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Tom HODGSON,
Artist And Athlete: (1924-2006)
The last surviving member of the Painters Eleven group that introduced
abstract art to Toronto was an anti-academic who favoured spontaneity
over skill. He was also a champion canoeist
By John CHAPUT,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S9
Tom HODGSON grew up on Toronto's Centre Island near Hanlon's
Point, a locale named after the legendary 19th-century rower
Ned HANLON, but chose canoeing as his water sport. That proved
wise as he became a Canadian Olympian on the water and even symbolic
in his lifelong occupation as an artist. Whereas a rower gazes
back on the water he has spanned, the paddler always looks ahead.
Technically a master of representational fundamentals, Mr.
HODGSON
enjoyed a long career in advertising, could paint striking realistic
portraits, and picked up extra money doing courtroom sketches.
His quest as an artist, however, was to find new means to express
creativity, even if it meant suppressing skill and rebelling
against an establishment he regarded as stifling.
"He thought the most creative people were the young who weren't
influenced by anything," says daughter Lise
SNAJDR. "My father
was a skilled draftsman, but, in a way, he was against skill
because it was all stuff you picked up from life experience.
He was left-handed, but he went through a period of drawing only
with his right hand in an attempt not to be too skillful. As
it turned out, he developed an ambidexterity that proved to be
another skill.
"His painting was spontaneous -- everything he did was -- but
he wanted it to look that way. He could be free and liberal with
paint, and put his feelings into a work."
Described by some as "anti-intellectual," Mr.
HODGSON was, in
fact, a deep thinker who would be better described as anti-academic.
"He had his own ideas," says artist Gary
MILLER of Peterborough,
Ontario "He had great admiration for Willem de Kooning, but he
didn't want to just cater to someone's opinion. He was stubborn
and, because he was anti-academic, there was a movement to squelch
Tom."
In his book Creativity Is Change, Mr.
HODGSON declared skill
to be "in some ways the antithesis of creativity, a sort of disrespect
for man's time, and certainly for his individualism&hellip
"Creativity is curiosity, concern, trial and error, invention,
not knowing, discovery. Skill is knowing how to do something….
The essence of creativity is uniqueness."
Mr. HODGSON was sometimes dismissed as a "jock painter" because
many couldn't see athleticism and aesthetics harmonized in one
personality. He won more than a dozen national titles at the
juvenile and junior levels, and then nine more as an adult. In
1952, he took eighth place at the 1952 Helsinki Games in the
1,000-metre tandem with Art Johnson. At the Melbourne Games in
1956, he placed ninth in the 10,000-metre tandem with Bill Stevenson.
Standing just under six feet tall and weighing about 140 pounds,
Mr. HODGSON was a whirlwind in the studio, his frenetic energy
bustling as if his body was struggling to keep up with his train
of thought. Although articulate, he could lapse into a stutter
that affected his speech in childhood but was brought under control
through therapy he took early in his professional life.
Mr. HODGSON's first serious painting was done from 1943 to 1945
while he was training as a pilot and gunner in the Royal Canadian
Air Force. The Second World War ended and he was discharged before
he could be assigned to combat, but he made numerous renderings
of military life and later donated them to the War Art Museum.
He first achieved artistic prominence a decade later as one of
the Painters Eleven, the association of Toronto avant-garde painters
who challenged artistic conservatism and gave the city its first
healthy dose of abstract modernism. With Jack
BUSH,
Oscar
CAHEN,
Hortense GORDON, Alexandra
LUKE, Jock
MacDONALD, Ray
MEAD, Kazuo
NAKAMURA, William
RONALD, Harold
TOWN and Walter
YARWOOD, they
broadened the scope of Canadian art through mutual support and
group exhibitions from their 1953 formation through their gradual
fragmentation and dissolution from 1956 to 1960. Their affiliation
was more professional than theoretical; they used disparate approaches
and had no aesthetic commonalities.
Works of the Painters Eleven grew in demand and value in the
'60s, but just a little too late for Mr.
HODGSON to take full
advantage of it. Short of materials at the time, he painted over
some of the canvasses that could have brought in good money.
Bad luck also struck in 1993 when a fire at his cottage destroyed
many of the works he had stored there.
As a senior instructor at the Ontario College of Art, he was
in the forefront of outrage at the upheaval of the school brought
about by the policies of new president Roy
ASCOTT in 1971-72.
As a tenured professor, Mr.
HODGSON was able to keep his job
while many of his colleagues were fired, only to quit himself
within a few months. Ironically, he was one of only two people
on staff who had opposed the institution of tenure at the Ontario
College of Art in the 1960s.
"Tom believed in the process of creativity as one of constant
change and in the freedom of artists," says Mr.
MILLER, then
a student at the Ontario College of Art. "
ASCOTT and later Royden
RABINOVITCH were from the New York school, very radical and modern,
and they were telling students their work was garbage. So Tom
broke away, formed the Z School, and took half the student body
with him."
As protests go, it was symbolically powerful and a practical
failure.
"The Z School lasted about six months," recalls Don
MORRISON,
an artist and illustrator who was Mr.
HODGSON's long-time friend
and business partner. "You can't very well have a school without
a structure or bureaucracy."
Mr. MORRISON and Mr.
HODGSON shared studio space, first on Church
Street across from St. James Cathedral, then in a warehouse on
the corner of Dufferin and Bloor. Those were also venues for
Drawing Night in Canada figure classes held every Thursday. The
classes were conducted as the antithesis of the typically sombre
gathering of sketchers and painters around a nude model.
"Usually at classes like that, it's like listening for a pin
to drop," Mr.
MORRISON says. Drawing Night in Canada was different.
"These were noisy, vocal, 10 to 18 artists talking and joking.
Anyone could grab a cold beer for 50 cents. The model would talk
back and tell stories, too."
Inevitably, Mr.
MORRISON wearied of the back-lane access to the
warehouse and told his partner he'd prefer a storefront studio.
"A storefront?" Mr.
HODGSON retorted. "I need a storefront like
I need a hole in the head." In a matter of weeks, they had two
storefront studios, one of them facing the historically infamous
but architecturally engaging Mental Health Centre at 999 Queen
Street West.
"Tom was impulsive, just like his painting. He would do exactly
what he wanted," Mr.
MORRISON says. "He built a swimming pool
in the backyard of every house he owned. He would attempt to
do almost anything. One day, he had a plumber come to his home
on MacPherson Avenue because of a leak and the plumber said a
lot of digging was necessary to get at the incoming line in front
of the house. When he told Tom what it would cost, Tom said:
'I'll tell you what, I'll dig it myself.' After he had dug this
enormous hole, I told Tom: 'Well, it may have been a lot of work
to dig, but it'll be easy to fill in.' 'I don't want to fill
it in,' he told me. 'I'm going to build a ramp so I can drive
my bike right under the front porch and into the basement.' He
had three motorcycles -- a
BMW, a Husqvarna, and a Can-Am. So
he built the ramp.
"It didn't occur to me that if he took the ramp to come in the
basement, he'd use it to get out, too. I was renting on the second
floor, and the first time he revved up one his bikes --
VRRRROOOOM!
I jumped right out of bed."
Mr. HODGSON's energetic and impulsive nature, bohemian cultural
surroundings and enjoyment of good times were an ideal formula
for trouble in a man ripe for midlife crisis. He had a number
of lovers and ended his first marriage to Wilma
HODGSON before
settling into a peaceful lifestyle with his second wife, Catherine
GOOD.
They moved to Peterborough in 1990. A few years later,
he began to display the first signs of Alzheimer's. He was the
last surviving member of the Painters Eleven.
Thomas Sherlock
HODGSON was born on June 5, 1924, in Toronto.
He died on February 27, 2006, near Peterborough, Ontario, of
Alzheimer's disease. He is survived by his sons Mark, Rand and
Timothy, daughters Lise Snajdr and Kara Warburton, and sister
Jane HODGSON. He was predeceased by his wife, Catherine.
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O'MEARA,
Sister
Innocentia
(Mary
Madeline)
Sister Innocentia
O'MEARA at Ignatia Hall, Mount St. Joseph on
Tuesday, January 3, 2006. Sister Innocentia
O'MEARA (Mary Madeline)
of the Community of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Diocese
of London in her 98th year. Lovingly remembered by her sister
Monica CAHILL of Sarnia and by her devoted nieces Barbara
HANLON,
Mary Margaret
HANLON,
Pauline
HANLON and nephew John
HANLON and
his wife Henrietta all of Ingersoll and also by niece and nephew
Mary TURNER and John
CAHILL of Sarnia. She is predeceased by
her parents John
O'MEARA and Mary Elizabeth
O'NEILL as well as
by her sisters Helen, Doris and brother Joseph. Sister Innocentia
entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1926 and lived most of her
life offering hospitality to others. She worked at the orphanage
at the original Mount St. Joseph in the early 30's and also ministered
in Windsor, Pain Court, Kinkora, Belle River and Delhi. "Inno"
as she was affectionately known to us worked for many years at
the Guest Wing at Mount St. Joseph where both families of patients
and clergy would stay. She unobtrusively noticed all the details
that would make a guest's stay more comfortable. In her attentiveness
to the daily needs of visitors she made it clear to them that
they were welcomed. Family was very important to her and the
love and attention of her nieces and nephew and her pride in
them was moving for all of us to see. Resting at Mount St. Joseph
Motherhouse, 1486 Richmond Street, on Thursday, January 5, 2006
from 2-4 and 7-9 o'clock. Vigil Service at Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse,
1486 Richmond Street, on Thursday evening January 5, 2006 at
7: 30 o'clock. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated in
Immaculate Conception Chapel, Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse, 1486
Richmond Street, on Friday morning January 6, 2006 at 11 o'clock.
Interment in St. Peter's Cemetery following the Mass of Resurrection.
John T. Donohue Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements 519-434-2708
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CAHILL,
Monica (née
O'MEARA)
At Bluewater Health Norman St. Site, Sarnia on Saturday, January
7, 2006, Monica
CAHILL, affectionately known at "Toots," age
94 of Sarnia. "Toots" was a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church, Sarnia, the Catholic Women's League. She loved her cards,
tea and especially her children and grandchildren. Predeceased
by her loved husband John
CAHILL (1970.) Loving mother of Mary
and her husband Jim
TURNER of Sarnia, John
CAHILL and his wife
Marilyn of Sarnia. Loved grandmother of Jamie
TURNER and his
wife Cindy and their son Cameron of Barrie, Rebecca of Sarnia,
Shawn TURNER and his wife
Sarah and their children Taylor and
Ethan of Sarnia, Craig
TURNER and his friend Tracy
VILLEMAIRE
of Windsor, Patrick
CAHILL and his friend Cheryl
FRASER and Kevin
CAHILL and his friend Eleanor
MANTE all of London. Predeceased
by her parents John
O'MEARA and Mary Elizabeth
O'NEILL and sisters
Doris O'MEARA and Helen
HANLON both of Ingersoll, Sister Innocentia
O'MEARA of London and a brother Joseph
O'MEARA.
The funeral mass
will be celebrated at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 293 Stuart
Street, Sarnia on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, at 11: 00 a.m. Interment
will follow in Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery. Friends and family
will be received at Smith Funeral Home, 1576 London Line, Sarnia
on Monday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.. Prayers will be said at the
Smith Funeral Home Monday evening at 8: 00 p.m. Sympathy through
donations to the Cancer Society would be appreciated. Memories
and condolences may be sent on line to www.smithfuneralhome.ca
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CAHILL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-08 published
ROBINSON.
Barbara
Robinson (née
TIPPING)
Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Victoria Hospital
on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 in her 72nd year. Beloved wife of
53 years to LeRoy
ROBINSON.
Loving mother of Stacey (Bill
ABRAM)
and Bradley (Jackie). Cherished grandmother of Jessie-Lee, Crystal,
Eric, Nicholas, and Cameron. Barbara is survived by her brother
and sisters, Kay
AUBIN,
Joe
TIPPING, and Betty
CAHILL. The family
will receive Friends and relatives at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel,
1997 Dundas Street East (at Wavell), London, for visitation on
Monday from 7-9 p.m. Memorial service will be on Tuesday, April 11,
2006 at 1 p.m. Cremation. Interment to be held at Forest Lawn
Memorial Gardens. In remembrance, donations may be made to the
Chron's and Colitis Foundation of Canada, Canadian Diabetes Association,
or the Osteoporosis Society of Canada would be appreciated. The
family would like to thank the nurses, Doctor's and staff for
their kindness and support shown to Barbara while she was at
Victoria Hospital, 5th floor, D section. ArrangementS entrusted
to Memorial Funeral Home 452-3770.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-01 published
COULTER,
Carol▼
Ann▼ (née
MITCHELL)
Peacefully▼ at Parkwood Hospital, Carol Ann
COULTER (née
MITCHELL)
of Mount Brydges, died on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 after a very
short battle with cancer. Loving wife of Gary. Dear mother of
Gail, and her husband Fred
CAHILL,
Pam,▼ and Heather and her husband
Dan JACKSON. A wonderful grandmother to Stewart and wife
Sheri,▼
Greg and Coulter
CAHILL, and Carter and Griffin
JACKSON.
Dear▼
sister of Peggy
ARKINSON and her husband Archie (Montreal,) Ted
MITCHELL and his wife
Jone▼
(Halifax.▼)
Sister-in-law▼ of Carol E.
COULTER (Pugwash, Nova Scotia). Aunt to Lisa and Jeffrey. Best
friend of Ann
GOULD and dear friend to many others. She will
be missed for her compassion and care for others. She was a member
of the May Court of London Marionettes and the Canadian Celiac
Association -- London Chapter. And she truly enjoyed her summers
in Nova Scotia. Arrangements have been made at Denning Brothers
Funeral Home, Strathroy, Ontario. Visitation on Friday, June 2,
2006 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Service at 11: 00 a.m. on Saturday,
June 3, 2006 at the Funeral Home. Cremation with interment in
Nova Scotia to follow. Donations to the Lung Association and
the Canadian Celiac Association would be appreciated. A tree
will be planted in memory of Carol.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-15 published
VERBOOM,
Klaas
Willem
Passed away peacefully at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital
on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 in his 59th year. Klaas W.
VERBOOM
of Parkhill, beloved husband and best friend of Paulette
(CAHILL.)
Survived by sons Bill
HINDLE
(Brenda,)
Douwe
VERBOOM (Michelle,)
step-son Chris
CAHILL
(Tanya.)
son of Margaret and the late Tony
Sr. (1997.) Brother of Tony (Judy,) Betty (John)
HUYGEN.
Predeceased
by twin brother John (1986.) Grandfather to Nick and Cooper
CAHILL.
Uncle to Robert, Richard, Douglas and Rebecca. Survived by family
in Northern Ontario and the Netherlands. The art world and London
have suffered a great loss. A memorial service will be conducted
on Saturday, June 17th at 2: 00 p.m. at the M. Box and son Funeral
Home, 183 Broad Street, Parkhill. A memorial visitation on Friday
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Epilepsy Canada and Canadian Cancer Society. Share a memory
or send condolences to www.boxfuneralhome.ca M. Box and son will
plant a tree in living memory of Mr.
VERBOOM at the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Parkhill.
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Immense talent of artist Klaas
VERBOOM will be missed
By Kathy RUMLESKI, Free Press Reporter, Thurs., June 15, 2006
Parkhill artist Klaas
VERBOOM was praised yesterday for his spirit
of giving, as well as his immense talent.
VERBOOM, 58, a London native, died at Strathroy Middlesex General
Hospital early yesterday from liver cancer.
"He had a heart as big as his career," said friend Teresa
MARIE
of Grand Bend, who considered
VERBOOM her mentor. They used to
meet every Monday night to paint.
"Klaas taught me how to paint. He was a wonderful, genuine and
gentle person and extremely talented."
VERBOOM married his longtime partner Paulette in April, shortly
after being diagnosed with cancer.
"She's a surgical nurse. She just retired two weeks before they
got married,"
MARIE said. "They were just starting their lives
(as a married couple). They seem a little ripped-off."
VERBOOM's work, mostly oil paintings, is in many public collections
across Canada, including the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery,
Avon Canada in Montreal and Museum London.
"Museum London is very fortunate to have works by him in our
permanent collection," said the museum's executive director Brian
MEEHAN.
"As an artist, Klaas carried on the great tradition of landscape
painting in this country and was able to capture Southwestern
Ontario in beautiful detail."
VERBOOM was chosen to paint a portrait of wheelchair athlete
Rick Hansen by his Man in Motion Tour in 1986.
Two of his works, Fox and Hounds, were recently accepted for
the Master of Foxhounds Association of America Centennial Travelling
Art Exhibition, which will open in New York in January 2007 and
travel across North America.
VERBOOM's paintings fetched as much as $20,000 through the years,
MARIE said.
One painting, Fall Splendor, was commissioned by a visiting Dutch
businessperson browsing in Sandy Snelgrove's Gallery in London,
which represented
VERBOOM.
VERBOOM was once asked about his goal as an artist and said "I
want people to look at my work and say, 'Boy, this guy really
enjoyed painting these.' "
VERBOOM is also survived by his mother Margaret, sons Bill
HINDLE
and Douwe VERBOOM and his stepson Chris
CAHILL.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the M. Box
and son Funeral Home in Parkhill.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-19 published
ZWIETINK,
Oene
Hendrik
On Saturday, June 17, 2006, the Lord took unto Himself His child
Oene Hendrik
ZWIETINK in his 91st year. Oene was born in Drachten
Fr., Holland in 1916 and was predeceased by his parents Hendrik
Oene and Jeannette
ZWIETINK-
HAZELHOFF and two brothers Oene and
Jacob. Also by his first wife Janke
ZWIETINK-
GEERTSMA. He is
survived by his wife
Jean
ZWIETINK-
RUPPERT, his daughters, sons-in-law,
grandchildren and great grandchildren; Shirley and Henry
NIEBOER
of London, Jeannette and Henry
VLAAR of St. Catharines, Jane-Ann
NIEBOER and her fiancee Mike
CAHILL of London, Darlene and Anthony
BARTON of London, Al and Janice
NIEBOER of the U.S.A., Shelley
AUSTIN of Parkhill, Robert and Joanne
VLAAR of St. Catharines,
Brian and Kerri
VLAAR of Calgary, Leigh-ann and Tad
DEMAS of
Chicago, Joshua and Alicia, Mitchell, Danielle, Kaitlyn and Ashley,
Curtis and Stephanie, Kate and Jenna and Trey. Special thanks
to Doctor LOCKE and staff at Willow Ridge. McCormick Home, your
care and support is really appreciated. Funeral service will
be held at Memorial Funeral Home, 1559 Fanshawe Park Road (east
of Highbury), on Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 11 a.m. with visitation
one hour prior. Cremation with interment at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
at a later date. Reverend Dennis
ROYALL officiating. If desired,
memorial contributions may be made to the McCormick Nursing Home.
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BRYANS,
Gary
Vincent
Suddenly at his residence in Perth South, on Thursday, November 23,
2006 Gary Vincent
BRYANS age 56 years, formerly of Saint Marys.
Dear husband of Jeanne
(DIEHL)
BRYANS.
Loving father of Tamara
and Jason, Gary Jr. and Amy, Jeremy, Gregory, Catherine and Jeffrey,
Kimberly and Mike, and Diana. Proud grandfather of Joel, Jeremy
Jr., Brandon, Nathan, Joshua, Emmalee, Jacob and Leah. Cherished
son of Vincent and Ruth
BRYANS of Saint Marys. Dear son-in-law
of Dorothy
DIEHL of Saint Marys and Albert and Sandy
DIEHL of Breslau.
Dear brother of Wayne, Donald and Gloria, Robert and Nancy, Vincent
Jr. and Tony. Dear brother-in-law of Susan
MARWICK and Dave of
Victoria,
British
Columbia, Marcella
CAHILL and Larry of Stratford,
Vicky DIEHL and Dirk of London, Danny
DIEHL of Vancouver, British
Columbia, Kelly
DIEHL and Bill of Breslau. Predeceased by a brother
Richard. Resting at the L.A. Ball Funeral Chapel, 7 Water St. N.,
Saint Marys on Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will
be held at Saint Peter's Lutheran Church (115 Cambria Street, Stratford,
corner of Nelson St. and Cambria St.) on Monday, November 27,
2006 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Timothy
TEUSCHER officiating. Interment
will follow in Saint Marys Cemetery. In his memory donations to
the Canadian Diabetes Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation
or Saint Peter's Lutheran Church would be appreciated as expressions
of sympathy.
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COULTER,
Carol▲
Ann▲ (née
MITCHELL)
Peacefully,▲ at Parkwood Hospital, Carol Ann
COULTER (née
MITCHELL)
of Mount Brydges, died on Wednesday, May 31, 2006, after a very
short battle with cancer. Loving wife of Gary. Dear mother of
Gail and her husband Fred
CAHILL,
Pam,▲ and Heather and her husband
Dan JACKSON. A wonderful grandmother to Stewart and wife
Sheri,▲
Greg and Coulter
CAHILL, and Carter and Griffin
JACKSON.
Dear▲
sister of Peggy
ARKINSON and her husband Archie (Montreal,) Ted
MITCHELL and his wife
Jone▲
(Halifax.▲)
Sister-in-law▲ of Carol E.
COULTER (Pugwash, Nova Scotia). Aunt to Lisa and Jeffrey. Best
friend of Ann
GOULD and dear friend to many others. She will
be missed for her compassion and care for others. She was a member
of the May Court of London Marionettes and the Canadian Celiac
Association London Chapter. And she truly enjoyed her summers
in Nova Scotia. Arrangements have been made at Denning Bros.
Funeral Home, Strathroy. Visitation on Friday, June 2, 2006 from
2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Service at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 3,
2006 at the funeral home. Cremation with interment in Nova Scotia
to follow. Donations to the Lung Association and the Canadian
Celiac Association would be appreciated. A tree will be planted
as a living memorial to Carol.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-04-04 published
MORRIS,
Joseph▼
Raymond▼
Born in Toronto eighty years ago, Ray died peacefully on April 2,
2006 at Saint Michael's Hospital after a short battle with cancer.
During his long, wonderful life, he was the beloved husband for
forty-two years to the late Mary Theresa
CAHILL and loving father
to Terry NIKKEL (Milton), John, Marian
McTEER (Bill), Neil, Gerald
(Gale), Cathy (deceased in 1980), Michael (Vickie) and Patti
DENNISON
(Gary.▼) He was the proud grandfather of fifteen grandchildren
Katie, Maureen, Darcy, Nathan, Deirdre, Peter, Travis, Joshua,
Brendan, Michelle, Matthew, Justin, Stefan, Nicholas and Emily
and great-grand_son Austin. Following Mary's death, Ray married
Margaret HARKINS, now deceased, and they enjoyed ten happy years
together. Ray was an enthusiastic and accomplished golfer throughout
his life. He like to tell his many Friends and colleagues that
he only golfed on days that end with the letter "y". Visitation
will be held at the "Scarborough Chapel" McDougall and Brown, 2900 Kingston
Road (east of St. Clair Avenue East), on Tuesday from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Boniface
R.C. Church (21 Markanna Drive). In lieu of flowers, donations
in his memory may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-09-30 published
HERSHAW,
Gene (née
CAHILL)
Passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 30th, 2006 in her
92nd year. She is dearly missed by her sister Agnes, her nieces
and nephews, Brian, Barbara, Cathy, Andrew, Michael, Patricia,
and all their kith and kin. Gene was predeceased by her twin,
Marguerite
YOUNG, her other siblings, George, Laurice and Claire
and her husband, Ogden. She made many good and loyal Friends
over the years, notably from her wonderful time at the law firm
Bell, Temple. Donations to a favourite charity in Gene's memory
would have pleased her. The family has already held a private
memorial. As Gene often said with a twinkle, "It's been grand
don't think it ain't."
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CAHILL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-28 published
PATTERSON,
Maureen
Margaret (née
FOX,) R.N., Dip. S.W., C.B.S.
Passed away January 27, 2006, at the Credit Valley Hospital,
Mississauga, in her 66th year, after a courageous battle with
cancer. Beloved wife of Dan for 44 years. Dear mother of Lisa
PATTERSON of Mississauga, Patricia
WATTS
(Stephen) of Mississauga.
Devoted and loving Nana to Erin and Sean
WATTS.
Predeceased by
parents Sergeant Frank
FOX and Dorothy
FOX. Survived by siblings,
Bob FOX
(Mary) of Gilmour, Terry
FOX of Toronto, Catherine
CAHILL
(Don) of Welland, Nora
SMITH
(Don) of Wainfleet, Francis
HATTON
(Rick) of Welland. Cherished sister-in-law to Barry and Sonja
PATTERSON of Port Colbourne. A Private Service will be held by
the family. If desired, donations to Carlo Fidani Peel Regional
Cancer Centre at the Credit Valley Hospital would be appreciated.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-18 published
STEVENSON,
Bloss "
Skip"
Of North Bay, Ontario and formerly of Corbeil, Ontario. Passed
away at the North Bay General Hospital, Scollard Site on Friday,
March 17, 2006. Beloved husband of Barbara Hannath for 47 years.
Dear father of Judy
LENOIR of France and Rob
STEVENSON
(Lisa
North) of North Bay. Brother of Aileen
MILLER. Survived by his
aunt and uncle Charles and Dorothy
STEVENSON of Petrolia as well
as the Hannath Family and Jack
DALZIEL.
Fondly remembered by
his nieces Jane
ARTHUR
(Paul) and their children Alisha, Ben
and Clair; Andrea
CAHILL
(Pat) and their children Rachel and
Nicholas, all of Sarnia. Predeceased by his parents Bloss
STEVENSON
(February 12, 1974) and Mary Alice
STEVENSON (June 17, 2005).
Resting at the W. John Thomas Funeral Home, 244 Victoria St. E.,
Alliston from 12 noon on Monday, March 20, 2006 until time of
Funeral Service in the Chapel at 2: 00 p.m. Interment Alliston
Union Cemetery.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-04 published
MORRIS,
Joseph▲
Raymond▲
Born in Toronto eighty years ago, Ray died peacefully on April 2,
2006 at Saint Michael's Hospital after a short battle with cancer.
During his long, wonderful life, he was the beloved husband for
forty-two years to the late Mary Theresa
CAHILL and loving father
to Terry NIKKEL (Milton), John, Marian
McTEER (Bill), Neil, Gerald
(Gale), Cathy (deceased in 1980), Michael (Vickie) and Patti
DENNISON
(Gary.▲) He was the proud grandfather of fifteen grandchildren
Katie, Maureen, Darcy, Nathan, Deirdre, Peter, Travis, Joshua,
Brendan, Michelle, Matthew, Justin, Stefan, Nicholas and Emily
and great-grand_son Austin. Following Mary's death, Ray married
Margaret HARKINS, now deceased, and they enjoyed ten happy years
together. Ray was an enthusiastic and accomplished golfer throughout
his life. He liked to tell his many Friends and colleagues that
he only golfed on days that end with the letter "y". Visitation
will be held at the "Scarborough Chapel" of McDougall and Brown,
2900 Kingston Rd. (east of St. Clair Ave. E.) on Tuesday from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
at St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, (21 Markanna Dr.). In
lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Canadian
Diabetes Association.
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CAHILL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-20 published
CAHILL,
Mary (formerly
MacMILLAN)
Peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, April 18,
2006, at the Brant Centre, Burlington. Predeceased by her first
husband Robert
MacMILLAN and son William. Beloved wife of Ronald
CAHILL. Loving mother of Chuck and his wife Kay, Betty
YOUNG
and her partner Martin, Bruce and his wife Pat, Joe and his wife
Joanne, and mother-in-law of Irene. Cherished Nanny and Granny
of seventeen. Mary will be lovingly remembered by her many family
and Friends. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel,
2357 Bloor St. W., at Windermere, east of the Jane subway on
Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel
on Friday, April 21, 2006 at 11 o'clock. Interment Glendale Memorial
Gardens. If desired, remembrances may be made to the Canadian
Cancer Society or Canadian Legion Branch 266.
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CAHOON o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-12-22 published
CAHOON,
Frances
In loving memory of a dear mother and daughter who passed away
December 22nd, 2005.
Time may heal the broken heart,
Time may make the wound less sore.
But time can never stop the longing
For the loved one gone before.
- Always remembered by Children and Family.
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