LUSBY
LUSCOMBE
LUSH
LUSIGNAN
LUSKUS
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LUSSIER
LUSTIG
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ROLOSON,
R.
Eugene
Of Sparta, passed away at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital
on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, in his 93rd year. Beloved husband
of the late Helen E.
(GORVETT)
ROLOSON
(June 6, 1997.) Dearly
loved father of Jeana
LUSBY and her husband Scott, and cherished
grandfather of Christopher and Jacquelyn
LUSBY, all of Aylmer.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, June 1, 1913, the
son of the late
Lewis and Carrie
(BADGLEY)
ROLOSON, he lived almost all his life
in Sparta and area. Eugene worked as a rural mail carrier out
of Sparta for 66 years. He was a member of Sparta United Church.
Friends will be received at the Sifton Funeral Home, 118 Wellington
Street, Saint Thomas on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the
funeral service will be held on Saturday at 1: 30 p.m. Interment
in Sparta Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario or Sparta United Church gratefully acknowledged.
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LUSCOMBE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-09 published
HENDERSON,
Nora▼
Elizabeth▼ (née
WEBB)
After a short courageous battle with cancer, Nora Elizabeth
HENDERSON,
née WEBB surrounded by her family at London Health Sciences Centre
Victoria Campus on Saturday, April 8, 2006 in her 60th year.
Beloved wife and best friend for 37 years of Dale
HENDERSON.
Loving▼ mother of Todd (Lori) and Lisa
HENDERSON. Dear Nana of
Katelyn and Andrew
HENDERSON. Survived by her mother Shirley
and the late Gordon
WEBB.
Daughter-in-law▼ of Ruth and the late
Gilford HENDERSON. Dear sister of Janice
MORPHY
(Nelson,▼)
Sylvia
SCHIFFER (Jurgen), and Lori Ann
LUSCOMBE (Terry). Sister-in-law
of June and the late Larry
DALE, and Fay
BARNETT
(James.▼)
Fondly▼
remembered by many nieces and nephews, Friends, patients and
colleagues. Nora graduated from the Victoria Hospital School
of Nursing in 1968. She worked as a registered nurse in Emergency
and the 8th Floor Outpatient Department of London Health Sciences
Centre University Campus. Nora loved the nursing profession and
the patients that she cared for. Friends may call on Tuesday
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the James A. Harris Funeral Home, 220 Saint_James
Street at Richmond. The funeral service will be conducted at
Faith Lutheran Church, 310 Southdale Road East, London on Wednesday,
April 12 at 11: 00 a.m. Memorial contributions to the Harvest
Mission Fund of Faith Lutheran Church or the charity of your
choice would be gratefully acknowledged.
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LUSCOMBE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-16 published
LUSCOMBE,
Lary
Peacefully at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on Friday,
December 15, 2006, Mr. Lary
LUSCOMBE of Strathroy and formerly
of Saint Thomas in his 74th year. Predeceased by his beloved wife
Wilma (CONNOR)
LUSCOMBE (2004.) Loving father of Barry (Lorri)
LUSCOMBE,
Jeff
(Nancy)
LUSCOMBE all of Saint Thomas and Brenda
(Darren) THIRKETTLE of Strathroy. Will be sadly missed by loving
grandchildren Ashley
PODEBRY, Chris, Melissa, Steven, Laura,
Jodie,
Shayne,
Lindsay and Jenna
THIRKETTLE, great-grandfather
of Christian. Survived by his sisters Kay
DUBYK and Dorothy
PROCTOR,
sisters-in-law Hazel
LUSCOMBE and Ruby (George)
LEVERTON all
of Saint Thomas and brother-in-law Ken
EDMISON of London. Predeceased
by brother Fred "Sparky"
LUSCOMBE.
Fondly remembered by several
nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at the Denning Bros.
Funeral Home, 32 Metcalfe St. W., on Sunday, December 17, 2006
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the Funeral Service will be held on
Monday,
December 18, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Jock
TOLMAY
officiating. Interment to follow in Strathroy Cemetery. Donations
to the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Foundation would
be appreciated. A tree will be planted as a living memorial to
Lary.
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LUSCOMBE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2006-04-11 published
HENDERSON,
Nora▲
Elizabeth▲
After a short, courageous battle with cancer, Nora Elizabeth
HENDERSON, née Webb, surrounded by her family at London Health
Sciences Centre Victoria Campus, on Saturday, April 8, 2006,
in her 60th year. Beloved wife and best friend for 37 years of
Dale HENDERSON.
Loving▲ mother of Todd (Lori) and Lisa
HENDERSON.
Dear Nana of Katelyn and Andrew
HENDERSON. Survived by her mother,
Shirley and the late Gordon
WEBB.
Daughter-in-law▲ of Ruth and
the late Gilford
HENDERSON. Dear sister of Janice
MORPHY
(Nelson,▲)
Sylvia SCHIFFER (Jurgen), and Lori Ann
LUSCOMBE (Terry). Sister-in-law
of June and the late Larry
DALE, and Fay
BARNETT
(James.▲)
Fondly▲
remembered by many nieces and nephews, Friends, patients, and
colleagues. Nora graduated from the Victoria School of Nursing
in 1968. She worked as a registered nurse in emergency and the
8th floor outpatient department of London Health Sciences Centre
University Campus. Nora loved the nursing profession and the
patients that she cared for. Friends called on Tuesday from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. at the James A. Harris Funeral Home, 220 Saint_James Street
at Richmond. The funeral service will be conducted at Faith Lutheran
Church, 310 Southdale Road East, London, on Wednesday, April 12
at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions to the Harvest Mission Fund
of Faith Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice would
be gratefully acknowledged.
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LUSH o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-01-13 published
CASWELL,
Mary
Elnor
Mary Elnor
CASWELL a resident of Spruce Lodge, Stratford, passed
away suddenly at her residence on Wednesday, January 11th, 2006,
in her 83rd year. Born in St. Vincent Township, Grey County,
she was the daughter of the late John J.
CASWELL and the former
Sarah ERSKEN.
Mary was a member of Saint John's United Church,
Stratford, a member of Ruth Rebekah Lodge #2 and was a former
employee of International Artcraft. Lovingly remembered by her
sister-in-law Viola
CASWELL of Meaford and many nieces and nephews
and their families. She was the last surviving member of her
immediate family having been predeceased by brothers, Melville,
Alex, Ray and Allan and sisters, Annie
LUSH and Ethel
CASWELL.
Relatives and Friends may call at Spruce Lodge Chapel on Saturday,
January 14th, 2006 from 1: 00 p.m. until the time of the Memorial
Service at 2: 00 p.m. Greg
WHITE/WHYTE, pastor of Saint John's United
Church will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations
to the Spruce Lodge Foundation, the Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Ontario or a charity of one's choice would be appreciated
by the family and can be made through the Heinbuck Funeral Home,
156 Albert Street, Stratford, 1-519-271-5062
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LUSH o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-07-20 published
BURRELL,
Mona
Fay
Passed away suddenly in Edmonton, Alberta on Saturday, July 1st,
2006 at the age of 70. Mona is survived by her husband Gordon
and sons Charles (Lynn) of Kitchener, and Jason (Deanna) of Sherwoord
Park, Alberta and two grandchildren, Thomas and Hayden. Remembered
by step grandchildren Ryan, Rye-Patrick, Lisa and their families.
Daughter of the late John and Annie
(CASWELL)
LUSH.
She is, also,
survived by sisters and brothers: Wilda of Meaford, Mervin (Muriel)
of Temple Hill in Grey Highlands, Ian (Marion) of Toronto and
Winnie and Joan of Owen Sound. She will be missed by sister-in-law
Ellen CRAIG of Harriston and many nieces and nephews. A memorial
service will be held on July 22nd, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m. at Temple
Hill United Church, corner of County Rd. 12 and sideroad 22 of
Grey Highlands. Cremation has taken place. Memorial donations
to the Heat and Stroke Foundation or charity of your choice would
be appreciated by the family.
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LUSH o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-10-23 published
STACEY,
Nelson “Nick&rdquo
At the Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound, on Saturday, October 21st,
2006, in his 59th year, Nick
STACEY of Owen Sound and formerly
of Port Elgin. Husband of Barbara
STACEY.
Father of Rob and his
fiancée Jennifer of Uxbridge, and Nicole and her husband Tim
LIENHART of Owen Sound. Papa to Deklen, Brock and Teighan. Brother
of Mary and her husband Bill
LUSH and Yvonne and her husband
Dave KING, all of Port Elgin, and Pearce and his wife
Scelena,
Bob and his wife Patsy, Allan and his wife Olga, all of Newfoundland,
and Dennis and his wife Brenda of Oshawa. He is also survived
by his sister-in-law Norma
STACEY.
Predeceased by his parents
Robert and Johanna
STACEY, by his father and mother-in-law Cyril
and Margaret
PERRIER, two brothers Arch and Willis, and by one
sister Marjorie. His will be missed by his much loved nephews
and nieces and by great Friends. Friends may call at the W. Kent
Milroy Port Elgin Chapel, 510 Mill Street, Port Elgin (Town of Saugeen
Shores) from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, October 24th, 2006. Funeral
service will be conducted in the chapel on Wednesday at 2: 00 p.m.
with Pastor Bob
JOHNSTON officiating. Interment Sanctuary Park
Cemetery, Port Elgin. Following the interment a reception will
be held in the Community Room of the funeral home. Memorial contributions
to the London Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated as
expressions of sympathy. Portrait and memorial online at www.milroyfuneralhomes.com.
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LUSH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-03-30 published
COOPER,
Marjorie▼
Helen▼ (née
LICK)
Left us on March 28th in her 81st year. She passed on in peace
and dignity at her Toronto home in the loving care of her family
and Friends. Her family caregivers extend heartfelt thanks to
Dr. Giovanna
SIRIANNI,
Heather▼
WHALEN, Marlene
CARSCALLEN and
Heather McLEAN for helping her through a mercifully brief and
intense battle with cancer. Born in Calgary, educated at the
Universities of Toronto, Ottawa and Carleton, Marjorie was known
and admired for her elegance, intellect, dry wit and peaceful
spirit. Betrayed by her body, her sharp mind continued her daily
ritual of completing the Globe and Mail crossword puzzle until
two days before she died. She also was able to enjoy most of
the televised World Championships in both skating and curling.
Marjorie▼ is predeceased by Bill
COOPER, her husband of 54 years,
her brother Gordon
LICK of Ottawa and her daughter Margaret
CRAY
of Holland Landing. She leaves four children, Ian (Toronto),
Doug (Powell River, British Columbia), Judy
EAST (Calais, Maine),
Kathy (Lindsay, Ontario), and eleven grandchildren, Valery, Alexander
and Patrick
COOPER,
Mathew,▼
Devon▼ and Caitlynn
PIANOSI, Graham
and Heather
CRAY,
Jocelyn▼
COOPER, Merryn
LUSH and Alyson
EAST.
She▼ is also survived by her daughters-in-law, Karen
COOPER (nee
PIANOSI,)
Kate▼
SAUNDERS, Sandra
WRIGHT and sons-in-law, Paul
CRAY,
Richard▼
EAST and Stuart
LUSH. She lived a rich, full life
that had its share of both great joy and extreme hardships. A scholarship
at the age of 16 took her to Trois Pistolles, Quebec for a French
immersion experience, the memory of which she treasured ever
after. She met Bill in 1941 on one of many hiking and cycling
expeditions in the Canadian Youth Hostelling Association. She
shared Bill's keen advocacy for the Canadian Youth Hostelling
Association and hosted a chuckwagon-style Canadian Youth Hostelling
Association information booth at the Calgary Stampede of 1942.
Marjorie served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division
working in Halifax during the war. With Bill and four other Friends,
she went on a cycling expedition to New England in 1946 visiting
Boston and Cape Cod. They were married in 1948 after both completed
university. Her professional career included teaching sociology
at the University of Toronto and she served as Registrar of Erindale
College (now Utah, Mississauga) for many years, a job that she
found deeply fulfilling especially when she knew she had helped
students make difficult choices in their lives. After her retirement
she focused on a quiet life of spiritual questing and fulfillment
and never missed the full season of the Canadian Opera Company.
Her community of Friends of Grace Church on-the-Hill meant the
world to her. At Grace Church she was a member of the Altar Guild,
the Cariboo Group, the Adult Christian Education Committee and
she was the founder and moving spirit of The Book and Film Club.
Serving as librarian, she was instrumental in the development
and maintenance of the Church library. Her spiritual path also
led her to become an oblate with the Sisters of St. Benedict
in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her many contributions to the Church were
recognized last Spring in the Award for Meritorious Service,
an honour that, very quietly, gave her great pride. Funeral service
will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2006, 11 a.m., Grace Church
On-The-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road with luncheon and reception to
follow in the Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, please consider
donations to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount
Sinai Hospital or the Palliative Care Unit at South Lake Regional
Health Centre in Newmarket where her daughter received such excellent
care.
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COOPER,
Marjorie▲
Helen▲ (née
LICK)
Left us on March 28th, 2006, in her 81st year. She passed on
in peace and dignity at her Toronto home in the loving care of
her family and Friends. Her family caregivers extend heartfelt
thanks to Doctor Giovanna
SIRIANNI,
Heather▲
WHALEN, Marlene
CARSCALLEN
and Heather
McLEAN for helping her through a mercifully brief
and intense battle with cancer. Born in Calgary, educated at
the Universities of Toronto, Ottawa and Carleton, Marjorie was
known and admired for her elegance, intellect, dry wit and peaceful
spirit. Betrayed by her body, her sharp mind continued her daily
ritual of completing the Globe and Mail crossword puzzle until
two days before she died. She also was able to enjoy most of
the televised World Championships in both skating and curling.
Marjorie▲ is predeceased by Bill
COOPER, her husband of 54 years,
her brother Gordon
LICK of Ottawa and her daughter Margaret
CRAY
of Holland Landing. She leaves four children, Ian (Toronto),
Doug (Powell River, British Columbia), Judy
EAST (Calais, Maine),
Kathy (Lindsay, Ontario), and eleven grandchildren, Valery, Alexander
and Patrick
COOPER,
Mathew,▲
Devon▲ and Caitlynn
PIANOSI, Graham
and Heather
CRAY,
Jocelyn▲
COOPER, Merryn
LUSH and Alyson
EAST.
She▲ is also survived by her daughters-in-law, Karen
COOPER (nee
PIANOSI,)
Kate▲
SAUNDERS, Sandra
WRIGHT and sons-in-law, Paul
CRAY,
Richard▲
EAST and Stuart
LUSH. She lived a rich, full life
that had its share of both great joy and extreme hardships. A scholarship
at the age of 16 took her to Trois Pistolles, Quebec for a French
immersion experience, the memory of which she treasured ever
after. She met Bill in 1941 on one of many hiking and cycling
expeditions in the Canadian Youth Hostelling Association. She
shared Bill's keen advocacy for the Canadian Youth Hostelling
Association and hosted a chuckwagon-style Canadian Youth Hostelling
Association information booth at the Calgary Stampede of 1942.
Marjorie served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division
working in Halifax during the war. With Bill and four other Friends,
she went on a cycling expedition to New England in 1946, visiting
Boston and Cape Cod. They were married in 1948 after both completed
university. Her professional career included teaching sociology
at the University of Toronto and she served as Registrar of Erindale
College (now Utah, Mississauga) for many years, a job that she
found deeply fulfilling especially when she knew she had helped
students make difficult choices in their lives. After her retirement
she focused on a quiet life of spiritual questing and fulfillment
and never missed the full season of the Canadian Opera Company.
Her community of Friends of Grace Church on-the-Hill meant the
world to her. At Grace Church she was a member of the Altar Guild,
the Cariboo Group, the Adult Christian Education Committee and
she was the founder and moving spirit of The Book and Film Club.
Serving as librarian, she was instrumental in the development
and maintenance of the Church library. Her spiritual path also
led her to become an oblate with the Sisters of St. Benedict
in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her many contributions to the Church were
recognized last Spring in the Award for Meritorious Service,
an honour that, very quietly, gave her great pride. Funeral service
will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2006, 11 a.m., Grace Church-on-the-Hill,
300 Lonsdale Road, with luncheon and reception to follow in the
Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to
the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital
or the Palliative Care Unit at Southlake Regional Health Centre
in Newmarket where her daughter received such excellent care.
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LUSIGNAN o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-12-07 published
ANDERSON,
Pearl
Aileen (née
WOOLLEY)
Peacefully at Lee Manor in Owen Sound, on Wednesday, December 6th,
2006. Pearl Aileen
ANDERSON (née
WOOLLEY,) in her 90th year.
Dearly beloved wife of the late Paul
ANDERSON.
Loving mother
of Douglas and his wife, Barbara, of Shallow Lake, Alan and his
wife, Marie, of Toronto, Leslie, of Allenford and Michael and
his wife, Marlene, of Oliphant. Proud grandmother of seven grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren. Pearl was the last member of a generation
in the Woolley family of Meaford. Special aunt to Terry and Adele
ARMSTRONG.
Pearl will be sadly missed by many nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Mary
WOOLLEY; her brothers,
Bill, Elliott and Fred
WOOLLEY; her sisters, Leone
HEPPLE,
Alma
PIDGEON, Ethel
STAFFORD, Eva
LUSIGNAN and Alice
DRAPER. Friends
may call at the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street
West, Owen Sound (519-376-7492) on Friday from 2: 00-4:00 and
7: 00-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service for Pearl
ANDERSON will be held
in the Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at
11: 00 a.m. with Lieutenant Mary
MILLAR officiating. Spring interment
in Zion Cemetery. If so desired, the family would appreciate
donations to the charity of your choice as your expression of
sympathy.
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SMYTH,
Veronica
At Norview Lodge Nursing Home on Sunday, January 29, 2006, in
her 89th year. Will be lovingly remembered by her nieces and
nephews Veronica
MARTIN
(SMYTH,)
Shannon
COPPERTHWAITE, Bubsie
PINTER, Linda
ANGLE, Bill
WILSON, Tom
WILSON, Pat
REID, Michael
SMYTH,
Heather
SMYTH, Veronica
LUSKUS and their families. Cherished
great-aunt to her great-nephews Nicholas
MARTIN,
Stephen
COPPERTHWAITE,
Brad WILSON and great-niece Debbie
JONES.
Predeceased by her
brothers William, James, Charles and Michael and sisters Mary,
Annie, Winnie and Margaret. Also predeceased by her niece Meg
CHAMPAGNE and nephew David
WILSON.
Veronica was the first female
principal in the Montreal Catholic School Commission from 1966-1976.
She was a co-founder of the Thomas Moore institute for adult
education in Montreal. Veronica was very active in the Catholic
Church for many years. Veronica had touched many lives throughout
her life. Friends were invited to share memories of Veronica
at The Baldock Funeral Home, 96 Norfolk St. N., Simcoe on Tuesday,
January 31, 2006 from 7-9 p.m. Parish Prayers were said at the
funeral home Tuesday evening at 7: 30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated from St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church in Port
Dover on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Father Pio
BEORCHIA celebrant. Interment followed at Port Dover Cemetery.
Donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated by the
family. Baldocks 519-426-0291
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LUSSI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-07-20 published
Osborne COLSON,
Skating
Coach (1916-2006)
Eccentric and prickly, the 'Jurassic Park' of skating won prewar
national titles, directed Barbara Ann Scott's professional tour
and coached a parade of top-notch competitors
By Beverley
SMITH,
Page S7
Toronto -- Osborne
COLSON was the last of an era, an old figure-skating
world of blueblood families, of impeccable manners and proper
etiquette. "He stood alone in an era of figure skating that has
long gone," said Toller
CRANSTON. "He was the Jurassic Park of
the Barbara Ann
SCOTT era."
Mr. COLSON's father, Henry, was one of the founders of the Toronto
Cricket Skating and Curling Club, an institution that was like
mecca for the skater who won the 1936 and 1937 Canadian men's
championships.
His cousin, Cecil
SMITH, finished second to Sonja Henie at the
1930 world championship. Mr.
COLSON was a walking history book
of figure skating. He lived it. He met Ms. Henie at a skating
show in Toronto. He directed and choreographed Barbara Ann
SCOTT's
Canadian professional tour in the early 1950s. He took Donald
JACKSON under his wing when he became a professional skater during
the 1960s. "His great accomplishment was producing some of the
most unique skaters in history," Mr.
CRANSTON said. "He moulded
the minds of splendidly artistic people who went on to even greater
heights than he."
All this from a Toronto boy, who joined the Dominion Bank in
1935 as the youngest teller in its history. According to a Toronto
Cricket Club history book, "both bank and his father thought
Osborne was a good prospect for promotion with an ideal future
in finance."
Mr. COLSON earned $32 a week. He took a temporary leave of absence
when he landed a $500-a-week, 20-week contract as the star of
Ice Follies. He never returned.
Through his Ice Follies adventure, he met and worked with Joan
Crawford and Jimmy Stewart. Later, he was introduced to stars
such as Boris Karloff, Mickey Rooney, Ronald Reagan and Judy
Garland.
He was also one of the true eccentrics of the sport. Mr.
COLSON
rarely invited anyone to his Toronto apartment, not even his
60-year friend, Ellen
BURKA, who had been Mr.
CRANSTON's coach.
He rarely let anyone inside his private life, but then maybe
he was "a sphinx without a secret," Mr.
CRANSTON said.
Ms. BURKA said skating was his life. He went to every little
competition. He'd drive all over the city and teach at six different
rinks every day until, at 75, he finally settled at the cricket
club. For all that, he still worked at different rinks. This
was risky business, because he was widely known as a rather erratic
driver.
Except for his red cap, Mr.
COLSON dressed conservatively. Mr.
CRANSTON,
however, believes he really wanted to be rather baroque. "He
was always after my clothes. Many, many times I gave him things
that he liked.
COLSON didn't quite have the guts to be flamboyant,
yet he admired it in others. He always wanted my coats."
Once, when Mr.
COLSON and Ms.
BURKA visited Mr.
CRANSTON at his
Toronto home, the coach took one look at the skating outfits
in a closet, and began to try them on. "They were all his crazy
costumes from the '70s -- all glitter," Ms.
BURKA said.
He tried on a turquoise number, the most glittery of them all,
waltzed into the room and began to dance. "We had a party," she
said, laughing.
He had lots of frank opinions on many subjects. It was not something
he developed in later life. The legendary coach Gus
LUSSI taught
Mr. COLSON for six years and once said: "He was a very well-behaved
child with good discipline, although he was rather an opinionated
boy. He had unique views and ideas about everything."
It's no surprise that Mr.
CRANSTON calls him "madly eccentric."
But he adds that the coach was really quite funny "as long as
you were out of range." He could be prickly. Ms.
BURKA calls
him mean. Mr.
CRANSTON refers to him as the "red-hot stinger."
People feared him, wondering if they'd be next. Few escaped.
"At any second of the day or night, he could stick you with a
[verbal] sword that would leave you flat on the ground," Mr.
CRANSTON
said. "One might say he was difficult."
Ms. BURKA referred to him as her "best friend and loving enemy."
"Everybody knew it. I got used to it," she said. "In the beginning,
he would call me the most horrible names. I talked back to him,
then we had a fight. Then, of course, we didn't look at each
other and sat in the coffee shop back to back."
One of these fights lasted six months, another three months.
Ms. BURKA also knew how to push his buttons. When she saw he
was in a bad mood, she'd provoke him further. "Did I ever get
it."
At the very least, Mr.
COLSON kept her on her toes, she said.
She always arrived at the rink well dressed with her hair perfectly
coiffed, because if she didn't, "I got hell."
Finally, about 15 years ago, Mr.
COLSON approached Ms.
BURKA
and told her: "Look, I think we are a little bit too old for
this. Let's face each other again."
Obviously, he was one of a kind. "There can never be anything
like him again," Mr.
CRANSTON said. Yet, he always remained current.
Ms. BURKA said he had the mind of a 25-year-old. And he had a
Genghis Khan-like character that survived being booted out of
the cricket club by a group that didn't understand his significance,
according to Mr.
CRANSTON. "It was like taking the goldfish out
of the goldfish bowl. To a normal person, that would have been
the death rattle. But
COLSON rose from the ashes, went to the
Granite Club and spawned this Patrick
CHAN, this hot little thing."
The diamond in his crown was Sarah
KAWAHARA, who studied with
the coach when he set up the Banff Fine Arts skating school in
1960. Ms. KAWAHARA went on to become one of the great choreographers
in the sport, winning an Emmy for her work on the opening and
closing ceremonies at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and another
for Scott Hamilton's television special, Upside Down. She also
was responsible for Mr. Hamilton's successful skating career.
Ms. KAWAHARA, who took the red-eye flight last night from Los
Angeles so she could attend the funeral today, said of Mr.
COLSON:
"He formed me. Mr. C showed me the path, and he was also the
source of great inspiration and strength. He's responsible for
everything I've done in my life and career. He was not just a
skating teacher but a teacher of life."
Over the years, Ms.
KAWAHARA and Mr.
COLSON kept in touch at
least every two weeks. "It's very difficult to know that I can't
call him any more," she said.
Like Ms. KAWAHARA,
Mr.
COLSON's skaters always had "infinite
class," Mr.
CRANSTON said. "They were a cut above the others."
His work, Mr.
CRANSTON said, should have been on the Broadway
stage, not the ice rink. He's watched many
COLSON products in
skating shows and "my mouth would drop open," he said. "They
were so great. That kind of skater cannot ever exist again because
there aren't any other
COLSONs to produce it."
Mr. COLSON's last master project was Patrick
CHAN, a Toronto
skater who glides over the ice with great speed and wonderful
edges -- all
COLSON hallmarks. Mr.
COLSON predicted that Mr.
CHAN,
who is just 15, would make a splash at the 2010 Olympics and
that he'd try to stick around to guide him there.
But all was not well with Mr.
COLSON in the past year. He ended
up in hospital for nine weeks with an infection after a youngster
on a bicycle collided with him. Somehow, he talked his doctors
into letting him out of the hospital for a weekend. Instead of
resting, however, he headed to the Thornhill Summer Competition,
where he coached Mr.
CHAN from the boards. While he was in hospital,
he designed the young skater's outfit, too.
The intrepid Mr.
COLSON accompanied Mr.
CHAN when he finished
sixth at the world junior championship in Slovenia last March,
but he was so frail that three doctors treated him there.
In the spring, he was involved in a car accident, breaking his
collarbone and suffering head injuries. It proved to be his undoing.
He underwent two surgeries to remove blood clots from his brain
but then developed pneumonia.
The CHAN family was with him when he died. "Patrick said goodbye
very close to his ears and vowed to skate his best for him,"
said his mother, Karen. "He knew Patrick had landed his quad
toe."
It was a dismal day for Ms.
BURKA, who at first glance thought
Mr. COLSON an unusual character when she met him in 1952. For
years, she had worked while facing him from the other side of
the rink. They had a private joke, a pact in which they'd warn
each other if their mouths had opened too wide. "It hit me hard
that I cannot see him any more…. I had to cry.
"I enjoyed him all my life," she said. "It was fun to fight with
him and to talk with him. Everybody is so boring. It is a big
vacuum for me. I will miss him terribly."
Osborne COLSON was born in Toronto on March 31, 1916. The Canadian
figure skating hall of fame member died in hospital in Toronto
on Friday, July 14, 2006. He was 90. He is survived by his brother,
James Hall
COLSON.
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DOHERTY,
Patricia
Helen
(ELLIS)
Safe in the arms of Jesus, Patricia Helen
DOHERTY
(ELLIS) on
Monday, December 11, 2006, in her 94th year. Dearly loved Mother
of Patricia
BOYACHEK and her husband Max, Diane
FAUBERT and her
husband Gilles. She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren
Joy McGUIRE and her husband Wally, Trish
STRINGER and her husband
Graham, John
BOYACHEK and his wife
Sandra,
Jim
BOYACHEK and his
wife Jaime,
Janet
HALLAM and her husband Chris, Joe
BOYACHEK
and his wife
Heather,
David
FAUBERT and his wife Christa, Mark
FAUBERT and his wife
Stephanie, and Carolyn
FAUBERT and Isaac.
She is also survived by 12 Great-grandchildren. Sister to Jean
LUSSIER and brother George
ELLIS, sister-in-law Margaret
ELLIS.
Pre-deceased by her husband Kenneth and her sisters Marguerite
SEARS, Kathleen
TAILOR/TAYLOR, Vivian
DALES and her brother Frank
ELLIS.
A special thank you to the compassionate loving staff at Middlesex
Terrace Nursing Home, Delaware for the exceptional care given
to Pat (Daisy). Graveside service to be held at Urgel Bourgie
Les Cimetières-Jardin, Montreal on Thursday December 14th, 2006
at 12: 30. Memorial service to be held at West Park Baptist Church,
London, Ontario on Saturday December 16th at 1: 00 p.m. Reverend
John BOYACHEK officiating. As an expression of sympathy a memorial
donation may be made to her church, West park Baptist Church
Building Fund, 1151 Royal York Rd., London, Ontario, N6H 3Z7
or to the charity of your choice.
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MELNIK,
Dymitro
It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing
of Dymitro, suddenly at home on March 17, 2006 at the age of
84. Beloved husband of Helena for 60 years. Loving father of
Olga OLSZAK and her husband Henry, Tanya
COLOMBO and her husband
Gino, and Ursla
LUSSIER and her husband Mark. Beloved grandfather
of Robert (fiancee Lyne), Susan, Stephanie, Jennifer, Jessica
and Mathew. The family would like to express their heartfelt
gratitude to Doctor
SPECTOR for the care and support hegave over
many years. Friends will be received at the Neweduk Funeral Home
- "Mississauga Chapel", 1981 Dundas St. W. (1 block east of Erin
Mills Pkwy.) on Monday from 5-9 p.m. Panachida at 7: 30 p.m. A Funeral
Mass will be held at Saint Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church (3625 Cawthra
Rd.) on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at 10 a.m. Interment St. Volodymyr
Cemetery. In Dymitro's memory, a donation may be made to a charity
of your choice. Neweduk Funeral Home 905-828-8000 www.neweduk.com
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SALMONS,
Ann
Ruth (née
LUSTIG)
Peacefully, on Monday, September 18, 2006. Daughter of the late
Moishe and Malka
LUSTIG. Dear sister of the late Nathan
LUSTIG.
Aunt of Marcella
ANDRE, Janet
TORFF, and Catherine
EISNER. Great
Aunt of Anju, Hera, Hilary, and Jarryd. Cousin of Shirley
LUSTIG.
Ann enjoyed a long and successful career at The Globe and Mail,
where she worked for 45 years until her retirement. A graveside
service will be held at Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Community section
on Wednesday, September 20th at 11: 00 a.m. If desired, donations
may be made to the Ann Ruth Salmons Memorial Fund, c/o The Benjamin
Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324.
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LUSTIG,
Mary
Anne
Quietly after a long, well lived life on September 17th, 2006
at the Claremont Retirement Residence in her ninety-ninth year.
She was predeceased by her loving husband Alex (1968) and her
daughter Eva
RYAN (1997.) Born in Czechoslovakia on January 12,
1908, Mary Anne and her husband came to Canada in 1938. Mary
Anne was much loved and will be fondly remembered by her family
and many Friends. Proud grandmother of Janice
RYAN
(John and
their children Alison and Joelle) of Newmarket, Jo-Anne
RYAN
(Brian and son Taylor) of Toronto, Ted
RYAN
(Deena and children
Michaela, Oliver and Francesca) of Ottawa, and Tammy
FENSTERMAKER
(Bill and son Cordt) of Denver; also mother-in-law to Ed
RYAN
(Noella) of Burlington. The family would like to thank the staff
at the Claremont Retirement Residence for their excellent care.
Private interment at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Friends are invited
to join her family in a celebration of Mary Anne's life on the
afternoon of Saturday, November 4th in Toronto. Please contact
the family for details. If desired, memorial donations to the
charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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