ASADOURIAN
ASALS
ASANTE
ASANTEWAAH
ASARO
ASADOURIAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-08 published
SOLOMONIAN,
Paul
Veraz
(World War 2 Veteran)
Peacefully on April 6, 2006 in St. Catharines, at the age of
82. Paul, beloved husband of Alice for 59 years. Loving father
of Van (Laura)
SOLOMONIAN and Pamela (Jack)
SABOUNJI.
Cherished
grandfather of David, George, Shaunt and Brian. Brother of Arthur,
Rainy River, Ontario. Thefamily wishes to express their immense
gratitude for the love and support of Paul's in-laws, John and
Angie ASADOURIAN and Doctor George
KREKORIAN and their families.
Also to the staff at West Park, we appreciate your kindness.
Resting at the George Darte Funeral Chapel, 585 Carlton Street,
St. Catharines. Visitation on Sunday, April 9 from 2-4 p.m. and
7-9 p.m. Funeral service on Monday, April 10 at 11 a.m. at Saint_John's
Ukrainian Church, 91 Lakeshore Rd., St. Catharines. Donations
to the Armenian Community Centre would be appreciated. On-LineGuestBook-
www.dartefuneralhome.com
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ASALS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-13 published
ASALS,
Sheila▼
Jean
Suddenly at her residence on Saturday, March 11, 2006, Sheila
Jean ASALS of London in her 60th year. Beloved daughter of the
late Robert (1992) and Margaret
ASALS (2001.) Dear sister of
Betty (Randy)
WELLS and Gail (Allan)
WEIR.
Loving
Aunt of Bill
(Kathy) WEIR and Matthew (Lindsay Gavigan)
WEIR.
Great-aunt to
Emma WEIR.
Greatly missed by "Spooky." Sheila will be fondly
remembered by all her family and many Friends. The family will
receive Friends and relatives at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel,
1997 Dundas Street East (at Wavell), London, for visitation on
Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be on Wednesday,
March 15, 2006 at 1 p.m. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the Canadian
Diabetes Association, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
or the Kidney Foundation of Canada. On-line condolences are available
through www.memorial-funeral.ca Arrangements entrusted to Memorial
Funeral Home 452-3770.
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ASALS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-22 published
ASALS,
Sheila▲
The family of the late Sheila
ASALS wish to express sincere thanks
to Friends, neighbours and relatives for their support during
the loss of our sister, sister-in law, aunt and great-aunt. The
many acts of kindness including floral tributes, cards, phone
calls, charitable donations, food and visits to the funeral and
Funeral Home were greatly appreciated. Thank you Reverend Wendy
MURRAY for the comforting service. Thank you to Memorial Funeral
Home, especially Shannon
BURBERRY and Jennifer
BUSH for their
personal attention and care. Special thanks to P.C. Jenn
PARTRIDGE,
Deborah ROME, Doctor Dieter
BRUCKSCHWAIGER, Sergeant Robert
MERRIMEN.
Thank you to the Staff of the Memorial Funeral Home for the luncheon
served after the funeral. Special thanks to the Pall Bearers
who carefully carried Sheila to her final resting place, the
expressions of love, kindness and thoughtfulness of everyone
was very comforting and much appreciated and will not be forgotten.
Sincerely Gail
WEIR,
Betty
WELLS and families.
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ASANTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-12-12 published
Girl, 15, dies after blaze
Grade 10 student was trapped in townhouse during fire on Sunday
By Michele
HENRY,
Staff
Reporter
Friends of a 15-year-old girl who died yesterday after her house
became engulfed in flames set up a small memorial beside the
charred remains of her home within hours of finding out the tragic
news.
Friends identified the high school student as Princila
ASANTE.
Two red candles burned last night on a grassy stoop just beyond
the Humber Blvd. townhouse Princila shared with her family. It's
just one block south of where the Grade 10 student attended Archbishop
Romero Catholic Secondary School.
Described as a quiet, trustworthy girl, Princila died in hospital
after firefighters found the teenager on the third floor of her
home, where she was trapped for nearly an hour, neighbours say,
when the fire blazed out of control throughout the townhouse.
A card placed at the centre of the growing memorial, which rests
on a tree in the front yard, is scribbled with short notes to
the girl nicknamed Princess.
"I love you," reads one note. "Your spirit will continue to live
on in my heart."
One more reads "I'm going to miss your pretty face."
Friends and classmates of Princila plastered their computer screens
with images of the girl last night and many say they're in shock.
"I still can't believe it. It's very sad," said Osayanmo
AIGBOGUN,
a long-time friend, who attended Cordella Avenue Public School
with her. "She was a happy person. She always smiled." Police
tape surrounded the townhouse yesterday and wraps around the
two homes, which flank it. A car-sized heap of debris is piled
outside the front door and smoke-damaged window frames reveal
a black, burned-out interior.
A battered second floor window ledge betrays another part of
the tragic story that unfolded around 7 p.m. Sunday, after a
fire in the kitchen quickly spread.
When Haida
ADDO, 20, who also lives in the Weston Rd. and Black
Creek Doctor complex, spotted flames reaching through a first-floor
window, she ran to a townhouse beside Princila's and banged on
the door.
"Get out, there's a fire," she said yesterday just beyond the
scene, describing how she yelled for her friend to come outside.
As soon as both met on the lawn, they called to Princila's brother
Giddeon, 11, who looked dumbstruck standing in front of the house,
ADDO said, before the girls spotted Princila's mother at the
second floor. "Help, Help,"
ADDO said, recalling his mother's
cries, before the 49-year-old woman climbed onto the ledge and
jumped from the building.
She landed on the ground, breaking a leg,
ADDO said, before police
and fire trucks came to the street.
Two firefighters suffered serious burns on their hands and arms
because of the extreme temperatures inside the home.
The Ontario Fire Marshal's office is investigating.
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ASANTEWAAH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-12-17 published
'She had the heart of a hero'
Girl tried to save mom, family says
By Thulasi
SRIKANTHAN,
Staff
Reporter
In the cold morning wind yesterday, the women wailed and wailed,
their faces streaked with tears, hands raised to the sky.
Behind them, a makeshift memorial rested on the front lawn, a
tribute to 15-year-old Priscilla
ASANTEWAAH.
Family members say
she rushed into her burning home on Humber Blvd., near Black
Creek Doctor and Weston Rd., last Sunday to save her mother, who
she thought was trapped upstairs.
Priscilla perished inside, unaware her mother, Mavis
SERWAAH,
had already jumped from the third floor to safety outside.
But yesterday a little glimmer of hope appeared for the family,
who lost their home and everything in it, when they received
two $500 cheques from the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters'
Association and the firefighters' Operation Christmas Tree. The
family also received toys from the firefighters' toy drive.
"This is a tragic situation… sometimes we don't have answers,"
said King Kwaski
OPOKU, a community leader who spoke for the
family. "Support like this gives us encouragement."
At Saint Michael's Hospital,
SERWAAH cried out and clung to her
11-year-old son's shirt as relatives and Friends appealed to
the public to help the family this Christmas.
"She was such a wonderful girl, it just hits the whole community,"
said John FORSON,
Priscilla's uncle. "A life is lost, her mother
is critically ill, a young boy left alone and all property lost.
It is a tragic moment for us, and we urge the community to show
their support."
FORSON said his niece was devoted to taking care of her mother,
who is battling arthritis and breathing problems.
And he painted a picture of a friendly, athletic high school
student who dreamed of building a better life for herself, attending
university and becoming a dentist and mother.
"Unfortunately, those dreams did not realize,"
FORSON said.
'She knew that she had left her mom, who was incapable of getting
out of this fire.
"She had the heart of a hero, doing everything for the mom,"
he said. "She knew that she had left her mom, who was incapable
of getting out of this fire. She came out and decided to go back
to get her mom.
"For a moment,"
FORSON said, "you have to stay back and think
about the heart of this girl."
After the fire, Toronto Fire Chief Bill Stewart stressed the
need for fire sprinklers in newly constructed buildings, while
acknowledging that retrofitting older buildings would be an expensive
process.
"The only way we are going to effectively stop this fire death
problem is to bring in sprinkler legislation," he said.
"Residential sprinklers are the answer; 88 per cent of our fire
deaths happen in our homes.
"There are 220 jurisdictions in North America that have legislation
in place now," said Stewart.
"The City of Vancouver has had this legislation in place since
1990, and not had one fire death, so this is not new."
Meanwhile, the firefighters are also appealing for the public's
help in dealing with a severe shortage of toys for their toy
drive.
"We are especially in urgent need of toys for both girls and
boys above the age of 9 years," said Rick
BERENZ, executive officer
for the Toronto Fire Fighters' Association.
A viewing for Priscilla will be held at 10 a.m. December 30 at
All Nations Full Gospel Church, 4401 Steeles Ave. W., followed
by a funeral service at 8 p.m. in the Church of Pentecost banquet
hall, 2256 Sheppard Ave. W.
A trust fund has been set up to aid the family. Donations can
be made at any Royal Bank branch.
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ASARO o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-27 published
HOPKINS,
Janet
Louise (née
BAKER)
Unexpectedly, at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, on Wednesday
May 24, 2006 in her 83rd year. Janet, beloved wife of the late
Earl Sidney
HOPKINS (1996.) Loving mother of Catherine
ASARO
(Ross,) Frederick
HOPKINS
(Marcia,)
Earlene
WERNHAM (Ted,) Joyce
LEGER
(Serge.)
Loving grandmother of 16; Michael
LAWLESS, Lorraine
LAWLESS, Diane
TONKS (Ben), Jennifer
HOPKINS, Jeffrey
HOPKINS,
Melanie Leger, Michael
BIANCO Jr., Cody
BIANCO, Brendan
BIANCO,
Andrea WERNHAM, Jim
WERNHAM, Zachariah
WERNHAM, Jeremiah
WERNHAM,
Chris ASARO,
Shelly
ASARO, Matthew
ASARO and great-grandmother
of 3; Callista, Carter, and Connor. Janet was a longtime employee
of Croven Crystals, Whitby. She leaves many Friends at Meadow
Park Retirement Lodge, London, Ontario. She will be warmly remembered
and sadly missed by all those who knew and loved her. The family
will receive Friends at the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel (110 Dundas
Street East, Whitby 905-668-3410) from 7-9 p.m. Sunday. Service
in the chapel on Monday May 29, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m. Interment,
Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin, Ontario. In memoriam, donations
may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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