SOREN
SORENSEN
SORENSON
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SOREN,
Grace
On Friday, November 30, 2007 at Baycrest Hospital. Grace
SOREN,
beloved wife of Joseph
SOREN.
Loving mother and mother-in-law
of Gary and Janis, and the late Melvyn
SOREN. Dear sister and
sister-in-law of Murray and the late Phyllis
LEVIN,
Howard and
Sophie LEVIN,
Rose and the late Alfred
LEVIN, and the late Shirley
and Norman
SIEGEL.
Devoted grandmother of Alexis and Adam
DEAN,
and Mirelle, great-grandmother of Hudson. Special thanks to Doctor Michael
KIRZNER and to the nurses and staff of Baycrest Hospital 7 West.
At Holy Blossom Temple, 1950 Bathurst Street (Bathurst south
of Eglinton) for service on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 1: 00 p.m.
Interment Holy Blossom Memorial Park. Shiva beginning Sunday
evening at 147 Strathearn Road. Memorial donations may be made
to the Grace and Joseph Soren Endowment Fund c/o The Baycrest
Centre Foundation, 416-785-2875.
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LUMBERS,
Richard
Glen
At the Toronto Western Hospital on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007, Richard
Glen LUMBERS of William Street, Belleville, in his 77th year. son
of the late Glen and Marjorie
LUMBERS.
Beloved husband of Barbara
Jane LUMBERS. Dear father of Heather
SORENSEN and husband Johnny
of Cherry Valley, Bradley
LUMBERS and wife
Susan of Barrie, Thomas
LUMBERS of Etobicoke, David
LUMBERS and wife
Beth of Brampton.
Brother of Suzanne
LUMBERS of Kingston. Ever remembered by grandchildren
Kate, Laura, Monique, Rachelle, Hayes, Kessler, Evan and Ella.
Arrangements entrusted to the John R. Bush Funeral Home, 80 Highland
Ave., Belleville. At the request of the family there will be
no visitation. A Service of Remembrance will be announced at
a later date. Donations to Princess Margaret Hospital would be
appreciated by the family.
On line condolences at www.quintefuneralcentres.com
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McMICHAEL,
Signe▼
Kirsten▼ (née
SORENSEN,) LL.D., O.Ont.
It is with great sadness that the family and Friends of Signe
McMICHAEL announce her death on July 4, 2007. Signe was born
in Denmark on February 10, 1921 and, together with her parents
and two sisters, immigrated to Canada in 1927. Upon their arrival
the family settled on a farm in the Peace River Country, Alberta.
After graduating from Alberta College, Signe spent the Second
World War in Vancouver, serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force
in communications. At war's end she moved to Toronto where, in
1949, she married Robert
McMICHAEL.
Together,
Robert and Signe
fulfilled their dream of building a log home on the banks of
the Humber River in Kleinburg, Ontario, in which to showcase
their growing collection of works by Tom Thomson, the Group of
Seven and their contemporaries. Over the years, this wonderful
art collection expanded to include many fine examples of works
by Inuit and First Nations artists. From this modest beginning
has grown the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Robert and Signe
McMICHAEL's legacy to the country they both loved so much. Signe
McMICHAEL was predeceased by her husband, Robert, and by her
sister, Helen
MINIKER.
She is survived by her sister Astrid
WRIGHT
and by her nieces Penny
FENWICK,
Timmy
MIDDLETON , and Deanna
BETTY.
Also surviving Signe are several grandnieces and nephews.
The family will receive Friends at the McMichael Canadian Art
Collection, 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg on July 8, 2007
between 4: 00 and 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held at
the gallery at 11: 00 a.m. on July 9, 2007 followed by interment
on the McMichael grounds. All funeral arrangements have been
entrusted to Heritage Funeral Centre, Toronto, 416-423-1000.
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PROUT,
Alfred
Passed away at Saint_Joseph's Health Centre on Friday, June 22,
2007 at the age of 92. Beloved husband of the late Alma (nee
SORENSON,) for over 63 years. Loving father of Harry and his
wife Jo-ann, and Bill. Proud grandfather of Darren, Jennifer
(Laird HAUGH,)
Matthew,
Morgan,
Robert and great-grandfather
of Harrison. Alf will be sadly missed by his brother Bob (Marg),
and sister-in-law Doris. Brother of the late Ken and Winnifred.
He will be sadly missed by Pamela
BICKERSTAFF, and by his extended
family and Friends. Alfie had a distinguished career in the fastener
industry, culminating with an induction into the industry's Hall
of Fame. Born in Toronto in 1915, veteran of World War 2, lived
and retired in Etobicoke, he was most at home at the cottage
he built in 1964 in Parry Sound. Alfie always enjoyed a good
manhattan and had no complaints. A heart-felt thank you to the
kind staff of the Dialysis Unit at Saint_Joseph's Health Centre.
Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas
Street West (between Islington and Kipling Aves.), on Thursday
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel
on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 1 p.m. Interment Glendale Memorial
Gardens. If desired, memorial donations may be made to Saint_Joseph's
Health Centre Foundation, or to the Kidney Foundation.
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She was a co-founder and defender of Ontario's McMichael gallery
With her husband, she was always ready to do battle with anything
that threatened the collection. As the more knowledgeable, she
was also responsible securing significant donations
By Val ROSS,
Page S9
Toronto -- About 35,000 schoolchildren a year troop through the
McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario Until
recently, a white-haired woman with a taste for artistic scarves
would often greet them. Sometimes, she'd stoop down to pick up
after them -- whisking away stray candy wrappers as scrupulously
as if the gallery were her own house.
Once, it was. Signe
McMICHAEL was one half of the couple who
created the collection of works by Tom Thomson, Emily Carr, David
Milne and the Group of Seven, and Inuit and Woodland art and
sculpture. She and her husband, Robert, donated 200 paintings
to the public in 1965, along with the house that contained them
known as Tapawingo (Place of Joy) -- and the forest in which
it sits, about 40 kilometres northwest of Toronto.
"The sense of home that pervades the place today is due to her,"
said Tom SMART, director of the McMichael. "That kind of feel
is her legacy."
"Without this remarkable couple, there would be no gallery,"
wrote author Pierre Berton, a lifelong friend and defender of
the McMichaels, in a letter to The Globe and Mail in 1981. "[They]
gave the best years of their lives to the fulfilment of that
dream. And when the dream was complete, they turned it over to
the people of Ontario -- everything -- the astonishing collection
of paintings, the unique log building in which they were housed,
and the setting itself -- perhaps the most valuable piece of
rural real estate in the province."
Mr. Berton, the champion, invoked the ghost of Canada's first
prime minister and aimed his lance directly at Queen's Park,
which had decided to close the gallery and the estate (and with
it the McMichael's home), for two years.
"In the light of the ludicrous and contradictory statements being
made on behalf of the gallery's board and the Government, it
is pertinent to question the real motives of the bureaucrats,"
Mr. Berton wrote. "For none of the arguments has been convincing.
As Sir John A. Macdonald once said, in a different context, 'It
won't catch the blindest.' The suspicion lingers that the civil
servants are trying to get rid of the McMichaels. The public,
surely, will not stand for this shabby treatment. Every Canadian
who has spent an afternoon at this unique and splendid gallery
owes a debt to Robert and Signe
McMICHAEL."
The McMICHAELs were always ready to skirmish with anyone they
sensed who wanted to move the collection or the institution away
from its founders' vision, with Robert doing the talking, and
Signe frowning and nodding vigorously in the background.
Her family, the Sorensons, immigrated to Canada from Denmark
in 1927. They arrived when Signe was 6, settling in the Peace
River district of Alberta. Her mother, Anna Tera, died shortly
after, leaving Soren
SORENSON to bring up his three daughters,
Astrid, Signe, and Helen, in the approaching Depression. Yet
Signe always spoke of a happy childhood, with a pony, a dog cart
and explorations on cross-country skis.
A good scholar with a prodigious memory, she graduated from Alberta
College in the opening days of the Second World War and was hired
into the communications branch of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
With demobilization, she took jobs in commercial radio in Edmonton,
Vancouver -- and then Toronto, where she met a tall, confident
salesman who told her he was building a business that offered
bridal photography services.
"When I first met her, Signe
SORENSON was employed as a continuity
writer at [Toronto's] radio station CKEY," Robert
McMICHAEL
wrote in his autobiography, One Man's Obsession. "Impressed with
the care and attention she gave to writing and scheduling the
brief, inexpensive bridal commercials I purchased, I found that
I was also personally attracted to her. In spite of the small
salary I could offer, I was able to lure her to work at my photographic
studio."
This passage is one of the longest Mr.
McMICHAEL wrote about
the woman who would become his loyal wife for the next 54 years.
"The title of his book tells it all," said Geoffrey
ZIMMERMAN,
who was Ms.
McMICHAEL's legal representative on the McMichael
gallery board. "But the thing that always struck me was what
a complementary partnership it was. Bob was full of bravado,
he could bully or charm; Signe was quiet but methodical."
"I always felt he kept her under a basket," said Dennis
REID,
senior curator of Canadian art at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
"And I always liked her sweet disposition and gentle heart."
The pair married in 1949. Two years later, Robert went to see
some bush land outside Toronto on the Humber River (and here
his prose becomes genuinely romantic): "My pulse quickened and
I knew I was falling in love at first sight; an affair that would
last a lifetime. That evening, as I tried to describe the forests
and hills above the yawning valley with its twisted river… Signe
smiled at me and, I could see, was making allowances for gross
exaggeration."
But she fell in love, too, and they bought six hectares. As Robert's
photography business morphed into packaging products targeted
at the newlywed market, he travelled the continent, leaving Ms.
McMICHAEL
to handle the construction of their new house. Soon, they were
wealthy enough to fill it with Canadian landscape art.
By the late 1950s, Tapawingo had become famous for paintings
and parties, with neighbours such as the Bertons, and surviving
members of the Group of Seven, the famed association of landscape
artists that included Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y.
Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and
Frederick Varley. Tom Thomson was Friends with most of the members
but died before the group was formed. Later, the group expanded
to include L.L. FitzGerald, Edwin Holgate and A.J. Casson.
As it happens, Jackson and Varley lived out some of their final
years at Tapawingo, and some members of the group are buried
on the property.
In 1965, the McMichaels convinced the provincial government to
take over Tapawingo's operating costs and create a public gallery.
In return, they were given the unusual right to live on-site,
all expenses paid, and to occupy two of the five positions on
the gallery's board. In 1968, after more McMichael lobbying,
the gallery won Crown status, which meant that gifts could be
written off against donors' income -- a precedent for all art
patrons in Canada.
One who gave to the McMichael was Colonel Sam
McLAUGHLIN, president
of General Motors of Canada. "I doubt that but for Signe's Friendship
with Isabel
McLAUGHLIN that the colonel would have given his
collection," Mr.
ZIMMERMAN said.
By 1980, the gallery had become a conservationist's nightmare.
The couple was ousted so the building could be fireproofed, repaired
and expanded. In 1981, Ontario taxpayers paid $298,544 to buy
them a big new house in nearby Belfountain, but it wasn't the
same. They were unhappy to be away from home. "We'd still rather
have Tapawingo," Mr. McMichael said.
Another festering issue was the gallery's mandate. According
to the original deal, it was to collect works by artists "who
have made contributions to the development of Canadian art."
But what is "Canadian art"? In 1996, after curators installed
a modernistic steel-and-concrete sculpture by John McEwen on
the long entrance drive where the couple had once planted saplings
by hand, the landscape-loving McMichaels sued Ontario for breach
of contract. In June, 2000, they won. Ontario passed legislation
that restored their board positions and reaffirmed that the gallery's
mandate lay predominantly in realistic imagery.
This was the art loved by Ms.
McMICHAEL, in particular. John
RYERSON, now director of the Varley Gallery in Markham, Ontario,
chatted with her about the collection in the 16 years he worked
at the McMichael. "She was the more knowledgeable," he recalled,
"though profoundly overshadowed by Bob."
Mr. McMICHAEL died in 2003. "He was the love of her life," Mr.
ZIMMERMAN
said. "After, she was preoccupied with her memories."
But for as long as she could, he said, despite knee surgery,
she would go to the gallery to greet the schoolchildren.
Signe▲
Kirsten▲
Sorenson
McMICHAEL was born February 10, 1921,
in Sandersig, Denmark. She died of heart disease in Toronto on
Wednesday evening. She was 86. She is survived by her older sister,
Astrid WRIGHT.
She will be buried at Tapawingo beside her husband,
amid the graves of the Group of Seven. The graveyard was created
by the Province of Ontario and is restricted to members of the
Group of Seven, their wives and the founders. The graves are
laid out in a circle, with rocks from the Canadian Shield as
headstones. Members of the group not interred there are Franklin
Carmichael, Edwin Holgate, L.L. FitzGerald and J.E. MacDonald.
The funeral will be held at the gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario,
at 11 a.m. on Monday.
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JACKSON,
Kathleen
May
(November 26, 1912-December 3, 2007)
Peacefully and in her sleep, Kathleen May
JACKSON died at home
in Toronto. She was the daughter of Sidney
JACKSON and Ceta Mabel
JOHNSON.
Kathleen is survived by her sister Mrs. Ceta
IRVINE
of Victoria, British Columbia and her brother Mr. Joseph
JACKSON
of Courtney, British Columbia. She was one of a large musical
and artistic family. Dear sister of the late Barbara
GRAY/GREY,
Alice
SORENSON, Mavis
JACKSON, John
JACKSON, Sidney
JACKSON and Maurice
JACKSON.
Many loving nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews
will miss her. Kathleen was a teacher, artist and enthusiastic
ballroom dancer. After her retirement, she decided to renew her
love of piano and her joy in travelling. Her nephew Robert
KOSICH
and wife Dana and niece Barbara
WHITE/WHYTE were fortunate enough to
celebrate her last birthday with her at one of her favourite
restaurants in Toronto. We will miss you Aunt Kathleen. A Celebration
of Kathleen's life will be held in the spring.
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JURIST,
Michael▼
Evan▼
Taken from us suddenly and too soon on Monday, July 30, 2007.
Born▼
June▼ 22, 1985, Michael Evan
JURIST had already realized
outstanding academic achievements and made an indelible imprint
on the hearts and minds of those he touched. The cherished only
child of Vesna
NOWELL-
JURIST and Paul Michael
JURIST and grand_son
of Lola LEMAN and Judith
SORGEN. He leaves behind many beloved
aunts, uncles, cousins and dear Friends. Michael was about to
begin a new career at Deutsche Bank, New York following graduation
in May from Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C., on the Dean's List with a B. Sc.
in Foreign Service, Major International Politics - Foreign Policy.
While at Georgetown University, Michael's successes were many
including an Advanced Certificate in European Studies, Member,
Pi Delta Phi (National French Honor Society), Member Phi Alpha
Theta (National History Honor Society) and Chair of Georgetown
University Lecture Fund in his last year of his 2003-2007 involvement.
It was the latter that piqued his interest in geopolitics and
stimulated his astute intellect. It was those times when Michael
would talk about some of the speakers - such as Senator Barack
Obama, King Abdullah of Jordan, Margaret MacMillan and actor
Robin Williams -- encountered through Georgetown and the Lecture
Fund that the normally calm composure would slip just for a moment
and the passion for thought and burgeoning beliefs would shine
through. Michael achieved Advanced Proficiency in French and
Intermediate Proficiency in Spanish; the former which he honed
during a six month interchange at Institut D'Etudes Politiques,
Lyon, France in 2006. His success at Georgetown University was
mirrored in his earlier formative years where he excelled at
Upper Canada College, Toronto, graduating in top 10 percent of
Class, International Baccalaureate Diploma. To focus only on
Michael's academic accomplishments would not reveal the fervent
essence of his shining spirit; the part of him we mourn the most
and the part that leaves the greatest vacuum in the lives of
those left behind. Michael's love of tennis and travel were in
fierce competition. His tennis skills earned him Accredited Tennis
Canada Coach status and led to summers coaching at Tournament
Park Tennis Club, Toronto, Matchpoint Academy, Mont Tremblant,
and Swarthmore Tennis Camp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and playing
on Georgetown University Club Tennis, a nationally-ranked intercollegiate
team. His language proficiency and interest in international
affairs spurred his extensive global travel interests, most recently
a post graduation family trip to Dubrovnik and Tuscany. Michael's
perpetual intellectual curiosity always led to asking why; his
sense of adventure always asking why not; and a generosity of
spirit that gave effortlessly and with grace to everyone he encountered
along the short path that was his life. Michael Evan
JURIST was
laid to rest in a private family ceremony on Thursday, August
2, 2007. A Memorial Service will be held to remember Michael
on Tuesday, August 7, 2007, 6: 00 p.m., Laidlaw Hall, Upper Canada
College, 200 Lonsdale Road, Toronto. In lieu of flowers, donations
to the Michael Jurist Trust Fund will be accepted at any Scotiabank
branch account or email transfer to Jurist. Trust@db.com. The
Fund will be used to perpetuate Michael's memory in the field
of education. Cheques (in Canadian or U.S. dollar) may also be
mailed to Michael Jurist Memorial Trust Fund, c/o Deutsche Bank
AG, 199 Bay Street, Commerce Court West, Box 263, Toronto, Ontario,
M5L 1E9.
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JURIST,
Michael▲
Evan▲
Taken from us suddenly and too soon on Monday, July 30, 2007.
Born▲
June▲ 22, 1985, Michael Evan
JURIST had already realized
outstanding academic achievements and made an indelible imprint
on the hearts and minds of those he touched. The cherished only
child of Vesna
NOWELL-
JURIST and Paul Michael
JURIST and grand_son
of Lola LEMAN and Judith
SORGEN. He leaves behind many beloved
aunts, uncles, cousins and dear Friends. Michael was about to
begin a new career at Deutsche Bank, New York following graduation
in May from Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C., on the Dean's List with a B.Sc.
in Foreign Service, Major International Politics - Foreign Policy.
While at Georgetown University, Michael's successes were many
including an Advanced Certificate in European Studies, Member,
Pi Delta Phi (National French Honor Society), Member Phi Alpha
Theta (National History Honor Society) and Chair of Georgetown
University Lecture Fund in his last year of his 2003-2007 involvement.
It was the latter that piqued his interest in geopolitics and
stimulated his astute intellect. It was those times when Michael
would talk about some of the speakers -such as Senator Barack
Obama, King Abdullah of Jordan, Margaret MacMillan and actor
Robin Williams -- encountered through Georgetown and the Lecture
Fund that the normally calm composure would slip just for a moment
and the passion for thought and burgeoning beliefs would shine
through. Michael achieved Advanced Proficiency in French and
Intermediate Proficiency in Spanish; the former which he honed
during a six month interchange at Institut D'Etudes Politiques,
Lyon, France in 2006. His success at Georgetown University was
mirrored in his earlier formative years where he excelled at
Upper Canada College, Toronto, graduating in top 10 percent of
Class, International Baccalaureate Diploma. To focus only on
Michael's academic accomplishments would not reveal the fervent
essence of his shining spirit; the part of him we mourn the most
and the part that leaves the greatest vacuum in the lives of
those left behind. Michael's love of tennis and travel were in
fierce competition. His tennis skills earned him Accredited Tennis
Canada Coach status and led to summers coaching at Tournament
Park Tennis Club, Toronto, Matchpoint Academy, Mont Tremblant,
and Swarthmore Tennis Camp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and playing
on Georgetown University Club Tennis, a nationally-ranked intercollegiate
team. His language proficiency and interest in international
affairs spurred his extensive global travel interests, most recently
a post graduation family trip to Dubrovnik and Tuscany. Michael's
perpetual intellectual curiosity always led to asking why; his
sense of adventure always asking why not; and a generosity of
spirit that gave effortlessly and with grace to everyone he encountered
along the short path that was his life. Michael Evan
JURIST was
laid to rest in a private family ceremony on Thursday, August
2, 2007. A Memorial Service will be held to remember Michael
on Tuesday, August 7, 2007, 6: 00 p.m., Laidlaw Hall, Upper Canada
College, 200 Lonsdale Road, Toronto. In lieu of flowers, donations
to the Michael Jurist Trust Fund will be accepted at any Scotiabank
branch account or email transfer to Jurist. Trust@db.com. The
Fund will be used to perpetuate Michael's memory in the field
of education. Cheques (in Canadian or U.S. dollar) may also be
mailed to Michael Jurist Memorial Trust Fund, c/o Deutsche Bank
AG, 199 Bay Street, Commerce Court West, Box 263, Toronto, Ontario,
M5L 1E9.
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MOIR,
James "
Jim"
Ernest
Suddenly on December 24, 2006 after a short but courageous battle
with cancer, James (Jim) Ernest
MOIR in his 54th year passed
away at his home in Marathon, Ontario. Jim will be sadly missed
by his son John
MOIR, daughter Kimberly
BERDAN, granddaughter
Justine; his sister Cathy and her husband Warren
CAREY; nephews
Matthew, Andrew and Brendan
CAREY as well as all his surviving
aunts, uncles and many cousins. Jim will also be sadly missed
by all members of his extended family and co-workers in Marathon.
A special thanks to Oral and Marillo
SOROCHAN for their help
and support of Jim while he was ill as well as their support
to his family afterwards; and also to Doctor Barb
ZELEK and the
Marathon Family Health Team for their support of Jim in dealing
with and managing his illness. It was very much appreciated.
Cremation has taken place and a Memorial Service will be held
on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial
Chapel, 1997 Dundas Street East (at Wavell), London. Interment
to follow directly after the service at Forest Lawn Memorial
Gardens where Jim will be placed along side his parents Hilda
(MARSHALL) and Gordon
MOIR to forever rest in peace. In lieu
of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be
greatly appreciated.
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