WAECHTER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-02-13 published
McNABB, Barbara Agnes (formerly
WILKINS, née
WAECHTER)
Of Owen Sound, passed away at home on Saturday, February 11,
2006 in her 55th year. Survived by her husband John; children
Dan of Barrie and Tammy and Joe
KELLY of Owen Sound; granddaughters
Naomi, Meagan, Brittany and Ashley. Sadly missed by her sisters
Betty and Jack
CHURCH,
Joan and Jim
KROEPLIN all of Walkerton,
Joyce WEBER of Mildmay, Rosemary
WAECHTER and Marilyn
BELL both
of Walkerton; brothers Don and Helen
WAECHTER of Hanover, Jim
and Audrey
WAECHTER of R.R.#1 Cargill, Wayne and Kathy
WAECHTER
of Wingham and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her first
husband Ron
WILKINS; niece Brenda
WAECHTER; brother Joseph; brothers-in-law
John BELL,
Norman
DOERR and Earl
WEBER and parents Arthur and
Rita (FRITZ)
WAECHTER.
Visitation at Saint Mary's R.C. Church,
Owen Sound on Monday from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
with parish prayers at 8: 30 p.m. Visitation at Cameron Funeral
Home, Walkerton, on Tuesday 6: 00 to 9:00 p.m. with parish prayers
at 8: 45 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, February
15, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m at Sacred Heart Church, Walkerton. Memorial
donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Community Living-Walkerton
& District would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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WAECHTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-18 published
O'REILLY,
Kathleen
Theresa
Age 88, of Stratford and formerly of Toronto, passed away peacefully
at the Stratford General Hospital on Monday, January 16, 2006.
Born in Chesley, daughter of the late John
O'REILLY and the former
Isabella WAECHTER.
Kathleen was a member of St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church. Survived by sister Rita
O'REILLY of Stratford
and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews. Friends and
relatives may call at the W.G. Young Funeral Home, 430 Huron
Street, Stratford, Ontario N5A 5T7 (519-271-7411) on Wednesday,
January 18 from 7-9 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated
at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Stratford on Thursday
at 1 p.m. Reverend Fr. Dick
BESTER will officiate. Spring interment
will be in Calvary Cemetery, Walkerton. As expressions of sympathy,
memorial donations may be made to St. Vincent dePaul Society
through the funeral home. Parish Prayers will be held at the
funeral home on Wednesday at 6: 45 p.m.
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WAESE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-05 published
WAESE,
Mae
On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, peacefully at home, surrounded
by her family. Mae
WAESE, beloved wife of Lou. Loving mother
and mother-in-law of Heather and Arnon
GLATTER,
Bradley and Karen,
and Jamie and Matt. Dear sister and sister-in-law of Marcia and
the late Sigmund
LIGHTMAN,
Barbara and Gerry
RABER, and Ronnie
and Sam HOFFER. "
Mommy
Mae" to Bobby, Elli, Sydney, Jory, and
Cole. Loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. At Benjamin's Park
Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West (3 lights west of Dufferin)
for service on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment
Beth Tzedec Memorial Park. Shiva 147 Old Forest Hill Road. If
desired, donations may be made to the Mae Waese Memorial Fund
c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto, M6A
2C3, 416-780-0324.
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WAESE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-07 published
Educator challenged status quo
Veteran trustee Mae
WAESE rose to head 2 boards
Fought for breakfast clubs, English as a Second Language classes
in '60s
By Amy BROWN-
BOWERS,
Staff
Reporter,
Page B2
She was Mae the mensch -- tireless, inspired and good. She got
under your skin and stayed there. She made you mad, then won
you over.
"She pissed people off, but more than likely she made them her
Friends.
She was an amazing woman," said Maria
RIZZO, school
trustee in the Toronto Catholic District School Board who first
met Mae WAESE in 1982.
WAESE, an educational Don Quixote who fought for creative and
inclusive educational reform starting in the 1960s, died of a
brain tumour Wednesday. Friends and family gathered yesterday
to remember and celebrate her life.
Friends don't know how old she was and her family won't say,
but WAESE was known to enjoy the annual celebration of her 39th
birthday.
"Mae was an advocate for making sure that all kids were served
well by the system," said Councillor Howard
MOSCOE
(Ward 15,
Eglinton-Lawrence) who met
WAESE in the early 1960s.
"She said there are kids who can't learn by traditional methods
and we need alternatives.... It was her dogged determination
that changed education in North York in the '60s."
WAESE was a stay-at-home mom with three young children volunteering
for the Home and School Association in the early 1970s when she
decided to go back to school herself.
Her youngest child, James
WAESE, remembers getting a letter from
his mom at summer camp with her report card from Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education tucked inside.
After earning a degree in adult education, she became a trustee
in the North York Board of Education in 1978 and served as chairman
of the North York board from 1983 to 1986.
At the same time, she was a member of the Toronto Metropolitan
School Board and went on to become its chair from 1988 to 1992.
She stayed as a trustee until the amalgamation of the school
boards in 1998.
"She always challenged the status quo," said Jon
FILION, former
chair of the North York Board of Education, and councillor for
Toronto's Ward 23 (Willowdale). "She was always pushing, pushing,
pushing for improvement and change and to make things better
for students."
FILION met
WAESE when he was an education reporter for the Toronto
Star in the 1980s and remembers watching her at board meetings
speaking her mind even while other trustees tried to shut her
down.
"They would just flatten Mae. They'd knock her down and she'd
get back up," he said.
She fought for alternative schools when money was tight and she
fought to keep schools open when others wanted to close them.
She fought for the rights of English as a Second Language students
and for the breakfast club that provides meals for hungry kids.
"We have a moral responsibility to support our children when
they are in need of financial help," she said in a 1992 Star
article. "You just can't teach hungry kids."
WAESE talked about diversity long before it was buzzword -- she
was a founding member of the North York Race Relations Committee.
Her political instincts and people skills meant that her ideas
were heard and often implemented.
She was known as a skilled mediator and negotiator who kept the
gears turning in the deeply divided North York board.
"The very first words that she said to me were, 'Do you want
to win the battle or do you want to win the war'?"
RIZZO said.
"Her skills with other people were really amazing. Her ability
to understand other people and to work with them was really extraordinary,"
FILION added.
Besides work,
WAESE was deeply involved in the Jewish community,
had a full social life and was the centre of her family.
"She had the energy of five people and the enthusiasm of 10,"
FILION said.
"The serious truth -- she never seemed to sleep," James said.
He remembers seeing her up late at night reading briefs so that
she was prepared for the next day's meetings.
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