michael's, Princess Margaret, Toronto General (University
Health Network) and Mt. Sinai who cared for Kathleen in her battle.
Also a special thank you to Emily who cared for Kathleen so generously
in the last months of her life. The family will receive Friends
at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview
Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), on Tuesday, March 21
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A service for family will be held on Wednesday,
March 22 at 11 a.m. followed by a reception for Kathleen's family,
relatives and Friends from 12-1: 30 p.m. at the Granite Club,
2350 Bayview Avenue (north of Lawrence). In lieu of flowers please
make a donation to something you feel passionate about in honour
of Kathleen.
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CASSADAY,
Kathleen▲
Passed away peacefully, on Saturday, March 18, 2006 after a two
and a half year unrelenting battle with cancer, in her 44th year.
Loving daughter of Terrence and Kathleen
CASSADAY of Burlington,
Ontario. To be missed, beyond words, by brother John and sister-in-law,
Mary;▲ sister Nancy and brother Terry and his wife, Brenda
RUSNAK.
Adored aunt and friend of Jesse, Kate and Jake, John and Jennifer,
Saffron, Emerson, Madison, Kascha and Macaulee. Kathleen was
a passionate IT professional having worked at Wang Labs, Xerox
and most recently Microsoft Canada until the time of her death.
Thanks to the many doctors, nurses and health care workers at
Saint Michael's, Princess Margaret, Toronto General (University
Health Network) and Mt. Sinai who cared for Kathleen in her battle.
Also a special thank you to Emily who cared for Kathleen so generously
in the last months of her life. The family will receive Friends
at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview
Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), on Tuesday, March 21
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A service for family will be held on Wednesday,
March 22 at 11 a.m. followed by a reception for Kathleen's family,
relatives and Friends from 12-1: 30 p.m. at the Granite Club,
2350 Bayview Avenue (north of Lawrence). In lieu of flowers,
please make a donotion to something you feel passionate about
in honour of Kathleen.
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RUSNELL,
Ivy
On Friday, April 21, 2006 at the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital, in
her 89th year. Ivy, beloved wife of the late Stewart. Dear mother
of Grace (Lawrence)
MEDD of Sunderland, Dorothy (Sid)
KENT of
Winfield,
Alberta,
Catherine (Don)
GOLDSTONE of Uxbridge, Marion
(John) LAMERS of Winterbourne, Carl (Maureen)
RUSNELL of Uxbridge
and Gloria
RUSNELL of Uxbridge. Fondly remembered by fourteen
grandchildren and their spouses. G.G. will be lovingly remembered
by her twenty four great-grandchildren. Resting at the Low and
Low Funeral Home, 23 Main Street South, Uxbridge (905-852-3073)
on Monday, April 24th, 2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service
to be held in the chapel on Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m.
Interment, Uxbridge Cemetery. In Ivy's memory, donations may
be made to the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital or charity of your choice.
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MELANSON,
Richard
Edgar "
Dick"
Diploma, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, 1941; B.Sc. Agricultural
Engineering, MacDonald College (McGill University) 1943
Of Moncton, New Brunswick, passed away peacefully after a long
illness, on May 31. Born to Walter A.S.
MELANSON and Leona Gordon
RAYWORTH on April 9, 1923 and raised in Moncton, Dick was widely
known throughout the farm machinery and irrigation communities
of Canada and the United States, but in particular in his native
Maritimes. After service in the Canadian Army during the war
where he held the rank of Lieutenant, he went to work with Cockshutt
Farm Machinery in Truro, Nova Scotia and then in Brantford, Ontario.
In 1957, Dick returned to his native Maritimes as the regional
representative of Farmers' Supply and Equipment Ltd. In 1963,
with the encouragement and support of his wife Jean, he established
his own company, Maritime Farm Supply Limited, distributing farm
and garden equipment and irrigation systems as well as highly
specialized machinery which would assist farmers to become more
efficient in planting and harvesting their crops. In later years,
his expertise in the design of irrigation systems placed him
in a class by himself. While he made numerous contributions to
the agricultural industry in Atlantic Canada over the course
of his career, one of his best known achievements was the creation
of the Atlantic Farm Mechanization Show, the first being held
in 1975. 2005 marked the 30th anniversary of this highly successful
trade show in which he played a continuing role until his retirement
in 1995. Nominated by the Agricultural Producers of New Brunswick,
he was inducted into the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame in
2005. Dick was a man who lived life large, with great style and
humor. There are few farm gates in the Maritimes that he did
not enter and where he was not received with affection and respect.
He valued honesty and integrity in business above all and expected
that all who worked with him do the same. He had a keen interest
in fly-fishing which he pursued in many Maritime rivers, but
never more happily than with his Friends in the Aesculapius Fishing
Club in the Miramichi. Predeceased by his wife
Jean McOuat
MELANSON
in 1998, Dick is survived by four children; Anne
CROCKER
(Myron
GOCHNAUER,)
Christie
(Dan
GOODYEAR,) John and Elizabeth (Paul
RUSNOCK.) He also leaves eleven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter
and his special friend, Francena
HUBBARD. He will be greatly
missed by the family of whom he was so proud. A memorial service
will be held on Friday, June 9, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. at St. Bernard's
Church, 43 Botsford Street, Moncton, New Brunswick. The family
requests that in lieu of flowers, those who wish make a donation
to the Canadian Diabetes Association or to Moncton head Start
(Tel: (506) 858-8252, Fax: (506) 857-3170, E-mail: headstart@ca.nb.aibn.com).
Funeral Arrangements entrusted to Fair Haven Funeral Home, 1177 Salisbury
Road, Moncton, E1E 3V9, (506) 852-3530
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RUSO o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-28 published
MARINI,
Domenica
On Thursday, January 26, 2006, at the William Osler Health Centre
- Etobicoke Site. She will be reunited with her loving husband
Nazzareno (1980). Dear mother of Walter (Elisa), Adele (Carlo
RUSO,) and Joe (Frances.) Proud grandmother of Joseph (Laura,)
Jean-Paul "J.P." (Jessie,) Rosella (Maurizio
MIRABELLI,)
Silvia
(Frank POLLINZI,)
Daniela (fiancé Lucanor
SILVA,) Mark (fiancée
Andrea), Michael (Sharon), and Tanya (Roy
MARRA), and great-grandmother
of nine great-grandchildren. Domenica is survived by her loving
brothers Saverio
CAMMARERI,
Pasquale
CAMMARERI, Angelo
CAMMARERI
and sister Giuseppina
DEGIGLIO (née
CAMMARERI.)
Friends will
be received at the Fratelli Vescio Funeral Homes Ltd. (located
at 8101 Weston Rd., Woodbridge, just south of Langstaff Rd.,
905-850-3332) on Saturday and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The
Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10: 00 a.m., on
Monday, January 30th, 2006, at St. Clare of Assisi Roman Catholic
Church (located off Rutherford Rd., just west of Weston Rd.),
followed by the entombment service in the Queen of Heaven Catholic
Cemetery (located on Hwy. 27, just south of Hwy. 7). If so desired,
donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly
appreciated by the Marini Family.
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RUSS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-16 published
MITCHELL,
Peter "
Pete"
At Saint Mary's Hospital, Kitchener on Thursday, January 12, 2006,
Peter "Pete"
MITCHELL of Woodstock at the age of 44. Dear son
of John MITCHELL
(Jennie) of England and the late Nessie
MITCHELL.
Beloved husband of his grieving wife Michelle and loving father
of Brady, Brieanna and Kiara. Dear brother of Linda
RUSS
(Kevin)
of England and Chris
TARLO
(Nick) of Collingwood, and brother-in-law
of Nick and Maxine
HOLMES of Collingwood. Son-in-law of Pat and
Terry HAMILTON-
MILLS and John and Anne
HOLMES, all of England.
Favourite uncle to four nieces and four nephews. Friends will
be received at the Smith-LeRoy Funeral Home, 69 Wellington Street
North, Woodstock on Wednesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass
at St. Rita Catholic Church, 904 Dundas Street, Woodstock on
Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 12: 00 noon. If desired, memorial
donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, St.
Mary's Hospital-Cardiac Care Unit or St. Peter and Andrew Retirement
Home would be appreciated. Smith-LeRoy, 537-3611. Personal condolences
may be sent at www.smithleroy.com
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RUSSEK o@ca.on.peterborough.north_monaghan.peterborough.the_peterborough_examiner 2006-03-22 published
SIMS,
Evelyn
Passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at Stirling
Heights Long Term Care, Cambridge, after a long illness borne
with her customary good cheer. Evelyn was in her 90th year. Beloved
wife of the late George
SIMS.
Much loved by daughter Louise
SIMS
and son-in-law Richard
RUSSEK of Cambridge, son Robert
SIMS of
Ottawa, and granddaughters Heather and Sheila
RUSSEK.
Survived
by sister Dorothy
CHILD of Renfrew. Predeceased by sister Marion
PYETTE and brother Irvine
BROWN.
Sadly missed by several nieces
and nephews. Evelyn was a retired teacher, active church volunteer,
avid reader and bridge player. She will be remembered for her
sense of humour, strong opinions, love of life and wonderful
capacity for Friendship. A Memorial Service will be conducted
in the chapel of Coutts Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 96 St. Andrew's
Street, Cambridge (519) 621-1650 on Saturday, March 25th, 2006 at
4 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family would appreciate donations
to the Stephen Lewis Foundation "Grandmothers to Grandmothers"
Campaign, 260 Spadina Ave, Ste 501, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2E4,
www.stephenlewisfoundation.org. We would like to thank the kind
staff of Stirling Heights Long Term Care for their loving care
or our mother.
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RUSSEL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-10-30 published
RUSSEL,
Jeanne▼
Viola▼ (née
FROMANGER)
Peacefully, at the Grey Bruce Health Services, in Owen Sound,
on Thursday, October 18, 2006. In her 83rd year, Jeanne Viola
RUSSELL (née
FROMANGER)
Loving▼ wife of Tom
RUSSEL. Loving mother
of Robert and his wife Sharon and Kathryn and her husband Ron
WINSTON. Sister of John
FROMANGER and his wife Doris. Fondly
remembered by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her brother
Armand. A private family service was held at Greenwood Cemetery.
Rev. Claire
MILLER,
Officiating.▼ As an expression of sympathy,
memorial donations to either Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart
and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.
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RUSSEL,
Jeanne▲▼
The▼ family of the late Jeanne
RUSSELL extend their most heartfelt
thanks to doctors and nurses at the Grey Bruce Health Service
Owen Sound Hospital for the kind and compassionate care they
provided for our wife, sister and mother during the final days
of her illness. We would also like to thank Friends and neighbours
who sent condolences, and provided welcome cakes and other foods
that helped immeasurably through the difficult time. To those
who planted a yellow tulip bulb in memory of Jeanne, thank you.
Your loving care and consideration will not be forgotten.
- Husband Thomas M.
RUSSEL, brother John
FROMANGER
(Doris▼) and
children Robert (Sharon) of North Bay, and Kathryn (Ron) of British
Columbia.
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RUSSEL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-23 published
SCOTT,
William
Andrew
(Born May 23rd, 1922 Peterborough, Ontario - Died October 22nd
2006 Toronto, Ontario)
Peacefully, at North York General Hospital in his 85th year.
Only son of Doctor George Raymore
SCOTT and Jean
SCOTT (née
VINING.)
Father of Mandy (deceased), Leslie, Barbie, Hollis, and Steven.
Brother of Barbara
DIPLOCK (deceased,) and Catherine
ALLEN of
Peterborough. Andrew will be remembered by his dearest friend
and companion Elizabeth
RUSSEL.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial
service will be held at The Anglican Church of St. Clement, (59 Briar
Hill Avenue, at Duplex), on Thursday, October 26th, 2006 at 11 o'clock.
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VENNERI,
Maria
After a long and courageous battle, Maria passed away peacefully
on February 28th, 2006, at the William Osler Health Centre at
the age of 77. Dearly beloved wife of Sebastiano for 54 years.
Loving mother of son Louie and his wife Vivian, son Robert and
his wife Catarina. Maria's loving memory will also be cherished
by her grandchildren, Vanessa, Tonia, Martin, Brenden and Melissa.
We will all miss the twinkle in her eye, her wit and her ever
present sense of humour. She will also be sadly missed by relatives
and Friends in her birthplace of Taviano, Lecce, in Italy. The
Venneri family wishes to give special thanks to Dr. William
RUSSEL
and the support care workers of the Elizabeth Fry Society for
their care and efforts. Family and Friends will be received at
the Bernardo Funeral Home, 855 Albion Road (Etobicoke), 416-747-7231
on Thursday and Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. A Funeral Service
will be held on Saturday, March 4 at 10: 30 a.m. at St. Andrew's
Catholic Church, 2547 Kipling Avenue Etobicoke. Interment Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, 7300 Hwy. 27 (at Hwy. 407) Woodbridge.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.brant.brantford.the_expositor 2006-03-21 published
RUSSELL,
Eva (née
RUSH)
Peacefully at her daughters home, Eva lost her battle with Pancreatic
Cancer in her 75th year. Devoted wife of the late Robert "Bud"
(1995.) Beloved mother of Elizabeth and her husband Rory
DOY,
Karen RUSSELL and Robert
RUSSELL and his wife
Denise.
She is
survived by her daughter-in-law Terri
RUSSELL and her husband,
the late Kevin (2005). Eva was a retired employee of Loblaws
/ Zehrs Markets on King George Road for 33 years. Friends will
be received at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home and Cremation Centre
30 Nelson Street on Thursday from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. and 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Cremation to follow. Donations may be made in Eva's memory to
the Stedman Hospice Foundation. "Gone but not Forgotten"
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2006-01-11 published
RUSSELL,
Ken
In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather, Ken,
who passed away January 12, 2001.
Times unfolds another year
Memories keep you ever near
Silent thoughts of time together
Hold memories that will last forever.
-Remembered with love, Beth, Ken and Delene, Joanne and Jim,
Ron and Yvonne, Marianne and Wayne and their families.
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RUSSELL
In loving memory of my parents, Mom, who passed away on January
21, 1992 and Dad, who passed away January 19, 2003.
You will always be in our hearts.
-Remembered with love, Rodger, Shirley, Craig and family and
Ryan.
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RUSSELL,
Laurie and Mary
In loving memory of Dad and Mom and Grandparents Laurie, January
21, 2003, his 86th year; Mary January 20, 2004, her 89th year.
Don't think of them as gone away
Their journey's just begun,
Life holds so many facets
This earth is only one.
Just think of them as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days or years.
Think how they must be wishing
That we could know today
How nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of them as living
In the hearts of those they touched,
For nothing loved is ever lost
And they were loved so much.
-Forever Loved, Deeply Missed, Marilyn, Wayne, Mark, Kelly, Kim,
Scott and Families.
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BEST,
Elma▼
Bessie▼
(RUSSELL)
After a brief illness at the Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen
Sound▼ on Monday, March 13, 2006. Bessie
RUSSELL of Flesherton
in her 85th year was the beloved wife of the late Wilfred
BEST.
Loving▼ mother of Lynda (Tom)
WOODS of Markdale and Russell (Wendy)
BEST of Priceville. She will be loved and remembered by her grandchildren
Trevor; Joy Anna Charles and Jamie. Dear sister of Lula (Ken)
TEETER of Durham, the late Laurie
RUSSELL and infant siblings
Evelyn and Delbert. She will be loved and remembered by her nieces,
nephews and great nieces and nephews. The family will receive
Friends at the Fawcett Funeral Home, Flesherton. For funeral
service information please call 924-2810. Spring interment Flesherton
Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the charity of your choice
would be gratefully appreciated.
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BEST,
Bessie▲▼
Elma▲▼ (née
RUSSELL)
Bessie Elma Best passed away at the G.B.H.S. Owen Sound on March 13,
2006 after a brief illness. She was born July 18, 1921 on the
family farm at Rock Mills. Her parents were the late Elizabeth
and Walter
RUSSELL. In 1942 she married Wilfred
BEST (who predeceased
her in 1992) and they lived in Toronto a short while before returning
to live in Flesherton, where they raised their two children,
Lynda (Tom)
WOODS of Markdale and Russell (Wendy)
BEST of Priceville.
She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren, Trevor
WOODS,
JoyAnna, CHARLES and Jamie
BEST.
She is survived by her sister
Lula (Ken)
TEETER of Durham. She was predeceased by her brother
Laurie (Mary)
RUSSELL and infant siblings Evelyn and Delbert.
Bessie was a long-time resident of Flesherton (62 years). She
was a homemaker and enjoyed her family, vegetable garden and
flower gardens. She was a member of Saint_John's U.C. Flesherton,
the L.O.B.A., the Flesherton Seniors Club and the Day Away Program
at Markdale. She will be forever missed by her family and Friends.
The funeral service was held Thursday, March 16, from the Fawcett
Funeral
Home,
Flesherton with Rev. Mark
WAUGH of Annesley U.C.
Markdale officiating. Spring interment will be in Flesherton
Cemetery.
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BEST,
Elma▲
Bessie▲
(RUSSELL)
After a brief illness at the Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen
Sound▲▼ on Monday, March 13th, 2006. Bessie
RUSSELL of Flesherton
in her 85th year was the beloved wife of the late Wilfred
BEST.
Loving▲ mother of Lynda (Tom)
WOODS of Markdale and Russell (Wendy)
BEST of Priceville. She will be loved and remembered by her grandchildren
Trevor, JoyAnna, Charles and Jamie. Dear sister of Lula (Ken)
TEETER of Durham, the late Laurie
RUSSELL and infant siblings
Evelyn and Delbert. She will be loved and remembered by her nieces,
nephews and great nieces and nephews. The family will receive
Friends at the Fawcett Funeral Home, Flesherton on Thursday,
March 16th, from 9: 30 a.m until the time of service in the chapel
at 11: 00 a.m. Spring Interment Flesherton Cemetery. Memorial
contributions to the Saint_John's United Church would be gratefully
appreciated.
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RUSSEL,
Jeanne▲▼
Viola▲ (née
FROMANGER)
Peacefully, at the Grey Bruce Health Services, in Owen Sound,
on Thursday, October 18, 2006. In her 83rd year, Jeanne Viola
RUSSELL (née
FROMANGER)
Loving▲▼ wife of Tom
RUSSEL. Loving mother
of Robert and his wife Sharon and Kathryn and her husband Ron
WINSTON. Sister of John
FROMANGER and his wife Doris. Fondly
remembered by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her brother
Armand. A private family service was held at Greenwood Cemetery.
Rev. Claire
MILLER,
Officiating.▲ As an expression of sympathy,
memorial donations to either Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart
and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.
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RUSSEL,
Jeanne▲
The▲ family of the late Jeanne
RUSSELL extend their most heartfelt
thanks to doctors and nurses at the Grey Bruce Health Service
Owen Sound Hospital for the kind and compassionate care they
provided for our wife, sister and mother during the final days
of her illness. We would also like to thank Friends and neighbours
who sent condolences, and provided welcome cakes and other foods
that helped immeasurably through the difficult time. To those
who planted a yellow tulip bulb in memory of Jeanne, thank you.
Your loving care and consideration will not be forgotten.
- Husband Thomas M.
RUSSEL, brother John
FROMANGER
(Doris▲) and
children Robert (Sharon) of North Bay, and Kathryn (Ron) of British
Columbia.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-16 published
IRELAND,
Raymond
Emmet "
Ray"
Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at London Health
Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, Saturday, January 14, 2006,
Raymond
Emmet "
Ray"
IRELAND, of London, age 78. Beloved husband
of Jean Ileen
(RUSH)
IRELAND.
Loved father of Trudy and Clare
CHITTICK of R.R.#3, Ilderton, Don and Ruth
IRELAND of Brampton,
Paul and Nancy
IRELAND of Newmarket. Lovingly remembered by his
many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dear brother-in-law
of Katherine of London, Louise of California, Joan and Tom
RUSSELL
of Burlington, Gordon and Jean
RUSH of London. Also remembered
by nieces, nephews and their families. Predeceased by brothers
Bruce, Carman and Glen
IRELAND, parents Sim and Lottie
(EAGLESON)
IRELAND.
Visitation will take place at Community Bible Church,
Hwy. 7, (Elginfield Rd. and Adelaide St.), R.R.#3, Lucan, Monday
evening 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The funeral and
committal service will be held Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 1: 30
p.m. Pastor Douglas
LOVEDAY officiating. Interment Grand Bend
Cemetery. If desired memorial donations to the Gideons, Sanctuary
Ministries or Community Bible Church #7 would be appreciated.
"John 5: 24" T. Harry Hoffman and Sons Funeral Home, Dashwood, entrusted
with arrangements. Condolences at www.hoffmanfuneralhome.com
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KRAEMER,
Norman
Philip
Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
on Sunday, January 15, 2006, Norman Philip
KRAEMER in his 81st
year. Loving husband of Catharine (Kae) (née
VANLOON)
KRAEMER.
Dear brother of Edward
KRAEMER, the late Catherine
CROSSAN and
the late Dorothy
FEENEY. Dear uncle of Maureen (Ron)
RUSSELL,
Dorothy FEENEY, Mike (Maureen)
FEENEY, Cathy (Jim)
ROBERTS, Patty
(Don) LOBB, Dan
FEENEY, Ted (Chris)
FEENEY and Gail (Fred)
FULLER
and their families. Visitors will be received at John T. Donohue
Funeral Home, 362 Waterloo Street at King Street, on Tuesday
from 2-4 and 7-9 o'clock. Funeral Mass at St. Pius X Church,
777 Valetta Street on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment
in St. Peter's Cemetery. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-11 published
KNIGHT,
Dorothy▼
Melrose,▼ R.N., R.R.C.
Peacefully on February 4th at Creek Way Village in Burlington
in her 93rd year; predeceased by sisters Frances
STEELS of London,
Ontario and Mary
SANDLE of Komoka, Ontario. Dorothy, aunt Dot,
was the family matriarch of nieces, Laverna
SANDLE,
Leila▼
RUSSELL,
and Noni STEELS and nephews, Earl
SANDLE,
Judd▼
STEELS and Lee
STEELS who will miss her dearly and to whom she was an inspiration.
A graduate of nursing from Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario
and Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Dorothy joined the medical
corps shortly after the war broke out, served at Westminster
Hospital in London and then overseas in an operating tent close
to the front lines. Upon her return from the war Dorothy graduated
from the University of Western Ontario in public health in 1947.
Dorothy joined the Victorian Order of Nurses and served in Ottawa
and Brantford before becoming head of the Oakville Victorian
Order of Nurses where she served from 1954 to 1966. Dorothy organized
and oversaw the Home Care programme in Hamilton-Wentworth until
her retirement in 1974. Many good Friends fondly remember Dot's
"gingerbread house" on the Bronte Road, Oakville, where she spent
many happy years feeding the birds and looking after her cats.
A private memorial gathering is to be announced. Memorial donations
may be made to the Halton Victorian Order of Nurses 2370 Speers
Road, Oakville Ontario, L6L 5M2
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-04 published
RUSSELL,
Sarah
Christena "
Tena" (née
MacLEOD)
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-28 published
RUSSELL,
Steve
Steve: I still have many memories of you and
I. The big old house
on York Street, the "Sugar Shack", the trailer, the white vans,
family and Friends, eating and drinking! With love, Kim.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-05 published
BAECHLER,
Margaret (formerly
KELLY, née
RUSSELL)
On Tuesday April 4, 2006, Margaret
BAECHLER of Goderich in her
93rd year. She was born in Morris Township, Huron County, on
November 14, 1913, the daughter of Alex
RUSSELL and Florence
STOREY.
She graduated in Nursing at Saint_Joseph's Hospital, London,
and from Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal in Obstetrics. After
graduation she had a long and rewarding career at Saint_Joseph's
Hospital in London where she was head Nurse in the Delivery Room
for many years. She distinguished herself in her field and was
recognized for her excellence when she retired from her position
at Saint_Joseph's Hospital in 1964. The Margaret Russell Trust
Fund was established by a group of doctors at Saint_Joseph's Hospital
to provide a prize for the student obtaining the highest grade
in Obstetrics in their graduation year. She married Doctor John
KELLY on June 24, 1964. They resided in Brussels until his untimely
death in November of 1965. On June 24, 1989 Margaret married
John Edward "Ted"
BAECHLER of Goderich. Mr.
BAECHLER predeceased
Margaret in January of 2003. Margaret was also predeceased by
her brother Lewis
RUSSELL and sisters Catherine "Kate"
WILSON
and Clara HAIG.
She is survived by one sister Hannah
WEISS of
Florida and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews. The
family will receive Friends at the McCallum and Palla Funeral Home,
Cambria Rd. at East St. Goderich on Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
mass will be celebrated at Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church,
Goderich, on Friday morning at 11: 00. Interment Brussels Cemetery.
Donations to the charity of your choice gratefully acknowledged.
Parish Prayers will be held at the Funeral Home on Thursday evening
at 8: 30
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-10 published
LOGAN,
Howard
Lee
A resident of Moraviantown, passed away at the L.H.S.C. Westminster
Campus, London on Saturday April 8, 2006 at the age of 49. Born
in Chatham son of the Late Norman L. and Rose
(ORNICK)
LOGAN.
Beloved husband of Emma
(SANDS)
LOGAN.
Loving father of Christie,
Amanda,
Megan,
Kalli, Howard, and Norman
LOGAN all of Moraviantown.
Loving grandfather of Talon, Mikaya, Zachary, and Phoenix. Dear
brother of Sandra
MENESS, and Louis and Doreen
LOGAN all of Moraviantown.
Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his
grandaughter Emmalee. The Logan family will receive Friends at
the Badder and Robinson Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 211 Elm
Street, Bothwell on Monday evening from 7-9 p.m. The funeral service
will be held in the chapel on Tuesday April 11, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m.
with Rev. Pierce
RUSSELL officiating. Interment Moraviantown
Cemetery. If desired donations to the charity of ones choice
would be appreciated by the family. "A Tree will be planted in
Memory of Howard Logan in the Badder and Robinson Memorial Forest,
Mosa Twp."
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FRASER,
William▼ "
Bill▼"
Irwin▼
Of Grand Bend, Ontario, born December 30, 1936 in Sarnia, passed
away April 21, 2006, beloved husband of Venetia M. (Vickie) daughter
of Ilys and Clyde
RICHARDSON of "Alhambra," Southampton, Bermuda
loving father of Sean Irwin
FRASER, Huntsville, Ontario; J. Hal
FRASER and wife Lizabeth, London, Ontario; Patrick G.
FRASER
and wife Charlene,▼
Brights▼
Grove,▼ Ontario; Alicia C.
RUSSELL
and Patrick Wm.
RUSSELL,
Southampton,▲▼
Bermuda▼ and loving Grampa
to his cherished grandchildren Vanessa, Michael, Eric, Holly,
Sean, Brianna and Rio. Predeceased by his parents Marjorie F.
(LECKIE) and Irwin S.
FRASER and sister Molly Anne. Bill retired
in 1997 as the Sr. Vice-President of Information System with
the Bank of Butterfield, Hamilton, Bermuda and had previously
been employed with the University of Western Ontario, Polysar
Corp. Ltd. Stare University, an A.S.P. designated from the Association
of System Professional and was a member of D.P.M.A. (Bda). He
was an avid curler in his younger days and skipped a Sarnia Golf and
C.C. junior Team to Ontario championship in 1854, 5 and 6; he also
won the Ontario Individual Points competition in 1957, the Sarnia
Imperial Bonspiel twice and the Sarnia Bluewater Bonspiel on
five occasions. During the 1970's he held the offices of President
of the Middlesex Liberal Riding Assoc. (Prov) and President of
the Middlesex/Lambton Liberal Riding Assoc. (Fed). At Bill's
request cremation has taken place and no formal services are
scheduled at this time. A private family social will be held
in the next few months. Please omit flowers. Donations in Bill's
memory to the charity of your choice appreciated by the family.
Arrangement's by Ronn E. Dodger Funeral Home and Cremation Centre,
9 James Street South at Watt Forest, 519-786-2401 A memorial
tree will be planted in memory of "Bill" by the Dodge Family.
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FRASER,
William▲ "
Bill▲"
Irwin▲
Of Grand Bend, Ontario, born December 30, 1936 in Sarnia, passed
away April 21, 2006, beloved husband of Venetia M. (Vickie) daughter
of Ilys and Clyde
RICHARDSON of "Alhambra," Southampton, Bermuda
loving father of Sean Irwin
FRASER, Huntsville, Ontario; J. Hal
FRASER and wife Lizabeth, London, Ontario; Patrick G.
FRASER
and wife Charlene,▲
Brights▲
Grove,▲ Ontario; Alicia C.
RUSSELL
and Patrick Wm.
RUSSELL,
Southampton,▲
Bermuda▲ and loving Grampa
to his cherished grandchildren Vanessa, Michael, Eric, Holly,
Sean, Brianna and Rio. Predeceased by his parents Marjorie F.
(LECKIE) and Irwin S.
FRASER and sister Molly Anne. Bill retired
in 1997 as the Sr. Vice-President of Information Systems with
the Bank of Butterfield, Hamilton, Bermuda and had previously
been employed with the University of Western Ontario, Polysar
Corp. Ltd. and
BTC
Canada
Ltd., he held a B.Sc. in Business Administration
from Wayne State University, an A.S.P. Designation from the Association
of Systems Professionals and was a member of D.P.M.A. (Bda).
He was an avid curler in his younger days and skipped a Sarnia
Golf and C.C. Junior Team to Ontario championships in 1954, 5 and
6; he also won the Ontario Individual Points competition in 1957,
the Sarnia Imperial Bonspiel twice and the Sarnia Bluewater Bonspiel
on five occasions. During the 1970's he held the offices of President
of the Middlesex Liberal Riding Assoc. (Prov) and President of
the Middlesex/Lambton Liberal Riding Assoc. (Fed). At Bill's
request cremation has taken place and no formal services are
scheduled at this time. A private family social will be held
in the next few months. Please omit flowers. Donations in Bill's
memory to the charity of your choice appreciated by the family.
Arrangement's by Ronn E. Dodge Funeral Home and Cremation Centre,
9 James Street South at Watt, Forest, 519-786-2401 A memorial
tree will be planted in memory of "Bill" by the Dodge Family.
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PATERSON,
June
I.
(MARTIN)
(R.N. Victoria Hospital Grad. 1948)
Peacefully at the Kingsway Lodge, Saint Marys surrounded by her
family on May 2, 2006. June I.
(MARTIN)
PATERSON age 79 yrs loving
wife of Denzil
PATERSON. Dear mother of Jim and Marilyn
PATERSON
of Elora, Heather and Ken
HARRISON of Georgetown, Dawn
DAVIES
of Cochrane, Alberta and Kim and Sam
CORRIVEAU of Saint Marys.
Proud grandmother of Jared
PATERSON and wife
Dana
DOLINSEK of
Guelph, Renée
PATERSON and husband Brad
POULTON of Simcoe, Ryan
HARRISON of Squamish, British Columbia, MacKenzie
DAVIES and
Carla DAVIES of Cochrane, Alberta, Danielle
CORRIVEAU of London
and Michael
CORRIVEAU of Saint Marys. Dear sister of Douglas and
Leora MARTIN of Calendar and Betty and Maurice
RUSSELL of London.
Dear sister-in-law of Joan
MARTIN of Powassan and sadly missed
by special Friends Anna
HEWITT and Brick
BRADFORD.
Predeceased
by her parents Clarence
MARTIN and the former Gladys
MOSSEY,
a daughter Margaret
PATERSON and a brother Jack
MARTIN. At
June's
request cremation has taken place. A memorial visitation will
be held at the L.A. Ball Funeral Chapel, 7 Water St. N., Saint Marys
on Wednesday 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A service to celebrate her life
will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2006 at Browns United Church
(Zorra
Twp.) at 11 a.m. with Pastor Irene
RICHARDSON officiating.
In her memory donations to the Saint Marys Memorial Hospital Foundation,
Kingsway Lodge Life Care or Alzheimer Society would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy.
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GOBLE,
Grant
Of Aylmer, formerly of Avon in his 88th year died peacefully
at Chateau Gardens on Wednesday, May 10, 2006. Beloved husband
of Donna (SMITH)
GOBLE and the late Beatrice
(GODBY)
GOBLE (1997.)
Dear father of Linda
ATKINSON and husband Carlyle of Markham,
Dave GOBLE and wife
Rosemary of Aylmer, Don "Glen"
GOBLE and
wife Marilyn of Ottawa, Ken "Ted"
GOBLE and wife Lynda of Woodslee
and Elaine
ROZON and husband Denis of Orleans and step-father
Donald RUSSELL and wife
Micheline▼ of London, Ann
JAKUBIV of Winnipeg
and Kenneth
RUSSELL of Aylmer. Also survived by a number of grandchildren
and great grandchildren. Predeceased by a brother Carman
GOBLE
(1994). Born in Avon on July 6, 1918,
son of the late Harvey
and Rosetta
(CLEMENT)
GOBLE. He was a retired farmer and a member
of Avon-Crampton United Church. Friends may call at the H.A. Kebbel
Funeral Home, Aylmer on Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral
service will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. Interment,
Aylmer Cemetery. Donations to the Lung Association would be appreciated.
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TURBUCZ,
Joseph
Louis
A resident of Wallaceburg, passed away peacefully on Thursday,
May 11, 2006 in his 70th year. Joe is the
son of the late Joseph
and Elizabeth Mary
(MADARAS)
TURBUCZ. He was raised in Sombra
Township, but spent most of his life in Wallaceburg. He loved
hunting and fishing and creating wrought iron sculptures. He
is a lifetime member at the
CBD
Club.
Beloved father of Kathy
and her husband Claude
POIRIER of Dresden. Loving grandfather
of Ashley, Adam, Shantelle and Cheyenne. Dear brother of Elizabeth
KITZLER and Max of Elyria, Ohio, Irene
RUSSELL and Bob of Chatham
and Veronica
HALL and Jim of Corunna. Step-brother of Bill and
Debbie TREBICS and Jeno
TREBICS all of Wallaceburg. He will be
missed by his many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the
Haycock-Cavanagh Funeral Home, 409 Nelson Street, in Wallaceburg
from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Sunday. The funeral service will be conducted
by Rev. David
HEATH in the chapel of the funeral home on Monday,
May 15 at 1 p.m. Joseph's cremated remains will be interred in
Riverview Cemetery at a later date. If desired, remembrances
to the Canadian Cancer Society may be left at the funeral home
519-627-3231. Online condolences may be sent to joe.turbucz@cavanaghfuneralhome.ca
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MAYNARD,
Harriet▼
Ethel▼ "
Hattie▼" (née
RUSSELL)
Of Chatham and formerly R.R.#2 Florence and Ridgetown, passed
away at Fairfield Park Nursing Home, Wallaceburg on Thursday,
June 1, 2006 at the age of 93. Her husband of 45 years James
Kingsley MAYNARD, predeceased in 1986. Loving mother of two daughters
Carolyn and her husband Bruce
FRUMVELLER of Sunnyvale, California,
and Goldwynne (Goldie) and her husband Mervyn
HOWES of Chatham.
Dear grandmother to Jennifer
SCOBIE of Windsor, and Jeffrey
HOWES
and fiancee Lindsay
KASUK of London. Hattie was born in Raleigh
Township and was the last surviving child of the late Margaret
ILLMAN and Goldwin
RUSSELL.
Five brothers James, Ray, Nelson
(Bill,) Ivan and Ernest
RUSSELL, and 3 sisters Edith
LUGTIGHEID,
Mary FOSTER, and Clara
PEPPER, have predeceased. The
MAYNARD
family will receive Friends at the John C. Badder Funeral Home,
72 Victoria Street, Thamesville on Sunday from 2: 30-4:30 p.m. and
7: 00-9:00 p.m. The funeral service will be held in the chapel
of the funeral home on Monday June 5th, 2006 with great-nephew
Priest David
MAYNARD of Community of Christ, Wabash officiating.
Interment Mayhew-Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Thamesville. Donations
may be made at the funeral home by cheque to the Canadian Cancer
Society or C.K.H.A. Physician Recruitment Fund. On-line condolences
and donations may be left at our website www.badderfuneralhome.com.
"A Tree will be planted in Memory of Harriet
MAYNARD in the Badder and
Robinson Memorial Forest, Mosa Twp."
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MAYNARD,
Harriet▲
Ethel▲ "
Hattie▲"
(RUSSELL)
Of Chatham and formerly R.R.#2 Florence and Ridgetown, passed
away at Fairfield Park Nursing Home, Wallaceburg on Thursday,
June 1, 2006 at the age of 93. Funeral Service for Hattie
MAYNARD
will be held at the John C. Badder Funeral Home, Thamesville
on Monday, June 5, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m. Interment Mayhew- Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Thamesville. Donations to the Cancer Society or C.K.H.A.
Physician Recruitment Fund would be appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-16 published
JACOBS,
Calvin
Norman
A resident of Moraviantown, passed away suddenly at his home
on June 14, 2006 at the age of 58. Beloved Husband of the late
Veron (YUHAS)
JACOBS (2002) Loving brother of Lois and Kenneth
CLAUS,
Rosemary
WILLIAMS (the late Charles,) and
H. Maynard
JACOBS
(the late Georgia). Sadly missed by nieces and nephews, Suzanne,
Sondra, Judith, M. Keith, Ruth, Rachel, Noreen, Jeanine, Clinton,
Carson, Cameron, Jennifer, Alisha, Sarah, Tie, Oscar, Deidra,
Augustina, Laura, Lauren, Isiah, Georgia, Bethany, Makeleigh,
and Iakohentiio. The
JACOBS family received Friends at the Badder and
Robinson Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 211 Elm Street, Bothwell,
on Thursday evening from 7: 00-9:00 p.m. The funeral service will
be held in the chapel on Friday June 16th 2006 at 11: 00 a.m.,
with Rev. Pierce
RUSSELL officiating. Interment Moraviantown
Cemetery. Donations may be made at the funeral home by cheque
to the Diabetes Association. Online condolences and donations
may be left at our website www.badderfuneralhome.com. "A tree
will be planted in memory of Calvin
JACOBS in the Badder and Robinson
Memorial Forest in Mosa Twp."
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RUSSELL,
Darlene
Ellen▼ (née
PIKE)
Peacefully at her home on Jericho Road on Saturday, June 17,
2006, Darlene Ellen
(PIKE)
RUSSELL in her 53rd year. Beloved
wife of John Wayne and loving mother of Katherine and Martha.
Predeceased by one daughter Nicole (1989). Cherished daughter
of June (Riley) and Wilfred
PIKE.
Beloved sister of Christina
and Ronald
BROWNLEE, Steven and Mary
PIKE, Stephanie
GIBERSON-
KIRBY
and David KIRBY, and Brian and Lisa
PIKE. Dear granddaughter
of Agnes RILEY and daughter-in-law of Eleanor and Mac (1984.)
Sister-in-law of Wendy and Walter
JOHNSON, also survived by many
nieces and nephews and great-nieces. Resting at the Gilpin Chapel,
Thedford for visitation Monday 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral Service on
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at Knox Presbyterian Church, Thedford
at 1: 30 p.m. Rev. Catharine
ASCAH officiating. Interment Pinehill
Cemetery. Memorial donations to Saint Paul's Anglican Church greatly
acknowledged.
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RUSSELL,
Reid
Peacefully at the London Health Sciences Centre (Victoria Hospital)
on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, Reid
RUSSELL, of London, in his
55th year. Dearly loved father of Devon
RUSSELL of London and
loved grandfather of Devon
RUSSELL Jr. "Little Devon". Loved
son of Eileen
RUSSELL and the late John
RUSSELL of Barrie, Ontario.
Dear brother of Walter (Brenda)
RUSSELL of Barrie; Roger (Leah)
RUSSELL of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; Megan (Gene)
KENNEDY
of Mission, British Columbia. Fondly remembered by dear Friends,
Joe and Ginger
METRON and family of Lambeth, and Barry and Lynda
CARLSON and family, and Maryanne
HAASEN and family, all of London.
Friends may call at the McFarlane and Roberts Funeral Home, 2240 Wharncliffe
Road South, Lambeth (519-652-2020) on Thursday from 7-9 p.m.
and Friday from 10-11 a.m. where the funeral service will be
held on Friday, June 30, 2006 at 11 a.m. Cremation. Pastor Greg
WYTON officiating. Remembrances may be made to the London Regional
Cancer Centre or New Hope Community Church, Lambeth.
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THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Lillian
(FUNSTON)
Beloved wife of the late Doctor Wheaton
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON, of London and
formerly of Walkerton and Ripley, passed away at Chateau Gardens,
London on July 19, 2006 in her 92nd year. Dear mother of Don
(Ann) THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON of Exeter, Bob
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON of Ripley, Dale (Shirley)
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON of Lions Head, June Marie (Rick)
SMITH of London and
Leone (Lloyd)
RUSSELL of Newmarket. Also survived by 10 grandchildren,
6 great-grandchildren, brother Morley
FUNSTON of Mississauga
and sisters-in-law Edith
BINNS of Owen Sound and Margaret
COURTNEY
of Grand Bend. Predeceased by brothers Mervin and Carl
FUNSTON
and sisters Margie
BELL and Mildred
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON.
Visitation at MacKenzie and
McCreath Funeral Home (519-395-2969), Ripley, Saturday evening
7-9 p.m. Funeral Service from the chapel Sunday July 23, 2006
at 1: 30 p.m. Interment Ripley Cemetery. Donations to the Pine
River or St. Andrew's United Church or Charity of Choice appreciated
as expressions of sympathy.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-10 published
RUSSELL,
Velda
(ROBERTS)
Peacefully at Trillum Villa Nursing Home on Thursday, November 9,
2006, Velda
(ROBERTS)
RUSSELL, age 88, of Sarnia, loving wife
of the late James Herbert Robertson
RUSSELL.
Loving▲▼ mother of
Heather MARTIN of Sarnia, Pamela
MORRISSEY and her husband William
of Burlington and Diane
WILLEMSEN and her husband Louie of Sarnia,
grandmother of Melissa Anne
CROWE and her husband Glenn and Corey
Russell WILLEMSEN all of Sarnia and great-grandmother of Dalton
and Devon CROWE.
She was predeceased by her son-in-law Kenneth
MARTIN (1992.) A celebration of Velda's life will be held from
the Chapel of the D.J. Robb Funeral Home, 102 N. Victoria Street,
Sarnia on Saturday, November 11th at 12: 30 p.m. A private family
interment will be held at Lakeview Cemetery. Friends may visit
with the family at the funeral home on Saturday from 11: 00 a.m.
until the time of service. Sympathy may be expressed through
memorial donations to the charity of choice. Messages of condolence
can be sent to djrobbfh@ebtech.net
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-16 published
RUSSELL-
GARTLEY,
Shirley
A memorial Service is being held for Shirley
RUSSELL-
GARTLEY
who passed away on October 21st, 2006 in Edmonton Alberta. The
service will be held on Monday, November 20th, at 2 p.m. in West
London Alliance Church, 750 Wonderland Rd. North, London. Interment
will be held on Tuesday, November 21st at Lakeview Cemtery, Sarnia,
1016 Colborne Rd. Sarnia.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-04 published
RILEY,
Agnes
Johnston (née
DUNCAN)
At PeopleCare Tavistock, on Saturday, December 2, 2006, Agnes
Johnston RILEY (née
DUNCAN) passed away peacefully in the loving
presence of her family, in her 106th year. Beloved mother of
June PIKE
(Wilfred) of Thedford, Mary
OLDER (Len) of Thamesford
and Florence
THOMLISON
(Spence) of Cambridge. Much loved grandmother
of sixteen grandchildren, thirty-three great-grandchildren and
six great great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her husband Hugh,
sister Jean
BLANCHER, daughter Jean Elizabeth
CONLON, son Donald
Hugh RILEY, grand_son Ralph
CONLON, granddaughter Darlene
RUSSELL,
daughter-in-law Gwen
RILEY, son-in-law George
CONLON, and beloved
companion Len
ROWDEN.
Agnes was born on November 19, 1901 in
Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. She made Woodstock her home
from 1939 to 2003 and was a member of the Moose Lodge and Rose
Rebekah Lodge, Woodstock for many years. Special thanks to the
staff of PeopleCare Tavistock for their care and Friendship to
Agnes in her final years. Friends will be received at the Smith-LeRoy
Funeral Home, 69 Wellington Street North, Woodstock on Monday,
7-9 p.m. A Rebekah Lodge service will be held at the funeral
home on Monday evening at 6: 30 p.m. under the auspices of Floreat
Rebekah Lodge No. 283. Funeral service in the chapel on Tuesday,
December 5, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. preceded by a Moose Lodge service
at 12: 45 p.m. Interment at Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery. As
expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to the Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Ontario or a charity of your choice would
be appreciated. Smith-LeRoy, (519) 537-3611. Personal condolences
may be sent at www.smithleroy.com
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-23 published
PARKER,
Clifford
The family of the late Clifford
PARKER would like to extend our
thanks to all our Friends and family for the support shown to
us during this most difficult time. Thank you to everyone who
visited the funeral home, sent flowers, donations, food, phone
calls and cards. Thank you to Doctors
TOTH and
VENKATESAN,
Sharon
RUSSELL and Victorian Order of Nurses nurses. Thank you to Bob
and the staff at H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home for your compassion
and professionalism. Thank you to Rev. Norman
JONES for the beautiful
service and your words of encouragement to go on. Thank you to
the ladies of the Richmond United Church for the lovely luncheon
and for accommodating so many of us. Thank you to the pallbearers
- his sons and grand_son and the flower bearers -- his granddaughters.
A special thank you to Dianne for her loving care and support.
Marion PARKER and family.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-27 published
CRANDELL,
Florence "
Flo" (née
WHEELER)
Of Caressant Care Nursing Home, Saint Thomas passed away on Monday,
December 25, 2006 at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, in
her 90th year. Beloved wife of the late Trueman
CRANDELL (1985)
and loving mother of Shirley
CHAPMAN and her husband Bill of
London and the late Robert "Bob"
CRANDELL
(August 30, 2002.)
Also survived by a daughter-in-law Patricia of Orillia. Loved
grandmother of Brian
CHAPMAN of London, Debbie
RUSSELL of London,
Roger CRANDELL
(Dyana) of Orillia and Wendy
ARMSTRONG (Randy)
of Orillia. Dear great-grandmother of Nelson James and Devin
Russell of London, Kirsten and Jordan
CRANDELL of Orillia, Chad
and Dakota
ARMSTRONG of Orillia and great, great-grandmother
of Dylan RICHARDSON-
RUSSELL.
Florence was born in London on June 26,
1917 the daughter of the late John and Dora
WHEELER.
She was
a member of the Salvation Army, the League of Mercy, the Over 55
Club and Moose Lodge, London. Resting at Williams Funeral Home,
45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas until Friday afternoon and then to the
Salvation Army Citadel, Elm Street, Saint Thomas for funeral service
at 1: 00 p.m. Interment to follow in Elmdale Cemetery. Visitation
Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the
Salvation Army or the Arthritis Society. "We say goodbye to a
wonderful lady."
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.peterborough.north_monaghan.peterborough.the_peterborough_examiner 2006-03-18 published
GENGE-
WORTZMAN,
Dorothy
Vivian (née
McILMOYLE)
Peacefully, at Princess Gardens, on Friday, March 17, 2006. Beloved
wife of the late Lorne
GENGE and the late Harry
WORTZMAN.
Dear
mother of Lorraine
KINSMAN of Millbrook and Ruth
ROSS and Sharron
HAM (husband Douglas) of Peterborough. Loving Grandmother of
Sheril ROUTLY (David), Craig
HAM (Lesley) and Kellie
WALDEN (Ken).
Great-grandmother of Ryan and Rachel
ROUTLY,
Karl and Connor
HAM and Kacey and Madison
WALDEN.
Sister of Phyllis
RUSSELL,
Helen NURSE, Beverley
SHEARER, Jacqueline
McILMOYLE, Betty
CLARK,
Robert McILMOYLE and Leonard
McILMOYLE.
Predeceased by sister
Margaret McILMOYLE and brothers Norman, Jack, Paul and Elwood
(Buck) McILMOYLE.
Friends will be received at the Comstock Funeral
Home and Cremation Centre, 356 Rubidge Street on Sunday, March 19,
2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A funeral service will be held in
the chapel on Monday, March 20th at 2: 30 p.m., Reverend Bradley
WEEKS officiating. Interment Little Lake Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Canadian
Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.peterborough.north_monaghan.peterborough.the_peterborough_examiner 2006-03-24 published
ROBERTSON,
Isobel
Rodger
Peacefully on March 20th 2006, following a courageous 9 year
battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Isobel, in her 73rd year, former
McGill professor of Education, O.I.S.E. of U. of T. and U. of
Saskatchewan. graduate. Mother of 5 children, including David
RUSSELL of Peterborough and 7 grandchildren. A memorial service
will take place on Saturday, March 25, 2: 30 p.m., at the Worship
Chapel in her former home, Fairhaven, (881 Dutton Drive, Peterborough).
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer's Society or the
Fairhaven Foundation can be made through the Little Lake Cemetery
Co. at 745-6984. Deep felt thanks to the incredible staff at
Fairhaven.
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POOLE,
Danetta
Passed away suddenly on Friday, February 10, 2006 at the Collingwood
General and Marine Hospital at the age of 79. Danetta, loving
wife of George
POOLE.
Beloved mother of Gordon MacKinnnon
POOLE.
Cherished grandmother of Ashley
LIVAJA. Dear sister of Graham
and Patricia
MacKINNON,
Neil and Elizabeth
MacKINNON, and predeceased
by brother William
MacKINNON, and sisters Elizabeth
FULK and
Margaret RUSSELL. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday,
February 14, 2006 at Fawcett Funeral Home - Collingwood Chapel,
82 Pine Street, at 11: 00 a.m. Cremation to follow. In lieu of
flowers, donations in Danetta's memory may be made to the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind. Friends may leave condolences
for the family by visiting www.fawcettfuneralhomes.com
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RIBBLE,
Robert
William
Bob RIBBLE passed away peacefully at home in Carling Township,
Ontario on Saturday, March 18th, 2006 in his 67th year. Beloved
husband of Norma
RIBBLE (née
WYANT.)
Lovingly remembered by Norma's
children Jan
RUSSELL of Barrie; Ken
HENSON and his wife
Sandy
of Wasaga Beach; Walter
HENSON of Owen Sound; Mary and her husband
David THIFFAULT of Barrie; and Cheryl
HENSON of Collingwood.
Bob will be dearly missed by 11 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Survived by his Mother Iola
BENDELL of Collingwood and his sister
Lynette and her husband Larry
SMITH of Wasaga Beach. Bob will
be sadly missed by other relatives and Friends. Friends will
be received at the Logan Funeral Home, Parry Sound, on Tuesday,
March 21, 2006 from 3: 00-5:00 p.m. A second visitation will take
place at Fawcett Funeral Home, 82 Pine Street, Collingwood on
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 from 11: 30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. followed
by the service in the chapel at 1: 00 p.m. Interment Stayner Union
Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the West Parry
Sound Health Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital or the charity of you
choice would be appreciated by the family. Friends may leave
comments for the family by visiting www.fawcettfuneralhomes.com
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COONS,
Rosa▼
Passed away peacefully on February 16th at Hill House Hospice,
Richmond▼
Hill.▼
Beloved▼ wife of Gib, loving mother of Susan
MERRICK
(Tom,) Bev
DON
(Bill▼) and Mark. Dear Nana of Todd
RUSSELL and
Lorne DON.
Cremation▼ will be followed by a private family service.
Friends are invited to join the family to celebrate Rosa's phenominal
life at Bayview Golf and Country Club, Thornhill, February 26th,
2-5 p.m. Many thanks to Dr. Brenda
WHITNEY, and the caregivers
at Hill House Hospice and York Central Hospital. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to Hill House Hospice, (905) 737-9308.
"Live, Love, Laugh."
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O'NEILL,
Rory▼
Everett▼
Tragically on Monday, March 6, 2006 in his 51st year, after a
valiant struggle with melanoma. Beloved husband, soulmate and
lifetime love of Elaine for 36 years. Proud father of 3 sons,
Jeff (Darlene), Patrick (Natalie) and Wesley. Devoted Grampa
to Cameron, Kylie and Mackayla. Beloved
son of Jack and Laila
O'NEILL. Dear brother of Cinda
SONNENBERG (Harold), Brenda, Kevin
(Deanna.▼)
Loved▼ son-in-law of Margaret
COLVILLE and the late
Wes COLVILLE. Dear brother-in-law of Denise
RIEKSTINS and Andrea
(Steve) RUSSELL.
Rory▼ will be fondly remembered by his many nieces
and nephews. Rory was a well respected managing partner at McCarney
Greenwood LLP (Brampton Office) for several years. Rory touched
many lives throughout his life as a friend and colleague and
will always be a member of The Larry's. He will never know the
impact he left on so many or how many hearts he touched, and
will be sorely missed. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter
"Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy. 10 North
of Queen Elizabeth Way), on Thursday from 5-9 p.m. and Friday
from 11-1 p.m. A Celebration of Rory's life will be held in the
chapel on Friday, March 10, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. In Rory's memory,
memorial donations may be made to the charity of your choice.
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McFARLANE,
Vincent
H., C.D. (Jamaica,) C.B.E.
Peacefully on March 11, 2006, in Mississauga, Ontario. Jamaican
High Commissioner to Canada (1965-70) and Ambassador to the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium
(1970-72); Permanent Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs,
Jamaica (1972-74). Retired to Ottawa with his beloved wife, Alice
Joan (Jean)
McFARLANE (1914-2000,) and relocated to Mississauga
in 2003. Much loved father of John
McFARLANE,
Walkerswood,
Jamaica,
and Hilary
RUSSELL,
Washington D.C.; devoted grandfather of Blake
RUSSELL,
New
York
City. A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday,
March 19, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. at Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel,
2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy 10 North of Queen Elizabeth
Way).
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Margaret GIBSON,
Writer: (1948-2006)
Author of Opium Dreams and The Butterfly Ward produced works
of singular vision, writes Sandra
MARTIN. It was an intense and
brilliant output that was too often sidelined by the march of
mental illness
By Sandra MARTIN,
Page S9
There were many Margaret
GIBSONs and all of them were complicated.
She was like a prism that could shimmer with refracted brilliance
one moment and then fracture into dangerous shards the next.
As a writer, she was like a foreign correspondent reporting from
the front lines of insanity, taking readers places where most
of us have never been in collections of stories such as The Butterfly
Ward and Sweet Poison, screenplays such as Outrageous, Ada and
For the Love of Aaron and in her only published novel, Opium
Dreams, which won the Chapters/Books in Canada first-novel award
in 1997.
Although she self-diagnosed as autistic after she read Donna
Williams's memoir, Nobody Nowhere, Ms.
GIBSON was probably a
paranoid schizophrenic. In one of her "good" periods in the early
1990s she described what it felt like to have a mental illness.
"It is not so much that madness… is a muddied eyehole, but rather
it is seeing things too sharply, clearer than clear, a light
that fills up your eyeholes and is, in the end, blinding with
its visions."
Ms. GIBSON worked with some top literary editors, including Ellen
SELIGMAN at McClelland and Stewart, Phyllis
BRUCE at Harper Collins
and Barry CALLAGHAN of Exile Editions. "All writers write out
of their experiences, but this was like an open vein," said Mr.
CALLAGHAN.
"If ever a writer in this country hit on the terrors that seem
to strike at women who are defenceless and vulnerable," it was
Ms. GIBSON. "
She was frightening in her presence and she was
frightening in her work because she was really in touch with
the madness that was loose inside herself" and by extension,
in "metropolitan life." "Losing the words" to describe her terrors
was often a signal that her illness was on the march again. And
that made knowing Ms.
GIBSON a desperate struggle to keep her
afloat without being sucked into the whirlpool that was her life.
As her loyal friend, Shirley
FLAVELLE, said: "She was a 24/7
girl. You could only live with her when you were young."
Margaret Louise
GIBSON was the second of five children of Bell
Telephone engineer Dane
GIBSON and his wife
Audrey (neé
McCULLOUGH.)
She grew up on a small rural property on what was then the eastern
edge of Scarborough, Ontario, on land her father, an air force
tail gunner in the Second World War, had been able to buy with
a veteran's grant. Her older sister Dana was bright, gregarious
and an excellent student. Her twin sisters, Lenore and Deirdre,
were a younger playful unit. Margaret, or Margie as her family
called her, was the solitary dreamy one.
"We were a typical Canadian family except that there was one
daughter who was always ill, her whole life," said Deirdre
GIBSON,
a planner. Margaret
GIBSON herself once said that "colours hurt"
when she was a child. "A leaf was a kaleidoscope," she said.
"Starting kindergarten damn near killed me. But I was never lonely
I'm a one-piece band." Puberty is difficult for most adolescents
but for Ms.
GIBSON it was catastrophic. Always withdrawn, she
started slashing her arms and eventually attempted suicide. She
spent about a year at the Homewood Health Centre in Guelph, Ontario,
experiences that she would later use as a trigger for her fiction.
After she was released, her parents sold the beloved family property
and moved to a housing development so she could start "over again"
in a fresh environment.
The new school was even more disaffecting than the old one, but
Margaret did make Friends with two alienated classmates, Shirley
FLAVELLE and Craig Russell
EADIE. He later became well known
as the female impersonator, Craig
RUSSELL. A bisexual, he was
addicted to drug and drinks and died of an Aids-related stroke
in 1990.
In September of 1971, Ms.
GIBSON married Stuart
GILBOORD, a young
man she had met briefly six years earlier through her father.
"She was damn interesting to talk with," Mr.
GILBOORD said, adding
that she was an attractive woman who wore heavy makeup as a defence
against the world. Their son Aaron was born on November 22, 1972.
At the time, Ms.
GIBSON's psychiatrist was encouraging her to
write as therapy. "I would come home from work and we would talk
for three or four hours about her writing," said Mr.
GILBOORD.
Her concentration was all-consuming and obsessive and she used
phrases that were brilliant, but the process was "draining."
Mr. GILBOORD took some of his wife's stories to a script supervisor
he knew at
TVOntario.
She showed them to Michael
MacKLEM of Oberon
Press in Ottawa. Ms.
GIBSON's stories subsequently appeared in
Oberon's annual Best Canadian Stories anthologies and in a solo
collection, The Butterfly Ward, under her married name, Margaret
Gibson GILBOORD.
(She and Mr.
GILBOORD, who now works for a call
centre, divorced when their son was a toddler.)
Reviews were exultant. William
FRENCH, then literary editor of
The Globe and Mail, described her as a "writer of burning intensity
and rare vision, an accomplished explorer of hidden caves of
the mind." This debut shared the City of Toronto Book Award in
1977 with Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle.
Meanwhile, Ms.
GIBSON's story Making It (from The Butterfly Ward)
about her Friendship with Craig
RUSSELL was made into the low-budget
film Outrageous. Starring Mr.
RUSSELL as himself and Hollis
McLAREN
as Ms. GIBSON, it was the hit of the 1977 Toronto film festival.
Former Chatelaine editor Rona Maynard was a young writer at Flare
magazine at the time. Intrigued by both Ms.
GIBSON and The Butterfly
Ward, she began writing a profile of the "hot" writer. "She had
a deep Lauren Bacall voice, kohl-rimmed eyes, an air of world-weary
glamour," smoked long black cigarettes in a holder and "had a
burning passion for language unlike anything I have ever seen,"
said Ms. Maynard.
The two women became Friends, but when the profile was about
to be published, Ms.
GIBSON had her lawyer send a threatening
letter to the magazine, and "so she dropped out of my life."
At the time, Ms.
GIBSON was also immersed in a bitter custody
battle with her former husband. She turned some of that experience
into Sweet Poison, a collection of stories published by Phyllis
Bruce at HarperCollins. Another story was turned into the television
movie, For the Love of Aaron.
Mr. GILBOORD provides a convincing anti-story to Ms.
GIBSON's
claims of abuse, saying that he and his father-in-law were in
constant communication with each other and with child-welfare
officials trying to protect Aaron and manage Ms.
GIBSON's erratic
behaviour.
"She tried the best she could to raise me," said Aaron
GILBOORD,
who is now 33 and living with his wife and three sons in Manitoba,
where he works as a juvenile counsellor with young offenders.
He left home when he was 16, but remained in touch with his mother
and his father. Ms.
GIBSON wrote a poem about her son, when he
was 5, saying in part, "and to phone the doctor when I a.m. crazed
and always you bring my pill bottles/offering them up with renewed
hope each time." The poem appeared in Aurora: New Canadian Writing,
edited by Morris Wolfe. By the late 1980s, Ms.
GIBSON was living
in a subsidized unit in a housing co-op. That's how she met her
second husband, Juris
RASA, an architectural draughtsman who
was living in the same development. Apparently, she showed up
at his door one day to ask for bandages because her fingers were
bleeding from banging on the keys on her typewriter. Eventually,
they moved in together and married. He helped her learn to use
a computer and to make the transition from short stories to the
longer form of the novel.
Her literary Friends, including the late Timothy Findlay and
his partner, screenwriter William Whitehead, and journalist June
Callwood helped her get grants to support her writing and introduced
her to agent Dean Cooke, who agreed to represent her in the early
1990s. He believes that Mr.
RASA made it possible for her to
write Opium Dreams, the novel that Ellen Seligman published at
McClelland and Stewart.
"I was always amazed by her stamina and staying power because
I anticipated the editing of the book would be hard for her,"
said Ms. Seligman, who came to treasure their long conversations
on the telephone. "I think writing sustained her, more so than
any other form of nourishment."
The novel was a literary success, but Ms.
GIBSON was sinking
again into mental illness. She and Mr.
RASA separated in the
late 1990s after she repeatedly accused him of trying to murder
her. He died about a year ago. Ms. Maynard had reconnected with
Ms. GIBSON in the mid 1990s during one of her many episodes of
instability and formed an unofficial support group with Mr. Cooke,
Mr. Wolfe and Ms. Callwood. "She was getting farther and farther
away from reality," said Ms. Maynard.
About four years ago, Ms.
GIBSON was diagnosed with an aggressive
breast cancer. She was seeing an oncologist, but stopped chemotherapy,
probably because she was afraid of the side effects of her complex
combination of medications.
Margaret Louise
GIBSON was born in Scarborough, Ontario, on June 4,
1948. She died of metastasized breast cancer in the Palliative
Care Unit at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on February 25,
2006. She was 57. She is survived by her son Aaron, his wife
Jennifer LAMBERT, their sons Logan, Drew and Ayden, and her three
sisters Dana, Lenore and Deirdre and their families.
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WALKER,
John▼
Albert,▼ P.Eng.
(Retired Vice-President, Kodak Canada)
Passed away after a long illness on Sunday, April 9, 2006 in
Orillia, Ontario. Dear husband of Sandy, loving father of Jane
BLOCK
(Martin▼) of Toronto and Nancy
WALKER of Pasadena, California.
Devoted▼ grandfather of Peter, Michael and Andrew
BLOCK and Jamie
WALKER. Dear brother of Helen
ADAM/ADAMS, the late Lois
MARK, and
the late Mary
RUSSELL.
Friends▼ may call at the Trull 'North Toronto'
Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 2704 Yonge Street (5 blocks
south of Lawrence) on Saturday from 12: 30 p.m. until time of
service in the chapel at 2: 00 o'clock. In lieu of flowers, donations
to the Canadian Cancer Society or Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
in Orillia would be appreciated by the family. A special thanks
to the wonderful people at the Red Cross and Helping Hands for
the care provided.
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VAIL,
William▼
James▼ C.D., M.D., F.R.C.S.C.
(World War 2 Veteran, Past President of Ontario Medical Association
and Canadian Medical Association, Past Chief of Surgery at York
County Hospital, Past Executive Director of York County Hospital
Foundation and Vice President Medical Staff Affairs.)
At Southlake Regional Health Centre Newmarket on Friday April 21,
2006 in his 82nd year. Doctor William
VAIL
Beloved husband of the
late Bernice and dear father of Victoria (Andrew
MEADOWS) of
Barrie, Deborah (Dale
BARRIE) of Edmonton, William
VAIL (Monique)
of Ottawa. Susan
VAIL
(Frank▼
JAHN) of Newmarket, Judith
VAIL
(Glenn RUSSELL) of Schomberg, and grandfather of Michelle (Marcus
HENDERSON), Matthew
MEADOWS, George, Daniel and Julie
BARRIE,
Jessica, Alyssa and William
VAIL,
Todd▼
VAIL, Cody
MATHESON and
great grandfather to Brynne
HENDERSON.
Friends▼ may call at the
Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home 157 Main St. S., Newmarket on
Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church (Main and Water Streets) Newmarket on Tuesday
at 11 a.m. followed by cremation. Memorial donations to Southlake
Regional Health Centre Foundation would be appreciated.
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STEIN-
BLUMBERG,
Sasha
Bell
Left us peacefully on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at her home after
a six month struggle with post-surgery complications. Sasha was
the beloved first born of Pamela Beth
STEIN and Jonathan Lawrence
BLUMBERG, born June 6, 2004 with a complex form of Alagille Syndrome,
requiring many interventions which she bravely endured. As we
welcome Sasha's sister Mia into the world, we hope that she has
Sasha's sweet nature and beautiful spirit. Sasha was a strong
girl whose courageous struggle touched all who met her and her
exceptional life is celebrated at her website (http://www.sashabella.com)
and blog (http://sashabella.blogspot.com). Sasha lives on in
our hearts and is especially fondly remembered by Bubby Lorna
STEIN, Granny Marcia
BLUMBERG, Grampy Henry
BLUMBERG; aunties
Jessica, Raina, Cindy, Lisa, Alisa, and Lynn; uncles Kenny, Mark,
Kevin, Sean, and Ofer; cousins Erin, Betsy, Sarah, Ethan, Matthew,
Theo, and Kate, along with the extended family, supportive 'Alagille
family' of parents of Alagille Syndrome kids worldwide, and the
kind and dedicated patient-centered care givers at Sick Kids
Hospital, The Temmy Latner Palliative Care Centre, and Toronto
Community Care Access Centre. We are especially thankful for
the empathy and support of Doctor Jennifer
RUSSELL and Doctor David
CHITAYAT. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, June 25th
at 12 noon at Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Temple Emanu El section.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to The Sasha Bella
Fund, c/o Sick Kids Hospital, 555 University Avenue, Toronto,
M5G 1X8, 416-813-5320.
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COX,
Esther
N.
Peacefully at her late residence on Sunday October 8, 2006 of
Esther N. COX of Battery Point Drive Stratford, Prince Edward
Island age 79 years. Beloved wife of Lloyd S.
COX. Dear mother
of Heather
DIAMOND, Carolyn (Jan
MATEJCEK), Susan (Greg
RUSSELL),
and Janet (Steve
DITMORE.)
Grandmother of 12. Resting at MacLean
Funeral Home Swan Chapel Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Funeral
Friday from Trinity United Church, Charlottetown at 2 p.m. Interment
in Sherwood Cemetery. If so desired memorials to The Queen Elizabeth
Hospital Foundation, or Trinity United Church would be appreciated.
Visiting hours Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Online condolences
may be made at www.macleanfh.com
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LEMAY,
Doris
Lillian
Peacefully, on Wednesday October 18th, 2006 at North York General
Hospital in her 81st year. Beloved wife of the late Roderick T.M.
LEMAY.
Devoted mother of Pamela and Tracy (Jacqueline.) Cherished
grandmother of Theresa and Andrew. Survived by her dear sisters
Anne LIGGETT and Jean
RUSSELL, and predeceased by her sister
Barbara FERES.
Friends may call on Sunday, October 22nd, from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home, (6150 Yonge Street,
at Goulding, south of Steeles). Funeral service will be held
at Saint_John's Anglican Church - York Mills, (19 Don Ridge Road),
on Monday, October 23rd, 2006 at 11 o'clock. Cremation. Condolences
- www.rskane.ca R.S. Kane 416-221-1159
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BETTLES,
Ethel
Irene (née
THOMAS)
Ethel passed away peacefully, in the presence of family, on Monday,
October 23, 2006 at the Briton House, Toronto. She was in her
100th year. Widow of E.E.W. (Bill)
BETTLES (1970.) Retired from
MacFeeter's Creamery in 1968. Lovingly remembered by brothers
Warne and Clinton
THOMAS, and sisters-in-law Margaret and Isabel
THOMAS.
Predeceased by brothers Leslie and Stanley
THOMAS; sisters
Ruth THOMAS,
Elsie
CAMPBELL, and Alma
RUSSELL; sisters-in-law
Christine, Kay and Elsie
THOMAS, and brothers-in-law Charles
CAMPBELL and Fred
RUSSELL.
Loved, missed and remembered by her
many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great
nieces and nephews. A private burial service was held on November 1st
at Smith's Cemetery, Woodville, Ontario. A special thanks to
the devoted staff at the Briton House for their supportive care
over the past decade. If desired, Memorial Remembrances to the
charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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DAWSON,
Patricia "
Patti"
Lynn
Patti DAWSON passed away peacefully on Monday, November 6th,
2006 at her home, surrounded by her beloved family. Loving daughter
of Betty WITTHUN
(Craig) and Jack
DAWSON (Yvonne.)
Beloved twin
sister to Pamela
RUSSELL
(Michael,▲)
Beloved sister to Jeffrey
DAWSON (Sonja), John
DAWSON (Lisa) and Debbie
WIESBLATT (Jerry).
Loving Aunt to Michael
SCOTT (Tara), Jenny
DAWSON, Jamie
DAWSON,
Mathew WIESBLATT, Andrew
DAWSON, Christopher
DAWSON, Jesse
WIESBLATT
and Melissa
DAWSON as well as step-niece Kelly
RUSSELL
(Nick,)
Stepsister Deborah
CURLE (Brad) and Step-brother Dean
WITTHUN
(Margo). Special Friends Sherri
PATERICK and Bruce
WARREN. Patti
courageously survived a serious car accident in 1980 which left
her a paraplegic. She fought for many years to retain her independence
and for the last 3 years she struggled with medical complications.
Patti brought so much strength to all her family with her strong
will to fight the many obstacles she faced. She brought smiles
to all our hearts right to the very end. She will be truly missed
by all her family and all who knew her and our love for her will
live on forever. She went peacefully and painlessly surrounded
by all her family in her home. As always she did it her way.
With All Our Love Your Family A Private Family Service will be
held on Friday, November 10th, 2006 at Station Creek Golf Club,
12657 Woodbine Ave. Gormley, Ontario at 2: 00 p.m. A Public Celebration
of Life will follow at the same address above from 3: 00-5:00 p.m.
Arrangements entrusted to Thompson Funeral Home, Aurora, Ontario
905 727-5421. In lieu of flowers, donations to Patti Dawson c/o Toronto
Rehab Foundation, 550 University Avenue, Suite 110, Toronto,
Ontario, M5G 2A2 would be greatly appreciated.
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HANSON "
Walter"
Lee
Born December 12, 1980, died suddenly of an inflammatory disease
of the heart on Thursday, November 23, 2006 at the age of 25.
Lee was predeceased by his father Paul
HANSON, grandfathers Ron
HALVERSON and Ken
RUSSELL and his aunt Laura Mae
HALVERSON.
Among
those who will miss him deeply are his beloved partner Jenny
JAMEN; mother Sue
HANSON-
RUSSELL; stepfather David
RUSSELL; brother
Michael HANSON and his wife
Jennifer; sister Michelle
RUSSELL
grandparents Betty and Walter
HANSON,
Anne
HALVERSON and Louise
RUSSELL, as well as his many aunts, uncles, cousins and Friends.
Lee was born in Dawson Creek, British Columbia and moved to the
Vancouver area when he was five years old. He graduated from
Vancouver College in 1998 and subsequently attended Camosun College
in Victoria and British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver.
Lee had recently embarked on a promising career in contract sales
at Russell Food Equipment. Lee was passionate about what life
had to offer. He enjoyed music and sports as both a spectator
and player, and loved spending time with Friends and family.
Lee was a genuine, positive, funny, loyal and trustworthy young
man who made his famly proud. One of his Friends said that being
with Lee inspired you to be as good a friend as he was. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday, Novemer 29th, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m.
at Saint Helen's Anglican Church, 4405 West 8th Avenue in Vancouver,
Rev. John Stephens officiating. There will be a private family
burial on Thursday, November 30th. In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to Canuck Place Children's Hospice, 1690 Matthews
Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 2T2. On-line condolences
may be left at www.kearneyfs.com Kearney Funeral Services 604-736-0268
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RUSSELL,
Dorothy▼
Peacefully, on January 1, 2006 after a short illness at the Trillium
Health Centre - Mississauga. She will be deeply mourned by her
sorrowing husband Douglas, loving sisters Jean and her husband
Robert McDOWELL, of Northern Ireland, and Merle and her husband
Joachum CIOLEC, of Northern Wales. Predeceased by brothers Leslie
McCARLEY and William
McCARLEY. Survived by sisters-in-law Elizabeth
McCARLEY and Louise
McCARLEY.
Aunt
Dorothy will be lovingly remembered
by her many nieces, nephews and many Friends living in Canada,
U.S.A. and Great Britain. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Saturday,
January 7th, 2006 at 1 o'clock at the Turner and Porter "Peel"
Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy. 10 north of
Queen Elizabeth Way). Visitation from 12 noon till 1 p.m. For
those who wish, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer
Society. "Safe in the arms of Jesus"
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RUSSELL,
Ann
Barbara (née
DONALDSON)
With family at her side, on January 5, 2006, Ann passed from
this life into the loving arms of her Saviour and Lord. She is
already missed by her beloved sweetheart and husband of 55 years,
Dan, her daughters Judy (Edward) and Nancy (Kevin). Proud granny
to David and Joey. Dear sister of Kathleen, Jim, Fred, Patricia
and the late Norah and Bob. She had the heart of a lion and was
our hero. Visitation will be held at the Giffen-Mack 'Scarborough'
Funeral Home And Cremation Centre, 4115 Lawrence Ave. E., West
Hill (416) 281-6800 on Monday, January 9, 2006 from 7-9 p.m.
A Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Tuesday, January
10, 2006 at 11 a.m. Interment Pine Hills Cemetery.
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RUSSELL,
Frank "
Spen"
Peacefully, at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, on Friday,
January 6, 2006, at the age of 81. Beloved husband of Frances
and the late Jeanette. Loving father of Julie (Randy), Ian (Margot),
and Anne (Wayne). Dear step-father of Ed (Tracy), Tom (Kelly),
Anne Marie (Azim), and Bob (Dana). Loving grandfather of Heather,
Karen, Colin, Douglas, Duncan, Alexandria, Will, Hope, Grant,
Haley, Jack, and Chloe. Dear brother of Kathleen and Dave
HEALEY,
and the late Olive
RUSSELL.
Mr.
RUSSELL is resting at the funeral
home of Skinner and Middlebrook Ltd., 128 Lakeshore Rd. E. (1 block
west of Hurontario St.), Mississauga (parking off Ann St.), on
Sunday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral in the Chapel on Monday,
January 9, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Springcreek Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the
Salvation Army would be greatly appreciated.
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PIPE,
Ruth (née
DAVIDSON)
On Monday, January 9, 2006, in her 75th year. Predeceased by
her beloved husband Arthur
PIPE.
Loving mother of Donny and his
wife Debbie and David and his wife Helen. Cherished grandma to
Christopher, Shiona, Jennifer, Lori, Amanda and Jessica. Dear
sister of Weegie "Thelma"
CHILDS,
Junior "
Lorne"
DAVIDSON and
the late Doris
VANDERHARDT and Joan
RUSSELL.
Friends may call
at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Rd. (north of Lawrence
Ave.), Weston from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday. A service will
be held in the Ward Chapel on Thursday at 1 p.m. Interment Sanctuary
Park Cemetery. If desired, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
would be appreciated by the family. Condolences may be sent to
ruth.pipe@wardfh.com
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-17 published
FORBES,
Melville "
Mickey"
Dunbar
(Former member of Oakville's Odd Fellows, Masonic Lodge, Lion's
Club and the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 114)
Peacefully, on Monday, January 16, 2006 at the Wyndham Manor
in Oakville, in his 91st year. Mickey, beloved husband of the
late Gladys
RUSSELL.
Loved▲▼ father of Donalee and her husband
Dan GILPIN of Oakville and Johanne and her husband John
RAMSEY
of Charleston, South Carolina. Also loved by his grandchildren
Daniel, Mark, Ashley and Andrew and great-grandchildren Ethan
and Chase. Mickey and his dad ran the Old Oakville House (Lakeshore
and Navy) and the Forbes Tavern in Toronto (Shuter and Mutual)
in the 30's and 40's; also the Westside Oakville Groceteria (Lakeshore
and Chisholm); and moved on to own hotels in Ottawa (The Clarence
House) and Florida (The Miami Springs Pub). Visitation will be
held at the Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, 64 Lakeshore
Road West, Oakville (one block east of Kerr Street, 905-844-2600)
on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Service to Celebrate the
Life of Mickey will be held at 11: 00 a.m. on Thursday, January
19, 2006 in the Kopriva Chapel. Interment to follow at St. Jude's
Cemetery, Oakville. Email condolences may be sent to kopriva@eol.ca
please place
FORBES on the subject line.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-18 published
COONS,
Rosa▲
Passed away peacefully on February 16th, 2006 at Hill House Hospice,
Richmond▲
Hill.▲
Beloved▲ wife of Gib, loving mother of Susan
MERRICK
(Tom,) Bev
DON
(Bill▲) and Mark. Dear Nana of Todd
RUSSELL and
Lorne DON.
Cremation▲ will be followed by a private family service.
Friends are invited to join the family to celebrate Rosa's phenominal
life at Bayview Golf and Country Club, Thornhill, Sunday, February
26th, 2-5 p.m. Many thanks to Dr. Brenda
WHITNEY, and the caregivers
at Hill House Hospice and York Central Hospital. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to Hill House Hospice, (905) 737-9308.
"Live, Love, Laugh"
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-30 published
BROTT,
Bess
At William Osler Health Centre (Brampton) on January 28, 2006,
in her 83rd year. Dear wife of the late Bill. Dear mother of
Sharon and her husband Bob
CAMPBELL,
Fred and his wife
Louvain,
and Wendy URBANO.
Loving
Nana of Julie
HILL (Tony,) Rachelle
OAKLEY (Terry), Kevan
BROTT, Kristen
RUSSELL (Matt), Justin
URBANO,
and Jeffrey
URBANO.
Adoring great-grandmother of Madeleine and
Emilie HILL and Noelle
OAKLEY.
Much loved sister of Mary
GOUGH,
Nora BURK/BURKE and the late Tom
CLARKE.
Relatives and Friends will
be received at the Scott Funeral Home "Brampton Chapel," 289
Main St. N., Brampton (905-451-1100) on Friday February 3, 2006
from 1: 30 p.m. until time of memorial service in the chapel at
2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations made to the Heart
and Stroke Foundation or the Arthritis Society would be appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-01 published
ALLISON,
Gerda
Elizabeth (née
FREMMING) M.D., B.Sc. (Med,) (F.R.C.P.C)
Passed away peacefully in Toronto on Sunday, January 29th, 2006
with her family members by her bedside. Dr.
ALLISON was born
September 17, 1913 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the eldest daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Charles C.S.
FREMMING.
She was educated in Winnipeg
at Saint Mary's Academy and then graduated from the University
of Manitoba with an M.D. degree, class of 1937. At graduation,
she won three medals: the University of Manitoba Gold Medal,
the Gold Medal in Surgery, and the Manitoba Medical Association
Gold Medal for the highest standing in the course. In 1957, she
was certified in Psychiatry becoming Manitoba's first woman psychiatrist
and later the first woman President of the Manitoba Psychiatric
Association. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Dr.
Frederick Gerard
ALLISON in 1989 along with whom she was an Associate
Professor in the Faculties of Medicine and Psychiatry respectively
at the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Centre. She was
predeceased also by her brother Charles
FREMMING in 1984 and
by her sister Mrs. Austin
DOUGLAS/DOUGLASS
(Jean) of Ottawa, Ontario in
2005. Dr. ALLISON is survived by her beloved children, Dr. Richard
Gerard ALLISON and his wife
Robin of Fairview, Texas and his
children Richard Gerard of California and Caroline
ALLISON and
her partner Dr. Dan
ENGFER of Arlington, Virginia, daughter Rosemary
and her husband Lyle W.
NORRIE and their children Jennifer Allison
BOOTH and her husband Patrick of London, England and John Gerard
of Toronto, Ontario and daughter Lorraine C.
ELLIS and her children
Barbara and Pamela of Calgary, Alberta and four great-grandchildren,
Hunter
Gerard,
Ella Anne and Eric Lewin
ALLISON of California
and Katherine Elizabeth Allison
BOOTH of London, England. Left
to mourn also are her sisters Mrs. Brooks
RUSSELL
(Ellen▲) of
Seattle, Washington and sister-in-law Agathe
FREMMING of Burnaby,
British Columbia, family members in Denmark, several cousins,
nieces, nephews and devoted Friends. Memorial Service will be
held on Saturday, February 4 at 11: 00 a.m. at the Rosar-Morrison
Funeral Home and Chapel, 467 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario,
M4X 1K5. A private interment will be arranged at a later date
in the family plot, Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Flowers are gratefully declined. If desired, donations may be
made to The National Ballet of Canada, 470 Queens Quay West,
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3K4; the Danish Lutheran Church, 72 Finch
Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 2H4; or any favourite charity.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-02 published
KAY,
Isobel
Steel (née
RUSSELL)
Passed away suddenly and tragically on Sunday, January 29, 2006
in Singhampton at the age of 69. Isobel, considered the kindest,
sweetest person by her loving husband Archie
KAY. Dear mother
of Robert and his fiancée Anh
KAY and Linda
KAY.
Adored daughter
of Isabella and the late Samuel
RUSSELL.
Treasured sister of
Nan SAUNDERS and her late husband Jim, Moira and her husband
Bob YUNGBLUT and sister-in-law Christine and her husband Jim
GUNN.
Will be forever cherished in the hearts of her grandchildren
Ewan KAY and Catherine and James
KOSTER, as well as her many
nieces and nephews. Visitation will take place on Monday, February
6, 2006 from 6-9 p.m. at Fawcett Funeral Homes - Collingwood
Chapel, 82 Pine Street. A Celebration of Isobel's life will be
held on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. at First Presbyterian
Church, 200 Maple Street, Collingwood. In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made payable to the Hospital for Sick Children or the
Make a Wish Foundation in Mrs.
KAY's memory. Friends may leave
comments for the family by visiting www.fawcettfuneralhomes.com
Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where
our loved ones shine down on us to let us know they are happy
- Eskimo Legend
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-04 published
RUSSELL,
Agnes
Peacefully at the Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga on Thursday,
February 2, 2006, in her 78th year. Predeceased by her husband
Forbes W. RUSSELL.
Loving▲ mother of Heather. Dear grandmother
of Jennifer and Andrew. Beloved sister of Helen (Jackie), (Louie
and John, Scotland). Aunt of Sandra and Thomas. (Best friend
of Catherine and Robert
NISBETT.)
Family will receive Friends
at the Scott Funeral Home - Mississauga Chapel, 420 Dundas St.
E., Mississauga (1 block west of Cawthra Rd.), 905-272-4040,
on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held
in the chapel on Monday, February 6th at 11 a.m.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-07 published
STENGEL,
Richard "
Rico" (1960-2006)
Died suddenly in Sturgeon Falls on February 3, 2006. Cherished
husband and soul mate of Jesse
RUSSELL, devoted
son of Arnie
and Thelma
STENGEL of Seven Sisters, Manitoba, precious brother
of Sharon and Joe
LACEY and Barry and Rhonda
McLEOD, treasured
best friend of Patrick
BRADY, loving guardian of Kawae, Takuk,
Chum, Minodae and Weewae; adored and very special uncle, cousin
and friend. Last week, Richard proudly celebrated 25 years of
service with Environment Canada. Employees of the Meteorological
Service of Canada across the country are mourning the loss of
their admired and respected colleague. Richard's quiet selflessness
and dedication were his hallmarks. His subtle humour and charm
touched us all. A sensitive, creative and analytical thinker
Richard approached all challenges with the same understated determination
- from gardening and soap-making to computers and car repairs.
His spirit will continue to inspire us as we hold him close in
our hearts. A private cremation will take place on February 9th.
A memorial service and celebration of Richard's life will be
held in late spring. Cherished memories can be sent to uniquev@interlog.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the World Wildlife Fund at www.wwf.ca
and/or The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at
www.spca.com (North Bay and district 705-474-1251) would be warmly
appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-11 published
KNIGHT,
Dorothy▲
Melrose,▲ R.N., R.R.C.
Peacefully on February 4th, 2006, at Creek Way Village in Burlington
in her 93rd year; predeceased by sisters Frances
STEELS of London,
Ontario and Mary
SANDLE of Komoka, Ontario. Dorothy, Aunt Dot,
was the family matriarch of nieces, Laverna
SANDLE,
Leila▲
RUSSELL,
and Noni STEELS and nephews, Earl
SANDLE,
Judd▲
STEELS and Lee
STEELS, who will miss her dearly and to whom she was an inspiration.
A graduate of nursing from Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario
and Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Dorothy joined the medical
corps shortly after the war broke out, served at Westminster
Hospital in London and then overseas in an operating tent close
to the front lines. Upon her return from the war Dorothy graduated
from the U.W.O. in public health in 1947. Dorothy joined the
Victorian Order of Nurses and served in Ottawa and Brantford
before becoming head of the Oakville Victorian Order of Nurses
where she served from 1954 to 1966. Dorothy organized and oversaw
the Home Care programme in Hamilton-Wentworth until her retirement
in 1974. Many good Friends fondly remember Dot's "gingerbread
house" on the Bronte Road, Oakville, where she spent many happy
years feeding the birds and looking after her cats. A private
memorial gathering is to be announced. Memorial donations may
be made to the Halton Victorian Order of Nurses 2370 Speers Road,
Oakville Ontario, L6L 5M2.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-14 published
CLARKE,
Margaret
(Formerly of Victoria, Carbonear, Newfoundland)
Peacefully, at the Credit Valley Hospital, with her family by
her side, on February 13, 2006, in her 101st year. Margaret,
beloved wife of the late Richard
CLARKE (1997.) Loving mother
of Anne and her late husband Michael
SCHERB,
Harold and Cavell,
Sadie and Allen
HUSTWICK,
June and Gordon
RUSSELL. Cherished
grandmother of Gary, Susan, Greg, Norman, Richard, Jeffrey, Dean
and great-grandmother of Karen, Jason, Maggie, Sarah, Alexander,
Samuel, Katie, Stephanie and Evan. Much loved sister of Marion
CARNIE,
Hector
POWELL and predeceased by brothers Elsworth, George,
Silas, Albert and sisters Suzanna, Sadie, Edna, Susie and Ella.
Aunt Maggie will be fondly remembered by her many nieces, nephews,
relatives and Friends. Friends will be received at the Sherrin
Funeral Home, 873 Kingston Road (west of Victoria Park Ave.),
Toronto (416-698-2861) on February 14, 2006 from 6: 30 p.m.-8:30
p.m. Funeral Service to be held at Kew Beach United Church, 140
Wineva Avenue (at Queen Street E.) on Wednesday, February 15,
2006 at 11: 30 a.m. Reception to follow in the church parlour.
Interment Resthaven Memorial Gardens.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-17 published
LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH,
Carol
Patricia (née
BAILEY)
Peacefully on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at the age of 68. Beloved
wife of Malcolm L.
LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH.
Loving mother of Carol A.
LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH (Derrick
ATKINSON), Malcolm O. (Tanis)
LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH, and Adrian L.
LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH. Predeceased
by her son Leon
LEACH/LEECH/LEITCH and her parents Flora and John
BAILEY.
Cherished grandmother of Jahrell, Rahshida, Vivian, and Josiah.
Dear sister of Michael
BAILEY,
June
THORNHILL, Nigel
BAILEY,
and Eleanor
PIERRE.
Predeceased by sisters Colleen
BAILEY, and
Pam BAILEY.
Pat will be fondly remembered by her aunts Nellie
BAILEY of England, Masie
RUSSELL, Mabel
GREAVES, Katherine
BAILEY,
Winnifred WEEKES, and Undine
GIUSEPPI and their families of Barbados
and Trinidad. Friends and family may visit at the Ogden Funeral
Home, 4164 Sheppard Ave. East, Agincourt (east of Kennedy Rd.)
on Saturday and Sunday from 5-8 p.m. Funeral Service Monday at
St. Paul's L'Amoreaux at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Pine Hills Cemetery.
In memoriam donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would
be appreciated by her family.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-27 published
GIRARD,
Syvret
Bryce
Peacefully, at Toronto Grace Hospital, after a twelve year survival
of cancer, on Friday, February 24, 2006. He will be lovingly
missed by his partner Jack who shared his life for 43 years.
He will be missed by his brother Keith (Barbara
GROVES) of Parry
Sound, his nieces Nicole (Frank
LOGUE), Denise (Gordon
RUSSELL),
and his grandnephews Christopher
LOGUE and Jeffrey Bryce
LOGUE.
He also leaves his dear aunt Eileen of Buffalo, as well as many
first cousins here and in the United States and United Kingdom.
He has many wonderful Friends who sustained him through the years.
Special thanks to Sunnybrook Cancer Centre and the staff of Grace
Toronto Palliative Care. The family will receive Friends at the
Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue
(south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 1, 2006. Funeral Service at Saint Mark's Anglican Church,
Niagara-on-the-Lake on Thursday, March 2, 2006 at 11 a.m. If
desired, donations to Sunnybrook Cancer Centre, 2075 Bayview
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5 or to Toronto Grace Hospital,
Palliative Care, 650 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario M4C 2G5,
would be greatly appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-01 published
CAVE,
Richard "
Dick," P.Eng. (August 29, 1943-February 26, 2006)
son of Frank and Hilda (née
HOWE)
CAVE
Peacefully, at La Farm in Duncan, Ontario and surrounded by his
loving family and Friends, both at home and abroad, both with
us and in heaven, our amazing husband, dad, guardian angel, grand-dad,
uncle, cherished friend and valued colleague, passed graciously
into a space filled with beauty, light, energy and peace for
safekeeping, until we are all reunited. He leaves his adoring
wife, Sally
LEPPARD, partner of 18 years. By his side, throughout
his 4 year battle with cancer, and for always, are his treasured
and adored children - Emma (and Brian), Steve (and Kerry), Kate
(and Kris,) Liz
NIELD (née
McHARDY, and Jim,) Louise (and Chris,)
Jamie McHARDY, and his precious and beloved granddaughter, Sarah
Grace.
His sister Sue and husband Dave
WHITEHEAD came from Cornwall,
England to be by his side. He will always be loved by his special
extended family - Sue
CORKE,
Jenny,
Joel and Gabrielle
HELMAN,
Dave LEPPARD, Luce
KENNEDY, Helen, Paul and Daniel
RUSSELL, Jeremy
and Amanda, Katie, Simon, Guy and Heidi, Miranda and Toby, Bob
and Joan, Shylah and Austin, Sylvie, Bernhard and Baby Yannick,
Mark, Barbara, Julian and Clee (and children), and beloved parents-in-law
John and Jocey
LEPPARD, and all of our children's dearest Friends
("the Urban Terrorists"). Dick's humour, wit, tall tales and
strength of character will be sadly missed by his many great
Friends. Throughout his last few weeks, you have helped us enormously
with snow plowing, dishwashing, great food and wine, books, fine
company, paintings, fun and laughter, and gifts of love and kindness
too numerous to mention. Dick had a career full of achievements
and 'firsts'. After emigrating from Derby, England as a Civil
Engineer in 1969, he worked with Kilbourn Engineering until 1984
when he founded the Ontario-based R. Cave and Associates Engineering
Inc. There he nurtured a tradition of creative, pragmatic and
holistic engineering solutions to Canada's waste management and
ecological problems. He finished his career with Trow Consulting
in Brampton. Our family's grateful thanks go to those who cared
for Dick in his last stage of life - the Collingwood General
& Marine Hospital, the Owen Sound Community Care Access Centre
home care team and nurses Lorraine, Royanne, Sue and Laurie,
and "spa lady" Sharon, Dr. and Mrs. Tony
ROWLINSON,
Joyce
STRAITON,
Dr. Jennifer
KNOX and Bettina of Princess Margaret Hospital,
and Dr. Marwan
FAKIH of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Your safety
net was invaluable and gave us enormous hope over the last year
and kindness and caring in the last few weeks. Dick is in our
hearts, spirits, souls and minds, and his huge presence will
be forever with us. "the candle burned out long before the legend
ever did" -- E.J.A. memorial to Dick will be held at Bethany
Church of the Nazarene, Trowbridge Street West in Meaford, Ontario
on Monday, March 6, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m. As your expression of sympathy,
donations to the Georgian Triangle Hospice would be appreciated
and may be made through the Ferguson Funeral Home, 48 Boucher
St. E., Meaford N4L 1B9 (519-538-1320) to whom arrangements have
been entrusted.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-04 published
GETZ,
Doreen
(McGUFFIN)
Passed away, at Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Alliston, Ontario,
on Thursday, March 2, 2006, in her 77th year. Beloved wife of
the late Ralph August
GETZ.
Loved mother of Darlene and Jim
RICHARDSON
of Hillsdale, Shelly and Larry
SHEARD of Wareham, Tracy and Vaughn
BOSLEY of Alliston, and predeceased by her son Brent. Loved by
her 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of
Shirley and Bill
RUSSELL.
Doreen▲ will be fondly remembered by
the GETZ families, her nieces, nephews and Friends. Resting at
the W. John Thomas Funeral Home, 244 Victoria Street E., Alliston,
on Sunday, March 5, 2006 from 11: 00 a.m. until time of Funeral
Service in the Chapel at 1: 00 p.m., followed by cremation. If
so desired, memorial donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke
Foundation would be appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-08 published
O'NEILL,
Rory▲
Everett▲
Tragically on Monday, March 6, 2006 in his 51st year, after a
valiant struggle with melanoma. Beloved husband, soulmate and
lifetime love of Elaine for 36 years. Proud father of 3 sons,
Jeff (Darlene), Patrick (Natalie) and Wesley. Devoted Grampa
to Cameron, Kylie and Mackayla. Beloved
son of Jack and Laila
O'NEILL. Dear brother of Cinda
SONNENBERG (Harold), Brenda, Kevin
(Deanna.▲)
Loved▲ son-in-law of Margaret
COLVILLE and the late
Wes COLVILLE. Dear brother-in-law of Denise
RIEKSTINS and Andrea
(Steve) RUSSELL.
Rory▲ will be fondly remembered by his many nieces
and nephews. Rory was a well respected managing partner at McCarney
Greenwood LLP (Brampton Office) for several years. Rory touched
many lives throughout his life as a friend and colleague and
will always be a member of The Larry's. He will never know the
impact he left on so many or how many hearts he touched, and
will be sorely missed. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter
"Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy. 10 North
of Queen Elizabeth Way) on Thursday from 5-9 p.m. and Friday
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. A Celebration of Rory's life will be held
in the Chapel on Friday, March 10, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. In Rory's
memory, memorial donations may be made to the charity of your
choice.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-11 published
RUSSELL,
David
John▼
Peacefully, at Centenary Health Centre, on Thursday, March 9,
2006. David, beloved husband of Inez (Jean). David and Jean shared
55 glorious years of togetherness. Loving father of Karen (husband
Peter MING) and Cheryl (husband Ron
BRULEY.)
Treasured
Grandpa
of Robbie and Mike
(BRULEY) and David, Daniel and Richard
(MING.)
Brother of James and William Russell, and the late Ronald. Family
and Friends may call at the Giffen-Mack "Scarborough" Funeral
Home and Cremation Centre, 4115 Lawrence Avenue East (just west
of Kingston Road), West Hill (416-281-6800), from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. on Monday, March 13, 2006. A Funeral Service will be held
at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 3817 Lawrence Avenue East,
on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In lieu
of flowers, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association or
the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.
"Peacefully at rest with our Lord"
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-19 published
WILSON, Florence Georgina Mildred (formerly
HARES, née
ORSER)
On March 16, 2006, Florence Georgina Mildred
WILSON passed away
at her home in Birch River, Manitoba, with family and Friends
at her side. Florence was born in Capreol, Ontario on February 15,
1918, the daughter of Louis and Clara
ORSER.
She is predeceased
by her husbands Percy
HARES and Reeford
WILSON, son David Edward
HARES and grand_son Christopher David
HARES.
Her smiling face,
wonderful sense of humour and her love and support will be greatly
missed by her many Friends in Bracebridge, Magnetawan and Birch
River and by her family: daughter Leona and son-in-law Kenneth
McKAY;
David's wife
Gillian and husband Donald
CRESSMAN; granddaughters
Terry-Lynn
SHERLOCK
(Stuart,)
Colleen
HARRISON (Rick) and Margaret
McKAY
(Gary
GIN;) grand_sons Keith
RUSSELL (Heather) and Jeffery
CRESSMAN; great-grandchildren Allie, Madelaine and Kristen
RUSSELL,
Cooper and Morgan
SHERLOCK,
David and Ethan
HARRISON and Alana
and Lilian
GIN.
Florence is also survived by her brother William
ORSER
(Margaret,) her sister Altreata
BAKER and many beloved
nieces and nephews. Florence lived in the Bracebridge and Magnetawan
area of Ontario for many years before moving to Birch River,
Manitoba, in June of 2004, to be closer to her daughter Leona
and her son-in-law Ken. In her time in Birchwood Place, she was
very happy, enjoying the love and support of the residents of
Birch River as they visited her and as she knew them through
her passion for cards. The family thanks them all for welcoming
her so warmly and completely. Special thanks to her caregivers
at Birchwood Place, Delores Hrycyk and Mary Kroeker, for the
unmeasured care, love and support given over the past two years,
and to Doctor Singh, Ken Wai, and the Home Care staff for the incredibly
fine professional care and support extended. A funeral service
will be held at All Saints' Anglican Church in Burk's Falls,
Ontario, on Wednesday, March 22nd at 2: 00 p.m. The family will
receive Friends at the Dempster-Allair Funeral Home, in Burk's
Falls, (705-382-3222) from 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21st
and 10: 00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 22nd. If desired,
donations in Florence's memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation, the Diabetes Association, to North Mountain Handi-Van
or to a charity of your choice.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-27 published
TOTAFURNO,
John
(Retired Minister of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
Peacefully, on Friday, March 24, 2006, in his 84th year. Dearly
beloved husband of Leah (née
GUGLIETTI) for 63 years. Dear father
of Doctor John Joseph Louis and his wife Lois, Sharon, and David.
Proud grandfather of Adam. Brother of Filomena (Charles
SOMERTON,)
Bernice (Walter
RUSSELL,)
Elizabeth
(Ross
RUSSELL,) Rose, and
Vincent (Lois). Predeceased by his parents Anna and Giuseppe
and his sister Mary
CUSHNER.
John will be remembered by his extended
family and many Friends. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter
Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St. W., at Windermere, east of the Jane
subway, on Wednesday and Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
Service to be held on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 11 o'clock from
Queensway Cathedral, 1536 The Queensway. Interment Prospect Cemetery.
At the family's request, donations in John's memory may be made
to Christian Horizons Charitable Foundation, 7 Windy Ridge Drive,
Kitchener, Ontario N2P 1R9. Condolences to www.turnerporter.ca
"I go to prepare a place for you…" John 14: 1-3
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-30 published
RUSSELL,
Helen
Peacefully at Extendicare Scarborough on Tuesday, March 28, 2006,
in her 82nd year. Beloved wife of Dugald and loving mother of
Ken (Jan) and Lynne (Joe
KUIPERS.) Dear grandmother of Dean,
Tyler, Cory, Rebecca and Hali. Helen was an employee of the Bank
of Nova Scotia for 22 years. A special thank you to the Doctors
and Nurses at Extendicare Scarborough. A memorial service in
celebration of Helen's life will be held at the Deer Creek Golf and
Banquet Facility, 2700 Audley Road North, Ajax on Saturday, April 1,
2006 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-07 published
MOLE,
William
Frederick "
Bill"
Peacefully, at Credit Valley Hospital, on Thursday, April 6,
2006, at age 77 years. Beloved husband of Margaret (Rita) for
54 wonderful years. Loving father of Anne
RUSSELL
(Gary,)
John▲
(Janice), and Bill (Jhan). Dear grandfather of Shawna (James),
Deborah, Marc, Shawn, and Kevin, and great-grandfather of Karlee,
Jordyn, and Johnathan. Bill is survived by his sisters Bette
BUTTERWORTH
(Barrie) and Nancy
URBAN. Friends may call at the
Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga
(Hwy. 10, North of Queen Elizabeth Way), from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Sunday. Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Monday,
April 10, 2006 at 3 p.m. Cremation. For those who wish, donations
may be made to the Kidney Foundation.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-07 published
STEEVES,
Julia "
Julie" (née
RUSSELL)
Passed away after a brief illness at Scarborough Grace Hospital
on Thursday, April 6, 2006, at the age of 81. Julie, former wife
of the late Ransford
STEEVES.
Loving mother of Judy
KAIRETZ (Alan,)
Glenn (Daniele), Douglas (Dale) and predeceased by infant son
Grant. Beloved grandmother of Darleen, Christina, Troy, Sara,
Lara and Emily. Great-grandmother of 10. Survived by brothers
and sisters Jim, Lewis, Ray, Bert, Frank, Lloyd, Stan, Les, Joy
and the late Hilda and Ron. Will be missed by Friends and extended
family at L'Amoreaux Retirement Centre. Memorial visitation at
the Paul O'Conner Funeral Home, 1939 Lawrence Ave. E. (between
Warden and Pharmacy) from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Memorial service
on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. in Saint Paul's Church, L'Amoreaux
(3333 Finch Ave. E., Scarborough). In lieu of flowers, donations
to the Breast Cancer Foundation would be appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-12 published
WALKER,
John▲
Albert,▲ P.Eng.
(Retired Vice President, Kodak Canada)
Passed away after a long illness on Sunday, April 9, 2006, in
Orillia, Ontario. Dear husband of Sandy, loving father of Jane
BLOCK
(Martin▲) of Toronto and Nancy
WALKER of Pasadena, California.
Devoted▲ grandfather of Peter, Michael and Andrew
BLOCK and Jamie
WALKER. Dear brother of Helen
ADAM/ADAMS, the late Lois
MARK, and
the late Mary
RUSSELL.
Friends▲ may call at the Trull "North Toronto"
Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 2704 Yonge Street (5 blocks
south of Lawrence) on Saturday from 12: 30 p.m. until time of
service in the chapel at 2 o'clock. In lieu of flowers, donations
to the Canadian Cancer Society or Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
in Orillia would be appreciated by the family. A special thanks
to the wonderful people at the Red Cross and Helping Hands for
the care provided.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-17 published
BOLAND,
Fred
Passed away peacefully at Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay on
Saturday,
April 15, 2006. Fred
BOLAND in his 81st year was the
beloved husband of Phyllis
BOLAND (née
RUSSELL,) and the late
Mabel BOLAND. Survived by Susan
BOLAND and her husband Pat
HAYWARD
and his granddaughter Ashley
HAYWARD of Thornhill. In keeping
with Fred's wishes, cremation has taken place. Memorial donations
to the Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay would be appreciated.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Jardine Funeral Home,
8 Princes' St. West, Fenelon Falls. Online condolences and donations
can be made at www.jardinefuneralhomes.com
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-22 published
VAIL,
William▲
James,▲ C.D., M.D., F.R.C.S.C.
(World War 2 Veteran, Past President of Ontario Medical Association
and Canadian Medical Association. Past Chief of Surgery at York
County Hospital. Past Executive Director of York County Hospital
Foundation and Vice President Medical Staff Affairs)
At Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, on Friday, April 21,
2006, in his 82nd year. Doctor William
VAIL, beloved husband of
the late Bernice, and dear father of Victoria (Andrew
MEADOWS)
of Barrie, Deborah (Dale
BARRIE) of Edmonton, William
VAIL
(Monique)
of Ottawa, Susan
VAIL
(Frank▲
JAHN) of Newmarket, Judith
VAIL
(Glenn RUSSELL) of Schomberg, and grandfather of Michelle (Marcus
HENDERSON), Matthew
MEADOWS, George, Daniel and Julie
BARRIE,
Jessica, Alyssa and William
VAIL,
Todd▲
VAIL, Cody
MATHESON, and
great-grandfather to Brynne
HENDERSON.
Friends▲ may call at the
Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main St. S., Newmarket,
on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held
at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Main and Water Streets),
Newmarket, on Tuesday at 11 a.m., followed by cremation. Memorial
donations to Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation would
be appreciated.
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RUSSELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-10-23 published
Anna RUSSELL, 94: Opera parodist
Singer Anna
RUSSELL got start in T.O.
Took cheeky shows around the globe
By Olivia WARD,
Staff
Reporter with files from Associated Press
The fat lady has sung.
After a dazzling, often zany career spanning six decades, singer
and comedian Anna
RUSSELL died Wednesday at 94 in the Australian
seaside town of Bateman's Bay -- half a world away from her former
home in Unionville, Ontario
"She went very peacefully," her adopted daughter, Dierdre
PRUSSAK
told reporters in Australia, where her mother had joined her
for the last months of her life.
But peaceful is the last word to describe Canadian-born
RUSSELL's
lively career, which included sold-out performances in New York's
Carnegie Hall, London's Royal Albert Hall, and with the Canadian
Opera Company -- as well as global tours featuring her own saucy
satirical songs and poetry.
"She was somebody who believed that serious music doesn't have
to wear a frown," says Toronto Star critic William
LITTLER.
A naturalized Canadian,
RUSSELL gave farewell performances in
her 70s while living in the Unionville retirement community of
Heritage Village, adjacent to a street named for her, Anna Russell
Way. Married and divorced twice, her second husband was the late
Canadian artist Charles
GOLDHAMMER.
"I fly a lot… and the airport is closer than it would be if I
lived in Toronto," she once told the Star's columnist Lotta
DEMPSEY,
as she continued a head-spinning schedule of European and American
engagements in her golden years.
Born in London, Ontario, of a Canadian mother and a British military
officer father,
RUSSELL grew up in England lamenting her less-than-perfect
looks and voice -- the result of a smashed nose in a field hockey
accident while at boarding school.
"Certain notes came out a yodel," she explained, telling of a
career that veered from classical to comedic after the voice-altering
event. But she went on to study at the elite Royal College of
Music, and even snaffled a short and disastrous role in the Pietro
Mascagni opera Cavalleria Rusticana.
Her one performance ended when she slipped onstage and crashed
against the set, which collapsed. As the orchestra exploded with
laughter, RUSSELL was packed off in disgrace. She then debuted
as a folk singer on British Broadcasting Corporation radio, and
later appeared on Canadian radio in a variety of shows.
She described some of her misadventures in her autobiographical
books, The Power of Being a Positive Stinker, and I'm Not Making
This Up, You Know.
The latter title was scooped from one of her most famous lines,
taken from a breathless half-hour tour de force condensation
of Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs, still used by serious
students as a guide to the German composer's masterwork.
But it was in Toronto that
RUSSELL got her start, when she returned
to Canada with her mother after her father's death at the onset
of World War 2.
"She was taken on by Sir Ernest MacMillan for his popular Christmas
Box concerts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra," says
LITTLER.
"He had a great sense of humour, and he saw her talent right
away. She was a big hit."
Like vocal satirist Victor Borge,
RUSSELL became a sought-after
performer worldwide. Her recordings as well as performances were
hailed as gems, and later as classics. In one,
RUSSELL accompanied
herself on the piano, offering lessons in "how to write your
own Gilbert and Sullivan opera." But she also brought down the
house during the Cold War with a mock-tragic Russian folk song
featuring a chorus of "da, nyet, da, nyet."
In one of her best-known riffs, she explains Wagner's Das Rheingold,
in which Erda tells the god Wotan, weiche, weiche -- "be careful.
She then bears him eight daughters."
No musical nationality escaped what critics called "her laser-beam
sense of humour."
RUSSELL's defiant floor-kicking flamenco dancer and her ultra-virginal
British choral soprano delighted European audiences as much as
those in Canada. A parody of Bizet's Carmen, with the feisty
heroine groping for her deck of fortune-telling cards in her
voluminous low-cut bodice, won her standing ovations.
Even RUSSELL's
Ring
Cycle performance won admiration from the
notoriously combative Wagner family, which invited her to perform
it at their musical shrine of Bayreuth, and included it in a
video of the opera.
Best known for her vocal performances,
RUSSELL jokingly described
herself as "the Rip Van Winkle of Toronto -- a bit decrepit but
not yet passed away."
"I still have one of the great voices of the decayed -- a roar
rather than screech, in a comfy basso nonprofundo," she told
the Star in 1977.
Her comic opera roles include the Duchess of Crackenthorp in
the 1977 Canadian Opera Company production of Daughter of the
Regiment, and the witch in Hansel and Gretel at the New York
and San Francisco operas.
But RUSSELL also played a variety of instruments, including the
piano and ukelele. "She once came on stage with a bagpipe, and
took it apart as a lesson on how to play it," recalls
LITTLER.
RUSSELL took to the stage, founding Grow Productions, which presented
Victorian drama Lady Audley's Secret at the New York World's
Fair in 1964, and played a leading role in Noël Coward's comedy
Blithe Spirit. Catching a wave of popularity, she composed, wrote
and performed her own comedy material for Columbia Records.
RUSSELL's cheeky style won over audiences when she was well into
her 70s. Giving advice on how to be a successful singer, she
quipped that although a glorious voice was important, "it helps
to be an independently wealthy, politically motivated, back-stabbing
bitch."
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