JESKE
JESSHOPE
JESSIMAN
JESSON
JESSOP
JESTICE
JESKE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-25 published
McLEOD,
Barbara "
Barb"
Ellen (née
TINCKNELL)
On June 21, 2007, peacefully and surrounded by loved ones, after
a brave and courageous battle with cancer. Beloved wife of James
AKEROYD, of Waterloo. Cherished Mom of Heather
McLEOD and her
fiancé Stephen
RUTTAN, of Hamilton, and Jennifer
McLEOD and her
husband Michael
JESKE, of Kitchener. Treasured sister of Jane
and Bud FIELD of Paris, Ontario, Mary Anne and Bill
LEIGH, of
Kitchener, and Jim and Bonnie
TINCKNELL, of Belleville, Ontario.
Adored daughter-in-law of Edith
McLEOD, of Waterloo and sister-in-law
of Wayne and Susan
STEVENS, of Waterloo. Special aunt to Chelsea
LEIGH, as well as to all the members of the Stevens and Tincknell
families. Special 'grammy' to Morgan daughter of Master Bdr James
and Richelle
AKEROYD of Chalk River, Ontario, stepdaughters Elizabeth
and Christine and devoted companion Merced (Ninia)
TAGALOG.
Dear
friend of Ivan and Sandra Anderson, Jim and Heather Murdock,
Barry and Kathy Kiggins, Dianne Aves, Betty Townshend, Trudie
Robbins, Brad and Ellen Luelo, Mandy and Jamie Badrian, Peter
and Elizabeth Moffat, Pat and John Weber, Conestogo, Alan and
Nicole Mockler, Montreal, Doctor William Akeroyd and family Vancouver
Dr's John and Christine Martin, Inverness, Scotland as well as
countless others. She will be deeply missed by her close Friends
at Queensmount Senior Public School, Kitchener and the many new
Friends she had made as she setup a second home with Jim in Saint
John, New Brunswick. The family would also like to thank the
Waterloo Community Care Access Centre team, Doctor Bob
HUNTER, Kitchener
and the doctors of the Hamilton Juravinski Cancer Centre for
their caring and support of Barb through her long journey. Barb
was predeceased by her first husband, Bill
McLEOD, and her parents,
Luke and Hope
TINCKNELL, of Paris, Ontario. Barb was first and
foremost a proud and loving mother. She was also a wonderful,
caring and generous wife, sibling, friend, and teacher. She was
born in Paris, Ontario, where she spent the entirety of her childhood.
She was an energetic child, who succeeded both at academics and
athletics. She attended teacher's college at McMaster University
and later returned to Guelph University to complete a degree
in English and theatre arts. She taught at several elementary
schools, took a leave to dedicate herself to parenting, and then
returned to Queensmount Senior Public School in the late 1980s.
Barb established herself as a remarkable teacher who inspired
both her students and her colleagues. She taught English and
math and directed several musical productions, while acting as
a supportive mentor and friend to her fellow staff. In recent
years, Barb was an avid fan of her daughter's careers, both scholastic
and athletic. She adored her 'boys', Cody and Spooky, and the
new addition of Oakley. She was a knowledgeable and dedicated
sports fan. She travelled frequently with Jim, to Western and
Eastern Canada, Boston, and Sanibel Island, Florida. Barb loved
visiting with her granddaughter, Morgan, spending time at her
cabin, gardening, bird watching, renovating and decorating her
home, riding her bicycle, going to movies, and visiting her favourite
people. As her health declined over the past year, Barb inspired
us all with her ability to embrace every day of her life, and
to find joy and humour during the most difficult of times. She
fought an incredibly long and hard battle, but continued to focus
only on the needs and lives of others. Her life was miraculous
in many ways; she will be cherished forever by those who were
blessed to share her life. Interment will be at Memory Gardens
followed by a private service in celebration of her life. Donations
in memory of Barbara (Barb) Ellen
McLEOD can be made to the Hamilton
Juravinski Cancer Centre, http://www.jccfoundation.on.ca/donations/online.shtml
or may be placed by calling the Henry Walser Funeral Home 519 749-8467.
Visit www.henrywalser.com for Barbara's memorial.
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JESSHOPE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2007-01-01 published
Mary Bates
BURNS, 89: Swing singer
Mary Bates Burns was a hit with the troops and once turned down
a date with Frank Sinatra
By Matthew
CHUNG,
Staff
Reporter
She was a decorated World War 2 veteran with "perfect pitch."
Mary Bates
BURNS went from making bottle tops in a factory to
entertaining overseas troops with a featured singing role in
the wartime revue "Meet the Navy."
She later shared stages, and radio waves, with legends of the
swing era and, according to family lore, once rejected a romantic
overture from Frank Sinatra.
"Mary never did make a big thing about her celebrity status,"
said her sister, Peg
HARRIS, 85, from her home in Prince Edward
Island. "She certainly was a celebrity in Toronto."
BATES
BURNS performed for much of her career as Mary
BATES but
later took her second husband's surname. She died December 19
at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, after a brief illness,
at age 89.
Born June 6, 1917 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, she moved
with her family six years later to Toronto's east end, near Pape
Ave. and Gerrard St. E.
Her voice got noticed by co-workers in a factory and they encouraged
her to try out for a local quartet. She got the job and performed
with Jack ALLISON,
Bill
BOUNSALL and Helen
RICHARDSON as The
Crushy Swingers, after a successful audition for Orange Crush
Co.
They quickly made a splash in the Canadian music scene, garnering
airplay on CFRB and being featured on a radio broadcast put
on by The Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund.
The quartet was spotted that summer by Rudy Vallee, the famous
1930s American crooner known for singing through a megaphone,
as they performed at the Canadian National Exhibition.
Impressed, Vallee asked the group to sing on his Thursday evening
NBC radio show broadcast from New York.
The performance was such a success
BATES
BURNS and the others
moved to the Big Apple and made more appearances on Vallee's
show as The Swing Kids. They disbanded in the late 1930s, and
she launched her solo career.
BATES
BURNS appeared as a featured vocalist with many large swing
orchestras including The Modernaires.
In front of a microphone,
BATES
BURNS was "Marvellous… she was
just a natural," her sister said.
It was back in Toronto, at the Canadian National Exhibition around
the start of World War 2, that
BATES
BURNS rubbed shoulders with
Frank Sinatra, then in the early years of his career.
"I think the story was, he asked did she know where a guy could
get a drink?" said
BATES
BURNS's daughter, Kate
BURNS
Rapley,
in a phone interview from England.
"He then said was there any chance of him having some company
with that drink?"
BATES
BURNS, married at the time to musician Ken
ADAMSON, declined.
She and
ADAMSON were later divorced.
BATES
BURNS joined the Canadian navy in World War 2 as a member
of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Services. She was a featured
act in the "Meet the Navy" musical show that entertained soldiers
stationed across Canada.
It was a dangerous time and "sad too, because you lost so many
Friends in those days," said another sister, Betty
JESSHOPE,
82, from her home in Oakville.
In 1944, "Meet the Navy" went overseas, playing around England.
During a five-month run at London's Hippodrome theatre in 1945,
the show received a rave from Beverley Baxter in the London Evening
Standard.
"You don't have to visit the Hippodrome out of any sense of duty,"
she wrote. "The Canadian Navy has sailed up the Thames and London
is its prisoner."
JESSHOPE said servicemen turned out to be an appreciative audience
for her sister.
"In the navy show, the first time
(BATES
BURNS) sang… I think
they had a hard time getting (soldiers) to shut up,"
JESSHOPE
said, "because the young men just kept clapping her on."
After the war, "Meet the Navy" was shot as a film in Britain
with BATES
BURNS as a featured vocalist.
England also provided her with a second husband, accomplished
saxophone player Bob
BURNS, whom she wed in 1948.
BATES
BURNS
performed there in 1950 with orchestra leader Bert Ambrose at
Ciro's, a popular nightclub of the time. The pair had a son,
Rob, in 1948, and daughter Kate in 1952.
BATES
BURNS retired from singing professionally soon after the
birth of her daughter and, around the same time, was divorced
from BURNS.
She returned to Canada and worked as an electrologist for a while,
moved back to England for a few years in the 1970s and then came
back to Canada for good.
"I think she was never really sure where she wanted to be," said
Kate. "She had gone back and forth all her life."
In fact, BATES
BURNS made one last trip across the Atlantic in
August, paying a three-week visit to Kate and her three children.
"She was very bright, she had all her faculties," said Kate.
BATES
BURNS remained close with many Friends from the swing era,
including composer Robert Farnon and Bert Pearl, bandleader on
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio's popular program The
Happy Gang.
And she still loved to sing when together with family. "I don't
think she ever appreciated how good (a vocalist) she was herself,"
JESSHOPE said.
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JESSIMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-27 published
PERREAULT, Jean-Claude
On November 24, 2007, Jean-Claude
PERREAULT of Edmonton passed
away at the age of 78 years. Jean-Claude is survived by his wife
of 58 years, Odette; his children Jacinthe
PERREAULT,
Lise
(Marcel)
TREMBLAY, Gilles (Dawn), Jacques, François (Micheline), Madeleine
(Douglas) ABBOTT, Andre (Angi); his daughter-in-law Lynn
JESSIMAN-
PERREAULT
and 24 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his eldest son Michel.
A Mass of Resurrection will take place Wednesday, November 28th
at 4: 00 p.m. at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, 8410-89 Street. The
family wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to the staff of
Station 29 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. In lieu of flowers,
Friends who so wish may make memorial donations directly to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation, 10985-124 Street, Edmonton, T5M 0H9.
To send condolences: www.connelly-mckinley.com
Connelly-McKinley Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta (780) 422-2222 Family
owned and operated since 1908
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JESSON o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-11-03 published
JESSON, Lenora "Nora" Caroline Elizabeth (née
EAST)
Mrs.
Lenora
(Nora) Caroline Elizabeth
JESSON, age 94, of Kitchener
passed away peacefully at the Grand River Regional Hospital on
Monday October 29, 2007. Born in Stratford, daughter of the late
Percy EAST and the former Ida
COPP.
Nora and her husband Bert
lived in Stratford until moving to Goderich in 1961 and then
to Kitchener in 1977. Beloved wife of the late Barrett (Bert)
JESSON whom she married on August 10, 1935 and who predeceased
her on February 23, 2004. Loving mother of Donald
JESSON of Abbotsford,
British Columbia. Grandmother of Troy and Tracy. Also survived
by nieces Elizabeth
BROWN and Nancy
COOK, nephew Ron
BROWN.
Predeceased
by daughter-in-law Ethel
JESSON, sisters Irene and Hazel, brother
Clarence. A Graveside was held at Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.
As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation or to the Canadian Cancer Society
through the W.G. Young Funeral Home, Stratford. wgyoungfuneralhome.com
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JESSOP o@ca.on.grey_county.hanover.the_post 2007-11-30 published
FRY,
Dewart
Dewart FRY, of Hanover, passed away at Hanover and District Hospital
on Monday, November 26, 2007. He was 78.
Born in Hanover,
son of the late Marvin and Irene née
URSTADT)
FRY.
Dewart worked at Peppler Furniture as a Furniture Finisher.
He was also a member of the Hanover Legion Branch 130 and a Veteran
of the Korean War.
Survived by daughters Lynn (Alvin)
JESSOP of Barrie, Nancy (Gary)
COOK of Hanover, Cathy (Rick)
BAETZ of Barrie; grandchildren
Tyler JESSOP, Stacy
JESSOP, Matt
COOK, Mike (Sara)
COOK and Chris
BAETZ; great-grand_son Cameron
COOK.
Also survived by his brother-in-law,
Bob LAMONT
(Lynn) of Mount Forest, and sister-in-law Agnes
FRY
of Hanover. Predeceased by his wife
Geraldine
(LAMONT)
FRY and
brother Douglas
FRY.
Visitation was held at Mighton Funeral Home, Hanover, on Wednesday
from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. with Hanover Legion Memorial Service
at 6: 45 pm.
A Funeral Service was held on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at
11 a.m. at Mighton Funeral Home, Hanover. Rev. Alice
WILSON officiated.
Cremation to follow with interment in Holstein Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society were appreciated
as expressions of sympathy.
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JESSOP o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-19 published
BRODIE,
Barbara
Hermione (née
GIBSONE) (1918-2007)
Barbara died peacefully at Peace Arch Hospital on Sunday, October 14,
2007. She was predeceased by her loving husband, John Malcolm,
and is survived by her three children and their families; Derek
John Robert, his wife Ruth, and their three children Elizabeth,
Anne, her husband David
FISCHER, and Margaret, Heather Joanne,
her husband Jim
MELIDONES, and Barbara Elizabeth, her husband,
Patrick WELLINGTON.
Barbara was predeceased by her sister Elizabeth
(Bebes) JESSOP in December 2006 and her brother Derek, who was
killed in Action at Cassino, Italy in 1944. Barbara was born
in Quebec City and resided during her adult life in Regina, Brandon,
Winnipeg and West Vancouver. She graduated from McGill University
with a Bachelor of Arts and Chamberlane College of Boston, Massachusetts.
with a degree in Marketing and Design. Barbara was devoted to
her family and a gracious hostess to her Friends and her community.
She was a delightful and special Granny who approached life with
warmth and curiosity. Her volunteer involvement included the
Peace Arch Hospital Auxiliary, VanDusen Gardens and a lifetime
supporter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
She had been an active member of the University Women's Club
for the past 50 years. Barbara was also a great supporter of
the Canadian figure skating and ski teams. A Celebration of her
Life will be held at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 15115 Roper
Avenue, White Rock, British Columbia on Tuesday October 30, 2007
at 2: 00 p.m. Flowers are gratefully declined. Donations in Barbara's
memory may be made to the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation, 15521 Russell
Avenue, White Rock, British Columbia V4B 2R4. The family would
like to thank the staff of the Peace Arch Hospital and Doctor Martin
Lebl for their compassion and assistance.
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JESTICE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-01 published
BEHAN,
Robert "
Bob"
Leonard
Beloved husband of Eileen, passed away at home on Friday, November 23,
2007, after a short illness. Dear father of Mary Ellen
JESTICE
of Fremont, California, Frances of Calgary, Alberta and Allan
and wife Lita
CLASSEN of Hamilton, Ontario; beloved grandfather
of Alexander Jestice
CONNOR and Jeffrey
BEHAN. Survived by brothers
William, Allan, John and his wife Trudy. Predeceased by brother
Edward. A proud Veteran of World War 2, serving as a navigator
with the Royal Air Force Bomber Squadron, Bob was a member of
the Professional Engineers Association of Ontario and a Society
of Descartes Medalist, awarded for Signal Service to Mathematics
in the Schools of Ontario. A Funeral Mass was held at 11: 00 a.m.
on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at the Star of the Sea Church,
1153 Fir Street, White Rock, British Columbia.
Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre 604-536-6522 www.victorymemorialpark.com
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