LOBBAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-24 published
BONYUN,
Jean (formerly
HACKER)
Passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Saturday
December 22nd, 2007 in her 91st year. Predeceased by her husband
N. Stanley
HACKER and by her second husband Denis F.
BONYUN.
Cherished mother of Fred
HACKER and his wife
Barb, and Bets
LOBBAN
and her husband Ray. Lovingly remembered by her six favourite
grandchildren Kim
HACKER, Kristen
BAUMANN (Markus), Chris
LOBBAN
(Andrea,) Steve
LOBBAN,
Kate
HACKER and Craig
LOBBAN and her
three favourite great-grandchildren Taylor and Cameron
BAUMANN
and Liam LOBBAN. Survived by her sister Evelyn
BONNEY
(Dr.
Robert)
and predeceased by her sister Mabel
McMULLEN and her brother
Grant CAMPBELL.
Also predeceased by her step-mother-in-law (and
friend) Mae
HACKER.
Fondly remembered by her many Friends and
her nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation will be held at the
Nicholls Funeral Home, 330 Midland Ave., Midland on Wednesday
December 26th, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A funeral service will
be held on Thursday December 27th at Knox Presbyterian Church
(539 Hugel Ave. Midland) at 11 a.m. If desired, donations to
the Huronia Seniors Volunteer Care Team would be greatly appreciated.
Everyone she touched will remember her love, vitality, faith,
charity and compassion.
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LOBSINGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-04 published
Woman killed by garbage truck identified
The Canadian Press, Page A14
Toronto -- Toronto police have finally been able to identify
a woman who was struck and killed by a garbage truck near Yonge
and Lawrence on Monday morning - 74-year-old Nobuko
SAGARA.
She carried no identification at the time, which made it difficult
for police to find out who she was. Detective Paul
LOBSINGER
says a tip came late Tuesday night from one of Ms.
SAGARA's neighbours.
Ms. SAGARA's brothers and sisters were contacted and made a positive
identification in the city's 40th traffic fatality of the year.
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LOBSINGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-24 published
Couple 'arm in arm' as bus shatters their 58-year bond
By Unnati GANDHI with a report from James
RUSK,
Page A1
Toronto -- Just as she has done every morning for the past 58 years,
Rosalia DORNYEI laid her husband Stephen's clothes out on the
bed for him yesterday.
Then, hand in hand, the couple left their mid-Toronto condominium
building to catch the Toronto Transit Commission bus that would
take them downtown for Mr.
DORNYEI's follow-up appointment with
his eye surgeon.
It was about 9: 45 a.m., and Mr.
DORNYEI, 80, could see the No. 25
bus coming down the street. Taking into consideration his wife's
newly replaced knee, he decided it would be less painful for
both of them if, instead of going all the way to the corner,
they simply crossed the six live lanes of traffic to the Don
Mills Road bus stop directly across from them.
Flagging down the bus as they walked, they made it to the west
side of the street.
But the driver didn't immediately see them, police say, and they
were both struck before they could reach the curb.
"They were still arm in arm," the couple's only daughter, Eva,
told The Globe and Mail from her father's hospital bedside yesterday.
Mrs. DORNYEI, 77, died at the hospital, while Mr.
DORNYEI suffered
four broken ribs, two fractures to his pelvic bone, a collapsed
lung, 16 stitches to his head and several large bruises and cuts
to his body. Doctors say he'll survive the physical injuries.
Whether he'll be able to come to terms with the abrupt ending
of a love story that began in Europe and spanned more than half
a century, his daughter isn't sure.
"I hope my father finds the will to live," Ms.
DORNYEI, 55, said.
"But you just don't get over losing your soulmate like that."
They fell in love when they first met in their native Hungary.
She was 16, he was 19. Within three years, they were married.
He was doing well for himself, having become the plant manager
of a business that exported livestock and eggs across Europe.
But less than a decade later, the Hungarian revolution geared
up, and, in November of 1956, a large Soviet force invaded Budapest.
An estimated 200,000 people, including the
DORNYEIs and their
young daughter, fled their country.
"They travelled through Europe and stayed in various places that
were accepting Hungarian refugees, before finally making it to
Canada," Ms.
DORNYEI said.
Once in Toronto, language became a huge barrier, and the newly
arrived couple found the country's people initially unwilling
to help them integrate.
Mr. DORNYEI got his first job as a dishwasher at the Lord Simcoe
Hotel before going back to school to become an engineering draftsman
- the trade he worked in until he retired more than a decade
ago. His wife worked odd jobs for a few years before deciding
it would be best if she stayed at home to take care of her daughter.
"She was a wonderful, loving, kind woman. We were very close,
just like Friends," her daughter said.
Mr. DORNYEI remained active, chairing the board of the condo
tower.
"He always made sure everything was done properly. He's a very
diligent, dedicated man. And I would say my mother was just as
dedicated to him," she said. "They were very in love to this
day. They really were soulmates."
On Monday, they would have celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary.
Police say that the accident was preventable. There was an intersection
with signal lights at Overlea Boulevard about 100 metres from
where the couple decided to cross, Traffic Services Sergeant
Paul LOBSINGER said.
"It's so close to the intersection that they could have just
walked down there, but they wanted this bus, I guess. How many
times do we see that?"
It was unclear whether any charges would be laid against the
bus driver, who was receiving counselling yesterday, Toronto
Transit
Commission spokeswoman Marilyn
BOLTON said.
Ms. DORNYEI said that she would be looking at the final police
report carefully, frustrated that nothing could possibly console
her family's grief at the loss of a mother and wife.
"When they broke the news to us," she said, "all my father could
say was, 'Why? Why? Why?' "
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LOBSINGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2007-01-07 published
No end to pain in unsolved fatalities
Road accident cases hard for families, police
By Nick KYONKA,
Staff
Reporter
The parents of Andres
MALDONADO still have questions about the
night their son was killed in a hit-and-run accident two months
ago.
"I would like to clarify what happened that night because nothing
is clear for me," his father, Galo
MALDONADO, said Friday. "I
would like to talk to the people who were involved in this accident&hellip
I need answers."
Those people, however, are not coming forward.
Nineteen-year-old Andres died while trying to cross Highway 27
near Humber College Blvd. shortly after midnight on October 29.
Crossing against a red light, he was struck by one car in the
passing lane before falling into the curb lane and being struck
again.
The first car stopped but the driver has never come to speak
to the teen's family. The second car, believed to be light-coloured
and mid-sized, sped away and has not been seen since.
The teen's death is one of three unsolved fatal accidents in
2006, and officers from the Toronto police Traffic Services division
are calling on the public to help shed light on each of the cases.
"None of us like to have outstanding cases where we haven't been
able to find who's responsible for the victim's families," said
Det. Paul LOBSINGER. "
When we're unable to solve it, we have
some sense that we haven't just let the family down, we've let
the community down."
In MALDONADO's case, he said, it's even more frustrating because
the driver of the second car would not have faced any criminal
charges had he or she stopped after the accident.
"(MALDONADO) was dressed completely in dark clothing, crossing
a highway in the dark against a red light," he noted.
The other two unsolved road deaths last year came about half
an hour apart on the morning of March 11.
At about 8: 50 a.m., 69-year-old Jure
KOZINA was crossing the
road near Dundas St. and Bloor St. W. when a car plowed through
the intersection, fatally striking
KOZINA.
The car, which did not stay at the scene, was believed to be
a dark-coloured, late-'90s Mercury Sable.
At around 9: 15 a.m. on the other side of the city, 47-year-old
Ronald HARDING was taking advantage of some unseasonably warm
weather by taking his motorcycle out for a ride in the city's
east end when he ran a red light at Morningside Ave. and Sheppard
Ave. E.
Another vehicle, believed to be a mid-to-late-'90s silver Pontiac
Grand Am, was heading through the intersection at the same time
and collided with Harding's bike. The driver of the car stopped
briefly at the scene before speeding off.
"We all know in our mind that there are people out there who
know what happened and who know who's responsible,"
LOBSINGER
said of the cases. "It's hard to get it in our mind that they
would not come forward."
As for Galo
MALDONADO, he and his family are no longer angry
with the driver who killed his son. They simply want to know
what happened. "We are Christians and we don't want nothing against
them but we need to clarify the situation," he said.
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