MAXMEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-21 published
MAXMEN,
Rowena "
Paulie"
Passed away after a brief illness in her 81st year on Tuesday,
November 20th, 2007 at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto. Beloved
wife of Doctor Marvin
MAXMEN.
Loving mother of Janice
PIZER (Ken,)
Kathy CHAPPELL (John), Paul
MAXMEN (Sherry), Sally
SMITH (Gord)
and Jill GIBSON
(Jamie.)
Devoted grandmother of Jeff, David,
Ryan, April, Victoria, Hallie, Bryan, Jessica, Nicholas and Harrison.
Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 23rd,
2007 in St. Luke's Anglican Church,
ROSEMONT.
Arrangements entrusted
to the W. John Thomas Funeral Home, Alliston. If so desired,
memorial donations may be made to the Salvation Army.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-06-18 published
NOBLE,
Henrietta
Louise
(HIPPERT)
Peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Friday,
June 15th, 2007 at Grey Bruce Health Services in Markdale in
her 81st year. The former Henrietta
HIPPERT was the beloved wife
of Harry NOBLE, she was the loving mother of Daniel and his wife
Sandy, Nadine and her husband Jack
JENNINGS,
Marie and her husband
Keith TURNER,
Jamie, and Ron and his wife
Mia.
Her memory will
be cherished in the hearts of her grandchildren: Lisa, Justin,
Brian, Lindsay, Jenn, Erin, Kerry, Kelly, Paul and Mitchell.
She will be sadly missed by her sister Ruth
MAXWELL. A private
family service was conducted at the Currie Funeral Home in Chatsworth.
Pastor Brian
DUNLOP officiated. Interment took place at Faith
Lutheran Cemetery in Desboro. If so desired, memorial contributions
to the Markdale Hospital Building Fund, Lutheran World Relief,
A.L.S. Society, or a charity of your choice would be appreciated
by the family in lieu of flowers thank you.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-09-06 published
MAXWELL,
Douglas▼
Dean▼
Doug died peacefully, at home as he wished, on Friday, August
31, 2007 in his 80th year. Doug was a dear friend and loyal husband,
a wonderful father, a delighted grandfather and father-in-law.
His lifelong interest in journalism, broadcasting and curling
and his wonderful supportive family permitted him, in his own
words, “a life where he accomplished more than he thought possible.&rdquo
Doug threw his first curling stone in 1949, starting a lifelong
association with the sport. He served 20 years as the director
of the World Curling Championship, and is credited with inventing
curling's Skins Game. He wrote numerous books on the sport, including
the bestseller Canada Curls, and published the Canadian Curling
News for over 20 years. Doug and his wife Anne moved to “Larchwood&rdquo
farm in the Markdale area in 1990, later moving to a house in
town. His involvement in the community was rooted in Annesley
United Church, where he and Anne made so many of their good Friends.
In recent years, he was a key contributor to the fundraising
campaign for Centre Grey Hospital and involved in numerous other
community causes. Doug is survived by his loving wife of 54 years,
Anne. He will always be close in the hearts of his children:
Ward MAXWELL and wife Deborah
KIRKEGAARD, Gord
MAXWELL and wife
Pat FENNESSY, Janet
MAXWELL and husband Gary
WICKHAM, James
MAXWELL
and wife Karen▼
MAXWELL.
Special
Poppa to eight wonderful grandchildren:
Jarret, Arlen, Emerson, Rhys, Sinead, Bobby, Georgia and Charlotte.
He will be missed by his sister, Barbara Jane
JOINER and her
husband Bill, and his dear sister-in-law Mary Jane
WARD. He is
pre-deceased by his brother-in-law, Bill
WARD. A memorial service
to celebrate Doug's life will take place on Sunday, September 9
at 2 p.m. at Annesley United Church, Markdale, followed by a
reception. In lieu of flowers, donations to Sick Children's Hospital,
Oncology
Department▼ in memory of Doug and Arlen
MAXWELL, or to
a charity of your choice, would be gratefully appreciated.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-09-06 published
Curling icon mourned
By Don CROSBY,
Thursday,
September 06, 2007
Long-time curling journalist and promoter Doug Dean
MAXWELL died
of cancer at his Waterloo home Friday. He was 80.
MAXWELL was a curling journalist, broadcaster, event manager
and promoter. He started his journalism career with Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation-television and published his fourth
curling book, "Tales of a Curling Hack", in 2006. He also owned
and published The Curling News for 20 years and was until recently
a Markdale resident.
"The World Curling Federation regrets the passing of a major
contributor to global curling," federation president Les Harrison
said in a statement Tuesday.
From 1968 to 1985,
MAXWELL served as executive director of the
Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship.
"Doug's work with the Silver Broom took the world curling championship
to a new level and had a large impact on the development of the
sport of curling in new markets," said Harrison. Doug and his
wife, Anne, moved to "Larchwood" - a farm in the Markdale area
- in 1990, later moving to a house in town. They were involved
with the Annesley United Church.
"He was a gentleman. Very committed to his family, to the church,
the community and to the hospital fundraising project," said
Dan Rose, who first met the couple at church.
"He had great communication skills and was always willing to
help out when he could. It was an honour to know the man."
The former pastor of the church remembers
MAXWELL's voice.
"He had one of those voices that you could listen to for a long
time," said Don Pletsch. "He had great number of experiences&hellip
he was great storyteller… and he liked to laugh."
In recent years,
MAXWELL was heavily involved in the fundraising
campaign for a new hospital in Markdale.
"He was so pleasant and so helpful," said Doctor Hamilton Hall.
Hall said
MAXWELL brought his years of experience as a journalist
to the preparation of some radio ads.
Doug MAXWELL threw his first curling stone in 1949, starting
a lifelong association with the sport. He served 20 years as
the director of the World Curling Championship and is credited
with inventing curling's skins game. He wrote numerous books
on the sport, including the bestseller "Canada Curls."
The MAXWELLs had recently moved to Waterloo.
He is survived by his wife
Anne, his children Ward
MAXWELL and
wife Deborah
KIRKEGAARD, Gord
MAXWELL and wife Pat
FENNESSY,
Janet MAXWELL and her husband Gary
WICKHAM,
James▼
MAXWELL and
his wife Karen▲
MAXWELL. He had eight grandchildren.
A memorial service will take place on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Annesley
United Church in Markdale, followed by a reception.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-19 published
ARMSTRONG,
Steven
Husband, father, real estate broker. Born April 30, 1918, in
Montreal. Died May 29 of natural causes, aged 89.
By Karen ARMSTRONG,
Page L6
When Steve was a little boy, his doctor said he had a weak heart
and suggested that his mother buy him a dog to walk in order
to give him strength. This novel solution had far-reaching results
as he lived into his 90th year. Throughout his life, Steve had
a dynamic energy and an insatiable curiosity.
His father died when Steve was only a year old. When he was about
10, his mother became concerned that he might start hanging out
with the wrong crowd, so she enrolled him at the local Young
Men's Christian Association, which gave Steve a strong sense
of both discipline and focus. He specialized in basketball and
gymnastics, and became a prominent coach.
In order to support his mother and sister, Steve left school
when he was only in Grade 9. Later, he successfully wrote the
challenge exams at Sir George Williams (now Concordia University).
His advice for academic success: study three times harder than
any other student. He received his B.A. and later his M. Ed.
After the war, there was a shortage of teachers and Steve was
asked to fill in as phys. ed. teacher. He met the beautiful art
teacher, Margaret
MAXWELL, and a lifelong love affair began.
In 1955, Steve found a house that had been on the market for
too long. He vowed to himself that if he could sell it, he would
give up teaching and go into real estate. That year, he sold
the house and acquired his broker's licence.
By this time, the couple had three children: Karen, Joan and
Shirley. Steve often captivated us all with interesting stories
of what happened on the way to the closing of a sale. His company
became the second-largest in Montreal. He also developed a passion
for the British car known as the Rover; he soon owned a dozen,
often taking them apart and then re-building them.
He gradually acquired a number of houses; he rented them, with
a rather heart-warming clause in the lease providing a discount
for "being a good citizen." Steve believed integrity, determination,
resourcefulness and humility are traits to be nurtured.
In his 70s, Steve developed an interest in technology that stayed
with him the rest of his life. He bought dozens of computers,
dismantling and re-assembling them, just as he had done with
his cars. He loved to help young business owners and often gave
them a computer to "start them off."
Until the end, he would always say, "I think that this has been
the best visit we've ever had" - the best dinner, the very best
day - always the best. And when Steve said it, you knew he really
believed it. And indeed, we, too, knew that it was really true.
Karen ARMSTRONG is Steve's daughter.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-19 published
RANEY,
Alan
Fraser
Born January 24th, 1918 - Died July 17th, 2007. Beloved husband
and best friend for 61 years to Charlotte
(MOORE)
RANEY, predeceased
2004. Father of Bill
RANEY and wife
Bonnie and Judy
MAXWELL.
Cherished Grandad to Leigh (Simon), Debbie (Dwayne), Mandy (Jon),
Liz (Ryan), David and great-grandchildren Raney, Cameron, Norah,
Lyjah-Sai, and Prema. Dear son of Fraser and Blanche
(DAVIS)
RANEY predeceased. Dear brother of Reginald (wife
Gwyneth) and
William (wife Brigitte). Resting at the Jackson Barnard Funeral
Home, 233 Larch Street, Sudbury. Funeral Service in the R.J. Barnard
Chapel, Saturday, July 21st, 2007 at 11: 30 a.m. Cremation with
interment beside his wife at Civic Cemetery. A memorial service
will be held 7: 30 p.m. Friday under the auspices of the Royal
Canadian Legion Br #336 Falconbridge. Donations to the Heart and
Stroke Foundation or the Lung Association would be appreciated.
Friends may call 2-4; 7-9 p.m. Friday and after 10: 30 a.m. Saturday.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-01 published
MAXWELL,
Douglas▲
Dean▲
Doug died peacefully, at home as he wished, on Friday August
31st, 2007 in his 80th year. Doug was a dear friend and loyal
husband, a wonderful father, a delighted grandfather and father-in-law.
His lifelong interest in journalism, broadcasting and curling
and his wonderful supportive family permitted him, in his own
words, "a life where he accomplished more than he thought possible."
Doug threw his first curling stone in 1949, starting a lifelong
association with the sport. He served 20 years as the director
of the World Curling Championship, and is credited with inventing
curling's Skins Game. He wrote numerous books on the sport, including
the bestseller Canada Curls, and published the Canadian Curling
News for over 20 years.
Doug and his wife Anne moved to "Larchdale" farm in the Markdale
area in 1980, later moving to a house in town. His involvement
in the community was rooted in Annesley United Church, where
he and Anne made so many of their good Friends. In recent years,
he was a key contributor to the fundraising campaign for Grey-Bruce
Hospital and involved in numerous other community causes.
Doug is survived by his loving wife of fifty-four years, Anne.
He will always be close in the hearts of his children: Ward
MAXWELL
and wife Deborah
KIRKEGAARD, Gord
MAXWELL and wife Pat
FENNESSY,
Janet MAXWELL and husband Gary
WICKHAM,
James▲
MAXWELL and wife
Karen MAXWELL.
Special Poppa to eight wonderful grandchildren: Jarret, Arlen,
Emerson, Rhys, Sinead, Bobby, Georgia and Charlotte. He will
be missed by his sister, Barbara Jane
JOINER and her husband
Bill, and his dear sister-in-law Mary Jane
WARD. He is pre-deceased
by his brother-in-law, Bill
WARD.
A memorial service to celebrate Doug's life will take place on
Sunday, September 9th at 2: 00 p.m. at Annesley United Church,
82 Toronto St. South, Markdale, Ontario followed by a reception.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Sick Children's Hospital, Oncology
Department▲ in memory of Doug and Arlen
MAXWELL, or to a charity
of your choice, would be gratefully appreciated.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-29 published
SPEARN,
Charles
Franklin
Peacefully at Roberta Place, Barrie on Thursday September 27th,
2007. Charles
SPEARN of Barrie and originally of Penetang in
his 87th year. Beloved husband of 64 years to Frances Eileen
(née MAXWELL)
SPEARN.
Loving▼ father of Ann (Norman
DOWDS) of
North
Vancouver,
British Columbia, John (Diana, née
ORMSTON)
of Waterloo, Scott (Paula, née
MARSDEN) of Toronto, Greg of Hidden
Valley, P.A., and Robert (Jill, née
JENNER) of Rossland, British
Columbia Loving grandfather of Matt, Adam, Emma, Blair (Julia
SCHNEIDER), Brooke (Scott
DOWLING), Max, Ainslie, Sarah, Lucie,
Sam, and great-grandfather of Ellie
DOWLING. Dear brother-in-law
of Ean MAXWELL
(Pat
GIBSON) of Saanich, British Columbia "Charlie"
devoted his entire professional life to the health care industry.
He served with the Canadian Navy during World War 2 and thereafter
continued to serve the medical community as a supplier of medical
products. He always balanced his commitment to business with
his love for family and anything the outdoors had to offer. Funeral
Service will be held from Burton Avenue United Church (37 Burton
Avenue) Barrie on Monday afternoon October 1st, 2007 at 3: 00 o'clock.
Memorial donations to the Burton Avenue United Church Organ Fund
would be appreciated. Condolences may be forwarded to the family
through www.steckleygooderham.com Arrangements entrusted to the
care of Steckley-Gooderham Funeral Homes (201 Minet's Point Road
at Yonge Street) Barrie. (705) 721-1211.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-02 published
In a famous role, the spy didn't love her
James Bond's flirtatious foil grew up in Ontario; she returned
and penned tabloid columns, writes Sandra
MARTIN
By Sandra MARTIN,
Page S8
Gutsy, impetuous and adventurous, Lois
MAXWELL ran away from
home as a teenager to become an actress and became famous as
Miss Moneypenny, M's flirtatious secretary in the James Bond
films. Although she appeared in 14 Bond films, she had a tough
life, supporting two young children after her husband died prematurely
of heart disease. Writing a weekly newspaper column in Toronto
and starting a company to build crowd-control barriers were just
two of her schemes.
Lois Ruth HOOKER was born on February 14, 1927, in Kitchener,
Ontario For the rest of her life, she loved to throw people off
balance with her name, introducing herself by saying, "I'm a
hooker." Her father was a school teacher and her mother a nurse
she once described her family as religious and temperate while
she was scrawny, freckled and saucy and sulky. When she was a
child, the Hookers moved to Toronto. Lois attended John Wanless
Public School and then Lawrence Park Collegiate.
Lively, rebellious and game for anything, she was much more interested
in performing on stage than sitting in a classroom solving algebra
equations. She played parts in radio dramas under the name Robin
WELLS, at least partly so that her parents wouldn't find out.
After winning a part in Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Blue Bird
at Hart House, she was determined to become an actress. However,
an oft-told story has her running away from home in 1942 to join
the Canadian army. She would have been 15.
"Teenagers in those days were terrified that the war would end
before they could get into it," explained journalist Peter
WORTHINGTON,
a friend and former newspaper colleague. There's another version
of the story, which Ms.
MAXWELL told when she began writing a
weekly column in The Toronto Sun in 1979: She skipped school
in 1943 to audition for the army's entertainment corps, earned
a place and then went to England with the show, where she sang
and danced and (according to some reports) often appeared on
a bill with comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster.
Seven months later, army officials discovered she was underage
and prepared to send her home. Undeterred, she knocked on the
doors of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she persuaded
officials to name her "the first winner of the Lady Louis Mountbatten
Scholarship," according to an account she wrote in The Sun. At
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, her favourite classmate was Roger
Moore - she once played his uncle, complete with red beard, in
a performance of Shakespeare's Henry V. After leaving Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art, she found small parts in plays and films and
was "discovered" by Canadian-born film mogul Jack Warner, who
put her under contract and sent her to Hollywood. Her first major
role was as a schoolteacher in That Hagen Girl (1947), starring
Ronald Reagan and Shirley Temple. She was so impressive that
she won a Golden Globe as "best newcomer." Two years later, Life
magazine included her and Marilyn Monroe in a photo spread of
eight starlets.
She never made the Hollywood big time and after appearing in
two forgotten Warner Brothers films, The Big Punch and The Decision
of Christopher Blake, she went to Italy with friend Geraldine
Brooks. Ms.
MAXWELL lived in Rome for five years, making British
and Italian films.
During this time, she met British television executive Peter
Churchill MARRIOTT - "a handsome sardonic stranger," as she later
described him. They married in 1957 and moved to London, where
they had two children: daughter Melinda in 1958 and son Christian
in 1959.
In 1962, Mr.
MARRIOTT collapsed with a serious heart condition
and Ms. MAXWELL was forced to seek film work to support the family.
That year, she was given a small part as a nurse in Stanley Kubrick's
Lolita and the role of Ms. Moneypenny in Doctor No, the first Bond
film. Apparently, director Terrence Young, who had once turned
her down for a role because she looked like she "smelled of soap,"
offered her the part of either Moneypenny or Bond's girlfriend,
Sylvia
Trench.
Ms.
MAXWELL was squeamish about playing sex scenes,
so she chose the part of the chaste secretary to the head of
MI6. She supplied her own clothes and was guaranteed two days'
work at what was then the daily rate of £100. At the wrap party
at the end of filming, she met Ian Fleming, the creator of the
James Bond books. "I visualized Moneypenny as a tall, elegant
woman with the most kissable lips in the world," Ms.
MAXWELL
remembered him saying. "You, my dear, are perfect."
As Moneypenny, she created a character who was cheeky and flirtatious
but also knowing and impervious to the seductive prowess of a
series of Bonds, including Sean Connery and her old Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art pal Roger Moore. Her last Bond film was A View
to a Kill in 1985. She asked producer Cubby Broccoli if he would
kill off her character, but he recast it instead. Miss Moneypenny
was subsequently played by Caroline Bliss and Samantha Bond.
Ms. MAXWELL, who always had ambitions beyond her secretarial
character, set her sights on M, but that part was out of bounds
as an equal opportunity role until Judy Dench laid claim to the
position.
"She was always fun and she was wonderful to be with and was
always perfect casting," Mr. Moore told the British Broadcasting
Corp.'s Radio 5 Live on the weekend. "… It was a great pity that
after I moved out of Bond, they didn't take her on to continue
in the Timothy Dalton films. I think it was a great disappointment
to her that she had not been promoted to play M. She would have
been a wonderful M."
The good part about playing Miss Moneypenny was that she was
so identified with the role that she became a recognizable part
of popular culture. The bad part, of course, was that she was
so typecast as the smouldering secretary that it became hard
to win other major roles.
After Ms. MAXWELL's husband died in 1973, she returned to Canada
to film a television series, Adventures in Rainbow Country. She
bought a property in cottage country and a bungalow in Fort Erie,
Ontario, settled down with her young children and established
a company called Great Barrier Industries, which manufactured
crowd-control stands. She eventually opened a British subsidiary
and planned to market her barriers in Europe.
In the late 1970s, she proposed writing a column for The Toronto
Sun to editor Peter
WORTHINGTON and publisher Donald Creighton.
They took her for a boozy lunch at Winston's, according to Mr.
WORTHINGTON,
and long before the coffee was served, they had a deal. She wrote
her chatty, gossipy, opinionated weekly column, called "Moneypenny,"
for almost a dozen years.
After Kim Campbell's Progressive Conservatives went down to an
ignominious defeat in the 1993 federal election, Ms.
MAXWELL
confided that she had declined an invitation to run. "Kim Campbell's
handlers threw her to the slavering wolves," she said. "She is
a gutsy, bright strong woman who didn't deserve the treatment
she received from her party."
As for Ms.
MAXWELL, she had her own problems in the newsroom
at The Sun, according to Mr.
WORTHINGTON. "
There was a certain
resentment that she was a celebrity getting into the column business,"
he said. "She was also one of the better-read people and that
was a problem, too."
Her final column appeared April 23, 1994. By then, her daughter,
Melinda, the married mother of a small child, was living near
the market town of Frome in Somerset, England. Ms.
MAXWELL decided
to join them, planning to live every day, "with gusto!"
Her last film was The Fourth Angel (2001) with Jeremy Irons.
The same year, she underwent surgery for colorectal cancer and
then moved to Perth, Australia, where her son, Christian, and
his wife had settled.
Lois Ruth MAXWELL was born in Kitchener, Ontario, on February 14,
1927. She died of cancer in Fremantle Hospital in Perth, Australia,
on September 29, 2007. She was 80. Ms.
MAXWELL is survived by
her daughter and son and extended family.
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MAXWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-28 published
CLARKE,
Barbara "
Joy"
Passed away peacefully at the Toronto Rehab Institute on Wednesday,
December 26th, 2007 in her 78th year. Loved sister of Wally (Kitty)
MAXWELL.
Loving▲
Aunt of David, Tim, Rob and Brad. A Memorial
Service 10 a.m. Friday December 28th, 2007 at Bayview Golf and
Country Club 25 Fairway Heights Doctor Thornhill, Ontario. In remembrance
of Joy, donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to
Highland Memorial Funeral Home.
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