JENINGS
JENKINS
JENKINSON
JENNER
JENNINGS
JENNY
JENSEN
JENINGS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-11-14 published
CAMMIDGE, Mildred "Millie" Margaret Jane (née
JONES)
Peacefully at Country Lane Long Term Care in Chatsworth, on Sunday,
November 11th, 2007. Mildred Margaret Jane
CAMMIDGE (née
JONES,)
of Chatsworth and formerly of Wiarton, in her 98th year. Dearly
beloved wife of the late Harry
CAMMIDGE.
Loving mother of Maude
JENINGS and her husband, Nelson, of R.R.#2, Owen Sound. Proud
grandmother of Gregory
JENINGS and his wife, Laurie, of Manitoulin
Island, Delynn
CUTTING and her husband, Doug, of Owen Sound and
Darrell JENINGS and his wife, Pam, of London. Dear great-grandmother
of Jason, Justin, Devin, Denaé and great-great-grandmother of
Bella STEVENSON.
Millie is survived by her special niece, Eleanor
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and many other nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her
parents, Thomas and Maude
JONES; her brother, Earl
JONES; her
sisters, Mae
CARNAHAN and Hazel
DAILEY. A Private Family Graveside
Service has been held at Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton. If so desired,
the family would appreciate donations to the Grey Bruce Humane
Society, as your expression of sympathy and may be made through
the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West, Owen
Sound, (519-376-7492).
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JENKINS o@ca.on.grey_county.hanover.the_post 2007-11-02 published
BOESE,
Elizabeth (née
METZINGER)
Elizabeth BOESE, of Hanover, passed away at The Village Seniors'
Community, Hanover on Thursday, October 25, 2007. She was 83.
Elizabeth was born in Temerin, Hungary, daughter of the late
Franz and Theresia (née
UNTEREINER)
METZINGER.
She was a member
of the Harmony Club and a former member of the Paisley Rebekah
Lodge.
Survived by daughters Theresa Boese
KNUCKEY of Perth, Australia
and Leigh Anne
BOESE of Hanover. Also survived by brother Michael
(Eva) METZINGER of Hanover, brother-in-law Kurt (Minnie)
BOESE
of Kitchener and sisters-in-law Erna
BOESE,
Thea
METZINGER, Gretel
BOESE and Hanna
BOESE, all of Germany. She will also be remembered
by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her husband Henry
BOESE, sister Theresa
BARTH and brother Hans
METZINGER.
Visitation was held at Mighton Funeral Home, Hanover on Saturday,
2-5 p.m. where a Funeral Service was held on Sunday, October 28,
2007 at 2 p.m. Carla
JENKINS officiated. Interment in Hanover
Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the
Kidney Foundation were appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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JENKINS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-09 published
GOW,
L.
Noreen (née
MINSHALL)
At Caressant Care Nursing Home on Sunday January 7, 2007. L.
Noreen GOW (née
MINSHALL) of Woodstock in her 92nd year. Beloved
wife of the late Ernest W.
GOW. Dear mother of Ralph
GOW and
his wife Cathy of Thamesford and Murray
GOW and his wife Sherry
of Woodstock. Loved grandmother of Joanne, Carrie, Alan and Lee-Ann
and 6 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Edythe
JENKINS of California.
Predeceased by a granddaughter and a grand_son as well as her
2 brothers Ray and Ross and her sister Norma. Noreen was a member
of the congregation of College Avenue United Church. Friends
may call at the R.D. Longworth Funeral Home 845 Devonshire Ave.,
Woodstock, (519) 539-0004 on Wednesday January 10, 2007 from
2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. where the complete funeral service will
be held in the chapel on Thursday at 11: 00 a.m. with Reverend
David DUNCAN officiating. Cremation to follow. Interment later
in the Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions to College
Ave. Church would be appreciated. Online condolences at www.longworthfuneralhome.com
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JENKINS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-06-11 published
Only one gun used in fatal Toronto shooting
By Jonathan
JENKINS, Sun Media, Mon., June 11, 2007
Toronto -- Just one gun was used to pump bullets into the packed
Honda carrying Jose Hierro
SAEZ and several Friends, killing
the teen and wounding three other men, police said yesterday,
dismissing the suggestion the victims fired back.
"We have no evidence to support anyone in the Honda firing back,"
Toronto police homicide Det.-Sgt. Gary
GRINTON said.
"If it's a gunfight, it's an awfully one-sided one."
Hierro SAEZ, 19, was hit in the head and pronounced dead at the
scene Saturday afternoon.
"It's not a good time right now," said a man outside the victim's
townhouse, just metres from where he died.
GRINTON said
SAEZ was working as a shipper-receiver and living
with his mother and sister.
Like the three other men injured with him, he was known to police,
but only in "a very minor way,"
GRINTON said, adding police have
no firm reason why their car was targeted.
"There's a lot of different possibilities that we're getting,
but none that we've confirmed and none that are terribly plausible,
to be honest,"
GRINTON said.
"There's a lot of stuff we're looking at, but nothing I could
say."
McFrinn PADDY, 19, Moustaffa
OMAR, 20, and Matthew
DALE, 18,
were all injured in the barrage, fired from inside a silver Mercedes-Benz
sport utility vehicle about 3 p.m.
All three are speaking with police about the shooting.
One of the men was released from hospital Saturday, a second
was expected to be released yesterday and the third was to be
treated for about a week, the detective said.
"They're very lucky, especially the one chap who got it in the
stomach," GRINTON said.
The shooting continued for about 50 metres, he said.
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JENKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-05-29 published
HOBBS,
Eva
Ilona (née
STUMPF)
Passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2007 in her 78th year. Beloved
supporting wife of Doctor Kenneth
HOBBS for over 52 years. Dear
mother to John
HOBBS,
Anne
Elizabeth and her husband Greg
MALTA,
and Mary Katherine and her husband Joe
COLASURDO.
Devoted grandmother
(Nagyi) to Mikaela, Brady, Eric and Angelina. Eva is survived
by sister Betty
JENKINS of Stoney Creek, brothers-in-law John
and his wife
Audrey
HOBBS, and Bill and his wife Anna
HOBBS.
Eva and her husband Doctor Kenneth
HOBBS have devoted the last 30 years
to helping others around the world on their humanitarian missions.
Eva was a friend to many and touched all who knew her. Eva will
be greatly missed around the world. Resting at the Armstrong
Funeral Home, 124 King Street East, Oshawa, with funeral service
at Saint Mark's United Church, 201 Centre Street South, Whitby,
Ontario, on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 11 a.m. Interment Groveside
Cemetery. If desired, memorial contributions to the Children's
Wish Foundation would be greatly appreciated, in lieu of flowers.
Visitation Wednesday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
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JENKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-05 published
MacCORMACK,
Elizabeth
Ann
On July 1, 2007, Elizabeth Ann
MacCORMACK, beloved daughter of
John R. MacCORMACK,
Prof.
Emeritus of History, Saint Mary's University
and Ann Vibeke
MacCORMACK, formerly of London, England, and wife
of Paul JENKINS, died after an arduous but gallant battle against
the ravages of multiple sclerosis. Elizabeth was born in Halifax,
Nova Scotia on October 12, 1961 and after attending public schools
in Halifax and Cambridge, England, graduated in Honours History
from the University of King's College in 1983. She was active
in the media and for some time a production assistant of the
well known ATV program, Live at Five. She also strongly supported
Amnesty International.
Following her 1989 marriage to Paul they spent some five years
in Japan teaching English as a second language in Osaka where,
it may be noted, her school employed her picture to advertise
itself on subway trains. Leaving Japan, they spent time in Spain,
close to four years in Mexico, before arriving in Kensington
Market, Toronto in 2000.
Eventually her relentlessly progressing illness necessitated
hospitalization. She enjoyed the expert and loving care of the
staff of the Queen Elizabeth Centre (Toronto Rehab) before final
transfer to Saint_Joseph's Intensive Care Unit. The family would
like now to express their deep gratitude to the staffs of both
institutions, her former caregivers and particularly to Alex
GEDDES for his many visits that Elizabeth much appreciated and
to her her aunt Mary
MacFADYEN and cousins Christie and Sandy
MacFADYEN who so eased her last months.
She is survived by her husband Paul; parents; sister Kirsten
MacCORMACK
(Donald
WESTIN;) brothers Allan (Annie Yu Chen;) John
nieces Katrina, Fiona, Alison, Ai; nephews Niall, Tamaki, Chen
San; aunts Mary
MacFADYEN, Anna
GEDDES, Margaret
HODGKIN, Elizabeth
HILL; and many loving cousins in Canada, England and Denmark.
A "Remembering Elizabeth" gathering will be held at 6: 30 p.m.
on Thursday, July 5, 2007 in the Cafeteria of Queen Elizabeth
Centre, 130 Dunn Avenue., Toronto. Her funeral will take place
at a later date in Halifax. In lieu of flowers, the family would
appreciate donations in Elizabeth's memory to Amnesty International,
St. Christopher House or the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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JENKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-25 published
JENKINS,
Doctor
John
Charles
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, on July 24, 2007. Born April 7th,
1928, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, to Mildred and Harry
JENKINS,
John acquired a love of the sea early, and with his cousin Cameron
GARRETT sailed the waters of Pictou Harbour in his first decade.
Two months before his death he and his cousin, with friend Dan
Kubat, sailed from Toronto to Hamilton and participated in the
National Yacht Club sailpass to complete a lifetime of his treasured
hobby. A graduate of Dalhousie Medical School, Class of '58,
John went west to Alberta for a year, before settling in Simcoe,
Ontario in 1959, to do general practice till 1967, when he returned
to Dalhousie to pursue studies in Anaesthesia. He completed his
residency at Saint Michael's Hospital and The Toronto General Hospital
in 1973, and practiced in Stratford till 1994. Once retired he
expanded his traveling interests and sailed extensively, as well
as participating very actively in his medical class reunion activities.
He enjoyed the Arts extremely, and was a faithful member of the
Arts and Letters Club of Toronto for many years.
A marriage to Marilyn Skinner
TOLLEY in 1954 resulted in children
John (Glenna), Ellen (Peter
COLLEY), Carol (Philip
TIETZE), Rebecca
(Joel BAKAN,)
Lucia
(Robert
COX) and Ruth. Predeceased by brother
"Bill" and sister Eleanor, John is survived by his children,
sister Carol (Rolly)
ANDREWS, grandchildren Jacqueline, Morgan,
John Alexander ("Sandy"), Sadie, Martha and Myim; close cousins
Judy MacKAY,
Halifax,
Cameron (and Dinny)
GARRETT (New Glasgow,)
and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Memorial Service to be held at Centenary United Church, 24 Main
Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, at 11 a.m. Friday, July 27th,
2007, Rev. Wayne
IRWIN officiating. Remains have been donated
to Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Donations may
be made To The Memory of Doctor John Charles
JENKINS to Dalhousie
Medical Alumni Association, 5850 College St. Halifax, Nova Scotia,
B3H 4H7, or to The Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto,
M5G 1G7.
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JENKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-30 published
JENKINS,
Peggy
(HETTY)
Retired Owner/Operator of Camsport Trailer Sales and Sandaraska
Trailer Park and past employee of Dunlop - Whitby.
After a life well lived and and a courageous battle with cancer,
Peggy, beloved wife, mother, Nana, great-grandmother and aunt,
passed away at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Palliative
Care Centre on November 7, 2007 with her husband by her side.
Loving and adored wife of David
JENKINS for 48 years. Cherished
mother of Lindsay (Marge) of Oshawa, Kim
BROUGH
(Doug) of Pontypool,
Rhys ('Osk) of Peterborough and Glyn (Cindy) of Orono. Much loved,
kissed and hugged Nana of Angela, Troy, Jenna, Amy, Iain, Nolan,
Hannah, Tara and Kari and Great-grandmother to Taylor and Kaylee.
Special
Aunt to Gordon (Lauren)
RICHARDS of Toronto. Sadly missed
by many Friends and past customers, especially long time friend
and support, June
BUDGELL.
Peggy will be remembered for her selflessness,
gentleness and her caring, thoughtful nature. She was extremely
dedicated to her family and Friends. She was well loved and will
never be forgotten. As per Peggy's wishes a funeral service was
not be held. As expressions of caring and sympathy Peggy requested
donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Peterborough
Regional Health Centre Palliative Care Centre. Her family wish
to thank and acknowledge the caring and compassionate nurses
and staff from the Palliative unit, who provided exemplary care
(respectful and supportive throughout her 2 month stay). The
wonderful, cheerful staff made this difficult time for Peggy
and her family easier to bear. Thank you also to the Community
Care Access Centre front line staff who were there every day
for her.
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JENKINSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-12 published
STREEF,
Cory (née
CLACK)
President of Faye Clack Communications Inc. Passed away Peacefully
in her 47th year on Thursday November 8, 2007, at Credit Valley
Hospital.
Cory, beloved wife of Albert
STREEF.
Proud and loving
mother of Fallon and Jillian
STREEF, and Sadie-May
STREEF-
HOLTZWORTH.
Dearly loved daughter of Faye
CLACK (Ewing
RAE) and William
CLACK
(Pat DAMM.) Survived by her grandmother, Vereda
HOBBS.
Cherished
sister of Virginia
ZIMM
(Jim
JENKINSON) and Scott
CLACK (Kim
MAYER-
CLACK.)
Cory will also be lovingly remembered by Albert's
parents, Jan and Johanna
STREEF; his brothers and their Families
Martin (Olivia), Peter (Anna), John (Lena) and Jacob (Janna)
STREEF and sister-in-law Karen Soles
STREEF.
Cory was the past
president of the Ontario Produce Marketing Association, was an
honourary director of the Ontario Produce Marketing Association
and was honoured as the Produce Person of the Year in 2005 for
her fundraising efforts for the flood victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Cory was also an owner of Streef Produce Ltd. She will be sorely
missed by so many. Friends will be received at the J. Scott Early
Funeral Home, 21 James Street, Milton (905) 878-2669 on Wednesday
November 14 from 2: 00-5:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m. A celebration
of Cory's life will be held at the Gambrel Barn, Country Heritage
Park (Tremaine Road, north of Steeles Avenue) in Milton (905) 878-8151,
Hyperlink www.countryheritagepark.com on Thursday November 15,
2007 at 1: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
Faye Clack Communications Inc., In Trust for, The Cory Clack-Streef
Memorial Fund, which is a registered charity with Royal Bank
of Canada.
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JENNER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-08-22 published
JENNER,
James
Laurence
Passed away peacefully on August 20, 2007 at 82 years of age.
Beloved husband of the late Laura - née
RINGROSE (2000.) Dear
father of Sr. Brenda
JENNER,
Vincent and Sue
JENNER, Stuart and
Judy JENNER,
Martha and Dennis
SERRAN, Andy and Cathie
JENNER,
and Vivian and Kevin
BENNETT.
Treasured grandfather of Donald,
Jamie, Danelle, Christopher, Scott, Bradley, Brenda, Sherry,
Holly, Joshua, Becky, Melissa, Nathan, and great-grandfather
of Chelsea, Curtis, Cory, and Alicia. Loving brother of the late
Charles, husband of Doreen
JENNER.
Jim retired from Hiram Walkers
after 30 years of dedicated service. His gift of artistic woodwork
can still be seen in many churches in Windsor and Wiarton. Visiting
Wednesday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. at the Kennedy Funeral Home Ltd. (1-866-716-7378)
128 Talbot St. North, Essex. Cremation to follow. On Thursday,
Friends are invited to meet the family at St. Stephen's Anglican
Church (5280 Howard Ave.) after 2: 30 p.m. followed by the Memorial
Service to celebrate Jim's Life at 3 p.m. with Reverend Jane
FLETCHER officiating. Interment of the ashes to follow in St. Stephen's
Cemetery. If you so desire, donations to St. Stephen's Anglican
Church, Oldcastle, or to the Wiarton Hospital Foundation would
be appreciated by the family. You may send your cherished memories
online at www.kennedyfh.com
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JENNER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-19 published
FLETCHER,
John▼
Palmer▼
(February▼ 20 1911-June 15 2007)
Peacefully, At his home on June 15, 2007, surrounded by his family.
John was the
son of the late Caroline Anne and Howard Allan George
FLETCHER. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 55 years,
Jean. Trained as a physician at the University of Toronto, John
graduated in 1936. In the early stages of his career John pursued
a research career with Charles H. Best, co-discoverer of Insulin.
When World War 2 began, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Medical
Corps, where he served for five years with distinction, winning
the Military Cross and the St. George Cross for his courage during
t he Battle of Jelsi in 1943. On his return from Europe in 1945,
John returned to medical research with a special interest in
pediatric medicine. He felt ever more drawn to the practice of
pediatric medicine and in the late 1940s left research to pursue
this interest. The family moved to Ottawa in 1956, where, because
of health problems, he became a corporate physician with Bell
Canada. With his health restored and missing the experience of
working with children, he returned to private practice in 1962.
He retired in 1986 at the age of 75. He is survived by his three
daughters: Mary, Susan and Frances; three sons in law, Robert
HUDGINS,
John▼
FREEMAN and Edmund
CLARK; eight grandchildren,
John and Alan
RAMUNAS, Delbert, Jean, Hugh and Caroline
CLARK,
and Lauren and Jessica
HUDGINS; as well as five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday June 21, 2007, at
the Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Avenue at 2: 00 p.m.
John's daughters would like to thank the Community Care Access
Centre, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Comcare, especially
Lois FRANCIS,
Janet▼
HINTON, and Mary Elizabeth
GROULX, who cared
for him in his final years. Doctor Julie
JENNER of the Centretown
Community Health Centre in Ottawa gave him the wise and compassionate
care he had provided to his own patients. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario would
be greatly appreciated.
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JENNER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-22 published
FLETCHER,
John▲
Palmer▲
(February▲ 20 1911-June 15 2007)
Peacefully, At his home on June 15, 2007, surrounded by his family.
John was the
son of the late Caroline Anne and Howard Allan George
FLETCHER. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 55 years,
Jean. Trained as a physician at the University of Toronto, John
graduated in 1936. In the early stages of his career John pursued
a research career with Charles H. Best, co-discoverer of Insulin.
When World War 2 began, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Medical
Corps, where he served for five years with distinction, winning
the Military Cross and the St. George Cross for his courage during
the Battle of Jelsi in 1943. On his return from Europe in 1945,
John returned to medical research with a special interest in
pediatric medicine. He felt ever more drawn to the practice of
pediatric medicine and in the late 1940s left research to pursue
this interest. The family moved to Ottawa in 1956, where, because
of health problems, he became a corporate physician with Bell
Canada. With his health restored and missing the experience of
working with children, he returned to private practice in 1962.
He retired in 1986 at the age of 75. He is survived by his three
daughters: Mary, Susan and Frances; three sons in law, Robert
HUDGINS,
John▲
FREEMAN and Edmund
CLARK; eight grandchildren,
John and Alan
RAMUNAS, Delbert, Jean, Hugh and Caroline
CLARK,
and Lauren and Jessica
HUDGINS; as well as five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday June 21, 2007, at
the Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Avenue at 2: 00 p.m.
John's daughters would like to thank the Community Care Access
Centre, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Comcare, especially
Lois FRANCIS,
Janet▲
HINTON, and Mary Elizabeth
GROULX, who cared
for him in his final years. Doctor Julie
JENNER of the Centretown
Community Health Centre in Ottawa gave him the wise and compassionate
care he had provided to his own patients. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario would
be greatly appreciated.
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JENNER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-29 published
SPEARN,
Charles
Franklin
Peacefully at Roberta Place, Barrie on Thursday September 27th,
2007. Charles
SPEARN of Barrie and originally of Penetang in
his 87th year. Beloved husband of 64 years to Frances Eileen
(née MAXWELL)
SPEARN.
Loving father of Ann (Norman
DOWDS) of
North
Vancouver,
British Columbia, John (Diana, née
ORMSTON)
of Waterloo, Scott (Paula, née
MARSDEN) of Toronto, Greg of Hidden
Valley, P.A., and Robert (Jill, née
JENNER) of Rossland, British
Columbia Loving grandfather of Matt, Adam, Emma, Blair (Julia
SCHNEIDER), Brooke (Scott
DOWLING), Max, Ainslie, Sarah, Lucie,
Sam, and great-grandfather of Ellie
DOWLING. Dear brother-in-law
of Ean MAXWELL
(Pat
GIBSON) of Saanich, British Columbia "Charlie"
devoted his entire professional life to the health care industry.
He served with the Canadian Navy during World War 2 and thereafter
continued to serve the medical community as a supplier of medical
products. He always balanced his commitment to business with
his love for family and anything the outdoors had to offer. Funeral
Service will be held from Burton Avenue United Church (37 Burton
Avenue) Barrie on Monday afternoon October 1st, 2007 at 3: 00 o'clock.
Memorial donations to the Burton Avenue United Church Organ Fund
would be appreciated. Condolences may be forwarded to the family
through www.steckleygooderham.com Arrangements entrusted to the
care of Steckley-Gooderham Funeral Homes (201 Minet's Point Road
at Yonge Street) Barrie. (705) 721-1211.
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JENNINGS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-06-18 published
NOBLE,
Henrietta
Louise
(HIPPERT)
Peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Friday,
June 15th, 2007 at Grey Bruce Health Services in Markdale in
her 81st year. The former Henrietta
HIPPERT was the beloved wife
of Harry NOBLE, she was the loving mother of Daniel and his wife
Sandy, Nadine and her husband Jack
JENNINGS,
Marie▼ and her husband
Keith TURNER,
Jamie, and Ron and his wife
Mia.
Her memory will
be cherished in the hearts of her grandchildren: Lisa, Justin,
Brian, Lindsay, Jenn, Erin, Kerry, Kelly, Paul and Mitchell.
She will be sadly missed by her sister Ruth
MAXWELL. A private
family service was conducted at the Currie Funeral Home in Chatsworth.
Pastor Brian
DUNLOP officiated. Interment took place at Faith
Lutheran Cemetery in Desboro. If so desired, memorial contributions
to the Markdale Hospital Building Fund, Lutheran World Relief,
A.L.S. Society, or a charity of your choice would be appreciated
by the family in lieu of flowers thank you.
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JENNINGS o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-12-24 published
WASSERFALL,
Margaret▼
Elizabeth▼ "
Betty▼"
At Grey Gables, Markdale, on Friday December 21, 2007, Margaret
Elizabeth▼ 'Betty'
WASSERFALL of Markdale, formerly of Toronto,
in her 85th year. Beloved wife of William
WASSERFALL, loving
mother of Kathleen
WILSON of Toronto, Judith
WASSERFALL
(David▼
CANN) of Mississauga and Valerie
WASSERFALL
(James▼
CULLEN) of
Chesley. Dear grandmother of Peter
MORRIS;
Ian,▼
Blair,▼
Anne▼ and
Mary WILSON;
James▼ and Stephanie
CULLEN; Gregory,
Heather▼ and
Margaret CANN.
Predeceased▼ by daughter Anne
MORRIS and brother
Bill JENNINGS.
Betty▼ served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during
World War 2, graduated from Victoria College, U.of T. receiving
her Bachelors of Arts, Library Science and Education. Betty was
employed by the York Board of Education as head Librarian at
Bayview Secondary School, and was active in Friends of the Library,
Markdale, Toronto Historical Society, Paperweight Collectors
Association Ontario, Genealogical Association Ontario and the
Ontario Bird Banding Association. The family will receive Friends
at the May Funeral Home, 63 Main St. E., Markdale on Thursday,
December 27th from 2-4: 00 p.m. and 7-9:00 p.m. A funeral service
will be held at Annesley United Church, 82 Toronto St. S., Markdale
on Friday December 28, 2007 at 1: 00 p.m. Interment in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Toronto. If desired, donations to Heart and Stroke Foundation
or Walter Harris Memorial Library would be appreciated.
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BUTLER,
David
Rupert
(March 1, 1925-June 15, 2007)
David BUTLER passed away peacefully on Friday, June 15, 2007,
after a short illness. David was born and raised in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. After service in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
in World War 2, he qualified as a chartered accountant. For several
years, he practiced with his father before moving into industry.
In 1957, he moved to Montreal and worked at Jas A. Ogilvy's until
he retired as President in 1985. The following year, David moved
to Port Hope where he resumed private practice and served clients
until three weeks before his passing.
David is survived by Mary, his devoted wife of 58 years, and
his sons, David (Joan), Brian (Gail) and his adoring grandchildren,
David (Jonelle), Eric, Andrew, Michelle, Katelyn, Ryan and Sean,
and also by his sister Carolyn (Warren)
JENNINGS and his sister-in-law
Helen. He was predeceased by his parents Allan and Dolly
BUTLER
and his brothers Allan and Arthur.
David's many interests included community service, golf and bridge.
As an active volunteer, he was involved in many organizations
including Saint_John's Church, Red Cross, Friends of Music and
AbbeyField Houses. For his community service, David was recognized
by the Town of Port Hope as a "Citizen of the Year" in 2006.
David's love for his family was unconditional. He was much loved
and respected by all who knew him. While he will be sadly missed,
he will be celebrated as a loving husband, a wonderful father
and grandfather, a loyal friend and a good man.
Friends will be received at the Allison Funeral Home, 103 Mill
Street North, Port Hope, Monday from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Saint_John's Anglican Church, Pine Street
North, Port Hope. Interment Port Hope Union Cemetery. Reception
Saint_John's Parish Hall.
Family extends thanks and appreciation to all of David's physicians
and caregivers and especially the staff of the Palliative Care
Unit at Northumberland Hills Hospital.
In lieu of flowers, a donation to your favourite charity is appreciated.
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DAzzling keyboard artist found a place in rock 'n' roll history
Quintessential sideman accompanied Janis Joplin, Paul Butterfield,
Bob Dylan, Ronnie Hawkins and others before returning to Canada
to play with the likes of Toronto's Pork Belly Futures
By Nicholas
JENNINGS,
Special▼ to The Globe and Mail, Page S12
Toronto -- Among blues-rock soloists and accompanists, he had
few equals. An exceptional pianist, organist and accordion player,
Richard BELL left his mark on more than 400 albums. Renowned
for his dazzling keyboard chops, performed with such legendary
figures as Janis Joplin, Paul Butterfield and Bob Dylan, and
played a supporting role in some key events in rock 'n' roll
history.
Following a stint in the Hawks under Ronnie Hawkins, the classically
trained pianist joined Ms. Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band and
toured North America.
In 1970, he accompanied the iconic Ms. Joplin on the Festival
Express, the historic rock 'n' roll train journey. With Full
Tilt, he also appeared on Ms. Joplin's Pearl, her bestselling
and most acclaimed album.
Mr. BELL's early-session work included playing on John Sebastian's
album Welcome Back, which contained the theme song for the hit
television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.
He became a full-fledged member of The Band, working with Levon
Helm and others, played on the group's final three albums (Jericho,
High on the Hog and Jubilation) and performed at Mr. Dylan's
30th-anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden.
Not content to be a sideman - no matter how highly valued by
others - he doggedly pursued his own projects, such as producing,
arranging and composing a good number of record albums.
"He played with optimism, intelligence and humour, and that made
him a fine accompanist as well as a powerful, energetic soloist,"
says Garth Hudson of The Band. "Richard followed in the tradition
of great piano players we had, from Willard 'Pop' Jones and Richard
Manuel to Stan Szelest. He was a big part of that lineage for
us."
Like many Canadian musicians, Mr.
BELL had been drawn south across
the border to find work, but in 1989 he returned home, partly
at the urging of the Toronto-born songwriter and guitarist, Colin
LINDEN. As it turned out, the move was the beginning a long association
with Mr. LINDEN, who, as a producer of records, ended up having
him perform on more than 40 albums. "He had an incredible way
of moving the air when he played."
The association with Mr.
LINDEN led to constant session work
with Bruce Cockburn, Cowboy Junkies, Sue Foley, Blackie and the
Rodeo Kings, Pork
BELLy Futures, and many others. He was also
a member of the Nashville country-rock supergroup Burrito Deluxe,
performing and contributing songs to its most recent album, Disciples
of the Truth.
"He was completely fearless," says Mr.
LINDEN. "
When he had an
idea, he wouldn't hold back - he'd always go for it."
The secret, Mr.
LINDEN said, was that at the core of his friend's
music lay great strength of character.
The son of Doctor Leslie
BELL, a respected Canadian chorale director
who founded the Leslie Bell Singers, but who also composed string
quartets and played woodwinds in symphony orchestra, young Richard
began playing piano at age four and studied at the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Toronto. He attended Upper Canada College, where
he excelled at music and was a member of the school's football,
hockey and squash teams.
In 1962, his father died. After that, he began playing in local
bands with older boys. "I was playing fraternity parties that
would get raided by the police, and my mom would freak out,"
he told an interviewer recently. "But I kept going right through
my teenage years."
Although he enrolled at the University of Toronto to study economics
and political science, Mr.
BELL found the lure of rock 'n' roll
too strong and dropped out. He joined the local group Ritchie
Knight and the Midnights and began gigging around southern Ontario.
In 1968, he was recruited to join Mr. Hawkins' band, an early
version of the group Crowbar. For good measure, he brought along
his friend Richard Newell, a vocalist and harmonica player who
became known as King Biscuit Boy.
After that, everything happened in a rush. The following year,
he appeared with Mr. Hawkins at New York's Fillmore East auditorium
where they opened for Joe Cocker and Mad Dogs and Englishmen.
He was spotted by Janis Joplin's manager, Albert Grossman, who
sounded him out about joining the singer's new ensemble.
In landing the job, Mr.
BELL signed on with a group that, like
the original version of The Band, included three other Canadians.
They were Ken Pearson on organ, John Till on guitar and Brad
Campbell, a bassist who had previously played with two groups
- The Last Words and The Paupers. The lone American was drummer
Clark Pierson.
In early 1970, Ms. Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band began rehearsing
and woodshedding - improvising harmony by ear - in San Francisco.
Recalls Mr. Pearson: "I was already out there when Richard arrived.
He knocked at the door and said, 'Hi, I'm Richard
BELL from Toronto.'
I asked him what he played, and he said piano. I thought, well,
there goes my job. When we went to rehearsal, Janis goes, 'Don't
worry, boys, I'm having both organ and piano.' So we flipped
a coin and I wound up playing organ and he got piano. We forged
a bond right then and there."
It was his work in Full Tilt that first brought Mr.
BELL to the
attention of Mr. Hudson. Around that time, The Band joined Full
Tilt on the Festival Express (Full Tilt's performances from that
tour are captured on both the Festival Express DVD and the
extended reissued CD edition of Pearl).
Interestingly, the tour was also Mr.
LINDEN's introduction to
Mr. BELL's playing. Just 10 years old, Mr.
LINDEN happened to
see him perform with Ms. Joplin in Port Chester, New York "I
was such a music fan that it really meant something to me, seeing
these Canadian musicians up there on stage," he recalls. "It
was a mighty band, and I immediately became aware of what a great
player Richard was."
Full Tilt disbanded with the death of Ms. Joplin in October of
that year. Mr.
BELL moved to Woodstock, New York where he immersed
himself in session work for the likes of Judy Collins, Karen
Dalton, Eric Andersen and others. For the next two decades, he
was kept busy with recording dates at different studios all over
the United States.
During that time, he lived briefly in Alabama and
in Atlanta,
Georgia., where he was married briefly to Mary
DEACON and where
he gave up music to work for her father's drywall company.
By 1989, however, he had followed the sound of music back to
Woodstock, and to the network of recording studios that had developed
in the wake of the legendary concert 20 years earlier. There,
he first met Mr.
LINDEN and began to make a new string of connections.
Recalls Mr.
LINDEN: "He told me, 'I've been away from my family
too long and really want to be with them, so I'm going to move
back to Canada.' I suggested he give me a call."
Not long after that, Mr.
BELL turned up in Toronto and found
himself playing in Mr.
LINDEN's band, and on a steady number
of albums. "He'd show up at a session and be very relaxed and
cool and easygoing," says Mr.
LINDEN. "
Then he would play, blow
everybody away and then leave. He was like a producer's secret
weapon, especially when he first came back to Canada and people
didn't know that much about him."
And, perhaps because he was back in the game, and doing what
he most loved, Mr.
BELL never complained.
"He always had an incredibly positive attitude, never cynical,"
says Mr. LINDEN. "
Once, my band was playing some horrible place
where Richard had to haul his keyboards up three flights of stairs,
and we'd get to the top and I'd say, 'How're doing?' He'd say,
'Well, sure beats drywall.' "
It was around then that he teamed up with such groups as The
Cowboy Junkies and the enigmatically named Pork Belly Futures,
a popular new band whose debut album, Way Past Midnight, had
become something of a hit.
Paul Quarrington, the front man for Pork Belly Futures, says
Mr. BELL was a musician whose emotions ran deep. "He played with
heartfelt intensity.
"Ultimately, the essence of Richard was that he liked to be surprising,"
adds Mr. Quarrington, who also happens to be a Governor General
Award-winning novelist. "He was musically sophisticated, but
also profoundly silly - in the best possible way."
Despite such accolades, Mr.
BELL remained a humble musician.
"He was as modest as he was talented," says Mr. Pearson. "If
you ever tried to compliment him, he wouldn't put up with it
- he'd crack a joke."
According to those closest to him, Mr.
BELL maintained an upbeat,
youthful spirit through an eagerness to learn new things. A lover
of gadgets of all kinds, he embraced computers, iPods and the
latest music technology - sometimes to a fault.
"His keyboard systems could get very mutinous during recording
sessions," says Mr. Quarrington. "I was always factoring in an
hour or two for Richard messing around with his gear."
For his part, Mr. Hudson recalls how Mr.
BELL's technological
talents proved a boon to The Band. "He'd bring a computer with
music-notation software and a printer with us on the road when
he was writing horn parts for us … Then he'd print out the charts
in the hotel room in between gigs.
"He was way ahead of us in the computer-skills department."
An avid reader, Mr.
BELL loved to share favourite books with
Friends and colleagues, whether it was Raymond Chandler novels
or the latest bestseller. Says Mr.
LINDEN: "
Richard and I were
both fans of the mystery writer James Lee Burke, who once wrote
'Never treat a brave man as anything less.' I thought about that
so much with Richard in this past year, because he dealt with
his illness with such incredible grace.
"I've never known a finer man or a better musician. It's as simple
as that."
Leslie Richard
BELL was born in Toronto on March 5, 1946. He
died of cancer at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on June 15,
2007. He was 61. He leaves his mother, Leona
HELWIG, sister,
Janet MacEY, his niece Roz
MacEY and nephews Richard
MacEY,
Doug
MacEY and Gord
MacEY.
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JENNINGS,
Constance "
Connie" (née
WILSON)
Of Port Stanley on Monday, July 23rd, 2007, peacefully, surrounded
by her loving family, at her residence, in her 82nd year. Dearly
loved wife of the late John "Jack" Albert
JENNINGS (1980) and
much loved mother of Karen and her husband Robert
BRENNAN of
London, Susan
JENNINGS of Mississauga, Mary Lou and her husband
John DODD of Saint Thomas, Jacqueline and her husband Brian
LOGAN
of Surrey, British Columbia and Ian and his wife
Sheila
JENNINGS
of Burlington. Special loved grandmother of Colleen and Kelly
BRENNAN, Leslie and Jonathan
NORGUARD, Ian, Neil and Amy
DODD,
Michael, Christopher and Katie
LOGAN and Katelyn and Erika
JENNINGS.
Dear niece of Keith
McEWEN of Dunnville. Connie was born in Saint Thomas
on November 9, 1925, the daughter of the late Leslie and Audra
(McEWAN)
WILSON.
She was a charter member of the Imperial Order
of the Daughters of the Empire (Kenneth Lucas Chapter) and was
very active during her lifetime, a member of the Saint_John's Ambulance
and had received the Order of Saint_John, a Past President of the
Saint Thomas Curling Club, a member of the Saint Thomas Golf and
Country Club, a former member of the Port Stanley Yacht Club,
a volunteer with the March of Dimes and Meals on Wheels. Resting
at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas, where
funeral service will be held Saturday at 1: 00 p.m. Cremation
to follow. Remembrances may be made to the Elgin Military Museum
or the Saint Thomas Public Art Gallery. Visitation Friday from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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JENNINGS,
Mary▲
Peacefully at Belmont House on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
in her 89th year. Fondly remembered by her family and Friends
in Canada and County Cork, Ireland. Mary enjoyed tennis and will
be remembered for her terrific sense of humour and kindness.
A funeral service will be held at the Morley Bedford Funeral
Home, 159 Eglinton Ave. W. (2 stop lights west of Yonge St.)
on Saturday, September 29th at 10 a.m. Interment in Saint_John's
Cemetery, Killowen, Ireland.
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WASSERFALL,
Margaret▲
Elizabeth▲ "
Betty▲"
At Grey Gables, Markdale, on Friday December 21, 2007, Margaret
Elizabeth▲ 'Betty'
WASSERFALL of Markdale, formerly of Toronto,
in her 85th year. Beloved wife of William
WASSERFALL, loving
mother of Kathleen
WILSON of Toronto, Judith
WASSERFALL
(David▲
CANN) of Mississauga and Valerie
WASSERFALL
(James▲
CULLEN) of
Chesley. Dear grandmother of Peter
MORRIS;
Ian,▲
Blair,▲
Anne▲ and
Mary WILSON;
James▲ and Stephanie
CULLEN; Gregory,
Heather▲ and
Margaret CANN.
Predeceased▲ by daughter Anne
MORRIS and brother
Bill JENNINGS.
Betty▲ served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during
World War 2, graduated from Victoria College, U.of T. receiving
her Bachelors of Arts, Library Science and Education. Betty was
employed by the York Board of Education as head Librarian at
Bayview Secondary School, and was active in Friends of the Library,
Markdale, Toronto Historical Society, Paperweight Collectors
Association Ontario, Genealogical Association Ontario and the
Ontario Bird Banding Association. The family will receive Friends
at the May Funeral Home, 63 Main St. E., Markdale on Thursday,
December 27th from 2-4: 00 p.m. and 7-9:00 p.m. A funeral service
will be held at Annesley United Church, 82 Toronto St. S., Markdale
on Friday December 28, 2007 at 1: 00 p.m. Interment in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Toronto. If desired, donations to Heart and Stroke Foundation
or Walter Harris Memorial Library would be appreciated.
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'Man with four hands' was one of the greatest piano players of
all time
Canadian whose flying fingers mesmerized audiences around the
world - from small clubs in 1950s Montreal to the lights of Carnegie
Hall - was a lyrical stylist and a mentor to many
By Nicholas
JENNINGS,
Special▲ to The Globe and Mail with reports
from Canadian Press and staff, Page S9
Toronto -- Few pianists swung as hard or played as fast and with
as many grace notes as Oscar
PETERSON.
The classically trained
musician could play it all, from Chopin and Liszt to blues, stride,
boogie, bebop and beyond. He led his own jazz trios, performed
with such legendary figures as Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie,
DIzzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong - the latter called him "the
man with four hands" - recorded more than 200 albums and wrote
such memorable works as Hymn to Freedom and the Canadiana Suite.
"A virtuoso without peer," concluded his biographer, Gene Lees,
in The Will to Swing.
"The piano is like an extension of his own physical being," composer
and clarinetist Phil
NIMMONS, who helped create Canadiana Suite,
said in 1975 of his long-time friend. "I'm amazed at the speed
of his creativity. I am not talking about mere technical capabilities,
although his are awesome. I'm speaking of the times when you
find him under optimum conditions of creativity. His mind can
move as quickly as his fingers and that is what is so astounding."
The story of Oscar
PETERSON's rise from immigrant poverty to
world fame is one of popular music's great inspirational tales.
Born in Montreal's Saint-Henri district, he was the fourth of
five children of a Canadian Pacific Railway porter and his wife
who came to Canada from the Virgin Islands. His father, Daniel,
a self-taught amateur musician and a strict disciplinarian, insisted
that his children develop musical skills. Oscar began on piano
and trumpet, but dropped the latter after a bout with tuberculosis
when he was 7.
By 14, he was studying with Paul de Marky, a renowned Hungarian-born
classical pianist who piqued his interest in jazz, particularly
works by pianist Art Tatum. Mr.
PETERSON always credited his
sister Daisy, a noted piano teacher in Montreal who also taught
such Canadian musicians as Oliver Jones and Joe Sealy, with being
an important teacher and influence on his career. Soon, he was
winning competitions. But his father never let it go to his head.
He played his son Tatum's renowned recording of Tiger Rag that
caused the young musician to quit piano for two months.
Mr. PETERSON always said it was his father who instilled in him
an unwavering will to succeed. When he dropped out of high school
to play in the Johnny Holmes Orchestra, becoming its only black
member, a displeased Daniel
PETERSON gave him some stern advice.
"He told me, 'If you're going to go out there and be a piano
player, don't just be another one. Be the best.' "
The 17-year-old took the words to heart. Within a few years,
he was leading his own trio at Montreal's Alberta Lounge, where
he developed his distinctive style and attracted some illustrious
onlookers, including Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald. Then, on
one fateful night, American jazz impresario Norman Granz heard
Mr. PETERSON at the club and was so impressed that he invited
him to play at New York's Carnegie Hall.
Mr. PETERSON's appearance on Mr. Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic
program in 1949 was a watershed event. Mr.
PETERSON didn't have
a work visa, so Mr. Granz decided to introduce him as a surprise
guest on a bill that included Charlie Parker, Lester Young and
Coleman Hawkins. Although the young pianist was terrified, Mr. Granz
assured him it would be worth it. "He told me, 'You'll know if
you have what it takes, and if you do what you do and they love
it, then you know you've made it,' Mr.
PETERSON later recalled.
Performing with bassist Ray
BROWN, who would become a long-time
sideman, Mr.
PETERSON brought the house down with such songs
as Fine and Dandy and Tenderly. The 24-year-old "stopped the
concert dead cold in its tracks," according to Down Beat magazine,
which added that the pianist displayed "a flashy right hand,
a load of bop and a good sense of harmonic development." Mr.
PETERSON's
course - with Mr. Granz as his manager - was set.
Over the next 50 years, Mr.
PETERSON played in a variety of trios,
including those with Mr.
BROWN and guitarist Herb Ellis (1953-1958,)
Mr. BROWN and drummer Ed
THIGPEN (1959-1964,) bassist Sam Jones
and drummer Bobby Durham (mid-60s) and guitarist Joe Pass and
bassist Niels Pedersen (late 1960s). During this time, he recorded
such memorable albums as 1956's Stratford Festival recording,
1958's On the Town, recorded at Toronto's Town Tavern, and 1962's
Night Train, which included a number of Duke Ellington pieces
as well as Mr.
PETERSON's own Hymn to Freedom. Then, in 1964,
he produced his best-known work, Canadiana Suite, with each of
the album's tracks inspired by a different region of the country.
Mr. PETERSON called the project "my musical portrait of the Canada
I love," and it was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1965.
By 1979, his career had arrived at a point where he was in steady
demand and his life had developed a certain stability. He built
a recording studio in his house and set aside enough time most
mornings to "ring out some different pieces of equipment and
get myself together," he told The Globe and Mail. "I'll maybe
come up with something I would want to get started writing."
The studio was irresistible, he said. Later in the day, usually
after attending a business meetings elsewhere in the house, he
liked to return to the keyboard "to work on some writing, or
maybe rehearse a little music."
By all accounts, Mr.
PETERSON led two lives - one on the road
and one at home. "I work probably six solid weeks then take off
a month or two. My work is like that. If I tour, it is usually
three or four weeks and when it's over it's done."
When he wasn't away, Mr.
PETERSON seldom liked to leave the house.
But the constant touring remained a trial before he brought order
to his life. "It can be very harried during touring, but we try
to control that now. I have to know where I'm going one way or
another. I feel that if I have to go on the road I'm not going
to stay the Young Women's Christian Association, and I'm not
going to eat at the Big Burger. If I go to France, for instance,
I eat at the best possible restaurants and stay in the best hotel.
I like the finer things in life and I think I deserve what I
can afford. I don't thing there's anything wrong with shooting
for the best. It's unfortunate that a few more of us don't think
that way."
The travelling took its toll on many of Mr.
PETERSON's sidemen,
who gave up work with the master because personal or health reasons.
Some fell victim to the bottle or drugs. Mr.
PETERSON, who always
avoided such things, kept going, and performed solo frequently
in the 1970s. But he paid his own price for touring, which kept
him from his wives and children. "How destructive was [the road]
for me?" he once asked a CBS reporter. "Almost four divorces
- that's how destructive it can be."
Mr. PETERSON recounted in his 2002 autobiography, A Jazz Odyssey,
how his breakup with third wife, Charlotte, separated him from
their son, Joel, for whom he wrote the tune He Has Gone. "They
now live somewhere in Eastern Canada," he wrote. "This had been
a dreadful loss." He seemed to find happiness in his fourth marriage
to Kelly GREEN, with whom he had a daughter, Céline, in 1991,
when he was 66. He credited them with helping him to find a balance
between family and music.
"When you first start out, you're impatient, uptight," he once
said. "Everything has to be done right now, it doesn't matter
what you might like it to be." Later, he said he became a little
more sensible about all of life's elements. "You realize that
some of the things that you want to do require a depth that you
won't have until you're more mature. Even then, there are things
that you still can't get together."
Mr. PETERSON possessed a boyish sense of humour and was renowned
for his love of laughter. He was also a notorious practical joker.
His mischievous side was something that came through in two documentaries:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Life and Times of Oscar
PETERSON and the National Film Board's In the Key of Oscar, which
was produced by his niece, former basketball star and Canadian
Olympian Sylvia
SWEENEY.
The latter film recounted some of the
early incidents of racism that Mr.
PETERSON encountered in his
career and featured his emotional journey back to Montreal for
the first reunion of the extended
PETERSON family, including
grandchildren who had previously only ever seen him on television.
Beyond his career and family, Mr.
PETERSON pursued his twin hobbies
of photography and fly fishing, which he undertook at a summer
home in Ontario's Haliburton Highlands. It was also at the cottage
that he followed an interest in the heavens. "I'm an amateur
astronomer, when I have time, which is usually in the summer
at our cottage," he once told The Globe.
He also involved himself in the academic side of music. In 1960,
he opened the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto
with Mr. BROWN, Mr.
THIGPEN and Mr.
NIMMONS. Mr.
PETERSON's students
included Skip Beckwith, Brian
BROWNe, Wray Downes and Bill King.
Although his touring commitments forced the school to close in
1964, Mr. PETERSON returned to teaching at Toronto's York University
in 1986, when he was appointed as adjunct professor of music
in jazz studies. He remained involved with the university afterward,
serving as its chancellor from 1991 to 1994.
A two-date reunion in 1990 with his most famous trio, featuring
Ray BROWN and Herb Ellis (also featuring drummer Bobby Durham)
at New York's Blue Note: club resulted in four separate album
releases. Critics hailed Mr.
PETERSON's playing from this legendary
engagement, citing his emotional depth and softer playing style.
Three years later, while performing again at the Blue Note, Mr.
PETERSON
suffered a stroke, something he only realized after returning
to Toronto to receive the Glenn Gould Prize. The stroke weakened
his left hand and sidelined him for two years, during which time
he fell into a depression. But he credited Friends such as bassist
Dave Young for encouraging him to return to performance, which
he did with the help of intensive physiotherapy. In 1999, he
returned to Carnegie Hall with guitarist Ulf Wakenius, bassist
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and drummer Martin Drew. His left
hand could no longer "conjure the rumbling musical earthquakes
of old," wrote The New York Times, but his right hand's inventive,
fluid work alone prompted several standing ovations.
Two years earlier at the Grammys, he had been given a Lifetime
Achievement Award. In all, he won eight Grammys and, in 2005,
Canada Post marked his contributions to music with a 50-cent
stamp.
A lyrical stylist who has been described as one of the greatest
piano layers of all time, Mr.
PETERSON inspired countless musicians.
Duke Ellington called him "a man who's blessed with great talent,
has acquired tremendous skill and executes it with unlimited
authority." Ella Fitzgerald said of him, "to me, he's like a
brother and a friend, and one of the greatest you'll ever meet."
Diana
Krall, who celebrated Mr.
PETERSON's 80th birthday with
him in 2005 at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, recalled how
he invited her down to his basement studio. "He said, 'Hey, Dee,
come down and check out the box,' which meant his 10-foot Boesendorfer
[piano]," Ms. Krall recalled. "The only problem was then you
have to play for him. So I played some Nat Cole tunes and we
sang some duets. The fact that I got a chance to sit and talk
with him, and laugh with him and his family, is pretty great.
It stays with you." Added Ms. Krall: "If I ever feel like I'm
needing a boost, I listen to Oscar."
His personal studio represented a dream that was a long time
coming, Mr.
PETERSON said in 1979. "Years ago, I always wanted
this studio, but there was no way I could because I was out playing
all the time. But now, with the new studio and the chance to
do some composing, it's much easier. I can pursue the love of
my life, and yet it's my profession."
Oscar Emmanuel
PETERSON was born in Montreal on August 15, 1925.
He died of kidney failure at his home in Mississauga, Ontario,
on December 23, 2007. He was 82. He leaves his wife, Kelly, and
six children from different marriages: Lynn, Gay, Oscar Jr.,
Norman, Joel and Celine.
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JENNY,
Heidi
Passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of her family,
on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at the Bennett Health Care Centre,
Georgetown in her 89th year. Predeceased by her loving husband
of 48 years, Ernie. Beloved mother of Michael (Sheila) and Christopher
(Elizabeth). Cherished grandmother to Cecile, Gabriel, Nicole
and Esther. Aunt to Theresa, Ursula, Vrenli, Jacqueline, Ursula
and Heinz. Family and Friends will be received at the Ward Funeral
Home "Oakville Chapel", 109 Reynolds St. (905-844-3221) on Friday
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on
Saturday, July 21st, 2007 at 10 a.m. at Saint Dominic's Roman Catholic
Church, 2415 Rebecca Street, Oakville. Interment to follow at Saint_Jude's
Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to
the Alzheimer Association or the Bennett Health Care Centre,
Georgetown. Email condolences may be sent to heidi.jenny@wardfh.com
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MORRIS,
Robert "
Bob"
Taylor
Suddenly, after a year of health challenges, Bob died surrounded
by his Friends in his favourite place, Prince Edward Island,
on Sunday, July 22nd 2007, in his 82nd year. Bob will be sadly
missed by his loving partner Ulla
JENSEN
(Port
Hope,
Ontario,)
his son David (Calgary, Alberta), his daughter Susan and son-in-law
Chip NEWELL
(Boothbay,
Maine,) and his former wife and friend
Valinda (Winnipeg, Manitoba). Predeceased by his parents Andrew
and Kathleen and brothers David and Peter. Cremation has already
taken place. A private burial service will be held in Port Hope
at a later date. If so desired, donations may be sent to The
Salvation Army, Canadian Cancer Society or a charity of your
choice.
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CULLEN,
Dorothy
A.
(DAVIS)
Sadly the family informs you that Dorothy
(DAVIS) died on Tuesday,
September 4, 2007. She was the loved wife of the late Arthur W.
CULLEN. Dear mother of Pam
LEHMAN of Aurora and Peter of Toronto.
Grandmother of Christopher and Amanda. Sister of Marion (Mrs. Wm.
BRISLEY), the late Ronald
DAVIS, Emélie (Mrs. H.
JENSEN), Patricia
(Mrs. G. HOWARD) and Ted
DAVIS.
The family will receive Friends
at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview
Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2 p.m.-7 p.m. Friday.
Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Saturday morning
at 11 o'clock followed by a reception in the Leaside Room. Interment
Highland Memory Gardens at 2 p.m. on Saturday. If desired, donations
may be made to the Alzheimer Society for Metropolitan Toronto,
2323 Yonge Street, Suite #500, Toronto M4P 2C9. Condolences and
memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymiles.com.
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JENSEN,
Poul
(July, 19, 1924-August 4, 2007)
Peacefully after a lengthy illness with family by his side. Poul
was a rare man, genuinely liked by his many Friends and absolutely
loved by his family. Dad was a Dane by birth, a Canadian by residency
and a citizen of the world. A pioneer in the computer world,
Poul recognize the enormity and inevitability of this industry
45 years ago and went on to build a highly successful computer
enterprise. Dad was a voracious reader and avid athlete, (tennis,
skiing, sailing, soccer, golf), who won the Most Valuable Player
Award in The Armadale Soccer League a few years ago at age 65!!
He leaves behind Bitten, his wife of 53 years, son and daughter-in-law
Peter and Laura, grandchildren Mark and Aleigh and many, many
Friends from all walks of life. We will mis dad's keen sense
of humour, split second wit, grace, dignity, loyalty and kindness.
A celebration of Poul's wonderful life will be held Saturday
September 15th at noon at Sunset Villa Mindepark near Guelph.
Friends are extremely welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations
to any worthy cause would be appreciated. Poul Jensen A Gentleman
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McMURRAY,
Audrey
Louise (née
HARNIMAN)
Audrey passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 8, 2007
at the age of 87. She shared a wonderful day of talking and holding
hands with Harry, her best friend and husband of 66 years, and
surrounded by her adoring daughters. It was the perfect send
off for an exceptional lady who was a caring mother, adored grandmother
and a deeply loved friend. Audrey was born on April 18, 1920 to
Robert and Louise
HARNIMAN and schooled in Toronto. She was one
of six children, including Gertrude, Robert, Georgina (each of
whom predeceased her) and Joyce and Gordon. Audrey worked hard
to take advantage of the wonderful life her parents had carved
for her in Toronto. She was a quick mind and an energetic soul,
qualities needed to woo her life mate when they met doing battle
on the badminton court. Audrey and Harry were married in 1941,
which began the next incredible part of her life. She brought
into the world her three cherished girls; Gail (Ernie
JENSEN,)
Barb (Kim ROBINSON) and Karen
McCREIGHT, with whom she would
forever have a magical love. She deserves huge thanks for her
positive advice and guidance as she nurtured the maturing of
her beautiful girls during their teenage years in Los Angeles
and at university. The girls were never without the best of clothes,
kindness of Audrey's exceptional skills as a fine seamstress.
Audrey absolutely never complained and she set an example for
all who knew her as to how to conduct oneself with kindness,
understanding and caring for others. These qualities became ingrained
in her precious girls but have also influenced in a significant
way her five grandchildren (Eric, Joel, Lauren, Ryan and John),
all of whom saw and will continue to see her as their guardian
angel. Our special thanks to the excellent team at Trillium Hospital
the emergency and 2nd floor staff provided Audrey with the highest
standard of excellence in care when she became ill. We also found
great comfort in the care and devotion that the staff at the
Wenleigh Long Term Care facility provided Audrey during her last
few days. She left with a smile on her face knowing she had lived
a wonderful full life and was surrounded by all those she adored
and whom showed her unconditional love in return. Visitation
will be from 2-4: 00 and 7-9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 11,
2007 at the Turner and Porter Funeral Home at 2180 Hurontario Street,
Mississauga. The funeral service will begin at 10: 00 a.m. on
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at St. Stephen's-on-the-Hill United
Church, 998 Indian Road, Lorne Park, with reception to follow
at the Church. In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged in
the name of Audrey with the Parkinson's Society.
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JENSEN,
Margaret
Isobel (née
WILSON)
Margaret Isobel
JENSEN, dearly beloved wife of Christian Andrew
Edward JENSEN died peacefully in Winnipeg on Christmas morning,
2007. Survived by her husband of 60 years, she is also survived
by her much loved children Catherine (Philip), Andrew (Wendy)
and Christopher (Fiona), her dearest granddaughters Rebecca (Sean,
their sons Jonathan, Isaac and David), Amanda, Louisa, Margaret
and Sheila and her only, special grand_son Calum. Margaret was
born on June 23, 1925, the only daughter of Judge Frank Worthington
WILSON and Ruth Margaret
WILSON, in Chatham, Ontario, in the
home of her mother's mother. Her early years were spent in Windsor,
Perth and then Toronto where she attended Trinity College at
the University of Toronto, graduating with a B.A. and B.L.S.
degrees. Following her marriage in 1947, she moved to Winnipeg
with her husband where she resided for the rest of her life.
Her interests were many and varied, but she was first and foremost
a most devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She was an active volunteer, as indicated in her commitments
as Past President of The University Women's Club, The Faculty
Women's Association, The Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra, The Women's Committee of the Arthritis and Rheumatism
Society and The Twenty Club, as well as fulfilling other numerous
and diversified volunteer roles. She was a gracious and generous
hostess, a concerned friend, an informed traveller, a painstaking
and artistic photographer, an inveterate and lifelong student.
As a librarian, she was employed by the Winnipeg Public Library
as a Reference Librarian and then as Librarian-in-Charge of the
then Downtown Branch. In addition to her immediate family she
is survived by sister-in-law Norma
WILSON, her brother Arthur
(Violet) and several nieces and nephews in Ontario and Massachusetts.
Margaret first attended All Saints' Church on Good Friday, 1947
she continued to be a member until her death. Her great, good
fortune was to have been blessed with a long, fulfilled and happy
marriage, to be the mother of three wonderful children, to have
had many dear Friends throughout her life and to have been endowed
with good health. A warm appreciation to Marta and Nina for their
long association. Her funeral service will be held in Winnipeg
at All Saints' Anglican Church, Broadway and Osborne at 10: 00 a.m.,
Saturday, December 29th. There will be a private family burial
in Old St. Andrew's Churchyard, River Road. Those wishing to
do so, may make a remembrance to Margaret's memory to the Children's
Wish Foundation of Canada, the Manitoba Chapter, Lower Level,
350 Saint Mary Ave., Winnipeg, R3C 3J2. The family would like to
thank Doctor Brian Sharkey and Doctor Ted St. Godard and the staff
of the Palliative Care Unit at the St. Boniface Hospital. Neil
Bardal Inc. 204-949-2200 nbardal.mb.ca
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