ANTAYA
ANTHONY
ANTILA
ANTLE
ANTONE
ANTUNES
ANTAYA o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-11-18 published
Teaching nun loved by students and colleagues
By Tyler KULA,
Special To
Sun
Media, Sun., November 18, 2007
Sister
Mary
Margaret
FINN didn't have many other choices when
she decided to become a nun and a teacher.
It was early in the Second World War, a time when careers for
women were uncommon.
"Back in that day, in 1940, women only had three options: they
could get married, they could become a nurse or they could become
a teacher," said
FINN's niece, Mary Grace Finn
DEWEESE.
"She probably wasn't inclined to the sciences, so she decided
she'd go into teaching."
It turned out that London-born
FINN loved teaching and, in turn,
was loved by her students and colleagues.
"She was just a delight," said Sister Anne
ANTAYA, who knew
FINN
through the Sisters of Saint_Joseph in London.
"The kids loved her and she really worked hard."
FINN, who taught school in Southwestern Ontario and Alberta,
died November 3 in London at the home for the Catholic religious
order to which she gave 67 years of her life.
She was 87.
One of five children born into a Catholic family in 1920,
FINN
and two older brothers all entered religious life, service virtually
unheard of today.
FINN's nephew, Peter
DANDENEAU, remembers his aunt fondly.
"It was like still having a mother alive as long as she was alive,"
said DANDENEAU.
"With her death, it's the last of the London
FINNs.
It's the
end of an era," he said.
Nicknamed "
Bunny" by the other sisters,
FINN entered the convent
at 20 while finishing an education degree in Alberta.
During her career, she taught Grades 1 and 2 and specialized
in reading.
FINN had a talent for making lessons fun, said Antaya.
"For the little people who found reading very difficult, she
was able to help them."
"She must have taught children for about 50 years," said Finn
DEWEESE.
After FINN retired from teaching, she volunteered as a tutor
at Blessed Kateri and Saint Michael's elementary schools in London.
Her impact resonated with teachers, said Antaya.
"Even the other night, some of those teachers came back and were
present at her wake service," she said.
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ANTHONY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-17 published
TINSON,
June
Lorraine
Peacefully, in her 76th year, on December 14th, 2007 at Centenary
Hospital Intensive care Unit after a long struggle with Pulmonary
Fibrosis. My best friend for 62 years since we were 14 and 16.
She always tried to see the good in everybody and be happy and
positive. She will be greatly missed by me, our son Jeffrey,
granddaughter Sharyn and by all those that knew her. (Predeceased
last February by our son Robert). She is and will be forever
in my thoughts. She did the best she knew how and did no harm
to anyone. Cremation. No service (at her request). Please remember
her as you knew her in life.
Interment at a late date at Mount Lawn Cemetery in Whitby. Remembrances,
if desired, to The Lung Association or The Salvation Army. Many
thanks to Doctor John
ANTHONY who helped her through this terrible
incurable disease with great kindness and compassion.
She is now in God's garden.
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ANTILA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-24 published
LAAKSO,
Raymond
Kalervo
Geologist, engineer, bibliophile, writer, sportsman, husband,
father, Finnish-Canadian. Born June 12, 1927, in Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario Died March 25 in Toronto of cancer, aged 79.
By Leif Mark
LAAKSO,
Page L6
Raymond found his first love, hockey, in Kirkland Lake, where
even the indoor rinks were natural ice and unheated.
Some Canadians feel that hockey is a metaphor of life but in
Ray's case this was not true - hockey was the only activity in
which he was a right-winger.
While the Laaksos attended cultural and athletic events at the
Timmins Finnish Hall, Ray was drawn to the South Porcupine Hall,
where he enjoyed listening to violinist Lila
ANTILA accompanied
by her sister Eila on piano.
In Timmins, Ray worked summers during high school for $18 per
week at the co-op his dad managed. It is hard to imagine the
scrawny teenager hauling 80-pound bags of coal.
Although she wasn't a baseball fan, when starting pitcher Ray
LAAKSO was on the mound, Lila would not miss a game. She was
taken with his stylish elegance, courtesy and resemblance to
movie star James Stewart.
Dad owned, with his brother-in-law, a radiator and body shop
and prepared an old Ford for stock-car racing - a fledgling sport
at the time. While they never raced that Ford, it is difficult
to imagine Ray as a NASCAR kind of guy.
In 1951, Ray and Lila were married in Toronto at Deer Park United
Church by the minister who, decades earlier, had married Ray's
parents in Sault Ste. Marie. Upon graduating from Queen's University
with two degrees in geological engineering, Dad took a position
with the provincial department of mines in Toronto, as head of
X-ray analysis. He developed novel methods to analyze minerals
and elements present in geological samples; his methodology was
at the forefront of the field.
Dad was a notoriously quick study and a natural in most endeavours.
Although only taking up golf at 40, he became an avid golfer,
self-taught from paperbacks, and won two championships in his
early 60s with scores in the mid-70s.
Dad lovingly built an innovative, beautiful sauna at his farm
on Quinte's Isle; inserted in the southern wall were several
large windows so we could view the fields and Lake Ontario while
taking heat.
Ray enjoyed theatre, the symphony and the Toronto International
Film Festival. He had a lifelong interest in the history and
culture of Finnish immigrants, and completed an unpublished novel
during his retirement. He read voraciously: philosophy, history,
political science and literature. Raymond epitomized all that
is loyal, generous and sensitive in the human spirit.
Leif Mark LAAKSO is Ray's son.
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ANTLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-24 published
ANTLE,
Tom
Wilmot
96 years. Passed away peacefully at Scotia Nursing Home, Beaverbank,
Nova Scotia on November 22, 2007. Formerly of Botwood, Newfoundland,
Tom was the eldest child of Arthur N. and Victoria
(PAYNE)
ANTLE.
He was predeceased by his daughter, Rosemary
CANTWELL, wife
Helen
(Nell) PERRY, and sister Netta
BAKER (who died November 2, 2007
at age 93 years). Mourning his loss are daughters and sons-in-law
Kay and David
McNAMARA, The Hague, The Netherlands; Mitz and Trevor
MURRAY, Bedford, Nova Scotia; grand_sons Christopher
McNAMARA
and his fiance Felicity
WILLIAMS, Melbourne, Australia; Doctor Robert
McNAMARA,
Darwin,
Australia; sister Daphne
ANTLE, Botwood; special
nephew John
BAKER
(Wendy) and special niece Anne (Angus)
NEWMAN,
Saint_John's, Newfoundland. There will be a celebration of Tom's
life at All Saints Anglican Church, Bedford, Nova Scotia on Tuesday,
November 27th at 2 p.m. Donations in Tom's memory can be made
to The Canadian Diabetes Research Foundation or Living Memorial
Fund, Trinity United Church, Botwood, Newfoundland. Online condolences
can be forwarded to www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com
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ANTONE 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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ANTONE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-05 published
ANTONE,
Ryan
C.
Suddenly in Fort Erie on Sunday, December 31st, 2006, Ryan C.
ANTONE of Fort Erie and Oneida in his 20th year. Beloved son
of Morris and Lori
ANTONE. Dear brother of Tiffany and uncle
of Kadence. Dear grand_son of Shirley
ANTONE and predeceased by
grandfather Morris Sr. Also sadly missed by his uncles Kim and
Nathan.
Friends may call at the home of Tom
DOXTATOR
Jr., 1934 Fairgrounds
Road, today, Friday, January 5, 2007. Funeral service to follow
on Saturday from the Longhouse (Riverroad) commencing at 11 a.m.
Interment Longhouse Cemetery, Oneida. Elliott-Madill Funeral
Home entrusted with arrangements.
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ANTUNES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-29 published
BATISTA,
Maria
Alice
Vieira
Pereira
Surrounded by her loving family, she passed away after her long
struggle with cancer on Friday, November 23, 2007 at Mt. Sinai
Hospital.
Born December 26, 1938 in Colmeias, Portugal. She married Almiro
on July 30, 1960 and together they raised their two children.
In 1974 she dedicated her life to her God and Creator and in
1979 began working as a full-time minister.
Surviving are her husband, Almiro Rodrigues
BATISTA; son, Carlos
BATISTA and wife
Maria
Idilia
BATISTA; daughter Lydia Pereira
Batista ANTUNES and husband Victor
ANTUNES and five grandchildren,
Ashley, Sarah, Natasha, Alyssa, and Faith.
A memorial service will be held at 1: 30 p.m. Saturday, December 1st
at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses: 846 Progress Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario.
Those wishing may make memorial donations, in lieu of flowers,
to support the worldwide work of Jehovah's Witnesses: at any one
of the local Kingdom Halls.
Her faith, strength, and love will always be an example to us
all. She will be sadly missed and fondly remembered.
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