NOLAN
NOLAND
NOLFI
NOLIN
NOLLIE
NOLTE
NOLAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-18 published
KWASEK,
Stella
Peacefully after a long illness at London Health Sciences Centre,
University
Hospital on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Stella
KWASEK
in her 91st year. Loving wife of the late Peter
KWASEK
Sr.
(Dec.
25, 1980.) Loved mother of Jeannette
LESSARD and her husband
Brad, Peter
KWASEK
Jr. and Joe
KWASEK and his wife
Margaret.
Loving grandmother of Lisa
NOLAN, Jennifer
TAILOR/TAYLOR, Suzanne, Peter
and Bradley
LESSARD,
Elliott
KWASEK and Adrian
KWASEK and her
4 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Frank
SLOTA,
John
SLOTA
and Jennie
STRYBERG.
Visitors will be received at John T. Donohue
Funeral Home, 362 Waterloo Street at King Street, on Friday from
2-4 and 7-9 o'clock. Funeral Mass at Holy Cross Church, 10 Elm
Street, on Saturday at 12 noon. Interment in St. Peter's Cemetery.
Prayers Friday evening at 7: 30 o'clock. Donations to the Heart
and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-06-29 published
MacKAY,
David
John
Peacefully, surrounded by his family on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006,
David John
MacKAY (formerly of Caledon, Ontario) went to be with
his Saviour. Cherished husband of Alberta. Loving father of Scott
MacKAY and his wife Colleen
NOLAN, Wendy
SIBLEY and her husband
Brent.
Much loved grandpa of Sean
MacKAY and Jonathon
SIBLEY.
Brother of Alexander
MacKAY, Doctor James
MacKAY and his wife Ann,
and brother-in-law of Doctor Cyril
HAMILTON and his wife
Lyn.
Also
survived by many nieces and nephews. David proudly served Bell
Canada for 37 years. He had a passion for photography and for
building things, but his family always came first. Visitation
will be held on Friday from 2: 00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the
Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, where the
funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, July 1st, 2006
at 11: 00 a.m. Cremation to follow. Those wishing to make a donation
in memory of David are asked to consider the Prostrate Cancer
Research, c/o London Regional Cancer Centre.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-29 published
Canada's first news anchor had flawless, direct delivery
Larry HENDERSON died Monday in London's Parkwood Hospital at
By Joe MATYAS, Free Press Reporter, Wed., November 29, 2006
Larry HENDERSON was the first regular news reader on Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation-television's The National News. (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation file photo)
The man who pioneered the role of television news anchor in Canada
died Monday in London at the age of 89.
Larry HENDERSON was "the first real anchor and nationally known
television news personality" in the country, Michael
NOLAN said
yesterday.
"He helped make the nightly news broadcast a national institution,"
said NOLAN, a former news anchor and professor of journalism
at the University of Western Ontario.
"He embedded the notion of the anchor in people's minds at a
time when Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television was expanding
across the nation."
Born and raised in Montreal,
HENDERSON studied music at McGill
University and spent some time in England as a Shakespearean
actor, sharing the stage with such notables as Alec Guinness.
In a 1990 interview with The Free Press, he told
NOLAN "those
years were useful to me because I learned there the hard rules
of presenting words, ideas and yourself to the public."
HENDERSON joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio
staff in 1940. He later enlisted in the Canadian Army, serving
in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War.
Following the war, he returned to radio broadcasting in Toronto
where he hosted the Headliners show on CFRB.
In 1950, HENDERSON became the first Canadian broadcaster to cover
the Korean War. He spent three years in Europe, interviewing
world figures for Headliners, and in 1954, he became Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation television's National News reader.
Canadian television was barely two years old then, said
NOLAN,
adding there was "a hazy period" before
HENDERSON became the
anchor when various announcers delivered short reports.
"He had a knack for it. He could look at copy and memorize it
well enough to deliver the news flawlessly while looking directly
into the camera."
The fact he hardly ever made mistakes was amazing, considering
there were no teleprompters, said
NOLAN.
HENDERSON had an authoritative air and conveyed credibility largely
because he was a newsman with field experience,
NOLAN said.
"He wasn't just someone who read the news in a studio."
HENDERSON was the face of the National News until 1959. After
that he worked for CFI radio, CHCH television and CTV
National News.
During the 1970s,
HENDERSON helped Tanzania organize its national
broadcasting system. In 1974, he became editor of the Catholic
Register. He was also managing editor of Challenge, a Catholic
monthly, before retiring in 2002.
HENDERSON had been living quietly in London since 1988. He died
in his sleep at Parkwood Hospital, said his son Graham, a Toronto
lawyer.
HENDERSON's other son, Ross, a Strathroy resident, is also a
lawyer.
A funeral mass for him is planned for tomorrow in Toronto.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-05 published
NOLAN,
Dennis
Brien▼
65, Hammonds Plains. In the early morning of December 4, 2006,
a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle slipped
peacefully from the arms of his family into the arms of our Lord.
He was a son of the late Clarence and Madeline
(LECLEAR)
NOLAN.
He is survived by his wife, Frances Louise
(RING)
NOLAN; children,
Gary NOLAN
(Michele,)
Leah
LANG (Stan,) Heather
NOLAN, Patrick
NOLAN (Terri), Catherine Parker (Michael), and Sean
NOLAN; cherished
grandchildren, Melissa, Peter, Anne Marie, Stasia, Mackenzie,
Sydney, Taylor, and Emma; brothers and sisters, Linda
DILOSA
(Phil,) Saint Thomas, Ontario; Mary
DRAKE
(Cyril,)
Mississauga,
Ontario; Joan
WALSH
(Martin,)
Illinois, U.S.A.; Elizabeth
LAUR,
Illinois, U.S.A.; Jane
CARR, London, Ontario; Patrick
NOLAN (Debbie),
Illinois; U.S.A.; Michelle
ETHRIDGE
(Glenn,)
Sarnia,
Ontario
as well as several nieces and nephews. A devoted husband and
father, Dennis dedicated his life to God and family. Dennis served
in the Canadian Armed Forces (Navy) before moving his young family
to Ontario where he was employed with General Motors. In retirement,
Mom and Dad returned to Nova Scotia where they were able to enjoy
many happy years with family and Friends. Visitation will be
held Wednesday, December 6 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in T.K. Barnard
Funeral Home, Bedford. The funeral Mass will be celebrated 10: 00 a.m.
Thursday, December 7, in St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church,
Bedford. 'One Heart, One Path'
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NOLAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-06 published
LINDLEY, Gladys Irene (formerly
McARTHUR, née
OLIVER)
Passed away Monday, December 4, 2006 after a long and wonderful
life. Loving mother of Lynda (Rick)
CAMPBELL and Evelyn (Denis)
DOWMAN. Cherished grandmother of Keith
CAMPBELL,
Doctors
Bruce and
Lynette PEGLAR and Murray
PEGLAR.
Sister-in-law of Kay
OLIVER
and Douglas
WRIGHT.
Predeceased by her first husband Charles
McARTHUR, daughter Christine, second husband Martin
LINDLEY and
her siblings Corinne, Helen, Mary and Jack, all of Thamesford.
She will also be sadly missed by John and Peter
LINDLEY and their
families, many Friends, nieces and nephews in the Oliver, McArthur
and Lindley families and especially Kathi
WRIGHT-
TURNER.
Gladys
was a graduate nurse, Class of 1931 from Saint_Joseph's Hospital
in Hamilton. She was a member of the Burlington Garden Club and
was an avid golfer and curler. Special thanks to Doctor John
NOLAN
for his care in Gladys' final days. Visitation at Smith's Funeral
Home, 485 Brant Street, (one block north of City Hall) Burlington
(905-632-3333) on Friday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. where Funeral Service
will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Private
Interment, Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton on Monday. If desired,
expressions of sympathy to the charity of your choice would be
sincerely appreciated by the family. www.smithsfh.com
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-03-20 published
Darcia NOLAN,
Model (1961-2005)
Runway and television model had it all - magazine covers, commercials,
soap ads -- until cancer struck
By Kathy FEDORI,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S9
Calgary -- Darcia Nolan was a beautiful, red-haired young model
who had it all -- magazine covers, television spots, a trendy
Toronto Beaches address complete with a Jeep parked outside --
until she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She spent the next
13 years in determined survival mode.
As a model, it never mattered what Ms.
NOLAN was wearing as she
floated down the runway or appeared on television commercials.
Men took a second look, women wanted to be just like her and
everyone wanted to have what she had. She was a stand-out on
the pages of Chatelaine, the cover of Vogue Brazil, and as the
Maxwell House Max girl.
Her phone never stopped ringing until one day in 1992 she took
a call that changed everything. She had breast cancer. A misdiagnosed
cyst had become a malignant tumour and the prognosis was bleak.
She had to face the reality of a double mastectomy in an industry
where breasts were a non-negotiable job requirement.
Ms. NOLAN's world turned upside down and the Dove soap faces,
Miller beer smiles and hugga-mugga Maxwell House labels all fell
away. As a single parent with a four-year-old, her new goal was
to see her daughter Chanelle graduate from high school.
To achieve that, she gave up her boutique clothes, donned a hospital
gown and lay on an examining table to be scanned by teams of
doctors. From that time on, the only cameras aimed her way had
a diagnostic purpose.
Darcia NOLAN grew up in Toronto to a show-business family. Her
father, Jimmy
NOLAN, sang in clubs. From 1967 to 1977, her mother
Coralie NOLAN was one of The Allan Sisters, a singing sensation
featured on the Tommy Hunter Show. The other sister was her aunt
Jackie. It was inevitable that young Darcia's first television
spot was in a Tommy Hunter chorus of celebrity children singing
The Candyman as part of a tribute to the comic strip, Charlie
Brown.
For her part, Ms.
NOLAN set her sights on becoming a star of
fashion rather than song. The walls of her childhood bedroom
were plastered with high-fashion pin-ups and she and her best
friend Roberta spent years dancing in pink ballet tights, swooning
over Donny Osmond or designing their own hot psychedelic looks.
In 1980, she enrolled in a modelling program at Sheridan College
in Oakville, Ontario After graduating, she found steady work
in Toronto and Los Angeles and success seemed assured until the
misdiagnosis was discovered in 1992. She won time through a mastectomy,
reconstructive surgery, chemotherapy, meditation and naturopathic
remedies, all the while attending a two-year course in fashion
design at George Brown College in Toronto.
In June of 1996, her doctors said the disease was in remission
and Ms. NOLAN and her daughter packed up and moved to Vancouver,
full of hope for the future.
Five years later, almost to the day of being told she was clear
of cancer, her doctor found it had spread beyond the original
tumour. By 1998, the diagnosis was stage-four metastasis growth
and she was given two months to live. Undeterred, she remained
determined to see her daughter graduate. She set some attainable
goals and asked her mother to move to Vancouver to be their caregiver.
In a crowd of 21,600 Canadian women who develop breast cancer
each year, Ms.
NOLAN stood out as a composed and determined patient.
Undetected cells migrated through her body and she bounced back,
time and time again. "I called her the cat with nine lives who
survived for 13 years," said Doctor Paul Klimo, an oncologist at
Lion's Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. "It was nothing short
of a miracle."
Part of her strength came from the help she found at the Callanish
Society, a non-profit group that helps families come to grips
with cancer by offering counselling, support programs and week-long
retreats.
"Darcia was a model of what is possible when cancer strikes,"
said Janie Brown, executive director of the British Columbia
Callanish Society. "She was a pioneer in facing darkest fears."
At one wilderness retreat she attended, Ms.
NOLAN was so weak
that she was unable to walk. Out of a forest of Douglas firs
and cedars, she appeared behind the wheel of a hijacked golf
cart. "Look at me, I'm still here," she announced with determination.
"My mom taught me to reach out for help when I need it without
being scared," said Chanelle now 17. "And we shopped for an awesome
grad dress -- for hours -- and laughed the whole time."
Ms. NOLAN survived to see Chanelle graduate and was on the dock
in Vancouver Harbour in December to watch her grad party cruise
set sail.
Darcia Gayle
NOLAN was born in Toronto on May 1, 1961. She died
in Vancouver on December 29, 2005, after a long battle with breast
cancer. She was 44. She is survived by her mother Coralie, sisters
Jamie and Sandie and daughter Chanelle. Darcia
NOLAN was one
of an estimated 5,300 women who died from breast cancer in Canada
last year.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-05-03 published
NOLAN,
Sheelagh
Margaret
43, Halifax. It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing
of a much loved mother, sister, daughter and friend. Fiesty to
the end, Sheelagh passed away peacefully at the QE2 in Halifax
on May 1, 2006, with family and Friends at her side after a courageous
4 year battle with cancer. Born in Halifax, she grew up in Saint_John's,
Newfoundland., and later returned with her family to Halifax
where she attended Halifax West High School. She went on to attend
St. Francis Xavier University, where she fell in love with her
husband, Danny
GRAHAM.
Sheelagh graduated from X in 1984 with
a B.Sc. and went on to work as a dietitian at the VG Hospital.
She loved her work and brightened the days for all of her patients.
Sheelagh was active with numerous school and community events,
most recently throwing herself into the Autism Golf Ball fundraiser
in Halifax. She loved traveling, reading and researching her
family genealogy. A natural athlete, Sheelagh enjoyed beating
her brother's-in-law at tennis and ping pong, and was a proud,
hockey, lacrosse and soccer Mom. She was a mediocre tarabish
player but played with gusto. Most importantly, Sheelagh was
a devoted and dynamic mother, and was incredibly proud of her
boys. She had an indomitable spirit, a great sense of humour
and loved a good laugh. She and her family have been very grateful
for the deep love and support they received from their many Friends
as well as neighbours (who have been like family). They are indebted
to countless medical professionals who cared for her and fought
with her for these challenging years. She is survived by her
loving husband of 20 years, Danny
GRAHAM, sons Patrick, Andrew
and Colin; parents, Frank and Maureen (Casey) Nolan; sisters,
Kathleen (Louis
BOILEAU,)
Maura
(Mike
SMELTZER,) Coleen (Luke
ELIOT,) all of Halifax and brother Chris (Paula) of Ottawa; many
adoring nephews and nieces, and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-
law. She was pre-deceased by her pal, sister-in-law, Norma
GRAHAM.
Visitations will be held at Pier 21 National Historic Site, 1055 Marginal
Rd. (behind the Via Rail Station) on Thursday May 4, noon-3 p.m.
There will be a memorial service at 7 p.m. on the same day (May 4)
followed by further visitations. A private family funeral will
be held Friday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Provincial Autism Centre, 1456 Brenton Street, Halifax. B3J 2K7.
Online condolences snowfh@alderwoods.com
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-09-11 published
Brian NOLAN:
Producer,
Teacher And Writer (1932-2006)
With his friend Peter
JENNINGS, he was among a corps of Canadian
broadcasters who took American networks by storm. He returned
home to help transform the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
and to teach at Carleton University
By F.F. LANGAN,
Page
S11
Toronto -- Brian
NOLAN was only a few metres away when Jack Ruby
shot Lee Harvey Oswald in the Dallas police station at 11: 26
on the morning of November 24, 1963. He was the CTV field
producer working with Peter
JENNINGS, then a 25-year-old reporter,
and cameraman Larry Brown.
It was one of the most dramatic moments in the lives of the three
men who had rushed from Ottawa to Dallas to cover the assassination
of U.S. President John Kennedy. Their work soon found Mr.
JENNINGS
and Mr. NOLAN working for ABC News in New York. They were
in the vanguard of many Canadians who worked in U.S. television
news. Their training and, for on-air people, their neutral accents
made Canadians ideal candidates for the Am-Nets, as the American
networks are known in the television biz.
On some assignments, their Canadian passports did not hurt either.
One of Mr.
NOLAN's big television scoops was the Soviet suppression
of Prague Spring -- the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in
August of 1968. He and a German cameraman, Jorg Weiland, filmed
Soviet tanks in the streets of Prague and managed to get their
footage over the frontier when it was closed to all other crews.
Anchored by Mr.
JENNINGS, it was broadcast from ABC's London
bureau as a U.S. television exclusive.
Mr. NOLAN's career included much more than a four-year stint
with a U.S. network. He was a pioneer in television news in Canada
and worked for all three Canadian networks: the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation -- where he was a producer on This Hour Has Seven
Days in the mid-1960s -- CTV and Global.
In 1972, he wrote the Nolan Report for Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation News in which he suggested changes that had already
been adapted by U.S. networks, such as the use of satellites
to bring news material from overseas instead of shipping reports
by air. "It is inconceivable that the corporation would demand
that its radio news service collect overseas news by mail instead
of using transoceanic circuits," Mr.
NOLAN wrote. "In essence,
this is what the present policy demands of the television news
service."
Many of his suggestions were subtle, such as the use of actuality
sound from the field instead of silent footage or, even worse
in his view, phony sound effects. Most were ideas that could
come only from someone with a real understanding of television
news. "Almost all his recommendations came to pass. He was quite
prophetic," said Bill
CUNNINGHAM, a foreign correspondent and
chief news editor of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at
the time.
A true television pioneer, Mr.
NOLAN was a field producer before
anyone even came up with the name. A field producer travels with
a camera crew and a reporter to make editorial decisions, and
also figures out such logistical problems as how to get the footage
to a "feed point" where it can actually make it on to a newscast.
"NOLAN almost invented the job of field producer. And he was
one of the first television producers to use the bird [satellite]
on a daily basis to put Peter
JENNINGS on the air from London
for the ABC nightly newscast," Mr.
CUNNINGHAM said. "He was
known to be so honest that producers from the other networks
trusted him to run the satellite pool feeds because they knew
he wouldn't cheat them out of their satellite time."
Brian NOLAN grew up in Hamilton, Ontario His father, Joe
NOLAN,
was a plumber and a local legend known as Pike who played for
the Hamilton Tigers, as one of the two professional football
teams in the city was known at the time.
As a young man, Brian joined the U.S. Army "for the adventure,"
as he later told one of his sons. His unit was about to be shipped
to Korea when he was plucked out of the infantry and given a
job of writing for Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military newspaper.
He did end up in the Korean War, but as a solider-reporter rather
than as a combatant.
In 1953, he returned to Hamilton to settle into his old life
and wonder what to do next.
"He was sitting in a pool hall reading a book when one of the
regulars came over to him and said 'I've never seen anyone in
here reading. Do you want a job at a newspaper?' " said his son
Philip, in recounting the family legend of how his father landed
his first newspaper job. "He started work at The Hamilton Spectator."
Mr. NOLAN stayed at the Spectator for three years as a police
reporter, sports reporter and general news reporter and the left
to work for the Hamilton radio station CHML. He liked to
tell a studio story about one night in February of 1959 when
a plane crash killed the rock 'n roll stars Buddy Holly, Richie
Valens and the Big Bopper, a Texas disk jockey turned singer
whose real name was Jiles P. Richardson. Mr.
NOLAN had wanted
to break into the regular programming to make a news flash, but
the sportscaster, an older man with no appreciation for young
rock stars, refused. By all accounts, something close to a fist
fight occurred before the bulletin finally went to air.
In 1961, Mr.
NOLAN moved to his first television job and joined
CTV News, which produced its national newscast out of CJOH
in Ottawa. It was there that he teamed up with the young Mr.
JENNINGS.
They travelled all over North America with forays into Europe.
One of Mr.
NOLAN's first big stories was the building of the
Berlin Wall. As field producer, he also doubled as a second cameraman,
carrying a Swiss-made, 16-mm Bolex camera. It was lightweight
and held just a little more three minutes worth of film, but
its quality added something to his reports. On November 29, 1963,
Mr. NOLAN, just back from Dallas, took his Bolex to Ste. Therese,
Quebec -- just north of Montreal -- to film The wreckage of a
DC-8 there. Later, he and journalist Patrick
WATSON made a documentary
of the crash that killed 118 passengers and crew.
When Mr. JENNINGS made the jump to ABC News, Mr.
NOLAN didn't
follow right away. He enjoyed working on This Hour Has Seven
Days, co-hosted by maverick broadcasters Mr.
WATSON and Laurier
LaPierre. The program was irreverent and quite unlike anything
seen on television. It caused such controversy -- especially
in Parliament -- that it lasted only two years.
"Brian started at the beginning of the program, making short
and long documentaries. He came to story meetings with great
ideas that were almost always accepted," Mr.
WATSON said.
After
Seven
Days, Mr.
NOLAN went to ABC News as a senior
producer and moved to New York with his family.
"As soon as he started working for ABC News we hardly saw
him," said his son Philip, who expresses no bitterness. He and
his two brothers are now camera operators for television news.
"One night the phone rang. He put it down and said 'You're not
going to believe this. They shot Bobby Kennedy.' He was gone
for a week."
A short while later, Mr.
NOLAN moved his family to London. He
was made senior producer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
It was during this period that he produced many of Mr.
JENNINGS's
news reports and handled the complexities of early satellite
feeds to New York.
In 1971, he left ABC News and returned to Canada. He wrote
the Nolan Report and, a short time later, went to Global television
where Mr. CUNNINGHAM had become vice-president of news. One of
their coups was a 90-minute documentary called The Last Nazi.
It was about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and the man who
ran Nazi Germany's armaments program.
"CUNNINGHAM and
NOLAN just picked up the phone and called Speer
and got the Canadian television rights for his autobiography,"
recalled Mr.
WATSON, who was the writer and interviewer on the
program. "They called me and asked me if I would work with them.
And Brian and I were off to Europe for several weeks."
The documentary won many awards in Canada and was nominated for
an Emmy in the United States.
After he left television he took up teaching and writing. In
1978, he took a job at the school of journalism at Carleton University
and remained there for 18 years. More recently, he indulged an
interest in military history and wrote seven books, including
a well-received biography of Buzz Beurling, the enigmatic Second
World War fighter pilot from Verdun, Quebec He also wrote a biography
of Donald Brittain, the legendary documentary filmmaker from
the National Film Board.
In his later years, Mr.
NOLAN showed an entrepreneurial streak
and, with his wife Holly owned a mustard shop and a restaurant
in Ottawa. Last week, a wake was held at the restaurant, which
is called L'Ange, on the Sparks Street Mall.
Brian NOLAN was born in St. Catharines, Ontario on January 18,
He died of lung cancer in Ottawa on August 31, 2006. He was 74.
He leaves his wife Holly, a daughter Catherine and three sons,
Philip, Mike and Paul.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-11 published
SAVAGE,
Brian
Colson
Died peacefully in his 55th year, on Wednesday, February 8, 2006,
after a courageous battle with cancer at Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Centre.
Brian leaves his beloved wife, Mary Ann
POULOS, and her
parents, Vasiliki and Tasso
POULOS. He also leaves his dearest
Friends Denise
HALSEY,
Thomas
SAMS, Leslie
BERNARD, and James
NOLAN.
Brian▲ devoted his last 4 years to the task of helping
others. He developed a new and innovative G.E.D. program to help
people complete their high school education, so often a barrier
to a better life for the people we serve. But Brian's true legacy
will live on in Scarborough Centre for Addiction Recovery and
Employment Services - which he co-created with his wife to provide
a safe haven, counselling, support and training to people dealing
with life's challenges. It is Brian's strongest and final wish
that his work through Centre for Addiction Recovery and Employment
Services continues. Friends may call at the Jerrett Funeral Home,
660 Kennedy Road, Scarborough (between Eglinton and St. Clair
Aves. E.) on Sunday from 12 noon until 2 p.m. A complete funeral
service will be held in the chapel at 2 p.m. followed by cremation.
Brian has left us with a job to do. It is with this job in mind
that we ask in lieu of flowers or other donations, that all donations
be made to Centre for Addiction Recovery and Employment Services,
3160 Eglinton Ave. E., 2nd floor, Scarborough On. M1J 2H4.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-17 published
NOLAN,
Thomas
Leo
Peacefully on March 15th, 2006, in his 83rd year, at the Credit
Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario. Beloved husband of 61 years
to Laura (WEERES.)
Loving father of 4 children: Karen (Mike)
SIMMONS of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Noreen (Gary)
SEELEY of
Saint
John,
New Brunswick, Jack (Susan)
NOLAN of Aurora and Cathy
(Mati) HOLLAND of Mississauga. Cherished grandfather to Greg
(Holly) SIMMONS, Mathew (Lacey)
SEELEY, Jason
SEELEY, Jessica
and Danny NOLAN. He is survived by sisters Teresa
FINORA of Pensecola,
Florida, and Kay
REID of St. Catharines. A former Flying Officer
in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Tom completed an extensive Tour
of Bomber Operations during World War 2. He was a member of the
Royal Canadian Air Force Association and Royal Canadian Legion.
After a successful career with
PPG
Industries in Atlantic Canada,
Tom went on to become very well known in the store fixtures industry
and founded his own successful company Nolan Sales and Marketing Inc.
He was a member of Rotary Club, the Canadian Professional Sales
Association and the Toronto Board of Trade. Tom will be fondly
remembered by many Friends and business associates across the
country. Friends may call atthe Neweduk Funeral Home - Mississauga
Chapel, 1981 Dundas St. W., Mississauga (1 block east of Erin
Mills Pkwy.) on Friday, March 17th between the hours of 2 and
5 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Saturday,
March 18th at 1 p.m. Cremation to follow. If desired, donations
can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Neweduk
Funeral Home (905) 828-8000 www.neweduk.com
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FREEDMAN,
Ben
On Thursday, March 16, 2006. Ben
FREEDMAN, devoted and loving
husband of the late Lillian
FREEDMAN.
Devoted and loving father
and father-in-law of Marla and Howard
ROSEN, and Robert and Caren.
Dear brother and brother-in-law of Doris and the late Harry
FRIMERMAN,
Harry and Lillian, Morris and Dorothy, Libby and Ron
ROSENBERG,
and Sidney and Dawn. Dear brother-in-law of Harvey and Elise
KALLES, and Grace and Dave
HORENFELDT.
Devoted and loving zaida
of Jonathan, Taryn, Brianne, Aleeza, Jenna, and Shawn. Beloved
Uncle Benny to his many nieces and nephews. Lovingly missed by
Clara KLEIN-
NOLAN. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles
Avenue West (3 lights west of Dufferin), for service on Sunday,
March 19, 2006 at 3: 00 p.m. Interment Beth Tzedec Memorial Park.
Shiva 198 Old Forest Hill Road. If desired, memorial donations
may be made to Princess Margaret Foundation, 416-946-6560, Baycrest
Palliative Care Unit, 416-785-2875, and The Scarborough Hospital
Grace Division, 416-495-2505. His kindness and warm humour will
be missed and forever cherished.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-30 published
Bert OLDERSHAW, 84: Olympic paddler
Competed for Canada in '48, '52, '56 Games
Canoeist spawned dynasty spanning three generations
By Daniel NOLAN, Torstar News Service, Hamilton Spectator
Bert OLDERSHAW certainly didn't let the grass grow under his
feet.
From taking part in three Olympic Games to designing artwork
made out of flotsam he found washed up on a Lake Ontario beach,
it seemed OLDERSHAW was always doing something.
His latest passion was working on restoring the old Burlington
Canal lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper's cottage.
"He was a doer right to the end," said his son Dean last night.
"He was into everything and anything. He did it all. He was a
going concern right to the end."
OLDERSHAW died Tuesday morning at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital
in Burlington. He was 84.
His son said he went into the hospital Monday after collapsing
at Lakeshore Place, an assisted retirement home he had moved
into only two weeks ago to try out.
He was revived in the ambulance on the ride to the hospital,
but he never regained consciousness. Dean and his sisters, Lee
and Lynn, were at their father's side when he died.
OLDERSHAW's name will be forever associated with the sport of
canoeing. He got his feet wet with the Toronto Island Canoe Club
in 1939 and founded the Mississauga Canoe Club in 1957, was a
finalist in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, the 1952 Games
in Helsinki and the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
He also spawned a canoeing dynasty. Dean and brother Reed each
represented Canada in kayaking in the 1972 Games in Munich and
the 1976 Games in Montreal. His youngest son Scott paddled for
Canada at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
In 2001, the torch was passed to a new generation. His grand_son,
Mark, won two gold medals at the world junior canoe championships
in Brazil.
During
World
War 2,
OLDERSHAW worked as a tool machine designer,
assembling anti-submarine devices. Later, he embarked on a career
in creative sales and promotion.
OLDERSHAW leaves his five children: Dean, 59, Reed, 55, Scott,
53, Lee, 52, and Lynn, 49. He also leaves 13 grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren. His wife Marcelle, from whom he was
separated after 37 years of marriage, died in a car crash.
The family is holding a memorial at the Burloak Canoe Club, 150 Water
St. in Oakville Sunday between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
His sons are planning to spread his ashes at some special places,
including Toronto Island, the Credit River and the site where
his cottage on Burlington Beach used to stand.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-14 published
HUNTER,
Bryony
Fraser (1947-2006)
Bryony "Bry"
HUNTER passed away April 8, 2006 at the Tom Baker
Cancer Centre, at the age of 58. She will be dearly missed by
her mother Loraine
HUNTER of Georgetown, her brother and sister-in-law
Ian and Shirley
HUNTER of Oshawa, three nieces Jennifer
HUNTER
of Toronto, Stephanie
NOLAN
(Anthony) of Courtice, and Chandra
BRIGGS
(Ryan) of Kitchener, and a dear friend Lilly
YOUNG (Derryl)
of Calgary and other relatives and Friends. Bry was predeceased
by her father George
HUNTER in 1999. Bry was born in Lachine,
Québec, lived in the Toronto area for many years and moved to
Calgary in 1978. Bry loved animals and had a special fondness
for dogs, cats and horses. She was proud of her ribbon winning
Shelty, Katti, as well as her pedigreed horses. Bry was employed
with the National Bank of Canada, formerly The Mercantile Bank
of Canada, for 34 years where she was a valued employee and had
many dear Friends. Memorial service will held at J.S. Jones and
son Funeral Home, 11582 Trafalgar Rd., north of Maple Ave., Georgetown,
905-877-3631 on Wednesday, April 19th, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. In memory
contributions made to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
To send expressions of sympathy visit www.jsjonesandsonfuneralhome.com
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-11-23 published
Tough and cheerful on a medical marathon
Hiked in Peru with brain tumour Never stopped to ask, 'Why me?'
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
Because it was her favourite colour, Kate
BARNES' family put
on orange toques to walk five kilometres last month, on the day
of the Toronto Marathon. They were walking to support the Gerry
and Nancy Pencer Brain Tumor Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital,
as were many others. But, yes, they stood out in that crowd that
day -- "just like Kate, who always got noticed," said her sister,
Jen NOLAN.
And they felt wonderful.
Policemen gave them the thumbs up, pedestrians waved. There were
cheers whenever anyone crossed the finish line at Queen's Park.
"There were 5,000 people walking and they all knew someone with
cancer," said Brian
LINDSAY, her stepfather.
"It was very joyful," said her mother, Jane
LINDSAY.
"You felt a lot less alone," said her brother, John
BARNES, who
vows to jog the course next year.
The walk took them one hour and nine minutes -- a short journey
compared to the one taken by
BARNES in the 10 years between her
diagnosis and death on January 25 from a brain tumour.
Their Katy had kept them comforted with her toughness, her honesty
and her wisecracks. She would introduce herself to people quite
cheerfully as the BT girl, as in brain tumour, lest anyone not
know how to acknowledge or refer to her reality. When told she
had only a short while to live, she replied: "Sh -- happens."
She'd joke about opening a Tim Hortons -- her source for hot
chocolate -- on the other side, especially with the doctor who
was hooked on Starbucks.
But it was only after October 15 this year, when they had walked
her walk, that her family was ready to tell her story.
Born in Montreal, brought up in Lorne Park,
BARNES was off to
see the world as soon as she could. After finishing school, she
left for nine months and came home three years later. She visited
Australia, New Zealand, London, Indonesia, Ethiopia, breaking
up her travels only once, in typical dramatic fashion, to appear
on her mother's doorstep in a surprise visit on Christmas Day.
And everywhere, she made good Friends. Outgoing and chatty, genuine
and friendly, it was her gift.
Almost 11 years ago, when she did come home to Canada, she got
a job as traffic controller for the television station run by
Torstar Media Group and started taking flying lessons at Toronto
Island
Airport.
Six months later, in May 1996,
BARNES was taking
the ferry back from the airport after one of her first solo flights
when she had a seizure and was rushed to hospital. Medical experts
are still mystified about what causes brain tumours. Hers came
out of the proverbial blue.
"Everything crashed with that," said her mother. "She lost her
dream."
But not her spunk.
Doctors operated right away; after six weeks of radiation, her
gorgeous, wild, untamed curls fell out and she had to move home
to be looked after by her mother and stepfather. There would
be many more challenges to come, but not once did her family
see her cry. They never even heard her say, "Why me?"
"But she did say, 'Goddammit, I'm a Leo and it's not going to
beat me,'" Brian
LINDSAY said.
She flew to Australia to be at a friend's wedding, dyed her cropped
hair bleach-blond, and was back at work by February 1997. She
was being monitored, going for an Magnetic Resonance Image every
six months. "She would get very anxious before every Magnetic
Resonance Image," recalled her sister, but for four wonderful
years she was in remission.
Then the Magnetic Resonance Image picked up something -- the
tumour was growing again. Once again, she was rushed into surgery,
then put on a pharmaceutical clinical trial and monitored monthly.
When she was able, she went back to work, moved back downtown,
and decided to hike the Inca trail in Peru. Her doctor made her
promise she would tell her group leader about her tumour and
her medication. On the last morning of the four-day hike, she
burst into tears.
"It made me realize I can do what I need to do. I can do what
I want to do. Yes, I have a brain tumour and yes, I take Dilantin
on a daily basis. But I took care to prepare myself to be as
strong as possible," she wrote in an article published by the
Pencer Brain Tumor Centre. "It was the pride I felt when I walked
through the Inca trail and through the Sun Gate that has given
me the strength to move on with my life."
She and her sister got in a trip to Ecuador, the Amazon and the
Galapagos -- where
BARNES became very vocal when she discovered
the litter left by the party of the Ecuadoran president also
visiting the island,
NOLAN recalled -- and
BARNES was bridesmaid
at NOLAN's wedding in the summer of 2004.
Then, that September,
BARNES had to undergo more emergency surgery.
A month later, after she demanded the truth, her doctor told
her she had months, possibly a year, left to live.
"It was a wonderful year for all of us," said her mother.
There were movie nights, afternoons in the garden, a helicopter
ride over Niagara Falls, walks with her mother and long talks
with LINDSAY, whom her mother married two years after
BARNES'
father died when she was 16. "We were buddies,"
LINDSAY said.
In May 2005, she visited family in England and Ireland -- a hard
trip because everyone knew they were saying goodbye to her. By
October she was ready to go into palliative care -- in fact,
after she and Brian
LINDSAY visited it, she chose Ian Anderson
House in Oakville.
She was 35 and she had accepted her death. "She made it so easy
for us," said her admiring mother.
BARNES started a webpage to
keep in touch with her Friends around the world. She was still
irrepressible. "We are almost at the end of October… time is
flying by when having fun?" she wrote October 19. "I am still
having trouble speaking, tired or not. Can I blame it on the
colder weather? I smirk!"
She planned her party -- as she called her funeral wake -- right
down to the quesadillas she wanted served, and told Maureen
DANIELS,
co-ordinator at the Pencer Brain Tumor Centre, that she wanted
to live until Christmas. She wanted her recipe for pancakes and
real maple syrup served up Christmas morning, and that is what
her family made happen for her at Anderson House.
But she also told
DANIELS she would be ready to die after that.
"'My Dad's waiting for me and we've got plenty to talk about,'
she told me,"
DANIELS said. "We see upwards of 300 people with
newly diagnosed brain tumours a year here, but she was pretty
amazing. It is hard to be positive and realistic at the same
time, but she was."
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NOLAND o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2006-02-22 published
Herbert "
Herb"
Alvin
NOLAND
In loving memory of Herbert "Herb" Alvin Noland who died peacefully at
Mindemoya Hospital on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at the age of 88. Survived
by his beloved wife Gladys (née McKinley). Loved by his two sons Lyle and
wife Donna, Larry and wife Fay all of Spring Bay. Cherished grandpa of
Chris, Connie and husband Scott Willis, Karen and husband Keith Jakubos,
Julie and husband Ray Byers, Cynda and husband Ken Hogg, Dennis, Tammy and
fiance Jeff McKelvie. Special great grandpa of Caleb and Carter Byers, Cody
and Jenna Hogg and Benjamin Willis. Visitation was from 12 Tuesday until
Funeral Service at 2 pm Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at Island Funeral Home,
Little Current. Burial in Mills Cemetery in the spring. Donations to
Mindemoya Hospital Auxiliary in Herb's memory would be appreciated.
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NOLAND o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-21 published
BYERS,
Marion
Marguerite (née
PATTERSON)
At the Ridgetown Village Retirement Residence, on Wednesday,
December 20, 2006, Marion Marguerite
BYERS, formerly of Rodney
in her 88th year. Predeceased by her husband Adam (2004). Daughter
of the late Archibald and Lillian
PATTERSON. Dear mother of Don
of R.R.#2, Rodney, Ken and his wife Sharon of Rodney and Jean
LOCHHEAD and her husband Ian of Flamborough. Marion will be sadly
missed by her six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Survived by sisters Marge
BOLANDER of Port Elgin and Gladys
NOLAND
of Peterborough. Friends may call at the Rodney Chapel on Friday
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where funeral service will be held on Saturday
at 1: 00 p.m. Interment Rodney Cemetery. If desired, donations
to the Canadian Diabetes Association or Cancer Society would
be appreciated as your expression of sympathy. Arrangements entrusted
to Padfield Funeral Homes (519 785-0810). Online condolences
may be made at www.padfieldfuneralhome.com
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NOLFI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-26 published
NOLFI,
Giovanni
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our
beloved Nonno on October 25, 2006. Nonno was born in Bugnara,
Italy on April 7, 1932 and was so fiercely proud of his birthplace
that it forever remained in his heart. Nonno is survived by his
beloved and devoted wife of 45 years, Elena, who never left his
side throughout his life and illness. He is also survived by
his two devoted sons Nick and Jerry and loving daughters-in-law,
Olena and Jill. He will be sadly missed by his six beautiful
grandchildren - Alexander, Julian, Daniel, Christopher, Emily
and Benjamin. They adored their Nonno and his great love of family.
He is lovingly remembered by his many special relatives in Italy
and the United States, especially those in Italy, whom he was
able to visit only a few months ago. Nonno had many great loves
in life - opera, soccer and pasta to name a few. He also loved
to chat even with complete strangers. Nonno loved people and
the stories they told about their lives. But no love was greater
than the love he had for his family. He worked tirelessly to
ensure that his boys would be University Graduates and have the
life that he could never have. He did everything for his family
and asked for nothing in return. He was the epitome of a selfless,
honest and humble man with great moral fibre and character. He
was our Nonno and we will miss him greatly. Ciao Nonno. Ti amiamo
tanto. We love you very much. Visitation will be held at Frank
Lynett Funeral Home, 3299 Dundas St. W. (416) 767-1176 on Thursday,
October 26th and Friday, October 27th, 2006 from 2-4 p.m. and
7-9 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Cecilia's Catholic
Church, 161 Annette St, Toronto on Saturday, October 28th at
9: 45 a.m. followed by internment at Prospect Cemetery, 1450 St. Clair
Ave, W. In lieu of flowers, Nonno has requested that donations
be made to the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
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NOLIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-13 published
NOLIN,
William
Manly
(Income Support Manager, M.C.S.S.)
Born January 26, 1943 and passed away on Saturday, February 11,
2006 at the Toronto East General Hospital. Loving father of Terry
and her husband Slim and Billy and his wife Karen. Dear grandfather
of Sean, Brooke, Adrian, Chantelle and Benjamin. Beloved brother
of Dorothy, Nancy, Linda, Sonny, Debbie and predeceased by Danny
and Dennis. Billy was a great friend to all who knew him. Friends
may call at the Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St.
W., at Windermere, east of the Jane subway, on Tuesday, February
14, 2006 from 2-6 p.m. A time to remember and pay tribute to
his life will begin at 4 p.m. Cremation has taken place. For
those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the Terry Fox
Foundation.
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NOLLIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-06 published
JAMES,
Norman
Graham
Surrounded by his loving family on Thursday the 5th day of October,
2006, at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Norman
JAMES of Burlington,
in his 83rd year. Beloved husband for 29 years of Noël
(NOLLIE)
JAMES. Much loved father of Deborah
THOMAS (Wayne), Colin
JAMES
(Beth,) and Valerie
SCORGIE
(Daniel.)
Loving stepfather of John
SOULE (Ginny), Barbara
SOULE, and Colin
SOULE (Jackie). Cherished
Boppy of Leah (Erik), Ted, Danielle, Taylor, Fraser, Lindsay,
James and Jeffrey. Beloved Gramps to Amy, David, Claire and Ally.
Dear brother of Daphne
DAVIES of New Zealand and predeceased
by his brother Ken. Norman attended Cambridge University until
1941 when he joined the Royal Air Force reaching the rank of
Squadron, Leader. He served concurrently with the Royal Indian
Air Force, during which service he received the Burma Star. Following
the war, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve
- 424 Squadron - out of Hamilton. During Norman's active business
career he held a number of offices, including: President of Abbey
Life Insurance Co.; Vice-President of External Affairs with The
University of Toronto; and Chairman of Canadian National Sportsmen's
Shows. Among his many volunteer activities, Norm served on the
Board of the World Wildlife Fund Canada and its International
Committee, as a Trustee and Director of the North American Wildlife
Foundation and a President of the Canadian Cancer Society. He
was an avid skier, sportsman and world traveller, which experiences
he loved to share with his family and Friends. Special thanks
to the nurses and staff of 6 South, Joseph Brant for their care
and compassion. Funeral Service will be held at St. Luke's Anglican
Church, 1382 Ontario Street, Burlington (parking and church entrance
off 1371 Elgin Street) on Wednesday October 11, 2006 at 11: 30 a.m.
Friends are invited to a celebration of Norman's life which will
take place at the Tamahaac Club, 180 Filman Road, Ancaster, following
the service. Private Interment Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton. If
desired, expressions of sympathy to the Canadian Warplane Heritage
Museum, North American Wildlife Fund or Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be sincerely appreciated by the family. (Arrangements entrusted
to Smiths Funeral Home, Burlington, 905 632 3333 www.smithsfh.com)
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NOLTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-05-30 published
ZWIRZ,
Frederick
At his residence on Friday, May 26, 2006. Frederick George
ZWIRZ
of Alexandria; age 73 years. Loving father of Thomas
ZWIRZ
(Renee)
of Massena, New York and Christine
ZWIRZ
(Gino
CANDUSSI) of Pickering,
Ontario. Dear sister of Margot
STIPP and Gerda
RAUH
(Edgar) both
of Germany. Former husband of Helga
KOHLER of Quebec. Dear son
of the late Emil
ZWIRZ and the late Erna
NOLTE.
Fond and loving
grandfather "Opa" of Andrew, Gabriella, Carter and Tayler. Frederick
worked most of his life in Montreal as a Chartered Accountant
and a Lecturer at Concordia University. Relatives and Friends
may call at the Munro and Morris Funeral Homes Ltd., 114 Main St.
Alexandria (613-525-2772) on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 from 10 a.m.
until 11 a.m. A Memorial Service will be held in the Chapel of
the Munro and Morris Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at
11 a.m. As expressions of sympathy Memorial Donations to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated by
the family. As a Memorial to Frederick a tree will be planted
in Memory Woods. A tree grows- memories live. Condolences may
be made online at www.munromorris.com
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NOLTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-17 published
VALGE,
Sigrid
On January 13, 2006, at Centenary Hospital, Toronto, at age 90.
Beloved wife of the late Nikolai
VALGE.
Loving aunt and great-aunt
of Tiia NOLTE,
Steven,
Karen, and their children Michaela, Stephanie,
Tyler and Katie. Service will be held in the chapel of the Murray
E. Newbigging Funeral Home, 733 Mt. Pleasant Rd. (south of Eglinton)
on Thursday at 11 a.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to service.
Cremation.
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