DEGAN
DEGENOVA
DEGORSKA
DEGRACE
DEGRAW
DEGROOT
DEGUARA
DEGUERRE
DEGAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-06 published
ANDREW,
Isabel
J.
Peacefully at Chelsey Park Nursing Home on Tuesday December 4,
2007 at the age of 85. Beloved wife of Frank for 60 years. Loving
mother of Bill and his wife Denise, of British Columbia, Rosemary
DEL
DEGAN and her husband Aldo, Frank Jr., John and his wife
Sue, of London, and Susan, of Alberta. Cherished Nana of Jessica
(John), Marc, Marion, Kaitlyn, Laura, and Mary. Isabel will be
lovingly remembered by many nieces, nephews, family and Friends.
She spent 25 years with the Womens Auxillary at the Hospital
For Sick Children and was a longtime member of St. Giles Presbyterian
Church. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel,
4933 Dundas St. W.; Etobicoke (Between Islington and Kipling
Aves.) on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Funeral Service will be held
in the Chapel on Friday December 7, 2007 at 10: 30 a.m. Inter
ment Glendale Memorial Gardens. If desired, donations to the
Hospital For Sick Children would be appreciated.
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DEGENOVA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-04 published
CLAVIR,
Benjamin▼ "
Ben▼"
Peacefully at home on October 2, 2007. Beloved
son of Barry
CLAVIR
and Marlene
DEGENOVA.
Loving▼ brother of Josh. Devoted grand_son
of Jim DEGENOVA.
Nephew▼ of Anne
CLAVIR and Marty
FRANK, and Loraine
and Ray LALONDE.
Cousins▼ of Dina, Sharon, Jonathan, Elan, Talia,
Brandon and Jared.
Friends will be received at the "Scarborough Chapel" of McDougall and
Brown, 2900 Kingston Road (east of St. Clair Avenue E.) on Friday,
October 5 from 11 p.m.-1 p.m. Funeral Service in the chapel at
1 p.m. Interment Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Reception to follow
at funeral home.
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DEGENOVA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-05 published
CLAVIR,
Benjamin▲ "
Ben▲"
Peacefully at home on October 2, 2007. Beloved
son of Barry
CLAVIR
and Marlene
DEGENOVA.
Loving▲ brother of Josh. Devoted grand_son
of Jim DEGENOVA.
Nephew▲ of Anne
CLAVIR and Marty
FRANK, and Loraine
and Ray LALONDE.
Cousins▲ of Dina, Sharon, Jonathan, Elan, Talia,
Brandon and Jared.
Friends will be received at the "Scarborough Chapel" of McDougall and
Brown, 2900 Kingston Road (east of St. Clair Avenue E.) on Friday,
October 5 from 11 p.m.-1 p.m. Funeral Service in the chapel at
1 p.m. Interment Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Reception to follow
at funeral home.
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KAPICA,
Lucia▼
(DEGORSKA)
On December 11, 2006, at the Institut Canadien-Polonais du Bien-Être
in Montreal two days past her 89th birthday, after a long and
heart-breaking illness. She was predeceased by her husband of
53 years, Chester
KAPICA.
She is truly mourned by her loving
son, Jack, her daughter-in-law, Eve
DROBOT, and her granddaughter,
Thalia. Her gentle heart and brilliant mind were loved and admired
by all who knew her. A memorial mass will be said by Fr. Thomas
ROSICA at the Chapel of the Cardinal Flahiff Basilian Centre
at 95 Saint_Joseph Street (corner Bay Street) on Saturday, January 6th,
2007 at 10 a.m.. Her memory may be honoured by gifts in her name
to the McGill University Alma Mater fund, the Fondation de l'Institut
Canadien-Polonais or the Alzheimer's Society. Condolences may
be sent to jkapica@globeandmail.com
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KAPICA,
Lucia▲ (née
DEGORSKA)
By Jack KAPICA,
Page
A16
Scientist, wife, mother. Born December 9, 1917, in Poznan, Poland.
Died December 11, 2006, in Montreal of Alzheimer's disease, aged
Draw a straight line from Berlin to Warsaw and bisect it, and
you will find yourself close to a certain farm near Poznan, where
Lucia DEGORSKA was born in 1917. She was studying pharmacology,
earning her tuition as a telephone operator along the German
border. Just before midnight on August 31, 1939, her supervisor
dashed in and yelled, "Run! East!" Minutes later, she was on
the receiving end of the first artillery barrage of the Second
World War.
She kissed her parents goodbye, joined the army and disappeared.
Some time later, she and the sad remnants of the Polish military
staggered into Paris.
She was sweet, the kind of girl men liked to protect, so when
Paris fell, her army pals ignored orders not to take women when
they left France. They put her in a truck, buried her under greatcoats,
and smuggled her to the evacuation ships in Normandy.
At Dover, the refugees were placed in orderly queues and processed
by crisp, efficient British relief workers. It was then, Lucia
said, that "I realized England would win this war."
She earned a bachelor's degree at Cambridge and married Chester
KAPICA, an aeronautical engineer from Warsaw. When the war ended,
they moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he worked for Shell Oil and
she raised their son, born there in 1946. But the Brazilian economy
soon dried up, and they moved to Toronto in 1949. The cold city
gave her son pneumonia; his doctor took pity, and sent the family
to a pediatrician friend in Montreal, who helped Chester find
work at Canadair, building the new F-86 Sabre jets.
Lucia earned her doctorate in microbiology at McGill, where she
researched, published scholarly papers and taught microbiology
to second-year medical students. She also dabbled, with remarkable
success, in telepathy.
She specialized in mycology, a field vaguely related to mushrooms,
and won international acclaim for her research into obscure airborne
fungal horrors. Once, when I was driving her home, she asked
me to stop at the Montreal General Hospital so she could pick
up a glass jar with three disgusting black objects in it. She
said it was a biopsy from a patient dying of Death Valley Fever
and she was going to keep it in our fridge at home overnight.
"It's perfectly safe, it isn't sporifying," she pleaded as I
screamed a U-turn at the height of rush hour, heading back to
the safety of her laboratory and its own fridge. "Yet," she added
helpfully.
When polio broke out in the 1950s, she noticed it hit middle-class
kids hardest, while children of farmers and labourers were largely
spared, and concluded that good health might depend on a little
bit of dirt. "I know why children put their fingers in their
mouths," she said brightly one day. "They're building up their
immune systems."
Some 45 years later British researchers reported the same conclusion
in The Lancet, calling it the Hygiene Hypothesis. She never read
it -- by then she was living in whatever universe is inhabited
by Alzheimer's victims.
When she retired in 1982, she turned down two McGill offers to
recognize her immense contributions: first with contract work
and then a laboratory set up in her basement. Instead, she became
her husband's eyes and ears when his failed and he became her
mind when hers failed.
Chester died in 1995. Shortly after, Lucia's mind failed completely.
The rest of her followed just after her 89th birthday in 2006.
There will be a memorial mass for Lucia
KAPICA at 10 a.m. tomorrow
in the Chapel of the Cardinal Flahiff Basilian Centre at 95 Saint_Joseph
St. in Toronto.
Jack KAPICA is Lucia
KAPICA's son.
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DEGRACE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-09 published
DEGRACE,
Margaret
French (née
MacLAUCHLAN)
Wolfville
Passed away peacefully at her cottage at Sebim Beach, Villagedale,
Nova Scotia, on July 5, 2007. Peggy was born July 29, 1924 in
Kentville, Nova Scotia, the daughter of the late Roderick and
Marian (FRINK)
MacLAUCHLAN.
She spent her early years with her
family in Rothesay, New Brunswick, Wolfville and Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia. She served in the Royal Canadian Navy as a Wren (Women's
Royal Canadian Naval Service) from 1944 to 1945, working in Halifax,
and in 1945 married Robert F.
DEGRACE of Seattle, Washington.
They made their first home in Seattle and after several years
there, and
in Corvallis, Oregon, they moved back to Canada in
1952. Eventually they settled in Manor Park in Ottawa, where
they lived for thirty years.
Peggy was not only a busy community volunteer (sometimes referred
to as "Mrs. Altar Guild"), she was also a loving and devoted
mother and grandmother, and a caring friend to many. She took
up curling at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Curling Club
in Ottawa and developed a love for this sport which stayed with
her all her life. She was interested in everything: politics,
sports, community events, a good game of cribbage, and, above
all, the well- being of family and Friends. In 1984 Peggy and
Bob moved to Wolfville, Nova Scotia where they renewed old Friendships
and developed many new ones. In Wolfville, Peggy was a member
of Saint_John's Anglican Church and worked faithfully for the church.
She helped with Meals on Wheels, served on the local hospital
auxiliary, and canvassed for many important charities.
Peggy loved her cottage at Sebim Beach, and nothing pleased her
more than a sunny day, a warm tide, and lots of children and
dogs.
She is survived by her sons John (Judy
SIMMS,)
Prince
George,
British Columbia, and Bill, Bermuda; daughters Barbara
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON
(Jim), Kingston, Ontario, Mary
KEIRSTEAD (Rod), Caledonia, Nova
Scotia, and Anne (Phillip
JACKSON,)
Nelson,
British
Columbia
her sister, Joan
TAPLEY,
Cockeysville,
Maryland; ten grandchildren
several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband,
Bob, and her brother, Jim
MacLAUCHLAN.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 10 at 1: 00 p.m.
at Saint_John's Anglican Church, Wolfville, Reverend Cathy-Lee
Cunningham officiating, assisted by Canon Russell Elliott. Funeral
arrangements are under the care and direction of H.C. Lindsay
Funeral Home, 568 Main Street, Wolfville (902) 542-2151. Online
condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail to lindsayfunerals@ca.ns.aliantzinc.ca.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Victorian Order
of Nurses Tri-County Branch, 55 Starrs Road, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
B5A 2T2; Salvation Army, or the Villagedale Cemetery Fund.
The words of St. Francis: "Remember that when you leave this
earth, you can take nothing you have received…but only what you
have given: a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice
and courage."
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DEGRAW o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-03 published
DEGRAW,
Anthony
Michael
Suddenly, as the result of an accident, on New Year's Day, Anthony
Michael DEGRAW "
Tony" of Newbury in his 21st year. Beloved son
of Don and Karen
(CAMPBELL)
DEGRAW and dear brother of Lindsey
and Laura and sadly missed by Sady and Felix. Loving grand_son
of Dona and Arn
CAMPBELL of Inwood and Sandra and Ken
DEGRAW
of Newbury. Fondly remembered by his aunts, uncles and cousins,
Sandy Campbell, Sheila and
Al SHABSOVE;
Mia and
Sydney,
Maggie
and Frank MOSHER; Jeffery (Rosanna)
DEGRAW, Judy and Jim
McKELLAR
Courtney, Kaleigh and Matthew, Ken and Kim
DEGRAW;
Ashley,
Brittany
and Taylor as well as by his many Friends. Relatives and Friends
will be received at the Van Heck Funeral Home, 172 Symes Street,
Glencoe on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service
will be held at St. Charles Church, Glencoe on Friday, January 5,
2007 at 1: 30 p.m. Rev. Deb
DOLBEAR-
VAN
BILSEN officiating. Interment
Oakland Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Ontario Students
Against Impaired Driving or the Newbury Fire Dept.
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DEGRAW o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-03 published
Dad finds son's body by the side of a road
By Jennifer
O'BRIEN, Free Press Reporter, Wed., January 3, 2007
It had been a good Christmas -- "the best one ever" -- for Don
DEGRAW and his family in Newbury.
But tragedy struck New Year's morning, when
DEGRAW and his two
daughters came upon the body of his son while driving home from
a party the siblings had attended together.
Tony DEGRAW, 20, was struck by a car and killed about 4 a.m.
in what may have been a hit and run while he walked on Dundonald
Road toward Glencoe, about 50 kilometres southwest of London.
Moments after he was struck, his father arrived at the party
to pick up the girls.
"It is a tragedy, it must have happened five minutes before I
got there," a distraught Don
DEGRAW said yesterday, his voice
almost a whisper over the phone.
"I had the girls in the truck, I had just picked them up and
on our way back home, we saw him&hellip
"He was a great guy, a big happy guy, he would do anything for
you," Don DEGRAW said.
"He wanted to be an actor," he recalled of his son's excitement
over recent news he would be casting director in a friend's feature
film. "He was really, really excited about that."
The father's grief was compounded yesterday by the thought that
his son was killed in a hit-and-run crash.
Police had seized a vehicle yesterday, but were still investigating
the circumstances surrounding the crash, including who was driving
the vehicle, Ontario Provincial Police Const. Doug Graham said.
"We have to find out who the driver was and find out whether
they knew they hit someone. He was very likely killed immediately."
Yesterday, the
DEGRAW house was full of visitors stopping in
to comfort and mourn with Tony's parents, Don and Karen, and
sisters Lindsey and Laura.
A video game enthusiast who waited 15 hours in line to get the
new Wii system, a caring guy who took the time to take his little
cousin on bike rides and "the funny one, who always made everyone
laugh," Tony
DEGRAW had left the party about 4 a.m.
About the same time, his father got a phone call from that party,
attended by scores of local teens and all three of his children.
Lindsey, 17, and Laura, 15, were ready for him to pick them up
from the house party. Their brother had started to walk toward
town.
Don DEGRAW drove in from Newbury to pick them up.
When the
DEGRAW sisters got into their dad's car, Lindsey's cell-phone
rang. A friend who had been picked up moments earlier was on
the line, saying Tony was lying at the side of the road.
"He hadn't had very much to drink, but I thought maybe he had
passed out or something," she said.
"I didn't know what happened until we got there… my dad and my
sister got out of the car and I saw my sister crying."
Lindsey was left missing her big brother who loved comedy movies,
especially on opening night.
"We always went to the movies together," she said. "Silver City
in London on opening night."
Laura said the same of her big brother. She would miss watching
comedies with Tony and playing video games.
And laughing.
"He was the funny one, who made everyone laugh," she said.
"Everyone loved him."
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DEGRAW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-19 published
BELL,
Leslie
Richard (1946-2007)
Leslie Richard
BELL passed away on June 15th, 2007.
son of the
famed Doctor Leslie
BELL,
Richard was regarded the world over as
one of the greatest keyboard players. In a career that spanned
5 decades, he played on over 400 albums, and performed with artists
including Janis Joplin, The Band, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, John
Sebastian, Colin Linden, Paul Butterfield, Blackie and The Rodeo
Kings and Pork Belly Futures. His music and his spirit will live
on. Richard is survived by his mother Leona
HELWIG, predeceased
by Doctor Leslie R.
BELL, step-son of Carl
HELWIG, beloved brother
of Janet MacEY
(Gordon,) greatly missed by his niece Roz
MacEY
(Lori DEGRAW,) nephews, Richard
MacEY,
Doug
MacEY (Leah
HOMMA)
and Gord MacEY.
Many thanks to Doctor Gina
PILIOTIS, Melba
JOHNSON
and all of the staff at the Sunnybrook Health and Science Centre
who helped to make Richard's days as comfortable as possible.
A celebration of Richard's life will be held on Wednesday, June 20th,
2007, at 2 p.m. at the Steamwhistle Brewery located just south
of the C.N. tower.
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DEGROOT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-12 published
NOONAN,
Brian
Francis
Suddenly at his residence at Christie Lake on Saturday June 9th,
2007, Brian F.
NOONAN
(Honorary
Colonel of the former Lanark
and Renfrew Scottish Regiment, member of the Knights of the Holy
Sepulchre, Fourth Degree Knight, Knights of Columbus, financial
specialist for over 50 years).
son of the late Doctor John Francis
and Ann NOONAN of Perth, beloved husband for 53 years to Patricia
(O'NEILL)
NOONAN; loved and respected father of Sally, Colleen
(Bruce EWING), Richard (Tracy
DEGROOT), Fred, Julia (Grady
SAVAGE)
and the late John. He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren
Simon, Riley, Madelaine, Mitchell, Declan and Ronan and his sister
Dorothy SIGOUIN.
Friends may pay their respects at the Blair and
son Funeral Home, 15 Gore St. W., Perth Monday June 11th, 2007
from 2 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated
in Saint_Johns Church, Perth Tuesday at 11: 00 a.m. Interment, Saint_John's
Cemetery. In remembrance, contributions to the Foundation of
the Great War Memorial Hospital, 33 Drummond St. W., Perth K7H 2K1
or Saint_Johns Church Memorial Fund would be appreciated.
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DEGUARA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-06 published
MAJSZTRIK,
Katalin "
Kay"
(President of ACE Packaging Limited)
Peacefully on Sunday, November 4, 2007. Beloved wife of the late
Geza MAJSZTRIK.
Loving mother of Vicky
SALIBA (Roger,)
Kathy
DEGUARA (Francis), Judy
INGRAM (Tom) and Tamy
OLIVEIRA (George).
Proud grandmother of Michael, Rachel, Tom, Nicole, Katie, Tommy,
Sierra, and Sabrina. Sister of Rita
HOLLO,
Tamas
NAGY, Aladar
NAGY and the late Attila
NAGY and Gerzson
NAGY.
Family and Friends
will be received at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Road (north
of Lawrence Avenue), Weston on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday, November 9,
2007 at 11 a.m. If desired, donations to Covenant House would
be appreciated by the family.
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DEGUERRE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-11 published
DEGUERRE,
Edward
Ross
Belfry
In his 83rd year, died peacefully surrounded by his family at
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - K Wing after a long illness
on Thursday, August 9, 2007. Born in Newmarket, the second youngest
of the late Ross and Frances
DEGUERRE.
Predeceased by his first
wife Virginia
REID. He will be remembered with great love by
his children Peter (Julia)
DEGUERRE,
Vicki
(Keith)
CARRUTHERS,
Christopher (Julie)
DEGUERRE and very special grandfather to
Zachary, Oliver, Madelaine, Lindsay, Carlyn, Deanna, Olivia and
Charlotte. He will be missed by his brothers and sisters, Frederick
(Betty) DEGUERRE,
Frances
YATES and Diana
McVITTY and predeceased
by his brother Daniel
DEGUERRE. He was the fond uncle of Carol
(Leon) BROAD,
Douglas
(Erika)
DEGUERRE, Dianne (Alan)
WOODS,
Gregory (Sharon)
YATES,
Suzanne
(Rodney)
DARWIN, Brian (Diane)
McVITTY, Patricia (Reinhard)
GRICHTING, Susan (John)
VINCENT
and Catherine
McVITTY
(Regan
TAKENAKA) and many cousins, great
nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his second wife Mary Ursula
CRAFT and sadly missed by her children Michael (Jackie)
CRAFT,
Elizabeth (Wayne
ALLSIP), Paul (Giselle)
CRAFT and Steven
CRAFT,
their children, and a very special friend Jane Morris. The family
wishes to thank all of the marvellous caring staff/good Friends
of Sunnybrook Hospital K2 Centre. A funeral service will be held
to celebrate Edwards's life at Eglinton St. George United Church,
35 Lytton Boulevard (at Duplex Avenue), on Thursday, August 16
at 1: 00 p.m. Reception to follow at The Granite Club, 2350 Bayview
Avenue. As an expression of sympathy, a charitable donation to
the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family.
'Ed will always be remembered by his love, kindness and generous
spirit.'
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