BOOAST
BOODY
BOOKMAN
BOOM
BOOMER
BOONE
BOORNE
BOOS
BOOSE
BOOTH
BOOTHMAN
BOOAST o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-08 published
BOOAST,
Thelma
In loving memory of a dear wife, mother and grandmother Thelma
who passed away January 8th, 1987. Deep in our hearts you will
always stay, Loved and remembered every day. Deeply missed by
husband Gord, daughter Saranne and husband Jim, granddaughter
Kim and husband George.
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BOODY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-06 published
BOODY,
David
Gordon
Unexpectedly, in Toronto, on Wednesday, October 3, 2007. Husband
of Margarita. Loving father to Matthew Christopher and Lois Cristina.
son of Helen and the late Gordon. David will be missed by his
brother and sisters Joan (Augusto)
MEDINA,
Anne
(George)
HORWOOD,
Lois HOUSTON, Ken (Nancy)
BOODY, Florence (Cameron)
HUNTER, and
Jane ARMSTRONG. He will be fondly remembered by 15 nieces and
nephews. A private family service was held. Interment Glendale
Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Turner and
Porter Butler Chapel, 416-231-2283. As an expression of sympathy,
donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated.
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BOOKMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-06 published
HERMAN,
Carl
Joseph
Passed away peacefully September 4, 2007 at home in his 85th
year. Husband of Fran, father of Ted, Rob (Shelley), Eve (Michael)
brother of Shoshana
COLE (the late Doctor Lou
COLE,) the late Ted
HERMAN and the late Louis
HERMAN
(Miriam
BOOKMAN;) grandfather
of Leah and Jenna. Former teacher at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute.
He will be missed and remembered with a smile. He leaves us all
with wonderful memories of a great fun man. Memorial Services
will be held at a later date. Family and Friends welcome to visit
at 495 Oriole Parkway between 2: 00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., until
Sunday, September 9, 2007. Anyone wishing to make a donation
can contribute to the Herman Children's Fund of the Canadian
Music Therapy Trust Fund 416-535-0200.
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BOOM o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-12-20 published
BYERS strummed a happy tune
By Randy RICHMOND, Sun Media, Thurs., December 20, 2007
The people of the street gathered for a Christmas party and Sean
BYERS was there, of course.
Eating platefuls of food, making people laugh, he won the Christmas
carol trivia contest at the party run by Streetlight.
Each player got more points for singing the answers and even
more points for getting everyone to sing along.
"Sean got everyone singing," remembers Gil
CLELLAND, the director
of Streetlight ministry.
When CLELLAND went home that night, Tuesday, December 11, he
thought of the joy at the gathering.
"I thought maybe this is that peace that we all hear about at
Christmas," he said.
Then came Wednesday.
"And I thought, where is that peace today? I asked God. Where
are you? What happened?"
What happened?
BYERS left the party and went to a Unity Project crash bed that
night.
Sometime the next morning he left the shelter, then snuck back
in. A worker found him in a locked bathroom.
Maybe BYERS, 28, took his own life. Maybe it was an accident.
The needle never cares.
The death of the engaging young man has rattled the street to
its supposedly hardened core. More than 100 people, from the
homeless to the workers helping them, gathered at the Central
Library this week to remember.
"Sean was a really awesome guy," said Trevor
JOHNSON, a transition
services manager at Youth Action Centre.
"He was generous, very well spoken, very well read, intelligent.
He struggled at times and made mistakes."
It's hard to pinpoint where and when the struggle began, his
mother, Myra
GARNETT, told The Free Press. There were problems
at home that hit her son hard, she admitted.
"He was a very, very thoughtful boy."
Although he was identified as a gifted pupil in Grade 1,
BYERS
struggled later in school and by 15 had dropped out and left
home. He took the roads so many lost boys take, sometimes turning
to drugs and petty crime that led to jail, sometimes trying to
make it, getting a job and treatment for his growing addiction.
No matter which way he turned, he played guitar or sketched,
and cared for others.
"No matter how much pain he was in, he would see someone else
and reach right through his pain to theirs,"
GARNETT said.
JOHNSON joined the Youth Action Centre about 10 years ago and
met BYERS, who was doing volunteer work.
BYERS would make ends
meet by busking at the market or on weekend nights outside the
bars on Richmond Row.
The memorial service was held at the library because he loved
books so much,
JOHNSON said.
"Give him his coffee, his paper, a smoke and his guitar and he
was a happy guy."
BYERS always put on a smiling face to the world. But when he
was really down, he took his guitar to the park and played,
JOHNSON
said.
BYERS and a few other young men his age all became hooked on
the needle and hung around together.
One of those men was Jay
DUCKWORTH, a Saint Thomas resident, who
died December 8. He, too, was remembered this week.
"Although they struggled with self-medicating, they had strong
spirits," Jim
WATKIN, executive director of the London Harm Reduction
Coalition, said at the service.
"You would see it in their eyes. That is what we need to remember.
It is not about shame or guilt. We need to get rid of that. We
need to let our spirits flourish."
The world looks at the Seans and the Jays as addicts and nothing
more, said Matti
PAQUIN, once an addict and now a worker at the
Unity Project shelter.
"I loved those two boys. They were good people who tended to
do drugs."
But their deaths must serve as a warning, others said at the
memorial service.
"I cared for these guys for a long time. I hoped a miracle would
happen and these men would excel," said Lawrence
BOOM of Street
Connection, a drop-in centre. "We have to come to terms with
this. We have to start looking at drug addiction as an illness,
not a weakness."
Over the next few months, city council will wrestle with questions
of where to spend this year's budget. The city's community services
department wants politicians to spend more money helping the
homeless and the addicted.
The people of the street think the government should do more
to help as well. In the meantime, they will continue to help
each other the best they can. They will gather.
"I think that is where the peace is today,"
CLELLAND said, his
voice breaking with grief at the memorial service.
"The peace we seek at Christmas is that in these tough moments
we don't leave each other alone. When we say, 'I need you in
my life right now.' "
Who To Call
If you need help:
Youth Action Centre: 519-434-6500
Street Connection: 519-438-7300
Streetlight (Youth for Christ) 686-0093
If you or someone you know is suicidal:
- Distress Centre (24 hours), 667-6711, 667-6600
- London Mental Health Crisis Service (24 hours), 519-433-2023
- Canadian Mental Health Association, 519-434-9191
- Mother Reach Postpartum Depression Line, 519-672-4673
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BOOMER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-06-27 published
BELL,
Alzina
Pearl (née
MELLON)
After a long illness, Alzina went peacefully, with her family
at her side at Lee Manor on Sunday June 24, 2007. “Alley”
BELL
(née MELLON) of Owen Sound in her 84th year. Predeceased by her
husband Frederick Earnest
BELL, son Lorne Wayne
BELL, son Frederick
BELL, grand_son Timothy
BELL, great-grand_son Kyle
BELL and eleven
brothers and sisters. The loss of Alzina will be greatly mourned
by her children Diane (Barry)
SCHONAUER,
Jim
(Joanne
BOOMER)
BELL and Harry
BELL all of Owen Sound and her brother Egbert
(Marg) MELLON of Prescott. Alzina will be sadly missed by 15 grandchildren,
44 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. Friends
are invited to the Tannahill Funeral Home 519-376-3710 for visiting
on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be
conducted in the chapel on Friday morning at 11 o'clock. In lieu
of flowers, donations to the Arthritis Society would be appreciated.
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BOONE o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-11-21 published
WHEELER,
Carol
Elizabeth
May
At the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital on November 17,
2007 in her 64th year. Carol of Wasaga Beach. Loving wife of
Wayne for 27 years. Dear mother of Ryan
HOBEN.
Carol will be
sadly missed by her step-children Maureen
LEMOINE,
Karen
BOONE,
Kimberlee WATKINSON and their children. Survived by two brothers
Gordon CALLAHAN
(Margaret) and Arnold
CALLAHAN (Elsie) and their
families. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
Arrangements entrusted to the Watts Funeral Home and Cremation
Centre, Wasaga Beach. 705-429-1040
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BOORNE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-03 published
son may have been target
Police make arrest in woman's death
By Raveena
AULAKH and Timothy
APPLEBY,
Page A8
Toronto -- Jean
SPRINGER may have been shot down when she tried
to protect her youngest son from a friend who showed up at her
front door with a gun, according to a Toronto police source.
Ms. SPRINGER, 60, was killed on New Year's Day by a single bullet
that struck her in the face. She was pronounced dead at Sunnybrook
hospital, becoming the city's first homicide victim of 2007.
Heavily armed officers arrested 26-year-old Altaf
IBRAHIM 12 hours
later in his basement apartment in Scarborough, a few minutes
drive from the
SPRINGER home. He is charged with first-degree
murder, a charge that implies the killing was planned.
A police source said last night that the gunman may have been
looking for Ms.
SPRINGER's youngest son Antoine, also 26, when
he arrived at the
SPRINGER home in the Malvern neighbourhood
about 2: 30 p.m.
"It looks like there was some kind of dispute between the two
young men and Ms.
SPRINGER got between and got shot," a police
source said.
The accused is said to have known Ms.
SPRINGER's youngest son,
who along with an older brother was in his mother's Snowball
Crescent home Monday as she prepared New Year's Day dinner.
"They grew up together, at least from their teen years," said
Detective Gary
GRINTON of the Toronto homicide squad.
Mr. IBRAHIM lives alone in an apartment on Brimorton Drive. He
was arrested about 2 a.m. yesterday without a struggle. Clad
in orange prison garb, he appeared briefly in court in Scarborough
yesterday and was remanded in custody. Police were still seeking
the handgun allegedly used to kill Ms.
SPRINGER, known locally
as "Auntie Jeannie."
"You have what I believe was a truly innocent woman just going
about her business," Det.
GRINTON said of Ms.
SPRINGER, widely
described as an exemplary citizen, devoted parent and regular
worshipper at the Malvern Methodist Church. "It's shocking."
Neither Mr.
IBRAHIM nor any members of the
SPRINGER family have
criminal records. And if there was any animosity before Monday's
shooting, it had not been manifest in the shape of threats or
any physical altercations, Det.
GRINTON said.
Nor were any gang affiliations involved, he said. "None whatsoever."
He dismissed a news report that said the gunman yelled "Happy
New
Year," as he opened fire, but agreed that because Ms.
SPRINGER
let him into her home, she likely perceived no threat.
Beyond stating that postshooting 911 calls were received from
several neighbours, as well as from within the
SPRINGER home,
detectives would not say what led them to charge Mr.
IBRAHIM
so quickly.
Yesterday, at the three-unit house where Mr.
IBRAHIM has lived
since last summer, few neighbours seemed to know much about the
basement apartment's tall, solitary occupant, who would sometimes
step outside for a cigarette but mostly kept to himself.
"He moved in when the new owner bought the house," said George
BOORNE, who lives across the street and saw the 2 a.m. arrest.
"But I never saw him around."
At the SPRINGER home yesterday, Friends and neighbours voiced
shock and sorrow at the brutal death of a woman described as
a popular pillar of the community who often helped organize local
events.
"I met her on New Year's Eve at the home of one of our sisters,
we had a good time," said Norma
McKENZIE, who had known Ms.
SPRINGER
at the Malvern Methodist Church for 10 years.
Ms. McKENZIE described the family of four as God-fearing, close-knit,
regular church-goers. "Antoine was part of my team at Ford company
and we worked well together."
Other worshippers concurred in praising Ms.
SPRINGER's devotion
to family and church.
"She was closely involved with the church," said Sandra
LECKY,
church secretary. "We know where she is today -- there was no
victory here."
Church staff brought in extra chairs yesterday evening as mourners
packed in to pay their respects. Those in attendance hugged and
consoled one another, occasionally rising in songs.
Reading from a statement prepared by Ms.
SPRINGER's family --
most attended the service but did not want to speak to reporters
youth pastor Marlon
MITCHELL described her as "… quiet, charming,
intelligent and very much understated in manner. She had style
and flair, but all of it counted for nothing compared to how
much she celebrated her relationship with God through Jesus Christ."
Ms. SPRINGER was born in 1946 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago. As a student, she won a scholarship to a grammar school
for girls and eventually earned a teacher's diploma. She arrived
in Canada in the late 1960s, and initially continued teaching
primary school. However, she soon switched jobs, becoming an
accountant. Self-employed, she stayed in that line of work until
her death.
But it was her religious faith that stood out above all else,
Friends said yesterday. Indeed, it is that faith that now allows
her family to bear no grudges against the man accused of stepping
into her home and taking her life.
"Today we mourn her loss, but our faith calls on us to forgive
others [as] God has in Christ forgiven us," Mr.
MITCHELL read
from the family's statement yesterday. "Jean had a forgiving
spirit and we are sure that she would want us to forgive whoever
has committed this senseless act."
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BOOS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-28 published
OSBORNE,
Frederick
After a courageous battle with cancer, Frederick
OSBORNE of Richmond
Hill died on July 25, 2007, at Hill House Hospice. He was the
devoted husband of Florence
WOLFF.
Chelsea, his yellow lab, will
miss his master's tender loving care. Fred was predeceased by
his parents and brothers Ralph (Medicine Hat) and George (Edmonton).
He is lovingly remembered by sisters Phyllis
OSBORNE
(Medicine
Hat,) Grace
LIPPET
(Medicine
Hat,) sisters-in-law Mildred
BOOS
(Waterloo) and Nina
OSBORNE
(Edmonton,) many nieces and nephews,
special Friends Ken and Nola
MOTT
(Waterloo) and many people
whose lives he touched. As a faithful employee of Weston Bakeries
for 44 years, Fred was the General Manager of Weston Bakeries
in Kitchener, Montreal, Toronto and Orillia. A special thank-you
to Doctor Matilda
NG,
Doctor
Brian
BERGER and the staff at Hill House
who helped Fred make is journey peacefully with dignity. At Fred's
request, he has been cremated and there will be no service. Donations
to Hill House Hospice, 36 Wright Street, Richmond Hill, Ontario
L4C 4A1 would be appreciated.
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BOOSE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2007-05-30 published
SMITH,
Charles
Abraham
Peacefully, at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, on Thursday,
May 24, 2007, Charles Abraham
SMITH of Strathroy, in his 82nd
year. Beloved husband of Marie
(FIELD)
SMITH.
Loving father of
Rev. Mary Ellen (Brad)
BARCLAY of Saint Thomas, Randy (Marie)
SMITH
of Kerwood, Gayle (Keith)
McLEOD of Strathroy, and Bill (Marian)
SMITH of Strathroy and grandfather of Yvonne and Brian
WIGBOLDUS,
Ian and Tracy
BARCLAY,
Josh,
Lisa, and Bruce
HOLMES, Steven,
Annette, Leanne, Michelle, Tamara, and Wesley, Candice and Reanne.
Also survived by 8 great-grandchildren. Dear brother of Edna
KORZYNSKI,
Marian
WAGNER, and Bob Haggith. Visitation was held
at Denning Bros. Funeral Home, Strathroy, on Sunday, May 27 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where a funeral service was held on Monday,
May 28 at 1 p.m. with Rev. Steve
BOOSE officiating. Interment
in Oakland Cemetery, Glencoe. A Masonic service was held Sunday
evening at 6: 30 p.m. under direction of the Napier Masonic Lodge.
Donations to the Strathroy Hospital Foundation would be appreciated.
A tree will be planted as a living memorial to Charlie.
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BOOTH o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-08 published
SMITH,
Jean
Ethel
(BOOTH)
Peacefully at Rosewood Manor, Sarnia on Saturday January 6, 2007
Jean Ethel
(BOOTH)
SMITH of Sarnia passed away at the age of
83. Jean was a longtime member of Dunlop United Church. Beloved
wife of the late Donald E.
SMITH (2002.) Loving mother of Cheryl
and Ian SHIELDS of Sarnia and Glenn
SMITH of Toronto. Cherished
grandmother of David, Michael and Scott
SHIELDS. Dear sister
of Cliff (Bud)
BOOTH and his wife
Joan of Peterborough, Ontario
and Keith BOOTH and his wife the late Mary (2003) of Lakefield,
Ontario.
Sister-in-law of Gary
SMITH and his wife
Keitha of Kingston,
Ontario. Jean will be remembered by nieces, nephew, cousins and
many dear Friends. Jean will always be remembered for her wonderful
baking and cooking, her many marvelous creations made with loving
hands through her sewing, cross-stitch and knitting and for her
great willingness to help anyone in need. The funeral service
for Mrs. SMITH will be held at Dunlop United Church 757 Rosedale
Ave. Sarnia on Wednesday January 10, 2007 at 11: 00 a.m. Family
and Friends will be received on Tuesday at Smith Funeral Home,
1576 London Line, Sarnia from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Sympathy may be expressed through donation to Dunlop United Church
In Memorium Fund, Parkinson's Foundation or the Diabetes Association.
Memories and condolences can be sent online at www.smithfuneralhome.ca
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BOOTH o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-09 published
BOOTH,
Joseph▼ "
Joe▼"
A resident of R.R.#5 Dresden, passed away peacefully at the Chatham-Kent
Health Alliance on Monday, January 8, 2007 at the age of 81.
Born in Beecher, Ontario.,
son of the late Willard and Maude
(MURPHY)
BOOTH.
Joe▼ owned, trained and drove standardbreds for
over 50 years. He was a member of O.H.H.A., Standardbred Canada
and the Dresden Legion Br. #113. Beloved husband of Edith
(HARRISON)
BOOTH.
Loving father of Wanda and her husband Clark
WOOLMAN of
Dresden. Loving grandpa of Kelly and Mike
SUTHERLAND, Joey
WOOLMAN
and Amanda
WRIGHT.
Sadly missed by great-grandchildren Alexis,
Jade, and Clark. Dear brother of Ethel
REID,
Della▼
McMILLAN,
Peggie PAUL, Darlene
WOOD, Mervel
BOOTH, Fred
BOOTH, James
BOOTH
and Doug SYMES.
Predeceased▼ by sisters and brothers Pearl
KECK,
Stella GURNEY, Eleanor
McFADDEN, Bertha
DENNIS, Leslie, Ernest
and Arthur
BOOTH.
The▼
Booth▼ family will receive Friends at the
Badder Visitation and Reception Centre, 679 North Street, Dresden
on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be
held in the chapel on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 1: 30 p.m.
with Priest Ruth Ann
HOYT of the Community of Christ, London
officiating. Interment Dresden Cemetery. Donations may be made
at the visitation centre by cheque to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
or Community of Christ, Wabash. Online condolences and donations
may be left at our website www.badderfuneralhome.com. Arrangements
entrusted to Badder Funeral Homes, Thamesville. "A tree will
be planted in memory of Joe
BOOTH in the Badder and Robinson Memorial
Forest, Mosa Twp."
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BOOTH,
Joseph▲ "
Joe▲"
A resident of R.R.# 5 Dresden, passed away peacefully at the
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance on Monday, January 8, 2007 at the
age of 81. Born in Beecher, Ontario,
son of the late Willard
and Maude
(MURPHY)
BOOTH.
Joe▲ owned, trained and drove standardbreds
for over 50 years. He was a member of O.H.H.A., Standardbred
Canada and the Dresden Legion Br. #113. Beloved husband of Edith
(HARRISON)
BOOTH.
Loving father of Wanda and her husband Clark
WOOLMAN of Dresden. Loving grandpa of Kelly and Mike
SUTHERLAND,
Joey WOOLMAN and Amanda
WRIGHT.
Sadly missed by great-grandchildren
Alexis, Jade, and Clark. Dear brother of Ethel
REID,
Della▲
McMILLAN,
Peggie PAUL, Darlene
WOOD, Mervel
BOOTH, Fred
BOOTH, James
BOOTH
and Doug SYMES.
Predeceased▲ by sisters and brothers Pearl
KECK,
Stella GURNEY, Eleanor
McFADDEN, Bertha
DENNIS, Leslie, Ernest
and Arthur
BOOTH.
The▲
Booth▲ family will receive Friends at the
Badder Visitation and Reception Centre, 679 North Street, Dresden
on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be
held in the chapel on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 1: 30 p.m.
with Priest Ruth Ann
HOYT of the Community of Christ, London
officiating. Interment Dresden Cemetery. Donations may be made
at the visitation centre by cheque to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
or Community of Christ, Wabash. Online condolences and donations
may be left at our website www.badderfuneralhome.com. Arrangements
entrusted to Badder Funeral Homes, Thamesville. "A tree will
be planted in memory of Joe
BOOTH in the Badder and Robinson Memorial
Forest, Mosa Twp."
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BOOTH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-05 published
WASHER,
Thomas, B.Phe.
Peacefully, on Sunday, June 3, 2007, at Grove Memorial Community
Hospital, Fergus, in his 81st year. Loving husband to Frances
for 56 years. Devoted and caring father to Robert, Kevin and
the late David. Dear brother of Betty
WASHER of Mississauga,
James WASHER of Athens, and Geraldine
BOOTH of Deep River. Loving
son to the late Gladys and Thomas. He will be dearly missed by
his nieces, nephews, family, Friends, colleagues and former students.
Thomas graduated from The University of Toronto (University College)
in 1950, and was involved in Education for 38 years with the
Etobicoke School Board of Education as a teacher, vice-principal,
principal and superintendent. Friends may call at the Turner and
Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga on Friday
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel
on Saturday June 9, 2007 at 11 a.m. Interment Saint_John's Norway
Cemetery. If desired, remembrances may be made to the Heart and
Stroke Foundation or the Aphasia Institute, 73 Scarsdale Rd.,
Toronto M3B 2R2 416-226-3636. Please see www.turnerporter.ca
for more information.
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BOOTH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-08 published
RIMES,
James
R. "
Jim"
Suddenly on Saturday June 2, 2007, aged 60 years. Beloved son
of James RIMES and the late Alma
RIMES.
Devoted brother to Stephen,
good friend to Maureen
RIMES and nephew of Marjorie
RIMES. A second
father to Shaune and Jessica
LOWERY/LOWREY/LOWRIE/LOWRY and like a grandfather to
Emma and Ella
PORPURO and Sascha
LOWERY/LOWREY/LOWRIE/LOWRY. He will be sadly missed
by his long time best Friends David
LOWERY/LOWREY/LOWRIE/LOWRY,
Valerie
BOOTH-
BURCH
and Patty WATTERS. A very special thanks to the bridge players
and fishing and camping Friends for their great support.
Jimmy we will love you forever and you will never be forgotten.
Thank you for always being there for everyone. Private cremation.
There will be a gathering of close Friends, held at a later date.
For those who wish, a contribution to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated.
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BOOTH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-10 published
MULHOLLAND, William "Bill" David Jr.
Died peacefully at home with his family on September 8, 2007,
at the age of 81. He is remembered with love by his wife of 50 years,
Nancy (née
BOOTH;) children William David, Charles Douglass,
James Andrew, John Alexander, Elizabeth Helen, Madeline Louise,
Sarah Alexandra, Caroline Marie, and Bruce Henry; and grandchildren
Matthew, Eric, Fiona, Samuel, Patrick, Veronique, Isabelle, Madison,
Finny, William and Andrew. Born in Albany, New York 1926, to
the late William David and Helen Elizabeth
(FLACK)
MULHOLLAND,
Bill graduated from the Christian Brothers Academy in 1944 and
immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he was commissioned
in the infantry and served in the Philippines until honourably
discharged in 1946. He then completed his education at Harvard
College (B.A. cum laude 1951) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A.
1952). Joining Morgan Stanley and Co. in 1952, he became a general
partner in 1962 and spearheaded the then largest-ever sale of
corporate securities to finance construction of the Churchill
Falls hydro-electric project in Labrador. In 1970, he accepted
the position of Brinco President and Chief Executive Officer, driving
construction of the $1 billion hydro-electric plant to its successful
completion ahead of schedule and under budget in 1974. In 1975,
he moved to the Bank of Montreal where he served as President
(1975-81), Chief Executive Officer (1979-89) and Chairman of
the Board (1981-90). During his tenure, he led Canada's oldest
bank into the modern era of financial services, orchestrated
its expansion into the United States with the purchase of Harris
Bank, and significantly improved the bank's performance, readying
it for the intense competition of the emerging global marketplace.
Bill was a champion of excellence and believed strongly in the
importance of ethics, setting a clear standard in all of his
business undertakings and consistently delivering this message
publicly, especially to business students. He contributed actively
to many organizations, including Saint Mary's Hospital, Montreal
Symphony Orchestra, Memorial University, Queen's University,
Atlantic Brücke, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Foundation,
the Canada Olympic Trust, Saint Michael's College Foundation, L'École
des Hautes Études Commerciales, the Hudson Institute, and the
Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. He served as a Director
of numerous companies, including Upjohn, Standard Life Assurance,
Canadian Pacific Railway, and Kimberley-Clark. In recognition
of his public service, he was awarded honorary doctorates by
Memorial University (1972) and Queen's University (1988), as
well as Israel's Prime Minister's Medal (1987) and the Knight
Commander's Cross (Badge and Star) Order of Merit from the Federal
Republic of Germany (1989). On his retirement, Bill was able
to realize a lifelong passion, working with his wife Nancy, son
James and daughter-in-law Elke to build one of the premier Hanoverian
stud farms in the world, Windswept Farm. Friends are invited
to join the family for visitation from 2: 00-4:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 11, at the J.S. Jones and son Funeral Home,
11582 Trafalgar Rd, Georgetown, Ontario. A funeral mass will
be held at Holy Cross Church (224 Maple Ave.) in Georgetown,
Ontario at 10: 00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 12. Followed by
a reception at his residence Windswept Farm 8th line Georgetown,
Ontario, Canada. In lieu of memorials, donations to the Parkinson's
Society of Canada - Ontario Region (416 227-9700) are welcomed
with gratitude. Bill will be interred in the United States with
full military honours in recognition of his service to his country.
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Headstrong Chief Executive Officer saved Churchill Falls and
rescued the Bank of Montreal
An emergency boss who took over after a plane crash wiped out
everyone else, he brought the power project in on time before
moving to a troubled Bank of Montreal, where he ruthlessly cleaned
house
By Gordon PITTS,
Page S8
Besides banking and family, William
MULHOLLAND's grand passion
was raising Hanoverian riding horses, which, according to one
of his nine children, are "headstrong, able and smart." Those
adjectives can just as easily be applied to her demanding father,
said Caroline
VAN
NOSTRAND.
Those traits helped propel Mr.
MULHOLLAND, a U.S.-born outsider,
into one of Canada's most exciting and controversial management
careers. He was the emergency boss who came in to save the massive
Churchill Falls power project in Labrador. Then he turned around
the Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest bank, and as a financial-services
innovator helped change the country's banking industry.
As an agent of change at the lacklustre Bank of Montreal, he
fired executives who didn't measure up, winning a reputation
as a tough, uncompromising boss. He tightened credit policies,
led technological innovation and bought a Chicago bank in a far-sighted
move that anticipated a North American market. He helped lead
the Canadian commercial banks' march into investment banking
with the purchase of brokerage Nesbitt Thomson.
Like many turnaround managers, he was accused of staying too
long as Chief Executive Officer and losing touch with a rapidly
evolving industry. Yet he reached down into the ranks to develop
a new generation of Bank of Montreal leaders that included future
Chief Executive Officers Matthew Barrett and Anthony Comper.
He was a complicated man who was seen as remote, autocratic,
introverted and eccentric, but he was regarded as brilliant for
some of his strategic moves. He could become deeply absorbed
in detail and alarmingly inattentive to people's feelings. In
describing him, Friends often fall back on that old cliché: "He
did not suffer fools gladly."
"My father was not always easy," said Ms.
VAN
NOSTRAND, who lives
in Toronto. "He had exacting standards and he upheld them for
himself and expected others to do their best to get that same
quality.
"But you can't mistake that for a lack of true caring and love
and a huge commitment to family."
Still, for all his high standards and strategic thinking, Mr.
MULHOLLAND's
own career was almost haphazard, the product of tragic circumstances,
timing and managerial agility.
He was born in Albany, New York the
son of a civil servant who
became New York's director of parks. Even at birth, he had a
Canadian connection - his maternal great-grandmother was a French-Canadian
from Trois-Rivières. He attended Christian Brothers Academy,
a Catholic military school in Albany, where he became an expert
rider, marksman, and fly fisherman -- interests he pursued throughout
his life.
He graduated from high school, joined the U.S. Army during the
Second World War and trained as a weapons instructor before being
posted to the Philippines. After discharge, he entered Harvard
College, got his B.A., then earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School, while working in the summers as a park ranger.
He then parlayed a social connection with the financier Morgan
family to join the investment banking house Morgan Stanley and
pursue a career on Wall Street.
He married the daughter of a family friend, Nancy
BOOTH, on June 22,
1957. Their rearing of nine children (four daughters and five
sons) has been attributed by his wife to the consequences of
a union between an Irish Catholic and a Free Methodist.
Mr. MULHOLLAND thrived in investment banking. One of his clients
was Brinco, a Montreal firm of British-Canadian origins that
was building the $1-billion Churchill Falls hydro project. He
placed a $500-million bond issue for the company - at that time,
a record sale of securities by a corporation.
But on November 11, 1969, Brinco's executive jet crashed, killing
six members of its senior team, including the president and finance
vice-president. The company was leaderless at a critical juncture
in the Churchill Falls project. Mr.
MULHOLLAND "was the last
man standing who knew what it was all about," said Richard
O'HAGAN,
who was later his public-affairs specialist at Bank of Montreal.
In January, 1970, at the age of 43, he moved to Montreal to become
Brinco's president and Chief Executive Officer. He also joined
the board of the Bank of Montreal, which was the principal commercial
banker for the Churchill Falls project. He brought the project
in five months ahead of schedule and under budget.
Ron SOUTHERN, the Calgary-based head of Atco Ltd., was supplying
Brinco with housing for its Churchill Falls work force. He was
also negotiating to build housing factories in the Soviet Union
and invited Soviet president Alexsei Kosygin to tour his facilities
in Montreal. Mr.
MULHOLLAND agreed to provide testimonials for
the Atco products, and impressed Mr.
SOUTHERN with his ability
to hold his own in intense geopolitical discussions.
It was the beginning of a Friendship that was cemented in the
mid-1970s, when Mr.
SOUTHERN opened his Spruce Meadows equestrian
centre near Calgary. Mr.
MULHOLLAND attended the first major
equestrian event, impressing Mr.
SOUTHERN with his own riding
skills. Each year, he would take a long country ride on the morning
of the big event.
With
Churchill
Falls complete, Mr.
MULHOLLAND was recruited to
become the Bank of Montreal's president in 1975. He found another
organization in crisis mode. "It took him about a year to get
a grip on the bank, but he was a bulldog and he got it done,"
Mr. SOUTHERN said.
The new banker became immersed in Bank of Montreal's liquidity
problems and cost-control challenges, as well as its struggles
to move from manual systems to the computer age. After the incumbent
Chief Executive Officer retired, he took the top job in January,
1979, adding the chairman's role 2½ years later.
He was involved in hiring Mr.
O'HAGAN, who had served in the
Prime Minister's Office under another eccentric legend, Pierre
Trudeau. Mr.
O'HAGAN recalled how his job interview with Mr.
MULHOLLAND
stretched to more than two hours, until he finally telephoned
his next interview party to beg forbearance. Mr.
O'HAGAN was
fascinated by this brilliant, obsessive man and joined the Bank
of Montreal team.
That extended interview was a harbinger of the
MULHOLLAND style.
He was notorious for unpredictably long meetings, forcing managers
to queue up for hours, awaiting audiences that lasted long into
the evening.
He was determined to weed out the perceived dead wood that had
allowed the bank's problems to build. In his zeal to cleanse
the ranks, he was accused of creating a demographic crisis in
the bank. One unidentified manager told Report on Business magazine
in 1989 that "an entire generation of management has been cremated."
"Those judgments were not made whimsically - they were made on
the basis of performance," insisted Grant
REUBER, the bank's
president during the
MULHOLLAND era. "I don't think he relished
letting people go, but if they hadn't measured up and they hadn't
recovered, they probably didn't survive."
Jeff CHISHOLM, a retired Bank of Montreal executive, said he
never saw this side of his former boss - Mr.
MULHOLLAND simply
demanded honest answers from his managers. He said his positive
traits never came to light because the Chief Executive Officer
did not really care what critics thought of him.
Mr. MULHOLLAND also pulled off a deal that transformed the bank:
the 1984 purchase of Harris Bank, a U.S. Midwest regional powerhouse
based in Chicago. Some critics have contended that once the deal
was done, the bank didn't really capitalize on its new U.S. platform
- but at minimum, Mr.
MULHOLLAND created the potential platform.
"He had a vision about what was going to happen to the North
American economy and to financial services within North America,"
said Mr. Chisholm, a former Harris Bank executive who joined
Bank of Montreal.
Later, Mr.
MULHOLLAND moved quickly on the deregulation of Canada's
financial industry by acquiring Nesbitt Thomson, the foundation
of today's Bank of Montreal Nesbitt Burns Inc., the bank's investment
subsidiary.
Whether he stayed too long is much debated; it's a common problem
with strong leaders in politics and business. But Mr.
MULHOLLAND's
saving grace was to leave the bank in good hands.
Mr. Barrett, his successor, was a charming people person who
provided a sharp contrast with his more aloof predecessor. Mr.
MULHOLLAND
"knew he was not Mr. Popularity with everybody," Mr.
O'HAGAN
said. "He recognized there would be a contrast and that Barrett's
personal style would register differently. I think that was part
of the reason he chose him."
Mr. Barrett, now retired from banking, said in an e-mail message
that "Bank of Montreal shareholders and employees owe a debt
of gratitude to Bill for stepping into the bank at a difficult
time in its history. Those that succeeded him benefited greatly
from his legacy.
"He once joked that he built the Stradivarius that others played
beautifully. I certainly agree with that."
After he retired in 1990, Mr.
MULHOLLAND had time to focus on
family, horses and his beloved Windswept Farm near Georgetown,
west of Toronto. He worked to develop the Hanoverian breed in
Canada.
But in recent years, Parkinson's disease took its toll. At the
MULHOLLANDs' 50th wedding anniversary party in early July, Friends
felt he almost willed himself to attend. It wasn't long afterward
that he was admitted to hospital.
William MULHOLLAND was born in Albany, New York on June 16, 1926.
He died of complications from Parkinson's disease and other medical
problems at his home near Georgetown, Ontario, on September 8,
2007. He was 81. He is survived by his wife Nancy, nine children
and 11 grandchildren.
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BOOTH,
Philip
James (1937-2007)
Peacefully, at Wyndham Manor Long Term Care Centre in Oakville,
Ontario on October 7, 2007 at the age of 70 years. Beloved husband
and best friend for 42 years of Mary. Loving father of Catherine
(Karl), Maggie (Winslow) and Caroline (Christian). Grandfather
of Isaac, Kaleb, Chloe and Thomas. Dear brother of Julian and
uncle of nieces. Will be missed by other relatives and Friends
in Canada and England. Philip graduated from the University of
Oxford in 1959. He was a teacher at the Polyvalente Macdonald
Cartier High School in St. Hubert, Quebec from 1970 until his
retirement in 1997. Prior to 1970, he taught in England, Switzerland
and Africa. Family will receive visitors in the Ward Funeral
Home, 109 Reynolds Street, Oakville on Friday, October 12, 2007
from 11: 00 a.m. until service in the chapel at 12:00 noon. Cremation
to follow. As an expression of sympathy donations to the Alzheimer's
Society would be appreciated by the family and condolences may
be sent to philip.booth@wardfh.com
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CAMPBELL,
Dorothy
Lillian
On Friday, October 19, 2007, at West Park Long Term Care Centre,
in her 99th year. Predeceased by her husband Millard B.
CAMPBELL,
her brother Fred G.
NORTON, her daughter Janet
CAMPBELL-
BOOTH
(Doug BOOTH,) and her daughter-in-law Audrey
CAMPBELL
(Ross.)
Loving mother of Marilyn (Alex
PATHY,) and Ross, loving grandmother
of Barbara, Carolyn, Diane and Bradley (Margaret). Family and
Friends will be received at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston
Road (north of Lawrence), Weston, on Monday, October 22, 2007
from 12-1 p.m. until the funeral service in the chapel at 1 p.m.
Private interment. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dorothy's
name may be made to Canadian Mental Health Association. The family
wishes to express sincere thanks to Mila for her caring, compassion
and gentle touch over many years, and to the staff of Mulholland
House (West Park).
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AMBROSE,
Cherry (née
BOOTH)
We mourn the loss of our dedicated nurse, eldest sister, loving
mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, dear friend and beloved
wife. With her singular genius for helping others in times of
need, Cherry has helped untold Friends, family and strangers
at times when no one else knew what to do or say. Her genius
for helping others was matched by the seemingly endless wealth
of quilts, sweaters, and tapestries she used to express her love
of others with colours and textures that comforted. We will miss
her dearly as we move into the cold Canadian winter, for the
first time on our own. Cherry is deeply missed by her husband
John, daughter Robin and her husband Eric, grand_sons Martin and
Daniel, siblings Jim
BOOTH, Margaret
BOOTH, Ann
HANHAM, Heather
MAHON, and Terry
NEUDORF and their families. The Guelph General
Hospital palliative team of doctors and nurses of 7E rose to
the occasion and gave Cherry the most professional and compassionate
care. Family will receive Friends at the Wall-Custance Funeral
Home and Chapel, 206 Norfolk Street, Guelph (519-822-0051 or www.wallcustance.com),
on Monday (2-4 and 7-9 p.m.). A memorial service will occur at
2: 00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 in the chapel. In lieu
of flowers, Cherry requested that donations be directed to the
Stephen Lewis Foundation "Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign",
260 Spadina Avenue, Suite 501, Toronto M5T 2E4.
(www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/ donate_online.htm - indicate
for Cherry Ambrose).
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Trooper died doing what he believed in
By Jered STUFFCO, Canadian Press, Wed., June 13, 2007
Clarington -- Trooper Darryl
CASWELL's family was waiting for
a phone call from half a world away Monday to mark his brother's
birthday at the family home in this quiet bedroom community east
of Toronto.
Instead came the knock at the door that every military family
dreads, and the terrible news that
CASWELL had become the 57th Canadian
soldier to die in Afghanistan when his vehicle struck an improvised
explosive device.
"He was going to do all he could to call," stepmother Christine
CASWELL said yesterday.
"It wasn't the call we were expecting."
CASWELL had six weeks left in Afghanistan before he was set to
return home, she added.
"He was due to come back on his birthday on the 31st of July,"
she said. "He was so young, he had so much to do and (so much)
he wanted to do."
CASWELL, 25, was a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based
in Petawawa. He was deployed with Reconnaissance Squadron from
the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment battle group.
He was riding in the lead vehicle in what the Canadian Forces
call a combat logistics patrol -- a perilous mission that involves
restocking forward operating bases and soldiers in the field
with everything from ammunition and equipment to rations and
water.
CASWELL had been serving in Afghanistan since January, his stepmother
said. "He was doing what he wanted to do and what he believed
in."
The convoy was en route to the district of Khakriz in northwestern
Kandahar province when it struck the improvised explosive device
an ever-present threat in Canada's ongoing battle with Taliban
insurgents in Afghanistan.
CASWELL was helping to provide security for the convoy as it
travelled along a secondary road 40 kilometres north of the city
of Kandahar when it was struck.
Over the course of the day, a Facebook page created in
CASWELL's
memory continued to grow with expressions of grief and condolence
from Friends, many of whom were former high school classmates.
"I was in my kitchen making coffee when I heard the name over
the news," wrote Pippa
BOOTHMAN, a university student in London,
who said the news left her heartbroken.
"I have only seen Darryl a few times since high school, however
those are moments that never go away… Live, love (and) laugh
is what Darryl did."
Another high school friend, Michelle
RICHARD, expressed support
for those Canadians who are willing to put their lives on the
line for the sake of their country.
"How sad it is… we are so blessed to have people like him willing
to stand up and protect us every day. And too often we lose them,"
she wrote.
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