KIEDROWSKI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-06 published
KIEDROWSKI,
Zygmunt "
Ziggy"
By Patrick
KIEDROWSKI;
John
KIEDROWSKI; Karen
SCHWINGHAMER, Page L8
Husband, father, brother, tile contractor, lover of the outdoors.
Born January 8, 1925, in Torun, Pomorze, Poland. Died May 18
in Hamilton, Ontario, of complications related to diabetes, aged 82.
Zygmunt had a short childhood and an interrupted education. He
began fighting in the Second World War in 1939 at the age of
14. He received several medals for valour.
In December, 1945, as he told his grand_son Patrick, he ran down
the cobblestone streets past the bomb holes and the exploded
buildings and corpses of those who didn't make it, and realized
there was no life for him in Europe. He accepted an offer from
the British army to move to Canada.
He took a five-day boat trip across the Atlantic and landed in
Halifax, on Pier 21. In January 1946, he travelled for two weeks
to a farm in Embro, Ontario, near Woodstock. He worked at the
farm for two years, because it was mandatory. The people were
kind and looked after Ziggy (as he was by then known), but the
work was hard.
He attended night school in Woodstock, and learned to speak English
and read. He never did learn how to write it.
After his work period on the farm, he moved to Toronto and got
a job delivering papers, which he did for two years until he
was forced to quit after being off sick for 14 days. He moved
to Brantford, where he got a job installing tiles. Because he
could speak English, he became second-in-command.
One night at the movie theatre, he noticed a beautiful young
woman, Peppina Angelina
MANFREDI, who was selling tickets. He
wooed Peppina (whom everyone called Josie) by taking care of
her invalid mother while she worked in her parents' fruit store.
Josie's mother liked Ziggy even though he wasn't Italian. Josie
fell in love with his sweet nature and generous spirit. They
married and had four boys: Joseph, John, Peter and Michael. They
had a close marriage and shared an earthy sense of humour. The
bungalow they built was their pride and joy for 45 years.
Ziggy loved the outdoors, and took his boys camping at every
opportunity.
He started his own business, Ziggie's Tile, and according to
Josie his customers adored him, not only for his fine craftsmanship
but for his gentle and kind personality. He was proud of his
business: "At the height of my career, I had eight guys working
under me."
The last few years of Ziggy's life were tough, yet he maintained
his optimism and sense of humour and always looked forward to
the next opportunity to be outside. He was happiest walking in
the woods, or feeding the birds and chipmunks populating his
backyard.
Patrick KIEDROWSKI is Ziggy's grand_son, John
KIEDROWSKI his son
and Karen SCHWINGHAMER his daughter-in-law.
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KIER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-15 published
HAYWARD,
Stephen
Douglas
Leith (1938-2007)
It is with great sadness that the family of Stephen
HAYWARD announces
his passing on July 19, 2007.
son of the late Flora and Bill
'Happy' HAYWARD, loving father of Justin (Susan
BELL) and Susan
KIER, proud grandfather of Emma Barbara, brother to Carolyn
NIXON
(Donald,) intriguing uncle to Stephanie (Albert
WISCO) and Andy
(Vanessa,) great uncle to Andy
WISCO and Lucas
NIXON.
Steve will
also be mourned by Barbara
HAYWARD and his wonderful neighbour
Fred Bodsworth. Steve brought joy to the lives of countless people
in the Beach and British Columbia. He loved his music, the wilderness,
adventure and a good conversation. A celebration of his life
will be held at The Alpine (1102 Kingston Road, Toronto) on Saturday,
October 13, 2007 at 2 p.m. Friends wishing to remember Steve
can make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society. On t'aime
Papa
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