LOJEK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-13 published
LOJEK,
John
Stanley
On Monday, June 11, 2007 at Saint Mary's Hospital. John
LOJEK in
his 66th year of Elmira. Beloved husband of Sophie
(GARBACKA)
LOJEK. Dear father of Margaret of Elmira, Laura and Sean
SMYTH
of Kitchener, Monika of Elmira. John was the last surviving member
of his family having been predeceased by his parents William
"Bill" LOJEK and Irene
MALOWANIEC.
John was born in Zywiec, Poland
and came to Canada in 1956. He attended Del la Salle College
in Toronto, then attended University in Windsor where he received
his undergraduate degree. He then received his graduate degree
in plant pathology at the University of Toronto. John was then
employed in Elmira at Uniroyal Chemical where he continued his
research. In 1980 he started his own interest in natural garden
products. John's research led to many patents in the field of
natural garden products focusing on acid rain and dedicating
his life to the betterment of the natural environment. The family
will receive their Friends and relatives at the Dreisinger Funeral
Home, Elmira on Wednesday (Today) from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Teresa of Avila R.C. Church,
Flamingo Drive, Elmira on Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 10: 30 a.m.
with Rev. Sudie
MacDONALD, C.R. officiating followed by interment
in St. Teresa's R.C. Cemetery, Elmira. Parish Prayers will be
offered at the funeral home on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m.
In John's memory, donations to Tree Canada Foundation or Heart
and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated by the
family as expressions of sympathy.
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