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WILLIMOT,
Catherine
Janet (née
HELM)
Passed away peacefully at Wiarton Hospital on Sunday November 4th,
2007 with family by her side in her 75th year. Janet was the
beloved wife of Jack
WILLIMOT for 43 years and much loved mother
of Michel-John and wife Brandi. Special Grandmother to Gabe and
Tilly.
She is survived by a brother, Bernard
HELM
(Doris,) of
Kitchener; sisters-in-law Anna
HELM, of California; Vera
HELM,
of Bancroft; and Ruth
DAWDRY, of Chatham; and brothers-in-law Jim
BRIDGEN and Earl
WILLIMOT, both of Chatham. Sadly missed by her
nieces, nephews and many Friends. Predeceased by parents Eugene
and Matilda; sisters Anna May
GUBKA, and Audrey
NOLAN; and sister-in-law
Mary Lou BRIDGEN.
Janet spent most of her life in the Kitchener-Waterloo
area, but because of her love of the water view and cottage Jack and
Jan decided to retire in the Wiarton area in 1999. Janet's strength
endured many medical conditions over the years, but her courageous
battle ended with lung cancer. Janet's family invite relatives
and Friends to join with them at the Thomas C. Whitcroft Funeral
Home and Chapel, Sauble Beach (519) 422-0041 on Friday, November 9,
2007 from 2: 00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. Vigil Prayers will be spoken
Friday evening at 8: 00 p.m. A Service celebrating Janet's life
will be conducted from the chapel on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Deacon Phil
DWYER officiating. In respect to Janet's wishes cremation
has taken place. Donations to Bruce Peninsula Hospice Inc. or
Bruce Peninsula Health Services Wiarton would be greatly appreciated.
In living memory of Janet a Red Maple tree will be planted in
the funeral home meadow by the Thomas C. Whitcroft Funeral Home and
Chapel. Condolences may be expressed on-line at www.whitcroftfuneralhome.com.
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-17 published
NORTHAM,
Robert
Graham
Peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer on Saturday,
September 15, 2007. Graham
NORTHAM, loving husband of 46 years
to Mary. Cherished father of David
NORTHAM,
Shelley and her husband
Albert SAMEE,
Dean and his wife
Janina, and Graham and his wife
Jenny. Grandfather of Nadine, Calvin, Wesley, Bakri, Ainsley,
Amber,
Kyle,
Adam, Gabrielle and Jack. Brother of Grace
NOLAN
of Lindsay and William (Bill)
NORTHAM of Oshawa. Business partner
and friend of James
MacKENZIE of Alltemp Products, Pickering.
Missed by all his nephews and nieces.
son of the late Robert
Sheldon NORTHAM and Jean.
The family will receive Friends at the McEachnie Funeral Home,
28 Old Kingston Road, Pickering Village (Ajax) 905-428-8488 on
Monday, from 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Francis
de Sales Roman Catholic Church, 1001 Ravenscroft Rd, Ajax on
Tuesday September 18, 2007 at 11: 30 a.m. Interment at Mt. Lawn
Memorial Gardens, Whitby. Should family or Friends desire, donations
to the ' The Renascent Foundation" Guardian Angel Program, 356 Bloor
St.
E.,
Suite 1900, Toronto, M4W 3L4 (Att: Aruna
AYSOLA, 416-927-1202
ex 252) or Grandview Children's Foundation, Oshawa, (905-728-1673
ex: 2240) would be greatly appreciated.
A Book of Condolence may be signed at www.mceachnie-funeral.ca
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NOLAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-13 published
STYLES,
Margaret
Grace (née
KINCH)
Approaching her 90th year passed away on December 10, 2007. Predeceased
by her beloved husband Frank (2001) and survived by sister Betty
PULLEN. Cherished by her children Norla, Neal, and Leanne. Fondly
remembered by the Larson family; Michele (McPherson); David Neal
and families. Nana to Kira (Andrew
NOLAN,)
Daniel,
Michael,
Craig,
Tristan, Teague, and Lachlan. Great Nana to Lillian, Rachel,
and Finnigan. Margaret was born in Kingston; residing in London,
Ontario after her marriage to Frank. "Home" to her was Toronto.
Always of sound mind, Margaret, eldest of five, shared wonderful
memories from her childhood cottaging at Bruce Beach and close
relationship with parents Alfred and Grace
KINCH.
She was a proud
nursing grad of Toronto Western Hospital (1942). Marg enjoyed
a long and happy marriage while devoted to family and extended
family. She was grand and gracious; kind and empathic. Blessed
with a strong faith and close bonds through Kingsway-Lambton
Church to many close neighbours in the Kingsway and High Park
areas. Admired by many Friends. In recent years Marg enjoyed
continued independence, doting on her pet cat Molly. Thank you
to West Toronto Support Services (Olga) and recent Oakville caregivers.
Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor
St. W., at Windermere Ave., east of Jane subway, from 4-8 p.m.
on Friday. Funeral Service will be held at Kingsway-Lambton Church,
85 The Kingsway, Etobicoke, (at Prince Edward Dr.) on Saturday,
December 15, 2007 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to Parkinson Society Canada, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation,
or Reach for the Rainbow (reachfortherainbow.ca)
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NOLAND o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-13 published
RENNICKS,
Robert
Alfred
Died peacefully at the California Veterans Homes, Yountville,
California on Friday, November 9, 2007. He is survived by his
loving wife Phyllis, children Peter, Robin, Shannon and Scott,
and three grandchildren. Bob is also survived by his sisters
Mary Lou PRYOR,
Eleanor
DAVIS and brother David
RENNICKS. Predeceased
by his parents James and Elizabeth
RENNICKS, brother John
RENNICKS
and sister Ruth
NOLAND. A memorial service to take place at the
California Veterans Home at a later date.
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NOLFI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2007-01-04 published
Giovanni NOLFI, 74: 'Typical' guy had winning attitude
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
Giovanni NOLFI was a happy man. He never had much. He never owned
a car, never even learned to drive.
For years he worked hard at the factory, living frugally. When
he could finally afford the down payment on a house near the
Junction, he paid it off in just seven years.
He loved opera on the radio, his wife's pasta and the Azzurri,
Italy's national soccer team. He urged his sons to study, to
glory in the act of learning -- as he, a Grade 5 dropout, had
never been able to. And his boys did. Between them they have
five university degrees. Nick is a teacher and Jerry an optician
and businessman.
"Every day we told them -- do what we couldn't do," said Elena
NOLFI, his wife of 45 years.
NOLFI grilled his boys on world geography and constantly reminded
them about the great Italians who shaped the world, including
Giovanni Caboto (otherwise known as John Cabot) and Antonio Meucci,
who he always insisted was the inventor of the telephone.
He doted on his six grandchildren, slipping them chocolate bars.
He was their Nonno, a small and fiercely proud fixture at school
concerts and hockey rinks. For them, he even sat through baseball
games, a sport he never could understand.
A classic immigrant story? Yes. But something more.
NOLFI lived by a code: Chi si contenta gode. He who is contented
prospers.
He was the youngest of five children. His mother took ill when
he was young. ("He basically raised himself," said son Nick.)
NOLFI was 13 when World War 2 ended and his two older brothers
came home from fighting in Africa. The family farm couldn't support
them all; the Italian economy was in ruins.
"Canada was his beacon. It was a place of hope and opportunity,"
said his son, Jerry.
He landed in Halifax July 1, 1958. He wasn't impressed with the
train ride to Toronto -- it was definitely not up to the standard
of European trains -- but he found an Italian-speaking haven
in the Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhood where his sister lived.
He bunked on a cot on her side porch, for which he paid $16 weekly
and washed dishes at Pinocchio's Restaurant for $1 an hour. When
he didn't have the money for bus fare, he walked to the Etobicoke
eatery.
"You hear the stories of the (wealthy developers) Del Zotto and
Bratty families," said Nick
NOLFI. "
But there were (thousands)
of Italians who came to Toronto, and they were like my father.
My dad's story is typical."
He got a job in construction, working from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
until one day the boss just disappeared. He never did get paid
for two weeks' work. He was saving every penny so he would have
a place for Elena when she came to Canada. They had met at her
sister's wedding and she waited for him for 3½ years. There was
no money for transatlantic calls and at times she worried. "I
think maybe I should forget him," she recalled. "Maybe he find
a Canadian."
Instead, he found a piecework job in the Alpha Shoe Factory,
working so hard he was soon earning $100 a week. Elena's protective
parents had no intention of allowing her to go to Canada unmarried,
but NOLFI wasn't earning enough to afford a trip home as well
as to set up an apartment for his bride.
Like many other couples of the day, they married by proxy. He
went with his sister to Toronto's Saint Michael's Cathedral September 10,
1961, and Elena stood at the altar in a beautiful church close
to her home in Italy with her brother-in-law at her side.
Elena arrived in Canada the next March with a suitcase full of
cheese that got lost until a man from near her village found
it. He also gave her bread and three oranges. "I've never forgotten
that," she said. But they were on their own in Toronto. "From
the second Elena got here, it was Elena and Giovanni together,
facing all their struggles," said Jill
NOLFI,
Jerry's wife.
They rented rooms in the High Park area, buying their house in
1966. They took in tenants; she babysat.
NOLFI went off every
morning to the shoe factory -- until the late 1960s, when he
lost his job. He worked in other factories until he suffered
a back injury in 1971 that rendered him unable to work for almost
a year.
Elena cooked in a delicatessen to support the family until
NOLFI
could return to work after back surgery. His last job was at
Warden and Eglinton. He would get up every morning at 4: 30 and
ride the Toronto Transit Commission for 90 minutes. He spent
some Saturdays on the couch suffering from excruciating headaches,
but he never complained. Even after he retired at 61, he continued
to get up at 4: 30 a.m. He went for daily walks in his neighbourhood,
stopping people on the street to inquire where they were from.
He was the kind of guy who would get to know everybody sitting
in the doctor's waiting room. The cashiers at No Frills adored
him.
He and his friend, the late Antonio
GRASSO, were neighbourhood
fixtures, talking politics, playing cards, joking, and meeting
and greeting people.
"He loved talking to strangers, hearing their stories," said
Nick.
On a trip to Italy this past May, he chatted with a man as his
son fetched their luggage. When he ran into him later at a restaurant
in Rome, he greeted the man as an old friend. It was his first
trip back to Italy for 30 years. He saw Bugnara, his hometown,
and enjoyed himself at a big family lunch that lasted until midnight.
No one knew he had cancer then. His health declined after he
returned home. He died October 25 at age 74. "He wanted to die
in Canada, it had become his home," said Jerry. "But you could
never take the Italian out of Dad. It was a soul thing."
His wife has placed two flags -- one from each country -- at
his grave.
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NOLL o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-08-08 published
JOHANNSON,
Edgar
Passed away July 31, 2007, at the age of 84 at the Chesley, Ontario
hospital after complications from a broken hip. He was born Christmas
Day, December 25th, 1922, in Edmonton, Alberta. He went to school
at the University of Alberta and graduated from the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a degree
in mechanical engineering. Before retiring in the mid 1980s,
Edgar worked for Canadian Blower and Forge Company, Buffalo Forge
and Aerofin Corporation. Over the years he lived in Kitchener-Waterloo,
Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; West Des Moines, Iowa; and in St.
Charles, Illinois. He most recently lived at the Sunshine Centre
in Waterloo, Ontario. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean
BAUMAN/BOWMAN, and by his stepsister, Gretta
SMITH. He is survived by
five children: Jenny
AMY of Southampton; Karen
NOLL of Maryhill
Lynn JOHANNSON of Glen Williams; Eric
JOHANNSON of St. Charles,
Illinois and Joyce
JOHANNSON of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also
survived by sister Joyce
BELL of Drumheller, Alberta; stepsister
Margaret WILLIAMS of Penarth, Wales, United Kingdom and brother
Ken JOHANNSON of Rochester, Minnesota., as well as by 6 grandchildren
and 3 great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service for the Interment
of Ashes will be held at Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Ontario,
on Saturday October 6, 2007 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the
family encourages memorials that help celebrate Ed's life and
broad range of interests. Plant a tree, support lifelong learning
programs or institutions, encourage a child to learn, support
civic engagement, or donate to an arts program of your choice.
Arrangements entrusted to the Eagleson Funeral Home, Southampton
Ontario. Condolences may be forwarded to the family through www.eaglesonfuneralhome.com.
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NOLL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-09 published
WALSH,
John
Francis
Joachim
Died July 05, 2007, a month shy of his 85th birthday at his home
in Toronto. He was predeceased by his wife
Mary
Isabel
WALSH
(CONLIN) in March 2001. He leaves his sister Bette
O'CONNOR and
was predeceased by his sister, Mary
NOLL, and brothers James
and Fergus. He will be missed by sons and daughters: John (Nancy),
Pat (Evadney), Herb (Monique), Sheilagh (Peter), Maureen (Curtis),
Bernard, David, Thomas (Fithrie), Christine (Hank), and Catherine
(Ron). There are many grandchildren, nieces and nephews who will
miss their uncle and grandfather: Michael and David; Jason, Daniel,
Ivan, Luke and Mathew; Clare and Alice; Jennifer, Heather, and
Kate; Angela and Emma; Kiki and Gary; Scott, Ashley, and Lindsey.
John was also a great-grandfather to Mateya and Chase; Arabella
and Jamila, and Calvin. John attended Assumption College in Windsor,
and then served in the Canadian Army as a lieutenant in England.
After the war he settled in Toronto, attended Osgoode Hall Law
School and married Isabel
CONLIN in 1946. A Memorial mass will
be held at Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Parish, 222 Ridley
Boulevard, at Avenue Road and Wilson, Toronto, on Thursday, July 12th
at 11: 00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may
be made to the Stephen Lewis Foundation. www.stephenlewisfoundation.org
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