CHEATLEY
CHECHALK
CHEGAHNO
CHEN
CHENEY
CHEPESIUK
CHERREY
CHERWAIKO
CHERY
CHESHIRE
CHESLEA
CHESLOW
CHESNEY
CHESNIE
CHESNUT
CHESSELL
CHESTER
CHESTNUT
CHESWICK
CHEUNG
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CHEATLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-06 published
CHEATLEY,
Michael
Donovan
(February 14, 1942-June 30, 2007)
Michael died peacefully at Saint Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.
Survived by daughters Barbara
CHEATLEY (and Mike
VAN
BENNEKOM)
of Toronto and Stephanie
CHEATLEY (and Aman
DHANJI) of Vancouver.
All of his family and Friends who love him dearly, including
his Canada Customs and Revenue Agency co-workers, the lunch bunch
at Shenanigans, colleagues at the Vancouver Aquarium, his Friends
at the Palisades and his college buddies from the Bytowne Inn
in Ottawa will all miss him. Michael opened our eyes and let
the future in with insights on trends, popular culture and the
political climate of the day. He was an information junkie. He
took and shared all information with a grain of salt and a healthy
dose of dry wit. Michael retired at age 60 to indulge his passion
for travel. We hold him in our hearts and thoughts as he continues
on his great journey. A celebration of life will be held this
Friday, July 6th at the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park from
8: 00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. in the Beluga room. Please join us in honouring
his life and to share memories of his wonderful sense of humour,
intelligence and generosity. Memorial Donations in Michael's
memory may be made to the Vancouver Aquarium.
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CHECHALK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-24 published
SOUTHERN,
Stanley
William
(June 8, 1922 to July 21, 2007)
(Long-term employee of Stelco, World War 2 veteran)
It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of
Stanley, surrounded by his family, at Village of Tansley Woods,
Burlington.
Beloved husband of Helen (née
CHECHALK) for 59 years,
devoted father of Patricia Helen
SOUTHERN
(Gilbert
MALLETTE)
and Judith Ellen
PEKRUL
(Dieter
PEKRUL) and grandpa of Ria Annelise
DEDOOD
(Joshua
BARON) and Deandra Elise
PEKRUL. Predeceased by
his parents William
SOUTHERN and Alice Flora
WILSON and brothers
Howard and Frank. Survived by his sister Mable
PRINGLE of Peterborough
and 19 nieces and nephews. Resting at P.X. Dermody Funeral Home,
1919 King Street East, Hamilton. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9
on July 24. Funeral mass at St. Eugenes Church, 232 Queenston
Rd., at 10: 00 on July 25. Interment to follow at Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery, Burlington. In lieu of flowers, donations to Alzheimer
Society, the Salvation Army or Parkinson Society are appreciated.
'You are greatly missed.'
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NORRIS,
Thomas
Garner
Suddenly at his home Monday afternoon June 4, 2007. Tom
NORRIS
of R.R.#2, Wiarton in his 69th year. Beloved husband of the former
Gail PERKINS (née
DOWNS) and the late Beth
YOUNG.
Loving father
of Kim and her husband Huss
CHEGAHNO of Wiarton, Sandi and her
husband Jerry
AHRENS of Mitchell, Jennifer and her husband Mike
DAIGLE of Brampton, Leanne and her husband Rob
CHRISTIE of R.R.#1,
Hepworth and son-in-law Scott
ROBINSON of Burlington. Proud Poppa
and Grandpa of ten grandchildren; Matthew, Kyla, Jeffrey, Joshua,
Jared, Jordan, Lucas, Aidan, Kady and Alisa. Dear son of Anne
ROUSE of Wiarton. Dear brother of June
KREUTZWEISER of Wiarton,
Barry NORRIS and his wife
Brenda of Elmira, and Becky and her
husband Bob
McCARTNEY of R.R.#3 Hepworth. Brother-in-law of Joan
NORRIS of Wiarton and Brenda
ROUSE of London. Also survived by
several brothers and sisters-in-law and nephews and nieces. Predeceased
by his brothers Jerry
NORRIS and Bev
ROUSE, daughter Lisa
PERKINS-
ROBINSON,
grand_son Michael
DAIGLE and brother-in-law Al
KREUTZWEISER.
Friends
may call at the Downs and son Funeral Home Hepworth Wednesday
evening from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral Service will be conducted from Saint Paul's Presbyterian
Church, Wiarton Friday afternoon at 2: 00 p.m. with Rev. David
LEGGATT officiating. Interment Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton. Memorial
contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society, Wiarton Hospital
or Easter Seal Society would be appreciated as your expression
of sympathy. 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 Tom by the Downs and son Funeral Home.
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CHEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-13 published
SAGMAN,
Sadok
(Febrary 2, 1927-January 7, 2007)
Passed away peacefully in his 80th year, at the Jewish General
Hospital in Montreal. Devoted husband of Carmina Araujo
SAGMAN.
Beloved father of Sara and Ruth, Uri (Sandra), Doron (Yolanda),
and Shaul. Grandfather of Gabriel, Reuben and Nathaniel; Aaron,
Joel and Evan; Irene and Christine, Daniel and Stephanie. Survived
by his brother Ezra. Predeceased by his parents, Flora and David
SAGMAN, his brothers Eliyahu and Chaim, and by his first wife,
Arlette Politi
SAGMAN.
Reflecting his Biblical name, meaning
"the righteous," Sadok believed in justice and dedicated himself
to the values important to him: family and education. The second
of four brothers, he was born and raised in Baghdad. In the 1940s,
after his family was forced to flee Iraq, he fought for the new
State of Israel. In Israel, Sadok married Arlette
POLITI, studied
economics at the University of Tel Aviv, and became a banker.
In 1966, seeking greater opportunities, he emigrated with his
young family to Canada, where he worked as an economist for the
Federal Government in Ottawa and established himself as a chartered
accountant and subsequently as a real estate entrepreneur in
Montreal. After the sudden death of his first wife in 1969, he
raised three sons alone and later also cared for his aging parents,
who joined the household. In 1979 Sadok married Carmina
ARAUJO,
whom he cherished, and enjoyed a new round of fatherhood with
his adored daughters Sara and Ruth. With these blessings came
renewed energy and purpose. Throughout his life he remained disciplined,
active and optimistic, a fighter to the end. He was truly a self-made
man, whose remarkable focus and determination will continue to
inspire. The family is grateful to the caring staff of the Jewish
General Hospital in Montreal, with particular thanks to Doctor Harvey
Chang of the Palliative Care Unit, and also to Doctor Paul
GREIG
and Doctor Eric
CHEN of the University Health Network in Toronto.
A memorial service was held on January 7 in Montreal. If desired,
memorial donations may be made to the Jewish General Hospital
Foundation, (514) 340-8251 or www.jgh.ca
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CHENEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-01 published
The hurtin' life of a Milton man
By Peter CHENEY,
Page▼ M1
Wayne CHAPMAN's final stage was a warped square of plywood on
the roof outside his $110-a-week rented room. He would strum
his guitar, look out over the rooftops of Milton, and remember
the glory days when he played with the legendary Stompin' Tom
Connors.
Last week, Mr.
CHAPMAN's guitar was placed in his casket, a final
tribute to a man whose life exemplified the hurtin' ethos of
country, the music he loved the best. Long divorced, the 52-year-old
lived in a boarding house with 14 other men, many of them down
on their luck. His previous residence was a room above a tavern.
Mr. CHAPMAN worked as a custodian at a car-parts plant, cleaning
the cafeteria and changing toilet-paper rolls.
"He didn't have much," said Ken
MURRAY, the superintendent of
the boarding house. "But he was a good guy."
Like Stompin' Tom, whose experiences included hard labour, abandonment
and poverty, Mr.
CHAPMAN was a genuine country music character,
informed by heartache and loss. His possessions were limited
to a few guitars and some beaten furniture. He had lived for
a while in Georgetown, but moved to Milton after he was targeted
in a series of robberies. His entertainment consisted of buying
a case of Molson Canadian to drink with Friends. He rode to work
each day on a hand-me-down mountain bike he called "The Dirty
Dawg."
In Milton, he lived in a single room, where he cooked his meals
in a microwave and washed his dishes in a shared bathroom. Unlike
Mr. Connors, who lives in a comfortable home in a nearby township,
Mr. CHAPMAN had never made enough to escape the endless cycle
of low-paid day jobs. But to country music insiders, his time
on stage with Mr. Connors meant that he had been validated, if
not financially rewarded.
Mr. CHAPMAN's death was a strange one. On August 23, he came
home from work, and went out on the roof with his guitar and
a few beers.
His second-floor room was one of the hottest in the house. He
liked to escape the heat by stepping out onto the roof through
his window, where he would play Stompin' Tom and Johnny Cash
tunes on his weathered acoustic guitar.
This day, he was joined by one of his housemates, who shared
a beer with him. It was late afternoon, and the weather was perfect.
The roof was the size of an average room - it was a poor man's
deck, with a flat black top and no railings. As usual, there
were a few yellow-jacket wasps buzzing around. The insects had
built a nest inside a crack in the building's brick wall, and
had defied the superintendent's extermination efforts.
Mr. CHAPMAN hated the yellow jackets. Just weeks before, he had
jammed a stick into the nest, against the superintendent's recommendation,
checking to see if a recent spraying had killed them off. It
hadn't. Now he was in a fighting mood. He fetched a fly-swatter
and began swinging at the wasps. It was a bad idea. He had unwittingly
triggered the wasps' defence mechanism, and countless more poured
out of the nest to help their embattled fellows.
Mr. CHAPMAN soon found himself in a full-on battle, walking backwards
and using his swatter to try to fend off the growing insect horde.
In the room below, Mr.
MURRAY heard his footsteps on the rooftop.
"Jesus," he thought. "I told him to stay out of there."
There was a thud. Consumed with his battle with the wasps, Mr.
CHAPMAN
had stepped off the edge of the roof and fallen six metres to
the pavement. He was rushed to the Milton hospital, then airlifted
to Saint Michael's in Toronto. He died of his injuries and a forensic
autopsy was performed the next day. His death was ruled accidental.
"It's a very sad case," said Detective Murray
DRINKWALTER of
Halton Regional Police.
It was the end of a sad life, whose highlight was a 1985 appearance
on a Stompin' Tom Connors album called Stompin' Tom Is Back to
Assist
Canadian
Talent. Mr.
CHAPMAN contributed two songs (My
Home Town and The Bars of Vancouver) and was pictured on the
cover, dressed in black jeans and a Stetson.
The album was propped on his coffin this week at his small funeral
in Erin, Ontario Among the visitors at the funeral home, according
to locals, was Stompin' Tom, who dropped by to pay his final
respects to a fallen musical comrade. Also there were his mother
and some of his brothers and sisters. The family, along with
Mr.
Connors, declined to talk about Mr.
CHAPMAN, but others filled
in a few of the blanks.
According to Fred
WHITE/WHYTE, his supervisor at the car-parts plant,
Stompin'
Tom entered Mr.
CHAPMAN's life when his father took
in the iconic singer many years ago during a dark period.
"He came home one day, and there was this tall, skinny guy,"
said Mr. WHITE/WHYTE. "It was Stompin' Tom."
Mr. CHAPMAN went on to perform occasionally with Mr. Connors,
and never stopped talking about how amazing it was to play with
a genuine musical legend. "To him, Stompin' Tom was the second
coming of Jesus," said Mr.
MURRAY. "He loved him."
"A lot of musicians would give anything to play with Stompin'
Tom," said Duncan
FREMLIN, a guitarist who used to tour with
Mr. Connors. "He's the real thing."
His thoughts were echoed by Bob
McNIVEN, a guitarist who toured
with Mr. Connors in the early 1980s. "Stompin' Tom is a legend,"
he said. "To play with him was an accomplishment." Mr.
McNIVEN,
who now works for Statistics Canada but still plays in a country
band called Whiskey Jack, has never forgotten the talent and
commitment that Mr. Connors brought to his performances.
"He really meant it. He'd be singing, and there were tears running
down his face. You'd look out into the audience, and they were
crying too."
Although he didn't know Mr.
CHAPMAN (hundreds of musicians have
toured with Mr. Connors's various bands,) Mr.
McNIVEN said he
felt a pang of recognition when he heard about the death last
week. "He played guitar with Stompin' Tom. I played guitar with
Stompin' Tom. In some way we were brothers. We drank from the
same cup."
Back at the rooming house where Mr.
CHAPMAN died, Mr.
MURRAY
also reflected on his companion's life and times. "He didn't
have a mean bone in his body," said Mr.
MURRAY as he drank his
fourth tumbler of Silk Tassel scotch. "He was a good guy. But
he should have left those wasps alone."
Mr. MURRAY, now 66, spent about 30 years as a professional country
musician, playing in clubs and bars and, briefly, for a Montreal-based
television show. Like Mr.
CHAPMAN was, he's divorced and lives
alone with his dusty musical equipment.
"I'm a has-been," he says. "We're all has-beens here.
"Here's to Wayne."
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CHENEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-30 published
CHENEY,
Stuart
S.
(Former President of Kroehler Mfg Co Ltd)
Age 91, died peacefully October 26, 2007. Beloved husband of
Vivian WHITHAM for 68 years. Surviving, brother Bryce of Ottawa.
Loving father of Janne and Ross; Kirk; Neil and Carol; Chris
and Jim; six grandchildren.
As expressions of sympathy memorial donations may be made to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation or Victorian Order of Nurses
through the W.G. Young Funeral Home, Stratford. wgyoungfuneralhome.com
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CHENEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-26 published
The humble legend
'He was one of the last of the giants, but his music and contributions
will be eternal.' Jazz impresario Quincy Jones 'He was a regular
on the French stage, where the public adored his luminous style.'
French President Nicolas Sarkozy 'He was the kindest, gentlest,
most forgiving person on the face of the earth.' Senator and
jazz pianist Tommy Banks
By Peter CHENEY,
Page▲ A1
Mississauga -- The street is pleasant but ordinary, and so is
the house, a two-storey monument to the forgettable architecture
of the late 1960s. There's a two-car garage, a neatly kept lawn
and a driveway flanked by a pair of coach lamps. But look closer,
and you realize that this is a very special house indeed.
There is a windowless brick addition that looks like a military
command centre, and on the front door, carved into the wood so
subtly that you might miss it, is the face of one of the world's
most famous and respected musicians - jazz legend Oscar
PETERSON,
once described as "the maharaja of the piano."
Mr. PETERSON, who died this weekend at 82, put Canada on the
world musical map and helped forge a new era in race relations.
Yet he spent much of his life in a world drawn straight from
The Brady Bunch, a universe of suburban tract homes, strip malls
and winding avenues with names like King Forrest Drive and Friar
Tuck Boulevard.
Although his choice of neighbourhoods surprised many, Mr.
PETERSON
loved Mississauga. "He felt at home there," said his niece, Sylvia
SWEENEY. "It was his world."
Mr. PETERSON's house was tweaked to his special needs. There
was a soundproof brick studio that held his Bosendorfer grand
piano and multitrack recording suite. The bay windows that faced
the street were replaced with opaque glass blocks, to prevent
the curious from spying. But this was not the home of a star.
"All he wanted was an ordinary life," Gene
LEES, who authored
a biography of Mr.
PETERSON, said. "He wasn't a celebrity show-off."
To those who knew him best, Mr.
PETERSON's address was the result
of his love-hate relationship with Canada and its approach to
visible minorities. The musician chose Mississauga in the early
1970s after being snubbed by a landlord in Toronto's wealthy
Forest Hill neighbourhood who refused to rent to him because
he was black.
In the suburbs, Mr.
PETERSON found a new, more open society.
Although it was largely white, Mississauga seemed more amenable
to change, if only because it lacked the crushing social history
of downtown Toronto, still a White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant bastion
at the time.
"I think it was a case of not being rejected," Ms.
SWEENEY said.
"In Mississauga, he got a chance to know his neighbours and build
a history together."
Mr. PETERSON, the
son of a railroad porter, was a musical icon
by the time he reached his mid-20s. He learned to play the piano
from his sister Daisy (who went on to become a world-renowned
music instructor) and dazzled fans around the world with his
impeccable technique and musical imagination. But in Canada,
where blacks were still a tiny minority, Mr.
PETERSON felt himself
largely shut out by a white-dominated musical and cultural establishment
that controlled access to key venues - particularly the Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation, which Mr.
PETERSON loathed until the
end of his life.
Mr. PETERSON played a critical role in the battle for equal rights,
using his professional stature and personal dignity to help erode
long-standing barriers. Mr.
LEES, a former Hamilton Spectator
reporter who went on to become the editor of a music magazine
and Mr. PETERSON's biographer, met him in 1951, when Mr.
PETERSON
was caught up in a racial dispute. Mr.
LEES was assigned to cover
the story when a Hamilton barber refused to cut Mr.
PETERSON's
hair because he was black.
Mr. LEES came away impressed by Mr.
PETERSON's strength of character,
and by his humanity. Although he pursued the complaint against
the barber because he was offended by the man's prejudiced attitude,
Mr. PETERSON later spoke on the barber's behalf when Hamilton
city officials moved to revoke his business licence.
"He was never a nasty guy," Mr.
LEES said. "And he believed that
the point had been made. He was angry about what had happened,
but he didn't want to destroy the man. He said: 'This is Canada.
Here, the law is on my side.' "
His long Friendship with Mr.
PETERSON and other black jazz greats
gave Mr. LEES an inside view of the rejection they faced - even
though they were wealthy and famous, many experienced racism
in its cruellest, rawest form. He remembered how Mr.
PETERSON
was threatened by redneck Southern sheriffs, and how the manager
of a Ritz-Carlton hotel in the 1960s tried to stop him from performing,
saying, "That nigger isn't coming into this hotel."
Mr. PETERSON fought racism on several fronts. In the early 1970s,
he lobbied to have more minorities on television shows and advertisements,
in the belief that white-dominated media marginalized other cultures.
"He thought that kids got their view of the world from what they
saw on television," Ms.
SWEENEY said. "He was way ahead of his
time."
Mr. PETERSON married four times. His first wife was black. The
others were white. This surprised Mr.
LEES, who believed that
Mr. PETERSON had rejected mixed marriage - he had told his biographer
that unions between blacks and whites demanded "incredible intellectual
unselfishness."
When Mr. LEES asked Mr.
PETERSON about his apparent about-face,
the musician listened patiently, then explained that Mr.
LEES
had failed to understand him: "I didn't say I was against it,"
he said. "I just said it was hard."
To his neighbours in Mississauga, Mr.
PETERSON was a compelling
figure, an unpretentious, decent man who happened to be a world-renowned
musical genius.
"He was very gracious," said Renneth
BEGBIE, a retired school
teacher who lived next to Mr.
PETERSON for 22 years. "So is his
family."
Mr. PETERSON wore his fame lightly, Ms.
BEGBIE said. He and his
wife sent her a Christmas card each year, and apologized for
the mess when they landscaped their yard. In return, she treated
Mr. PETERSON as he wished - like anybody else.
"That's just common sense," she said. "He was my neighbour. People
need to be respected and appreciated for who they are. If Julia
Roberts lived next door, I'd do the same thing."
Award highlights
Oscar PETERSON accumulated about 100 awards, prizes and honorary
degrees, eight Grammys and two Junos.
1972: Officer, Order of Canada.
1978: Inducted, Juno Hall of Fame.
1984: Companion, Order of Canada.
1992: Governor-General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.
1997: Grammy for Lifetime Achievement and
an International Jazz
Hall of Fame Award.
1999: Praemium Imperiale Award, the Nobel equivalent for the
arts.
2000: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
International Music Prize.
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CHEPESIUK,
Martin
Wm., M.D.
August 1, 2003.
Treasured forever in our memories.
Anna, Bill, Martin, family and Friends.
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CHERREY o@ca.on.grey_county.hanover.the_post 2007-11-02 published
WILSON, Maretta Veronica (formerly
TASKER,
CHERREY, née
MacLEAN)
Maretta Veronica
WILSON (née
MacLEAN,) of R.R.#2, Connecticut,
passed away peacefully at Groves Memorial Hospital, Fergus, on
Saturday, October 20, 2007 in her 74th year.
Beloved wife of Stuart
WILSON, the late Donald
TASKER (1987)
and the late Russell
CHERREY (1993.) Loving mother of Richard
CHERREY and his wife
Diane of Walkerton, Raymond
CHERREY and
his wife Ruby of Hanover, Kathy
WINFIELD and her husband Carl
of New Hamburg, Bonnie
SIMPSON of Breslau, Lynda
TALBOT and her
husband Greg of Durham, Michael
TASKER and his wife
Valerie of
Alma, Dan TASKER and his wife
Jessica of Arthur, Jack
TASKER
and his wife
Corina of Waterloo and Kelli
HILL of Harriston.
Stepmother of Rob
WILSON and his friend Crystal of R.R.#2, Conn
and Christine
WILSON and Ray of Winchester.
Fondly remembered by her 22 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Sister of William
REAMAN and his wife
Marilyn of Port Dover.
The family received Friends at the Heritage Funeral Home, Drayton
on Monday, October 22, 2007. Rev. Dave
TIESSEN conducted the
Funeral Service in the Community Mennonite Fellowship Church,
Drayton, on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 2 p.m. Interment Drayton
Cemetery.
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CHERWAIKO o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.collingwood.the_connection 2007-11-16 published
CHERWAIKO,
Anthony▼ "
Tony▼"
Peacefully at the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital on Monday
November 12, 2007 in his 72nd year. Tony, loving husband to Elsie
of 47 years. Dad will be forever remembered by his children Tim
of Mississauga, Trevor (Jean) of Georgetown and Tracey
MEYER
(Paul) of Coboconk. Dear Grandpa of Aaron, Courtney, Brady, Cameron and
Kealyn.▼
Tony▼ is survived by 3 sisters Olga
BRACK of Wasaga Beach,
Lena WASYLNCHUK
(Nestor▼) of Dundalk and Rose
HAMANN of Minnesota
and one brother Joe of Mississauga. Predeceased by 3 sisters
and 3 brothers. Tony's memory will forever be cherished and my
love for him will never fade. Friends may call at the Watts Funeral
Home and Cremation Centre, 132 River Road East Wasaga Beach (1 block
East of Main Street) 705-429-1040 Wednesday November 14, 2007
from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday November 15, 2007 from 12-2 p.m. Memorial
Service will be held in the Chapel Thursday November 15, 2007
at 2 p.m. Donations to the Royal Victoria Hospital Oncology or
the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital would be appreciated.
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CHERWAIKO,
Anthony▲ "
Tony▲"
Peacefully at the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital on Monday
November 12, 2007 in his 72nd year. Tony, loving husband to Elsie
of 47 years. Dad will be forever remembered by his children Tim
of Mississauga, Trevor (Jean) of Georgetown and Tracey
MEYER
(Paul) of Coboconk. Dear Grandpa of Aaron, Courtney, Brady, Cameron and
Kealyn.▲
Tony▲ is survived by 3 sisters Olga
BRACK of Wasaga Beach,
Lena WASYLNCHUK
(Nestor▲) of Dundalk and Rose
HAMANN of Minnesota
and one brother Joe of Mississauga. Predeceased by 3 sisters
and 3 brothers. Tony's memory will forever be cherished and my
love for him will never fade. Friends may call at the Watts Funeral
Home and Cremation Centre, 132 River Road East Wasaga Beach (1 block
East of Main Street) 705-429-1040 Wednesday November 14, 2007
from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday November 15, 2007 from 12-2 p.m. Memorial
Service will be held in the Chapel Thursday November 15, 2007
at 2 p.m. Donations to the Royal Victoria Hospital Oncology or
the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital would be appreciated.
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CHERY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-22 published
SPENCE,
Miriam
Passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 20, 2007 at York
Central Hospital in her 86th year. She will be lovingly remembered
by her sister-in-law Betty
SPENCE, cousin Jean
WATSON, nieces
and nephews Wendy
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON (Don), Deb
MAARHUIS (Marty), Rick
HAYES,
Jan WAINRIGHT (Vic), Sue
CHERY (Brian), Bruce
SPENCE and David
SPENCE
(Ami.) "
Auntie
Mir" will be fondly remembered by her great
nieces and nephews Rebecca, Ryan, Mark, Lesley, Chris, Kevin,
Jeff, Jon, Shawn, Lisa and Jamie. Predeceased by her siblings
Malcolm, Phylis, Bob, Elspeth, Catherine and Keith. Miriam taught
for over 30 years, mostly in North York and was a member of R.T.O./
R.W.T.O. She leaves behind a network of wonderful and caring
Friends who will miss her dearly. Friends may call at the R.S. Kane
Funeral Home (6150 Yonge St. south of Steeles, at Goulding) on
Monday June 25, 2007 at 10 a.m. A memorial service will be held
in the funeral home chapel at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at
Drummond Hill Cemetery. If desired, donations may be made to
Canadian Cancer Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation or A.L.S.
Society.
Condolences to www.rskane.ca
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CHESHIRE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-13 published
COULTER,
Franklin
Edgar (1915-2006)
Dr. Frank COULTER passed peacefully on December 10, 2006 after
a brief stay in hospital in his 91st year. Beloved husband of
the late Bernice
COULTER (née
CHESHIRE.)
Loving father of Beverley
SIDORCHUK, and Carol
JOLIE
(Phil.) Cherished grandfather of Jennifer
WILLIAMS
(Rick) and Dan
JOLIE. Dear brother of Marilyn
COULTER
(Ed FRANTZKE) and the late Eleanor
STREBE.
Uncle
Frank to many
nieces, nephews and Friends. Doctor
COULTER practiced dentistry
for 46 years in West Toronto's Junction and was a long time summer
resident of Sundridge, Ontario. A soft spoken gentleman, Frank
will be remembered for his quick wit and gentle touch in dentistry.
Cremation was chosen in accordance with his wishes. There will
be a memorial open house at the Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel,
2357 Bloor St. W., at Windermere east of the Jane subway on Friday,
January 19, 2007 between 1 and 3 p.m., followed by interment
at Park Lawn Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation or a charity of one's choice would be appreciated,
in lieu of flowers.
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CHESLEA o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-05-30 published
ENDICOTT,
Velma
Olive
Passed away on Tuesday May 22, 2007 at Blue Mountain Manor, Stayner
in her 88th year. Velma of Stayner, beloved mother of Doug (Ann)
of Stayner and Elaine
KUBOTA of Mississauga. Dear grandmother
of Craig, Michael, Carol, Bradley (Wendy,) Kathleen (Howard
ENROS)
and Kristine (Jeff
CHESLEA) and great-grandmother of Dylan and
Cayln.
Loving sister of Ralph
TREBELL.
Predeceased by her brother
Clare TREBELL.
Friends will be received at the Turner and Porter
“Peel Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy 10 N of
Queen Elizabeth Way) from 2 p.m. on Saturday June 2nd for a Memorial
Service in the Chapel at 3 o'clock. Remembrances to the Simcoe
- Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation,
201 Georgian Drive Barrie, Ontario L4M 6M2 would be appreciated
by the family. Arrangements under the direction of Carruthers and
Davidson Funerral Home, Stayner (705-428-2637)
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CHESLOW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-03 published
GASEE,
Lillian
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lillian
GASEE on Friday, August 31, 2007 at North York General Hospital.
Lillian GASEE beloved wife of the late Henry
GASEE.
Loving mother
and mother-in-law of Bob
BAKER of Collingwood, Larry
BAKER of
Wyoming, and Jerry
GASEE and Joan
CHIN-
GASEE.
Devoted sister
and sister-in-law of Irene and the late Dan
CHESLOW,
Anne and
the late Sid
TOPP,
Mildred and the late Irving
PERSOFSKY, and
the late Mary and Dave
KALNITSKY.
Most adored grandmother of
Marla BAKER and Brian
SILVERSTEIN, and Jonathan
BAKER. At
Benjamin's
Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West (3 lights west
of Dufferin), for service on Monday, September 3, 2007 at 11: 30 a.m.
Interment Adath Israel Synagogue section of Pardes Shalom Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Ontario Heart and Stroke
Foundation 1-888-473-4636.
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CHESNEY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-01 published
STURGIS,
Lillian
Jean (formerly
CHESNEY, née
LAW)
Age 74 of Dresden passed away Saturday, December 30, 2006 at
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Public General Campus. She was
born in Chatham daughter of the late George and Nellie
QUICK)
LAW.
Lillian was a member of Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle,
Dresden. Beloved wife of Bill
STURGIS; loving mother of Debbie and
Peter EPP of Dresden and Jeff Chesney and Carrie
BROWNING of Dresden
dear step-mother of Patricia and Doug
VANDENBROEK of Huntsville
and Paula and
Al CECCACCI of Chatham; special grandmother of Kristen
EPP of Toronto, Nicholas
EPP of Dresden and Lisa
CAMPBELL of
Corunna; dear step-grandmother of William
CECCACCI of Chatham.
Fondly remembered by several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased
by her first husband William
CHESNEY (1986.) Friends will be
received at the Thomas L. DeBurger Funeral Home, 620 Cross Street,
Dresden on Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be
conducted from the Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle, Dresden on
Tuesday,
January 2, 2007 at 1: 30 p.m. with Rev. Robert
ELKA officiating.
Interment in Dresden Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be
made by cheque to Gideon Bibles or Teen Challenge. Online condolences
and memorial contributions may be left at www.deburgerfuneralhome.com.
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CHESNIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-30 published
COOPER,
Joanna
On Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Joanna
COOPER, precious daughter
of Debby CHESNIE-
COOPER and Daniel
COOPER.
Devoted granddaughter
of Henrietta
CHESNIE. Dear sister and sister-in-law of Neri and
Peter SLAN, and David
COOPER.
Loving aunt of Joshua and Adam.
Loved niece of Brian
CHESNIE, and Dorith
COOPER and David
REDGRAVE.
Fondly remembered by Ana
FERRARO. At Holy Blossom Temple, 1950 Bathurst
Street, (Bathurst south of Eglinton) for service on Friday, November 30,
2007 at 12: 30 p.m. Interment Holy Blossom Memorial Park. Shiva
129 Edith Drive. Donations may be made to the Joanna
COOPER
Memorial
Fund c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto,
M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324, www.benjamins.ca
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CHESNUT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-06 published
SAYERS,
William
Alexander
(December 29, 1921-January 1, 2007)
After spending a wonderful Christmas at home with family and
celebrating his 85th birthday, our beloved husband, father and
grandfather, passed away peacefully at Riverview Health Centre
on the morning of January 1, 2007. Bill will be deeply missed
by his loving wife
Kay of 52 years; daughters Pat
BRENTNALL
(Leonard)
and Janet IRWIN
(Drew;) sons Gordon (Sharon) and Glenn (Cathy)
grandchildren Cole, Craig, Kaley, Andrea, Trent, Lee, Liam and
Megan; brother Bob (Olive;) sister-in-law Lucy
MOTTOLA; brothers-in-law
Joe CANTAFIO (Louise), Till
CANTAFIO (Lucille), Tony
CANTAFIO
(May) and Peter
CANTAFIO; cousin Gaylene
CHESNUT
(Brian) and
numerous nieces and nephews. Bill was born in Winnipeg on December 29,
1921, at the Victoria Hospital. He grew up on Garfield St. and
at the age of 19, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery, serving
his country in World War 2. Bill and Kay settled in Fort Garry
and raised their family. Bill was an employee of the Federal
Government for 34 years until his retirement. His greatest enjoyment
was to spend time with his family and Friends both at home and
at the cottage on Engineer Lake. He loved to laugh and had a
flair for story telling. Music was his passion and he was a talented
musician capable of playing a variety of instruments. We will
forever miss you, but will always cherish the memories of you
laughing, singing and playing music. Special thanks to Gaylene
and Brian, Barb and Dave Ahronson, Monika and Bill Gerullis for
all your support. Our family would like to thank the staff at
the Victoria Hospital 4 south and Riverview Health Centre 3 East
for their kind care during these last weeks. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the Manitoba Lung Association, 629 McDermot
Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1P6 or the Canadian Cancer Society,
193 Sherbrook St, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 9Z9. At Bill's request
cremation has taken place and a private family service was held.
Thomson 'In The Park' Funeral Home And Cemetery 1291 McGillivray
Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba www.thomsoninthepark.com (204) 925-1120
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CHESSELL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-07-30 published
RICHARDS,
Ronald
William
Ron RICHARDS, loving husband of Eileen Heaver
KEANE, of Meaford,
passed away peacefully at Meaford Hospital on Saturday, July 28,
2007 at the age of 74. Dear father of Wayne (Jackie) of Hepworth,
Karen (Doug)
CHAPPLE, Gail (Terry)
FISHER, and Diane (Greg)
ELFORD
all of Meaford. Step-father of Joan (Tom)
CHESSELL of Ajax and
Linda KEANE of Australia. Lovingly remembered by 13 grandchildren
and 11 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by parents Albert and
Edith RICHARDS, brothers Jim, Al and Bev, a sister Marg
ANDERSON
and an infant son Brian. Survived by a brother, Gary (Deb) of
Owen Sound. In keeping with Ron's wishes, cremation has taken
place and a family funeral service will be conducted at the Ferguson
Funeral Home in Meaford on Thursday, August 2, 2007 with interment
of Ron's ashes to follow at Lakeview Cemetery. In lieu of flowers
and as your expression of sympathy, donations to the Diabetes
Association would be appreciated.
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CHESTER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-11-15 published
HUBERT,
Cody
Douglas
At his home in Brampton, on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at
the age of 28 years, Cody
HUBERT of Brampton and formerly of
Port Elgin. Loving husband of the former Melissa
PENNARUN. Dear
son of Lynda
HUBERT and her partner Rick
ADAM/ADAMS of Port Elgin,
and Doug HUBERT of Southampton. Brother of Kelly and her husband
Mike MAHONEY of Port Elgin. He will be missed by his grandmothers,
Ethel DOUCETTE of Drayton, and Edna
HUBERT of Cambridge. Son-in-law
of Mark and Debbie
PENNARUN of Port Elgin. Brother-in-law of
Lisa and her husband Steven
FLOYD of London and Laurie and her
husband Jamie
MOORE of Burlington. Uncle of Ryan
MAHONEY and
Jordon MAHONEY. He is also survived by many aunts and uncles.
He is predeceased by his grandfathers, Howard
DOUCETTE and Lawrence
HUBERT.
Friends may call at the Port Elgin Missionary Church,
corner of Green St. and Bricker St. from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to
9: 00 p.m. on Thursday, November 15th, 2007. Funeral services
will be conducted in the church on Friday at 2: 00 p.m. with Pastor
Mark CHESTER officiating. Memorial contributions to World Vision
or Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy. Funeral arrangements in the care
of the W. Kent Milroy Port Elgin Chapel, 519-832-2222. Portrait
and memorial online at www.milroyfuneralhomes.com
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CHESTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-13 published
NIHON,
Robert
Alexis
It is with infinite sadness that we announce that Robert Alexis
NIHON, son of the late Alexis
NIHON and Alice
NIHON (née
ROBERT,)
passed away suddenly on the morning of August 10. 2007, at the
age of 57. He is survived by members of his immediate family,
his wife Carolyn, and his two sons, Robert II and Gregory, and
his step-daughter Montanna
CHESTER, his brother Alexis II (Cornelia,)
his sister Claudette and many nieces and nephews. He will also
be sorely missed by his countless Friends all over the world.
Bob NIHON - as his Friends knew him - was often described as
larger than life, and his kind and generous spirit will remain
with us. Mr.
NIHON engaged in diverse business initiatives as
a merchant banker and entrepreneur. His successful stewardship
of the real estate company named for his father, the late Alexis
NIHON, has been well documented. His other successful ventures
in all corners of the globe ranged from financial services to
mining to real estate to technology. Notably, Mr.
NIHON had recently
assembled for his Family Office (Nihon Global Partners) an advisory
Leadership Council comprised of many former world leaders and
senior business leaders. Mr.
NIHON was the Honorary Consul for
Canada to The Bahamas from 1997 to 2006. He was also a member
of the New York Stock Exchange in the 1980's. In 2002, Mr.
NIHON
was awarded Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal
for his significant contribution to Canada abroad. Mr.
NIHON
was a philanthropist and as such very proud to support a vast
array of charities in the Bahamas, Canada and abroad, especially
those supportive of children and youth initiatives. Among others,
he had been serving since 1987 as the Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Governor General's Youth Awards program for the
Bahamas and as a Director of the Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation.
Mr. NIHON was a tremendous athlete, with a great love of tennis
and golf and, in earlier days, of broomball, racquetball, and
squash. He was also a diver, a fisherman, and a yachtsman, and
he was most in his element captaining Friends and family on the
waters near his home in Nassau, Bahamas. He was also very proud
to have wrestled in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City,
and in the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr.
NIHON
was a loving and loyal father, husband and friend and this is
how he will be celebrated, admired and remembered by all those
who knew and loved him. The family will receive condolences at
the J.J. Cardinal Funeral Home, 560 Lakeshore Drive, Dorval,
Quebec, (514) 631-1511) on Sunday, August 12th from 7 to 10 p.m.
and on Monday, August 13th, from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.
The Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, August 14th at 11 a.m.
at l'Église de La Présentation at 665 de L'Église, Dorval, Quebec.
A Memorial Service will also be held in Nassau, Bahamas at a
time and place to be communicated at a later date. In lieu of
flowers, please send donations to the Governor General's Youth
Award (Endowment Fund) for the Bahamas (c/o Mr. Graham Cooper,
P.O. Box N-8160, Nassau, Bahamas, +1 242 322 2504).
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CHESTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-04 published
MANDELL,
Claire
In her 93rd year on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at Baycrest. Claire
MANDELL, beloved wife of the late Max
MANDELL. Cherished mother
and mother-in-law of Sherry
MANDELL-
SHAPIRO and Garry
SHAPIRO.
Dear sister of the late Ida
EDISON,
Molly
CHESTER, and Ethel
SHER. Loving grandmother of Jeffrey
GLICKMAN and Sharon
BAR-
DAYAN,
Aaron and Joanne
GLICKMAN, and Mitchell and Samantha
GLICKMAN.
Adoring
great-grandmother of Sonny, Dylan, and Joel. At Temple Sinai,
210 Wilson Avenue for service on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
at 2: 00 p.m. Interment Mozierer Sick Benefit Society Section
of Roselawn Cemetery. Shiva 73 Walmer Road. Memorial donations
may be made to the Claire Mandell Memorial Fund c/o The Baycrest
Foundation, 416-785-2875.
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CHESTNUT o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-09-12 published
STAINTON,
Robert
Harvey
Born January 16, 1932, passed away peacefully at his home in
New Lowell on Friday, August 31, 2007. Beloved husband of Mary
(née CHESTNUT;)
son of Pitt and Lulu; Loving father of Linda
and Ed, Heather and the late Boyd, Peggy and Brent, Rob and Jill,
Trish and Mike. Robert will be lovingly missed by his grandchildren
Justin, Natalie (Steve), Donovan, Jake, Lyle, Karl, Ryan (Fawne),
Jessica (Derek), Megan, Ashley, Brittany, Braydon, Conner, Robbie,
Hannah, Sam, Jodie and great-grandchildren Paul, Keira, Madison,
Stone and Gage. Dear brother of Doug, Stew, Jessie and the late
Ruth. A memorial service was held on Monday, September 3, 2007
at the New Lowell Legion at 3: 00 p.m. If desired, donations in
Mr. Stainton's name may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
or the Royal Victoria Hospital Regional Cancer Center. Please
visit the on-line memorial book at www.fawcettfuneralhomes.com
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CHESWICK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-03 published
GILLING, Kathleen Margaret Ruth (formerly
ENGLISH, née
WESTMAN)
Kathleen Margaret Ruth
GILLING (née
WESTMAN, formerly
ENGLISH),
daughter of Thomas
WESTMAN and Florence
COLLETT of Ottawa and
Toronto, died in Saint_John's, Newfoundland, on October 26, 2007.
She was predeceased by her husband Basil Redvers
ENGLISH,
Rector
of the Church of St. Aidan, Queen Street East, Toronto (1960)
by her husband Walter
GILLING,
Dean of Saint_James Cathedral (1990)
by her daughter Margaret
FRAZER,
Curator of the Byzantine Collection,
Metropolitan Museum, New York (1999); and by her seven Westman
siblings: Winnifred, Florence, Viola, Arthur, George, Roberts,
Evelyn.
A devoted student of art and art history, she taught at Western
Preparatory School, Forest Hill, was head of the Art Department
of Earl Haig Collegiate, and from 1964 to 1967 Associate Professor
and head of the Art Department of Althouse College of Education,
University of Western Ontario. In a long and spirited life spent
largely in Toronto, she was active in support of the Georgina
Houses of the Anglican Church, and greatly enjoyed duplicate
bridge, golf, opera, ballet, theatre, and international travel.
She is survived by her son Christopher
ENGLISH
(Jean
GUTHRIE,)
Saint_John's, and grandchildren Katinka
ENGLISH,
Sudbury;
Ellen
ENGLISH, Halifax; Martha
WORTH (Thomas) and Andrew
FRAZER, North
Carolina; Zoë
CHESWICK
(Dan,)
Brooklyn; and great-grand_son, Rowan
WORTH.
Special niece Francess
HALPENNY and nephew C. Robert
SENIOR
were generously supportive in her final years. In Saint_John's
Mary Connors and Una Marsden gave the best of care.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Anglican Church of
Canada, 60 Hayden Street, Toronto, M4Y 3G2. A memorial service
will be held in Toronto later.
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CHEUNG o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-22 published
RAWNSLEY,
Fleur "
Pat"
Passed away peacefully on Monday, September 17th at the age of
77, after a short but gallant battle with Leukemia. She will
be deeply missed by Gordon her husband of 53 years and sorrowfully
by sister Doreen and her husband Byron
PEEBLES, in-laws Doris
and Bob LYALL and Shirley DE
FOE. Cherished aunt to Diane and
Kalle, Larry and Martha, Pam and Tim, Dawn and Steve, Scott,
Michael, Michelle and Tim. Cousins Bob, Marion, Tom and especially
Betty and Barb who were so attentive. Known affectionately as
Pat by family and Friends, she was blessed with an engaging personality,
an infectious smile that would light up the room, a love for
the written and spoken word, a delightful sense of humour, and
an abundance of common sense. Special thanks to her oncologist
Dr. Matthew
CHEUNG, nurse John and the other caring and compassionate
nurses in haematology at Sunnybrook Hospital. A celebration in
her honour will be held at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles
Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East).
Please call funeral home for service dates and times. A reception
will follow in the Bayview Room. If desired, in lieu of flowers,
a donation to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Oncology, 2075 Bayview
Ave., Toronto M4N 3M5 in her memory would be appreciated. Condolences
and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymiles.com.
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CHEVALIER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-08-10 published
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT,
Captain
William
T. “Smokey&rdquo
At the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound Thursday afternoon
August 9, 2007. Smokey
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT of Oliphant formerly of Thorold
and Port Colborne in his 82nd year. Beloved husband of Anne
(GANTSCHNIG)
and the late Joyce
(ASTLES.) Dear father of Larry of Thorold,
Bill (Dianne) of Sarnia, Wayne (Patti) of R.R.#3, Bayfield, Bryan
(Lori) of Port Colborne and Bruce of Goderich. Loving grandfather
of Dylan, Kyle, Bill, Matthew, John, Wendi, Laura, Taylor and
great-grand_son Nick. Brother of Loreen
CHEVALIER and Bob
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT
both of Port Colborne. Predeceased by his sisters Isobel
COOK,
Thyra SOUCY and brothers Jim and Steve
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT.
Smokey began
sailing in 1943 with Scott Misener Steamships, served 26 years
as Captain and retired in 1986 as Commodore of the Fleet. Friends
may call at the Downs and son Funeral Home Hepworth Sunday from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated from Saint Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church, Wiarton Monday morning at 11: 00 a.m.
Interment Balsam Grove Cemetery, Oliphant. Expressions of remembrance
to the Wiarton Hospital or the Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen
Sound would be appreciated. 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 Smokey by the Downs and son Funeral Home.
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THIBERT,
Eugene
F.
77 years, of Tilbury, at University Hospital, London on Thursday,
January 4, 2007. Beloved husband of Cordelia "Toby" (née
BELAIR.)
Loving father of Annette and husband Brian
CURTIS.
Dearest grandfather
of Marie GAUDREAU and spouse Ian
KELLY, Ben
CURTIS and wife Julie,
Jason CURTIS, and great-grandfather of Zachery
KELLY, and Cameron
and Ryan CURTIS.
Predeceased by parents Anthony
THIBERT (1977)
and Marie
(CHARRON)
THIBERT (1972.) Dearest brother of the late
Margaret CHEVALIER (1989) (Mid-1991,) the late George
THIBERT
(2003) (Cecile,) Alfred (Edna)
THIBERT, the late Leo
THIBERT
(2001) (Marcella,) Theresa
WATSON
(Dave-1979,)
James
(Marcella)
THIBERT, all of Tilbury, Marie
LEVESQUE of McGregor (Andre-2001.)
Dear brother-in-law of Orise
TELLIER, the late Agatha
CHOUINARD
(2005,) Velina
SHEEHAN,
Jeanne
THIBERT, Louise
BROSSEAU, Carmelle
GAGE.
Eugene was owner and operator of Thibert's Abattoir in
Tilbury from 1961 until 1983, and was Fire Chief of Tilbury from
1959 to 1992. Eugene was a member of Canadian Association of
Fire Chiefs, Ontario Fire Chiefs Association, and Ontario Retirees,
and was past president of Kent County Association of Fire Chiefs,
and Essex County Association of Fire Chiefs. He was a member
of Tilbury Knights of Columbus Third and Fourth Degree. Visitation
at Reaume Funeral Home, 6 Canal St. W., Tilbury Saturday from
7-9 p.m., Sunday from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Parish prayers 3 p.m.
Sunday. Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus prayers 8: 30 p.m.
Sunday. Funeral service from the funeral home Monday, January 8,
2007 at 10 a.m., then to St. Francis Xavier Church, Tilbury for
Mass at 10: 30 a.m. Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
Donations to Saint_Joseph's-Regional Mental Health Care London
or Alzheimer Society appreciated.
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CHEVRIER,
Don (1938-2007)
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected
passing of our father Don
CHEVRIER.
Don will be deeply missed
by his sons, Malcolm, Tim, (Kathilee) and Jeff, (Brenda) and his
daughter Melanie, (Bill) and his six grandchildren; Michael,
Travis, Justin, Riley, Julia and Colin, as well as his former
wife and close friend Donna. While Don was widely known for his
distinctive voice, and his incredibly versatile broadcasting
skills -- Don was a loving father and grandfather first and foremost.
Classy and kind-hearted, witty and possessing great story telling
skills and a great sense of humor, he was a private and conservative
man who loved his family very much. He was also a very positive
person, preferring to be upbeat and positive, even in the face
of any of the usual problems people normally face from time to
time in life.
Living in Florida, he loved his dog Barkley and was very tender
and caring to us all, flying up to visit us in Canada as often
as he could and always making the effort to stay in contact.
With his daughter Melanie living nearby, Don always had an eye
on the family in Canada especially when it came to Canadian winters!
His sharp mind, smooth voice, extensive sports knowledge and
above all -- his experience and professionalism kept him in demand
professionally up until his passing. Dad, Grandpa, Don, we love
you and our hearts are filled with profound thanks, respect,
and the deepest sorrow for your passing. You will be remembered
always.
Funeral and memorial services will be announced once arrangements
have been made. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Canada and The Canadian Cancer Society would
be appreciated.
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CHEVRIER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-20 published
He was the voice of the Blue Jays and 'a producer's dream'
Blessed with a rich voice and split-second timing, he covered
Toronto's major-league baseball team for decades. Over the years,
he also manned microphones for ABC, NBC and the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation,
By F.F. LANGAN,
Special to The Globe and Mail, with files from
Canadian Press, Page S8
Toronto -- Don
CHEVRIER had two things going for him. He was
born with one of them; he learned the other.
The deep voice booming out from his 6-foot-2-plus frame made
his life easier as a sports announcer, and he came to use it
like an instrument. And he had split-second timing, which is
essential in live television. That was a trick he learned. When
the word came from the control room to stretch a broadcast, he
could keep talking without losing a beat. If things had to be
shorter, he could do language arithmetic in his head and cut
words on the fly.
"His great gift was that wonderful deep voice, but he also knew
how to use it," said Tom McKee, who first worked with Mr.
CHEVRIER
as an announcer covering the Toronto Blue Jays, and then as a
producer who called the shots from the control room.
"Chevy was a producer's dream. When you asked him to shave seven
seconds off, he could do it without the audience ever knowing.
If you needed some fill, he added as much time as you wanted.
He was unique," said Mr. McKee, who directed Mr.
CHEVRIER for
about 10 years.
On April 7, 1977, he became the announcer on the first Toronto
Blue Jays broadcast. The game was one of the most interesting
he ever called. Not only was it the start of major-league baseball
in Toronto, but it snowed that day at the old Canadian National
Exhibition stadium.
Then the Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5, and an excited
Mr. CHEVRIER described two home runs by Doug Ault that helped
win the game. The rest of the season was nowhere near as thrilling,
as the Blue Jays finished in last place.
Jays president Paul
GODFREY described Mr.
CHEVRIER as one of
the pillars of the organization's early days. For one thing,
he managed to make the games more exciting than they really were
in that inaugural season. "When the team loses 100 games in its
first year, the television broadcaster has to make sure the fans
keep coming back, even though they were outclassed by most of
the opposition," he said.
Mr. CHEVRIER went on to broadcast Blue Jays games until about
1990, returning from time to time to make guest appearances.
By all accounts, his last Jays broadcast was made for CTV
in 1996.
Don CHEVRIER was raised in Edmonton. Despite a lifelong fascination
with sports, he was never much of an athlete, by his own admission.
"I decided when I was 15 there was an easier way to earn a living
than by running up and down a field or skating in a rink, so
I became a sportscaster," he once told The Globe and Mail.
He started broadcasting while still a teenager, describing the
action of live high-school sports on the radio. Neighbour Robert
Goulet, the future Broadway star, helped him land his first real
job, with radio station CJCA in Edmonton, where he was paid
about $30 a week to write the sports program and announce scores.
For a while, he had plans to attend university but somehow stayed
glued to the microphone. "The manager of the station talked my
mother out of it, saying, 'He'll learn far more on the job here
with us if he goes full-time than he would at college.' He was
exactly right," Mr.
CHEVRIER once said. "I wasn't quite 17 when
I started. I got $125 a month to start and when I went full-time
I got $225, and thought I had all the money in the world."
By the time he was 20, he was the voice of the Canadian Football
League's Edmonton Eskimos, doing play-by-play for home games.
After
Edmonton,
Mr.
CHEVRIER began the wandering minstrel act
of the young broadcaster, jumping from station to station and
city to city in pursuit of bigger paycheques and a bigger market.
He worked at CFRA in Ottawa, where along with doing daily
sportscasts he called live coverage of the Ottawa Roughrider
games.
His next stop was CJAD in Montreal, where he was given the
rather grand title of sports director. It was a fancy job description
for announcer.
In 1966, Mr.
CHEVRIER joined Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
in Toronto, working in radio and then television. The next year,
he became a front-line network sportscaster and never looked
back. He was 29 and making $60,000 a year, a phenomenal amount
of money at a time when Statistics Canada put the average annual
male salary at $5,334.
The bulk of Mr.
CHEVRIER's earnings came not from the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, but from ABC in the United States,
where he was the anchorman on the weekend radio show, World of
Sports. He commuted to New York, leaving Toronto every Friday
night and arriving home before midnight on Sunday.
At ABC, Mr.
CHEVRIER didn't do play-by-play, the kind of
work he liked best. Instead, he was the anchor of five-minute
segments, talking to sports personalities and reporters in the
studio or on the phone. Every weekend, he did doing 22 separate
segments. It was hard work and he earned his money.
By 1970, he was doing play-by-play commentary for Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation-television games in the eastern division of the Canadian
Football League.
When the Olympics were in Montreal in 1976, he served as the
commentator for boxing events, including the gold-medal win by
(Sugar) Ray Leonard. He also worked with renowned American sportscaster
Howard Cosell.
Over the years he covered every sport imaginable, including synchronized
swimming. (He joked to one of his colleagues that in general,
swimming wasn't difficult - you just had to put one arm in front
of the other.) If he had one disappointment, it was that he never
got to do Hockey Night in Canada - for sports broadcasters, the
biggest job in the country.
By all accounts, his punishing schedule and peripatetic, sportscasting
lifestyle put a strain on personal relationships. Along the way
he met a young woman named Donna, and fell in love. They married,
but later divorced.
He also had few hobbies outside of sports. Unlike many of his
colleagues, he seldom played golf. Chevy, as he was known to
his Friends and his fans, did love to visit Las Vegas to play
the slot machines. "He actually won a lot of money in Vegas,"
said a friend.
In 1992, he retired and moved to Florida, but liked to keep his
hand in broadcasting. At first, he hoped to land an on-air spot
for the Tampa Bay Lightning when they were an expansion team
in the National Hockey League. It would have been an easy commute
his home in Palm Harbor was just a half-hour drive from Tampa.
Instead, he became one the first announcers to cover the games
of the Ottawa Senators, which was also new to the league. It
turned out to be a much longer commute.
Semi-retirement suited him. Even though he went without full-time
gigs, he had always been a hustler and managed to make a good
living. He resumed his old association with ABC radio and
the network put a special line into his house that allowed him
to broadcast from there -- to listeners, it sounded as if he
was in a studio. He did much the same work he had done in New
York 25 years earlier, but without ever leaving home.
"He was making more money working weekends than he did full-time
back in Canada," said friend and colleague Steve Armitage.
Mr. CHEVRIER's great voice and fluid commentary, along with his
connections in sports broadcasting, meant his name was always
on the radar when someone was needed. In 2002, he was back broadcasting
at the Olympics. "He made a comeback of sorts in television,"
said Mr. Armitage, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation sportscaster
based in Vancouver. "Don was NBC's curling commentator at
Salt Lake City. They didn't realize curling would be so popular."
Many colleagues credit Mr.
CHEVRIER's commentary for that popularity.
Four years later, he returned to NBC to cover curling at
the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The network was planning to
use him again at the 2010 Games in British Columbia.
Donald Barry
CHEVRIER was born in Toronto on December 29, 1937.
He died on December 17, 2007, in Florida of complications from
a blood condition. He was 69. He is survived by son, Jeff, and
daughter, Melanie.
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Curling a constant in
CHEVRIER's diverse broadcasting career
By Bob WEEKS,
Page S4
Most of the obituaries of legendary broadcaster Don
CHEVRIER,
who died this week, pointed out he was the play-by-play man of
the first broadcast of Blue Jays baseball. There were also numerous
references to his work with the Ottawa Senators, in boxing and
at the Olympics.
But if the truth be known, Canadians probably remember
CHEVRIER
best for his work on curling.
Chevy started his curling work in 1972 at the Brier in Saint_John's,
alongside Don
DUGUID, who had just come off back-to-back Canadian
and world championship victories. The two were inseparable on
curling broadcasts for the next decade, becoming icons in the
sport.
The partnership extended beyond their work. They remained fast
Friends long after the red light went out, and
DUGUID was hit
hard by the sudden passing.
"I'm pretty shattered," he said from his home in Winnipeg. "I
played golf in Florida about a month ago and Chevy came over
for dinner. He was fine then."
CHEVRIER had been battling a blood disorder but
DUGUID said that
the cause of his death was still undetermined.
On air, DUGUID learned what so many other colour commentators
came to know over the years. "He was just masterful,"
DUGUID
said. "He had impeccable timing. The producer would tell him
he had 25 seconds until a commercial and he'd fill 25 exactly."
DUGUID also praised his tremendous memory;
CHEVRIER could come
up with the most unusual statistic or memory with instant recall.
Back in 1972, events such as the Brier weren't given the wall-to-wall
coverage they are today.
DUGUID and
CHEVRIER would call the last
two games of the round robin - there was no playoff at that time
- and also provide a 15-minute recap that aired late at night
during the week.
The two also worked together on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Curling Classic, a popular made-for-television program that showed
condensed, taped games on a weekly basis.
CHEVRIER not only called the biggest curling games, but he played
the sport, joining a team with Canadian Football League legend
Russ Jackson and curling entrepreneur Doug Maxwell at the Humber
Highland Curling Club in Toronto.
When he left Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
CHEVRIER didn't
leave curling. In 1986, TSN took to the air and curling was
a large part of its programming.
CHEVRIER got the call to work
some of those events including the '86 Mixed, where he teamed
up with Ray Turnbull, who was making his television debut. Like
DUGUID,
Turnbull marvelled at
CHEVRIER's talent.
"He had vocal cords to end all vocal cords," Turnbull recalled.
"You could hear that voice all over the rink."
Turnbull recalled that first event, played at Toronto's Bayview
Country Club, where he was the subject of a rookie initiation,
instigated by
CHEVRIER.
"We were standing on the ice at Bayview in front of the camera,
about to go live. The red light goes on and Chevy starts into
his intro. I was listening to him and trying to think of what
I was going to say. All of a sudden he stops, looks at me and
says, 'Ah [screw] it Moosey, you do this,' " said Turnbull, who
is known in curling circles as Moosey.
"I went white. I assumed we were on live. But it was a setup
- the guys were having one over on the rookie."
After moving to the United States and covering everything from
title fights with Howard Cosell to the Kentucky Derby,
CHEVRIER
was reunited with
DUGUID to call curling for NBC cable at
the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. In Turin, the duo called a
whopping 26 games, 15 of them live and gained an almost cult
following in the United States.
While DUGUID was mourning the loss of his good friend, he also
provided an update on another curling-broadcast legend, Don Wittman,
who replaced
CHEVRIER and continued on Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation's coverage until this year. Wittman is battling cancer
at his home in Winnipeg.
"He's very upbeat,"
DUGUID said. "It's a struggle, but he's staying
positive."
Just as
CHEVRIER was, Wittman is as versatile a broadcaster as
there is, providing the call for everything from Donovan Bailey's
gold-medal sprint and the famous brawl at the 1987 world junior
hockey championship.
But for curling fans, both of them are always going to be best
known for their work calling rocks and brooms.
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