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SPRACKLIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-29 published
MINERS,
Lois
Jessie (née
SPRACKLIN)
Peacefully at William Osler Health Centre Etobicoke on Monday,
March 27, 2006, Lois Jessie
MINERS (née
SPRACKLIN) in her 77th
year. Dearly beloved wife of the late Kenneth
MINERS. Dear mother
of Paul and Janet. Loving grandmother of Jessica, Matthew and
Paul. Dear sister of Helen and Connie and predeceased by her
brother Gar. Resting at the Newediuk Funeral Home, Kipling Chapel,
2104 Kipling Ave., Etobicoke (two blocks north of Rexdale Blvd.)
from Thursday 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be celebrated
on Friday, March 31, 2006 from Westway United Church, 8 Templar
Dr. (Kipling Ave. and The Westway) at 1 p.m. followed by cremation.
The family will receive their Friends in the Church Friday from
12: 30 until service time. As expressions of sympathy, donations
to the Dorothy Ley Hospice would be appreciated by the family.
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SPRAGG o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-02-07 published
SULLIVAN,
Peter
William
Suddenly at his home on Sunday, February 5th, 2006. Pete
SULLIVAN
of Owen Sound and formerly of Calgary in his 42nd year. Husband
of JoAnne CLARK-
SULLIVAN. Dear father of Sarah and Sheadon both
at home. son of Elizabeth and her husband Gerry
WILSON and Rosie
and the late Bob
SULLIVAN. son in law of Rosemarie
SHORT.
Brother
of Kelly and her husband Dave
FERRIS and their children Katie
and Mac all of Owen Sound, Rob and his wife Gynenne of Baltimore,
Maryland and Christine
JEFFREY of Owen Sound. Stepbrother of
Bob, Joe and Jim
CHARLES,
John
WILSON and Kathleen
BELINTSKI.
Friends are invited to the Tannahill Funeral Home for visiting
on Thursday from 12 Noon until service time. The funeral service
will be conducted in the chapel on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with Pastor Allan
SPRAGG officiating. Memorial donations to the
charity of your choice would be appreciated. Messages of condolence
are welcome at www.tannahill.com
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SPRAGG o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-23 published
HOARE,
Laurene▼
Reading▼
(NEWELL)
Peacefully at Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll on Wednesday, November 22,
2006, Laurene Reading
(NEWELL)
HOARE, of Ingersoll, in her 95th
year. Wife of the late Leslie
HOARE (1974.) Beloved mother of
Robert NEWELL and his wife
Helen▼ of Woodstock. Russell
NEWELL
and his wife
Dorothy▼ of Alberta and Kay
CARTMALE and her husband
the late Frank
CARTMALE (1999) of R.R.#2, Ingersoll. Fondly remembered
by nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Dear sister of Margaret
SPRAGG of Ingersoll and Howard
READING
and his wife June of Dorchester. Predeceased by five sisters
Florence PHOENIX (1988,) Doris
BEACHAM (1988,) Ethel
KARN (1991,)
Joyce TURPIN (1985) and Helen
LEWIS (2005) and one brother Lysle
READING (1997.) Cremation has taken place. No funeral home visitation.
A private family Memorial Service will be held at Dorchester
United Church on Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 2: 00 p.m. Rev. Art
CHOLMONDELEY officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations
to the charity of your choice would be appreciated by calling
McBeath-Dynes Funeral Home, Ingersoll (519-425-1600).
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SPRAGG o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-25 published
HOARE,
Laurene▲
Reading▲
(NEWELL)
Peacefully at Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll on Wednesday, November 22,
2006, Laurene Reading
(NEWELL)
HOARE, of Ingersoll in her 95th
year. Wife of the late Leslie
HOARE (1974.) Beloved mother of
Robert NEWELL and his wife
Helen▲ of Woodstock, Russell
NEWELL
and his wife
Dorothy▲ of Alberta and Kay
CARTMALE and the late
Frank CARTMALE (1999) of R.R.#2, Ingersoll. Fondly remembered
by nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great
great-grandchild. Step-mother of Robert
HOARE and his wife
Erna
of Woodstock and William
HOARE and his wife
Dorothy of Burlington
and their families. Dear sister of Margaret
SPRAGG of Ingersoll
and Howard
READING and his wife
June of Dorchester. Predeceased
by five sisters Florence
PHOENIX (1988,) Doris
BEACHAM (1988,)
Ethel KARM (1991,) Joyce
TURPIN (1985) and Helen
LEWIS (2005)
and one brother Lysle
READING (1997.) Cremation has taken place.
No funeral home visitation. A Public Memorial Service will be
held at Dorchester United Church on Saturday, November 25, 2006
at 2: 00 p.m. Rev. Art
CHOLMONDELEY officiating. In lieu of flowers,
memorial donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated
by calling McBeath-Dynes Funeral Home, Ingersoll (519-425-1600).
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SPRAGGE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-09 published
SPRAGGE,
Audrey
In loving memory of our sister-in-law Audrey
SPRAGGE, who passed
away one year ago today, February 9, 2005.
God has her in His keeping
We have her in our hearts.
Doreen and Ken.
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SPRAGGE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-06 published
SPRAGGE,
Allan "
Sam" and Micheal and Audrey
In loving memory of my brother Allan (Sam), December 6, 1996
his son Micheal, January 17, 1997; wife and mother, Audrey February 12,
Quietly remembered every day Doreen and family
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SPRAGGE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-21 published
SEAGRAM, Winifred Mary (formerly
SPRAGGE, née
KINGSMILL)
"Kaley," loving wife of the late Peter
SPRAGGE (deceased 1971)
and David SEAGRAM; and wonderful mum and step-mum to Tom
SPRAGGE,
Sue THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON, Daphne
POTTER, Debbie
SEAGRAM and Alan
WAINWRIGHT
left us on December 20th 2005. A memorial service to celebrate
her life will be held on Thursday January 26th at 3: 00 p.m.,
Christ Church Deer Park 1570 Yonge St. (at Heath St.), Toronto.
A reception will follow.
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SPRAGGETT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-13 published
Leslie WITT, 72: Chess 'superstar'
Received carved set from Fidel Castro
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
Leslie WITT never talked about the time he beat Bobby Fischer
at his own game -- but others did for years afterwards.
It was 1964 and the chess world's greatest prodigy had not yet
knocked out Russian great Boris Spassky from his world domination,
but the 19-year-old was still a huge chess star and all of Montreal's
and Toronto's chess players were thrilled when he showed up for
some exhibition matches.
His first day in Montreal, Fischer was subjected to a vapid television
interview. He hated being asked questions about dating; he actually
hated talking about anything other than chess but the highlight
of the show was the one-minute chess match he played against
WITT, then the city's best player as well as a member of the
Canadian Olympic chess team.
Fischer was -- naturally -- confident. He'd already played two
exhibition games -- one in which he faced 56 people at once,
beating them all, the other where he took on 10 players with
clocks. They were better players but Fischer completed his 40
moves in under two hours, winning every game.
He could be forgiven for thinking he had another easy ride ahead.
WITT, a Hungarian émigré, was unprepossessing -- an affable,
smiling man who earned his living as a television repairman,
not particularly tall, a little on the pudgy side.
"But Les was one of the speediest players I have ever seen,"
recalled Denis
ALLAN, an assistant Crown attorney in Hamilton
who was a young chess player at the time. "Not only could he
think fast, but the speed with which he could move his hands
was incredible. Bobby was not happy about losing. He made that
clear."
Much later that night everybody got together at the Boulevard
Club, where chess was played seven days a week, and Fischer and
WITT faced off for about a dozen five-minute games.
"Bobby cleaned him out,"
ALLAN recalled. "Leslie won maybe one,
but even one game is pretty good. Bobby Fischer was a genius."
But WITT was pretty darn good as well: a four-time Montreal chess
champion, three-time winner of the Montreal Closed Championship,
winner of the Quebec Provincial Championship, the Ontario Provincial
Championship and, in 1962, the Canadian Open Chess Championship,
held that year in Ottawa, with a perfect score of 9-0.
He was a member of the Canadian chess Olympic team at the 1964
Olympiad held in Tel Aviv, the 1966 Olympiad in Havana and the
1970 event in Germany.
"I remember the Tel Aviv Olympiad because it was the first time
the Canadian team made the A group -- the top two teams," said
Zvonko VRANESIC, a University of Toronto professor who often
played WITT. In the '60s he and
WITT were vying for the country's
top spot.
"They were the two superstars," said Toronto Star chess columnist
Lawrence DAY. "It was a great rivalry."
Both men were representing Canada when Cuban leader Fidel Castro,
a big chess fan, pulled out all the stops for the Olympiad in
Havana -- putting them up in the best hotel, even opening the
event himself playing an exhibition match with the ubiquitous
Fischer. Castro presented each player with a gorgeous wooden
chess set, in a splendid carved box.
In 1969, WITT won a Brilliancy Prize in the Canadian Closed tournament.
That same year he was named an International Master, which is
one rank below Grand Master.
Laszlo WITT was born in Budapest, where chess is respected and
popular, and the best chess players accorded the accolades reserved
for hockey players in North America. He began playing the game
at age 8 and tournaments when 15. By 17, he was the premier player
for the Hungarian junior national team.
He was in Vienna for a tournament during the three weeks in October
and November of 1956 of the Hungarian Revolution. His wife, Viola,
and 4½-year-old daughter, Sylvia, had not been permitted to accompany
him to the tournament. "We were collateral," said Sylvia
SANKEY,
now a stage manager who lives in Winnipeg.
Jews who had pretended to be Christians since the war when most
of the family's male relatives -- including
WITT's father --
were taken to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished,
they quickly decided to flee the country. Mother and daughter
crossed the border to Austria to the sounds of Russians shooting
on one side and Germans on the other. For three weeks they had
hid out in farmhouses and fields.
They were taken to refugee camp outside Vienna where they were
eventually reunited with
WITT.
They left for Italy and the ocean
voyage to Halifax, where one of
WITT's six sisters lived, moving
to Montreal in 1957.
They lived in a walk-up on the Main in the heart of the émigré
chess-playing community.
SANKEY remembers them always sitting at her parents' kitchen
table playing chess with her father, all men, all in their 20s
and 30s, slapping the button on the top of the clocks.
She and her mother never did really learn to play the game, but
SANKEY grasped quickly that she had to be "quiet, quiet, quiet"
so her father and his Friends could play. "I would read or go
and watch television in the other room. It was just a part of
life, coming home to see who ever happened to be in the kitchen
playing chess with daddy. It was the norm," she said.
And yet by the time the family all moved to Toronto in the late
'70s, WITT had all but retreated from the chess scene. In Toronto
and Montreal it was no longer dominated by the émigré master
a new generation of home-grown talent had emerged under their
tutelage.
Current top-rated Canadian Kevin
SPRAGGETT was moving up fast.
"He beat WITT in 1979 for the Montreal championship and that
was the changing of the guard," said
DAY.
WITT was a very private man who simply slipped out of the world
of chess. Few questioned it -- chess had become an increasingly
young person's game.
"When you've played the game at such a high level, climbing down
is difficult,"
VRANESIC said. "People just quit instead. I think
that's what probably happened in this case."
WITT took up painting and backgammon in the '80s and in the last
few years frequently went to Casino Rama for poker games.
Before he died at 72 on December 27, his daughter found his easel
and paints in the Scarborough townhouse he had shared with a
young couple -- as well as the chess set from Havana.
"You know it was kind of sad," said
ALLAN, the lawyer. "
WITT's
death was mentioned on an international chess chat room and it
got no comments. I guess people just don't know him anymore."
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SPRAGUE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-12 published
DOUGLAS/DOUGLASS, Kathleen Joan (formerly
HORNE, née
HALLOWELL)
Peacefully at her home in Belleville, in her 75th year. Daughter
of the late Reverend Carew
HALLOWELL and the late Francis Mary
HALLOWELL
(née BROWNLEE.) Survived by her husband, Dr. Kenneth
DOUGLAS/DOUGLASS
her three children, Cynthia
TAILOR/TAYLOR,
David
HORNE (Adriana,) and
Robert HORNE
(Michelle;) five grandchildren, Emily, Alexandra,
Melissa, Kayla, and James; sister Mary
McLARTY
(Tom) of London,
Ontario, and brother Bob
HALLOWELL
(Joyce) of Comox, British
Columbia. Joan was a Registered Nurse and graduate (1954) of
the Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, when she married the
late Dr. Stewart Douglas
HORNE
(Belleville and
Guelph.) In their
31 years together, they raised three children, Cynthia, David
and Robert. A wonderfully loving mother, she infused in her children
a love of music, laughter, and a positive outlook on life. After
her children were grown, Joan continued her care for others by
recertifying as a Registered Nurse and working at the Homewood
Health Care Centre and Lapointe-Fisher Nursing Home in Guelph,
Ontario. She was loved by those with whom she worked and cared
for. In 1989, Joan was remarried to Dr. Kenneth M.
DOUGLAS/DOUGLASS
(Belleville.)
In Ken, she found a friend and companion with whom she shared
many interests. They enjoyed 17 happy years together sailing
on their yacht, "Reflection," travelling the world and sharing
their love of classical music and Christian faith. Joan's love
of cottaging was fostered during her childhood summers at Bayfield,
on Lake Huron. She brought this love to her family and had wonderful
memories on both Steenburg and Limerick Lakes. In 1987 she acquired
"a piece of Heaven" on Limerick Lake. This was her legacy, for
nothing made Joan happier than to spend time with her husband,
children and five grandchildren. She will be remembered for her
playful sense of humour, unconditional love, inner strength,
grace, beauty and quiet dignity. Joan's family wish to commend
the outstanding and compassionate care given by Dr. R.
LEVESQUE
and the Belleville General Hospital oncology nurses, Dr. Ruth
MATHIESON,
Dr.
Katherine
ALLEN, Victorian Order of Nurses nurses
Carol and Anne, and Red Cross worker Jolanta. The outpouring
of love and support from Friends has also comforted us, and we
thank in particular the Reverend Peter
JOYCE, for whose spiritual
guidance, gentle human touch and faith we will be forever grateful
Saint Thomas' Anglican Church and its parishioners; Dr. and Mrs.
Robert VAUGHAN, who opened their home and hearts to us; Dr. and
Mrs. Bill BRUMMITT for their food and fellowship; Dr. Bob and
Nancy ELGIE; Mr. and Mrs. Myles
MORTON; Jane and Rick
SPRAGUE
and the many, many others who called, visited, sent flowers,
food and prayers. The family will receive Friends at the Burke
Funeral Home (613 968-6968), 150 Church Street Belleville on
Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. The funeral will take place
at Saint Thomas' Anglican Church (corner of Bridge and Church St.
Belleville) on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 3: 00 p.m. In lieu
of flowers, the family gratefully acknowledges donations to the
Canadian Cancer Society in support of Colon Cancer Research.
Online condolences www.burke-funeral.ca.
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SPRAGUE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-31 published
ZIEGLER,
Catherine
May (née
MULLIN)
Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, University Campus,
on Saturday, January 28th, 2006, Catherine May
ZIEGLER (née
MULLIN)
of London in her 95th year. Predeceased by her husband Gerry
(1966.) Dear mother of Sylvia (William)
FISHER of Melbourne and
Sandra (Charles)
MANNING of Saint Thomas. Dear grandmother of Catherine
(Campbell)
MacGOUGAN, Chuck (Sue)
MANNING, Deborah (Cliff)
MANNING-
HUSTON,
Cheryl (Murray)
ABRA, and Chris (Nora)
FISHER.
Fondly remembered
by 9 great-grandchildren. Survived by one sister Ruth (David)
SPRAGUE of Michigan. Predeceased by sister Alice
INSELL.
Friends
may call at the Elliott-Madill Komoka Chapel (22568 Komoka Rd.)
on Wednesday, February 1st from 1: 00-2:00 p.m. where a memorial
service will be held at 2: 00 p.m. Reverend Bruce
POCOCK of Saint Anne's
Anglican Church, Byron officiating. Interment Mount Pleasant
Cemetery at a later date. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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SPRAGUE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-28 published
ROBILLIARD,
James W.A. "Jim"
Of Saint Thomas, passed away at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital
on Tuesday, April 25, 2006, in his 66th year. Husband of Helen S.
(PAUL)
ROBILLIARD. Father of Dan
ROBILLIARD and his wife Rosemarie
and James "Jamie"
ROBILLIARD and his wife
Pat, all of Saint Thomas,
and Paul ROBILLIARD and his wife
Allison of Prince George, British
Columbia. Also survived by 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers, 3 sisters
and many nieces and nephews. Born in Tillsonburg, March 1, 1941,
the son of the late Robert and Edith
(SPRAGUE)
ROBILLIARD, he
lived most of his life in the Saint Thomas area. Jim was a retired
supervisor of quality control at the Ford Motor Company of Canada's
Saint Thomas Assembly Plant. He served in the Canadian Army for
7 years and was a member of Lord Elgin Branch #41, Royal Canadian
Legion, Saint Thomas. In keeping with Jim's wishes, there will
be no public visitation or service at the funeral home. Cremation
has taken place. Memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
or the Ontario Lupus Association gratefully acknowledged. Arrangements
entrusted to the Sifton Funeral Home, 118 Wellington Street, Saint Thomas.
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SPRAGUE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-21 published
DEROO,
Madeliene
Alice
At Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Friday October 20,
2006, Madeliene Alice
DEROO of Norwich, formerly of Otterville
in her 84th year. Beloved wife of the late Maurice
DEROO (1967.)
Dear mother of Richard and wife Juanita of Tillsonburg, Agnes
WALTERS of Norwich, Louise and husband Earle
SPRAGUE of Otterville,
Ken of Otterville, Deborah
FINCH and Jim
SCHAAFSMA of Norwich.
She will be sadly missed by her 11 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Survived by several nieces and nephews. Sister of Paula
GEKIERE
and husband George of Delhi. Predeceased by daughter Rose Marie
(1944,) sister Irene
BRADY, sister-in-law Germaine
DEMAREST,
and son-in-law David
WALTERS.
Friends will be received at The
Arn-Lockie Funeral Home, 45 Main St. W., Norwich on Sunday 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. Funeral mass will be held at Saint Mary's Church, 51 Venison
Street, Tillsonburg on Monday October 23, 2006 at 10: 00 a.m. with
Father Matthew
GEORGE officiating. Interment Tillsonburg Cemetery.
As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to Kidney Foundation
or Tillsonburg Hospital Foundation. Prayers will be said on Sunday
afternoon at 3: 00 p.m. O-line condolences at www.arn-lockiefuneralhome.com.
Arn-Lockie (519) 863-3020.
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SPRAGUE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-07-19 published
HOBBS,
James
Alfred
Passed away on July 17, 2006 at 73 years of age, following a
lengthy illness. Formerly of Mississauga and Windsor. Jim is
survived by his loving family, his wife Joan, his children Allan
(Toronto,) Sherri and husband Paul
BERNECHE
(Amherstburg,)
Penny
and husband Frank
CATENACCI
(Windsor,)
Jeff and his wife
Laura
(New York) and Anastacia
JOY
(Barrie.)
Grandpa to Sarah, Laura,
Noah, Christina and Mikaila. Predeceased by his parents Norma
and Howard
SPRAGUE, his brother George, and son Christopher.
Dear brother-in-law of Rose and Herb
PIPER
(Exeter,) and Shirley
BAGLEY
(Windsor.)
Also loved by the Baynham family and his cousins
Rosemary WARREN and Mary
WHITE/WHYTE.
Jim enjoyed his 40 years of engineering
with the Jervis B. Webb Co. which took him across Canada and
Mexico. Memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Lung Association
in lieu of flowers. Visiting Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday
2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service Friday at 11: 00 a.m. at Families
First Funeral Home and Tribute Centre (519-969-5841) 3260 Dougall
Ave., Windsor, Ontario. You may share your cherished memories
online at www.familiesfirst.ca
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AZIZ,
Jim
At Victoria Hospital on Friday, June 2nd, 2006 in his 79th year.
Beloved husband of Suzanne
McDONALD-
AZIZ.
Loving father of Catherine
and Michael. Dear brother of Nick and Lou
AZIZ,
Madeline
DUNN,
Evelyn JONES and Delia
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART all of Toronto. Dear son-in-law
of Rita E.
BELEC. Dear brother-in-law of John, Greg and Fay,
and Bruce McDONALD,
Bessie and Tom
SWEAZEY, Louise and Noël
MORIN.
Predeceased by his sister Margaret
GRAINGER, his brothers George
and Bill AZIZ, and sister-in-law Charlene
SPRATT. Survived by
many nieces and nephews and their families. Jim was a respected
member of the London-Saint Thomas Real Estate Board and a well-known
restaurateur in Sarnia and London. He will be fondly remembered
by many Friends and business associates. A memorial Mass will
be celebrated at Saint Michael's Catholic Church, 515 Cheapside
St. at Maitland, on Wednesday, June 7 at 10: 00 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions to the Merrymount Foundation
for the Aziz Family Art Therapy Fund, 1064 Colborne Street, London,
Ontario N6A 4B3 would be gratefully acknowledged. (James A. Harris
Funeral Home)
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SPRATT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-21 published
CREIGHTON,
Wilson
Lyall, B.S.M.E., B.S.E.E., P.Eng.
Much loved husband of Sigrid, father of Heidi, Ellen and the
late Lori; and grandfather to Celia, Bean and Romy, father-in-law
to Victor CHAN and Nicolas
SCHOENENBERGER, died of cancer at
age 80, on October 15, 2006, peacefully at home in West Vancouver,
surrounded by his family. He is survived by brother Warren and
sister-in-law Jean and family in Ottawa; predeceased by sister,
Aileen and brother-in-law Al
WEEKS of London, Ontario. Lyall
was born in Ottawa on August 3rd, 1926 to Laura Pearl
SPRATT
and Wilson Robert
CREIGHTON. He liked to say he was a 'capitalist'.
Lyall served proudly in the Canadian Navy on the HMS 'Sheffield'
and on the 'Warrior'. At 6'2' tall and thin as a reed, he was
aptly nicknamed 'Lofty'. Lyall held degrees in mechanical and
electrical engineering and had an extensive engineering career
in Europe and Canada. He found employment as an engineer-in-training
with Brown Boveri in Baden, Switzerland, where he met his wife,
Sigrid. He was employed by Brown Boveri for over thirty-five
years, rising to President in 1973. Subsequently he was President
of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited - International, and lastly
President and owner of Dynamic Engineering Inc., in Vancouver,
British Columbia. Lyall was a kind and gentle man, an optimist
with a subtle sense of humour and a great love of history. His
family wishes to thank the Palliative Care Unit of Lions Gate
Hospital in North Vancouver, Doctor Jenny Shaw and nurses Donna
Jimena and Tracy and all of the nurses and caregivers who attended
Lyall at home, as well as Friends. The family will hold a private
service but for those who wish to remember Lyall, donations to
the N.O.A.C. Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 2402, 349 W. Georgia Street,
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 3W7 or The Mission to Seafarers,
401 East Waterfront Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 4G9
Tel: 604.253.4421, would be greatly appreciated. Hollyburn Funeral
Home 604.922.1221 www.hollyburnfunerals.com
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SPRATT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-07-21 published
Son's slaying stuns family
Boy, 17, beaten and stabbed in Flemingdon Park
'If you met Omar, he was hard not to like,' mother says
By Tracy HUFFMAN,
Crime
Reporter
When Joy WELLINGTON heard that a teenaged boy had been stripped,
beaten and fatally stabbed last week, she wondered aloud to a
friend, "When is this going to end?"
"I said that not knowing it was my son," says the mother of 17-year-old
Omar, who was found dead in a wooded area in Flemingdon Park
last Saturday.
The Toronto mother of four is overwhelmed with grief as she prepares
to bury her son tomorrow.
"If you met Omar, he was hard not to like. Everyone liked him,"
she said in an interview with the Star at her Toronto home.
WELLINGTON
cannot imagine what could have started such a vicious attack,
nor does she know why her son was in that neighbourhood.
"I am still shocked. How could people stand by and watch as my
son was tortured for more than an hour?" she asks.
"No one should die like that," says long-time family friend Bernadine
BOWEN.
"Strip off his clothes, beat him and stab him to make sure he's
dead?"
Residents looked on while Omar was beaten some time between 5 p.m.
and 8 p.m. one week ago outside 61 Grenoble Dr., but no one called
Homicide officers continue to investigate and have had some good
co-operation from the community. Tonight, they will be in Flemingdon
Park during the same hours the beating took place, handing out
brochures and seeking more information about what happened.
Det. Scott
SPRATT, of the homicide squad, said he is optimistic
about the case and is pleased that he continues to get new information.
He is currently investigating a number of motives behind the
attack. Neighbours have reported that the teen robbed someone
before he was killed.
Although grateful for the information that has come forward so
far, WELLINGTON says she wonders why people who know what happened
don't contact police.
"Too many people keep quiet in these situations. The code of
silence is not cool. You don't have to release who you are, you
can call Crime Stoppers," she says.
While the petite woman talks about her only son, she has no difficulty
sharing the wonderful things she recalls about the teen, who
loved rap and aspired to work in the music industry.
"If he was here right now, he'd make up a rap about the news,"
she says pointing to the large-screen television in the family
room. "Music was his passion."
But WELLINGTON -- who is part-owner of a car and truck rental
company -- admits she is in denial and, since his death she has
called the Scarborough group home where Omar lived more than
once hoping he would answer.
With only a few hours' sleep since
SPRATT broke the news Monday
of her son's death,
WELLINGTON worries about how she will get
through the next few days and stay strong for her daughters Tellisha,
19, Jannika, 11, and Arielle, 9.
Omar's father, who lives in Jamaica, is also in shock, she says,
and thinks the system has failed their son.
After learning Omar was diabetic at the age of 12,
WELLINGTON,
then a single mother, called on the help of the children's aid
society. She worried she wouldn't be able to manage Omar's medical
needs while caring for her family.
Mother and son maintained a good relationship, she says, and
talked every day.
WELLINGTON has no shortage of stories about Omar. Her face brightens
and she smiles when she talks about the Saturday night spaghetti
dinners where Omar would kick her out of the kitchen to make
his "secret recipe" for the family.
She recalls that the family would camp out in front of the television
watching movies and eating popcorn before everyone would fall
asleep in the same room.
"He was a good brother to the girls. If a toy was broken, he
wanted to fix it."
Omar loved basketball and joking around, says
BOWEN.
When the two spoke last week
BOWEN kept laughing, telling Omar
he should become a comedian.
Visitation for Omar is today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Highland Funeral Home at 3280 Sheppard Ave. E. The funeral
is at the same location at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
A trust fund has been set up to help pay funeral expenses.
Donations can be made at any TD Canada Trust, transit number
18572, account 6259967.
Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide squad at
416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.
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SPRAYSON /
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON
In loving memory of my mother, Ida
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON who passed away September 25,
2005 and my father Harry
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON who passed away November 5,
You are not forgotten
Though on earth you are no more
Still in memory you are with us
As you always were before
- Fondly remembered by daughter Mary and son-in-law Ken.
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SPRENGER,
Charles
Karl
Peacefully, in the presence of his family on Sunday, April 30,
2006 at Owen Sound. Charles, beloved husband of Margaret and
dear father of Christine Norman and her husband Ralph, Jonathan
and his wife Anita and Joel and his wife Valerie. Much loved
grandfather of Molly, Andre, Truly, Victor, Sylvia, Jonathan,
Hannah, Stephanie and Victoria. Greatgrandfather of Payton and
Liberty. He will be missed by his sisters Dorothy
JONES and Mildred
DIFFENDAFFER and their families. Resting at the Scott Funeral
Home - Mississauga Chapel, 420 Dundas St. East (one block west
of Cawthra Rd.), 905-272- 4040 on Friday from 7-9 p.m. A Funeral
Service will be held on Saturday May 6, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. in
the Chapel, with visitation from 10: 00 a.m. until time of service.
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SPRICIS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-16 published
SPRICIS,
Elvira
Peacefully at University Hospital with family at her side on
Tuesday
November 14, 2006, Elvira
SPRICIS passed away in her
87th year. Predeceased by her husband Ernest William. Loving
mother of John
SPRICIS, Daila
BLADON (Geoff), Mudite
COLLEY (Doug).
Loving grandmother to Kelly
PHILPOTT (Geoff
PASS), Jason
COLLEY
(Lisa,) Lija
IRONSIDE
(Mike.)
Great-grandmother to Erik, William
John and Liam. Elvira was a resident of Mount Hope for the past
few years. There will be a private family service. A reception
to celebrate Elvira's life will be held on Friday, November 17
at 2: 45 p.m. at Mount Hope (Chapel) (21 Grosvenor Street). Special
thanks to the medical team at University Hospital for their wonderful
care. Many thanks to the 2nd floor nursing staff and Doctor
YEMCHUK
for their great care and kindness shown to our mother over the
past few year. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to
Mount Hope or The Epilepsy Society.
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LEYBURNE,
Marion
(SPRIGGS)
Of Saint Thomas, on Sunday, April 9th, 2006, after a short but
courageous battle, surrounded by her loving family, at the Saint Thomas
Elgin General Hospital, in her 83rd year. Beloved wife of the
late Arthur Stewart
LEYBURNE
(October 24, 2000) and dearly loved
mother of Wendy and her husband Harold
LANGILLE of Mississauga
and Lisa and her husband David
DUCHENE of Oakville. Predeceased
by a son David S.
LEYBURNE
(Jan. 1999.) Dear mother-in-law of
Ann LEYBURNE of Saint Thomas. Predeceased by 2 brothers Murray
and Elford
SPRIGGS and a sister Flora
GOROWSKI.
Loved grandmother
of Kerry and her husband Doug
WALKER and Erin
LANGILLE,
Meghan
DUCHENE and Drew, Troy and Bret
LEYBURNE and loved great grandmother
of Logan, Taylor and Phoenix. Also survived by several nieces
and nephews. Marion was born in Toronto on August 15, 1923, the
daughter of the late Frederick and Margaret
SPRIGGS.
She has
lived in Saint Thomas since 1958. She was a member of St. Hilda's-St. Luke's
Anglican Church and was a former member of the Church Guild.
Marion was a member of the 65 Club of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas where
funeral service will be held Wednesday at 1: 00 p.m. Cremation
to follow, with burial of ashes in Elmdale Cemetery. Visitation
Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the
Canadian Cancer Society or to St. Hilda's-St. Luke's Anglican
Church.
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WHALEN,
Hilda
Jean (née
GEORGE)
Peacefully, at the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound,
on Thursday evening, April 27th, 2006. Hilda Jean
WHALEN (nee
GEORGE,) of Owen Sound, in her 78th year. Dearly beloved wife
of Ken WHALEN.
Loving mother of Wayne
WHALEN, of Guelph. Proud
grandmother of Justin
WHALEN and Lance (Andrea)
WHALEN and great-grandmother
of Colby and Meagen. Dear sister of Basil (Betty-Jane)
GEORGE,
of Port Elgin and Murray (Rosa)
GEORGE, of Palmerston, Loreen
FOSTER, of Owen Sound and Isobel (Jack)
RICE, of Kitchener. Sister-in-law
of John REAL, of Sault Ste. Marie. Special aunt of Lynne
SPRING.
Predeceased by her parents, James and Adella
GEORGE; her sister,
Bernice REAL and her daughter-in-law, Lynne
WHALEN.
Friends may
call at the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West,
Owen Sound (376-7492) on Sunday from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to
9: 00 p.m. A Funeral Service for Hilda
WHALEN will be held in
the Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, May 1st, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m.
with Rev. Ralph
SCHMIDT officiating. Interment in Hillcrest Cemetery,
Tara. If so desired, the family would appreciate donations to
the Canadian Cancer Society or the Parkinson Foundation as your
expression of sympathy.
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SPRINGBETT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-05-10 published
WALKER,
Peter
By Heather
MacANDREW and David
SPRINGBETT,
Page
A16
Documentary cinematographer, husband, father. Born May 16, 1952,
in London, England. Died November 4, 2005 in Ajax, Ontario, of
cancer, aged 53.
A couple of months before he died, Peter
WALKER found himself
on the other side of a video camera being interviewed about the
big subjects: life, death, love and cancer's impact on his life.
Ever articulate, Peter spoke about facing death and what he wanted
his last moments on Earth to be like. What caused him to falter,
and his voice break, during this interview, was when he began
to talk about his young daughters, and how becoming a father
had profoundly transformed his life. It was working on a television
series, Birth Stories, filming the births of complete strangers,
that gradually turned this cool, hip, urban, childless man into
a doting father at age 50.
Documentary work allows special entry into a multitude of situations,
beliefs, countries and cultures most of us can only dream about.
Peter was endlessly curious and that, along with his technical
skill and artist's eye, made him a sought-after cinematographer
in a competitive business.
But Peter's special gift was was the personal connection he was
able to make with even the most reluctant subjects. Jackie, his
partner, has observed that perhaps with the camera acting as
a screen he could be open to intimacy with his subjects. That
intimacy, along with Peter's ability to live in the moment while
shooting, made for magic on the screen.
Peter and his sister Marilyn moved to Toronto from London, England,
with their parents in 1957 when Peter was 4. They lost their
mother to cancer when they were teenagers. As Marilyn remembers
it, they didn't even know she was sick until she went into hospital
and then a few days later they were at her funeral.
The way Peter handled his own illness was very different. He
was completely open and willing to talk about what was happening
to him; able to ask for and accept help.
Peter travelled the world with his work. He was an excellent
and philosophical traveller even under the most arduous conditions.
He always had half a dozen books in his extremely organized cases
and he especially loved talking politics and conspiracy theories.
It was during a shoot in Honduras that he first became aware
that he was unwell. A biopsy after surgery confirmed bowel cancer.
He was by this time with Jackie
FERRIER, the love of his life,
filming the Birth Stories television series and planning their
own family. The cancer seemed under control. Morgan was born
in 2002. But the cancer came back, spreading to his abdominal
cavity. Learning that the cancer was incurable and the prognosis
bleak, they made the difficult decision to have another child.
Taylor was born in January, 2005.
Last spring, a benefit honouring Peter's work was organized by
Friends in the film industry. Pete was well enough to attend
and watch a moving compilation video of his work that a colleague,
Nick HECTOR, had assembled. During the evening Pete thanked many
of the directors he had worked with over the years, not the least
of whom was veteran filmmaker Allan King. Pete had shot Allan's
Dying at Grace and had just completed Memory for Max, Claire,
Ida and Company, Allan's most recent film. When it was premiered
at the Toronto film Festival in September, 2005, Pete was only
weeks away from death but he and Jackie made it to the screening.
Photographers and cinematographers have a special relationship
to light. Peter took artistic risks with his work and often those
risks were all about using the light in such a way as to make
an image unforgettable. When Peter died, Jackie said Pete's head
turned toward the light, just as he had wanted.
Heather and David are Friends of Peter.
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SPRINGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-08 published
MAIZE,
John
Charles
Suddenly at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital on Tuesday, March
7, 2006, John Charles
MAIZE of Goderich and formerly of R.R.#1
Dungannon in his 70th year. Beloved husband of Mary
(DOHERTY)
MAIZE. Dear father of Rick (Sherrie)
MAIZE,
Kingsbridge,
Debbie
(Jim) ROBERTSON, Dungannon, Randy (Patti)
MAIZE, Port Albert,
Ron (Lori)
MAIZE, Port Albert, Diane
MAIZE, Newmarket, Donna
CALDWELL, Goderich, Rob (Lavonne)
MAIZE, Port Albert and Chris
(Kendall) MAIZE,
Dungannon.
Loving grandfather of 16 grandchildren
and 2 great-grandchildren. Brother of Ellen (Glen)
SPRINGER,
Harold (Jessie)
MAIZE and Gord (Joan)
MAIZE.
Predeceased by granddaughter
Samantha and sister-in-law Maxiene
MAIZE.
Friends may call at
the McCallum and Palla Funeral Home, Goderich on Thursday 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at the funeral home on
Friday afternoon at one o'clock. Interment Dungannon Cemetery.
Donations to the Lung Association or Dungannon United Church
gratefully acknowledged. Friends may sign the book of condolences
at www.mccallum-palla.ca.
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SPRINGER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-25 published
IFILL,
Carliyle
Rudolph
At London Health Sciences Centre -- Victoria Hospital on Saturday,
April 22nd, 2006 Carliyle Rudolph
IFILL of London in his 80th
year. Beloved husband of Lovinia
(SPRINGER)
IFILL. Dear father
of Irvin of the Barbados. Lovingly remembered by his many grandchildren.
Carliyle will also be remembered by his many nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received by the family from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
on Wednesday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout
Street South, London. The funeral service will be conducted at
Zion Tabernacle, 860 William Street, London on Thursday, April 27th,
2006 at 11: 00 am. Interment in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens,
London. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may
be made to the London Regional Cancer Program, 747 Baseline Road
East, London, Ontario N6C 2R6.
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TILLOTSON,
Raymond
Lewis
At his residence on Thursday, November 16, 2006, Raymond Lewis
TILLOTSON of Chateau Gardens, Aylmer in his 88th year. Husband
of the late Madeliene
TILLOTSON (1982.) Special friend of the
late Leona
TRIBE (2000.) Dear father of Ruth Ann
SPRINGER
(Stewart
LYON) of London, Bob
TILLOTSON of Aylmer, Sandra
GENOVY
(Jim)
of Winnipeg, Linda
ROBINSON
(Patrick
MARKLE) of Aylmer and Patricia
MICHIELSE
(John) of Dorchester. Grandfather of Leslee, Sam, Wayne,
Raymond, Shawn, Sam, Jennifer, Tanya, Kelly and Sherri-Lynn.
Brother of Roy
TILLOTSON, Lois
TILLOTSON and Dolly
WILSON. Also
survived by a number of great-grandchildren, great great-grandchildren,
nieces and nephews. He will be sadly missed by Laura
JONES, LouAnn
STOCK,
Tony
TRIBE and families. Predeceased by brothers Frank
and Bill TILLOTSON, sisters Helen
TILLOTSON, Sarah
VAN
ACKER,
Joanie TILLOTSON.
Born in North Carolina on August 25, 1919 son
of the late William and Mabel
(STEINBACH)
TILLOTSON.
Raymond
was a tobacco farmer at Putnum until 1974. He worked at the Tobacco
Marketing Board and was bartender at Col. Talbot Branch #81 of
the Royal Canadian Legion. Friends may call at the H.A. Kebbel
Funeral Home, Aylmer on Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral
service will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m.
Interment,
Aylmer
Cemetery. Rev. Norman
JONES, officiating. Donations
to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind would be appreciated.
Condolences at kebbelfuneralhome.com
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SPRINGER,
Dale
Raymond
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SPRINGETT o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-01-03 published
RAWSON,
Jean
Of Hanover, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family
at Hanover and District Hospital, on Monday, January 2, 2006.
She was 86. Survived by husband Glen
RAWSON, daughters Reverend Judith
SPRINGETT of Flesherton, Nancy
RAWSON of Ripley, grandchildren
Melissa SPRINGETT,
Andrew and Jessica
SPRINGETT, Phillip
BROWN,
Scott BROWN and great granddaughter Olivia Jean
SPRINGETT.
Predeceased
by a brother Reginald
LEWORTHY and a sister Evelyn
TAILOR/TAYLOR.
Visitation
at Mighton Funeral Home, Hanover, on Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2006 at
2: 00 p.m. at Grace United Church, Hanover. Interment in Hanover
Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Grace United Church or the
Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated as expressions
of sympathy. Further information and register book available
at www.mightonfuneralhome.ca.
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SPRINGSTEAD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-11 published
TORKOS,
Patricia
E. (née
MORRIS)
Passed away in Ottawa on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 12: 40
a.m., at the age of 75, after an exhausting battle. So loved
by her children Linda
SPRINGSTEAD
(George) and the late James
Jr. (Sonya). Cherished by her grandchildren Kayla and Alec. Will
be sadly missed by Brittany and Jessica, Gizella and James
TORKOS,
Helen and Paul
MacSUGA,
Rita
MORRIS, Jean
COBDEN, her many nieces
and nephews and all of her Friends. Memorial Service will be
held in Toronto on Saturday, April 8, 2006, at 11 a.m., at the
Riverside Cemetery Chapel, 1567 Royal York Road (at Weston Road).
In memoriam donations appreciated to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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KOLESNIKOVS,
Romans
With deep sorrow, the family announces the passing of Romans
KOLESNIKOVS in the early hours of March 9, 2006, at Kristus Darzs
Latvian Home, Woodbridge, Ontario. Born in Riga, Latvia, on August
11, 1910, he was the beloved husband of Velta
KOLESNIKOVS, dear
father of Mara
HOLDENRIED and Georgs
KOLESNIKOVS, father-in-law
of Josef HOLDENRIED and Norlene
CHONG, grandfather of Kristen
HOLDENRIED, and uncle of Zoja
MICHAELS and Gunars
SPRODRIS. It
was only during the first day of his passing that the family
came to realize how many people he had touched with his warmth
and open heart, for which we will be eternally grateful and proud.
Friends may call on Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the R.S. Kane
Funeral Home, 6150 Yonge Street (atGoulding south of Steeles).
Funeral service in the chapel on Wednesday, March 15th at 11: 00
a.m. followed by burial in York Cemetery. Memorial donations
may be made to Kristus Darzs Latvian Home (905) 832-3300. Condolences
www.rskane.ca
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SPROTT,
Harold
In loving memory of a dear husband, father, grandfather and great
grandfather who passed away September 20, 1985.
Time slips away but memories stay
Quietly remembered every day.
Lovingly remembered by Jean and family.
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SPROUL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-28 published
SPROUL,
Ronald
Peacefully on Friday, May 26, 2006. Ronald
SPROUL lifetime resident
of Goderich in his 78th year. Ron is survived by his wife for
55 years Isabel, four children; Judy and husband Don
COOK,
Bev
and husband Leighton
LYNCH,
Doug and his wife
Nancy,
Joan and
friend Jim all of Goderich. Loving grampa and Papa of 11 grandchildren
and 3 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by his parents, brother
Jack and sister Noreen
ROBERTSON.
Lovingly missed by many nieces
and nephews. Friends will be received at McCallum and Palla Funeral
Home, Cambria Rd. at East Street, Goderich on Monday from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at the Funeral Home on
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 1 p.m. Interment Maitland Cemetery.
Memorial donations to Canadian Liver Foundation gratefully acknowledged.
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SPROULE o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-05-24 published
McINTOSH,
Noreen
Edith
(SMITH)
Passed away in the peace of the night at her residence in Meaford
on Monday, May 22, 2006. The former Noreen
SMITH in her 78th
year. Beloved mother of Doris (Fred)
SPROULE of Collingwood,
Sandra (Jim)
McNICHOL of Ravenna, Glen (Judy) of Owen Sound and
Lynn RIEMERSMA of Thornbury. Predeceased by one daughter Marlene
DALGARNO.
Sadly missed by several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Dear sister of Helen
KERR of Meaford and Dawson
SMITH of Port
Colborne. Predeceased by sisters Blanche
McLEOD, Marion
McCONNELL,
Florence McLAY and brothers Sherman and Arthur
SMITH.
Resting
at the Gardiner-Wilson Funeral Home, Meaford where the funeral
service will be held on Thursday, May 25 at 1: 00 p.m. Interment
Lakeview Cemetery, Meaford. Visiting on Wednesday evening from
7 to 9 p.m. and 12 to 1 p.m. on Thursday. Donations to the Ontario
Heart and Stroke Fund of the Meaford General Hospital Foundation
would be appreciated.
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STEWARD/STEWART/STUART,
Verna (née
O'HARA)
At Bluewater Health -- Mitton Site, Sarnia on Wednesday, April 19,
2006, Verna
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART (née
O'HARA,) of Petrolia in her 88th year.
Loving wife of the late Howard (1979). Will be missed by her
daughter Dorothy
McDONALD of Sarnia, her son John
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and
friend Angela of Wyoming, her grandchildren, Jim
SPROULE and
Angela MELNYK,
Lisa and Doug
WINDOVER, Janelle and Alan
HULL,
Jelissa STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and Ian
McCORMICK and Jordan
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and Joanna,
and her great-grandchildren Kennie
SPROULE,
Joey
WINDOVER and
Owen and Ryan
HULL.
She is also survived by her brother Dick
O'HARA of Petrolia. She was predeceased by a son, James (1968,)
a son-in-law George
McDONALD (2005,) and her sister-in-law Mary
O'HARA (2006.) Visitors will be received on Friday from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Needham-Jay Funeral Home, Petrolia,
where the funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 22,
2006 at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Dr. Robert M.
GIBSON of Saint Paul's
United Church officiating. Interment in Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia.
As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made by
cheque to C.E.E. Hospital Foundation. Memories and condolences
may be left on-line at www.needhamjay.com
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SPROULE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-11-25 published
McILRAITH,
Mary
Margaret
In Ottawa on Thursday, November 23, 2006, with the outstanding
dignity, grace, warmth and courage that guided her life. Mary
Margaret McILRAITH, 65, daughter of the late Margaret and the
late Hon. George J.
McILRAITH.
Mary
Margaret was the devoted
mother to four loving, adoring children: Cathy, Ken (Elizabeth
ALLEN), Julia (Erik v.
WITZLEBEN), and Geoff (Phoebe
MILES)
SPROULE.
She was the special loving Grandmother and Nanna to six wonderful
boys: James, William, Duncan, Graeme, Kyle and Matthias. Predeceased
by her sisters Cathy and Janet, she is survived and fondly remembered
by her brother George E. Friends may visit at the Central Chapel
of Hulse, Playfair and McGarry, 315 McLeod Street, Ottawa, on Monday
November 27th and Tuesday November 28th, from 2 to 4 p.m. and
7 to 9 p.m. A service and celebration of Mary Marg's life is
currently being planned (to follow the Liberal Convention weekend,
of course!). Details will follow. It is the children's heartfelt
wish that donations be made in their mom's name to the SCO Health
Service Foundation in tribute to the loving care that she received
while at the Elizabeth Bruyère Centre, Ottawa, in particular
by their outstanding nursing staff. Condolences/donations/tributes
at mcgarryfamily.ca (613) 233-1143.
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VAN
DEURSEN,
Joanna
Margriet (née
SPRUIJT)
At her home on Sunday November 12, 2006. Joanna Margriet
VAN
DEURSEN of Aylmer in her 77th year. Beloved wife of the late
Mathew Peter
VAN
DEURSEN
(May 18, 1990.) Dear mother of John
and wife Christine of Toronto, Peter and wife Kim of Aylmer,
Paul and wife Wendy of Toronto, Mike and wife Jonni-Lyn of Aylmer,
Henrietta and husband Garry
EVERETT of Saint Thomas, Corinne and
partner Terry of Saint Thomas, Anne of Toronto and Joanne and husband
Morgan of Kitchener. Loved by her grandchildren Christopher,
Michael, Katelyn, Ryan, Brent, Derek, Melissa, Kevin, Jason,
Greg, Scott, Adam, Laura, Morgan, Cole, Adam, Daniel and Christianne.
Sister of Jon and Beb
SPRUIJT and Peter and Mathilde
SPRUIJT
all of Amsterdam. Also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on August 09, 1930, daughter
of the late Piet and Henriek Cornilia
(BAAS)
SPRUIJT.
Joanna
came to Canada on November 15, 1956. She was a member of Our
Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church and the Catholic Women's League.
She drove for Meals on Wheels and loved to play cards. Friends
may call at the H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home, Aylmer on 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday. The funeral mass will be celebrated on Thursday November 16,
2006 at 11: 00 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Aylmer.
Interment,
Queen of Peace Cemetery. Father Gilbert
SIMARD, officiating.
Donations to the The Arthritis Society would be appreciated.
On line condolences may be made at kebbelfuneralhome.com
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SPRUNG,
Edna
In loving memory of my Mom, Edna, who left us all too soon four
years ago today.
An angel came and called your name,
And took you by the hand.
Your place was ready in Heaven far above,
There is no parting from those we love,
No distance can divide.
For today in memory's garden,
We still walk side by side.
For now, God has you in His Keeping,
I have you, always in my heart.
- Missing and loving you every day - Janice.
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LAVERY,
Norma
Mildred (née
SPRUNG)
Passed away peacefully at Lee Manor on July 11, 2006. In her
91st year. Norma Mildred
LAVERY (née
SPRUNG) the beloved wife
of the late Theodore
LAVERY.
Special aunt of Marian
DAVIS, Frances
CARD
(LEBROCQ), Doug
HOLDAWAY and Joan
JOLLYMORE. Lovingly remembered
by her nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her sisters Maude
LEBROCQ,
Dorothy DAVIS,
Kaye
SPRUNG and Eleanor
HOLDAWAY and by her brothers
Vernon and Whitfield. Friends may call at the Breckenridge-Ashcroft
Funeral Home on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A funeral service
will be held at the funeral home at 1 p.m. Interment in Greenwood
Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations to
the Canadian Cancer Society or to the Lee Manor Resident's Fund
would be appreciated by the family.
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SPRUYT,
John
In loving memory of my dear husband, John, who left us January
No longer in our lives to share
But in our hearts you are always there.
Time passes, but memories stay
Quietly remembered every day.
Deeply loved and proudly remembered by Betsy, Doreen and Rob,
Elizabeth and Laverne, Catherine and Tom, Gary and Kim, and Michael
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ANDERSON,
John
Johnston
At Grey Bruce Health Services in Meaford on Thursday, December 7,
2006. John Johnston
ANDERSON of Meaford in his 82nd year. Beloved
husband of the late former Viola Catherine
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART. Dear father
of Stuart (Faye) and Ian and his wife Shirley, all of Owen Sound.
Loving grandfather of Marsha
SPRY, Stuart Jr., Heather, Blair,
Meaghan, Gage, Brodie, Seth, Kyle, Zach and proud great-grandfather
of Steven and Stephanie. Fondly remembered by his sister Katie
REID of Owen Sound. Visitation will be held at the Ferguson Funeral
Home in Meaford on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service
officiated by Reverend Judith
OLIVER will be conducted at the
funeral home on Monday, December 11th at 11 a.m. Interment and
committal services to follow at Annan Cemetery. As your expression
of sympathy, donations to a charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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SPRY o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2006-06-14 published
Elva
Annie
Beatrice (née
SPRY)
McCOLEMAN
Elva Annie Beatrice (née
SPRY)
McCOLEMAN after a lengthy battle with Alzheimers passed away
at the Espanola Nursing Home on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 in her 80th year.
Loving wife of the late Doran McColeman. Dear
daughter of the late George and Ethel (née Moore) Spry. Affectionately
remembered by her children, Ken and Carol McColeman of Espanola, Dennis of
Ottawa and Jean Paul and Evelyn Lamothe of Espanola. Adored by her
grandchildren, Tammy McColeman, Paul McColeman, Kari Richer, Chad and Sonja
Lamothe all of Espanola, Todd and Jennifer Lamothe of Selby, Ontario. Her
great-grandchildren Skylar and Ethan always brought a smile to her face.
Predeceased by her brothers, Donald (wife Alberta predeceased) and Roy Spry and
sister Clara Berry-Morrell. Survived by sisters, Velma Sheppard (husband
Goldwin predeceased) of Rockville, Rena Foster (husband George) of Kagawong,
& Lorna Gagne (friend Freeman Middaugh) of Mindemoya and sister in law Lillian
Spry. Funeral Service only will be held at the United Church of Espanola on
Thursday, June 8th, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. with the Reverend Cory
Vermeer-Cuthbert officiating. Interment in the Espanola Cemetery. If so
desired, Memorial tributes may be made to the Alzheimer Society or the
United Church of Espanola. Arrangements by Bourcier Funeral Home Ltd.,
Espanola. You fought a good fight, Mom. We will miss you! Love, your family.
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SPRY,
George
Douglas
Passed away peacefully at the Barrington Retirement Residence
in Barrie on June 29, 2006 in his 83rd year. A lifelong member
of the Ontario Chartered Accountant Association. Doug had a long
and distinguished career with the Toronto Board of Education
and the Ontario Department of Education and Natural Resources.
Survived by wife Martha. Predeceased by daughter Heather. Survived
by daughter Linda (Paul)
MIDDAUGH, grandchildren Tara (Denton)
MIDDAUGH-
BONNEY, Jason (Sienna)
MIDDAUGH, Carolyn
PROUSE and
Suzanne PROUSE.
Great grandpa to Peja Middaugh. Funeral Service
was held at Steckley Gooderham Funeral Home (201 Minet's Point
Rd.), Barrie on Monday July 3, 2006 at 1 p.m. Inurnment Parklawn
Cemetery Toronto. Donations may be made in his name to the Royal
Victoria Hospital Regional Cancer Care Centre would be appreciated
by the family. Condolences may be forwarded through www.steckleygooderham.com
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