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LEFCOE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-29 published
LEFCOE,
Charlotte
Sohn
Mother, grandmother, sister, friend. Born August 24, 1932, in
Boston, Massachusetts. Died March 12 in London, Ontario of complications
from cancer, aged 74.
By Riva ELLINSON,
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Charlotte LEFCOE (known fondly as Chuckie) had an irrepressible
sense of humour. It surfaced just before her last operation,
when the surgeon asked her if she had any questions before being
anaesthetized, and she said "Are you married?"
Charlotte, along with three sisters and a brother, were born
into a traditional Jewish family. While she was studying to become
a nurse, she met and married Nevil
LEFCOE, interrupting her nursing
career to devote herself to raising four children: Daniel, Robert,
Jane and Andrew. They soon moved to London, Ontario They were
among the founding members of the Unitarian Fellowship where
my husband and I met Charlotte. We became close Friends.
After Charlotte's divorce, she went back to university to earn
her degree, returning to nursing. She made many new Friends and
was a treasure to her patients. She would call my husband late
in the evening to ask him the punchline of a joke she had forgotten:
she would repeat it to to howls of laughter from her patients.
What fun we had with her over the years: The converted school
bus she had with the seats removed and filled with bean bags,
with all the gang travelling down to Toronto to see Aida - singing
operatic arias all the way down and pub songs on the way back.
Every now and again, Charlotte would pull on her ape-man mask
while driving to freak out all the other drivers.
Prior to her 50th birthday, Charlotte and I and two other girlfriends
practised a tap-dancing routine and gave a performance at her
birthday party to wild applause. Charlotte loved Mario Lanza
and three of us concocted a bogus Mario Lanza fan club; when
the gang got together, we would read make-believe reports to
good-natured boos and hisses from our serious opera-loving Friends
but we always sang together Mario's recording Be My Love.
At her funeral, her niece said that Chuckie was not like the
other adults in the family: deep down, Chuckie was a kid, that
there was a place inside her that held onto that precious quality
usually only children have … pure joy for life. With this quality,
I'm sure her life was extended by her visits to Montreal to be
with her two grand_sons.
Charlotte was gregarious, volatile, endearing, frustrating, and
unconventional. Always upbeat, despite family illness, she collected
Friends everywhere regardless of race, colour or religion; she
nursed us when we were sick, bringing along her Jewish penicillin
(chicken soup).
Those wonderful years we spent together, like our youth, are
gone but precious memories linger.
Riva ELLINSON is Charlotte's friend.
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LEFCOE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-07 published
GROBSTEIN,
Harry
Peacefully at home, as was his fervent wish, in West Palm Beach,
on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, in his 98th year. Beloved and
loving husband of Ruth Elkman
GROBSTEIN since 1986. He guaranteed
her 15 years, but in typical fashion exceeded his commitment
by giving her almost 22. Predeceased by his cherished first wife,
Mildred Wagner
GROBSTEIN, who passed away on December 7th, 1984.
Deeply loved and respected by his children, Barbara, Debra and
John, who will sorely miss him. Harry was a wonderful father-in-law
to Michael
LEFCOE and Barry
CAMPBELL, and step-father to Richard
and Cindy ELKMAN, and Ron
ELKMAN, all of whom loved him like
a father. Beloved grandfather of Yaacov and Batsheva
LEFCOE,
Kris LEFCOE and Rob
JERESKI;
Matthew and Jeremy
CAMPBELL; Marissa
and Justin
SCHMIDT, David, Molly and Laura
ELKMAN; Mark
ELKMAN.
Great-grandfather of 10 great-grandchildren in Israel and Florida.
Sadly, Harry will not be with us to welcome his 11th and 12th
great-grandchildren, expected soon in Israel and New York. Harry
was also a much loved uncle. He led a full, productive and happy
life, and was admired by all who had the privilege of knowing
him. Predeceased by his brothers David
GROBSTEIN and Nick
PROCTOR,
and by his sisters Rae
FAERMAN and Gerry
BIRNBAUM.
Funeral service
from Paperman and Sons, Montreal on Friday, December 7 at 2: 00 p.m.
Shiva in Montreal through Monday evening continuing in Toronto
at 20 Highland Avenue, Tuesday and Wednesday. Contributions in
his memory may be made to the "Harry Grobstein Fund" c/o Temple
Emanu-El Beth Sholom Congregation, (514) 937-3575.
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LEFEBURE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-08 published
LEFEBURE,
John
Victor
Jock, our beloved patriarch, died peacefully at home on November 28,
2007 at the age of 86. He was predeceased by his wife Barbara
and his sister Jill
JANSEN of the United Kingdom. He is survived
by his children: David (Nan
EDMISON,)
Jon
(Marlene
HAYES,) Todd
(Susan HARRISON) and Deborah (Rob
KURLUK;) his grandchildren:
Sarah (David
WARRINER,)
John
(Gillian
BISHOP,) Michael, Julia,
Sean, Claire, Will, Emma and Hayden; step grandchildren Justin
and Andrea; and his sister Judith
LYWOOD of Bath, United Kingdom.
Jock was born in the Golders Green area of London on November 18,
1921. He graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in
Civil Engineering during World War 2, and immediately joined
the Royal Air Force. In between flying Wellingtons, he was smitten
with Barbara 'Bill'
WHATLEY and married her on October 12, 1946.
Jock and Bill set out to start a new life in Canada in 1948.
He worked as an engineer with Alcan in Kingston and Montreal,
and then moved to Stelco in Hamilton, where he worked in Sales
Engineering until his retirement. Jock and Bill enjoyed retirement
years both in Ontario and then in Victoria, British Columbia
until her death in 1997. Jock then started a new chapter in his
life, turning his energies to community service. He arranged
for thousands of used tennis balls to be shipped to poor children
abroad. While dealing with loss of eyesight, he became an innovator,
champion and spokesperson for people with low vision. He lived
life fully to the end, with the help of his dear friend Barbara
Riggs and his family. We will all miss his zest for life, sense
of adventure and endless curiosity. The times spent at the cottage
on Lake of Bays, at the house on Sanibel Island and more recently
at the cottage on Salt Spring Island will stand out in memory,
as will images of Jock the master sailor and woodworker. In lieu
of flowers, the family asks for donations to the Canadian National
Institute for the Blind or a charity of your choice. A Celebration
of Jock's Life will be held for family and Friends on Saturday,
December 29 at the First Memorial Chapel at 4725 Falaise Drive,
Victoria at 2 p.m. followed by a reception at Jock's home. Condolences
may be sent to lefebure@shaw.ca.
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LEFEBVRE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-02 published
GRENON,
J.
Émile
By Aline GRENON,
Page
A14
Father, cribbage player. Born June 17, 1909, in Casselman, Ontario
Died August 22 in Montreal, probably of heart failure, aged 97.
The son of an enterprising farmer turned carpenter, Émile was
born the second of seven children. Graduating with a commerce
degree from Bourget College, in Rigaud, Qué., in 1933, at the
height of the Depression, most of Émile's first year out of school
was spent looking for work. It was not until he heard of a Sudbury
merchant in need of a bookkeeper that things began to look up.
Telephoning from the Casselman general store, he was asked "How
soon can you get here?" He responded "Within 24 hours."
After a year bunking out in the back-room of the place where
he worked, Émile acquired a surrogate family when he moved into
the boarding house operated by Mme. Clémentine
LEFEBVRE-
PAQUETTE,
a remarkable woman for whom Émile developed a high regard. However,
it was her entrepreneurial son Roméo who would change Émile's
life. The two struck up a Friendship and one day, Roméo let drop
that a well run grocery business in the then-booming mining town
of Larder Lake stood a good chance of success. Émile agreed that
it probably would and promptly forgot about it until Roméo informed
him that he had purchased the lot that would hold their store.
Although taken aback, Émile felt obliged to honour his unintentional
promise and, with a small sum of borrowed money, he left Sudbury
to join Roméo in business. Thus was born Paquette and Grenon
(or P and G as it soon became known): the result of one man's vision
and another's commitment to Friendship.
The initial years were difficult. To make ends meet, the partners
delivered firewood house-to-house with a horse and wagon. At
the best of times, the future appeared uncertain, and at the
worse it was downright bleak, particularly when a bank manager,
convinced that French-Canadians lacked business acumen, cut off
their line of credit without warning. Luckily, a local bootlegger
named "Black Nellie" lent them sufficient money to permit the
business to survive and thrive. P and G eventually grew to eight
stores.
With the advent of the Second World War, Émile enlisted in the
Canadian army. Although he had no medical training, he was posted
to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. He often joked that
this was because his brother was a doctor and one of his sisters
a nurse! His was, in the parlance of the times, a "good" war.
Stationed mainly at Camp Borden, Émile continued to look after
P and G's accounting needs. On three occasions, he received orders
to ship out to Europe, only to have them rescinded. It was during
one such occasion, while awaiting transportation in Québec City
that he met the charming and attractive Berthe
SAMPSON/SAMSON, who was
working in a munitions factory. They wed in 1946. That she married
him in spite of a mix-up as to his background (the result of
a letter from a confused Casselman priest who mistook him for
an unsavoury cousin with a similar name) proves the extent of
her faith in him. Together they would have three children. Sadly,
Berthe died in early 1967, after a struggle with breast cancer.
Émile's loneliness over the next 20 years was mitigated somewhat
by frequent travel, his love of golf, curling and cards, a close
circle of Friends and the presence of his children. However,
the next milestone in his life occurred when he met the remarkable
Phyllis FRISBY, whom he married in 1986. Fun-loving and strong-willed,
she reintroduced a degree of warmth and bustle into his life.
He found it difficult to recover from Phil's death in 2002.
Émile's last years were spent in Montréal. Possibly his greatest
joy during this period came from the countless games of cribbage
he played with his children and his grand_son, Daniel.
Aline is Émile's daughter.
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LEFEBVRE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-10 published
BARBEAU,
Gérard
Passed away on Wednesday December 27, 2006 in Montreal, age 92 years.
Predeceased by his wife
Cécile
DUPUIS, he is survived by his
children Francine (Bruce
ROBILLARD,)
Monique
(Paul
BUISSONNEAU,)
Gisèle (the late Keith
KROON,) Marie-Andrée (Barry
BOWES) and
Louis-Philippe (Jocelyne
LEFEBVRE,) his grandchildren Alain,
Brian, Annick, Martin, Catherine, Sophie-Anne, Mélanie, Christopher,
Julien, Laurent and Marie-Ève, his great-grandchildren Sarah,
Mathieu, Virginie, Justin, Ève, Félix and Chloé, his sisters-in-law
Madeleine and France (Léopold
ROY) as well as numerous nephews,
nieces, relatives and Friends. The family will receive condolences
on Saturday, January 13, 2007 from noon to 4 p.m. at Urgel Bourgie
Funeral Parlor 1255, Beaumont (L'Acadie), TMR www.urgelbourgie.com.
A liturgy of the Word will follow at 4 p.m. in the chapel of
the Funeral Complex. In lieu of flowers, donations to L'Assistance
Maternelle, 181 Bloomfield Avenue, Outremont, H2V 3R5 would be
greatly appreciated.
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LEFEBVRE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-16 published
TOMS,
Marie
Sarah (née
LEFEBVRE)
Passed away peacefully on October 13, 2007 at Oakville Trafalgar
Memorial Hospital, still 39 and holding. Resident of Port Cunnington,
Lake of Bays, for 42 years, recently of Oakville, Ontario. Predeceased
by her dear husband of 58 years, Ross, and her cherished son-in-law,
Ronald RICE.
Beloved mother of Lydia
RICE, Joanne and Robert
SALMON.
Special
Nana of Carolyn and John, Susanne and Kevin, Vanessa and
Yann, Rob, Kim, Simone, and 12 great-grandchildren. A celebration
of her life will be held on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 1 p.m.
at All Saints Church, Huntsville. A reception will follow with
interment at Saint_James Church Cemetery, Port Cunnington at 4: 30 p.m.
For Oakville Friends, a memorial tea will be held on Thursday,
October 18, 2007 from 2-4 p.m. at The Kensington, 25 Lakeshore
Rd. W. Donations may be made in her honour to the Huntsville
District Hospital Foundation, www.hdmhfoundation.ca 4-100 Frank
Miller Dr., Huntsville, Ontario P1H 1H7
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LEFKOWITZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-08 published
WENER,
Bess
Peacefully on October 7, 2007 in her 94th year, Bess
WENER, beloved
and loving wife to the late Charles
WENER, adored mother and
mother-in-law to Noreen and Bernie
NISKER,
Howard and Gloria
WENER,
Norval
WENER and Barbara
FIDLER. Cherished grandmother
to Craig NISKER and Mona
HOLMES, Suri
NISKER and Eric
YAVERBAUM,
Merrill NISKER, Alana and Ron
FRANK, Barak
WENER and Reut
LITMAN,
and Alex FIDLER-
WENER, and devoted great-grandmother to Cole
and Jace YAVERBAUM,
Nadav and Gilad
FRANK, and Peleg
WENER. Dear
sister to Molly
RIBA,
Ruth
ULRICH and Stanley
BESEN, and the
late Moe BESEN,
Ann
GOLD, Rose
WADLER, and
Al BESEN.
Fondly remembered
by her brother-in-law Mitchel
ULRICH, her sister-in-law Eleanor
BESEN, sister-in-law Ruth
LEFKOWITZ, nephews, nieces and many
other relatives. Our deepest appreciation to the wonderful Alla
SAMEDOV for her deep devotion and care, and to Gala and the caregiving
staff. Funeral service to be held at Steeles Memorial Chapel
350 Steeles Ave. West (between Yonge and Bathurst) at 11: 00 a.m.
Tuesday, October 9. Shiva will be observed at 481 Cranbrooke
Avenue. Donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Research 416-967-3036 or the charity of your choice would be
most appreciated. Bess has left us a legacy of love, generosity,
humility and family unity.
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LEFORT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-25 published
KOLISH,
John
Peacefully at his home in Weston on Monday, September 24, 2007
in his 64th year after a prolonged and valiant battle with cancer.
John, lifelong friend and common-law partner of Debra
FRALEIGH,
dear son of Ernst and the late Ilse
KOLISH, loved brother of
George and Sharon
KOLISH and Evelyn
KOLISH and Michel
LEFORT.
Beloved son-in-law of Jack and Teddie
FRALEIGH and brother-in-law
of Ron and Bev
FRALEIGH,
Warren and Sandy
FRALEIGH and Michael
and Anthony
FRALICK.
Proud and loving uncle to Isabelle
KOLISH,
Veronique LEFORT,
Jim
HUTTON, Dan and Kristy
FRALEIGH, Andrea
FRALEIGH,
Lisa and Aaron
KRULICKI, Jeremy and Angie
FRALEIGH
and Hannah and Joshua
FRALICK.
Great uncle of Jack and Sydney
HUTTON,
Taylor and Ryan
KRULICKI and Devlin
FRALEIGH. The family
wishes to thank John's Friends, neighbours and caregivers for
their support and compassion.
A Celebration of John's life will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday,
September 26, 2007 at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Road,
Weston 416-241-4618. In John's memory donations to the Canadian
Cancer Society or Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation would
be appreciated. Condolences may be sent to john.kolish@wardfh.com
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LEFORTE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-06 published
FISHER,
Florence
The family of the late Florence
FISHER would like to extend our
sincere thanks to relatives, Friends and neighbours during the
recent loss of our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,
great-great-grandmother and great-great-great-grandmother. Thank
you to the staff at the Dearness Nursing Home, many thanks to
her 6 grand_sons who carried her to her final resting place. Thanks
to Soloist, great-granddaughter Gennevieve
FISHER for her meaningful
music selections, to granddaughter Carol
LEFORTE for her kind
and beautiful words on behalf of the grandchildren, and Granddaughter
Brenda VAREWYCK for lighting the candle of light and love. A very
special thanks to Chaplain Paul
KNAUER of the Dearness Nursing
Home for the beautiful funeral service, his kindness, guidance,
prayers and compassion he extended to us, it will always be remembered
and a special thanks to the staff at the Westview Funeral Home.
Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps
you made a donation or sent a funeral spray, if so we saw it
there. Perhaps you spoke the kindest words as a friend could
say. Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that
day. What ever you did to console our hearts, we thank you so
much what ever the part. With thanks the Fisher Family.
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ELEFTHEROGLOU
Athena
(KALOPISIS)
Athena passed away peacefully at her residence December 31, 2006
with her family at her side. Predeceased by her loving father
Chris and her brother Argiri. Forever loved and missed by her
mother Georgia. Cherished by her dear children Michael (Jennifer)
LEFTERIS and Sophia (Nick
KALAS) and her precious grandchildren
Ethan, Ashton and Grace. Loved by her dear siblings Thoula (Lucas
PILITSIS) and George (Cathy)
KALOPSIS.
Dearly missed by her nieces
and nephews Sophia (Tom
ARNOS,)
Chris
(Caiti)
KALOPSIS, Peter
PILITSIS and Michael
KALOPSIS.
Athena was a devoted teacher for
37 years. She touched the lives of many with her sense of humour
and positive attitude and was an inspiration to all. Also survived
by many other relatives and close Friends. Family and Friends
will be received at the Logan Funeral Home, 371 Dundas Street
(between Waterloo and Colborne Street), London, Tuesday January 2nd,
2007 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Prayers will take place Tuesday
January 2nd, 2007 at 8 p.m. Funeral service will be held at Holy
Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 133 Southdale Road, London, on
Wednesday
January 3rd, 2007 at 11 a.m. with Father Elias
DROSSOS
officiating. Interment will take place at Woodland Cemetery.
Donations can be made to a charity or your choice in memory of
"Athena." CONDOlences can be expressed at www.loganfh.ca A tree
will be planted as a living memorial to Athena.
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