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MAR o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-09-15 published
QUARRIER, Lucy▲ Viola▲ (née ROBBINS)
Graduated to her heavenly home at Grey Gables, Markdale on Tuesday September▲ 11, 2007. Lucy Viola (ROBBINS) QUARRIER, formerly of Mount▲ Forest▲ in her 93rd year. Loved mother of Betty KEATING (Garry▲) of R.R.#4, Orangeville, Diane McDONALD (Dave▲) of R.R.#1, Formosa and Peter QUARRIER (Pam▲) of Calgary. Loving grandmother of Becki and Ashlee QUARRIER. Dear sister of Mitch ROBBINS (Evelyn▲) of Hanover. Sister-in-law of Jean ROBBINS of Owen Sound. Fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents Peter and Sarah ROBBINS and sisters and brothers Evelyn (Bill) MAR, Vera (Earl) GRAY/GREY, Mel (Gladys) ROBBINS, Norm (Gladys) ROBBINS, Ross (June) ROBBINS, Elmer Peter (Audrey) ROBBINS and Don ROBBINS. Dearly loved by former students, Friends and caregivers. Friends may call at the Hendrick Funeral Home, Mount Forest on Friday from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. A Celebration of Lucy's life will be held at the Hendrick Funeral Home on Saturday September 15th at 3: 00 p.m. (Correction To Service Time) Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Alzheimer's Society or the charity of one's choice would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences may be made at www.hendrickfuneralhome.com

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MARAGHI o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-08-15 published
COOK, Raymond Francis
Peacefully after a brief battle with cancer, with his family at his side on Saturday August 4, 2007 at the age of 73 years. Beloved husband of Myrna and the late Winnifred. Loving father of Debra (Allen) MORROW, Carol (John) MUDDE, Jeff (Robin) and Steve (Martha). Dear Poppa to Christopher, Andrea (Vojtek), Matt, Jessica, Justin, Nicholas and Zachary. Dear step-father to Ken (son Luke), Rick (Katie and daughter Maddie). Remembered always by his sisters Lillian, Ethel and brother Walter and the later brother Leon and brother-in-law John. A special thank you to Dr. Robert EL- MARAGHI and the angelic nurses on the Royal Victoria Hospital palliative care unit. Visitation was held at the Scott Funeral Home "Georgian Chapel" 264 Burton Ave. (between Essa Rd. and Huronia Rd.) Barrie on Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. Service was held in the chapel at 11: 00 a.m. Wednesday August 8, 2007. Interment Ebenezer Cemetery, Stayner. If desired donations may be made to the Ebenezer Church Fund or the Cancer Centre at the Royal Victoria Hospital.

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MARANI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-25 published
MARANI, Peter Geoffrey Blake
Peacefully at Extendicare, Port Hope on Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 in his 74th year. Husband of the late Merri Elizabeth BECK. Loving father of Jennifer and her husband Stephen WILSON, Blake and his wife Ellen and Mason HOLMES and her husband Paul. Poppy to Stephen, Linda, Stephanie, Kristen and Jasmine. Brother of Elizabeth BACQUE and her husband James. Peter was an avid sailor and long time member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Port Hope Yacht Club. He served as a reservist with the Royal Regiment of Canada and retired with the rank of Major. Friends are invited to call at the Ross Funeral Chapel, 135 Walton Street, Port Hope, Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. Service will be held in the chapel on Thursday, September 27th at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to The Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated and can be received at www.rossfuneralchapel.com

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MARANTZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-07 published
PAGE, Doctor Orville " Ory" Thomas
Passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2007, at the Summerset Manor, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, after a lifetime devoted to science and the pursuit of Knowledge. He was predeceased by his beloved Norma ELLIS and is survived by a sister Grace BRIDLE, a daughter Karen MARANTZ and a son William PAGE.
Dr. PAGE was born on February 13, 1921 in Burlington, Ontario. After serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a coastal pilot and chief test pilot from 1940 to 1945, he went on to university, obtaining a first degree in science at the Ontario Agricultural College (Guelph) of the University of Toronto and then Masters and Doctorate degrees at the Iowa State College in the United States in 1954.
After ten years of research activity Doctor PAGE went on to teach as a professor and to serve as the Associate Dean of Science at the University of New Brunswick. In 1973, he was appointed Deputy Director and Director of Research at the International Potato Center in Lima, Peru, where he directed the research of some 50 PhD level scientists and their research students until his retirement in 1985. As a consultant, Doctor PAGE undertook assignments on behalf of numerous Canadian and foreign development agencies in some 28 countries in the developed and lesser developed world.
Ory supported various scientific endeavors after his retirement ranging from encouraging young people to pursue science as careers, the establishment of a library, the inventory of trees in Summerside and the scientific underpinnings of the Bedeque Bay Environment Association.
Resting at the Moase Funeral Home, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, until Friday, August 10, 2007, then to the Summerside Baptist Church, for funeral service at 11: 00 a.m. Interment in Peoples Cemetery, Summerside. Visiting hours Thursday from 7-9 p.m. only. Memorial donations to the Friends of the Summerside Rotary Library would be appreciated. www.moase.ca

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MARANTZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-25 published
Prince Edward Island plant pathologist led the world in potato research and breeding
Although unable to stomach spuds himself, he believed that with some laboratory tinkering the humble tuber could be the answer to beating famine in developing countries
By Douglas McARTHUR, Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S10
As a boy, Orville PAGE had a bad experience with a potato. He either choked on one or had an allergic reaction. In any case, he never knowingly ate one again.
Yet he was to become one of the world's leading potato researchers and a strong believer in the introduction and expansion of potato production in developing countries as a means of alleviating hunger. The Ontario-born scientist worked in Peru from 1973 to 1985 as the first director of research and deputy director at the International Potato Center. The centre is a multinational institution devoted to reducing poverty through sustainable development of the potato, sweet potato and other root and tuber crops.
Dr. PAGE, known to Friends and co-workers as Ory, had earlier spent 12 years researching potatoes in Fredericton with Agriculture Canada and the University of New Brunswick. And he continued his potato work after his retirement through assignments with a number of development agencies.
As a young man, he was based in Prince Edward Island, Canada's potato capital, where he served as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He went on to obtain a doctorate in plant pathology, to teach at the Ontario Agriculture College in Guelph and to spend a number of years researching banana diseases for the United Fruit Co. in both Honduras and the United States.
Colleagues at International Potato Center say Doctor PAGE set the centre's overall research policy while letting his staff get on with their individual projects without interference. They remember him as a charming but tough boss, and as a dedicated scientist with a commitment to feeding the world's burgeoning population and a reputation for looking immaculate -- even when inspecting agriculture projects in remote areas of the Third World. In his spare time, he had a passion for sailing and dabbled in studying sparrows, saying he was intrigued by the small birds' ability to adapt to local conditions anywhere in the world.
"Ory laid the groundwork for a highly recognized international potato research program," says Hubert Zandstra, a fellow Canadian who was International Potato Center's director general from 1991 to 2005. One of Doctor PAGE's major contributions, he says, was the development of sanitary measures that allow genetic material from potatoes to be exchanged among researchers around the world and to be made available for breeding in developing countries. Without those procedures, most countries would refuse entry to specimens taken from live potato plants.
Peter VanderZaag, a Canadian potato breeder, says Doctor PAGE's initial priority at the centre was to collect and classify wild and cultivated species of potato and study their properties. His team then had to find ways to transfer disease-resistant genes from plants that grow wild in the Andes to domesticated varieties, a complicated process because of the genetic makeup of potatoes.
Dr. PAGE also helped further the growing of potatoes from the plants' seeds, rather than from pieces of the tuber as had been the normal practice. This is important in Third World countries because it means all the tubers could be used for food, says Dr. VanderZaag, who was once Southeast Asian regional director with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, of which International Potato Center is a member.
Dr. PAGE had a special interest in late blight, the fungal disease that led to one million deaths during the great Irish famine in the mid-1800s, says George Tai, a retired New Brunswick potato researcher. Late blight continues to ravage crops today, and Dr. PAGE worked to find a way to prevent it by building up resistance. Under his guidance, researchers and breeders developed many new potato varieties and introduced them to suitable locations around the world. "To a large extent," says William George BARKER, a retired potato researcher and long-time friend, "the potato presence in the world is largely his doing."
In a 1994 paper published in the Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, Dr. PAGE explained that potatoes yield more food energy per hectare than cereals and are especially valuable in developing countries that can grow more than one crop a year. The most critical problem in developing countries is the population explosion, he wrote. But potato production in the Third World is limited by the lack of disease and pest controls and the limited availability of chemical fertilizers.
Orville Thomas PAGE grew up in Burlington, Ontario, and learned carpentry skills from his father, English-born Thomas William PAGE, and used them later in life to design and finish a 12-metre wooden sailboat he called Caesar's Ghost. He passed his woodworking skills on to his son, William, a professional carver who lives in New Brunswick.
Orville's mother, Eunice Grace (née BUSCOMBE,) died when the boy was 3. He and a younger sister Grace (now BRIDLE) were raised by their father's second wife, Scottish-born Isobel REID.
The future scientist was not a stellar student at high school and was happy to sign up with the Royal Canadian Air Force when war broke out, says his daughter, Karen MARANTZ. He joined as a mechanic, but soon quit and re-enlisted to be trained as a pilot. He should have been turned down because he was colour-blind, she says. But he avoided detection by memorizing the correct responses to eye tests. Based at No. 1 General Reconnaissance School in Summerside, he flew low flights over coastal waters looking for enemy submarines. He was also the base's chief test pilot. Wartime flying in Prince Edward Island was so dangerous that 98 young airmen died there, mostly as the result of air crashes. While in the service he courted Norma Isobel ELLIS of Summerside and married her in 1944.
After the war he went to Guelph to earn a bachelor of science at the Ontario Agricultural College (then affiliated with the University of Toronto), followed by a masters and PhD from Iowa State College. From 1954 to 1957, he was an associate professor at Ontario Agricultural College. It was there he met Doctor BARKER, then a fellow member of the botany faculty. The pair went on to work together in both Honduras and Fredericton.
While in Guelph, Doctor BARKER, who had also served in the Canadian military, extolled the virtues of "army underwear" and convinced his friend to buy some with him at a surplus store. The pairs they purchased were too constrictive to wear, but became the basis of a long-running joke.
Once while Doctor PAGE was giving a scientific lecture in the United States, his friend dangled a set of army underwear from the balcony on a string. Doctor PAGE retaliated by having a pilot friend drop a package containing army underwear to Doctor BARKER using a parachute. The underwear passed back and forth on special occasions for half a century. At Doctor PAGE's 50th anniversary party, Doctor BARKER had a pair piped in on a silver tray.
From 1957 to 1959, Doctor PAGE worked in La Lima, Honduras, where he conducted research into banana diseases for the United Fruit Co. He brought along his wife and two young children. Mrs. MARANTZ says her parents flipped a coin to decide whether to go or not. At that time, United Fruit, which operated banana plantations, had near-total control of most Central American economies. He continued as a research officer with the United Fruit Co. in Norwood, Massachusetts., from 1959 until 1961.
The family then moved to Fredericton where Doctor PAGE was a research officer with Agriculture Canada's national potato program until 1964 and then a professor and associate dean of science at the University of New Brunswick until 1973. His work at the potato centre in Lima started as a one-year sabbatical from the university, but he ended up staying until his retirement in 1985. He hired staff and directed the work of some 50 PhD-level scientists and their research students. During his career he published 33 scientific papers and served as president of the Canadian Phytopathological Society.
On his retirement, he moved with his wife to a Summerside house that had been built for her parents. But he continued to work as a consultant with International Potato Center and such agencies as Canadian International Development Agency and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Over the years his work took him to more than 25 countries including China, India, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea.
In Summerside he put his knowledge of sustainable development to use as a volunteer board member with the Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association, a non-profit group that focuses on local ecosystem issues. He helped with the establishment of the Prince Edward Island Potato Museum at O'Leary and worked on setting up a local library in a former train station. He also laid out a heritage tree walking tour that highlighted species imported from Europe by pioneers or from points abroad by early seafarers. That project won him the nickname Tree Man of Summerside.
In recent years, he began writing poetry, with environmental issues as one of his most common themes. He continued to keep up with developments in science until he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Orville Thomas PAGE was born in Burlington, Ontario, on February 13, 1921. He died of pulmonary arrest on August 4, 2007, in Summerside. He was 86. His wife, Norma Isobel (née Ellis), died in 2006. He leaves his daughter, Karen Marantz, his son, William PAGE, and his sister, Grace Bridle.

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MARASTY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-03 published
DOXTATOR, Tillie June (ANTONE)
Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital on Monday, January 1st, 2007, Tillie June DOXTATOR (Antone) of Oneida, in her 75th year. Survived by her loving children James (Tracy), Hubert, Rosalinda (Larry) IRELAND, Margret (Don) PERKINS, Delphine (Arnold) DOXTATOR, Delores DOXTATOR, Christina DOXTATOR, Carrie, Barbara (Paul), Marian, John (Roxanne) and Joseph (Melinda). Dear sister of Ruby MARASTY. Also survived by 30 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the home of James and Tracy ANTONE, 2150 Ball Park Road, Oneida today Wednesday after 2 p.m. and on Thursday. Funeral service to follow on Friday from the House of Prayer Oneida, commencing at 11 a.m. Interment House of Prayer Cemetery. Elliott-Madill Funeral Home, Mount Brydges, entrusted with arrangements.

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MARCELLUS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-15 published
ROSENBERG, Murray (August 17, 1917-September 10, 2007)
Murray, aged 90, passed away suddenly and peacefully at home. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Theresa, son Lewis and his wife Doctor Fran STEINBERG and son Ken and his wife Caryl MARCELLUS. Devoted Grandfather to Jason, Seth, Raffie, and Taya. He was predeceased by his daughters Cecil, and Roberta. He was still vital and active in the community and in the business he co-founded over 50 years ago, Apex Realty.
Murray was one of 6 children, born on a farm in Edenbridge, Saskatchewan and later moved to Brooksby, Saskatchewan. He graduated from Queens College with a degree in Business Administration. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 and served 7 years including 2 years overseas. In 1946 he was honorably discharged as a Warrant Officer First Class and moved to Winnipeg. He joined with partner Bill GOLDBERG to found Apex Realty and developed many buildings in Winnipeg and was a Certified Property Manager.
Murray was past President of the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, one of the founders of the Winnipeg Jewish Foundation, past chairman of B'nai Brith Camp, past member of the Red Shield Board of the Salvation Army, and had a lifelong commitment to Israel and the Winnipeg community. He supported many charities including the Canadian Cancer Society, Salvation Army, Mary Mount and was a proud and active member of the Canadian Legion. His interests included politics, current events, literature and sports. Murray will be missed by his Friends, associates, and co-workers.
His funeral was held Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue and burial followed at the Shaarey Zedek Memorial Park. We thank the Royal Canadian Legion for attending and providing a Colour Guard and Last Post. We would also like to thank the Pallbearers: Jason ROSENBERG, Seth ROSENBERG, Bruce ROSENBERG, Matthew SEGAL, Bob SILVER, Neal NEP, Bill BURNETT and Lorne BELLAN and Honourary Pallbearers: Norman VICKAR, Harry VICKAR, Ike VICKAR, Bob WASYLUK, Lawson INGLIS, and Ernie DANZKER.
As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to a charity of your choice or to the Roberta Rosenberg Fund at Cancer Care Manitoba or the Rosenberg Family Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba.

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MARCHAND o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-04 published
SAKER, Gordon Douglas
It is with great sadness our family announces the passing at Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital on January 2nd, 2007, of Gordon Douglas SAKER of Rodney, formerly of London in his 56th year. Loving and devoted husband to Louann (TUNKS) SAKER. Loving and proud father of Shelley (MARCHAND) RICHARDSON and husband Jeff, Racquel Marchand HORRELL and husband Jason, Sean SAKER and Correen and Tammy SAKER and Raphal. Cherished grandpa of Zachary, Kaitlyn, Ethan, Caden, Rene, Alan, Patricia and Jasmine. Dear brother of Cheryl (Warren), Alan (Susan), Debbie (Victor), Ronald and the late Steven SAKER. Predeceased by his mother Betty SAKER. Friends may call at the Rodney Chapel, 212 Furnival Road on Friday, January 5th, 2007 from 12: 30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Funeral service will follow at 1: 30 p.m. Pastor Rob HOGENDOORN officiating. Interment Rodney cemetery. If desired, memorial contributions to the Palliative Care unit at Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital or Elgin Community Care Access Centre. Arrangements entrusted to Padfield Funeral Homes (519-785-0810). Online condolences may be left at www.padfieldfuneralhome.com To my husband, our father and grandfather, forever in our hearts, thoughts and prayers.

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MARCHAND o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-12 published
MARCHAND, Jordan Marchand
Was always smiling, learning, dreaming and hoping. During his four year battle with cancer, Jordan proudly completed his computer engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and worked for Conversys Inc. Although Jordan never realized his dreams of buying a Mercedes and working in California, he continued living his life quietly, but with zest and spunk. Jordan, 25, died holding his mother's hand in his Star Wars decorated room at London Health Sciences Centre, Tuesday, January 9, 2007. Jordan was the cherished son of Robert and Mary Ann MARCHAND, the beloved brother of Nathan and Sheldon MARCHAND and Ingrid (Paul) McDERMOTT and special grand_son of Flora DUQUETTE. Predeceased by grandparents Arthur and Leona OBERLE and Oscar DUQUETTE. Jordan will also be missed by Comet, his Chihuahua. Friends will be received by the family form 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London, and at Holy Family Catholic Church, 777 Valetta Street, London, on Saturday, January 13, 2007 from 10: 00 to 11:00 a.m. where the funeral mass will be held at 11: 00 a.m. Jordan's family thanks London Health Sciences Centre oncology, cancer, and palliative care staff and physicians for the outstanding care Jordan received. Donations may be made as flowers, or as the gift of life (blood donations) or to the charity of your choice. Online condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

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MARCHAND o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-04 published
COCHRANE, Peter Edward
Peacefully, surrounded by family and Friends, on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at the age of 75. Peter was a well-known, multi-talented, extremely caring person whose life touched so many in this city and elsewhere. Teacher, broadcaster, actor/ director, and 'foodie' - either fabulously cooking it, teaching it broadcasting about it, or writing and reviewing it - Peter nourished, cared for, challenged and was a mentor to so many Friends and acquaintances. Peter's talent was to bring together people from all walks of life, of all ages and from every conceivable background; and his gatherings will be remembered for their wonderful conversations, camaraderie and incredible cuisine. He will be sorely missed by his family, all his Friends and by many, many others, including his students and faculty at Algonquin College, and his colleagues at the Ottawa Little Theatre, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CJOH. Predeceased by his loving partner, Rene MARCHAND. Peter is survived by his daughters, Eliza (Rob PASSINGHAM) of Courtenay, British Columbia and Kate (Paul BRINK) of Toronto, his grandchildren, Callum and Aidan PASSINGHAM, and Helena and Felix BRINK; and his younger brother, John, sister-in-law, Barbara, his nieces Dale and Susan and their families in Johannesburg, South Africa. Friends are invited to visit at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair and McGarry, 315 McLeod Street, Ottawa from 9 a.m. until service time in the Chapel at 11: 30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Bruce House in Ottawa. Condolences/Donations at: mcgarryfamily.ca (613) 233-1143

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MARCHANT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-01 published
MAWSON, Mary Elinor (née HUNTSMAN)
Passed away at York Central Hospital on December 27, 2007 in her 97th year. Survived by Colin, her loving husband of 74 years and her sister Elizabeth of Walnut Creek, California. Also survived by her nephews Kenning, Colin, Ronald, and Ian MARCHANT and niece Rosemary MARCHANT and their families. She was predeceased by her only daughter Beatrice and her sister, Edith MARCHANT. Elinor was a former resident of Deep River, Ontario where she was, for many years, the Editor of the North Renfrew Times weekly newspaper. In retirement, she and Colin moved to St. Andrews, New Brunswick where Elinor became the Chief Archivist of the Charlotte County Archives. Recent resident of Glynnwood Residences, Thornhill. Cremation. A gathering of Friends will be held at a later date.

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MARCHETTI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-18 published
MARCHETTI, Alexander C. " Sandro," P.Eng.
It is with great sadness the family announce the passing of Alex at Saint_Joseph's Health Centre on Tuesday, October 16, 2007, at the age of 84. Beloved husband of Emily for 51 years. Loving father to Anne Marie and her husband Peter, Cathy and her husband Marek, and Paul and his wife Norma. Cherished Nonno of Sarah, Matthew, Daniel, Nicole, Benjamin, Michael, Sam, and Sophie. Alex will be lovingly remembered by family and Friends in Italy. Alex graduated with a Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Rome. He came to Canada in 1955, where he taught at Ryerson University between 1964-1988. He was a member of the Etobicoke City Council from 1968-1998. Alex's enthusiasm for life and love of people will be missed by all who knew him. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke, (between Islington and Kipling Aves.) from 7-9 on Thursday, and 2-4 and 7-9 on Friday. A Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Peace R.C. Church, 3914 Bloor St. W., Etobicoke, on Saturday, October 20, 2007, at 10: 30 a.m. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Kidney Foundation, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, or the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

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MARCOLLINI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-22 published
Socialite's Brazilian Carnival Ball raised millions for Toronto charities
Using organizational skills and strategy worthy of a Bay Street Chief Executive Officer, she transformed a church-basement affair into the social event of the season, writes Sandra MARTIN
By Sandra MARTIN, Page S11
Italian and Brazilian in ancestry, Anna Maria DE SOUZA heated up the staid fundraising climate in Toronto with the Brazilian Carnival Ball, probably the most significant philanthropic gala on the Canadian social calendar. A warm-blooded, energetic outsider, she had the entrepreneurial zeal, organizing skills and shrewd ambition of a self-made Chief Executive Officer. But, instead of starting a company or a launching a hedge fund, she camouflaged those skills under the patina of a society hostess. Using old-fashioned influence, rather than naked power, she forged alliances with charitable foundations in campaigns that raised their profiles, her status, and close to $45-million for Toronto hospitals, universities and arts and culture organizations over the past 40 years.
For all her flamboyance, Ms. DE SOUZA was intensely private. Nobody knew her real age - not even her husband Ivan, as she loved to boast. "I've known her for 35 years and it never occurred to me to wonder," said her friend Catherine NUGENT. " She was one of those people who was ageless."
Along with Ms. DE SOUZA's success came complaints about her management style. She seemed unapologetic to criticisms that she was territorial and a micro-manager who autocratically chose the event's annual beneficiary. "This is big business, and the organization requires that we have a good board to sell the ball, a recipient who will pay for our computers, our secretarial staff," she told Maclean's last year. "This work requires a huge infrastructure." And even knowing how much work was involved, if Ms. DE SOUZA asked if you wanted to be the beneficiary of the Brazilian Carnival Ball, "there was absolutely no reason to say no," said Paul ALOFS, president of the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation "because it is such a massive fundraising and awareness-generating opportunity for a not-for-profit."
Although the ball was her biggest activity, it wasn't her only one. She also volunteered on the women's committee of the Canadian Opera Company and was the curator of the Henry Birks Antique Collection of Silver in the late 1970s. A passionate gardener and a keen tennis player, she loved to entertain and to cook for her guests. "She was the most generous, vivacious person I know," said Ms. NUGENT. " She loved to introduce people to each other and to grow her circle of Friends, but she was also shy."
Anna Maria DE SOUZA, the daughter of Amadeu GUIDI and his wife Honorica (née MARCOLLINI,) was born in Sao Sebastiao de Parasio in the mountainous state of Minas Geras in the interior of Brazil. She grew up in a family of four brothers and one sister. Her grandfather on her mother's side had immigrated from Genoa, Italy, as a teenager and found a job as a construction worker building homes for plantation workers, according to Rosemary Sexton in The Glitter Girls, Charity and Vanity: Chronicles of an Age of Excess.
When money was scarce, her grandfather was paid in land. Eventually he accumulated enough acreage to start his own plantation and enough wealth to take his family back to Genoa on a trip. There, he bought a villa. For the rest of his life he spent half the year in Italy and the other in Brazil. When his daughter, Honorica, married, Mr. MARCOLLINI handed over control of his Brazilian plantation to her new husband, Amadeu. That's where his granddaughter, Anna Maria, grew up, in what she later compared to paradise. It was a time in which life "was gracious and slow and everything was looked after." She was educated at the Collegio Paula Frassinette in Brazil where she earned a teaching degree, and then attended the Escola Técnica de Comercio C.A.
At 18, she married William John GRIFFITHS, an English mining engineer for Wimpey Construction, a British firm that had a contract to build a dam in Brazil. Anna Maria went into labour with their first child on Good Friday, a holiday in Brazil. Her doctor was away, the birth was arduous and afterward Anna Maria was unable to bear more children. The baby, a daughter, lived for only 23 days. To compound the tragedy, her husband died in a work-related accident 10 months later.
Widowed, and still in her teens, Anna Maria went to live with her grandmother in Italy where she attended finishing school. Afterward, sailing back to Brazil on a cruise ship, she met a Brazilian plantation owner who urged her to get involved in the coffee exporting business. As chance would have it, at a party in Rio de Janeiro on New Year's Eve in 1964, Anna Maria met a man named John MARSTON, who said he imported bulk foods into Canada. If she had products to sell, he was interested in seeing them.
With an insouciant entrepreneurship, she gathered some samples from the family coffee plantation and set out for Canada, arriving in Toronto in gloomiest February, 1965. She looked up Mr. MARSTON and married him three months later in a Protestant ceremony, which her mother, a Catholic, boycotted. "I fell in love with Toronto and the only thing I could do to stay was to get married," she once confided. By 1974, the MARSTONs had divorced, Anna Maria complaining later that her husband was a workaholic who had little interest in married life.
Anna Maria had long since found ways to make her own life more interesting. Homesickness propelled her "to kill the longing" by organizing her first Brazilian Ball in 1966, the winter after she arrived in Canada, in a church basement at Dundas and Grace Streets, a largely Portuguese area of Toronto. Tickets cost $5, the food for the 50 guests was prepared by Anna Maria and her Friends, and the aim was merely to cover costs and bring a little Mardi Gras colour to the dreary Toronto winter. The ball quickly became a tradition.
By the early 1970s, the ball, which had quickly moved above ground to the Sutton Place Hotel and then the Sheraton Centre, was making a small profit, with the proceeds going to a Brazilian orphanage. That tradition has continued with five per cent of the annual profits benefiting leper colonies, old age homes and other causes in or around her hometown. When Toronto charities began asking if they could reap the ball's annual largesse, Anna Maria astutely decided to bestow the fundraising benefits on a different cause every time, thereby hooking into a fresh network and set of volunteers annually.
Krystyne GRIFFIN attended her first Brazilian Ball in 1977, the year she left Paris, married businessman and Griffin Poetry Prize founder and benefactor Scott GRIFFIN, and moved to Toronto. "Everybody told me this was the party to go to because it showed that Toronto could be fun." They were correct. "A guy in drag dressed like Queen Alexandra walked up and smacked Scott right on the lips. That was my introduction to Anna Maria's parties," said Ms. GRIFFIN. "I liked her without knowing her well."
The ball celebrated its 14th anniversary in 1980 at the Four Seasons Hotel on Avenue Road in Toronto and netted $50,000. That's where it stayed until 1988, when it moved to the yawning depths of the Metro Toronto Convention Hotel, the only venue that could accommodate crowds upward of 1,000.
Disaffected by her globe-trotting, work-obsessed husband, Anna Maria met the late Montagu Black at the Brazilian Carnival Ball in the early 1970s, and he thought she should meet his younger brother, Conrad, who was then plying his way as an aspiring tycoon and researching his biography of Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis. Eventually, lawyer Igor Kaplan introduced them and they dated for about two years after her 1974 divorce. "She was a delightful, refreshing, and enterprising person, and was a very popular and respected person in a community where she started as a stranger and, at first, hardly spoke the language," Conrad Black wrote in an e-mail message yesterday. "I saw her a lot at the time my parents died, 10 days apart, in 1976, and she could not have been more supportive."
Anna Maria's lasting love, however, was businessman Ivan DE SOUZA. Introduced by Marvelle KOFFLER, wife of Murray KOFFLER of Shoppers Drug Mart, they had much in common, both being Portuguese-speaking and Catholic. They were married on December 22, 1982, and were devoted to each other.
More than the venue of the ball changed over the years. As it became more lavish and raised more money (much of it matched by government programs with costs underwritten by corporate sponsors), so, too, did the entertainment. Instead of handmade decorations on a carnival theme, Ms. DE SOUZA began importing carnival dancers from Brazil. That meant switching the date from Mardi Gras (the carnival on the eve of Lent, the 40-day period of penance preceding Easter in the Catholic calendar) to April or May so that the dancers could travel to Toronto in their off-season.
At the 40th anniversary of the ball in 2006, the $2-million in net proceeds went to York University's Accolade Project and the 1,600 guests were entertained by a 30-minute samba parade from the Rio Carnival - including 50 dancers in feathered, beaded and bejewelled costumes processing on foot or on wooden horses - to the beat of the batucada rhythm supplied by the Cocktail Brazil Band.
Last November, Ms. DE SOUZA was diagnosed with rampaging cancer and underwent rigorous treatment that included chemotherapy at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. She looked frail, but valiant, at the 2007 ball, which was held April 21 and raised $2.6-million net for the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre in Toronto. "She and the ball were a brand, and for a very small organization like us, she had a tremendous impact. She did a great job," said Gerri Grant, executive director of the AARC.
About a month ago, Ms. DE SOUZA went back into hospital for more treatment, but was well enough to decide that oncology nursing, through the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, should be the focus and the beneficiary of the 2008 Brazilian ball - the first one that will occur without her dominant presence.
Anna Maria DE SOUZA was born in Brazil, probably in 1941. She died in Toronto on September 18, 2007. She was in her mid-60s. She is survived by her third husband, Ivan DE SOUZA, her step-son John, and her extended family.

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MARCOVITZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-16 published
ADELSON, Irwin
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Irwin ADELSON, in Montreal, on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, after a long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma. Beloved husband of the late Esther WILK. Cherished father of Andy and Cynthia ADELSON, Gail and Alan MARCOVITZ, Heather and Brad ZIPKIN. Adored Zaidye of Melanie, Ryan and Brandon; Danielle, Jaclyn and Adam Jordan, Lauren and Justin. Good friend and partner of Clara SHEFTMAN. Loving brother of Eddie and Frankie ADELSON, the late Doris LUBARSKY, and brother-in-law of the late Sabina and the late Sydney WOLOFSKY. He was dearly loved by his nieces and nephews and will be missed by his family and many Friends. A very special thank you to Doctor Arthur Rosenberg and the staff of Hematology and Oncology at the Jewish General Hospital. Funeral service from Paperman and Sons, 3888 Jean Talon St. W., Montreal on Friday, August 17 at 11 a.m. Burial at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, Mt. Royal Blvd., Montreal. Shiva at 218 Edgehill Rd., Westmount. Contributions in his memory may be made to the "Irwin Adelson Memorial Fund for Hematology" c/o the Jewish General Hospital Foundation, (514) 340-8251. He was an optimistic and determined man for whom life was always "fantastic".

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MARCOVITZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-01 published
MARCOVITZ / GILBERT
David, Sally and big brothers Adam and Owen joyfully welcome Kate Rebecca, born August 11, 2007 in Victoria, British Columbia. Proud grandparents are Brenda and Clive GILBERT of Kelowna and Irene and Bernie MARCOVITZ of Toronto. Kate is also welcomed by her aunts, uncles and 11 cousins. With Cecile and Annabel, Kate makes it 3 Marcovitz girls in the past year - the tide has turned!

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MARCY o@ca.on.grey_county.hanover.the_post 2007-10-26 published
ROCHFORD, Stella▼ (a.k.a. PRIEBE, née JANKE)
After a long illness, Stella joined hands in the afterlife with her late husband Richard on October 16, 2007 in Cambridge at the age of 77.
She will be sadly missed by her children, Lynne (Karl) MARCY, Carol (Glen) MILLER and Tim (Maria) and her grandchildren Catia, Andie, Colleen, Natasha and Melanie.
She is survived by her siblings, Verna ERB, Myrtle▼ PAYNE, Audrey WHITE/WHYTE, Earl JANKE, Arthur JANKE, Selma LOCKHART, Don JANKE and Howard JANKE.
She was predeceased by siblings Roy JANKE, Stanley▼ JANKE, Lester JANKE, Leila▼ ANDERSON, Ruby PENDERGAST as well as her parents Walter and Christine JANKE and her adoptive parents Christian and Minnie PRIEBE.
Christian and Minnie adopted Stella when she was six years old after the death of Christine.
Visitation was held October 18, 2007 at Cameron Funeral Home, Chesley from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at which time the service to celebrate Stella's life was held in the Chapel. She will be placed in her final resting place at Chesley Cemetery beside her beloved Richard who passed from this life in 1995.
As per Stella's request, in lieu of flowers, donations to a charity of your choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

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MARCY o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-10-17 published
ROCHFORD, Stella▲ (formerly PRIEBE, née JANKE)
After a long illness, Stella joined hands in the afterlife with her late husband Richard on October 16, 2007 in Cambridge at the age of 77. She will be sadly missed by her children, Lynne (Karl) MARCY, Carol (Glen) MILLER and Tim (Maria) and her grandchildren Catia, Andie, Colleen, Natasha and Melanie. She is survived by her siblings, Verna ERB, Myrtle▲ PAYNE, Audrey WHITE/WHYTE, Earl JANKE, Arthur JANKE, Selma LOCKHART, Don JANKE and Howard JANKE. She was predeceased by siblings; Roy JANKE, Stanley▲ JANKE, Lester JANKE, Leila▲ ADDISON, Ruby PENDERGAST as well as her parents Walter and Christine JANKE and her adoptive parents Christian and Minnie PRIEBE. Christian and Minnie adopted Stella when she was six years old after the death of Christine. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Cameron Funeral Home, Chesley from 12 noon until 2: 00 p.m. at which time the service to celebrate Stella's life will be held in the Chapel. She will be placed in her final resting place at Chesley Cemetery beside her beloved Richard who passed from this life in 1995. As per Stella's requests, in lieu of flowers, donations to a charity of your choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy by the family as well as her wish for everyone to dress casually. www.cameronfuneralhomes.com Cameron Funeral Home, Chesley (519) 363-2525.

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MARÉCHAL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-30 published
JAMIESON, James " Jim" William
Peacefully at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, on Sunday, October 28th, 2007. Jim, beloved father of Keith Charles (Catherine), Anne Elizabeth and Lisa Alice. Dear grandfather of Anthony, Damien and Natasha. Predeceased by his cherished partner Camille MARÉCHAL. Survived by his first wife Ingrid. Fondly remembered by his niece, nephews, family and Friends. Mr. Jamieson will be resting at the Trull Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 1111 Danforth Avenue, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at which time a complete service will take place in the chapel. Cremation. Donations to the United Way or the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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MAREGEYA o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-09 published
MAREGEYA, Lea Rose
Peacefully on Sunday January 7, 2007, Lea Rose MAREGEYA in her 54th year. Beloved wife of Eraste. Loving mother of 4 children. Sadly missed by all family members. Visitation to be held Tuesday January 9, 2007 from 7-9 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home, 1559 Fanshawe Park Rd. (east of Highbury). Funeral Mass to take place Wednesday January 10, 2007 -- 11 a.m. at Saint Michael Roman Catholic Church, 515 Cheapside Street, London.

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MARENTETTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-03 published
MARENTETTE, Alan
Surrounded by his family, at his home in Burlington, on Saturday, December1, 2007, in his 70th year. Beloved husband of Donna (nee SMITH.) Loved father of Paula MARENTETTE and her husband Rev. Craig WENTLAND of Camrose, Alberta, Stephanie MARENTETTE of Toronto and Sarah MARENTETTE- BROWN and her husband Jamie BROWN of Burlington. Cherished grandfather of Emma, Maeve, Elizabeth, Kyle and Isobel. Dear brother of Janine SALKOWSKI (Ted) of Michigan, Marvin (Veronica) of Windsor, Beverly McCUTCHEON of Windsor, Gayle BROAD (Ted) of Windsor and Michael (Hilary) of Halifax. He will be greatly missed by many nieces, nephews, Friends and especially Mike LANGDON. Visitation at Smith's Funeral Home, 1167 Guelph Line (one stoplight north of Queen Elizabeth Way) Burlington (905-632-3333) on Tuesday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Prayer Vigil Tuesday at 8: 30 p.m. at the Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 2265 Headon Road, Burlington on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at 10 a.m. Private interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Burlington. If desired, memorial contributions to the McMaster University Blood Disorders Clinic or the charity of your choice would be sincerely appreciated by the family. www.smithsfh.com

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MARGESSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-29 published
MARGESSON, Mary Margaret
Passed away peacefully on Wednesday September 26, 2007 in Collingwood, surrounded by her family in her 90th year. Mary, beloved wife of the late Reginald, loving mother of Elizabeth and Reggie and her husband Georges FOLIOT. Survived also by her sisters Barbara REID and Allison GUBLEMAN. Mary was a familiar and active force in and around Blue Mountain over the past 45 years. Her zeal for life, passion for design and aesthetics and quiet determination for lifetime learning served as an inspiration to so many. Our greatest thanks to Mary's close network of community Friends who became her 'team', offering so much support and care to allow her the luxury and dignity to live a full life in her home until her end. Friends are invited to join the family in celebrating her life on Saturday October 13, 2007 from 1: 30 in the afternoon at the Blue Mountain Inn, Kandahar Room for a short memorial service followed by an open reception at Mary's home adjacent to the Blue Mountain Inn. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made payable to the General and Marine Hospital of Collingwood or the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario (www.schizophrenia.on.ca) in Mary MARGESSON's memory. Friends may visit the on-line guest book at www.fawcettfuneralhomes.com

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MARGETTS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-25 published
CHRISTIE, James " Jim"
Passed away at Bluewater Health in Sarnia on September 23, 2007. Jim will be sorely missed by 'Mia', his loving wife of 59 years. Much beloved father of Bill and his wife Marilyn, and of Laura (MARGETTS) and her husband Kerry. Cherished and loving grandfather of Shawn, Charlotte, and Annie CHRISTIE, and Colin and Wendy MARGETTS. Dear brother-in-law of Doctor Wm. THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and his wife Glenna of Scotland and dear cousin of Bill YOUNG and his wife Sue of Farmington Hills, Michigan. Jim was born in Innerleithen, Scotland and served in the British army from 1940 to 1945 as a Captain in the Seaforth Highlanders and the 6th Airborne Division. He was retired from Suncor as the Sarnia Refinery Manager and as the Vice President of Supply and Distribution in Toronto. During his career he also carried out assignments in Trinidad, Chile, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. A long time member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Jim served for many years as a church Elder and on the Board of Managers, and was also a long time member of the Rotary Club of Sarnia, Sarnia Golf and Curling Club, and the Sarnia Riding Club. He was a past president of the Young Men's Christian Association and of the District Council of Boy Scouts. Jim was a gentle man in every way and will be remembered for his kindness, courtesy and respect he showed toward others and will be sadly missed by many. Visitation will take place at the Stewart Funeral (College @ George, Sarnia 519-383-7121) on Thursday, September 27th from 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be at the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sarnia on Friday, September 28th at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Dr. Raymond HODGSON officiating. Cremation to follow. As an expression of sympathy donations can be made to the Rotary Club of Sarnia Foundation, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church or the Charity of your Choice. Messages of condolences may be expressed to the family at www.stewartfuneralhome.ca

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MARGOLIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-25 published
BERCOVITCH, Ann (née LEBNER)
Peacefully in Montreal, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, June 21, 2007. Beloved wife of the late William. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Irene DEVINE (Paul HALPERN,) Joyce ASTER (Sidney,) David BERCOVITCH (Terri DASH.) Bubbie Annie of Glenna DEVINE (John THOW,) Karen DEVINE (Andrew TUCKER;) Andrea ASTER (Charles GRANEK), Dylan ASTER (Laura PRIPSTEIN); Adam BERCOVITCH, Amanda BERCOVITCH. Special Great-Grandmother of Lucas, and Lindsay THOW and Jaden TUCKER. Sister and sister-in-law of the late Louis LEBNER (Sylvia,) the late Ida MARGOLIS (the late Sam.) Ann will be lovingly remembered by her many nieces, nephews, family and Friends. Funeral service took place on Sunday, June 24 at Paperman and Sons, Montreal. Shiva at her home Sunday and Monday from 2: 00 p.m. Contributions in her memory may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (514) 755-5537.
"A Woman of Strength".

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MARICH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-06 published
MARICH, Vidak " Victor"
It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Vidak on November 5, 2007 at age of 86. Predeceased by his wife Maureen in 2000. Loving father of David, Aleksa, Vera and Laura. Grandfather of Andrea, Sarah, Michael, Diane and Janet. Founding member of St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, a Chetnik veteran and a proud Canadian, loved and known by many. Friends will be received at the Cardinal Funeral Home "Earl Elliot Chapel" (715 Dovercourt Road, Ossington subway-Delaware Exit) on Thursday, November 8, 2007 from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held on Friday, November 9, 2007 at St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church (212 Delaware Ave.) at 10: 00 a.m. Interment York Cemetery to follow. On-line condolences at www.cardinalfuneralhomes.com

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