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ADAIR,
Cecil
In loving memory of a dear father, grandfather and great-grandfather
Cecil who passed away May 26, 1997.
Loving and kind in all his ways
Upright and just to the end of his days
Sincere and kind in heart and mind
What a beautiful memory he left behind
- Lovingly remembered by Alice, Pat and Gerald, Fern and Jim
and families.
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ADAIR,
Jack
Peacefully, with family by his side, on Tuesday June 12, 2007
at Saint Michael's Hospital at the age 69. Cherished husband to
Evie for over 45 years. Beloved father to Jackie. Adored Papa
to Jonathan and Colin. Dear brother to Pat and Donna. Jack will
be deeply missed by his colleagues at H. Paulin and Co. and Friends
who had the privilege of knowing him. Friends may call at the
Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga
(Hwy 10 North of Queen Elizabeth Way) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on
Thursday. Funeral Service will be held at Chartwell Baptist Church,
228 Chartwell Road, Oakville, on Friday June 15, 2007 at 11: 00 a.m.
If desired remembrances may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation,
or the Asian Outreach, at www.asianoutreach.ca for literacy and
education for children in China.
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ADAIR,
Robert "
Bob"
Nichols
(July 8, 1922-July 14, 2007)
Out Beyond Ideas of wrongdoing and right doing,
there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in the grass,
the world is too full to talk about
(Written by: Rumi, 13th century)
Robert Nichols
ADAIR
Jr. beloved husband of Julie
ROWNEY of Calgary,
passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at the age of 85 years.
Robert Nichols
ADAIR
Jr. was born to Robert Nichols
ADAIR Sr.
and Zorayda Cochrane
ADAIR in Maysville, Kentucky. His early
childhood already reflected his progressive social attitude in
his fully integrated sandbox south of the Mason-Dixon Line that
was open to all. At the age of 12 he entered the Kentucky Military
Institute in Lyndon, Kentucky where he completed two years and
excelled in history. He then entered a college preparatory program
at The Hill School where he graduated in 1941, earning a varsity
letter in track and field and the nickname "Smokey". His years
at the Kentucky Military Institute allowed him to enter Officer
Candidate School at Cornell University. Robert chose Cornell
because of its diverse student population and liberal education.
He interrupted his formal education when he gained the rank of
First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and joined the 753rd tank battalion
then fighting in Northern France. Robert received the Purple
Heart, the Bronze Star, and
an Army Commendation Ribbon during
the invasion and occupation of Germany. He finished the war as
Adjutant in Berlin during the occupation. Robert was the last
surviving Officer of the battalion and remained strongly supportive
of its legacy. Following his first trip to the Canadian Rockies
in 1946 he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Cornell University.
He began his career in the oil industry in 1946 as a roustabout
in Alvin, Texas and subsequently with a permanent move to Calgary
with Stanolind Oil in 1950. Robert continued his career with
Pathfinder Oil and Gas and the formation of his own company,
R.N. Adair Oil Management and Zorayda Oil Co. Ltd., in the mid
1950's.
Bob started writing the R. Adair Oil Memorandum in 1964 for a
special client and
on June 28, 1968 he issued Oil Memorandum
No. 1. This weekly publication, distributed to a varying number
of clients over the years, reached No. 1999 on July 12, 2007.
Bob ADAIR was known to all as a gentleman who loved family, nature,
gardening, poetry, music, the arts, and traveling. He embraced
a balanced and healthy lifestyle, while he explored the many
avenues of life's opportunities and adventures. Bob was as comfortable
listening to progressive rock artists at New York's CBGB's
Nightclub as he was listening to concerts at the Lincoln Center.
Gardening was a particular love and his legacy continues in the
many trees and plants he faithfully tended. These diverse passions
were embraced to his final hour. Bob was truly a renaissance
man.
Robert is survived by his loving wife Julie; first wife, Doris
daughter Diane; sons, Stuart, Robin, and David; grandchildren,
Maggie, William, Isabel, Paul, Andrew, Kaitlyn, and Patrick
stepdaughters: Susan and Carolyn and grandchildren Erin and Jonathan.
He was predeceased by his daughter Katharine, second wife Helen,
and granddaughter Katherine.
Funeral Services will be held at McInnis and Holloway'S, Park Memorial
Chapel (5008 Elbow Drive S.W., Calgary, Alberta) on Thursday,
July 19, 2007 at 2: 30 p.m. Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.com.
If Friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly
to the charity of the donor's choice. The family wishes to recognize
and gratefully thank the compassionate care-givers that faithfully
provided support and companionship.
In living memory of Robert
ADAIR, a tree will be planted at Fish
Creek Provincial Park by McInnis and Homes Park Memorial Calgary,
Alberta Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.
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VANDERMEY, "
Chris"
Kryn
At Grey Gables Nursing Home, Markdale on Sunday, June 3, 2007,
of Flesherton, in his 94th year. Beloved husband of Rita. Loving
father of Nicholas (Joan) of Seaforth, Kees (Darlene) of Elora,
Rika (William)
ADAM/ADAMS of Orillia, Kryn (Sandra) of Peterborough,
Anne (George)
HARAUZ of Guelph, Frank (Stephanie) of Toronto,
George▼
(Helen▼) of Cambridge and the late Wilhelmina
THORNE. He
will be loved and remembered by his 19 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren
and son-in-law Douglas
THORNE.
Dear▼ brother of Helena and the
late Adriana and Steven. Fondly remembered by many nieces and
nephews in the Netherlands and Canada. The family received Friends
at the Fawcett Funeral Home, Flesherton on Tuesday, June 5 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service was held at Saint_John's United Church,
Flesherton on Wednesday, June 6 at 3: 30 p.m. Memorial contributions
to Grey Gables Nursing Home would be gratefully appreciated.
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VAN
MEER,
Harvey
James
At Headwaters Health Care Centre, Shelburne, on Monday, July 9,
2007. Harvey James
VAN
MEER of Dundalk in his 76th year. Loved
father of Brian
VAN
MEER and wife
Flo of Mount Forest and Bob
VAN
MEER and wife
Kelly of Harriston. Loving grandfather of Willie,
Deanna, Rebecca, Tatum and Justin. Dear brother of June
GAGNON
and husband Ray of Desbarats, Earl
VAN
MEER and wife
Davida of
Sundridge and Allan
VAN
MEER and wife
Josephine of Sundridge.
Brother-in-law of Mary
ADAM/ADAMS of Sundridge. Also survived by his
many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by parents James and Elsie
VAN
MEER and brother Jimmy
VAN
MEER.
Cremation has taken place.
A celebration of Harvey's life will be held at the Royal Canadian
Legion Branch #285, Dundalk on Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 3 p.m.
Memorial donations to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #285,
Dundalk or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by
the famihy. Online condolences may be made at www.hendrickfuneralhome.com
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VANDERMEY, “Chris” Kryn
At Grey Gables Nursing Home, Markdale on Sunday, June 3, 2007
of Flesherton in his 94th year. Beloved husband of Rita. Loving
father of Nicholas (Joan) of Seaforth, Kees (Darlene) of Elora,
Rika (William)
ADAM/ADAMS of Orillia, Kryn (Sandra) of Peterborough,
Anne (George)
HARAUZ of Guelph, Frank (Stephanie) of Toronto,
George▲
(Helen▲) of Cambridge and the late Wilhelmina
THORNE. He
will be loved and remembered by his 19 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren
and son-in-law Douglas
THORNE.
Dear▲ brother of Helena and the
late Adriana and Steven. Fondly remembered by many nieces and
nephews in the Netherlands and Canada. The family will receive
Friends at the Fawcett Funeral Home, Flesherton on Tuesday, June 5,
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service will be held at Saint_Johns United
Church, Flesherton on Wednesday, June 6 at 3: 30 p.m. Memorial
contributions to Grey Gables Nursing Home would be gratefully
appreciated.
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THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Mabel (née
ADAM/ADAMS)
Of Wiarton passed away peacefully with her family by her side
on Thursday, July 12, 2007 in her 101st year. Step-mother of
Linda BETTS of R.R.#6 Wiarton and Raymond
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON of British
Columbia and special Aunt of Ruth
HALLICK
(Allan) of Grande Prairie,
Alberta and Lois
SEALEY
(Francis) of London, England. She will
be sadly missed by 15 step-grandchildren, many step great-grandchildren,
3 great-nieces and 3 great-nephews as well as step daughters-in-law
Mary THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and Diane
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON.
Mabel was predeceased by her
husband George, parents Mary
(CAMPBELL) and Samuel
ADAM/ADAMS, brothers
Gordon ADAM/ADAMS and William
ADAM/ADAMS, sisters Ruby
CROWE and Mary
RADCLIFFE,
step-daughter Wilda
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and step-sons Morgan
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Aldon
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and Wilmer
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON.
Visitation will be held at the
George Funeral Home, Wiarton on Sunday, July 15, 2007 from 2: 00 to
4: 00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The funeral service to celebrate Mabel's
life will be held at the funeral home on Monday, July 16, 2007
at 2: 00 p.m. Rev. Ed
LAKSMANIS officiating. Interment Colpoy's
Bay Cemetery. Donations made to the Wiarton Hospital or Canadian
Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family as expressions
of sympathy. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.georgefuneralhome.com
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ADAM/ADAMS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-08-01 published
COURTNEY,
Frank▼
Peacefully in his sleep at the Grey Bruce Health Services in
Owen Sound on Tuesday, July 31st, 2007. Henry Francis (Frank)
COURTNEY, of Chatsworth moved on to his just rewards. He was
in his 77th year. Dearly beloved husband of Sharon
COURTNEY (nee
CALLENDER.)
Loving▼ father of Blaine
COURTNEY and his wife, Patricia,
Brian COURTNEY,
Brent▼
COURTNEY, Debbie
ORMSBY and her husband,
Leonard, Cindee
ZIDAR and her husband, John, Kim
LEONARD and
her husband, Martin and Marjorie
WESTROP and her husband, Dave.
He will be sadly missed by eighteen grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren
and six sisters. Predeceased by his parents, Jacob and Ima
COURTNEY,
seven brothers and four sisters and his two grandsons, Tony
ORMSBY
and Christopher
COURTNEY.
Friends▼ may call at the Brian E. Wood
Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West, Owen Sound (519-376-7492)
on Thursday evening from 7: 00-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service for
Frank COURTNEY will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel on Friday,
August▼ 3rd, 2007 at 11: 00 a.m. with Doctor Brad
CLARK and Pastor
Gordon ADAM/ADAMS officiating. If so desired, the family would appreciate
donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Lung Association
as your expression of sympathy.
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COURTNEY,
Henry
Francis▲ "
Frank▲"
Peacefully in his sleep at the Grey Bruce Health Services in
Owen Sound on Tuesday, July 31st, 2007. Henry Francis (Frank)
COURTNEY, of Chatsworth moved on to his just rewards. He was
in his 77th year. Dearly beloved husband of Sharon
COURTNEY (nee
CALLENDER.)
Loving▲ father of Blaine
COURTNEY and his wife, Patricia,
Brian COURTNEY,
Brent▲
COURTNEY, Debbie
ORMSBY and her husband,
Leonard, Cindee
ZIDAR and her husband, John, Kim
LEONARD and
her husband, Martin and Marjorie
WESTROP and her husband, Dave.
He will be sadly missed by nineteen grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren,
and five sisters. Predeceased by his parents, Jacob and Ima
COURTNEY,
several brothers and sisters and his two grandsons, Tony
ORMSBY
and Christopher
COURTNEY.
Friends▲ may call at the Brian E. Wood
Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West, Owen Sound (519-376-7492)
on Thursday evening from 7: 00-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service for
Frank COURTNEY will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel on Friday,
August▲ 3rd, 2007 at 11: 00 a.m. with Doctor Brad
CLARK and Pastor
Gordon ADAM/ADAMS officiating. If so desired, the family would appreciate
donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Lung Association
as your expression of sympathy.
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LIVERANCE,
John
Of Brantford passed away at Brantford General Hospital on Tuesday,
September 11, 2007 in his 63rd year. Best friend and loving companion
of Gaetane
BOISLARD and dear father of Scott (Monique) of Cambridge,
Theresa (Mike
EDWARDS) of Brantford, Jay (Robyn) of Brantford,
and five step-children. Also sadly missed by grandchildren Daniel,
Benjamin, Nicholas, Derek and eight step grandchildren, brothers
Charlie (Vivian) of Wiarton, Bruce of Pike Bay, sisters Jane
TICKNER of Orillia, Mae
SCHNURR of Wiarton, Patsy (Wayne)
ADAM/ADAMS
of Kitchener, Barb (Gerald)
GORE of Chatham, as well as many
nieces and nephews. John was predeceased by his parents Mary
(BESTWARD) and William
LIVERANCE, brothers Donald, George, Jim
and sister Marie. Visitation will be held at the Bethel Missionary
Church, 18 Ferndale Road, Lion's head on Friday, September 14th
from 2: 00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. where the funeral service to
celebrate John's life will be held on Saturday, September 15th
at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Eastnor Cemetery. Donations made to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation or charity of your choice would be
appreciated by the family as expressions of sympathy. Arrangements
entrusted to the George Funeral Home, Wiarton. Condolences may
be sent to the family at www.georgefuneralhome.com
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ADAM/ADAMS,
Gwendoline "
Gwen"
F. (née
GOODCHILD)
Peacefully at Lee Manor on Monday, October 22nd, 2007. Gwen F.
ADAM/ADAMS (née
GOODCHILD) formerly of Walkerton in her 79th year.
Beloved wife of the late Ronald
ADAM/ADAMS.
Loving mother of Geraldine
(Gerald) BRILL of Annan, Glynis (Hank)
BONNEVELD of Walkerton
and Paul (Jan)
ADAM/ADAMS of Windsor. Also survived by eight grandchildrfen,
six great-grandchildren and her brother Alan of London, England.
Predeceased by a great-grandson. At Gwen's request, cremation
has taken place. A memorial service will be held at the Walkerton
Cemetery on Saturday, October 27th at 10; 30 a.m. Memorial donations
to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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ADAM/ADAMS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-11-15 published
HUBERT,
Cody
Douglas
At his home in Brampton, on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at
the age of 28 years, Cody
HUBERT of Brampton and formerly of
Port Elgin. Loving husband of the former Melissa
PENNARUN. Dear
son of Lynda
HUBERT and her partner Rick
ADAM/ADAMS of Port Elgin,
and Doug HUBERT of Southampton. Brother of Kelly and her husband
Mike MAHONEY of Port Elgin. He will be missed by his grandmothers,
Ethel DOUCETTE of Drayton, and Edna
HUBERT of Cambridge. Son-in-law
of Mark and Debbie
PENNARUN of Port Elgin. Brother-in-law of
Lisa and her husband Steven
FLOYD of London and Laurie and her
husband Jamie
MOORE of Burlington. Uncle of Ryan
MAHONEY and
Jordon MAHONEY. He is also survived by many aunts and uncles.
He is predeceased by his grandfathers, Howard
DOUCETTE and Lawrence
HUBERT.
Friends may call at the Port Elgin Missionary Church,
corner of Green St. and Bricker St. from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to
9: 00 p.m. on Thursday, November 15th, 2007. Funeral services
will be conducted in the church on Friday at 2: 00 p.m. with Pastor
Mark CHESTER officiating. Memorial contributions to World Vision
or Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy. Funeral arrangements in the care
of the W. Kent Milroy Port Elgin Chapel, 519-832-2222. Portrait
and memorial online at www.milroyfuneralhomes.com
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ADAM/ADAMS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-11-29 published
BEAUPRE,
Margaret (née
GILBERT)
Of Hanover, passed away at Hanover and District Hospital on Tuesday,
November 27, 2007. She was 86. Born in Toronto, daughter of the
late George and Maria (née
HYLAND)
GILBERT.
Margaret served in
the 2nd World War for the Red Cross in London, England. She worked
for Imperial Oil, St. Clair Avenue, Toronto for 20 years and
spoke often of her love for Whitney, Ontario in the Algonquin
Park area, where she spent many childhood summers and one whole
year between grade school and high school. Most of all she loved
her family. Survived by her daughter Collette
BEAUPRE of Hanover,
sons Michael (Irene) of Toronto and John (Theodora) of Calgary,
grandchildren Stephen (Jodi), Sarah (Dave), Maggie (Dan), Nathan,
Benjamin, Madeleine, Colin, Christopher, Marc, Emily and Margot,
great-grandchildren Jake, Zak, Brittany, Jessica, Holli, Matthew,
Noah, Augustus and Brendan. Also survived by sisters Ann
ADAM/ADAMS
of Oshawa and Jean
DAVEY of California and sister-in-law Audrey
GILBERT of Toronto. Predeceased by her husband Michael
BEAUPRE,
sister Mary
TURVEY, brothers Philip and Harry. Visitation will
be held at Mighton Funeral Home, Hanover, on Friday 7-9 p.m.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, December 01, 2007 at
10: 30 a.m., at Holy Family Church, Hanover. Father Mervin
PERERA
officiating. Cremation to follow with interment in St. Croix
Cemetery, Lafontaine, Ontario. Memorial donations to the Alzheimer
Society or The Red Cross Society would be appreciated as expressions
of sympathy.
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BRYANT,
Shirley
G. (formerly
SAUNDERS)
On Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007, at London Health Sciences Centre-Victoria
Hospital, Shirley G.
BRYANT
(SAUNDERS) of Longworth Long Term
Care,
London, on her 83rd year. Widow of Wilson (Bill)
BRYANT
(2002) and Sgt. Allan
SAUNDERS (1944.) Predeceased by brother
Stan ASHTON (1973.) Dearly loved mother of Judy
YOUNG
(Gerry)
of London, Kathy
ADAM/ADAMS and John
BRYANT of London and Patricia
BITE
(Uldis) of Rochester, Minnesota. "Grama" will be sadly missed
by grandchildren, Susan
MONTGOMERY
(Scott,)
Sandra
MOFFITT (Brent,)
Erin ADAM/ADAMS, Alan
ADAM/ADAMS, Anna, Julia and Marisa
BITE. Great-grandchildren
Kristen and Josh
MONTGOMERY,
Troy and Kate
MOFFITT and Lorcan
DUVAL will also miss their "Cookie Grama." Visitation will be
held on Thursday from 7: 00-9:00 p.m. at the Westview Funeral
Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, where the funeral service
will be conducted on Friday, January 5th, 2007 at 10: 00 a.m.
Interment, Mount Pleasant Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy,
donations to the Alzheimer Society or Youth for Christ would
be appreciated.
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HAIGH,
Alice
Angeline
Grace (née
ADAM/ADAMS)
Of Port Stanley, on Thursday, January 4th, 2007, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General
Hospital, in her 86th year. Loving partner of Bill
BRIDGE
and beloved wife of the late Norman Nelson
HAIGH.
Dearly loved
mother of Mary Helen and her partner Lee
ROWDEN, John N. and
his wife Sheila of Waterloo and Thomas W. and his partner Valerie
MILLER of Port Stanley. Dear mother-in-law of Ernie
RAMERTH of
Saint Thomas. Loving grandmother of Peter
HAIGH and hhis wife Mary-Ingram-Haigh
and David and his wife
Janice
HAIGH,
Jennifer and Dustin
RAMERTH.
Loved great-grandmother of Rachel Lyn and Samuel David
HAIGH.
Sadly missed by a number of nieces and nephews. Alice was born
in Leamington on February 21, 1921, the daughter of the late
John and Grace
(CAMPBELL)
ADAM/ADAMS.
She has lived in Port Stanley
since 1927. Alice trained as a nurse and Victoria Hospital, London
and worked at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital. A public
memorial service to celebrate Alice's life will be held at Williams
Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas on Monday at 1: 00 p.m.
Cremation has taken place. Visitation at the funeral home Sunday
from 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the charity of choice.
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ADAM/ADAMS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-08-19 published
Actor Jacob
ADAM/ADAMS remembered
By Canadian Press, Sun., August 19, 2007
Mississauga -- Screenwriter and actor Jacob
ADAM/ADAMS was remembered
fondly by Friends and relatives as a selfless man who was working
in a selfish industry.
During a memorial service yesterday here, his loved ones said
they won't be able to move on until they know what caused
ADAM/ADAMS's
mysterious death.
"It's sad, and the most difficult thing for us is not knowing
what really happened," his brother, Howard
ADAM/ADAMS, said after
the service at a community centre. "We're looking for answers
still."
ADAM/ADAMS, 40, was found dead at the Los Angeles home of actor Ving
Rhames August 3 -- his chest, arms and legs covered in blood
and dog bites.
He was hired by the Mission: Impossible co-star to care for his
four dogs -- three hulking mastiffs and
an English bulldog --
after the two became Friends on the Toronto set of the made-for-television
movie Kojak.
Police initially said the death was caused by mauling, but an
autopsy found neither the "superficial" dog bites nor a heart
attack were to blame.
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OLDFIELD,
Lois
Yvonne
At the General and Marine Hospital, Collingwood, Ontario on Saturday
July 28th, 2007 in her 80th year. Yvonne, beloved wife of the
late Arthur Edward
OLDFIELD
(July 27, 2006.) Loving mother to
Ken OLDFIELD and his wife
Lori of Oakville and son-in-law Basil
ADAM/ADAMS of Ajax. Predeceased by one daughter Dwaine (2005.) Sister-in-law
to Ken OLDFIELD of Bradford. Grandma of Bradley Wiley
ADAM/ADAMS and
his wife Patricia,
Chad
ARTHUR of Oldfield and Jordan Lee
OLDFIELD.
Great-grandma to Riley
ADAM/ADAMS, Shannon
ADAM/ADAMS and Taylor
HOOGLAND.
Visitation was held at the Watts Funeral Home and Cremation Centre
132 River Road East, Wasaga Beach (1 block East of Main Street)
on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 1 p.m. Donations to the Breast Cancer
Research at General and Marine Hospital, Collingwood, Ontario would
be appreciated. Cremation.
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FROST,
Barry MacKinley
Passed peacefully away at the Health Sciences Centre on May 29,
2007 (age 51 years). Leaving to mourn his loving wife Kathie,
two beautiful children, Jennifer and Amanda, and their mother
Anne.
His devoted mother and father, Walter and Rowena
FROST
of Hillview, his ever-faithful sister Pauline (Gary), and his
loyal brother Keith (Lana). Left also to mourn are his nieces
and nephews Angela and Adam
PARK and Mackenzie and Hannah
FROST,
along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and Friends. His parents-in-law,
Gail and Bert
BROWN, and his sister-in-law Sheri (Nathan.) His
dedicated Ready Cash employees, along with hundreds of business
associates across Canada and the U.S. whose lives he touched
in so many ways. Also mourning is Margaret
JARVIS, whose Friendship
brought Barry comfort, and his treasured and faithful companion
Gus.
Waiting for him in heaven, Mom and Dad
ADAM/ADAMS,
Nan and Pop
FROST, mother-in-law Nellie
CORNICK, cousin Jeffrey
IZER,
Aunt
Mary, uncle Levi, along with special Friends Nita and Max
STOYLES.
In lieu of flowers -- donations will be gratefully accepted to
the Hillview United Church Pastorial Charge Manse Pavement Fund.
Visitation for family and Friends was held on Wednesday, May 30,
2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Grace United Church, Hillview
(Trinity Bay). The Funeral service will take place at The Grace
United
Church,
Hillview, delivered by Pastor Glenn
JARVIS, his
minister and friend, on May 31, 2007 at 11 a.m. Our memories
of Barry will live on in our hearts forever.
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ADAM/ADAMS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-13 published
'He couldn't wait to come home'
Killed in roadside bombing, soldier was a funny, down-to-earth
guy, friend says
By Matt HARTLEY,
Page
A16
It was after dinner on Logan
CASWELL's 12th birthday when Canadian
military officials showed up at the door to deliver the grimmest
news possible: Logan's big brother, Trooper Darryl
CASWELL, was
dead, the latest Canadian soldier to be killed in a roadside
bombing in Afghanistan.
Logan's was not the only birthday that would forever after carry
a dark taint: Trooper
CASWELL was set to come back on July 31st,
the day he would have turned 26.
"I still can't believe that he's gone," his stepmother Christine
CASWELL told The Globe and Mail from the family's Clarington
home, about an hour east of Toronto. "I'm just still in denial.
He couldn't wait to come home."
Ms. CASWELL said her stepson was looking forward to being an
"average Joe" again. Her husband Paul, Trooper
CASWELL's father,
had spoken with him by phone Saturday, and what would turn out
to be the last e-mail from their son arrived from Afghanistan
on Sunday.
Trooper CASWELL was killed while travelling with a convoy carrying
supplies to a forward operating base in Khakriz, a northwestern
district of Kandahar province, about 40 kilometres north of Kandahar
City, when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle at 6: 25 a.m.
local time. Two other soldiers were injured in the blast and
transported via helicopter to Kandahar airfield for medical treatment.
Both are expected to recover and return to active duty soon.
He was the third member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based
out of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa near Ottawa, to be killed
by Taliban attacks in the past three months. Trooper
CASWELL
was deployed as part of the Reconnaissance Squadron from the
2nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment battle group.
Those who served with Trooper
CASWELL remembered him as a tough
soldier and tireless worker who was never afraid to speak his
mind. Trooper Keith Rombough, was a member of that same group.
Together they trained at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, braved
patrols in Afghanistan and slept through dusty nights in the
same tent, talking of their families back in Canada.
He said Trooper
CASWELL and the soldiers he rode with dubbed
their vehicle Ghost Rider after the Marvel comic book character.
Monday's explosion wasn't the first time Trooper
CASWELL's patrol
had been the target of a Taliban strike. A few months ago, during
a similar patrol, a rocket attack blew the front wheels off his
vehicle, Trooper Rombough said.
"He'd always joke around about it," he said. "He took a small
amount of pride in that."
Trooper CASWELL was born in Bowmanville, Ontario, and his parents
divorced when he was 2. Growing up, he spent time living with
his mother in the Toronto satellite communities of Clarington
and Whitby as well as Sarnia, Ontario, before moving in with
his father and stepmother in Clarington when he was 12. When
his father remarried, young Darryl
CASWELL was best man.
"One thing I'll never forget was that when Paul proposed to me,
Darryl got down on his hands and knees and proposed to me, too,"
Ms. CASWELL said. "He was such a character. He was a good kid,
with a good heart." A funny, down-to-earth guy, that's how Matt
ADAM/ADAMS,
Trooper
CASWELL's best friend of 12 years will always
remember him. Being a soldier and serving his country was the
fulfilment of a lifelong dream for Trooper
CASWELL, Mr.
ADAMS
said. It was all he talked about as a kid, and his face lit up
when he spoke of his experiences with the military. A fierce
patriot, Trooper
CASWELL once jokingly chastised Mr.
ADAMS's
father for flying a frayed Canadian flag in the family's backyard.
"It was pretty hilarious how he shamed him into getting a new
one," Mr. ADAMS said.
Just a few weeks ago, Trooper
CASWELL and his crew took a few
weeks of leave and travelled to Australia, where he met up with
Kayla MYERS, an old friend from high school, now studying education
there. It turns out she would be one of the last of his Friends
to see him alive.
"He was very proud to serve his country. He was just such a great
guy," she said.
Prime
Minister
Stephen Harper extended his sympathy to the
CASWELL
family and praised the ongoing efforts of Canadian soldiers in
a written statement released yesterday.
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Death of Canadian at actor's home a mystery
Coroner rules out dog bites and heart attack in investigation
of what happened to scriptwriter Jacob
ADAM/ADAMS
By Unnati GANDHI,
Page 3
The last time anyone saw Jacob
ADAM/ADAMS alive, he was playing with
his friend Ving
RHAMES's four large dogs.
The next morning, the Canadian scriptwriter was found dead on
the actor's front lawn in affluent West Los Angeles, dog bites
and blood all over his chest, legs and arms.
But what happened in those intervening hours has everyone from
police to Friends scratching their heads. An autopsy yesterday
found the 40-year-old did not die as a result of the bites, and
that he was healthy in every other way.
Police say Mr.
ADAMS, who had been living at the Mission Impossible
co-star's home for the past two years and worked as his professional
stand-in, was seen outside the Brentwood, California., home at
about 8 p.m. last Thursday. Half an hour later, Friends tried
calling him but got no answer.
Whatever spurred one of the 90-kilogram mastiffs to give chase
had Mr. ADAMS running so hard that police found his shoes more
than nine metres from where his body was discovered.
"He made it to the gate, he got the gate closed to keep the dogs
inside that grassy area, and he collapsed on the other side of
that gate, about three feet from it," said West Los Angeles Lieutenant
Ray Lombardo.
When police arrived, the dogs - one with blood on its right forepaw
the other so old it hardly had any teeth - were running around
freely on the lawn. Mr.
ADAMS was pronounced dead at the scene.
Yesterday, the dogs were still in the custody of animal control.
Mr. RHAMES's wife told police yesterday that the dogs, which
the family has owned for about seven years, were very gentle.
"She said she has two young children and that the dogs had never
viciously turned on anybody," Lt. Lombardo said.
Most of the bites were superficial, the Los Angeles coroner's
office said yesterday. It was also determined that Mr.
ADAMS
did not die of a heart attack and did not have any clogged arteries.
The body is now being sent in for toxicology tests.
"At this point, it's simply a mystery. We're ruling it an undetermined
death," Lt. Lombardo said.
He believes the dogs - "they're big dogs; they look like lions,"
he said - sensed something was wrong with Mr.
ADAMS and were
trying to help him by pulling on him. There were no bites on
the head or neck.
Mr. ADAMS, who is from the Toronto area, had met the Pulp Fiction
actor several years ago on the Canadian set for Kojak, a made-for-television
movie in which Mr.
RHAMES played a police detective. Mr.
ADAMS
had written that film's script.
The two men got along very well in a short time and became good
Friends.
"He took a real liking to Jacob," Anne
DODDS, a long-time friend
of Mr. ADAMS, said yesterday. Mr.
RHAMES then asked Mr.
ADAMS
if he would like to work for him.
"He had apparently said to Jacob, 'When I'm here, I want you
to stand in for me, but when I'm not here, treat my home in Vancouver,
treat my home in Los Angeles, as your own home,'" Ms.
DODDS said
in an interview.
"This man, when he was a friend, he was a friend," Ms.
DODDS
said of Mr.
ADAMS. "If you ever had a down time, he'd give you
that lift to make you feel better about yourself."
With that, Mr.
ADAMS moved to Los Angeles two years ago, where
he lived in Mr.
RHAMES's estate with his wife and two young children.
Mr. ADAMS is not married and recently got his green card.
The deal was that whenever Mr.
RHAMES was out of town - he's
currently in Europe - Mr.
ADAMS would take care of the "odds
and ends" around the house, police said.
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GOULDING,
Mary McIntosh (née
ADAM/ADAMS)
Passed away peacefully at Vermont Square on September 2, 2007
at 96 years of age. She was a sixth-generation Torontonian. Predeceased
by her husband John Philip. Mother of John Philip (Cathy), five
grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren; and Peter
ADAM/ADAMS
(Barry WHITE/WHYTE.)
Private family service. Donations to the Women's
Auxiliary of the Hospital for Sick Children would be appreciated.
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ADAM/ADAMS,
Clifford
On October 18, 2007, Cliff passed away peacefully in Arichat,
Nova Scotia at the age of 89. Cliff follows his wife of almost
60 years, Betty, who died two years ago. He will be truly missed,
especially by his two daughters Sue and Robin, and their families.
Burial service will be held at Montreal Memorial Park on a future
date.
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ADAM/ADAMS,
Margaret "
Peggy"
On Friday, October 19, 2007 in her 81st year. Loving mother of
David (Amy), Peter, and Lindy (Carlo
CIVIERO). Proud grandmother
of Jeremy CIVIERO, Sean
ADAM/ADAMS, Robin
CIVIERO, Ben
ADAM/ADAMS, and
Gillian ADAM/ADAMS.
Pre-deceased by her twin sister Jane
BALFOUR,
and her brother Jack
DAVIDSON.
Peggy will also be missed by her
great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and many Friends. Friends
will be received at the Neweduk Funeral Home - "Mississuaga Chapel",
1981 Dundas St. W., (1 block east of Erin Mills Pwky.) on Tuesday,
October 23 from 10: 30 a.m. to 11: 30 a.m. A Memorial Service
will follow in the Chapel at 11: 30 a.m. Private interment of
cremated remains to follow at Springcreek Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, remembrances to Doctors Without Borders or a charity
of your choice would be appreciated by the family.
Neweduk Funeral Home 905-828-8000 Online condolences at www.neweduk.com
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EGAN,
Wm.
Dwight
Peacefully, at his home, Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, October 16,
2007, Wm. Dwight
EGAN, in his 59th year, beloved husband of Joanne
GRANT.
Dear father of Laura and Miquel
MANRIQUES, Capitola,
California
and grandfather of Victoria (Tia)
MANRIQUES.
Dear step-father
of Charles (Chuck) and Nancy
ADAM/ADAMS,
Brian
ADAM/ADAMS, Richard and
Michelle ADAM/ADAMS.
Dear grandfather of Tammi and Tim
GAEA, Charles
(Chuck) and Mindy
ADAM/ADAMS,
Katie
ADAM/ADAMS and Kylee Marie
ADAM/ADAMS. Cherished
great-grandfather of Sean, Ryan and Evan
GAEA.
Loving son of
the late William and Frances
EGAN,
Bolton.
Dear brother of Lois
and Thomas
HEPPELL, Victoria, British Columbia; Paul and Lynne
EGAN,
Bolton;
Deborah and Hal
BROOK, Orangeville. Fondly remembered
by his nieces and nephews. The family will receive their Friends
at the Egan Funeral Home, 203 Queen Street S. (Hwy. 50), Bolton
(905-857-2213) Wednesday, November 7 from one o'clock until time
of memorial service in the chapel at 2 o'clock. If desired, memorial
donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences
for the family may be offered at www.eganfuneralhome.com
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ADAM/ADAMS,
Florentine
Catherine (née
WEILER)
We, the husband, William, sons Michael and Douglas, their spouses
Donna and Kathy, grandchildren Marion, Will, Heather and Craig
and his wife Sarah, are sad to announce the death of our deeply
beloved wife, uniquely gifted mother, mother-in-law and grandmother.
Florentine, who was born in Teeswater, Bruce County, Ontario
on March 10, 1923, died with all of us at her bedside at Toronto
Western Hospital at 3: 00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2007.
The funeral will be held at the Nativity of our Lord Roman Catholic
Church, 480 Rathburn Road in Etobicoke /Toronto, Ontario on Saturday
November 24, 2007 at 2: 00 p.m.
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Prolific and brilliant Ojibwa painter was called 'the Picasso
of the North'
Like the great Spanish artist, he could draw spontaneously, never
lifting his pencil until the image was complete. He is the only
native artist to have held a solo exhibition at the National
Gallery of Canada
By Donn DOWNEY,
Page S8
This obituary was prepared by Donn
DOWNEY (who died in April,
2001,) with files from James
ADAM/ADAMS.
Toronto -- The descriptions are spectacular and too generous,
perhaps. Norval
MORRISSEAU was "the Picasso of the North," according
to some, and "the most important painter Canada has ever produced,"
to quote his Toronto art dealer.
Such descriptions, of course, ignore the likes of Tom Thomson,
Emily Carr and the Group of Seven and place Mr.
MORRISSEAU in
a league with the most innovative artist of the 20th century.
The hyperbole is forgivable. They are part of the legend - the
story of a true primitive who emerged from the Northern Ontario
wilderness to awe the sophisticates in the major art centres
of the world. Indeed, Mr.
MORRISSEAU remains the only native
artist ever to have had a solo exhibition (for three months,
starting in February, 2006) in the 127-year history of the National
Gallery of Canada.
Art dealer Jack
POLLOCK, one of the many who claimed to have
discovered Mr.
MORRISSEAU, was also part of the legend but had
a better grasp on his contribution. "He invented a visual vocabulary
that never existed before him," Mr.
POLLOCK said before his death
in 1992. "He gave the demi-gods of his people an image."
Mr. MORRISSEAU could properly lay claim to being the creator
and spiritual leader of the Woodland Indian art movement, not
only in Canada but in the northeast United States. He developed
his style independent of the influence of any other artist and
was the first to depict Ojibwa legends and history for the non-native
world.
He broke the taboos of his people by revealing sacred stories,
but believed it was his mission to put his heritage before the
modern world so it could be kept alive. He was "a living bridge
to the past," said Donald
ROBINSON of Toronto's Kinsman Robinson
Galleries, his major dealer for more than 15 years.
Three generations of native artists have followed in his footsteps,
producing variations of the
MORRISSEAU style using heavy black
outlines to enclose colourful, flat shapes. Many of these artists
have become wealthy in the process but such success was denied
Mr. MORRISSEAU, who never quite escaped the poverty into which
he was born.
"To this day, I don't know how we made a living," he wrote in
an article published in The Globe and Mail in 1979. "You see,
that sense of real necessity is not a thing that most people
in white society know anything about." He was raised by his grandfather
who was "the most influential person in the whole of my life
and also a good provider. We always had moose meat in the house.
Also oranges, but no bananas."
Born near Thunder Bay to a family living on the Ojibwa Sand Point
Reserve on Lake Nipigon, he was baptized Jean-Baptiste Norman
Henry MORRISSEAU.
The oldest of five sons, he went to school
for six years, but only finished Grade 2. "You see, the first
year you get there, they put you in kindergarten," he once wrote.
"The next year you come back and they put you in kindergarten
again. Next thing you know, you are in Grade 1. Then, the following
year, you start Grade 1 all over again. Maybe you stay in Grade 1
three or four years."
He was brought up by both his maternal grandparents. His grandfather
was a shaman who schooled him in the traditional ways of his
culture while his grandmother, a Catholic, made it her business
that he was familiar with Christian beliefs. By all accounts,
it was the conflict between the two cultures that influenced
his outlook and what would later become his art.
Over the years, legends have developed around Mr.
MORRISSEAU.
According to one story, he became perilously ill at 19. A visit
to the doctor did nothing and a medicine woman was summoned.
A renaming ceremony was performed (Anishnaabe tradition holds
that a giving powerful name to someone near death can rally strength
and save a life). He was renamed Copper Thunderbird, and recovered.
Later, he would use it to sign his paintings.
Somewhere along the way, he developed a fondness for alcohol.
When Mr. POLLOCK first met him in the summer of 1962, he was
drunk. The artist demanded that Mr.
POLLOCK look at his work.
Mr. POLLOCK was impressed and was interested in mounting an exhibit,
but Mr. MORRISSEAU wanted to sell his works on the spot for $5 each.
Mr. POLLOCK talked him out of it and a subsequent showing at
the Pollock Gallery sold out within 24 hours, netting the artist
$3,000. Time magazine declared that "few exhibits in Canadian
history have touched off a greater immediate stir than
MORRISSEAU's"
and predicted that he would launch "a vogue as chic as that of
the Cape Dorset Eskimo's prints."
He continued to live in the area north of Lake Superior and apparently
squandered much of his money. In 1978 - a year in which he was
appointed to the Order of Canada - when someone jokingly suggested
that he throw a garden party, just like the Queen, he bought
an antique silver tea service and a set of Royal Crown Derby
china to entertain 21 of his Friends, colleagues and admirers
in his chair-filled wilderness garden. Each was given a rare
American buffalo nickel as a gift and a
MORRISSEAU original drawing.
Over the years, he remained a master of the primitive school
of art. In 1981, Globe and Mail art critic John Bentley
MAYS
described Mr.
MORRISSEAU's as wholly appropriate to the context
of his background. "His styles, situations and subjects are exactly
what we would expect in the work of a self-taught artist who
has lived most of his life in northern Ontario. There is little
attention to figurative modelling in these pictures, no delving
into the problems of perspective or pictorial depth. Using his
small repertoire of techniques, he presents stylized versions
of what he knows: the bears, loons, fish and turtles that live
in the forests and ponds, and the people in the town around him.
"But these are not ordinary forests, ponds and people.
MORRISSEAU's
art transports us into a shadowy archetypal realm where ordinary
things are wonderful. In his visionary lakes swim mighty fish,
armed with bolts of spiritual lightening. A bear spirit -- a
dragon-like chimera spangled with bright eyes and brilliant colours
suddenly stands in your path."
For all his success, Mr.
MORRISSEAU allowed his career and his
life to descend relentlessly. In 1987, he was discovered wandering
the downtown streets of Vancouver, sleeping in alleys and selling
his sketches for the price of a bottle of booze. "To get drunk
in Vancouver is the most beautiful thing there is," he was quoted
as saying.
Years later, after he had dried out, Mr.
MORRISSEAU told The
Globe that his drinking binges in part reflected his resentment
over "never getting my fair share." Still, he said he enjoyed
life on the Vancouver streets: "I met a lot of nice people. I
might even do it again - without the booze - so I can remember
them all clearly."
Around that time, he met Gabor
VADAS, a young man with problems,
and the two formed a bond. Mr.
MORRISSEAU believed that Mr.
VADAS
was his son and the younger man presents himself as such. However,
the relationship was never ratified "through the legal courts,"
according to Mr.
VADAS's wife, Michele, "but certainly as far
as from a traditional native and spiritual point of view [Mr.
VADAS
was his son] because they take their adoptions very seriously&hellip
They never lost faith in each other and have always been very
loyal to each other."
In 1989, Mr.
MORRISSEAU was the only Canadian painter invited
to exhibit at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris during the
bicentennial of the French Revolution. After seeing the works
of Van Gogh and Picasso, he decided they were "all greys" and
returned home to paint "some real colour."
He first exhibited with the Kinsman Robinson Galleries the following
year. Wearing a new silk suit, he arrived for the opening in
a white limousine. The exhibition sold out.
At 65, Mr.
MORRISSEAU developed Parkinson's disease but continued
to paint. "My hands don't shake when I hold a brush," he told
Chris Dafoe of The Globe in 1999.
He had a healthy respect for his own talent. Doctor Henry
WEINSTEIN,
a doctor in Northern Ontario's Red Lake district who in the 1950s
was among the first to recognize Mr.
MORRISSEAU as a true original,
was a friend of Pablo Picasso and once gave a
MORRISSEAU drawing
to the Spanish master. On the back, Mr.
MORRISSEAU had written,
"From one great artist to another." Picasso, after looking at
the drawing is said to have remarked: "Well, you never know,
do you?" - meaning that great art surfaces in unlikely places.
The comparison of the two artists was not entirely inappropriate.
Mr. MORRISSEAU, like Picasso, could draw spontaneously, never
lifting his pencil from the paper until the image was complete.
"Very few artists in the world have this ability," Doctor
WEINSTEIN
said.
Mr. MORRISSEAU's early work was created on birch bark or animal
hides. Mr.
ROBINSON said he at first punched holes in the bark
or hide but was later given paints by Doctor
WEINSTEIN.
Mr. MORRISSEAU believed he was a "born painter" and said that
when he started to paint, the images "just come." He created
his designs to beautify the world with colour. "The world needs
it," he said. Colour was a key resource in Mr.
MORRISSEAU's repertory
of symbols. He used connecting lines to depict interdependence.
"These paintings only remind you that you're an Indian," the
artist said. "Inside somewhere, we're all Indians. So now when
I befriend you, I'm trying to get the best Indian, bring out
the Indianness in you to make you think everything is scared."
Less inviolate were his family relationships. Mr.
MORRISSEAU
has six (some say seven) adult children from his marriage in
1957 to Harriet
KAKEGAMIC, and has claimed at times to have fathered
as many as 14 sons and daughters. Over the years, this has resulted
in conflict with some of the children. Three months ago, for
instance, one of Mr.
MORRISSEAU's sons, Christian, also an artist,
announced the creation of the Morrisseau Family Foundation to,
in part, "ensure my family's heritage and the integrity of my
father's legacy." A month after this, Mr.
MORRISSEAU issued through
Mr. VADAS a press release declaring that he had "not been consulted
or in any way involved" with the Morrisseau Family Foundation,
"nor do I support it in any way."
Mr. MORRISSEAU was a prolific artist before illness slackened
his output - it's been estimated he produced more than 10,000 works
in his lifetime. Aided by Mr.
VADAS, he battled in recent years
against what they alleged were a spate of fakes.
In the meantime, Mr.
VADAS and his wife cared for Mr.
MORRISSEAU
after the onset of Parkinson's and Mr.
MORRISSEAU doted like
a grandfather on their two children, Kyle and Robin. Earlier
in this decade, he spent some time in an extended care facility
on Vancouver Island, but for most of this year, he lived with
the VADAS family in their house in Nanaimo, B.C.
All things considered, Mr.
MORRISSEAU was proud of his place
in Canadian art history. "I may not have a Ferrari, but I'm the
first Indian to break into the Canadian art scene and I have
forever enriched the Canadian way of life," he said. "I want
to make paintings full of colour, laughter, compassion and love...
If I can do that, I can paint for 100 years."
He spent much of his last years in a wheelchair, deprived of
intelligible speech. He suffered at least two strokes.
In October, Mr.
MORRISSEAU travelled to Northern Ontario to receive
an honorary degree from the University of Sudbury, and had planned
to go to New York to attend the opening of his one-man show at
New York's George Gustav Heye Center, which is part of the National
Museum of the American Indian. Instead, he became ill in Toronto
and was admitted to hospital.
Norval MORRISSEAU was born Norman Henry
MORRISSEAU at Beardmore,
Ontario, on March 13, 1931. He died yesterday in Toronto General
Hospital of complications from Parkinson's disease. He is survived
by numerous children.
The public may visit Mr.
MORRISSEAU's open casket Thursday and
Friday this week from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. each day at
Jerrett Funeral Homes, 1141 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto. It is
anticipated that he will be buried near Beardmore, Ontario, or
Thunder Bay.
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