BATCHELOR
BATE
BATEMAN
BATES
BATISTA
BATKE
BATMAN
BATORI
BATSON
BATTERMAN
BATTLE
BATTLEFORD
BATTLEY
BATTY
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BATCHELOR,
William and Hilda
In memory of our parents, William (February 21, 1991) and Hilda
(June 5, 2006).
Snapshots taken with the heart
Are never lost&hellip
They become an album of
Beautiful moments that live forever.
We love and miss you.
- The Batchelor Family.
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BATCHELOR o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-21 published
NICHOLAS,
Geraldine
Jane (née
McCUE)
Long time employee (43 years) at J. MacD, Thomson Ltd. Custom
Broker, Toronto. Passed away November 15, 2007. Beloved daughter
of the late Alice L.
BATCHELOR (1990) and the late Norman H.
McCUE (1977.) She will be forever loved by her sisters, Patricia
and Audrey, and by her brothers, David, Peter, Paul, Mark and
Allan, and by their families and by her many Friends. A Funeral
Mass will be held Saturday, November 24 at 11 a.m. at St. Aidan
Catholic Church, 3501 Finch Ave. East, Scarborough, 416-494-2704.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
would be appreciated.
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BATE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-17 published
FERGUSON,
John
Bowie
Born September 5th 1938 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Passed
away peacefully at home in LaSalle, Ontario on July 14th, 2007.
Loving husband of 48 years to Joan Elizabeth
(BATE.)
Wonderful
father to Christina (Paul
RUHL,)
Catherine
(Paul
SUROWIEC,) John
FERGUSON (Stephanie
PAIVA) and Joanne
FERGUSON (Kevin
FEAGAN).
He was blessed with 10 loving grandchildren Kyle, Carly, Austin,
Kurtis, Jack, Emily, John, Grace, William and Nicholas. Cousin
of James and Dorothy
FERGUSON and family of British Columbia,
as well as many extended family members. John had a life long
passion for his family as well as soccer, lacrosse, hockey and
horses. John earned respect in his professional hockey career
as a player with the Montreal Canadiens, winning five Stanley
Cups and as an executive with Team Canada '72, New York Rangers,
Winnipeg Jets, Ottawa Senators, and the past 11 years with the
San Jose Sharks. John bred, owned and raced thoroughbred and
standardbred horses throughout North America. He received many
honours and accolades in his professional career and within the
horse racing industry. At a very early age he demonstrated a
commitment to helping those less fortunate than he. He was a
generous man and was involved in many charitable organizations.
John was an avid golfer and a member of the St. Charles Country
Club of Winnipeg, and Essex Golf and Country Club, home to his
11th Annual John Ferguson Charity Golf Classic. Following cremation,
visitation will be held at Families First Funeral Home and Tribute
Centre, 1-800-510-9887, 3260 Dougall Ave., Windsor, Ontario on
Friday, July 20th from 4-8 p.m. Memorial Service will be held
at All Saints Anglican Church on Saturday, July 21st at 11: 00 a.m.
330 City Hall Square, Windsor. www.FamiliesFirst.ca As an expression
of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Montreal General
Hospital Cardiac Unit, Princess Margaret Hospital G.U. Unit in
Toronto, and/or the Windsor Regional Hospital Diagnostic Unit.
John's spirit will continue to live on in all of us whose lives
he touched.
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BATEMAN o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2007-10-10 published
BATEMAN,
Leah
Who passed away October 15, 2006.
I love you, Leah.
- Ernie
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BATEMAN o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-12-05 published
BATEMAN,
Bob
On December 2nd, 2007 at Sara Vista Nursing Home, Elmvale in
his 81st year. Bob
BATEMAN of Wasaga Beach beloved husband of
the late Sylvia
BATEMAN (2006.) Dear Father to Stephen
BATEMAN,
Toronto. Brother to Mary
HANSEN, Toronto and George
BATEMAN,
New Zealand. Visitation will be held at Prince of Peace Anglican
Church, 565 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach, Saturday December 8th,
2007 from 12 to 1 p.m. where Funeral Service will be conducted
by Rev. J.
SEAGRAM at 1 p.m. (705-429-1040.) Cremation. Donations
may be made to the Prince of Peace Anglican Church or Canadian
Cancer Society. Arrangements entrusted to the Watts Funeral Home
and Cremation Centre, Wasaga Beach
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BATES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-06 published
BATES,
Don
In loving memory of our Dad, who passed away January 4, 2004.
Always remembered with love Donna, Dale and Mike
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BATES o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-09-26 published
SMITH,
John
R.
The family of Jack Smith would like to thank Doctor Donald
SMITH,
the staff and nurses of Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
for the exemplary care given to Jack during his illness. We would
also like to thank Rev. Darren
MAY for performing the service.
A very special thanks is extended to Jean
JONES and Myrtle
BATES
for the extended care provided to Jack as well.
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BATES o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-11-21 published
BATES,
David
Thomas
On November 4, 2007, with his family at his side, David passed
away in St. Catharines General Hospital in his 42nd year. He
is sadly missed by his parents, Paul
BATES
(Nancy) and Kathy
BATES and his siblings Patricia
BATES-
WOOD (Gib), Michael, Andrew,
and Matthew (Catharine). Especially mourned by his son Brandon.
David grew up in the friendly atmosphere of Stayner and enjoyed
many sports activities with his many Friends whom he often remembered.
Online condolences accepted at: condolences@westviewfuneralchapel.com.
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BATES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-05 published
BATES,
Marjorie
Edith (née
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON)
On August 31, 2007, in Saskatoon. Born in Portsmouth, England,
on March 7, 1916, Marjorie came to Toronto as a war bride in
1946. Marjorie loved gardening, sewing and all things English.
Predeceased by her husband Art in 1988 and her brother Dennis
and sister Pat. Sadly missed and fondly remembered by Tim, grand_son
Iain Skye, Peta and Gordon.
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BATES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-27 published
Music director reached highest echelons
In a life steeped in music and dance, he juggled opera, ballet
and a host of languages
By Lisa FITTERMAN,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S8
George CRUM had thick, expressive eyebrows that stood him in
good stead for his beloved jokes and stories. Up and down they
moved, punctuation to the punch lines that helped him dispel
tension before and after performances by the National Ballet
of Canada, where he served as founding music director and conductor
for 33 years.
Once, Mr. CRUM was forced to use only his eyebrows to cue performers
on stage as to when the music would start, stop, slow to a stately
adagio or rise to a peak. It was a matinee performance of Giselle
in a tiny hall in Fredericton, with principal dancer Karen Kain
performing the title role.
"I'll never forget it," Ms. Kain said. "Usually, we followed
the movement of George's baton, up, down, swoosh, but this time,
all we could see was the top half of his head sticking up through
a hole in the stage."
His life was steeped in dance and music, and he believed that
they should be accessible to everyone, even in tiny town halls.
Tall, with dark hair and a pugilist's nose (he was a Golden Gloves
boxer in his teens), he was an inveterate prankster with a sunny
nature and a disarming manner. Nothing got him down - not holes
drilled through stages, not having to travel on tour along bumpy
roads in a bus and certainly not getting caught in a rainstorm
on the way to the National Ballet's first performance at Toronto's
Eaton Auditorium in 1951, with him as conductor.
As Mr. CRUM often told the story, the rain was coming down so
hard that the car sputtered, then shorted out - not what he wanted
on one of the biggest nights of his professional life. But there
he was, cheerfully hitchhiking with his trousers rolled up to
his knees in a futile bid to keep them dry. "And wouldn't you
know it, but the elegantly dressed couple who stopped to help
were also on their way to the ballet. They said they'd take us,
but that we'd probably be late," he said with a wicked grin.
"I said, 'Don't worry. I can guarantee that you won't be late.'"
An avid linguist - he spoke fluent German, French, Spanish and
Latin, in addition to English - Mr.
CRUM fit into any situation,
or made it fit him. Jean Verch, a flutist who joined the ballet
company in 1963, said that during a Mexican tour, several of
them hired a car for the day in the capital. "George was sitting
in front and speaking Spanish with the driver, then turning around
to translate for us. And the driver asked him where he'd learned
to speak English!"
He also tried to impart his love of food on others, insisting
that people try things they didn't like three times a year until
they developed a taste for it. "I did," laughed Ms. Verch, now
the orchestra's administrator. "But despite all of George's gargantuan
efforts, I still don't like large snails and boiled parsnips."
George CRUM was born in Rhode Island, the
son of George Sr.,
who worked in the insurance business, and Muriel, an unconventional
housewife whom Ms. Verch described as a "grand dame." When her
son was grown and travelling on tour, Mrs.
CRUM had a habit of
turning up in the strangest places. In Podunk, Iowa, he was startled
to feel a tap on his shoulder as he walked amid applause to his
spot in the orchestra pit. He turned to see his mother, who admonished
him: "Georgie, did you wear your rubbers today? It's raining!"
Another time, he was checking into a Quebec City hotel when the
desk clerk remarked, 'Oh, Mr.
CRUM, your wife is already here
and I've taken the liberty of giving you adjoining rooms." Mr.
CRUM,
who knew that his wife was most definitely not travelling with
him, found the connecting door open, and there was his mother,
acting as if her visit had been planned for ages.
The CRUM family moved to Toronto when George was 3. He showed
an early aptitude for music, and at 12, began to seriously study
piano and organ under Edmund
COHU, organist and choirmaster of
Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario After Trinity, he
continued to study piano with instructor Mona
BATES, making his
Toronto debut at the age of 16. Soon, he was a regular recitalist
on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio.
He studied musical orchestration under Barbara Pentland and late
Ettore Mazzoleni, becoming so fascinated and inspired by opera
and lieder music that he would later spend time in Europe working
to further his knowledge. One of his hosts, a German music professor,
spoke no English while Mr.
CRUM spoke only rudimentary German
at the time. They communicated in Latin, the only language they
had in common.
When he was 22, Mr.
CRUM made his professional debut as one of
the conductors for the Royal Conservatory Opera, later known
as the Canadian Opera Company. Besides conducting, he served
as the first chorus master. During this period, he also spent
two seasons in Guatemala as an assistant conductor of the National
Opera of Central America.
In 1951, two things happened that would change his life: He married
Patricia SNELL, a soprano with whom he later had two daughters,
and he was approached by Celia
FRANCA, the English-born founder
of the National Ballet (obituary February 20, 2007). She asked
whether he'd join the fledgling company as its music director
and conductor and he agreed, setting in motion a professional
relationship that would guide the troupe into the highest echelons
of the dance world.
For a number of years, he juggled his opera and ballet careers,
and even found time to guest conduct for Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation opera telecasts and opera and symphony performances
across North America, Japan and Europe. Eventually, though, the
heavy performance schedule took its toll: He gave up his commitment
to the Conservatory Opera to devote himself to what was quickly
becoming a tour de force in the world of international dance.
Over the years, he provided the orchestrations and arrangements
for works in the ballet company's repertoire including Pas de
Deux Romantique (1959-1960), Princess Aurora (1960-1961), One
in Five (1961-1962), Melodie (1966-1967), Giselle (1969-1970),
Les Sylphides (1973-1974) and Offenbach in the Underworld (1975-1976).
But he still took on guest conducting jobs, including an appearance
in Mexico for the inauguration of president Miguel de la Madrid
and the official opening in 1969 of the National Arts Centre
in Ottawa, where an electrical glitch during the second night's
performance of Romeo and Juliet caused a third of the orchestra
to rise above the stage just as Ms.
FRANCA, in the role of Lady
Capulet, was commanding Lord Capulet to his knees.
Veronica Tennant, who was dancing the role of Juliet that night,
described the scene for The Globe and Mail in 2004: "Gamely,
[George] continued waving his baton, ascending until he and his
nucleus of musicians were peering down at us aghast - as he said,
"the only time I ever looked down on Celia
FRANCA."
In 1972, Mr.
CRUM received the Celia Award in recognition of
his services to ballet in Canada. He officially retired from
the ballet in 1984 but was named music director emeritus and
appeared as guest conductor at 25th anniversary gala performances
and in 1989 for Ms. Tennant's farewell performance of Sergei
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
Even in retirement, Mr.
CRUM didn't remain still. He bought a
snooker parlour in Thornhill, Ontario, and became an avid clockmaker
and wood carver, winning a contest for a carving of a toad -
a gift for one of his daughters, who collected such amphibious
paraphernalia.
"He was always creative and a mentor. He is one of the pioneers
who created our company. He was on the bus all day, performing
at night, going across the Prairies, travelling in freezing temperatures
and in sweltering heat," Ms. Kain said. "In effect, we're standing
on his shoulders."
George CRUM was born October 26, 1926, in Rhode Island. He died
in Toronto on September 8, 2007, of cancer-related causes. He
was 80. He leaves wife Patricia, daughters Jennie and Angie,
and seven grandchildren.
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BATES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-07 published
McGIBBON,
Marie
Louise
Connell "
Babs"
Babs took her golf game to the next level this past Monday, November 5th,
and drove a beautiful, peaceful shot off the tee for the last
time. And in true form, she no doubt will be asking those in
front whether she can "play through." In her 85th year, she was
wife of the late Charles C.
McGIBBON, sister of Basil
CONNELL
(Newmarket) and outstanding mother of Ian (Maureen) of Toronto,
Peter of Montreal, Peggy of Aurora and Susan (Rolfe) of Toronto.
She proudly leaves her grandchildren Andrew, Charles, Heather,
Laura, Maria, and Zachary, along with her great-granddaughter
Brooke.
To say that she lived life to its fullest is an understatement.
During World War 2 she served as a naval Women's Royal Naval
Service in Vancouver where she met her great love and future
husband 'Charlie'. The great outdoors is where Babs thrived.
She was an extremely active alpine skier and conquered many of
the great peaks on the planet. However, her role as part of the
famous 'Kirby Belles' at the Oshawa Ski Club gave her some of
her fondest memories. A life-long cottager on the family island
in Georgian Bay, she was famous for her animated stride jump
off the front point and rowing her boat while taking it all in.
She was a committed life-long health enthusiast and was an avid
golfer, biker, hiker, walker, gardener, theatre-goer, and world
traveler. She was a friend to so many and never tired of experiencing
what the world had to offer. Babs was down to earth, generous,
caring and fun and also made a point of giving back to her community
and causes she believed in. She was an active participant in
the Oshawa community for over 50 years supporting such worthy
causes as The Boy's Club of Oshawa, Simcoe Hall and The Alzheimer's
Society.
She will always be remembered for her laugh, love of learning,
joie de vivre and those baby blue eyes that were always twinkling.
The family wishes to extend their most sincere thanks and gratitude
to her caring companion of the last four years, Rachelle Espinosa.
Thanks also to Doctor Barry
WRIGHT of Oshawa for his fine care over
the years as well as to Doctor Terry
BATES and the excellent staff
at Bayview Extendicare for their many kindnesses and care. The
family would also like to thank the staff in the Acute Geriatric
Unit at the North York General who made Babs comfortable during
her last days.
Visitation will be on Friday, November 9th from 2 to 5 p.m. at
the McIntosh-Anderson Funeral Home (152 King St. E., Oshawa,
905-433-5558). Friends and family are welcome to celebrate her
life on Saturday, November 10th at 11 a.m. at The Thornton Cemetery,
located at 1200 Thornton Road North, Oshawa. A reception will
follow at The Oshawa Golf and Curling Club (160 Alexandra Street,
905-723-4681) at 1 p.m. In memory of Babs, donations to Simcoe
Hall may be made on her behalf (www.simcoehall.com, 905-728-7525).
Memories and wishes may be sent to susan.mcgibbon@sympatico.ca.
To honour Babs, laugh with the people you love and live every
day to its fullest.
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LONG,
Edith
After a short illness on November 8, 2007 at the age of 84. Daughter
of the late Rev. William and Annie
LONG. Survived by her cousins
Malcolm (Norah)
BATES, and Ronald
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT.
Remembered fondly by
the people of Saint Mary Magdalene Anglican Church. A visitation
will be held at the church, 477 Manning Ave. (416) 531-7955 on
Tuesday from 7-8: 30 p.m. A Sung Requiem Mass will be celebrated
from the church on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Interment at Saint_James
Cemetery. Donations can be made to the Second Century Fund through
the church.
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Mary Bates
BURNS, 89: Swing singer
Mary Bates Burns was a hit with the troops and once turned down
a date with Frank Sinatra
By Matthew
CHUNG,
Staff
Reporter
She was a decorated World War 2 veteran with "perfect pitch."
Mary Bates
BURNS went from making bottle tops in a factory to
entertaining overseas troops with a featured singing role in
the wartime revue "Meet the Navy."
She later shared stages, and radio waves, with legends of the
swing era and, according to family lore, once rejected a romantic
overture from Frank Sinatra.
"Mary never did make a big thing about her celebrity status,"
said her sister, Peg
HARRIS, 85, from her home in Prince Edward
Island. "She certainly was a celebrity in Toronto."
BATES
BURNS performed for much of her career as Mary
BATES but
later took her second husband's surname. She died December 19
at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, after a brief illness,
at age 89.
Born June 6, 1917 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, she moved
with her family six years later to Toronto's east end, near Pape
Ave. and Gerrard St. E.
Her voice got noticed by co-workers in a factory and they encouraged
her to try out for a local quartet. She got the job and performed
with Jack ALLISON,
Bill
BOUNSALL and Helen
RICHARDSON as The
Crushy Swingers, after a successful audition for Orange Crush
Co.
They quickly made a splash in the Canadian music scene, garnering
airplay on CFRB and being featured on a radio broadcast put
on by The Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund.
The quartet was spotted that summer by Rudy Vallee, the famous
1930s American crooner known for singing through a megaphone,
as they performed at the Canadian National Exhibition.
Impressed, Vallee asked the group to sing on his Thursday evening
NBC radio show broadcast from New York.
The performance was such a success
BATES
BURNS and the others
moved to the Big Apple and made more appearances on Vallee's
show as The Swing Kids. They disbanded in the late 1930s, and
she launched her solo career.
BATES
BURNS appeared as a featured vocalist with many large swing
orchestras including The Modernaires.
In front of a microphone,
BATES
BURNS was "Marvellous… she was
just a natural," her sister said.
It was back in Toronto, at the Canadian National Exhibition around
the start of World War 2, that
BATES
BURNS rubbed shoulders with
Frank Sinatra, then in the early years of his career.
"I think the story was, he asked did she know where a guy could
get a drink?" said
BATES
BURNS's daughter, Kate
BURNS
Rapley,
in a phone interview from England.
"He then said was there any chance of him having some company
with that drink?"
BATES
BURNS, married at the time to musician Ken
ADAMSON, declined.
She and
ADAMSON were later divorced.
BATES
BURNS joined the Canadian navy in World War 2 as a member
of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Services. She was a featured
act in the "Meet the Navy" musical show that entertained soldiers
stationed across Canada.
It was a dangerous time and "sad too, because you lost so many
Friends in those days," said another sister, Betty
JESSHOPE,
82, from her home in Oakville.
In 1944, "Meet the Navy" went overseas, playing around England.
During a five-month run at London's Hippodrome theatre in 1945,
the show received a rave from Beverley Baxter in the London Evening
Standard.
"You don't have to visit the Hippodrome out of any sense of duty,"
she wrote. "The Canadian Navy has sailed up the Thames and London
is its prisoner."
JESSHOPE said servicemen turned out to be an appreciative audience
for her sister.
"In the navy show, the first time
(BATES
BURNS) sang… I think
they had a hard time getting (soldiers) to shut up,"
JESSHOPE
said, "because the young men just kept clapping her on."
After the war, "Meet the Navy" was shot as a film in Britain
with BATES
BURNS as a featured vocalist.
England also provided her with a second husband, accomplished
saxophone player Bob
BURNS, whom she wed in 1948.
BATES
BURNS
performed there in 1950 with orchestra leader Bert Ambrose at
Ciro's, a popular nightclub of the time. The pair had a son,
Rob, in 1948, and daughter Kate in 1952.
BATES
BURNS retired from singing professionally soon after the
birth of her daughter and, around the same time, was divorced
from BURNS.
She returned to Canada and worked as an electrologist for a while,
moved back to England for a few years in the 1970s and then came
back to Canada for good.
"I think she was never really sure where she wanted to be," said
Kate. "She had gone back and forth all her life."
In fact, BATES
BURNS made one last trip across the Atlantic in
August, paying a three-week visit to Kate and her three children.
"She was very bright, she had all her faculties," said Kate.
BATES
BURNS remained close with many Friends from the swing era,
including composer Robert Farnon and Bert Pearl, bandleader on
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio's popular program The
Happy Gang.
And she still loved to sing when together with family. "I don't
think she ever appreciated how good (a vocalist) she was herself,"
JESSHOPE said.
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FLUMIAN,
Rugero
Peacefully, in his sleep while recovering from pneumonia on Monday,
June 11, 2007 with his Ottawa family at his side at the age of
92. He was a fervent believer of education, hard work, fair play
and the Canadian dream. Predeceased by his wife of 50 years,
Luigia (née
COLLEDAN.) Survived by his 2 sons George (Maryantonett)
and Paul Austin (Madeline) and a sole granddaughter, Simona Antonia.
Last surviving sibling of a family of hardworking sharecroppers
that emigrated en masse to Canada for a better life including
Giovanni BATISTA, Rosina (Vendramini), Antonietta (Pittonet),
Emma (Piccinin), Marisca (Caldana), Ida (Ortis), Pierino and
Bruno (Lina). Uncle to the Colledan and Rizzardi families in
Canada and the Sartoni family in Italy. Survived by many nieces
and nephews mostly born in the old country with a few born in
the New World. Also survived by a significant number of grand
nephews and grand nieces and a few great-grand nephews and great-grand
nieces. Family and Friends are invited to the Kelly Funeral Home,
585 Somerset St. W., Ottawa on Thursday June 14, from 5-9 p.m.
and on Friday June 15 from 11-12. Funeral service at Saint_John
the Apostle Catholic Church, 2340 Baseline Rd., Ottawa at 1 p.m.
on June 15, 2007. No Memorial Service in Toronto. Visitation
at Fratelli Vescio on 8101 Weston Road, Toronto on Sunday June 17
from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Entombment June 18, at 10: 30, at Glendale
Cemetery, Toronto. In lieu of flowers, donations to Villa Leonardo
Gambin-Foundation for Long Term Care Charity would be appreciated.
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BATISTA 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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COSTELLO-
BATKE,
Sheila▼
(Late of Beresford Avenue, Toronto and Dublin, Ireland)
Peacefully, at home on Sunday, July 1, 2007, in the loving care
of her family, after long suffering, lived through with grace,
determination and good humour. Tremendous loss to her loving
and devoted husband Dwight, her son Emmett and daughter Adrienne
her sisters, Maeve, Mary, Nuala and Bernadette; her brothers,
Arthur, Declan and Damian; Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Nieces
and Nephews, her Friends, Trish and Mary and many other loving
Friends and relatives. Visitation this Wednesday, July 4th 7-9 p.m.
at Turner and Porter, 2357 Bloor Street West, short prayer service
at 7: 30 p.m. Funeral service, in celebration of Sheila's life,
this Thursday, July 5th at 11: 30 a.m. in Runnymede United Church,
432 Runnymede Road. In lieu of flowers, donations to Princess
Margaret Hospital in Sheila's name.
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COSTELLO-
BATKE,
Sheila▲
Runner, conversationalist, financial compliance analyst, wife,
mother, sister, friend. Born September 17, 1946, in Dublin. Died
July 1 in Toronto of cancer, aged 60.
By Michael
CUSSEN,
Page L6
'I'm just a girl who can't say no," was usually the way Sheila
liked to announce herself. That could explain why when she was
diagnosed with cancer she left for Siena, Italy, the next day
to take a six-week course in art history.
Sheila was born into a small, cold house in Dublin that held
a big, warm family: five girls head-to-toe in one bedroom and
four boys in the other. She left school at 15 and later fled
to Paris where she worked as an au pair and learned to cook an
omelette - but not much else.
She went back to Ireland for a while but then took off again
to Toronto's Bloor West Village. In the early seventies, Bloor
West Village was a place of brown clothes, corduroy couches and
bad hair. But Sheila loved it and immersed herself in the community.
Whenever she could, she found herself a stage and sang Gilbert
and Sullivan.
For many years, she put her head down and worked hard in the
financial sector. With her husband, Dwight, she created a warm,
welcoming and loving home. She was incredibly proud of her two
children, Emmett and Adrienne, but at times they drove her mad
- and she them. As Emmett put it at her funeral: "For some reason,
it was always my mom who got the undercooked meals at restaurants,
who would flash her chest at the end of a race, who chose to
dress up in absurd costumes, or who was the only white woman
dancing in the Caribana parade."
Sheila held musical soirees and kitsch auctions to raise money
for charity. She also took part in more than 10 marathons. Three
years in a row, she persuaded her running Friends to take part
in the Cabot Trail 24-hour relay. None of them will ever forget
her running up Cape Smokey with a broad smile the week before
she was diagnosed with cancer.
Sheila had few vices beyond the odd martini, a tendency to fuss
and a need to break into song at inappropriate times. She had
a pathological hatred of cats and little time for dogs.
A month before she died, Sheila phoned to ask me to her funeral.
For me, it was an awkward conversation, but Sheila never minded
awkward situations; she thrived on them. She organized her funeral
herself, convinced of the power and importance of the ritual
in allowing people to grieve. At one stage in the ceremony, she
had arranged for gifts to be brought to the altar. One was a
copy of James Joyce's Ulysses. She loved the fact that the last
word in the book was the most positive in the English language.
It could also have been a summation of Sheila's life: Yes.
Michael CUSSEN is Sheila's brother-in-law and friend.
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BATMAN o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2007-01-31 published
BATMAN
In memory of Frances
BATMAN.
Years of striving, little of play,
Loving, giving, the whole of the way,
A cherished smile, a heart of gold,
To the dearest mother a world could hold.
Happy memories, fond and true,
From us who thought the world of you.
Love Ralph, Dennis, Paul, Jackie and family, Bill, Cheryl and family.
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BATORI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-27 published
KENYERES,
Ethel
(BATORI)
On Monday, June 25, 2007 at Baycrest. Ethel
KENYERES, beloved
wife of the late Sandor
BATORI.
Loving mother and mother-in-law
of Julius and Drora
BATORI.
Devoted
Anya of David and Lindsay,
and Jodi and Jason, and devoted great-grandmother of Charlie,
and Quinn. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue
W., (three lights west of Dufferin) for service on Thursday,
June 28th at 11: 30 a.m. Interment, Eastern Children section of
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park. Shiva 77 Ridgevale Drive. Memorial
donations may be made to the Ethel Kenyeres Memorial Fund, c/o The
Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324.
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BATSON o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-12-27 published
HEARD,
Lenore
Mary
(HOLLAND)
At the Southampton Care Centre in Southampton Sunday morning
December 23, 2007. The former Lenore
HOLLAND of Wiarton formerly
of Newmarket in her 79th year. Beloved wife of the late Donald
HEARD.
Loving mother of Deborah and her husband Randy
CURRAN
of Blaine, Washington, Elizabeth
CURRAN of Powassan, Robert
HEARD
of Australia and Jeffrey
HEARD of Ottawa. Lovingly remembered
by her two grandchildren; Natalie and Stephanie
CURRAN.
Dear
sister of Joan
HILDEBRAND and her husband Glen of Kitchener and
Mary FAWCETT of London. Predeceased by five brothers; John, Kale,
Benedict,
Conrad,
Stephen and three sisters; Loretta
BATSON,
Gloria BAILEY and Leona
O'CONNOR.
Friends may call at the Downs
and son Funeral Home Hepworth Friday December 28 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated from Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic
Church, Wiarton Saturday December 29 at 11: 00 a.m. Visitation
at the Funeral Home Saturday morning from 10: 00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
prior to the Mass. Spring interment Balsam Grove Cemetery, Oliphant.
Memorial contributions to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated
as your expression of sympathy. Prayers will be recited at the
Funeral Home Friday evening December 28 at 8: 30 p.m. Messages
of condolence for the family are welcome at www.downsandsonfuneralhome.com
A tree will be planted in the Memorial Forest of the Grey Sauble
Conservation Foundation in memory of Lenore by the Downs and
son Funeral Home.
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BATTERMAN o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-07-09 published
SILVERTHORN,
Camilla
Cecelia (née
MORAN)
Passed away peacefully after a dignified and courageous battle
with cancer at the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound on
Saturday, July 7th, 2007 in her 57th year. Camilla was the loving
and devoted mother of John and Theresa
SILVERTHORN and is survived
by their father Jack
SILVERTHORN.
She was the dear sister of
Catherine and Sheumas
FAY,
Francis and Brenda
MORAN, Helen and
Frank BEIRNES,
Patricia and Bill
SCOTT, John and Brenda
MORAN
and Jerome
MORAN.
Sister-in-law of Wayne
BATTERMAN, Eric and
Betty SILVERTHORN, Eldon and Betty- Jean
SILVERTHORN, Brian and
Elaine MUNDLE,
Ivan
SILVERTHORN, Sue
SILVERTHORN and Brian and
Holly SILVERTHORN.
Also survived by her mother-in-law Marion
SILVERTHORN.
She will be sadly missed by her several nieces and
nephews. Predeceased by her parents: Frank and Mary
MORAN, her
father-in-law: Irvin
SILVERTHORN, a sister: Lorena
BATTERMAN
and a sister-in-law Donna
MORAN.
Friends are invited to call
at the Currie Funeral Home in Chatsworth on Tuesday afternoon
and evening 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., where Prayers will be
said on Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. thence to Saint Paul's Roman
Catholic Church in Dornoch where Mass of Christian Burial will
be said by Father Steve
LACROIX on Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.
Interment: Shiloh Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, if so
desired, memorial contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society
or a charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.
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BATTLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-21 published
BILNEY,
John
Lawrence
On Wednesday July 18th 2007 John Lawrence
BILNEY passed away.
The father of two sons, Brook and Blaise, husband to Derris nee
HOYE, /
BILNEY, brother to Molly, uncle and grand uncle to some
twenty plus nieces and nephews in England, and Grandfather to
Ruby, Sean, Orian, and Ella of Galiano Island, British Columbia
He was the son of Harry Francis
BILNEY, and Kitty
BATTLE.
John
died lucid, and with much grace, in the arms of his family, due
to a Pesky Case Of Lung Cancer as Dean Hagopian or Peter Griffin
might say with a slightly 'filthy brogue'. John spent most of
his working life as an Advertising Man. One strange creative
coincidence was his campaign for Esso's 'Put a Tiger in Your
Tank' in the early sixties which resulted in Buck Owens hit 'I've
Got a Tiger By the Tail' which Owens penned after spotting the
poster 'Put a Tiger in Your Tank' at a gas station while touring
west Texas. John came to Canada in 1953 and met the woman he
would marry, the love of his life, on that very boat (The lsle
de France) as if out of one of the many movies of the time. Now
if this were a resume it might not look too hopeful. John worked
his way through some sixteen premiere Ad agencies, making fast
Friends and some very few enemies along the way. Outside the
Ad Game (as well as within) John was a diverse and prolific creative
person. He wrote stories, he painted pictures, and he played
music. Over the last four years, since John and Derris moved
west to be close to the family, John painted some seventy beautiful
canvases inspired by his new surroundings in the Gulf Islands
of British Columbia He was always sharp, never retiring. He repeatedly
spoke of his many dear Friends, and would gladly regale us with
wonderfully endless tales of days gone by. Sadly, those tales
will now need a new narrator. As a man of many words, his 'famous'
last ones were: 'That's Easy For You To Say!' Which of course
none of this is. Thanks and Recognition to: Dean Hagopian, John
Sebert, Emmet McPartland Patrick Bryan
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BATTLEFORD o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-07-07 published
ANDERSON,
Erle
William
Passed away at Elgin Abbey Nursing Home, Chesley on Thursday,
July 5th, 2007. Erle William
ANDERSON, formerly of Crawford,
in his 90th year. Loving husband of the former Phyllis
WRIGHT.
Dear father of Marion and her husband Toivo
LOUGAS of Crawford,
Harvey and his wife
Heather of North
BATTLEFORD,
Saskatchewan,
and Effie and her husband Tom
ZETTEL of Pinkerton. Proud grandfather
of 16 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Brother of Maurice
and his wife Shirley of Alberta. Predeceased by his daughter
Erla ANDERSON and his sister Alma
McDOUGALL.
Friends may call
at the McCulloch-Watson Funeral Home, Durham on Sunday from 7-9 p.m.
A celebration of Erle's life will be held at the funeral home
on Monday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment at Chesley Cemetery.
As an expression of sympathy memorial donations to Elgin Abbey
Nursing Home would be appreciated by the family.
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BATTLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-06 published
BAGNALL,
Archdeacon
Harold "
Harry," B.A., D.D.
Peacefully at home on Friday, August 3, 2007 in his 90th year.
Harry, beloved husband of Jean (nee:
BATTLEY) for 62 years. Loving
father of Sarah
BAGNALL of Toronto and Martha
BARTLEY and her
husband Dave. Proud grandfather of Christopher and Katie. He
is survived by his sister, Mary and her husband David
WILSON
of Ottawa and brother Leslie of Burlington. Graduated from Trinity
College, the University of Toronto in Arts in 1944 and Theology
in 1948. He was ordained a priest by Bishop
BROUGHALL of the
Diocese of Niagara. Archdeacon
BAGNALL built the parish of Saint Martins
and served that parish in Niagara Falls, as well as Holy Trinity
in Welland, St. George's, St. Catharines, and St. Alban's, Beamsville.
He was rector of Christ's Church Cathedral and was Dean of the
Diocese of Niagara. Cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service
to Celebrate his wonderful life will be held at St. George's
Anglican Church, 83 Church, St. Catharines, on Wednesday, August
8, 2007 at 11: 00 a.m. Inurnment in the church columbarium. Remembrances
to St. George's Church would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements
in the care of Passfield Mortuary Services (905) 682-0474.
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BATTY o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-06-23 published
BATTY,
Frank
Sanderson,
Flight
Sgt (Ret..)
Peacefully at Lee Manor in Owen Sound on Thursday, June 21, in
his 91st year. Frank was an Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian
Air Force veteran of 33 years service. He joined the Royal Air
Force in 1937 and served throughout the Second World War. He
was especially proud of his air crew service during the Battle
Of Britain in the squadron commanded by Sqdn. Leader Douglas
Bader, the Royal Air Force's famous legless pilot. After the
war Frank transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force and served
in Canada until his retirement in 1967. He was a member of the
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 6, Owen Sound. After his air force
service Frank worked for the Ontario Department of Highways until
1982. He is survived by his wife
Beatrix
BATTY
(THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,) step-son
Phil McNICHOL, and three granddaughters, Susan
REID,
Kathleen
FLOOD and Marie
McNICHOL. He was the cherished “Grandpa” of seven
great-grandchildren, Amber, Brandi, Daniel, Monica, Marina, Asia
and Allie. Cremation has taken place. In keeping with Frank's
wishes there will be no funeral service. Expressions of sympathy
can be sent to Tannahill Funeral Home, 519-376-3710. In lieu
of flowers donations can be made in Frank's name to World Vision
Canada.
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