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GUNESCH
GUNEY
GUNN
GUNNELL
GUNNESS
GUNNING
GUNRAJ
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GUNDLACH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-12-23 published
CANTELLO,
John
Albert
Veteran of World War 2, retired Average Adjuster and Senior Vice-President
of Osborn and Lange.
Peacefully at his home on December 22, 2006, age 82 years. Beloved
husband of Pamela. Loving father of Jennifer (Stephen
DAW,)
Geoffrey
(Ruth EDWARDS), Mandy (Bruce
ROGERS), Gillian (Mike
WEBER) and
Larry. Cherished grandfather to Ian, Claire, Alyson, Derek, Stefanie,
Meghan and Stephen. Dear brother of Gerald, Thelma and the late
Eric.
John will be sadly missed by Laura and Kristy
ROGERS,
Stephanie
GUNDLACH and many more family members and Friends. Visitation
at Collins Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Home, 222 Highway 20
(Cartier Exit 49), Pointe Claire, 514-483-1870, Thursday from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the chapel Friday, December 29
at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Special
thank-you to Gloria Timmons and Doctor Victor Cohen for their support
and care. In his memory, donations may be made to the Nova (Victorian
Order of Nurses) West Island.
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GUNDRY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-19 published
HASKETT,
Charles
P., Q.C.
At the London Health Sciences Centre - University Hospital, on
Friday,
November 17, 2006, Charles
HASKETT of London in his 96th
year. Beloved husband of the late Florence and the late Ainslie
HASKETT. Dear father of James of Lethbridge, Alberta, and Myrna
CASSELMAN and her husband Bruce of Toronto and stepfather of
Barbara GUNDRY and her husband Paul and Nancy
SWINKELS and her
husband Harry. Loving grandfather of Joshua, Sarah, Jonathan
and Joel HASKETT, and Adam, David and Melanie
CASSELMAN, and
loving step-grandfather of Christopher and Katie
GUNDRY and Bradley
and Stacey
SWINKELS.
Predeceased by his brother Bert
HASKETT.
Charles graduated from The University of Western Ontario 1934,
graduated from Osgoode Hall 1937, was appointed Queen's Counsel
1957, a life member of the Law Society of Upper Canada 1987,
Bachelor of Laws degree from York University 1991, past president
of the Elmwood Bowling Club, past director of London Curling
Club, past president of Highland Country Club and past master
Saint_John's Lodge No. 209a and a member of the London Bridge Club.
Friends will be received by the family from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Monday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street
South, London, where the funeral service will be conducted in
the chapel on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. with
Reverend
Matthew
P.
PENNY officiating. Interment Woodland Cemetery,
London. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be
made to the Arthritis Society, 204-400 York Street, London, Ontario
N6B 3N2 or the Canadian Diabetes Association, 442 Adelaide Street,
North, London N6B 3H8. Online condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca
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GUNDY,
James
Henry, 1951 -- Died This Day
Investment banker born at Harriston, Ontario, on March 22, 1880
After beginning his career at the Central Canada Loan and Savings
Co. and Dominion Securities Corp., he went out on his own in
1905 to organize Wood Gundy and Co. It soon became the country's
biggest investment firm. During the First World War, he directed
a special subscriptions committee in charge of several victory
loans and was later made president of the Investment Bankers'
Association of Canada. During the Depression, he took advantage
of economic upheaval and successfully led a wave of mergers that
involved such companies as Simpsons, Canada Power and Paper,
Dominion Steel and Coal and Massey-Harris. As one of the most
powerful men in Canada, he also served as a director on the boards
of dozens of large companies.
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GUNDY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-11-11 published
Kenneth McILWRAITH,
Officer and Diplomat (1917-2006)
The quiet ambassador had some remarkable wartime adventures --
patrolling Palestine on horseback and being taken prisoner by
the French Foreign Legion, writes Sandra
MARTIN
By Sandra MARTIN,
Page
S11
A very private, modest person, Kenneth
McILWRAITH disliked talking
about himself almost as much as he loved playing golf after he
retired from the diplomatic service. Nevertheless, he had some
extraordinary adventures in his long life.
Although Canadian born, he served with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry,
one of the last British cavalry regiments to still use horses
at the beginning of the Second World War. He was captured by
the French Foreign Legion in the Syrian desert in 1941 and held
for two months as a prisoner-of-war of Vichy France.
After the war he had a lengthy career as a diplomat and ultimately
became Canadian ambassador to Norway and Iceland. "He was a man
of infinite courtesy and patience and he helped train his juniors
in a methodical and systematic way that was quite rare among
senior officers and heads of missions," said Roy
MacLAREN, a
former High Commissioner to London and one of Mr.
McILWRAITH's
juniors at External Affairs. "The juniors in the department greatly
admired him. He would take any amount of time helping to train
us and showing us by example how to conduct ourselves," said
Mr. MacLAREN. "He was a very fine person."
Kenneth Douglas
McILWRAITH was the younger
son of William Norman
McILWRAITH and his wife
Ruby (née
SOMERVILLE.)
His father, who
had left school at 16, was hired as a clerk by George Herbert
WOOD and James Henry
GUNDY as one of their first two employees
on the day they opened their investment firm in 1905. Mr.
McILWRAITH
became such an adept and valued investment analyst that five
years later, when he was 30, the founders asked him to open the
London office of Wood Gundy (which is now part of Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce).
Although a decidedly anglophile couple, the
McILWRAITHs returned
to Canada every summer to their cottage on Centre Island in Lake
Ontario across the harbour from Toronto, and deliberately came
back to Canada in the penultimate year of the First World War
so that their second son, Kenneth, could (like his elder brother
William) be born on Canadian soil. As well, Mr.
McILWRAITH "did
not trust the quality of British medical treatment," said his
grand_son Bill
McILWRAITH in a e-mail from Thailand where he owns
a small resort.
Ken was sent to board at Boxgrove preparatory school in Guildford,
Surrey, from the age of 8. At 13, he went to Rugby School, near
Coventry in Warwickshire, the same school that the soldier-poet
Rupert Brooke had attended, and then went up to Cambridge where
he studied English literature at Clare College, graduating with
a bachelor's degree in 1939 and a master's the following year.
Mr. McILWRAITH joined the British Army as a second lieutenant
and served with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, a regiment that
can trace its lineage back to 1794. At the time Mr.
McILWRAITH
enlisted, the regiment (which had been given the honorific Royal
in 1831 and designated the Prince of Wales's Own in 1863 in tribute
to the future King Edward VII) was still a cavalry unit,
a tradition that must have appealed to the horse-loving Mr.
McILWRAITH.
He, along with his batman, served in Palestine, riding his own
two horses (which he had shipped by train and boat from England)
on patrols. It was only at the end of 1941, two years into the
war, that the regiment was mechanized, following its transfer
to the Royal Armoured Corps.
While serving as a regimental liaison officer in the Syrian desert,
Mr. McILWRAITH and his batman were captured south of Palmyra
on June 2, 1941, by a French patrol (of Arab soldiers with French
officers, as he later explained in a letter to his parents).
As France had fallen to the Germans the year before and established
the Vichy collaborationist government, the French and the British
were technically at war.
Mr. McILWRAITH was taken to the local commandant, a captain in
the French Foreign Legion. After a noisy exchange, the commandant
sent his prisoner on his first flight by "aeroplane" to Homs,
about 145 kilometres west of Palmyra. "The plane was a very ancient
affair (four-seater biplane), the air currents over the desert
were particularly active, and the pilot and navigator were more
concerned with some bottles of wine they had brought with them
than with the smooth progress of their flying chicken-crate,"
he wrote to his parents in September, 1941.
Lieutenant
McILWRAITH was transported along with other captured
British officers to Alefsis on the outskirts of Athens. That's
where he saw the Germans for the first time. "The Jerries paid
no attention to us other than to glance with a certain bovine
curiosity at the rather motley looking party of British officers.
It was obvious, however, that the French depended on German authorization
for every move they made," he wrote.
Another "hair-raising" flight later, the prisoners reached Salonika,
where they were kept in filthy conditions in a warehouse for
five days and then interned for two weeks in the hold of a French
passenger ship in the harbour. After the Saint Jean d'Acre Armistice
was signed on July 14 between British forces in the Middle East
and Vichy France forces in Syria under General Henri Dentz, he
should have been returned to the British. The prisoners were
shown the armistice and allowed to read the clause demanding
their immediate return to the British, but they were still loaded
on a train and sent across enemy-occupied Europe and through
Germany to Toulon, France -- all the time in ghastly conditions,
without adequate food or water.
In Toulon, he and the other officers were finally released under
the terms of the armistice and sent back to Beirut on a French
ship that sailed through the Mediterranean, enjoying considerably
better conditions than he had endured on his outward journey.
He arrived in Cairo on August 19, a little more than two months
after his capture and after 10 days leave, returned to the fighting.
The Royal Wiltshire was the first British tank regiment to engage
the German (and Italian) forces under General Erwin Rommel at
the crucial battle of El Alamein in North Africa in 1942. Mr.
McILWRAITH
missed the fighting because he was ill with jaundice and desert
sores, (a virulent form of impetigo that was exacerbated by sand,
heat and the confined quarters in tanks). The sergeant who took
his place was killed almost immediately, according to Mr.
McILWRAITH's
daughter Mary.
He later served in Norway and was demobilized with the rank of
captain in 1946. Although he survived the war, many of his school
Friends and army colleagues were killed and he suffered from
horrible nightmares about the horrors he had witnessed. His daughter,
Mary McILWRAITH, can still remember him shouting in his sleep
and waking everybody up. As a result they rarely talked about
their father's war experience.
When peace came, his father wanted him to join Wood Gundy, but
he resisted and opted instead to study Canadian history at the
University of Toronto for a year with a view to joining External
Affairs (now Foreign Affairs and International Trade), which
he did on September 1, 1948, after successfully writing the entrance
examinations. As a student, Mr.
McILWRAITH lived in a boarding
house on Lonsdale Road. That's where he met Ruth (née
KEOGH)
RICHARDSON, a widow one year his senior and the mother of two
little girls, Deirdre and Darragh. Her husband Pat had fought
with the Canadian forces and been killed in Holland near the
end of the War.
Although of different religions -- Mr.
McILWRAITH was Protestant
and Mrs. RICHARDSON was Irish Catholic -- they married in 1951
just before he received his first foreign posting to Geneva.
During their three years in Switzerland, the
McILWRAITHs' daughter
Mary was born. The family returned to Canada and lived in Ottawa
where Mr. McILWRAITH was a member of the inspection service,
charged with travelling the globe to observe and report back
on conditions in Canadian embassies and diplomatic missions.
The McILWRAITH's final child, Sheila, was born in Ottawa just
before their next posting to Tokyo in 1958. They travelled by
ship, as Mrs.
McILWRAITH disliked flying, a trip that her daughter
Mary still remembers as the height of luxury and glamour. After
a three-year stint, the family went back again to Ottawa where
Mr. McILWRAITH was head of personnel for External Affairs.
In 1964, the fluently bilingual Mr.
McILWRAITH was posted to
Paris at the height of the first wave of Front de Liberation
du Québec violence in Quebec and during a troubled diplomatic
period between French president Charles de Gaulle and the Canadian
government. While working in the embassy he took some pleasure
in recounting to his colleagues how an earlier French administration
had held him as a prisoner-of-war, according to his old friend
and colleague Peter Towe, former Canadian ambassador to the United
Nations. Mr.
McILWRAITH's final posting was to Oslo where he
served as ambassador to Norway and Iceland from 1972 until 1976.
He took early retirement at 60 and continued to live in Ottawa
where he enjoyed playing golf, meeting with old Friends from
External and reading. He and his wife separated in 1990 and she
returned to Toronto where she died in 2004.
Mr. McILWRAITH, who continued to live in Ottawa in the family
home with his step-daughter Darragh, was in good health, surviving
prostate cancer and melanoma, until the cancer metastasized to
his urinary tract. He died shortly after receiving the diagnosis
and having refused treatment.
Kenneth Douglas
McILWRAITH was born in Toronto on May 25, 1917.
He died in Ottawa on September 11, 2006. He was 89. He is survived
by his four daughters, three grandchildren and his extended family.
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PALMER,
H.
Douglas
Formerly of Oshawa, Ontario, born on February 18, 1926, passed
away on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 in London, Ontario. Predeceased
by his parents Grace Valentine
PALMER and Harry G.
PALMER and
brother-in-law William
McLEESE.
Father of Bryan
PALMER (Joan
SANGSTER), Blake
PALMER (Kathi
JAMES) and Brock
COOPER (Laurence
HEATH.)
Grandfather of Beth, Cliff and Reid. Survived by sister
Lois M. McLEESE, good friend Doris
GUNESCH, nephew Douglas
McLEESE
and nieces Dale
DANAHER and Karen
ENGEL.
Doug was an avid curler
and golfer and active in standardbred horse racing as an owner
and judge. After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces (1944-1946)
he was employed by the John B. Stetson Co. (1947-1969). He later
operated businesses in Exeter and London. Friends will be received
at the Memorial Funeral Home, 1559 Fanshawe Park Road (east of
Highbury) for visitation on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 7-8: 30 p.m.
A private interment will be held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the
charity of your choice.
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GÜNEY,
Türker
After a courageous battle with cancer, passed away on January
28, 2006 at age 69. Loving and devoted father of Sacha and Michel,
dearest brother of Turköz (Nejat) and uncle of Hakan (Melek)
and Erkan, good friend of his former wife Marie. Türker will
be remembered by his Friends as a kind and generous person. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Princess Margaret
Hospital or the Mount Sinai Hospital. A Memorial Service will
be held on Tuesday, January 30th, at 12: 30 p.m., at the Turkish
Islamic Centre, 336 Pape Avenue (south of Gerrard). Entombment
to follow at the Pine Ridge Cemetery in Pickering.
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GUNN o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-01-30 published
VOKES,
Thomas
Peacefully and with his family by his side at the Grey Bruce
Health Services in Owen Sound of Friday evening January 27, 2006.
In his 87th year, Thomas George
VOKES, the beloved husband and
friend of Roberta
VOKES (née
GUNN) for sixty-two years. The loving
father of William (Bill) and his wife Roberta, Alvin and his
wife Wilda, Lois, Ruth Anne and her husband Howard
GREIG, Ron,
and Sharon and her husband Randy
VANWYCK.
Lovingly remembered
by twelve grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Dear
brother of Glen
VOKES and brother-in-law of Marjorie
VOKES, and
Norman and Frances
GUNN.
Predeceased by his parents Ernest and
Della VOKES, by two brothers Orville and Kenneth. Thomas was
a life long resident of Derby Township. Friends may call at the
Breckenridge-Ashcroft Funeral Home on Monday from 2 to 4 p.m.
and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be held at the funeral
home on Tuesday afternoon at 1: 30 p.m. Leslie
SEARLES officiating.
Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy,
memorial donations to either the Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre
Coronary Care Unit or to Kilsyth United Church would be appreciated
by the family. And in the end it's not the years in your life
that count, it's the life in your years.
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GUNN,
Gordon McDonald
Peacefully, with his family by his side, at the Grey Bruce Health
Services in Owen Sound, on Wednesday, March 29th, 2006. Gordon
McDonald GUNN, of R.R.#8, Owen Sound, in his 76th year. Dearly
beloved husband for fifty-three years of Betty
GUNN (née
LONG.)
Loving father of Linda
BUMSTEAD (Gary), Susan
DOWNEY (Brian
KING),
Brad GUNN
(Suzanne,) all of Owen Sound and Donna
CLARK (Dan,)
of London. Proud grandfather of Kevin, Jeff, Michael, Mercedes,
Kirby, Justin, Cally, Brittney and Tori. Gordon will be sadly
missed by his two brothers, Roy
GUNN
(Elsie) and Allan
GUNN (Leone)
and his sister, Marian
KYLE
(Lorne.)
Predeceased by his parents,
Hector and Millie
GUNN; his brothers, Hector and Howard
GUNN
his sisters, Elsie
HURLBUT and Doreen
NESBITT.
Friends may call
at the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West, Owen
Sound (376-7492) on Friday from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
A Funeral Service for Gordon
GUNN will be held in the Funeral
Home Chapel on Saturday, April 1st, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m. with Doctor Brad
CLARK officiating. Interment in Annan Cemetery. If so desired,
the family would appreciate donations to the charity of your
choice as your expression of sympathy
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COULTHART,
Gertrude
Mary
(GUNN)
At the Grey Bruce Health Services, Southampton, on Wednesday,
October 18th, 2006 at the age of 92 years, the former Gertrude
GUNN of Port Elgin and formerly of Ingleside, Ontario. Wife of
the late Eldred
COULTHART.
Mother of Bob and his wife
Patricia
of Port Elgin and Heather
COULTHART and her husband Barry
ADAM/ADAMS
of Vancouver, British Columbia. Grandma to Val
COULTHART,
Leah
COULTHART-
HOWE and her husband Todd
HOWE, and Ryan
ADAM/ADAMS. Great-grandma
to Darcy and Clara
HOWE.
Sister of Art
GUNN and his wife
Verda
of Chesley. Sister-in-law of Mildred
COULTHART of Long Sault.
She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased
by her brothers Robert, Ken, Donald and John. A memorial service
will be conducted in the W. Kent Milroy Port Elgin Chapel, 510 Mill
Street, Port Elgin (Town of Saugeen Shores) on Saturday, October 21st,
2006 at 11: 00 a.m. with Pastor Bob
JOHNSTON officiating. Interment
will take place at a later date in St. Lawrence Valley Cemetery,
Long Sault, Ontario. Memorial contributions to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation or the Canadian Diabetes Association would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy. Portrait and memorial online at www.milroyfuneralhomes.com
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SMART,
Robert▼
Carl▼
Suddenly in Owen Sound, on Monday, November 13th, 2006. Robert
Carl SMART, of Owen Sound, in his 55th year. Dearly beloved husband
of Lynn SMART (née
GOVIER.)
Loving▼ father of Tim
SMART and his
wife, Rhonda, of Saint Thomas and Rick
SMART, of Owen Sound. Proud
grandfather of Jalyn and Kyler
SMART.
Much▼ loved
son of Samuel
Jr. and the late Patricia
SMART. Dear brother of Michael
SMART
and his wife, Margo, of Georgian Bluffs, Lynda
HARTLEY and her
husband, Bruce, of Owen Sound, Tiny
LAWRENCE and her husband,
Dayle,▼ of Georgian Bluffs, Debbie
GUNN and her husband, Allan,
of Annan, Dawn
DOSSMAN and her husband, Paul, of Chatsworth,
Cindy MAHER and her husband, Brian, of Barrie and Casey
BALLANTINE
and her husband, Dan, of Calgary. Bob will be sadly missed by
his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Lloyd and Colleen
GOVIER.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. For further
information please call the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 -
14th Street West, Owen Sound (519-376-7492).
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SMART,
Robert▲
Carl▲
Suddenly in Owen Sound, on Monday, November 13th, 2006. Robert
Carl SMART, of Owen Sound, in his 55th year. Dearly beloved husband
of Lynn SMART (née
GOVIER.)
Loving▲ father of Tim
SMART and his
wife, Rhonda, of Saint Thomas and Rick
SMART, of Owen Sound. Proud
grandfather of Jalyn and Kyler
SMART.
Much▲ loved
son of Samuel
Jr. and the late Patricia
SMART. Dear brother of Michael
SMART
and his wife, Margo, of Georgian Bluffs, Lynda
HARTLEY and her
husband, Bruce, of Owen Sound, Tiny
LAWRENCE and her husband,
Dayle,▲ of Georgian Bluffs, Debbie
GUNN and her husband, Allan,
of Annan, Dawn
DOSSMAN and her husband, Paul, of Chatsworth,
Cindy MAHER and her husband, Brian, of Barrie and Casey
BALLANTINE
and her husband, Dan, of Calgary. Bob will be sadly missed by
his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Lloyd and Colleen
GOVIER
his brother-in-law, Terry
GOVIER and his many nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street
West, Owen Sound (519-376-7492) on Wednesday from 2: 00-4:00 and
7: 00-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service for Robert
SMART will be held
in the Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, November 16th, 2006 at
11: 00 a.m. with Doctor Brad
CLARK officiating. Interment in Greenwood
Cemetery. If so desired, the family would appreciate donations
to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society
of Special Olympics, Owen Sound as your expression of sympathy.
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THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Bernice
Evelyn (née
JACQUES)
On Friday, January 20, 2006, Bernice Evelyn
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON (née
JACQUES)
of London in her 73rd year. Dear mother of LuAnn
OSTAFIE of London,
Lisa THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON of Kelowna, British Columbia and Lora
GUNN of Dorchester.
Loving grandmother of Shawn and Aaron
OSTAFIE;
Zachary and Jzayrene
RODGERS and Justin and Conner
GUNN.
Sister of Ilene
MYERSCOUGH
(Harold) of Ottawa, Gloria
LAVALLEE of Brantford and Bill
JACQUES
(Choeyni) of Toronto. Cremation has taken place. A gathering
to celebrate Bernice's life will be held on Friday, January 27th,
2006 at 1: 00 p.m. at the Dorchester Donnybrook Legion (1227 Donnybrook
Drive). Expressions of sympathy and donations to the Canadian
Cancer Society may be made through London Cremation Services
672-0459 or online at www.londoncremation.com
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COUGHLIN-
JARVIS,
Taylor (1981-2000)
In loving memory of our dear son, brother and grand_son, Taylor,
who passed away six years ago today, February 15, 2000, at age
18. Taylor who has truly touched us, Will always be close in
our hearts and thoughts. Fondly remembered with love from Mom,
Dad,
Tannis,
Jane and Jen, Grandpa and Grandma (2004)
GUNN.
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POWELL,
Ruth
Elizabeth
(GUNN)
Peacefully at London Health Sciences -- University Hospital on
Friday,
March 3rd, 2006, Ruth Elizabeth
(GUNN)
POWELL of London
in her 76th year. Beloved wife of Nelson
POWELL.
Loving mother
of David (Ruth)
POWELL of Walkerton, Patrick (Kerry)
POWELL of
Western Australia and Thomas (Mary)
POWELL of Cambridge. Loving
grandmother of 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. The
funeral service will be conducted at the Westview Funeral Chapel,
709 Wonderland Road North, on Wednesday, March 8th, 2006 at 11: 00
a.m. with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment,
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Those wishing to make a donation
in memory of Ruth are asked to consider charity of your choice.
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EVANS,
Charles
Richard
In his 94th year, peacefully and with his granddaughter by his
side, Charles Richard
EVANS passed away on March 6, 2006. Charlie
enjoyed a long life with his loving wife of 72 years, Violet,
and the two of them spent a wonderful retirement together at
their home on the Ausable River, in Port Franks. Charlie is predeceased
by his wife (2003), and his son and daughter-in-law, Jack (2004)
and Diane (1999)
EVANS. He will be very sadly missed by his granddaughter,
Christine GUNN and her husband, Brian, of Sarnia. Charlie will
be fondly remembered by his sister-in-law, Betty
BURNS, his nephews,
Richard (Carol)
EVANS,
David
(Sylvia)
EVANS, Richard (Michelle)
COLTMAN and Craig
COLTMAN as well as other extended family members
and Friends. At Charlie's request, no visitation or service is
being held. The family would appreciate expressions of sympathy
be made either to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Canadian
Cancer Society. Arrangements by Smith Funeral Home, 1576 London
Line, Sarnia. Memories and condolences may be e-mailed to: smithfuneralhome@cogeco.net
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MYALL,
Gordon
E.
Peacefully at Victoria Hospital on Thursday, March 23rd, 2006,
Mr.
Gordon
E.
MYALL, of London, in his 76th year. Beloved husband
of 53 years to Margaret
MYALL
(THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON.)
Loving father of Rob
and Corinne
MYALL,
Peggy
MYALL and friend Pat
BAXTER and Brad
and Pam MYALL. Dear grandpa of Jimmy
HOPPER, Kevin (Nancy)
HOPPER,
Sarah and Emily
MYALL,
Jeffrey
MYALL and Christopher
DUNN and
great grandpa of Kyle
HOPPER.
Brother of George (Ilene)
MYALL
of London, Margie (Alec)
KELLY of Woodstock. Brother-in-law of
Donna (Ed)
THOMAS,
Jack
(Jean)
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and Calvin (Lorraine)
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON, all of London. Also survived by several nieces and
nephews. Predeceased by his sisters Joan
CARVER,
Irene
CAMPBELL,
parents Gordon and Jean
(GUNN) and his mother-in-law Clara
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON.
Friends may call at the Lloyd R. Needham Funeral Chapel, 520 Dundas
Street, London on Sunday, March 26th from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service
from the chapel on Monday at 1 p.m. Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Adam Linton Dialysis Unit would be
appreciated. Tributes may be left at www.mem.com
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HAWKEN,
Robert
Francis
Of Saint Thomas, on Monday, June 12, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, surrounded by his loving family in his 81st
year. Beloved husband of the late Marguerite
(GUNN)
HAWKEN (1995)
and dearly loved father of Doctor Katherine
HAWKEN of Saint Thomas
and Michael and Stephen
HAWKEN of Burlington. Robert was born
in Torpoint, Cornwall, England on November 11, 1925, the son
of the late Charles and Minnie
(GOULD)
HAWKEN. He came to Canada
in 1957 and worked for Massey Ferguson in Toronto for a number
of years. Robert served in the Royal Navy during World War 2.
The funeral service will be held at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin
St. Saint Thomas on Saturday at 11: 00 a.m. Cremation. Visitation
Saturday from 10: 00-11:00 a.m. Remembrances may be made to Elgin
Lung Association.
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GUNN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-18 published
MARKS,
William "
Bill"
Peacefully at the London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital,
London, on Saturday, December 16th, 2006, William "Bill"
MARKS
of London in his 77th year. Beloved husband of Carole
(TRAAS)
MARKS for 55 years. Dear father of John
MARKS and his wife
Carol
of Surrey, British Columbia, Janet
MARKS,
Lynn
GUNN and her husband
Kevin and Sandy
JANSSEN and her husband Reinier all of London.
Dear grandfather of Monique
JANSSEN and Luke
JANSSEN and Kristin
GUNN and Jordan
GUNN. Dear brother of Shirley
CLARKSON of Lindsay,
John MARKS and his wife
Carol of Winfield, British Columbia and
James MARKS of Toronto. Predeceased by his sister Joan
JONES.
Friends will be received by the family from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street
South, London, where the funeral service will be conducted in
the chapel on Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. with
Reverend Chris
KRAATZ officiating. Cremation. As an expression
of sympathy, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made
to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 442 Adelaide Street North,
London, Ontario N6B 3H8 or to the London Regional Cancer Program,
747 Baseline Road East, London, Ontario N6C 2R6. On line condolences
accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca
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COX,
Jessie
Rankin (née
GUNN)
Died peacefully in Toronto on Friday, September 8, 2006 after
a long illness. Beloved wife of Robert Warburton
COX and mother
of Susan Margaret Cox
FORMICA and Janet Elizabeth Cox
HAHN.
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GUNN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-09-30 published
TOMLIN,
Donald
On Wednesday September 27, 2006, Donald
TOMLIN passed away in
Toronto at the age of 85 years. Don was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
on September 22, 1921, the only child of Christian and Albert
TOMLIN.
Don is survived by his only son Gordon and grand_son Dean.
Don joined Miller MacDonald in 1939 on his way to becoming a
Chartered Accountant. He also served in the Royal Canadian Air
Force between 1942 and 1946. In 1947, Don qualified for the National
Honours list as a C.A. In 1954, Miller MacDonald merged with
Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, where Don remained until his retirement
in 1985. After a courtship that involved frequent travel on foot
to Transcona on the outskirts of Winnipeg, Don married his soul
mate June GUNN on June 4, 1949, and in 1954 they welcomed the
birth of their only son Gordon. Through the next 17 years they
lived an active and happy family and social life in Winnipeg
and at the cottage at Victoria Beach. Sailing, golf, cycling
and cross-country skiing all featured prominently. Don also managed
to fit in other work and community activities such as teaching
at the University of Winnipeg, serving on the executive of several
clubs, and assisting numerous charities. In 1966 and 1967, he
served as President of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1972 they
moved to Toronto where they continued their busy schedule. In
addition to his usual activities, Don was very involved in Canada's
Challenge for the America's Cup. Shortly after Don's retirement,
June passed away in January 1987, much to everyone's sadness,
after a lengthy battle with cancer. Don continued to live a busy
life over the next twenty years, spending time with his family
and Friends, being an active member of the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club and the Chartered Accountants of Ontario, golfing, and enjoying
his many luncheons with the Group of Eight. Don will be greatly
missed by family, Friends, and anyone who had the opportunity
to meet this very special man. The family wishes to extend a
special thanks to the Toronto East General Hospital and the Metropolitan
Toronto ambulance, fire and police departments for the outstanding
service and support they provided to Don during his final hour.
The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home
- A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue
East), from 4: 00 to 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Monday,
October 2nd. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 3rd
at 11 o'clock in Lawrence Park Community Church, 2180 Bayview
Avenue, Toronto. Reception to follow in the Leaside and Bayview
Rooms of the funeral home. If desired, donations may be made
to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 1920 Yonge Street, 4th Floor,
Toronto, Ontario M4S 3E2 or to the Canadian Cancer Society, 20 Holly
Street, Suite #101, Toronto, Ontario M4S 3B1.
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EGAN,
Cecily
Ann (née
GUNN)
Passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 22, 2006 after a two
year courageous battle. Cherished wife of Terry, loving and caring
mother of Graeme (Jennifer) and Laurie Ann. Much loved grandmother
of Cameron and Garrett. Loving daughter of the late Cecil H.
and Jean W.
GUNN
(DINGWALL.)
Cecily
Ann was born in Lake of the
Woods in 1933 and raised in Winnipeg. Lake of the Woods always
had a special place in her heart as she spent countless summers
there with her family and Friends. She attended Riverbend School
and graduated from the University of Manitoba. Cecily Ann was
active in the University Women's Club affairs and an avid bridge
player. She approached life with intensity and passion and she
will be sorely missed by her relatives and many Friends across
Canada and the United Kingdom Special thanks to Doctor
TEPPER and
the 4th floor nursing staff at Bridgepoint Health. A funeral
service will be held at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles
Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East),
on Thursday, January 26th at 3 p.m. If desired, donations may
be made to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, 15 Gervais Drive,
Suite #700, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1Y8. Condolences available on-line
at www.humphreymiles.com
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HARRIS,
Norman
Kenneth, B.A.Sc. (5T9) M.B.A. (6T5)
Norman was on his way to conquering lymphoma when he succumbed
to heart failure on Saturday October 28, 2006 at Mt. Sinai Hospital,
surrounded by the love of his family. He was the devoted husband
for 47 years of Marilyn
GUNN, his high school sweetheart, and
proud and loving father of Roger
HARRIS and his wife
Chiara
BORRELLI
of Toronto, and Emily
HARRIS of Riva del Garda, Italy, who were
there for him when he needed them. Norman was born in Toronto
70 years ago, the only child of Ken and May
HARRIS. He attended
General Mercer School, Oakwood Collegiate and U of T. He served
as a school trustee in the then City of York for several years.
Norman held many positions in both the public and private sectors,
but retired 15 years ago as president of his own company, Harris
Gunn and Associates. He divided his retirement years between his
city home and his country home in the Ottawa Valley, both of
which he lovingly landscaped. At Norman's request, there will
be no funeral. However, Friends will be received at the Turner and
Porter Funeral Home 2357 Bloor Street West (at Windermere near
the Jane subway) on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Norman loved
every animal that walked and bird that flew. If desired, donations
to the Ontario Humane Society or Lymphoma Society would be appreciated
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GUNN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-12 published
HULBERT,
Christina (née
TOMLINSON)
Peacefully on January 11th, 2005, Christina, beloved wife of
Bertram HULBERT. Dear sister of Lillias
TOMLINSON and the late
Ivy BLAIKLOCK and Jessie
NORRIS.
Loving aunt of Barbara
THAMER
(David); George Tomlinson
GUNN (Christine) of Vancouver, British
Columbia; and David
HULBERT
(Marilyn.)
Great-aunt of Caroline
DUECK
(Bernhard) and Katherine of Ottawa; Jennifer
MEISTER (Darren,)
Andrea and Matthew of London, Ontario; John and Felicia
GUNN
Jeffrey and Scott
HULBERT. Dear friend of the Casburn family.
Friends will be received at Saint John's (Norway) Anglican Church,
470 Woodbine Ave., at Kingston Rd. on Saturday, January 14th,
2006 from 10 a.m. until time of service beginning at 11 a.m.
Interment Saint John's (Norway) Cemetery. Donations, in memory
of Mrs. HULBERT, may be made to Saint John's (Norway) Endowment
Fund and would be greatly appreciated by the family. Till we
meet again.
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GUNN 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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LAMPIT,
Betty
Doreen (née
JONES)
At Four Season Lodge, Deep River on Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
Betty Doreen
LAMPIT of Deep River and formerly of Saint Thomas
in her 84th year. Beloved wife of the late George
LAMPIT (1995)
and loving mother of Susan
MORRISON and her husband Donald of
Deep River and Deborah
PEDROS and her husband Gerald of Saint Thomas.
Cherished grandmother of Kathleen
SELKIRK,
Fiona
MORRISON and
Natasha and Matthew
PEDROS.
Dearly loved great-grandmother of
Joseph and Robin
SELKIRK.
Predeceased by two sisters Peggy
ROBINSON
and Gwen GUNNELL.
Betty was born in England on December 27th,
1922 to William and Ann
(FUDGE)
JONES. A memorial service will
be conducted at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas
on Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Cremation took place
in Deep River with interment of the ashes to be made at the Elmdale
Cemetery. Remembrances to the Four Season Lodge, Deep River
Children's Wish Foundation or the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be greatly appreciated.
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GUNNELL,
Dorothy (formerly
LANGSTON)
Suddenly, in Niagara-On-The-Lake on January 17, 2006, in her
80th year. Loving mother of Penny
LIRETTE
(Peter
DUGGAN) and
Russell LANGSTON
(Lynda.)
Proud and cherished "Nanny" and "Grand-Nan"
to Reece LIRETTE (Teresa), Rachel, Mark, Jessica, and great-grandchildren
Brianna and Dawson. Dorothy will be missed by her step-sons Eric
(Susan) and Jeff (Susan)
GUNNELL, and step-grandchildren Erin,
Kevin, and Kyra, as well as her faithful companion "Danny". Dorothy
is predeceased by two husbands, Robert
LANGSTON (1980) and Frank
GUNNELL (2004.) A memorial service will be held at 3 o'clock
on Saturday, January 21, 2006, at Saint Mark's Anglican Church,
Niagara-On-The-Lake. A Private Committal will be held at a later
date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Niagara-On-The-Lake
Chapel of the Morgan Funeral Homes. As an expression of sympathy,
donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, or
to the Canadian Diabetes Association. Online guest register at
www.morganfuneral.com
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GUNNESS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-27 published
WHEELER,
David
Arthur
Age 57, of Mooretown, passed away with his family by his side
on Monday December 25, 2006 at Bluewater Health, Norman Site,
Sarnia. Loving father of Charlotte and Richard, Welland; Stephanie
(Brian), Sarnia; step-sons Robbie and Donny
SCOTT, Sarnia. Special
buddy to Christopher
BURWELL. Dear brother of Ruby (Harold)
GLOVER,
John (Louis)
ANDERSON, Lorne (Norma)
WHEELER, Albert
WHEELER,
Nelda (Carman)
GUNNESS,
Norma
(Sam)
VANDERKLOET, Allan (Edna)
WHEELER,
Christopher
WHEELER. Survived by several nieces and
nephews. Predeceased by his parents Arthur and Evelyn
(CARTER)
WHEELER, brother Tom and sisters Inez, Marla and Ruth. Friends
will be received at Steadman Brothers Funeral Home Brigden on
Friday December 29, 2006 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. with funeral service
on Saturday December 30th at 11: 00 a.m. Father Nick
WELLS officiating.
Following cremation interment Moore Union Cemetery, Mooretown.
Sympathy may be expressed through donations to Charity of Choice.
Steadman Brothers 519-864-1193.
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GUNNESS,
Carl
Peacefully passed away on February 25, 2006 at his home surrounded
by his family. Loving husband to Hamidan for 31 years. Beloved
father to Hamlet, George, Sarah, Carla, Sabrina and Horatius.
Proud grandfather to Ameer. Will be sadly missed by his mother
Lilly, his late father Jellico
GUNNESS, his brothers, sisters,
nephews, nieces and all of his extended family including his
congregation at The Overcomers Missionary Church. Friends and
family may be received at Lynett Funeral Home, 3299 Dundas Street
West (one block east of Runnymede Rd.) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A funeral Service to take
place in the funeral Chapel on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 10
a.m. Interment at Beechwood Cemetery.
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GUNNING o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-09-12 published
GUNNING,
Muriel
At Queensway Nursing Home, Hensall on Sunday, September 10, 2006
Muriel GUNNING formerly of Exeter in her 79th year. Daughter
of the late Melville (1975) and
Myrtle
(Kirk)
GUNNING (1986.)
Also survived by several cousins. Friends may call at the Hopper
Hockey Funeral Home, 370 William Street, 1 west of Main, Exeter
one hour prior to the funeral service which will be held on Wednesday,
September 13th at 11 a.m. with Wendy
NOBLE officiating. Interment
Zion Cemetery. Donations to Queensway Nursing Home, Exeter United
Church or the charity of your choice would be appreciated by
the family. Condolences may be forwarded through www.hopperhockeyfh.com.
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GUNNING o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-13 published
BAKER,
Nelson
David
Age 96, passed away peacefully at his residence in Saint Marys,
on Saturday, November 11, 2006. Born in Lion's Head, he was the
son of the late William and Almeda
(GUNNING)
BAKER. He farmed
on concession 6 of Blanshard Twp., until retiring in Saint Marys
in 1977. He was a member of Saint Marys United Church. Beloved
husband of Marion
(FULCHER)
BAKER of the Wildwood Care Centre.
Loving father of Vivian
BAKER of Saint Marys, Donna
TURNPENNY of
Toronto, Elizabeth and Elton
BAKER of Sebringville, Brenda and
Rob BELL of Saint Marys, Barbara and Murray
MEADOWS of St. Pauls.
Dear grandfather of Ryan
TURNPENNY,
Jason
TURNPENNY and wife
Christine, Conrad
NOWAK,
Laurie
ROSS and husband Gerry, Nancy
BAKER, Brent
BAKER and wife Nancy, Adam
BELL, Caitlin
BELL and
Melissa MEADOWS.
Also survived by 5 great-grandchildren, brothers
and sisters Vernon
BAKER,
Vernetta
BAKER and Freeda
MILLS, sisters-in-law
Margaret THACKER, Hazel
BAKER, Ina
PICKEL, Jean
CARR, Marion
SCRIVENS and husband Donald, Wilfred
STONE and wife
Lil.
Predeceased
by his first wife
Mina
CARR and his second wife Audrey
(ESSON)
JOHNSTON, a son William
ESSON and wife
Joyce, a granddaughter
Tanya TINNING, sister Molesta
KEW, brothers Oliver, Newman, Garnet
and Alfred
BAKER and several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Resting at the L.A. Ball Funeral Chapel, 7 Water St. N, Saint Marys
on Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held at
Saint Marys United Church (85 Church St. S.) on Tuesday, November 14,
2006 at 1 p.m. with Rev. Pirie
MITCHELL officiating. Interment
will follow in Saint Marys Cemetery. In his memory donations to
the Parkinson's Society or to the charity of choice would be
appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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GUNRAJ o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2006-06-27 published
HARRIS,
Wilfred
John
Jack
At Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, on Saturday, June 24,
2006, Wilfred John Jack
HARRIS of Strathroy, in his 81st year.
Beloved husband of Shirley
(CAMPBELL)
HARRIS and dear father
of Carmen and her husband James
TITUS of Blenheim and Michael
HARRIS of Strathroy. Survived by his grandchildren David John
Bartlett HUNTER and Andrea
GUNRAJ, Susan Loretta
HUNTER and Craig
CYBULSKI, Michael Ryal
HARRIS and Matthew John
HARRIS. Also survived
by his sisters Pearl
OGG and Dorothy
MARSHALL, both of Strathroy.
Predeceased by his brothers-in-law Rod
OGG and Eldon
MARSHALL,
brother Leo
HARRIS and his wife
Betty.
Visitation was Sunday,
June 25 from 7-9 p.m. and Monday, June 26 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
at Denning Bros. Funeral Home, where the funeral service was
held on Tuesday, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Charles
SEED officiating.
Interment followed at Strathroy Cemetery. Donations to the Lung
Association would be appreciated by the family. A tree will be
planted as a living memorial to Jack.
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GUNTER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-13 published
CLARK,
Virginia
L. (née
MOORE)
Peacefully at Bluewater Health, Norman St. Site in Sarnia on
May 12, 2006, in her 93rd year, Virginia L. (née
MOORE)
CLARK
of Thedford, formally of Tampa, Florida. Beloved wife of the
late George S.
CLARK (1993.) Loving mother of Doctor Nancy and Doctor Billy
GUNTER of Wesley Chapel, Florida, Michael and Jean
CLARK of Sarnia
and Dave CLARK of Ipperwash Beach. Cherished grandmother of Nancy,
Kevin, and Hugh and Lauren
CLARK.
Also survived by sister Evelynne
BRENNER of Grand Bend and sister-in-law Madeline
SWEITZER of
Exeter. Funeral service to be held at the Knox Presbyterian Church
in Thedford on Sunday, May 14, 2006, at 2: 30 p.m. Visitation
will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2006 from 2-6 p.m. at the Gilpin
Chapel, Thedford. Interment at Pinehill Cemetery with Rev. Dr. Christine
O'REILLY officiating. Memorial donations to the charity of your
choice greatly acknowledged.
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ATKINSON, Archibald Hunt "Archie", "Tommy" (1910-2006)
Peacefully in his sleep on June 4th, 2006, at Ridgeview Home,
Hamilton, Ontario, in his 96th year. Born Dorris, California,
U.S.A., December 28, 1910. Barefoot farm boy in Oregon's Willamette
Valley. Brilliant mathematician, freshman University of Oregon
1929, alumnus U.S. Naval Academy 1934 cum laude. First graduating
class Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Fellowship
1935 (M.B.A.), Lt. Cmdr U.S.N. (ret.), navigator pocket carrier
U.S.S. Bataan (Coral Sea, Iwo Jima, Tokyo Harbour etc). Proud
citizen of both Canada and the U.S.A. Hamilton Engineering Institute
Engineer of the Year, 1983. Predeceased in 1998 by the love of
his life, Elizabeth Eleanor
ATKINSON (née
ILLSEY.) Survived by
son Thomas Eugene (b.1944,) daughter-in-law Linda (née
POWELL,)
grand_son Tyler (b.1971); son William Illsey (b.1946), daughter-in-law
Laura Jo GUNTER, grand_sons Rowan (b.1991) and Stuart (b.1995)
former daughter-in-law Emmy
VERDUN, grand_son Jeremy (b.1976)
and granddaughter Laurel (b.1979). Innumerable Friends, colleagues,
and professional acquaintances throughout the Hamilton area.
Archie's greatness shone like a beacon. Husband, father, friend,
philanthropist, scholar, speaker, thinker, inventor, carpenter,
craftsman: There was no role he did not embellish. After World
War 2 he moved to his wife's home city of Hamilton, where he
spent half a century in distinguished service to his community
and to his profession of civil engineering. Archie never rested.
He designed and built his own house from the foundation up in
1952; consolidated a reputation for elegant and innovative structural
design until his retirement at age 80 from the firm he founded
and helped renovate the Rectory of the Anglican parish of Saint John's
Ancaster in 1956-7. Archie's mind was amazingly wide-ranging.
He developed the world's first composite deck, whose permanent
steel formwork and built-in connectors made the floor's poured
concrete topping not a dead load but an integral part of the
structure. He paid for its testing at McMaster University, convinced
a hidebound steel industry to accept it, and assigned its patents
and all royalties from its sale to his beloved 'Mac.' Archie
loved taking on the self-important. When Canadian building codes
insisted that the only function of fire criteria was the protection
of property, Archie questioned why a structure must stand for
half a day after smoke had killed all its occupants. The result
of his work is today's standard, which gives primacy to the protection
of human life. Behind the public stage was a loving, good-humoured
dad who imbued his sons with a fierce love of disciplined learning,
not only in the sciences but also in the arts. His influence
will go on. A Memorial Service and interment will take place
at Saint_John's Anglican Church, 272 Wilson Street West, Ancaster,
on Thursday, June 15th at 1: 30 p.m. Reception after wards. Memorial
donations may be made to St. Matthew's House, 414 Barton Street
East, Hamilton, Ontario. L8L 2Y3 905-523-5546 www.marlattfuneralhomedundas.com
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GUNTHER,
Magnus
On Tuesday March 7th 2006 after a brief illness. Beloved husband
of Jan DE CRESPIGNY, loving father of David, Kathy, Julian and
Harriet; grandfather of Roy, Lola and Mikela. Magnus was a man
of books, a hero to his Friends, and a great companion. He will
be missed by loving Friends in many parts of the world. Magnus
was driven by his belief in social justice, his hope for the
future, and his implacable hatred of apartheid and racism during
his years in South Africa and after. Born in Munich in 1934,
raised in Johannesburg; Magnus spent most of his life in Canada.
Friends may visit at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair and
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Magnus GUNTHER,
Professor And Activist (1934-2006)
Raised in South Africa, he left to escape apartheid and eventually
settled in Canada where he regrouped and mounted a private war
on the racist regime in Johannesburg. He later became an expert
on Inuit land claims
By Douglas
McARTHUR,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S7
Toronto -- The cut and thrust of politics fascinated Magnus
GUNTHER.
As a youth in Johannesburg and later in the Netherlands, he played
active roles in the international student movement and in the
struggle against apartheid. When those activities left him without
a South African passport, he brought his passion for political
science to Canada, where he taught at York and Trent Universities,
and took on a number of fact-finding missions for the federal
government.
As a student leader, he lobbied for democracy in Franco's Spain,
for an end to French rule in Algeria and for black rights in
South Africa. Yet he steered clear of Communist groups that had
similar aims. As an opponent of apartheid, he gave support from
abroad to the African Resistance Movement's campaign of sabotage
against property within South Africa. Although always to the
left of the political centre, he became a target of leftist critics
himself in 1992, over a report he wrote for the federal government.
It took the side of Ottawa over Inuit villagers who claimed they
had been relocated to the high Arctic against their will.
For more than three decades, Prof.
GUNTHER suffered from Crohn's
disease, undergoing major surgery and periods of hospitalization.
Yet he continued to be involved in international political causes
even into his retirement.
"He was a very skillful backroom politician," says John Shingler,
a former South African student leader and now a financial consultant
in Montreal. "He knew the dynamics of a group and how to garner
a majority of support."
Magnus GUNTHER, an only child, was born in Germany in 1934. When
he was 2, his parents, Johann and Katerina
GUNTHER, moved to
Johannesburg to escape the Nazi regime and ensure a Catholic
education for their son. But the father was soon interned in
his new homeland because of his German nationality. He moved
to South-West Africa (now Namibia) when Magnus was 12, leaving
the mother to raise the boy.
After dropping out of medical school at 19, Magnus
GUNTHER worked
underground in a Johannesburg mine. But he hated having to supervise
black workers who were more experienced than he was. Later, while
attending the University of the Witwatersrand, he served as president
of the Student Representative Council in 1957-58 and led a highly-publicized
march through the streets of Johannesburg to protest apartheid
at the university. He went on to become vice-president of international
relations with the National Union of South African Students.
From 1959 to 1964, he worked in Leiden, the Netherlands, with
the Co-ordinating Secretariat of the International Student Conference,
which represented national student organizations from a number
of countries. While there he gave speeches, organized conferences,
wrote articles and travelled extensively, working to further
the group's fights against racism and colonialism.
A rival organization, based in Prague, was believed to be directed
from Moscow. But it was years later before he found out that
his own group had been largely financed by the U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency. Despite the revelation, he continued his Friendship with
an American student leader who had known all along. Friends cite
that as an example of his forgiving nature.
Michael Stevenson, now president of Simon Fraser University,
was involved in student politics at Witwatersrand in the early
sixties. He recalls Magnus
GUNTHER returning to South Africa
from Holland at great personal risk to speak at a student conference.
He showed up "like the Scarlet Pimpernel" with no advance publicity
and was greeted as legendary hero.
By then, he was giving support from outside the country to the
National Committee of Liberation, later the African Resistance
Movement, a clandestine anti-apartheid organization of mostly
white Liberals. It was founded in 1960 after 250 unarmed blacks
were killed or wounded by police during a rally in the Township
of Sharpeville. The group supported bombings and sabotage against
property and government installations, as long as no people were
killed or injured. African Resistance Movement was crushed by
the South African government in 1964 after one member, Adrian
Leftwich, testified against his associates under threat of execution.
By then a professor at the University of York in England, he
was disowned by most African Resistance Movement supporters.
But Magnus
GUNTHER continued to keep in touch.
"His view was there but for the grace of God go I," says Prof. Leftwich.
In his retirement, Prof.
GUNTHER chronicled the history of African
Resistance Movement in a chapter written for Vol. I of The Road
to Democracy in South Africa, published in 2004. He writes there
of his personal involvement in a failed attempt to use a Second
World War torpedo boat to transport arms and explosives into
South Africa and to bring exiles out. He also cites his various
unsuccessful attempts to raise money and obtain explosives for
African Resistance Movementusing his international student contacts
in Algeria and elsewhere.
Leaving his post in Holland, he obtained a doctorate in political
science at the University of North Carolina in the mid-1960s.
While there he married his first wife, Phyllis
SHAFER.
With
South
Africa refusing to issue him a new passport, he was admitted
to Canada in 1966 on a laissez-passer permit, which allowed him
to teach at York University in Toronto.
Before long he had bought a 60-hectare farm near Keene, Ontario,
with a friend and lived on it for a while with his wife and children.
He loved ploughing fields with a tractor because it was one place
where he could see instantly the results of his labours, says
Phyllis GUNTHER.
The professor believed he could teach himself
to do anything, she says. So he took a course in plumbing and
then installed running water and a bathroom in the dilapidated
farmhouse.
In 1975, after Prof.
GUNTHER was diagnosed with Crohn's disease
at 40, he moved from York University to Trent in Peterborough,
which was closer to the farm. Otherwise he refused to slow down.
Few people were aware of his suffering, says Derek
COHEN, a colleague
at York. As always Prof.
GUNTHER was the centre of attention
at any social gathering. Friends say he had an infectious sense
of humour, a love of conversation and a sincere concern for the
problems of others, as well as a passion for books. While at
Trent, Prof.
GUNTHER supported many aboriginal and environmental
causes, says Bruce
HODGINS, then a history professor. The two
were among dozens charged with mischief in 1989 for blocking
a logging road in the Temagami wilderness in a bid to protect
an old-growth forest. He was detained and fingerprinted, but
the charges were dropped before trial.
From 1980 to 1983, Prof.
GUNTHER took a leave from Trent to serve
as a senior policy adviser with the federal ministry of social
development in Ottawa as part of an executive exchange. Contacts
he made then helped him win a number of future contracts with
the federal government. In 1980, the professor separated from
his first wife. Six years later, he married Jan DE
CRESPIGNY,
an Ottawa psychologist who had been born in South Africa.
In 1990, he wrote a report for the federal department of Indian
affairs on the overlapping land claims of the Inuit, Métis and
Dene in Canada's Arctic. John Parker, a former Northwest Territories
Commissioner, used the research as source material when he advised
Ottawa on the boundary line that would separate the new territory
of Nunavut from the Northwest Territories. He calls Prof.
GUNTHER's
report "an important piece of work, well-done."
In 1992, the professor found himself embroiled in controversy
after he was commissioned to write a report for the same department
on the relocation of Inuit families in the early 1950s from Northern
Quebec to the high Arctic. The Inuit were seeking compensation
from Ottawa, claiming they were dumped and abandoned in order
for Canada to assert sovereignty in the far north. Prof.
GUNTHER's
400-page report, along with testimony he gave the following year
at a royal commission into the issue, asserted that the Inuit
were moved to an area where game was abundant, that the government
had not acted maliciously and the relocation was actually a success
story.
One critic of his stand was Andrew J. Orkin, a McGill professor.
Ironically Prof. Orkin was also a South African and an opponent
of apartheid, although the men were not aware of this link. In
an opinion article in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Orkin wrote:
"In short, the government-commissioned report is a systematic
assault on the veracity and understanding of the Inuit who have
testified about the event and its effects on their lives and
society. As a result, it compounds the profound wrong done to
them by the relocation itself."
But Sheila Meldrum, a former bureaucrat in the Indian affairs
department, says Prof.
GUNTHER produced a thorough and competent
report, and was criticized only because opinion was polarized
on the issue. The royal commission's findings were that Canada's
attempt to restore "the natural state of the Inuit" had been
"dishonest, inhumane and illegal." Eventually Ottawa paid $10-million
in compensation.
After taking early retirement from Trent in 1998, Prof.
GUNTHER
continued to travel widely in pursuit of his political interests.
He attended a United Nations summit against racism in Durban
in 2001, was a member of Oxfam Canada's observer mission to the
fist post-apartheid elections in South Africa in 1994, and travelled
to Ukraine over Christmas in 2004 to monitor elections there.
Magnus GUNTHER was born on September 17, 1934, in Munich. He
died in Ottawa on March 7, 2006, two months after being diagnosed
with cancer of the pancreas. He was 71. He is survived by his
wife Jan de Crespigny, and by his children David, Katherine,
Julian and Harriet. He also leaves his first wife Phyllis and
three grandchildren.
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GUNTON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-15 published
DAYUS,
Lucy
Marion
(GUNTON)
Peacefully at Valleyview Home, Saint Thomas, on Tuesday, December 12th,
2006, Mrs. Lucy Marion
(GUNTON)
DAYUS of London in her 90th year.
Wife of the late Jim
DAYUS (1985.) Loving mother of Tom (Emily)
of London, Brian (Lisa) of Saint Thomas, Daniel (Teresa) of Pickering
and Maxine
HOLMES of Burlington, Vermont. Dear sister of Nellie
SMITH of London. Also survived by her grandchildren Rudy (Jennifer,)
Brooke, Lisa, James, Jonathan, Sarah, Melissa, Logan and Danielle.
Predeceased by her brothers: Alf, Russ, Clare, Joe, Bill, Bob,
Harold; and sister Kay. Cremation has taken place. In keeping
with Lucy's wishes, there will be no visitation or funeral service.
A reception for family and Friends celebrating Lucy's life will
be held at the Greek Canadian Centre, 965 Sarnia Road (2 km west
of Wonderland, on the north side of the road), London, on Monday,
December 18th, 2006 from 1 to 4 p.m. In appreciation of Lucy's
passion for nature and hiking and in lieu of flowers, donations
to the Trans Canada Trail Foundation would be gratefully acknowledged
by the family.
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