SOMERS
SOMERSETT
SOMERTON
SOMERVELLE
SOMERVILLE
SOMLO
SOMMER
SOMMERVILLE
SOMR
SOMERS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-13 published
ROSBOROUGH,
Alexander
Black
Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre-Victoria Campus after
a long battle with cancer on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, Alexander
Black ROSBOROUGH.
Will be sadly missed by his wife, Betty
(JOHNSTON,)
son Steven (Sherry,) daughter Lisa (Scott
DOERR,) grand_sons Andrew,
Michael, Terry and Kyle, and brother Charles, in-laws Bonnie
ROSBOROUGH, Ron and Myrt, Frank, Bob and Dianne
JOHNSTON, Pat
and Ernie YOUNG, Special Friends Bob and Marg
SOMERS and Mary
MOORE, and extended Cherryhill family. Predeceased by parents
Bob and Bella, brothers Bob and Dan, sister Florence and Lloyd
NICKLES,
Beryl and
Ursula.
Cremation has taken place, a celebration
of Alex's life will be held on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m.
at Mount Pleasant Cemetery Chapel, 303 Riverside Drive. Expressions
of sympathy and donations (Canadian Cancer Society) would be
appreciated and may be made through London Cremation Services,
672-0459 or online at www.londoncremation.com.
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SOMERS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-25 published
MITTS,
Jason
Robert
Passed away suddenly at Collingwood, May 2006 at 28 years. Beloved
spouse of Laura
SOMERS. Dear step-dad of James
SOMERS.
Loving▼
son of Donna and Gordon
McKEAN of Collingwood, Darrell and Charlene
MITTS of London. Dear brother of Brandon, Melissa, Jacob, Lindsay,
Joseph, Carrie, Randy and Amanda. A Memorial Service will be
held a the Chatterson-Long Funeral Home, 404 Hurontario Street,
Collingwood on Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 1 p.m. (705-445-4700).
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SOMERS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-27 published
SOMERS,
Keith
Sr.
Peacefully on Thursday, May 25, 2006 Keith
SOMERS
Sr. of Tillsonburg
passed away at the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital at
the age of 95 years. Predeceased by his loving wife and best
friend June (1987.) Beloved father of Keith
SOMERS
Jr. of Muskoka,
and the late Sheila
SOMERS (2004.) Wonderful grandfather of Christopher
McDERMOTT of London. Survived by his sister Doris
CALDER of Tillsonburg.
Keith was a member of the Lions Club for close to 70 years. The
family will receive Friends at the Ostrander's Funeral Home,
43 Bidwell Street, Tillsonburg (842-5221) on Sunday, May 28,
2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service for Keith will
commence on Monday, May 29, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m. from Saint Paul's
United
Church,
Tillsonburg. Rev. Maurice
FRANCIS officiating.
Cremation to follow. Inurnment to take place at Tillsonburg Cemetery
at a later date. Memorial donations (payable by cheque) to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. Personal condolences
may be sent to www.ostrandersfuneralhome.com
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SOMERS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-09-20 published
CALDER,
Doris
Peacefully on Monday, September 18, 2006 Doris
CALDER of Tillsonburg
passed away at the Maple Manor Nursing Home at the age of 93 years.
Predeceased by her husband Paul
CALDER (1961.) Beloved Step-Mother
to Sister Mary
CALDER of St. Paul, Minnesota and Gerald
CALDER
of Portland, Oregon. Loving grandmother to Cathey, Charles and
Michael. Wonderful Aunt to Captain Brad
SOMERS and his wife Pat
of Windsor and
to Doctor Keith
SOMERS and his wife
Darlene of Muskoka.
Great
Aunt to Christopher
McDERMOTT of Toronto. Doris was predeceased
by her sibling Keith
SOMERS Sr. and his wife June, Ronald
SOMERS
and his wife
Maxine and her niece Sheila
McDERMOTT.
Friends will
be received at Ostrander's Funeral Home, Tillsonburg (842-5221)
on Thursday, September 21, 2006 from 2: 00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Funeral Service for Doris will be held on Friday, September 22,
2006 at 3: 00 p.m. from Saint Paul's United Church, Tillsonburg.
Lynne ALLIN officiating. Inurnment to take place at a later date.
Memorial donations to the Saint Paul's United Church Building Fund
or the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.ostrandersfuneralhome.com
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SOMERS,
Muriel
Louisa (née
BRUCE)
After a short but courageous battle, Muriel Somers, 75, passed
away on Saturday, December 23rd, 2006 at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial
Hospital. Muriel passed with her three sons, Stephen of Burlington,
Peter of Toronto and John of California by her side. Wife of
the late Ken
SOMERS of Oakville and daughter of the late Lloyd
and Hilda BRUCE of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia and sister to the
late Enna WYLIE and the late Wallace
BRUCE,
Muriel is survived
by her two sisters Joyce
McCRADY and Pauline
MacINNES.
Beloved
Grandie to Stephen's two children, Coleman and Chloe and John's
two children, Theo and Eli, Muriel leaves beloved daughters-in-law,
Elizabeth and Jennifer-Jo. Also known and loved as Moonie by
her many family members and Friends, Muriel will be sadly missed.
Family will receive Friends for Visitation at the Kopriva Taylor
Funeral Home, 64 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, from 7-9 p.m.
on Wednesday the 27th of December. A service to celebrate Muriel's
life will be held on Thursday, December 28th, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m.
in the chapel of Kopriva Taylor. A reception will follow the
service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Oakville
Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
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SOMERS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-11 published
SOMERS,
Winona
E.
Passed away at Credit Valley Hospital on Friday, March 10, 2006
at the age of 69. Beloved wife of the late Joseph
SOMERS.
Loving▲
mother of Laura
SANTOS and her husband Al of Calgary, Lyle and
Kim PATTERSON of Georgetown, Daryl and his wife
Laurie of Winnipeg
and Guy of Ottawa. Cherished Nanna of Reegan, Courtney, James,
Danielle, Cameron and Caitlin. Dear sister of Donna
MILLER
(Walter,)
Hugh LOWERY/LOWREY/LOWRIE/LOWRY
(Doris,) and the late Fred
LOWERY/LOWREY/LOWRIE/LOWRY. Friends may call
at the Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga
(Hwy. 10 North of Queen Elizabeth Way) from 3: 30 p.m. Sunday,
March 12, 2006 until the time of the Funeral Service in the Chapel
at 4: 30 p.m. For those who wish donations to the Multiple Sclerosis
Society would be appreciated.
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MORTENSEN,
Sylvia
In loving Memory of Sylvia
MORTENSEN
October 2nd, 1982
Softly the leaves of memory fall,
Gently we gather and treasure them all.
Everyday in some small way,
Memories of you come our way.
Though absent, you are forever near,
Still missed, loved and always dear.
Your three daughters Martine
CULHAM,
Darlene
MOFFATT, Janice
SOMERSETT and their families.
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SOMERTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-02 published
HOWARD,
Captain
Robert
Gerald "
Gerry"
(Veteran World War 2)
Passed away peacefully at the Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga
on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at the age of 91. Beloved husband
of Kathleen for nearly 66 years. Much loved father of Barbara,
and Harry and his wife Moira. Loving grandfather of Tricia and
Randy, Sarah and Chris, Kelley, Jordan and Jaime, and great-grandfather
of Liam. Dear brother of Beatrice
CAMPBELL. He will be fondly
remembered by his dear Friends, Charles and Betty
SOMERTON and
his extended family and Friends. Gerry's love of sailing was
exceeded only by his love for his family. Friends may call at
the Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga
(Hwy. 10, North of Queen Elizabeth Way) on Thursday, from 4-8
p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday, February 3, 2006
at 11 a.m. Interment Meadowvale Cemetery. If desired, memorial
donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, or
to the charity of your choice.
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SOMERTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-27 published
TOTAFURNO,
John
(Retired Minister of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
Peacefully, on Friday, March 24, 2006, in his 84th year. Dearly
beloved husband of Leah (née
GUGLIETTI) for 63 years. Dear father
of Doctor John Joseph Louis and his wife Lois, Sharon, and David.
Proud grandfather of Adam. Brother of Filomena (Charles
SOMERTON,)
Bernice (Walter
RUSSELL,)
Elizabeth
(Ross
RUSSELL,) Rose, and
Vincent (Lois). Predeceased by his parents Anna and Giuseppe
and his sister Mary
CUSHNER.
John will be remembered by his extended
family and many Friends. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter
Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St. W., at Windermere, east of the Jane
subway, on Wednesday and Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
Service to be held on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 11 o'clock from
Queensway Cathedral, 1536 The Queensway. Interment Prospect Cemetery.
At the family's request, donations in John's memory may be made
to Christian Horizons Charitable Foundation, 7 Windy Ridge Drive,
Kitchener, Ontario N2P 1R9. Condolences to www.turnerporter.ca
"I go to prepare a place for you…" John 14: 1-3
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SOMERVELLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-07 published
MERRITT,
Alma (née
CARDINELL)
Peacefully at Extendicare Mississauga, on Sunday March 5, 2006
in her 96th year. Alma
MERRITT (née
CARDINELL) beloved wife of
the late Earl
MERRITT. Dear mother of Bill (Virginia,) Donna
FERGUSON, Betty (Ron
JONES), Marie (Howard
JONES), daughter-in-law
Thelma MERRITT (née
ARCH) and predeceased by Ken, May (Clyde
ARCH) and Marion
BRYANT.
She will be sadly missed by her many
grandchildren, great grandchildren and her dear friend Lois
SOMERVELLE.
Predeceased by her 4 sisters and 3 brothers. Friends may call
at the Lee Funeral Home Limited 258 Queen Street South, Streetsville
(Mississauga Road, south of 401) on Wednesday March 8, 2006 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the funeral
home chapel on Thursday March 9, 2006 at 1 p.m. Interment in
Evergreen Cemetery, Milton. As an expression of sympathy, donations
to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-12 published
CALCUTT,
Catherine▼
Mary▼ (née
LUMLEY)
Peacefully,▼ with her loving family close by, Catherine Mary
CALCUTT
(née LUMLEY) on April 11, 2006 in her 85th year, at Strathroy
Middlesex General Hospital. Beloved wife of the late Bruce William
CALCUTT (1997.) Dearest mother of Margaret
LUMLEY of Sarnia,
Thomas William (1993), Linda
WAUN (Carl) of Strathroy, Judy
VERMUE
(Tom▼) of Poplar Hill, Jackie
SOMERVILLE
(Neil▼) of Bracebridge.
Proud grandmother of Kim
WARREN (Paul), Rhonda
McASKILL (Les),
Michael ROBY (1996), Shannon
ROBY, Paul
WAUN (Nelia), David
WAUN
(Kristi,) Michael
HEALY (2004,) Lisa
STAN
(Kevin,▼)
Daniel▼
HEALY,
Rebecca SOMERVILLE,
Joel▼
SOMERVILLE (Carmen.)
Fond▼ great-grandmother
of Kristy WANNER, Shea
BARNES, Adam, Lauren and Nicholas
STAN,
Kyle McASKILL. Survived by brother Clarence
LUMLEY of Kingsville,
sisters Evelyn
LAMB of Sarnia, Pat
TRAXLER of Sarnia and sister-in-law
Frieda CALCUTT of Strathroy. Predeceased by eight brothers and
sisters, son-in-law Michael
HEALY.
Resting▼ at Denning Brothers
Funeral Home, Strathroy where family and Friends may visit Wednesday,
April 12, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. and Thursday at 10 a.m.
A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday,
April 13 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Ed
FONTAINE and Pastor Roger
GAST officiating. Interment in Strathroy Cemetery. Donations
may be directed to Save the Children Fund, Bethel Baptist Church,
Strathroy or the charity of your choice. A tree will be planted
as a living memorial to Catherine.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-25 published
HACKSHAW,
Margaret▼
Wallace▼ (née
CAMPBELL)
Of Saint Thomas on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, in her 76th year. Beloved wife of the late
Gordon HACKSHAW and loved mother of Rhona and her husband Steven
SOMERVILLE of Saint Thomas, Moira
CAWKER of Stoney Creek and the
late Dawson
HACKSHAW.
Loved▼ grandmother of Scott, Craig, Shelby,
Travis, Melanie and Robert. Predeceased by a brother Thomas
CAMPBELL.
Margaret was born in Scotland on September 5, 1930, the daughter
of the late Dawson and Janet
(WALLACE)
CAMPBELL.
She▼ attended
St. Andrews United Church and she was a member of the Lioness
Club, Port Stanley. The funeral service will be held at St. Andrews'
United Church on Friday at 3: 30 p.m. Visitation at the Church
Friday 2: 30-3:30 p.m. Cremation to follow with the ashes to be
interred in Union Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined, with
remembrances to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Port Stanley
Lioness Club.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-25 published
MAYER,
Wilhelmina
Maria "
Wilma"
(BRAS)
Of Saint Thomas on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, surrounded by her loving
family, at her late residence, in her 81st year. Beloved wife
of the late Martin
MAYER and dearly loved mother of Brigitta
and her husband David
SOMERVILLE,
Evelyn
BOCK (late Hans,) Joan
MAYER all of Saint Thomas, Elaine
MAYER and her husband Scott Lackey
of Belmont, Rosemary and her husband Michael
BARRETT of Saint Thomas,
Ronald MAYER of Saint Thomas and Timothy and his wife
Joanne
MAYER
of Unionville. Sadly missed by 19 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Wilma was born in Holland on September 14, 1925. She was a member
of Saint Anne's Church. Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin
Street, Saint Thomas until Saturday morning and then to Saint Anne's
Church for Mass of the Christian Burial at 10: 30 a.m. Interment
to follow in Elmdale Cemetery. Visitation Friday from 6-8 p.m.
Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Friday at 7: 00 p.m.
Remembrances may be made to Canadian Cancer Society.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-26 published
HACKSHAW,
Margaret▲
Wallace▲ (née
CAMPBELL)
Of Saint Thomas on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, in her 76th year. Beloved wife of the late
Gordon HACKSHAW and loved mother of Rhona and her husband Steven
SOMERVILLE of Saint Thomas, Moira
CAWKER of Stoney Creek and the
late Dawson
HACKSHAW.
Loved▲ grandmother of Scott, Craig, Shelby,
Travis, Melanie and Robert. Predeceased by a brother Thomas
CAMPBELL.
Margaret was born in Scotland on September 5, 1930, the daughter
of the late Dawson and Janet
(WALLACE)
CAMPBELL.
She▲ attended
St. Andrews United Church and she was a member of the Lioness
Club, Port Stanley. The funeral service will be held at St. Andrews'
United Church on Friday at 3: 30 p.m. Visitation at the Church
Friday 2: 30-3:30 p.m. Cremation to follow with the ashes to be
interred in Union Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined, with
remembrances to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Port Stanley
Lioness Club. Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin St. Saint Thomas
in charge of arrangements.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-31 published
SOMERVILLE,
Leslie "
Les"
Of R.R.#1 Sparta, on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, peacefully, surrounded
by his loving family, at his late residence, in his 81st year.
Dearly loved husband of over 52 years of Catherine
(PARKER)
SOMERVILLE
and loved father of Gary and his wife Frances of Sparta, Barbara
and her husband Chuck
BONDI of Saint Thomas, Michael and his wife
Kathy of Sparta, Pat
STILLITANO (husband late Santo "Son") of
Saint Thomas, Eugene and his wife Patti of Sparta, Roger and his
wife Carole of Sparta, Ed and his wife Sue of Saint Thomas and
Paul and his wife Tracey of Saint Thomas. Dear brother of Doris
and her husband Bob
VANVELZER of Saint Thomas and brother-in-law
of Marion PARKER (husband late Clifton) Dexter. Sadly missed
by 19 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and a number of nieces
and nephews. Les was born on January 6, 1926 the
son of the late
Ernest and Myrtle Irene
(SIMONS)
SOMERVILLE. He farmed all his
life and was active in the Dexter Community. He attended Dexter
United Church. Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street,
Saint Thomas where funeral service will be held Friday at 1: 00 p.m.
Interment to follow in Union Cemetery. Visitation Thursday from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to Victorian Order
of Nurses or the Cancer Society.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-17 published
SOMERVILLE,
Robert
George
Peacefully at London Health Sciences, Victoria Hospital on Monday
October 16, 2006, Robert George
SOMERVILLE in his 87th year.
Survived by his loving wife
Rene▼
Neal
SOMERVILLE.
Dearly loved
father of Cheryl
SCOTT
(Brian
FENLON,) Paul
SOMERVILLE and step-father
of Brian NEAL
(Hedi.) Cherished grandfather of Jill Lindsay
SCOTT,
Christopher
FENLON-
McDONALD, Whitney, Victoria and Mathew
NEAL.
George will be missed by his nieces and nephews. Predeceased
by his loving wife of 44 years, June (1994) and his brother Charles.
To honour George's wishes there will be no visitation or funeral
service. Cremation has taken place. "There comes a time when
tomorrow doesn't come".
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-15 published
SOMERVILLE,
Gerty
Tillie
Of R.R.#3 Saint Thomas, on Sunday, November 12, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, in her 88th year. Beloved wife of Harold Douglas
SOMERVILLE and loved mother of David (Bridget)
SOMERVILLE of
Saint Thomas, Jean
SOMERVILLE of London, Ken of Saint Thomas, Joyce
Daniel of Saint Thomas, James of Saint Thomas and the late Donald
and Glen SOMERVILLE. Dear sister of Norma
BOOTER and Mariam
LEBECK,
both of Pembroke. Predeceased by a sister Lila and a brother
Allan. Sadly missed by eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren
and nieces and nephews. She attended the Mapleton Church of Christ
(Disciples) and was a former member of the New Sarum Baptist
Church. The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon from Williams
Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas. Interment followed in
Union Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to the Ontario Heart
and Stroke Foundation.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-05 published
SOMERVILLE,
Viola
Rena▲ (née
QUINN)
It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of Viola
Rena SOMERVILLE of London on December 3, 2006, at University
Hospital in her 90th year. Wife of the late Mr. Ransom "Budd"
DADD (1966) and former wife of the late Fred
SOMERVILLE.
Sister
of the late Madeline
TUCKER,
Edna
FREEMANTLE and Camelia "Kay"
HINTON her twin sister. Survived by her sister Audrey
CROZIER
(James CLAIR.) Dear aunt of Ron (Barb)
HINTON and family, Ken
(Wendy) HINTON and family, Barb (Roland)
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and family and
Beverley (John)
McINTYRE and family. Special thanks to the 2nd floor
staff of Mt. Hope for their patience and loving care. Visitation
will be held in the Needham Funeral Home (520 Dundas Street, London)
on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the service will be
held on Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 1 p.m. Interment in Woodland
Cemetery to follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the
Egerton Street Baptist Church.
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CALCUTT,
Catherine▲
Mary▲ (née
LUMLEY)
Peacefully,▲ with her loving family close by, Catherine Mary
CALCUTT
(née LUMLEY) on April 11, 2006, in her 85th year, at Strathroy
Middlesex General Hospital. Beloved wife of the late Bruce William
CALCUTT (1997.) Dearest mother of Margaret Lumley of Sarnia,
Thomas William (1993), Linda
WAUN (Carl) of Strathroy, Judy
VERMUE
(Tom▲) of Poplar Hill, Jackie
SOMERVILLE
(Neil▲) of Bracebridge.
Proud grandmother of Kim
WARREN (Paul), Rhonda
McASKILL (Les),
Michael ROBY (1996), Shannon
ROBY, Paul
WAUN (Nelia), David
WAUN
(Kristi,) Michael
HEALY (2004,) Lisa
STAN
(Kevin,▲)
Daniel▲
HEALY,
Rebecca SOMERVILLE,
Joel▲
SOMERVILLE (Carmen.)
Fond▲ great-grandmother
of Kristy WANNER, Shea
BARNES, Adam, Lauren, and Nicholas
STAN,
Kyle McASKILL. Survived by brother Clarence
LUMLEY of Kingsville,
sisters Evelyn
LAMB of Sarnia, Pat
TRAXLER of Sarnia, and sister-in-law
Frieda CALCUTT of Strathroy. Predeceased by eight brothers and
sisters, son-in-law Michael
HEALY.
Rested▲ at Denning Bros. Funeral
Home, Strathroy on Wednesday, April 12 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
A funeral service was held at the funeral home on Thursday, April 13
at 11 a.m. with Pastor Ed
FONTAINE and Pastor Roger
GAST officiating.
Interment in Strathroy Cemetery. Donations may be directed to
Save the Children Fund, Bethel Baptist Church, Strathroy, or
the charity of your choice. A tree will be planted as a living
memorial to Catherine.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-09-15 published
McILWRAITH,
Kenneth
Douglas
On Monday, September 11, 2006, after a brief illness in his 90th
year. Born in Toronto in 1917, younger
son of William Norman and
Ruby (SOMERVILLE)
McILWRAITH. A graduate of Cambridge University,
he joined the British Army, and served in the Middle East and
Norway. After the war, he returned to Canada, joined the Department
of External Affairs as a Foreign Service officer with postings
in Geneva, Tokyo, Paris and Oslo. Pre-deceased by his wife Ruth
(née KEHOE) and brother William Gordon. Step-father of Deirdre
and Darragh, father of Mary and Sheila
BEINGESSNER.
Grandfather
of Julia, Sonia and Alexis
BEINGESSNER.
Brother-in-law of Patricia
(née BRIGHTMAN) and uncle of Margaret (Chris)
WILLIAM,
Peter
(Catherine), and Richard, all in England. We will remember him
as a gentle man, honourable and generous, with a keen appreciation
for all sports, but especially the game of golf. Private funeral.
A graveside service will be held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery,
Toronto on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 2: 30 p.m. A Reception
will be held at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Gatineau, Sunday,
September 17, 2-5 p.m.
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SOMERVILLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-11-11 published
Kenneth McILWRAITH,
Officer and Diplomat (1917-2006)
The quiet ambassador had some remarkable wartime adventures --
patrolling Palestine on horseback and being taken prisoner by
the French Foreign Legion, writes Sandra
MARTIN
By Sandra MARTIN,
Page
S11
A very private, modest person, Kenneth
McILWRAITH disliked talking
about himself almost as much as he loved playing golf after he
retired from the diplomatic service. Nevertheless, he had some
extraordinary adventures in his long life.
Although Canadian born, he served with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry,
one of the last British cavalry regiments to still use horses
at the beginning of the Second World War. He was captured by
the French Foreign Legion in the Syrian desert in 1941 and held
for two months as a prisoner-of-war of Vichy France.
After the war he had a lengthy career as a diplomat and ultimately
became Canadian ambassador to Norway and Iceland. "He was a man
of infinite courtesy and patience and he helped train his juniors
in a methodical and systematic way that was quite rare among
senior officers and heads of missions," said Roy
MacLAREN, a
former High Commissioner to London and one of Mr.
McILWRAITH's
juniors at External Affairs. "The juniors in the department greatly
admired him. He would take any amount of time helping to train
us and showing us by example how to conduct ourselves," said
Mr. MacLAREN. "He was a very fine person."
Kenneth Douglas
McILWRAITH was the younger
son of William Norman
McILWRAITH and his wife
Ruby (née
SOMERVILLE.)
His father, who
had left school at 16, was hired as a clerk by George Herbert
WOOD and James Henry
GUNDY as one of their first two employees
on the day they opened their investment firm in 1905. Mr.
McILWRAITH
became such an adept and valued investment analyst that five
years later, when he was 30, the founders asked him to open the
London office of Wood Gundy (which is now part of Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce).
Although a decidedly anglophile couple, the
McILWRAITHs returned
to Canada every summer to their cottage on Centre Island in Lake
Ontario across the harbour from Toronto, and deliberately came
back to Canada in the penultimate year of the First World War
so that their second son, Kenneth, could (like his elder brother
William) be born on Canadian soil. As well, Mr.
McILWRAITH "did
not trust the quality of British medical treatment," said his
grand_son Bill
McILWRAITH in a e-mail from Thailand where he owns
a small resort.
Ken was sent to board at Boxgrove preparatory school in Guildford,
Surrey, from the age of 8. At 13, he went to Rugby School, near
Coventry in Warwickshire, the same school that the soldier-poet
Rupert Brooke had attended, and then went up to Cambridge where
he studied English literature at Clare College, graduating with
a bachelor's degree in 1939 and a master's the following year.
Mr. McILWRAITH joined the British Army as a second lieutenant
and served with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, a regiment that
can trace its lineage back to 1794. At the time Mr.
McILWRAITH
enlisted, the regiment (which had been given the honorific Royal
in 1831 and designated the Prince of Wales's Own in 1863 in tribute
to the future King Edward VII) was still a cavalry unit,
a tradition that must have appealed to the horse-loving Mr.
McILWRAITH.
He, along with his batman, served in Palestine, riding his own
two horses (which he had shipped by train and boat from England)
on patrols. It was only at the end of 1941, two years into the
war, that the regiment was mechanized, following its transfer
to the Royal Armoured Corps.
While serving as a regimental liaison officer in the Syrian desert,
Mr. McILWRAITH and his batman were captured south of Palmyra
on June 2, 1941, by a French patrol (of Arab soldiers with French
officers, as he later explained in a letter to his parents).
As France had fallen to the Germans the year before and established
the Vichy collaborationist government, the French and the British
were technically at war.
Mr. McILWRAITH was taken to the local commandant, a captain in
the French Foreign Legion. After a noisy exchange, the commandant
sent his prisoner on his first flight by "aeroplane" to Homs,
about 145 kilometres west of Palmyra. "The plane was a very ancient
affair (four-seater biplane), the air currents over the desert
were particularly active, and the pilot and navigator were more
concerned with some bottles of wine they had brought with them
than with the smooth progress of their flying chicken-crate,"
he wrote to his parents in September, 1941.
Lieutenant
McILWRAITH was transported along with other captured
British officers to Alefsis on the outskirts of Athens. That's
where he saw the Germans for the first time. "The Jerries paid
no attention to us other than to glance with a certain bovine
curiosity at the rather motley looking party of British officers.
It was obvious, however, that the French depended on German authorization
for every move they made," he wrote.
Another "hair-raising" flight later, the prisoners reached Salonika,
where they were kept in filthy conditions in a warehouse for
five days and then interned for two weeks in the hold of a French
passenger ship in the harbour. After the Saint Jean d'Acre Armistice
was signed on July 14 between British forces in the Middle East
and Vichy France forces in Syria under General Henri Dentz, he
should have been returned to the British. The prisoners were
shown the armistice and allowed to read the clause demanding
their immediate return to the British, but they were still loaded
on a train and sent across enemy-occupied Europe and through
Germany to Toulon, France -- all the time in ghastly conditions,
without adequate food or water.
In Toulon, he and the other officers were finally released under
the terms of the armistice and sent back to Beirut on a French
ship that sailed through the Mediterranean, enjoying considerably
better conditions than he had endured on his outward journey.
He arrived in Cairo on August 19, a little more than two months
after his capture and after 10 days leave, returned to the fighting.
The Royal Wiltshire was the first British tank regiment to engage
the German (and Italian) forces under General Erwin Rommel at
the crucial battle of El Alamein in North Africa in 1942. Mr.
McILWRAITH
missed the fighting because he was ill with jaundice and desert
sores, (a virulent form of impetigo that was exacerbated by sand,
heat and the confined quarters in tanks). The sergeant who took
his place was killed almost immediately, according to Mr.
McILWRAITH's
daughter Mary.
He later served in Norway and was demobilized with the rank of
captain in 1946. Although he survived the war, many of his school
Friends and army colleagues were killed and he suffered from
horrible nightmares about the horrors he had witnessed. His daughter,
Mary McILWRAITH, can still remember him shouting in his sleep
and waking everybody up. As a result they rarely talked about
their father's war experience.
When peace came, his father wanted him to join Wood Gundy, but
he resisted and opted instead to study Canadian history at the
University of Toronto for a year with a view to joining External
Affairs (now Foreign Affairs and International Trade), which
he did on September 1, 1948, after successfully writing the entrance
examinations. As a student, Mr.
McILWRAITH lived in a boarding
house on Lonsdale Road. That's where he met Ruth (née
KEOGH)
RICHARDSON, a widow one year his senior and the mother of two
little girls, Deirdre and Darragh. Her husband Pat had fought
with the Canadian forces and been killed in Holland near the
end of the War.
Although of different religions -- Mr.
McILWRAITH was Protestant
and Mrs. RICHARDSON was Irish Catholic -- they married in 1951
just before he received his first foreign posting to Geneva.
During their three years in Switzerland, the
McILWRAITHs' daughter
Mary was born. The family returned to Canada and lived in Ottawa
where Mr. McILWRAITH was a member of the inspection service,
charged with travelling the globe to observe and report back
on conditions in Canadian embassies and diplomatic missions.
The McILWRAITH's final child, Sheila, was born in Ottawa just
before their next posting to Tokyo in 1958. They travelled by
ship, as Mrs.
McILWRAITH disliked flying, a trip that her daughter
Mary still remembers as the height of luxury and glamour. After
a three-year stint, the family went back again to Ottawa where
Mr. McILWRAITH was head of personnel for External Affairs.
In 1964, the fluently bilingual Mr.
McILWRAITH was posted to
Paris at the height of the first wave of Front de Liberation
du Québec violence in Quebec and during a troubled diplomatic
period between French president Charles de Gaulle and the Canadian
government. While working in the embassy he took some pleasure
in recounting to his colleagues how an earlier French administration
had held him as a prisoner-of-war, according to his old friend
and colleague Peter Towe, former Canadian ambassador to the United
Nations. Mr.
McILWRAITH's final posting was to Oslo where he
served as ambassador to Norway and Iceland from 1972 until 1976.
He took early retirement at 60 and continued to live in Ottawa
where he enjoyed playing golf, meeting with old Friends from
External and reading. He and his wife separated in 1990 and she
returned to Toronto where she died in 2004.
Mr. McILWRAITH, who continued to live in Ottawa in the family
home with his step-daughter Darragh, was in good health, surviving
prostate cancer and melanoma, until the cancer metastasized to
his urinary tract. He died shortly after receiving the diagnosis
and having refused treatment.
Kenneth Douglas
McILWRAITH was born in Toronto on May 25, 1917.
He died in Ottawa on September 11, 2006. He was 89. He is survived
by his four daughters, three grandchildren and his extended family.
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MacAULEY,
Sally "
Joanne"
Passed away suddenly at Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, Ontario
on Sunday, February 12, 2006, in her 71st year. Beloved wife
of Ken MacAULEY of Everett, Ontario. Cherished mother of Deborah
and her husband Philip
RIGBY of Mount Forest, Ontario, Michael
SOMERVILLE and his wife
Anne of Orangeville, Ontario. Loving
gramma of Laurie, Meghan, Sean, James, and Sarah and loving great-gramma
of Christopher, and Michael. Dear sister of Mary
GARNETT and
Ronald BOYLE.
Sally will be fondly remembered by her many nieces,
nephews and Friends. Resting at W. John Thomas Funeral Home,
244 Victoria Street East, Alliston from 2: 00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00
p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2006. Funeral Mass will be held
at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 190 King Street South, Alliston,
on Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. followed by cremation.
If so desired, memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
would be appreciated.
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SOMERVILLE, Elizabeth Ross Loan (née
DAVIS)
Peacefully on March 3, 2006 at Toronto East General Hospital,
in her 74th year. Beloved wife of the late Ian (1976). Loved,
and loving, mother of Glen and wife Shirley, Sheena and George.
Dear granny of Kelly and Sheena. Betty will be missed by her
loving companion Reilly. Friends may visit at the Jerrett Funeral
Home, 660 Kennedy Road (between Eglinton and St. Clair Aves.
E.) on Sunday, March 5, 2006 from 2-9 p.m. A private family service
will be held in the chapel of the funeral home.
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HOROVITZ,
Livia
Leah
In her 81st year on Monday, May 8, 2006 at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Leah HOROVITZ beloved wife of Leslie
HOROVITZ. Dear sister of
Esther FISCHER of Israel. Loving aunt of Hedi
SOMLO,
Moishe
GRUNFELD
and Marc MEDNICK and great aunt of Roberta, and Danny
SOMLO and
their families. A Holocaust Survivor and woman of valour who
will be deeply missed. A graveside service was held on Tuesday,
May 9, 2006. Shiva 3636 Bathurst Street #1604.
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FLETCHER,
Agnes
Emma
(AUSTIN)
At her residence at Errinrung Nursing and Retirement Home in
Thornbury on Wednesday November 8, 2006. The former Agnes
AUSTIN,
beloved wife of the late Joseph Maxwell 'Max'
FLETCHER of Meaford,
in her 86th year. Dearly loved 'Mom' of Bill (Marion) of Calgary
Gloria (Harry
ATTFIELD) of Etobicoke; Bob of Collingwood; and
Barbara (David
McEACHERN) of R.R.#2, Collingwood. Sadly missed
Grandma of Chris and Adam; and Meghan and Ashley and great-grandmother
of five. Dear sister of George (Hazel) of Toronto; Bill of Meaford
Roy
(Ethel) of Hamilton; Frances
SOMMER of Medicine Hat, Alberta
Gwen (Gord
CRAMP) of Meaford; Don (Fran) of Meaford; Harold (Winnie)
of Collingwood; June (Gord
WHITE/WHYTE) of Meaford; Gladys (Howard
DOBSON) of Meaford; and Shirley
AUSTIN of Kelowna, British Columbia.
Predeceased by a brother Les
AUSTIN and fondly remembered by
many nieces and nephews and their families. Family will receive
Friends at the Ferguson Funeral Home, 48 Boucher St. E., in Meaford
on Thursday evening from 7 until 9 p.m. Funeral services will
be conducted at Christ Church Anglican in Meaford on Friday November 10
at 1: 30 p.m. Interment and committal services to follow at Lakeview
Cemetery, Meaford. As your expression of sympathy, donations
to the Alzheimer Society or a charity of your choice would be
appreciated.
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GREGER,
Anna
Peacefully with her family at Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital
on Monday, December 11, 2006. Anna
GREGER of R.R.#2, Aylmer in
her 77th year. Beloved wife of Rupert
GREGER.
Loving mother of
Cornelia GREGER of R.R.#2, Aylmer and Caroline
GREGER and husband
Ken GOWER of Ottawa. She will be sadly missed by a sister Mary
KERN and husband Fred of R.R.#2, Aylmer, a brother Emil
ECKERT
of Germany and a number of nieces and nephews. Born on October 19,
1930 daughter of the late Christian and Louise
(SOMMER)
ECKERT.
She was a member of Saint_John's Lutheran Church and the German
Canadian Club. Friends may call at the H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home,
Aylmer on Wednesday 7-9 and Thursday 2: 30-4:30 and 7-9 p.m. Prayers
will be held on Thursday at 8: 00 p.m. The funeral service will
be held at the funeral home on Friday, December 15, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m.
Interment,
Aylmer
Cemetery. Rev. John
BOEHMER, officiating. Donations
to the Christmas Care would be appreciated. Condolences at kebbelfuneralhome.com
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SOMMERVILLE,
Steven
At his residence on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, Steven
SOMMERVILLE
of London in his 21st year. Beloved
son of Cheryl
SOMMERVILLE.
Dear brother of Christopher, Matthew, Daniel and Caitlin. Cremation
has taken place. A memorial service will be conducted at the
Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, on Saturday,
October 14th, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m.
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HUNNISETT,
Henry
Stanley
Passed away in North Bay on Sunday, December 24, 2006, at the
age of 92. Born in Toronto on October 29, 1914,
son of Frank
and Edith Ellen
HUNNISETT
(WILLIAMSON.)
Husband of the late Evelyn
James (NEILSON) and the late Norma Belle
SOMMERVILLE to whom
he was married for 50 years. Father of the late Stanley Frank
HUNNISETT, M.Sc., Ph.D. of Thunder Bay and Norma Gail
THOMSEN
(Stefan) of North Bay. Grandfather of Peter Edward
HUNNISETT,
B.Sc. (Lindsay Tedds) of Winnipeg, Laura Kathleen
GUENTHER, M.Sc.
(Dan) of Toronto, Stefan Erik
THOMSEN
(Deborah) and Stefanie
Annabel THOMSEN, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Forensics) of North Bay. Great-grandfather
of Theodore Alister Hunnisett
GUENTHER,
Anna
GUENTHER and Dania
Kathryn THOMSEN. Attended St. Andrews College and University
of Toronto Schools. An honour graduate of the University of Toronto,
B.A. in Political Science and Economics 1936. Capt., Canadian
Army World War 2. Founder and owner of H.S. Hunnisett Ltd. Retired
1972. After retirement, had six books published on Retirement
Planning in Canada and the U.S.A. Past Chairman of Stewards and
Trustee of Lawrence Park Community Church, treasurer of the Center
for Christian Studies and of the Lake Joseph Community Church.
A thirty-five year member of the Caledon Mountain Trout Club
until 1997. Member of the Granite Club, Toronto. Stan had been
living in North Bay from March, 1996 until his death. Funeral
to take place at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel,
1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East) on Saturday,
January 6, 2007 at 11 o'clock. Interment to follow at Mount Pleasant
Cemetery. A memorial service will be held in either July or August
at the Lake Joseph Community Church alongside beautiful Lake
Joseph - one of his favourite places to be. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the charity of one's choice would be appreciated.
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KENNY,
William "
Billy" H.R.
Of Stouffville, Ontario, died Tuesday, January 17, 2006, at Markham-Stouffville
Hospital. He was born August 15, 1942, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Billy (Papa) was a much-loved husband, father, grandfather, brother,
and uncle. He was a painter by trade, most recently working for
the Toronto District School Board. Surviving are his wife Margaret
son Bill and daughter-in-law Beth Ann
KENNY of Beaverton with
granddaughter Katie and grand_son Sean; son David and David's
partner Anne of Manchester, England with grand_son Ryan; daughter
Cathy of Stouffville with granddaughters Caitlin and Sarah; and
David's daughter, granddaughter Ashley
SOMMERVILLE of Oakville.
Others mourning Billy's death include his sister Annie and brother-in-law
Billy CAUGHY of Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland and their family
his brother Gordon and sister-in-law Gloria of Belfast, Northern
Ireland, along with their family; his sister Jean and brother-in-law
Victor FARR of Auckland, New Zealand and their family; and Margaret's
brother Jim
HAMILTON and sister-in-law Norah of Belfast, Northern
Ireland and their family. Also, after having lived close by and
spending many weekends together at Loon Lake Resort, Billy will
also be sincerely missed by his brother Jackie and sister-in-law
Joan KENNY of Oshawa, along with nieces Irene and Sharon and
their families. Family and Friends are invited to attend the
visitation at the Mangan Funeral Home, 332 Osborne Street, Beaverton
(705-426-5777) on Friday, January 20th from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m.
and 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. The funeral will be officiated by the Rev.
Barney GRACE at Beaverton Presbyterian Church, 413 Simcoe Street,
Beaverton at 11: 00 a.m., Saturday, January 21, 2006. In lieu
of flowers, donations to the Princess Margaret Hospital to help
others fight their battles with cancer will be accepted through
the Mangan Funeral Home.
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CARON,
Peter
Munro
Of Wallaceburg, passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at the
age of 54 years. Peter was a
son of the late George and Gladys
(MURPHY)
CARRON. Beloved husband of Cleone
(BENEDICT)
CARON.
Dear father and father-in-law of Tabathia and Tom
THORPE of Wallaceburg,
Cynthia CARRON and Lee
FOSTER of Wallaceburg, Joseph
CARRON and
Jodi McCLEMENTS of Georgetown, Hazel and Henry
HULME of Wallaceburg
and Chrystal
CARON and Norm
SHARPE
Jr. of Wallaceburg. Sadly
missed by 17 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Kind brother
of Thelma and Anthony
SOMR
Jr. of Chatham, Harriet
CARON of Wallaceburg,
Bill CARON of Wallaceburg, George and Mary
CARON of Chatham and
Tom CARON of Wallaceburg. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Son-in-law of Ian and Adeline
(RABIDEAU)
BENEDICT.
Predeceased
by brothers and sisters. Visitation will be held from the Eric F.
Nicholls Funeral Home, 639 Elgin St. Wallaceburg, on Friday,
May 5, 2006 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be
held from the funeral home on Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 11 a.m.
Interment in Riverview Cemetery, Wallaceburg. Donations to the
Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation may be left
at the funeral home.
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SMITH,
Violet "
Peggy"
Peacefully, on Friday, June 2, 2006 at Victoria Hospital, Violet
"Peggy" SMITH passed away in her 82nd year. Beloved wife of Cliff
for 44 years. Loving mother of David and his wife
Renee
VAN
DEN
KERKHOF and Sandy and her husband Chris
SOMR. Cherished nanny
of Caitlin and Dylan, predeceased by Teagen. Survived by sister
Veronica HUNT and brother Len
WAUGH.
Cremation has taken place.
Graveside Service will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens,
2001 Dundas Street East on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 3 p.m.
In memory, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be
appreciated. Online condolences are available through www.memorial-funeral.ca.
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