HUFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-01-06 published
McMILLAN,
Blanche
The family of the late Blanche
McMILLAN would like to extend
their thanks to everyone who offered their condolences, sent
cards, food, charitable donations and floral tributes in her
memory. To Dr. H.
HUFF,
Dr.
J.
RICE and the staff of Country
Lane L.T.C. Nursing Home for their care and concern. A special
thank you to Brian E. Wood Funeral Home and staff for guidance
and support. To Dr. Brad
CLARK for honouring our mother's life.
Marianne McMILLAN for her words of remembrance and a special
thanks to the grand_son's who served as pallbearers. Lovingly
remembered and missed by Harold, Carolyn, Doug, Bonnie and families.
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HUFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-02-03 published
LISLE,
Tom
The family of the late Tom
LISLE would like to express their
heartfelt thanks to relatives, Friends and neighbours for their
condolences, expressions of sympathy and for the many floral
and charitable donations made in Tom's memory. A special thanks
to Dr. MARSH,
Dr.
HAY, Dr.
RICE and Dr.
HUFF. As well to the
nurses on 4-1 for their care and compassion during Tom's illness
and stay in Hospital. The staff of the Brian E. Wood Funeral
Home, Brian, Jean and Joan thank you for your help and guidance
in our time of need. Your thoughtfulness will long be remembered.
Our sincere appreciation to Dr. Brad
CLARK for his fitting and
comforting words at the service. It is during a time like this
that we realize what our Friends and family mean to us.
- Thank you so much, The
LISLE family.
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HUFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-03-03 published
McNABB,
Barb
On behalf of the late Angel Barb
McNABB, who passed away in our
home or February 11th, 2006. I wish to thank Dr
HUFF and Dr.
RICE
for their weekly visits. But most of all Cathy
MITCHELL from
Community
Care
Access Centre and Mary
LOW/LOWE/LOUGH for her advice. All
the nurses from the Victorian Order of Nurses and all the Red
Cross homemakers who came everyday, twice a day, 7 days a week
and cared for my Lady, my hat goes off to all of you. And to
Dr. WRIGHT for what he has done for me. To all who sent cards,
mass cards, donated to the Canadian Cancer Society, brought in
food during our time of loss. To all of you who gave my Angel
Barb and I a great gift of time, thank you for this. On behalf
of John H. NcNabb Construction Ltd., that Barb helped to build,
thank you.
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HUFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-03-30 published
Owen Sound doctors on the move
Three going from family practices to hospital. Others, including
nurse practitioner may help fill the gap.
By Jonathon
JACKSON,
Thursday,
March 30, 2006
Three family doctors in Owen Sound have given up or will soon
leave their practices, choosing to work exclusively at the city
hospital.
Dr. Ann FLEMING/FLEMMING has reportedly already made the switch and plans
to work solely in the emergency department, where she will soon
be joined by Doctor Cornelius
VAN
ZYL. Doctor Brendan
MULROY will also
leave family medicine for an undisclosed role at the hospital.
But
Doctor
Carolyn
TISHER has moved to town and established a practice
in the Eastview Professional Building, where she'll assume at
least some of
VAN
ZYL's patients.
And Sonja BRUIN, a primary care nurse practitioner, has opened
a practice at two locations in Owen Sound. She's working with
Dr. Hilli HUFF in the Medical Arts Building on Alpha Street and
with Doctor Anne-Louise
McARTHUR in the Greystone office building
on 8th Street East.
Coincidentally or not,
FLEMING/FLEMMING and
HUFF shared office space,
as do MULROY and
McARTHUR.
Sharon WINEGARDEN, a physician recruitment officer with Grey
Bruce Health Services, said another doctor may soon arrive to
replace FLEMING/FLEMMING but nothing is definite, including the percentage
of FLEMING/FLEMMING's patients she'd be willing to assume.
“As far as I know, there is one that's coming but she hasn't
signed anything yet,”
WINEGARDEN said.
MULROY had been acting as a spokesperson for a family health
team in Owen Sound. Plans for that team are still moving ahead,
albeit slowly, according to Doctor Cam
TWEEDIE, who is the team's
lead physician.
He said organizers received a development grant earlier this
month from the provincial Ministry of Health and have requested
an operational plan be submitted by April 30.
“We've got consultants working on this and we're working with
community groups to put together some programs,”
TWEEDIE said.
The province received more than 200 applications last year after
announcing the concept of family health teams in an effort to
ease the strain on hospital emergency wards.
The teams are to include physicians in group practice with other
health care workers like nurse practitioners, dietitians and
social workers and are to provide regular office care combined
with after-hours backup.
Owen Sound was one of 52 successful communities when the first
teams were identified last spring, but details were vague as
to how the province would fund and organize the teams.
TWEEDIE said more information has trickled down since then, but
many things remain unclear.
“It's homegrown here,” he said of his expectations for the health
team's makeup.
“They've sort of told us, you develop the programs that you feel
are necessary for the area, then give us the business plan. I
guess it'll be up to them whether they'll fund those programs
or not.
“We're just going to apply for what we think we need and what
we think we can provide in a reasonable structure that we can
handle here in town. If the ministry takes it, good. If they
don't, well, we tried.&rdquo
He wouldn't discuss the amount of the development grant or the
types of programs being considered, saying he'd rather announce
the accepted structure after the province has signed off on it.
But he did acknowledge the difficulty of trying to piece things
together considering it's never been done before and there are
no templates to follow.
“There hasn't been a family health team approved in its entirety
yet in the province,”
TWEEDIE said, noting there also doesn't
seem to be a timeline past the April 30 operational plan deadline.
“It could be a number of months before we hear back from them
on that.&rdquo
Health
Minister
George Smitherman and Doctor Jim
McLEAN, the ministry's
primary care lead, visited Owen Sound together in April 2005 to
talk about the health teams.
McLEAN said then that it would take about two years to get the
local team up and running.
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HUFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-05-19 published
LEBEL,
Louis
J.
The family of the late Louis J.
LEBEL would like to express our
sincere appreciation to family and many Friends for their kindness
and thoughtful gestures shown to us during the recent loss of
a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. Thank you for the
cards, floral arrangements donations, food, phone calls and visits.
Thank you to the pallbearers Maurice, Paul, Ron, John, Howard
and Russell. Thanks to Father P.
McGILL of Saint Mary's Church
for the wonderful service in celebration of Louis life and to
the church choir for the uplifting hymn choice. A very special
Thank
You to Howard
GREIG for the most touching eulogy Thanks
to Ruthanne, Judy, Carol and Ruth for preparing the meal between
visitations and to the Ladies Auxiliary Br. #6 for the lunch
after the service. Many thanks to Dr K.
SUTHERLAND and Staff
for all of your care and concern during Louis' long battle and
to Doctor H.
HUFF your attention and care was greatly appreciated
by all in everything you were able to do for him. To the staff
on 4-1 thank you for all your kindness and compassion shown while
he was in your care and also to Cherie of Community Care Access
Centre and Donna and George of Victorian Order of Nurses. A Sincere
thanks to Brian Wood and wonderful staff of Brian E. Wood Funeral
Home for your expertise, understanding and guidance during this
sad time.
- Many will miss Louis - precious memories hold you near to us.
Monique, Ginette, Peter and Kerri.
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HUFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-10-13 published
CAIRNS,
Orval
Of Wiarton passed away suddenly at Wiarton Hospital on Wednesday,
October 11, 2006 in his 78th year. Beloved husband and best friend
of Carol and dear Dad of Tom of Wiarton, Debra (Peter)
BURNHAM
of Peterborough and Colleen
CAIRNS
(Ron
WISEMAN) of Kingston.
He was the very proud grandfather of Matthew, Timothy and Stephen
BURNHAM who will miss him dearly and he will never be forgotten.
He will be sadly missed by his best bud 'Duff' who was his shadow.
Orval was predeceased by his parents Nellie
(HUFF) and Norman
CAIRNS and his brother Nelson. Orval was a very proud Canadian
serving in the Royal Canadian Navy for 25 years. He was a long
standing member of the Ramoca Shrine Club, Masonic Cedar Lodge #396,
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 208, Wiarton Rotary Club and Saint_John's
United Church. He was also foreman for the Town of Wiarton for
12 years. The family will receive Friends at the George Funeral
Home, Wiarton on Friday, October 13, 2006 from 2: 00 to 4:00 and
7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. There will be a Legion Service at the funeral
home on October 13, 2006 at 1: 45 p.m. There will be a Masonic
Service at the funeral home at 6: 45 p.m. The memorial service
to celebrate Orval's life will be held at Saint_John's United Church
on Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m. with Rev. Ed
LAKSMANIS
officiating. Cremation has taken place. As expressions of sympathy,
donations made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the charity
of your choice would be appreciated by the family. Condolences
may be left for the family at www.georgefuneralhome.com
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RATH,
Joyce
We wish to express our heartfelt thanks for all the acts of kindness
shown us at this very difficult time. The many cards, flowers,
visits, donations and food sent to our home have been gratefully
appreciated. Thanks to the Oncology staff, Doctor
QUAI,
Doctor
RICE,
Dr. HUFF and A4-1. Rev. Deborah
MURRAY for her guidance, Briar
Wood Funeral Home and the Kemble United Church Women for the
luncheon. She left a memory that will be with us forever.
- The Rath Family.
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HUFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-12-28 published
BROWN,
Pearl
Mary (née
TAILOR/TAYLOR)
Peacefully at John Joseph Place in Owen Sound on Tuesday, December 26th,
2006. Pearl Mary
BROWN (née
TAILOR/TAYLOR) of Owen Sound, at the age
of 83. Dearly beloved wife of the late Leo
BROWN.
Loving mother
of Barbara (Ron)
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART, of Dundas, Eric
BROWN, of Stoney Creek
and Brenda (Garth)
HEIN, of Shallow Lake. Proud grandmother of
Ryan, Jordan and Gabriella
BROWN; Jason (Sonia), Todd (Brandie) and
Shannon STEWARD/STEWART/STUART;
Sara,
Krista and Leanne
HEIN and great-grandmother
of Isley and Dakota
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART.
Pearl was the oldest of seven girls
and she is survived by her three sisters, Betty
TAILOR/TAYLOR, of Ottawa,
Joyce O'CONNOR, of Toronto, and Peggy (George)
EPWORTH, of Guelph.
Predeceased by her parents, Robert and Dorothy
TAILOR/TAYLOR; her sisters,
Doris TAILOR/TAYLOR,
Mary
MORAVEK and Barbara
ROSS. A very special thank
you to Dr. H.
HUFF and all the staff at John Joseph Place for
all their loving care and compassion. We know Nanny loved you
all and you will never be forgotten. A graveside service for
Pearl BROWN will be held at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Burlington,
Ontario at a later date. If so desired, the family would appreciate
donations to the Alzheimer Society or the Salvation Army as your
expression of sympathy and may be made through the Brian E. Wood
Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West, Owen Sound (519-376-7492).
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HUFF o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-27 published
'Real team player' lived dream as officer
Ken DEANE is recalled as a 'top, top cop,' despite his public
persona.
By Joe MATYAS and April
KEMICK, Free Press Reporters, Mon., February
Long before Ken
DEANE became infamous as the Ontario Provincial
Police sniper who fatally shot Dudley
GEORGE at Ipperwash, he
was a London teen who wanted to be a police officer.
He was a bright student and energetic athlete who emerged as
a leader in his teens, high school friend Tim
HUFF once told
The Free Press.
DEANE was in Grade 12 at South secondary school when he decided
he wanted to get into law enforcement, said
HUFF, adding he pounded
a beat for the London police force in the 1980s after taking
law and security at Fanshawe College.
A few years later,
DEANE applied to the Ontario Provincial Police
tactics and rescue unit and was accepted, eventually becoming
part of an explosives disposal team.
But for people like
HUFF,
DEANE was a guy who remained in touch
with old Friends.
There were annual weekends with the guys in cottage country,
where DEANE would be a highlight with stories about police work.
Family and Friends will miss him deeply, brother-in-law Grant
TEEPLE of Aylmer said yesterday in reaction to
DEANE's sudden
death in a highway crash on Saturday.
DEANE's death was a shock, he said, adding family and Friends
had a chance to enjoy his company at a gathering "up north" a
few days ago.
DEANE wasn't the guy portrayed in the media,
TEEPLE said.
TEEPLE
wouldn't say what
DEANE did after he left the Ontario Provincial
Police.
DEANE's public persona is connected to the shooting of
GEORGE
at Ipperwash on September 6, 1995, his subsequent court conviction
for criminal negligence causing death in 1997 and his dismissal
from the Ontario Provincial Police for discreditable police conduct
in 2002.
London lawyer Norm
PEEL, who knew
DEANE for years before representing
him in his criminal trial, said yesterday he was a model police
officer whose reputation was wrongly tarnished.
"I still hold my strongest view that he was just a top, top cop,"
PEEL said. "I have nothing but absolute respect for him. Always
will."
DEANE had a reputation among other officers for being a "real
team player,"
PEEL said. "His whole story of his life was about
helping people. He had a model background."
During his trial,
DEANE testified that he saw muzzle flashes
the light of gunfire -- come from some bushes during a confusing
skirmish.
He said he shot
GEORGE after he stepped out of the bushes with
a gun.
In convicting
DEANE on April 27, 1997, Judge Hugh
FRASER rejected
his testimony and those of other police officers as fabricated.
The verdict surprised members of the
GEORGE family.
But their feelings that justice had been done were dashed on
July 3, 1997, when
FRASER gave
DEANE a conditional sentence of
two years less a day with 180 hours of community service.
Cries of "murderer, murderer" filled the courtroom after the
sentence as members of the
GEORGE family wept.
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HUFF o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-04 published
SICKLES,
Christine
A. (née
SICKLES)
After a lengthy illness on Monday October 2nd, 2006 Christine A.
SICKLES of R.R.#2 Southwold in her 46th year. Loving mother of
Monea, Milana and Dolly. Survived by siblings Milyard
NINHAM,
Bob NINHAM, Basil (J.B.)
DOCKSTADER, Wanda
DOCKSTADER, Dale
COOPER,
Regina SICKLES and Wendy
SICKLES.
Predeceased by her parents
Isabel and Reginald
SICKLES, and brothers Douglas
NINHAM and
Raymond DOCKSTADER.
Will be sadly missed by aunts and uncles
Blanche HUFF,
Jimmy
SICKLES and Arnold
ANTONE. Best friend of
Verna CHRISJOHN.
Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the home of Marlene
SICKLES, 637 Hazel Road,
R.R.#2 Southwold on Wednesday after 12 p.m. Funeral service to
follow on Thursday from the Longhouse commencing at 11 a.m. Interment
Longhouse Cemetery. Elliott-Madill Funeral Home, (519-264-1100)
entrusted with arrangements.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2006-06-07 published
THELMA
L.
BANKS
(NEE
PUTT)
Thelma L. BANKS (née
PUTT,) age 83, of 320 Willeke Avenue, Ada, Ohio, and a
summer resident of Honora Bay since 1965, died peacefully at home on May 28,
2006. Calling hours were from 4: 00 - 8:00 PM on Saturday, June 3, 2006 at
the Hanson-Neely Funeral Home (311 East Lima Avenue, Ada). A memorial
service celebrating her life was held at the English Chapel, Ohio Northern
University, Ada, at 12: 30 PM on Sunday, June 4, 2006. A private internment
will be conducted at the East Lawn Cemetery, Sugarcreek, Ohio. She is
survived by: her husband, Joseph, children, Joseph G. (Newcastle upon Tyne,
UK,) Linda A.
HUFFMAN
(Sugarcreek, OH) and Cynthia J.
CASAPINI (Zanesville,
OH), her sons-in-law, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was
preceded in death by a daughter, Rebecca L.
BANKS.
Memorial gifts may be made
c/o Ohio Northern University, Hardin County Hospice, or the American
Diabetes Association Research Foundation. Flowers may be sent c/o Hanson -
Neely (419 634-2936 or hansonneely@wcoil.com).
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-09 published
COUTTS,
Allen "
Ross"
Peacefully, after a valiant battle with cancer, at Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital, Goderich on Wednesday, January 4,
2006, Mr. Allen "Ross"
COUTTS of Bayfield in his 82nd year. Beloved
husband of Mary Jane
COUTTS of Bayfield. Loving stepfather of
Karen SUE and her husband Brice
ESTRALLA of Houston, Texas. Dear
grandfather of Leine and Rique
ESTRALLA. Dear brother of Glen
and Elinore
COUTTS of Bayfield and Marion and Cliff
HUFFMAN of
Walton. Also missed by several nieces and nephews. Ross will
be dearly missed by his good friend Maureen "Red"
TAILOR/TAYLOR of Bayfield
and special nephew John
ALLEN of California. Predeceased by a
brother Donald
COUTTS (2001.) Cremation has taken place. A memorial
service will be held at the Falconer Funeral Homes Ltd. "Bluewater
Chapel" 201 Suncoast Dr. E. Goderich on Thursday, January 12,
2006 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital - Dialysis Unit would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-08 published
GROSHOK,
Brenda
Lee (née
HUFFMAN)
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-12 published
STORY,
Alfred
Edwin
Of Tillsonburg, passed away at Tillsonburg District Memorial
Hospital on Friday, June 9, 2006, in his 75th year. Born in Raleigh
Township, Kent County, in the Blenheim, Ontario area on August
14, 1931. son of the late Alfred Pardo
STORY
(May 12, 1973) and
the former Lorna
(WOODS)
STORY
(January 21, 1985.) Edwin is survived
by his wife
Eleanor
(HUFFMAN)
STORY.
They have been married for
53 years. He is survived by his daughter, Janet and her husband
Richard GURALSKI and their children Ryan and Brent of Tillsonburg
his son, Paul and his wife
Susan
(VUYLSTEKE) and their children
Kathleen and Matthew of Kilworth; his daughter, Karen and her
children Mallory and Michael
SWING of Tillsonburg; and his son,
Allan and his wife
Heidi
(PETTIGREW) and their children Alexander
and Claire of Barrie. Also survived by brother-in-law Ross
HUFFMAN
and his wife
Patricia
(HOOPER) of Cedar Springs; and sister-in-law
Madge (PLATSCHORRE)
STORY of Chatham, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Predeceased by brother Richard (Dick)
STORY of Chatham (September 15,
1994,) sister-in-law Marjorie
(SNOW)
RANCE of Blenheim (November 18,
1993) and her husband Tom
RANCE, also of Blenheim (October 8,
1993.) The
STORYs moved to Tillsonburg in 1961. Ed was a retired
tobacco executive from Canadian Leaf Tobacco Co. (Chatham and
Tillsonburg) and
RJR MacDonald Tobacco Co. (Tillsonburg, Kingsville
and Toronto). In 1984, he went on to become the first and only
president and Chief Executive Officer of Canagrex (a Canadian
Federal Crown Corporation) set up in Ottawa to export agriculture
products. After its demise, he continued in management and export
consulting. In 1991, he became part owner, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Recreation and Industrial Products Corp.,
Tillsonburg, retiring in 1996. Ed was a Councilor, Town of Tillsonburg,
from 1978 to 1980, a life-long member of Kent Lodge 274 Ancient,
Free and Accepted Masons, Blenheim, Ontario, a member of Saint Paul's
United Church, Tillsonburg, a private pilot and past President
of The Tillsonburg Flying Club, as well as an avid trapshooter
and member of The Otter Valley Rod and Gun Club and The Oxford
Sportsman's Club. Donations gratefully appreciated (by cheque
only) to Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital Foundation, Saint Paul's
United Church Organ Fund or Canadian Cancer Society. Visitation
will be held Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to
9: 00 p.m. at Verhoeve Funeral Home, 262 Broadway, Tillsonburg,
Ontario. Funeral will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at
3: 00 p.m. Rev. Thomas
HISCOCK of Wesley Knox United Church, London
and Lynne Allin of Saint Paul's United Church, Tillsonburg will
officiate. Interment to follow in Tillsonburg Cemetery.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-17 published
SHILLINGTON, Edith Mary "Peggy"
(KELLY,
BOYLE)
On Wednesday, June 14, 2006. Age 97 years. Wife of the late G.
Clare SHILLINGTON (1992.) Loved mother of Peter (Ruth,) Blenheim
Paul (Carole) and James (Mary), Erieau. Seven grandchildren,
Harold SHILLINGTON (Dawn); Kelly Shillington
LYNE, (Jim); Lynn
PEARSON (Pat); Heather
BOSWELL (Matt); Genevieve
HUFFMAN (Dr. David),
Cameron and Kimberly
SHILLINGTON.
Also survived by eleven great-grandchildren,
niece, Beryl
ORTELLI, and nephew, Robert
BOYLE.
Predeceased by
brothers John
KELLY and Lowell
BOYLE, nieces Lois
HUSON and Alice
BOSSELAAR, and nephew, Francis
BOYLE.
Member of Blenheim United
Church where she co-ordinated the Nursery Roll and sang in the
choir for many years, and was a Life Member of the United Church
Women; Life Member of Erieau Yacht Club; and Honourary Member
of the Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow; a Life and 79 year
member of the Order of the Eastern Star; and Honourary Life Member
of the Blenheim and Community Senior Citizens Group. Cremation
has taken place. Visitation will be held at the Blenheim United
Church Saturday, June 24, from 10: 00 to 10:30 a.m., with an Eastern
Star service at 10: 30, followed by a Memorial service at 11:00 a.m.
with the Rev. Bruce
COOK officiating. More visitation after the
services. Arrangements in charge of J.L. Ford Funeral Home. Those
wishing to make donations as expressions of sympathy may do so
through the funeral home and may consider The Blenheim and Community
Service Foundation, the Blenheim United Church Endowment Fund,
or the Leprosy Mission Canada.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-19 published
HUFFMAN,
Cliff
Peacefully at Huronlea Home, Brussels, on Friday, June 16, 2006,
Mr. Cliff HUFFMAN of Walton, in his 80th year. Beloved husband
of Marion HUFFMAN. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Lloyd and
Lois HUFFMAN of Bayfield, Jackie
HUFFMAN of Kelowna, British
Columbia, Donald and Doris
HUFFMAN of Lucknow, and Marjorie
MORRISON
of Wingham. Also remembered by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased
by brothers Elmer, Harvey, Raymond, and Gordon
HUFFMAN, and by
sisters Wilma
HUFFMAN, and Alice
NICHOL.
Friends will be received
at the Box and Smith Funeral Chapel, 47 High Street, Seaforth,
on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will
be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 2 p.m. Interment Maitland
Bank Cemetery, McKillop Township. As expressions of sympathy
memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital Dialysis Unit would be greatly appreciated.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-07-10 published
HARRISON,
Merrill
M.
(January 16, 1935-July 7, 2006)
Suddenly at his home at Sharbot Lake on Friday, July 7th, 2006,
Merrill Morrow
HARRISON (Retired Air Traffic Controller), in
his 72nd year. Beloved husband of Mary Ellen
(WILSON)
HARRISON.
Cherished father of Maureen
HARRISON and her husband Robert
AMSTERDAM
and Jennifer
HARRISON and her husband David
MARCASSA; indulgent
grandfather of Talia, Liam, Devin, Chloe and Callie. Merrill
was predeceased by his brothers Lorne, Stuart and Kenneth
HARRISON
and sister Edna
WARREN. He will be sadly missed by his brothers
and sisters-in-law Sheila and Mary
HARRISON,
Helen
(Vaughan)
HOOPER, Gerald
WILSON, Mildred (Jack)
HUFFMAN and Bert (Lenora)
WILSON, numerous nieces and nephews, all his family and many
Friends. Friends may pay their respects at the Blair and son
Funeral Home, 15 Gore St. W., Perth, on Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
from 9: 30 to 10:30 a.m. Funeral service will be held in the Chapel
at 11: 00 a.m., followed by a reception in the Blair and son Family
Centre. In remembrance, contributions to the Heart and Stroke Foundation,
a local library or literacy program would be appreciated.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-30 published
Man killed during gunfight: Police
But uncertain if he was a shooter
Incident has 'some gang connection'
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime▼
Reporter▼
Homicide detectives investigating a fatal shooting outside a
North York apartment building believe the victim was struck during
a gun battle, but they are unsure if he was a shooter.
Jermaine Lincoln
BROWN, 22, was not armed when emergency crews
arrived Monday night on Grandravine Dr. to find him suffering
from multiple gunshot wounds.
While police continue to comb through evidence and interview
witnesses, Det. Sgt. Randy
CARTER, the lead homicide officer
on the case, said the shooting has "some gang connection to it."
"I haven't been able to determine… fully yet whether or not he
was himself shooting or whether or not he was just there,"
CARTER
said.
Gunshots erupted in the west parking lot and moved to the front
of the building where
BROWN, who was studying culinary arts at
Humber College, was found on the ground.
"I've received tremendous help from the community and I need
that to continue,"
CARTER said. In particular, police need help
finding a silver or green sport utility vehicle similar to a
GMC
Yukon or Envoy that fled the scene, near Jane St. and Sheppard
Ave. W. One suspect with a firearm got in the front passenger
seat after the shooting, he said.
"I'm still trying to piece together how many people were there,
who was at what location when the shots were being fired back
and forth."
One firearm was recovered at the scene and is undergoing ballistics
testing.
BROWN, from Brampton, had been staying at the apartment building
since December. He had contact with police in the past, most
recently in 2005, when he was charged with sexual assault. The
case was still before the courts when he became the city's 15th
homicide victim.
On Tuesday,
BROWN's parents, Linda and Frank
BROWN, said in an
interview they were upset that their requests to view their son's
body prior to an autopsy were refused. They said someone who
falsely said she was
BROWN's sister, and an ex-girlfriend, identified
the body.
Toronto police spokesman Mark
PUGASH said protocol dictates that
once a body has been identified, it cannot be viewed again until
an autopsy is done to prevent evidence tampering.
CARTER said he apologizes to the family for upsetting them.
"I had enough information to believe that they were related to
the deceased and that they could identify the person."
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-05-06 published
Police seek help in solving murder
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime▲▼
Reporter,▲▼
Page B3
Police are seeking the public's help to solve the murder of an
18-year-old man who was robbed and fatally shot when he went
to an apartment building with a friend on April 30 to buy marijuana.
Although the two Friends co-operated with two masked robbers
in the hallway of 35 St. Dennis Dr., near Don Mills Rd. and Eglinton
Ave. E., gunfire erupted around 2 a.m.
Both suspects were armed with guns, but only one fired shots,
said Det. Terry
BROWNE of the homicide squad.
Haider MAHDI, of Mississauga, died later in hospital of a single
gunshot wound to the abdomen.
"The motive of this homicide so far appears to be robbery,"
BROWNE
said yesterday.
BROWNE said the stolen goods were minimal in value.
MAHDI had
no known gang affiliation and had no previous dealings with police,
he said.
After the shot was fired, a struggle ensued between the two Friends
and one suspect. The second suspect fled.
A construction worker,
MAHDI came to Canada from the Middle East
about four years ago.
BROWNE said police have seized video from security cameras throughout
the area and are hopeful the suspects have been caught on tape.
The suspects are described as two men, between 17 and 20 years
old. They are between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet. Both concealed
their faces, but police believe they live in the area.
BROWNE urged the suspects to get a lawyer and surrender.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the homicide squad
at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 or online at
http://www.222tips.com.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-06-28 published
Victim of lunchtime shooting dies
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime▲▼
Reporter▲▼
Three weeks after he was riddled with bullets, a 19-year-old
Toronto man has died in hospital.
Homicide officers investigating the lunchtime shooting of Jermaine
OSBOURNE on June 6 are appealing for witnesses: to come forward,
said Det. Wayne
BANKS.
"He was the target. He was executed in broad daylight," said
BANKS.
OSBOURNE was shot on Albert Franck Place, near Lower Jarvis St.
and Front St. E. around 12: 20 p.m.
"He was shot multiple times and rushed to Saint Michael's Hospital,"
said BANKS, who has taken over the case from officers at 51 Division.
BANKS said there was initially hope that
OSBOURNE would survive
his injuries.
He credits the quality of the work by paramedics and hospital
staff that provided emergency medical care for keeping the wounded
man alive.
Homicide investigators have not determined a motive for the shooting.
Many residents of the neighbourhood said they were surprised
to hear the sounds of gunshots in an area that is normally fairly
quiet.
When officers arrived at the scene after several 911 calls that
day, more than a dozen bullets and shell cases were scattered
on the street and two bicycles had been abandoned at the curb,
just a few metres from where
OSBOURNE had collapsed.
BANKS said he does not yet know whether the bikes belonged to
the victim or suspects.
OSBOURNE had had some minor contact with police but
BANKS would
not elaborate.
"I don't think anything of his past or his involvement with police
had anything to do with the shooting,"
BANKS said. "…We're trying
to put all of the pieces together now."
Police have little information on a suspect or suspects.
BANKS is looking for information about where
OSBOURNE was earlier
that day and what he was doing.
Anyone with information about the shooting to is asked to call
the homicide squad at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477
or online at http://www.222tips.com.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-07-21 published
Son's slaying stuns family
Boy, 17, beaten and stabbed in Flemingdon Park
'If you met Omar, he was hard not to like,' mother says
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime▲▼
Reporter▲▼
When Joy WELLINGTON heard that a teenaged boy had been stripped,
beaten and fatally stabbed last week, she wondered aloud to a
friend, "When is this going to end?"
"I said that not knowing it was my son," says the mother of 17-year-old
Omar, who was found dead in a wooded area in Flemingdon Park
last Saturday.
The Toronto mother of four is overwhelmed with grief as she prepares
to bury her son tomorrow.
"If you met Omar, he was hard not to like. Everyone liked him,"
she said in an interview with the Star at her Toronto home.
WELLINGTON
cannot imagine what could have started such a vicious attack,
nor does she know why her son was in that neighbourhood.
"I am still shocked. How could people stand by and watch as my
son was tortured for more than an hour?" she asks.
"No one should die like that," says long-time family friend Bernadine
BOWEN.
"Strip off his clothes, beat him and stab him to make sure he's
dead?"
Residents looked on while Omar was beaten some time between 5 p.m.
and 8 p.m. one week ago outside 61 Grenoble Dr., but no one called
Homicide officers continue to investigate and have had some good
co-operation from the community. Tonight, they will be in Flemingdon
Park during the same hours the beating took place, handing out
brochures and seeking more information about what happened.
Det. Scott
SPRATT, of the homicide squad, said he is optimistic
about the case and is pleased that he continues to get new information.
He is currently investigating a number of motives behind the
attack. Neighbours have reported that the teen robbed someone
before he was killed.
Although grateful for the information that has come forward so
far, WELLINGTON says she wonders why people who know what happened
don't contact police.
"Too many people keep quiet in these situations. The code of
silence is not cool. You don't have to release who you are, you
can call Crime Stoppers," she says.
While the petite woman talks about her only son, she has no difficulty
sharing the wonderful things she recalls about the teen, who
loved rap and aspired to work in the music industry.
"If he was here right now, he'd make up a rap about the news,"
she says pointing to the large-screen television in the family
room. "Music was his passion."
But WELLINGTON -- who is part-owner of a car and truck rental
company -- admits she is in denial and, since his death she has
called the Scarborough group home where Omar lived more than
once hoping he would answer.
With only a few hours' sleep since
SPRATT broke the news Monday
of her son's death,
WELLINGTON worries about how she will get
through the next few days and stay strong for her daughters Tellisha,
19, Jannika, 11, and Arielle, 9.
Omar's father, who lives in Jamaica, is also in shock, she says,
and thinks the system has failed their son.
After learning Omar was diabetic at the age of 12,
WELLINGTON,
then a single mother, called on the help of the children's aid
society. She worried she wouldn't be able to manage Omar's medical
needs while caring for her family.
Mother and son maintained a good relationship, she says, and
talked every day.
WELLINGTON has no shortage of stories about Omar. Her face brightens
and she smiles when she talks about the Saturday night spaghetti
dinners where Omar would kick her out of the kitchen to make
his "secret recipe" for the family.
She recalls that the family would camp out in front of the television
watching movies and eating popcorn before everyone would fall
asleep in the same room.
"He was a good brother to the girls. If a toy was broken, he
wanted to fix it."
Omar loved basketball and joking around, says
BOWEN.
When the two spoke last week
BOWEN kept laughing, telling Omar
he should become a comedian.
Visitation for Omar is today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Highland Funeral Home at 3280 Sheppard Ave. E. The funeral
is at the same location at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
A trust fund has been set up to help pay funeral expenses.
Donations can be made at any TD Canada Trust, transit number
18572, account 6259967.
Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide squad at
416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-09-14 published
Tourist deaths a double murder-suicide
Woman, friend stabbed by boyfriend, who then took own life: Autopsies
'It is my opinion they were all stabbed in the room and the one
man fled'
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime▲▼
Reporter▲▼ with files from John
DUNCANSON
Nadja WYRSCH had planned to celebrate her 25th birthday in Canada,
travelling from Toronto to the West Coast with her boyfriend
and a male friend.
But within hours of arriving Sunday on an Air Canada flight from
Zurich, Switzerland,
WYRSCH was bleeding to death on the floor
of her downtown hotel room with stab wounds to her chest and
neck.
Down the hall on the 19th floor of the Delta Chelsea Hotel, her
friend, Thomas
KAUFMANN, 35, had collapsed outside the elevator,
also suffering stab wounds to the chest.
And not far from
WYRSCH was her boyfriend, 35-year-old Andre
ASCHWANDEN, on the bed with self-inflicted stab wounds to the
chest.
After autopsies,
WYRSCH and
KAUFMANN's deaths were declared homicides
and ASCHWANDEN's death a suicide.
A hotel security worker found
KAUFMANN, a mechanical engineer,
at about 4: 30 a.m. Monday. The walls and carpet of the hallway
were soaked with blood -- a trail leading to Room 1908, where
police discovered the other two bodies.
"It is my opinion they were all stabbed in the room and the one
man fled. We are still continuing with the crime scene," said
Det.
Sgt.
Steve
RYAN, the lead homicide investigator on the case.
"We want to be sure there's no other weapon in the room."
Investigators are not looking for suspects. Police believe a
knife found in the hotel room was used in all three slayings.
A police source said the murder weapon was a Swiss Army multi-tool
with a 13-cm blade.
"This is a true tragedy. It is a bizarre case,"
RYAN said, adding
that without an eyewitness, he had relied on several experts
and language interpreters to draw conclusions about what happened.
RYAN said he now knows that
WYRSCH and
KAUFMANN knew each other
and had some kind of a relationship. The officer said he is expecting
to get more information about their relationship.
The evidence suggests the slayings were related to a love triangle.
WYRSCH and
ASCHWANDEN had booked the three-week cross-Canada
adventure with Jonview Canada, a tour company. At about $6,500 per
person, the couple planned to take in such sites as Niagara Falls
and the Rockies.
KAUFMANN -- who carried a German passport but lived near Bern,
Switzerland -- was on the same flight from Zurich. He shared
a room with the couple that first night and had planned to join
the tour group.
All three had hearing impairments but none was deaf or used sign
language.
In her native Switzerland,
WYRSCH worked in a cytology lab, specializing
in the study of cancer cells, and was on the executive committee
of LKH Switzerland, which provides support to people with
hearing impairments.
Little is known about
WYRSCH's boyfriend, who, like her, lived
near Lucerne; the couple did not live together.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-09-15 published
Tourist's father also committed suicide
Man killed 2 people, himself in hotel
Police say he was enraged about affair
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime▲▼
Reporter▲▼
The father of a Swiss resident who killed his girlfriend and
a male friend before taking his own life in a downtown Toronto
hotel this week also died of an apparent suicide.
A reporter with Radio 24 in Switzerland said he spoke with the
man's neighbour last night, and the neighbour said the father
died a few months ago.
Andre ASCHWANDEN, 35, came to Canada Sunday night with his girlfriend,
Nadja WYRSCH, and Thomas
KAUFMANN to travel across the country
on a three-week vacation.
But according to police sources,
ASCHWANDEN learned of an affair
between his 24-year-old girlfriend and
KAUFMANN, 35, and went
into a rage.
KAUFMANN, a mechanical engineer, was stabbed in Room 1908 at
the Delta Chelsea on Gerrard St. W., then stumbled down the hall,
bleeding and bumping into the walls before collapsing outside
the elevator.
WYRSCH, a scientist who studied diseases in cells, was found
dead with stab wounds to her neck and chest on the floor inside
the room that the trio was sharing. Her boyfriend died of self-inflicted
stab wounds to the chest.
Police have seized the murder weapon, a Swiss Army multi-tool
with a 13-centimetre blade.
According to his boss of 10 years,
ASCHWANDEN was a "peace-loving"
man.
ASCHWANDEN worked as a carpenter in Schattdorf, Switzerland,
for Bissig, a kitchen and bath company, the Swiss media reported.
"This is unbelievable," his boss, Stefan Bissig, told Radio 24
in Zurich. "He was a good worker."
A hotel security worker found
KAUFMANN bleeding to death outside
the elevator at about 4: 30 a.m., just hours after the threesome
had arrived from Zurich.
WYRSCH and
ASCHWANDEN had booked the
trip through a tour company and
KAUFMANN had planned to join
in the adventure.
All three lived in Switzerland; the extent of their relationship
with one another is not known.
Although Toronto police continue to examine forensic evidence
in the case, Det. Sgt. Steve
RYAN of the homicide squad said
he is not looking for any suspects.
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-09-20 published
Slain man had been shot in head before
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime▲
Reporter▲
Police found the drug addict standing on King St. W. suffering
from gunshot wounds to the head, arm and shoulder.
Two years later that man -- Christopher James
WHITE/WHYTE -- was dying
on the floor of a flophouse in that same neighbourhood with another
gunshot wound to the head. That was Sunday morning. This time
he did not survive.
WHITE/WHYTE, 35, was well known in Parkdale, but homicide detectives
have very little information about where he was in the 12 hours
before the shooting, or who may be responsible for his murder.
"We have no witnesses. No motive," said Det. Dan
SHEPPARD of
the 5: 20 a.m. shooting.
Two years ago, when police found
WHITE/WHYTE standing in the same neighbourhood
with gunshot wounds, he likely knew who shot him but refused
to help with the investigation,
SHEPPARD said.
WHITE/WHYTE's slaying is one of three unrelated homicides in a 4½-hour
period Sunday morning.
Two hours later on Bridlington Street, near Bellamy and Ellesmere
Rds., a man found his 22-year-old son, Patrick
SANTOS, dead in
the backyard of the family home. Police remain tight-lipped about
the investigation, the man's cause of death and the motive behind
the killing.
Around 10 a.m. a third man was killed, struck by a car and then
repeatedly stabbed with a machete by the driver. Piratheep
THARMAKULASINGAM,
25, collapsed in front of a home on Huntsmill Blvd., near Steeles
Ave. E. and Warden Ave.
A first-degree murder warrant has been issued for Sujan
ABEYEWARDENE,
19, of Richmond Hill. Homicide detectives plan to release a photograph
of the wanted man today after showing it to potential witnesses:
yesterday.
"We have checked his known addresses… his home address, his place
of employment," said homicide Det. Bill
VIEIRA. "He has not been
found."
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HUFFMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-11-29 published
Mystery shrouds teen's death
Family says he was in custody before being found in river, but
chief says there is no record
By Isabel TEOTONIO and Tracy
HUFFMAN,
Staff
Reporters
The last time Kamara
ASHTON's family saw him, he was leaving
home to go to an all-ages club with Friends. That was almost
a month ago.
Over the next few weeks, the family made a flurry of phone calls
to his lawyer, Friends, police and even Toronto-area jails looking
for the 18-year-old. They knew something was wrong, especially
when he missed a court date on a charge that he had vowed to
beat.
On November 23, they learned his body had been found three days
earlier in the Humber River.
There are many unanswered questions concerning
ASHTON's whereabouts
between November 3 and November 20 and the cause of his death
questions his family desperately wants answered.
"We're not pointing fingers at no one, we just want answers,"
mother Lorna
ASHTON told the Toronto Star yesterday, after a
news conference.
Nikishua ASHTON told reporters she contacted police days after
her brother's disappearance and was told he had been arrested
and was in police custody. But yesterday, police Chief Bill Blair,
who personally reviewed the file, said there was no information
that ASHTON was ever in custody between the date of his disappearance
and discovery of his body.
Nor do they have a record of the family contacting police in
the early days of his disappearance.
The sister said she later called
ASHTON's lawyer and was told
her brother had not contacted him and had missed a November 7
court appearance on a robbery charge.
The family then tried to file a missing person report, said the
sister, adding they were initially dissuaded by police who suggested
ASHTON could be in hiding after missing court.
But the next day, November 16, police did meet with the family
and took down their information, she said.
A week later, they were notified
ASHTON had been found in the
river, behind the highrise where he lived on Weston Rd., just
south of Highway 401.
Ontario's deputy coroner Doctor Jim Cairns said a cause of death
has yet to be determined, but there were no obvious signs of
trauma to the body. Further tests will determine if
ASHTON drowned
and toxicology tests, which are standard procedure, will show
if there were drugs or alcohol in his system.
According to Blair, the first inquiry made by the family was
after they were contacted on November 16 by officers looking
for ASHTON because there had been a warrant issued after he had
missed his court date. After that phone call, the family went
to police to report
ASHTON as missing.
At the news conference, held at the Jamaican-Canadian Association,
ASHTON's two sisters and a cousin were flanked by representatives
of the Black Action Defence Committee, including executive director
Dudley LAWS and lawyer Selwyn
PIETERS, and a lawyer with the
African Canadian Legal Clinic.
"We would like a full investigation into the death of this young
man," said
LAWS, adding he had not contacted police for information
but had gone directly to the Special Investigations Unit. "It's
very obvious that something went wrong."
His comments were echoed by
PIETERS, who also called for a coroner's
inquest into
ASHTON's death.
Special Investigations Unit spokeswoman Rose Bliss said yesterday
that based on information it has at this point from the family
and police, there is no reason to believe
ASHTON was in police
custody at the time of his death.
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