CAWKER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-25 published
HACKSHAW,
Margaret▼
Wallace▼ (née
CAMPBELL)
Of Saint Thomas on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, in her 76th year. Beloved wife of the late
Gordon HACKSHAW and loved mother of Rhona and her husband Steven
SOMERVILLE of Saint Thomas, Moira
CAWKER of Stoney Creek and the
late Dawson
HACKSHAW.
Loved▼ grandmother of Scott, Craig, Shelby,
Travis, Melanie and Robert. Predeceased by a brother Thomas
CAMPBELL.
Margaret was born in Scotland on September 5, 1930, the daughter
of the late Dawson and Janet
(WALLACE)
CAMPBELL.
She▼ attended
St. Andrews United Church and she was a member of the Lioness
Club, Port Stanley. The funeral service will be held at St. Andrews'
United Church on Friday at 3: 30 p.m. Visitation at the Church
Friday 2: 30-3:30 p.m. Cremation to follow with the ashes to be
interred in Union Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined, with
remembrances to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Port Stanley
Lioness Club.
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CAWKER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-26 published
HACKSHAW,
Margaret▲
Wallace▲ (née
CAMPBELL)
Of Saint Thomas on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, in her 76th year. Beloved wife of the late
Gordon HACKSHAW and loved mother of Rhona and her husband Steven
SOMERVILLE of Saint Thomas, Moira
CAWKER of Stoney Creek and the
late Dawson
HACKSHAW.
Loved▲ grandmother of Scott, Craig, Shelby,
Travis, Melanie and Robert. Predeceased by a brother Thomas
CAMPBELL.
Margaret was born in Scotland on September 5, 1930, the daughter
of the late Dawson and Janet
(WALLACE)
CAMPBELL.
She▲ attended
St. Andrews United Church and she was a member of the Lioness
Club, Port Stanley. The funeral service will be held at St. Andrews'
United Church on Friday at 3: 30 p.m. Visitation at the Church
Friday 2: 30-3:30 p.m. Cremation to follow with the ashes to be
interred in Union Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined, with
remembrances to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Port Stanley
Lioness Club. Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin St. Saint Thomas
in charge of arrangements.
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CAWKER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-29 published
CAWKER,
Madeline
Emily (née
WALKER)
Peacefully, on Friday, January 27, 2006 at the Lakeridge Health
Centre in Port Perry, at age 87. Madeline (née
WALKER,) beloved
wife of the late Robert Boynton
CAWKER of Scugog Island. Loved
mother of Wendy
KOEYERS of Scugog Island, and Ernie
CAWKER of
Janetville.
Loving grandmother of Jodi and her husband Mike
PATFIELD
and great-grandmother of Austen. Dear sister of Alice, Edith,
Walter, Frank, and the late Arthur and James. The family of Madeline
CAWKER will receive Friends at the Wagg Funeral Home, "McDermott-Panabaker
Chapel", 216 Queen Street in Port Perry (905-985-2171) on Tuesday,
January 31st from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Service to celebrate her
life will be held in the chapel on Wednesday, February 1st at
11 a.m. with Reverend Calvin
STONE officiating. Interment Pine
Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert. If desired, memorial donations
may be made by cheque to the Scugog Island United Church Memorial
Fund or the charity of your choice. On-line condolences may be
left at www.waggfuneralhome.com
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CAWLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-11-01 published
THORNTON,
Hugh
Richard
Loving and adored father, kind and devoted husband to Bardie,
Hugh passed away peacefully at home surrounded by the love of
his family on October 25, 2006 after a courageous battle with
pancreatic cancer. Born on February 4, 1929, in Woodstock, Ontario,
to Jessie Robertson and Percy Sanford
THORNTON, he was the youngest
of eight children. Love and appreciation of music and fine art
were always encouraged in the household by his mother, an accomplished
pianist, and at an early age Hugh began to show great promise
in drawing, illustrating and painting. He loved to talk about
his days growing up in a large family where late-night chats
would turn into early morning discussions of philosophy, science,
the arts, and politics. The eight children loved to play pranks
on each other, build water-glass orchestras and go-carts, read
together and play music. Being in a large family he learned to
assume responsibility early, and at age 11, he worked as a parcel
boy at Loblaws in order to buy his first bike while later he
took on summer jobs delivering ice and bread. The family moved
to Toronto in 1938 to the High Park area where Hugh attended
Keele St. Elementary School and Humberside Collegiate. At school
he excelled in art, music, and literature. He met the love of
his life, Barbara
BRIGHAM, when she was 15 and he 16, and four
years later, they were married while Hugh was attending the Ontario
College of Art in the fine art program. He switched into the
commercial program when he realized he would need to be able
to support a family. During college, Hugh worked steady nights
at Goodyear and Stelco, paying for all of his tuition. He won
two scholarships and a bursary before he graduated in 1951 and
continued to work at Goodyear upon graduation. Subsequently he
was employed at Rabjohn Illustrators and after 1 year there,
he went to Avro Aircraft where he quickly rose to department
head. In 1955, after 3 years of top-secret illustration on the
Arrow aircraft program, Hugh left to start his business in partnership
as Industrial Art and Publicity Associates which subsequently
became Thornton Hall Limited. As an employer, he was very fair
and many times in the early days had to finance the payroll unbeknownst
to his employees. Usually Hugh would be the last one to close
the door, well into the early morning hours, as he built a successful
career as illustrator, photographer, artist, copywriter, designer,
and typographer. He was a rare one-stop talent that many envied
and yet he was the most unassuming man to all who knew him. During
the rare moments when he would take time for himself, he would
relax with reading or playing Mendelssohn, Chopin, Beethoven
and Bach piano pieces. Hugh and Bardie had to be thrifty in the
early years, seldom living beyond their means, but still managing
to always throw great parties with their many Friends and relatives.
The door was always open at the Thornton household, laughter
abounded, and visiting out-of-town relatives were never expected
to stay in a hotel. In 1960, they bought a cottage on Buckhorn
Lake and many happy weekends were spent fishing, water-skiing
and boating. After Buckhorn was sold, they bought a cottage on
Boshkung Lake north of Minden, Ontario, where Hugh loved to walk
in the country with his artist's pad and camera in hand, creating
ideas and sketches for some his most beautifully realized landscape
paintings. Hugh provided a wonderful home in Don Mills for his
wife and children, and loved to go on vacation with their Friends
to sunny climes during the winters. He and Bardie instilled in
their children strong family values of honesty, integrity, humility,
and grace. Hugh was delighted to engage in conversation with
his children and extended family and to be taken to task by his
kids in discussions on politics or philosophy. The bantering
and humour that went on around the table, even right up until
the days before his passing, will be remembered and cherished
by them forever. He was very proud of his children and their
spouses and his adored grandchildren. Hugh was most proud of
his accomplishments that occurred in his post-retirement years
when he returned to painting. His many beautiful works of art
adorn the halls of the family home, and the homes of Friends.
He was eternally grateful to the Minden Hills Cultural Centre
where his works were regularly shown each summer at the Agnes
Jamieson Gallery and where, just in October, he was awarded 1st place
in the People's Choice Award at the Members Show. He leaves his
beloved wife of 56 years, Barbara
BRIGHAM, and their loving children
David LIVINGSTONE
(Paula
ZINOVICH) of Victoria, British Columbia,
Gerry THORNTON
(Stephen
MOORE) of Toronto; and Andrew
THORNTON
(Sandra REYNOLDS) of Barrie, Ontario. Left to grieve for their
adored Grandpa are Colin, Raeanne and Richard
MOORE, and Jesse
and Emma LIVINGSTONE.
Hugh was predeceased by all seven of his
siblings: Philip, Margaret (Bud
BURROWS,)
Bob
(Phyllis,
Helen,)
Marion (Frank
KENNEDY), Don (Mimi); Anne (Vince
RUSSO), and Gerry.
He was a wonderful uncle to Doctor Dan
THORNTON
(Donna,)
Carol
PAGNACCO
(Ernie), Brian
KENNEDY (Katie), Keith
KENNEDY (Joan), Gail
WILLIAMS
(Ken,) Linda
CLARY, the late Ted
THORNTON,
Andrea
THORNTON, Philip
RUSSO (Mary), Vicki
BENOIT (Jerry), Eric Russo, Dianne
THORNTON
(Mark RECZKIEWICZ), Ian
THORNTON (Lisa
McLAUGHLIN) and Rob
THORNTON.
He is survived by his sisters-in-law Hilde
THORNTON of Toronto
(Dr. Harry
HURWITZ,)
Leonore
THORNTON of Kingston, Jean
CAWLEY
of Vernon, British Columbia and children Tom, Cathy, and Joy
Frances BRIGHAM
(John
DAVIES) of Victoria and children Becky,
Tony, Judy, and Tim; along with brothers-in-law Joe
BRIGHAM
(Mary)
of New Bern and son Phil; and Bill
BRIGHAM
(Pearl) of Mount Hope
and children Cathy, Ruth, and Terry. He is lovingly remembered
by dear cousins Kirk and Mary
THORNTON of Orillia and Marilyn,
Andrea, and Chrissie
LEMIEUX of Toronto. He leaves many grand
nieces and nephews and a great-grand niece. Deeply saddened are
Friends from high school days, business and the art world, the
cottages at Buckhorn and Boshkung Lakes, Don Mills and Aurora
neighbours, as well as the many caregivers whose hearts were
touched by his incredible courage and ceaseless wit and sense
of humour. Special thanks goes to our primary care day nurse,
Melissa, and primary care night nurse, Dan, our primary support
worker, Jacquie, and most especially the Dies family, Bill, Joan,
June, Rob, Paul, and Joanne for their generosity of spirit, Friendship,
time, love, and personal care for Dad during this difficult time.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Southlake Regional Health
Centre Foundation (Cancer Program) would be appreciated. Address:
615 Davis Dr., Suite 304, Newmarket, Ontario. L3Y 2R2. Alternatively,
donations may be made to the Hugh Thornton Award. This has been
established by the Minden Hills Cultural Centre to be given to
a special Grade 8 student at Archie Stouffer Elementary School
in Minden who has shown an interest and/or potential in the arts.
The address is: Hugh Thornton Award, c/o Dianne
GRAHAM,
Agnes
Jamieson Gallery, 176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden, Ontario. K0M 2K0
Cremation has taken place. A public memorial service will be
held on Sunday, November 19, at Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria
St. in Aurora, Ontario at 2 p.m.
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