TEMES
TEMPLE
TEMPLETON
TEMPLIN
TEMES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-10-30 published
EPSTEIN,
Maurice
In his 100th year, at home after a long and difficult struggle,
on Sunday, Occtober 28, 2007. Predeceased by his dear wife Esther.
Beloved father and father-in-law of Jean and Arnie
VERTLIEB and
Philip and Joyce
EPSTEIN. Dear grandfather of Tamara and Andrew
TEMES, Alana
VERTLIEB and Steven
KASTNER, Geoffrey
VERTLIEB,
David and Michelle
EPSTEIN,
Deborah
EPSTEIN and Aaron
FRANKS
and Sara and Mark
ARNSTEIN.
Beloved great-grandfather of Bayley
and Maxwell
TEMES,
Jeremie,
Joshua, and Jamie
FRANKS, and Ryan
and Jake ARNSTEIN.
Service at Steeles Memorial Chapel (350 Steeles
Avenue West), on Tuesday, October 30th at 12 p.m. The family
expresses its deepest thanks to Dell, Gemma and Reg for their
devoted and loving care. Donations to the Soldiers of Israel
Fund will be appreciated.
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TEMPLE o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-11-06 published
HODGE,
Harry
Raymond
At the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound, after a brief
and courageous battle with cancer on Sunday. November 04, 2007.
Harry HODGE of Tara, formerly of the municipality of Kincardine,
(the former Bruce township), in his 73rd year. Survived by his
wife, Barbara (née
SHEWFELT.)
Beloved father of Greg of Desboro,
Michael
(Shelley) of Owen Sound, and Debbie
ROSS
(Richard) of
Sauble
Beach.
Devoted grandfather of Meagan and Brittany
HODGE,
Kirsten and Jacob
ROSS.
Brother of Betty
TEMPLE of Alberta. Brother-in-law
of Linda TURCOTTE of Ajax, and Jim
SHEWFELT
(Mary Jo) of Kincardine.
Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by sisters
Frances, Marion, Eva and brothers Clarence, Ivan and Bill. Friends
may call at Paul H. Eagleson Funeral Home in Tara on Wednesday
from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.. The Funeral Service
will be held in the chapel on Thursday November 8, 2007 at 11 a.m.
Interment of ashes in Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Grey Bruce Health
Services Foundation of the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.paulheaglesonfuneralhome.ca
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TEMPLE,
Marion (née
CARROLL)
Of Extendicare, Port Stanley, formerly of Saint Thomas, passed
away at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital on Saturday, January 6,
2007, in her 91st year. Beloved wife of the late Oscar
TEMPLE
(1992.) Dearly loved mother of Shirley
FUGARD of Kincardine,
Mary INSLEY and her husband William of London, Robert
TEMPLE
and his wife
Carol of R.R.#1, Saint Thomas, Murray
TEMPLE of California,
and the late Harold
TEMPLE (his wife
Colleen of Saint Thomas.)
Dear sister of Dorothy
McNEA of Saint Thomas, Harold
CARROLL and
his wife Marg of R.R.#5, Saint Thomas, late Margaret
CARROLL and
late Jim CARROLL.
Also survived by 18 grandchildren, a number
of great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews. Predeceased by a great-grand_son, Mitchell
Temple MEDHURST.
Born in Middlemarch, Ontario, December 28, 1916,
she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Jean
(WHITE/WHYTE)
CARROLL.
Mrs. TEMPLE was a former employee of Singer Controls and Essex
Wire, Saint Thomas. She attended Port Stanley United Church and
formerly attended the Saint Thomas Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ). She was an avid euchre player. Friends will be received
at the Sifton Funeral Home, 118 Wellington Street, Saint Thomas on
Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will be
held Wednesday at 11: 00 a.m. Interment in Elmdale Memorial Park.
Memorial donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association or the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario gratefully acknowledged.
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SMITH,
Charles▼
F.▼
Peacefully in Toronto on July 18, 2007 at age 89, after a short
illness. Born in North Bay, Ontario on March 2, 1918 into a vibrant
family of 10, he was a sixth-generation Canadian. During the
depression, Charles found work in northern Ontario as a rail
gang crewmember, logger, mine clerk, warehouse-man, and assayer.
During the Second World War, he served as an aircraft rigger,
mainly in Kingston, Ontario. In 1941, Charles married his lifelong
love Constance. After the war, he returned to school to complete
his high school diploma, and engineering and Master of Science
degrees in Metallurgy at Queens University, finishing as class
President in 1949. Charles began his career at Barber Tool and
Die in Hamilton, but soon moved to Sperry Vickers, a world leader
in hydraulics. He founded the Canadian division in 1955, Vickers'
first international business. In 1966, Charles and Connie moved
to England where he was Managing Director (European Division)
for Vickers and then Vice President Europe of Sperry Vickers.
In 1977, he moved to the head office in Detroit as Vice President
of Business Development and Government Affairs. Charles retired
in 1980 and returned to Toronto to their cherished home at 14 Kingsway
Crescent in the Kingsway. For the last few years, he lived on
Lake Ontario at Palace Place. Charles was a dedicated volunteer,
most notably with the Etobicoke Rotary Club, which awarded him
a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of his hard work. Other
pursuits included ocean racing in Europe, such as the Royal Yacht
Club Fastnet Race; and tracing the family roots which led to
the publication of a memoir, I Remember, I Remember. He loved
his family, home, cottage, and Friends. Charles is predeceased
by his beloved wife of 64 years, Constance Charlotte
SMITH.
Loving▼
father of Patricia
HILLMER and Michael
SMITH and his wife
Laura▼
TEMPLE-
SMITH.
Treasured▼ grandfather of Michael
HILLMER and his
wife Melinda▼ and Charlotte and Roddy
SMITH. Dear brother of Phil
SMITH, Kay
WILLIAMS, Mabel
MITCHELL, and Lois
SCHMIDT and predeceased
by Harold SMITH, Grace
STEED, Chester
SMITH, Don
SMITH and Keith
SMITH.
The▼ family would like to thank the staff of the Saint_Joseph's
Health Centre Palliative Care Unit for their compassionate care.
Friends and relatives are invited to attend a Memorial Service
at the Old Mill Inn Chapel, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto, at 1 p.m.
on Saturday, July 28. Reception to follow immediately. If desired,
donations may be made to The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Arrangements by Turner and Porter, Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas Street
West, Etobicoke. (416) 231-2283.
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SMITH,
Charles▲
F.▲
Peacefully in Toronto on July 18, 2007 at age 89, after a short
illness. Born in North Bay, Ontario on March 2, 1918 into a vibrant
family of 10, he was a sixth-generation Canadian. During the
depression, Charles found work in northern Ontario as a rail
gang crew member, logger, mine clerk, warehouse-man, and assayer.
During the Second World War, he served as an aircraft rigger,
mainly in Kingston, Ontario. In 1941, Charles married his lifelong
love Constance. After the war, he returned to school to complete
his high school diploma, and engineering and Master of Science
degrees in Metallurgy at Queens University, finishing as class
President in 1949. Charles began his career at Barber Tool and
Die in Hamilton, but soon moved to Sperry Vickers, a world leader
in hydraulics. He founded the Canadian division in 1955, Vickers'
first international business. In 1966, Charles and Connie moved
to England where he was Managing Director (European Division)
for Vickers and then Vice President Europe of Sperry Vickers.
In 1977, he moved to the head office in Detroit as Vice President
of Business Development and Government Affairs. Charles retired
in 1980 and returned to Toronto to their cherished home at 14 Kingsway
Crescent in the Kingsway. For the last few years, he lived on
Lake Ontario at Palace Place. Charles was a dedicated volunteer,
most notably with the Etobicoke Rotary Club, which awarded him
a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of his hard work. Other
pursuits included ocean racing in Europe, such as the Royal Yacht
Club Fastnet Race; and tracing the family roots which led to
the publication of a memoir, I Remember, I Remember. He loved
his family, home, cottage, and Friends. Charles is predeceased
by his beloved wife of 64 years, Constance Charlotte
SMITH.
Loving▲
father of Patricia
HILLMER and Michael
SMITH and his wife
Laura▲
TEMPLE-
SMITH.
Treasured▲ grandfather of Michael
HILLMER and his
wife Melinda▲ and Charlotte and Roddy
SMITH. Dear brother of Phil
SMITH, Kay
WILLIAMS, Mabel
MITCHELL, and Lois
SCHMIDT and predeceased
by Harold SMITH, Grace
STEED, Chester
SMITH, Don
SMITH and Keith
SMITH.
The▲ family would like to thank the staff of the Saint_Joseph's
Health Centre Palliative Care Unit for their compassionate care.
Friends and relatives are invited to attend a Memorial Service
at the Old Mill Inn Chapel, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto, at 1 p.m.
on Saturday, July 28. Reception to follow immediately. If desired,
donations may be made to The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Arrangements by Turner and Porter, Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas Street
West, Etobicoke. (416) 231-2283.
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TEMPLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-24 published
Pilot was one of the first to fly bombing missions against Germany
Already in the Royal Air Force when the war started, he finished
two tours of duty in 15 months before being sent to Canada to
train air crews. Years later, he sold real estate in Toronto
By F.F. LANGAN,
Special▼ to The Globe and Mail, Page S8
When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Toby
BASKETT was
already one of the Royal Air Force's most seasoned operational
pilots. Flying dangerously slow and obsolete aircraft, he was
among the first to bomb Germany.
He was also among the first to be decorated. In September, 1940,
he won a Distinguished Flying Cross for piloting a Handley Page
Hampden bomber on a daring raid against a German industrial target.
One of his fellow officers, Air Commodore John
MITCHELL, described
it as "an extraordinary raid on the Dortmund-Ems Canal, at a
very low level, destroying lock gates on this all-important artery
for German industry."
Flight Lieutenant
BASKETT was involved in at least four raids
on the canal that year. Later in the war, the canal and its dam
were successfully attacked by more advanced Lancaster bombers
using a special bouncing bomb that was portrayed in the film
The Dam Busters.
The early raids were flown by much smaller bombers just after
the fall of France, a time when Britain stood alone in Europe
against Germany. Mr.
BASKETT flew mostly twin-engine Hampdens,
which, along with the Whitley and Wellington bombers, was all
that the overstretched Royal Air Force could muster against German
targets. With the Battle of Britain raging, fighters were needed
for defence, so the missions went without benefit of escorts.
Their opponent, the Luftwaffe, was the world's most modern air
force and flew at full strength, with the result that about half
of the 1,400 Hampdens built were lost to flak and German fighters.
It was also a tricky aircraft to fly and many went down in accidents.
"The
Hampden was a death trap," Mr.
MITCHELL said from his home
in Lymington, England. "There was a narrow fuselage and the crew
sat one behind the other. It was almost impossible for one pilot
to take over from another."
The Hampden also laid mines in ports and canals in Europe. In
his logbook, Mr.
BASKETT records "gardening," a code word for
laying mines. He laid ordnance (the "vegetable") in Dutch and
French ports and in the Kiel Canal, a strategic waterway that
links the Baltic with the North Sea.
Mine laying was hazardous work because the planes had to fly
slow and low - 150 metres or less - making them easy targets.
He was also involved in trying to thwart the German invasion
of Norway in April, 1940. "Ordered to attack enemy battleship
off coast of Norway," he wrote in his logbook. "Unable to locate
target."
Mr. BASKETT's other targets included German air bases and at
least one town. In 1974, he read a book about bombing missions
during the early part of the war and it occurred to him that
he might have been the first. He contacted the Royal Air Force
Historical Branch and sent details of one particular raid.
"On May 11th, 1940, I took off from Royal Air Force Hemswell
in Hampden L.4109 of No. 61 Squadron, 5 Group, to bomb the Cross
Roads in Munchen-Gladbach," Mr.
BASKETT wrote, adding how the
flight took four hours and 45 minutes. "I wonder if your records
confirm that I had the doubtful privilege of being the first
Royal Air Force type to drop a bomb on German soil in the war?"
The reply, when it came, said the first attack was on the German
island of Sylt on March 19, 1940. Nominal in nature, it was in
retaliation for German bombs that fell on the Orkney Islands
in Scotland. The first raid "against industrial targets" took
place May 10, 1940, the night the Germans invaded France and
just a few short hours before Mr.
BASKETT lifted off for his
target, a manufacturing centre in Westphalia now known as Moenchengladbach.
Code words are sprinkled through his logs. Another entry mentioned
"testing George" - Steve Harris, chief historian for the Department
of National Defence in Ottawa, explained this meant Mr.
BASKETT
was experimenting with an automatic pilot. Mr.
BASKETT was later
stationed at Goderich, Ontario, the site of some top-secret Royal
Air Force testing.
"Goderich was where a lot of research was going on with secret
technology, on things such as advanced navigation," said Ted
Barris, author of Behind the Glory: Canada's Role in the Allied
Air War.
In 1942, all Hampdens were withdrawn from bombing duty and transferred
to Coastal Command, where they were assigned to patrol shorelines
and search for submarines. Many of the bombers were sent to Canada
for use in training and were flown by four Royal Canadian Air
Force squadrons - two examples still survive, the most complete
of which is at the Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley, British
Columbia As well, about 150 Hampdens were built at plants in
Quebec and Ontario.
Much of Toby
BASKETT's life reads like a trip through the last
days of the British Empire. Born in England, he soon went to
India, where his father was working in the police force. He was
sent home to boarding school at Bedford School, near Bambridge.
His father died while he was at school and the family moved to
Australia.
After working at many jobs, including sheep farming and gold
mining in New Guinea, Mr.
BASKETT returned to England to learn
how to fly. In 1936, he took a short-service commission in the
Royal Air Force, expecting to remain for just three years. When
Germany invaded Poland in 1939, he stayed on.
His fighting war was over by the end of 1940, however. That December,
he sailed to Halifax on a troop ship. He served as a staff pilot
at a Royal Air Force training base at Port Albert, on the shore
of Lake Huron near Goderich, Ontario The unit had been transferred
there from Kent, England, and later became part of the Commonwealth
Air Training Plan.
"The location of the base must have been a political decision,"
said Mr. MITCHELL, who was also based there. "The weather was
terrible with snowstorms coming in from the lake."
Other assignments in Canada included a posting to Nova Scotia,
where he trained pilots to fly the Hudson bomber in anti-submarine
patrols, and
to Boucherville, Quebec, where he gave instruction
on the Catalina flying boat. "They needed pilots with fighting
experience to pass on their knowledge to the new pilots," Mr. Barris
said.
It was in Canada that Mr.
BASKETT met his wife, Vivian
TEMPLE.
She was a Red Cross volunteer during the war and they met at
a dance. Their daughter, Lynne
BODDY, said that during their
courtship, her father would fly over her mother's Muskoka cottage
and drop messages in bottles. At their wedding, Royal Air Force
officers acted as ushers and Mr.
MITCHELL stood up as best man.
At the end of 1944, the couple left Canada for the Bahamas. Mr.
BASKETT
was posted to Nassau, where he served as commanding officer of
an Royal Air Force Transport Command base that was used to train
pilots on Dakotas, the military version of the Douglas DC-3.
At the time, the governor of the Bahamas was the Duke of Windsor,
who had given up the British throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson.
"Mother was pregnant and lost the baby. She had a note from the
Duchess expressing her condolences," said Lynne
BODDY.
In August of 1945, Mr.
BASKETT returned to Canada to work at
Transport Command at Dorval airport, outside Montreal. He returned
to England on the Queen Mary in October.
When the war ended, he left the Royal Air Force and worked in
Jamaica for a couple of years as manager of British South American
Airways, a short-lived airline that operated civilian versions
of wartime bombers. In 1947, he rejoined the Royal Air Force
and served in a number of global hot spots, including Kenya and
Egypt.
In 1957, he left the Royal Air Force again and moved to Toronto,
where he went to work selling real estate for Martin and Meredith.
He took a while adjusting to a calm, middle-class life in Canada,
but loved visiting Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. He also did wood
carving and sketching, and kept a cartoon diary.
Toby BASKETT was born Cyril Alexander
BASKETT at Bedford, England,
on September 19, 1911. He died of pneumonia in Toronto on June 24,
2007. He was 95. He is survived by wife Vivian and daughter Lynne.
He also leaves brother Geoffrey.
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HERZ,
Herman
Carl
95 years young, died October 27th, 2007, in Toronto, after a
long and prosperous life. Born July 23, 1912 in Elmira, Ontario,
he went to a one room grade school learning German as his primary
language. In 1929, Herm moved to Toronto, entering the College
of Engineering (Mining) at the University of Toronto, graduating
in 1933. He joined the Ventures Mining Company which took him
to Malartic, Quebec. It was here, where after marrying Isabelle
in 1935, he brought his new bride to her first home, a room above
the assay office. In 1957, he moved his family back to Toronto
where he worked for Falconbridge Nickel Mines until his retirement
in 1967. He is remembered for his keen mind, his fondness for
Chopin, the multitude of prize winning roses on Blythwood, but
mostly, for his gentle loving and kindness as a father and husband.
Surviving are his beloved wife of 72 years, Isabelle Margaret
TEMPLE of Toronto; son William David of Toronto, Ontario, daughter
Marion Louise of Phoenix, Arizona., and eight grandchildren,
David,
Robert,
Lauren, Taryn, Vanessa
HERZ of Toronto; Christopher,
Gregory, Rebecca
KENDALL and great-grandchild, Asher William
of Phoenix. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday,
October 31, at Dresinger Funeral Home in Elmira. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.
Dad, may you dance in heaven, may the roses be sweeter, and the
Symphony like none other. We love you.
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Bruce SMITH,
Broadcaster (1919-2006)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio pioneer who was heard
on Toronto airwaves for more than 30 years made his mark in 1947
on the milestone morning show, Toast and Jamboree
By F.F. LANGAN,
Special▲ to The Globe and Mail, Page S9
Toronto -- Bruce
SMITH was a morning man who for many years was
the autocratic ruler of his own radio program on Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation in Toronto. He chose his own music, and preferred
popular tunes of the day rather than the marshal music favoured
by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation brass at the time, and even
banned certain advertisements, back in the days when Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation Radio ran commercials.
"I ran it lock stock and barrel," Mr.
SMITH boasted to Blake
KIRBY of The Globe and Mail in 1971. "I selected all the music,
wrote and read many of the commercials and allowed what sponsors
I wanted, which didn't include beer and cigarettes. That was
quite an authority. I just assumed it and nobody objected."
His freedom didn't last forever. Producers gradually wrested
control from Mr.
SMITH, though his strong personality and success
in the ratings meant he had more power than most of them put
together.
Mr. SMITH also had a kind of whimsy that is almost unheard of
today, but was then common among such fellow broadcasters as
Allan McFee and Max Ferguson. For good measure, Mr.
SMITH invented
a character called Brewster the Rooster, who was introduced to
listeners by barnyard sound effects that were followed by a rant
done in Brewster's special voice. "Brewster the Rooster was my
alter ego," Mr.
SMITH once told a reporter. "He became a character
through which I could make socially valid points."
Brewster the Rooster proved to be popular with the audience.
One day, they lost the tape of Brewster's trademark cock-a-doodle-do
and Mr. SMITH reported Brewster had broken his leg skiing and
was recuperating at Sunnybrook Hospital. The news of the fictional
bird's accident attracted many phone calls and get well cards
from listeners.
For many years, Mr.
SMITH battled for ratings supremacy with
Wally CROUTER of CFRB radio. At the time, the morning radio
dial was crowded with the likes of Pierre
BERTON, and Charles
TEMPLETON on CKEY.
Bruce SMITH grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where his father
was a foreman at the local steel plant. He was a brilliant student
and served as president of the student council. When he was 15,
he decided he would like to work at CJIC, the local radio
station. It had just opened and he marched in and announced he
was the man to read newscasts. They gave him a job doing it on
weekends.
The following year, young Bruce graduated from high school, but
for the time he remained stuck at home. His mother thought he
was too young to go to university and made him take a second
year of Grade 13. He wrote and passed exams in every subject
offered, except Spanish.
While in high school, he was chosen as one of the Canadians to
represent the country at the coronation of George VI in 1937.
He travelled to London and attended the ceremony in Westminster
Abbey.
Shortly after his return home, he was finally allowed to go to
the University of Toronto. He graduated in law, which was an
undergraduate degree at the time, and served as assistant sports
editor of The Varsity, the school paper. During that time, he
also wrote a column on college sports for The Globe and Mail.
He was in the officer's training plan and joined the army in
1941. He trained in Canada with the signals corps, went to England
and landed in France soon after D-Day.
His unit, the South Saskatchewan Regiment, fought in France,
Holland and Germany. After the war, he stayed on as a broadcaster
to work for the army's radio station and to transmit on British
Broadcasting Corporation wavelengths. He didn't leave England
until late 1946, long after most Canadians had gone home.
By then, most of his fellow law graduates were well along in
their careers, so he decided to take a teacher's certificate.
He taught for three months at Danforth Technical School in Toronto
before taking his first permanent job in radio at CHUM. One
of his fellow announcers was Monty Hall, who went on to be the
host of the long-running U.S. television game show, Let's Make
a Deal. Mr.
SMITH worked at CHUM for a little more than a
year before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. At
first, he did mundane jobs, such as being the booth announcer,
reading out such things as the call letters, station breaks and
shorter newscasts.
He got a break when it turned out the morning man had trouble
getting up on time. On July 19, 1948, Bruce
SMITH became the
new morning man and quickly made the program his own. "I even
picked a Toronto hit parade to play every Friday. There was really
no hit parade in 1950."
Bruce SMITH's morning show was known as Toast and Jamboree, and
no other Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio program in Toronto
had more listeners. It even outperformed such U. S imports broadcast
by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as Don McNeil's Breakfast
Club, which ran at 9 a.m., and
Ma Perkins, a popular daily soap
opera.
Toast and Jamboree made him a household name in Southern Ontario.
Despite that, he remained a modest man and was never a prima
donna. People who worked with him recall him as being as friendly
in person as he was on the air.
"I was a starry-eyed kid and didn't know what Bruce looked like,
though I knew his voice," recalled traffic reporter, Jim
CURRAN,
of his first day at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "When
he said 'Welcome, Jim,' his voice had the same warmth as it did
on the radio."
After 23 years doing the morning program, Bruce
SMITH was edged
out in favour of a younger man, Alex
TREBEK, who went on to become
the host of Jeopardy, another U.S. game show. In news reports
at the time, Mr.
SMITH put on a brave face and said how getting
up that early wasn't natural, but his colleagues believe he would
much rather have kept working the morning shift.
After that, he worked on an afternoon program called The Bruce
Smith Show. One of his habits before going to work was to head
down to the harbour and check out which ships were in. Later,
he became president of the Toronto Marine Historical Society.
Mary McFAYDEN was a producer of his afternoon program for two
years. She recalled that on September 2, 1977, they were broadcasting
live from the Canadian National Exhibition when a plane practising
for the air show suddenly crashed into Lake Ontario. It was a
Second World War Fairey Firefly and the pilot was killed. Until
that moment, the program offered interviews, live music and other
light fare, and then the veteran Mr.
SMITH swung into action.
"He showed all his skills as a broadcaster, switching from covering
a fair to covering a plane crash. We didn't know much, but he
was able to cover it and change the tone without missing a beat,"
recalled Ms.
McFAYDEN.
In 1978, Mr.
SMITH decided to retire before someone at the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation decided he needed a push. "He didn't
want someone coming and telling him it was time to go," said
his son, Kim. "He left at the top."
Bruce SMITH was not yet 60 when he left broadcasting. He never
went back to it -- even part-time. Instead, he developed a number
of sidelines during 28 years of retirement. He became part owner
of a curling club, which he ran as well as competing there, and
followed his interest in shipping by taking trips as a passenger
on lakers that plied the Great Lakes.
He and his wife, Beth, travelled frequently until she became
ill. For 10 years, he devoted himself to taking care of her.
Bruce Arnold
SMITH was born on August 22, 1919. He died on December 26,
2006, in Hamilton, Ontario He was 87. Mr.
SMITH suffered from
a rare type of blood cancer and had been ill for only a few weeks.
He is survived by his four children, Kim, Cam, Kirk and Ann Elise.
His wife, Beth, died in 1999.
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TEMPLETON,
Edna M.J.,
Passed away October 27, 2007 following an 8-month battle with
breast cancer. She died peacefully and without any pain at home
in Thornhill with family, just one month before her 69th birthday.
Edna, mother of Karen and Ivan and spouse of Frank
BUNN, was
a mathematician, computer programmer and scientist, an avid gardener
and energetic tennis player whose warm and caring nature touched
everyone she met. She enjoyed challenges and learning new skills
- whether building electronics and furniture, windsurfing, Scuba
diving, sewing clothes, landscaping, or (somewhat more reluctantly)
house restoration. We will miss the long walks, bicycle rides,
hiking, skiing, swimming, dinners with family and Friends, and
quiet talks. Edna will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Family and Friends are invited to join us in a celebration of
her life at the memorial gathering at Heintzman House in Thornhill,
135 Bay Thorn Drive, Saturday November 3rd from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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PERRY,
Charles
G.
Peacefully at home, with family at his side, Charlie ('Chas')
left to join his beloved wife, Mary Jane, who left exactly four
years earlier. Charlie's positive, love-of-life spirit will live
on with his children, Janet and Doug (& Lesley), Grandchildren,
Tommy and Robyn, Siblings, Norma
ORGILL (& Herb/ Bobcaygeon,)
Joyce TEMPLETON (& Brian/ Midland,) Peter
PERRY (& Judy/ Collingwood.)
Charlie was genuine, friendly and welcoming to all. He was forever
loyal and giving in every way: to his wife and family, to his
country (World War 2 Veteran), in his successful business life
and his volunteering (eg. Red Cross), to the countless charities
he supported, and to the many great Friends he met while living
across Canada, the country he loved. Trust and integrity were
his foundation, fun and life experiences with his family and
Friends were his great pleasures. His optimism and determination
in his battle with cancer was truly inspirational and he was
able to make others around him smile and laugh in even the most
difficult times. A tremendously successful and meaningful life
lived. A memorial service for family and Friends will be held
on Sat., December 15th at 10: 30 a.m. at Leaside United Church
(822 Millwood Rd. Toronto) followed by a reception. Visitation
will be held at Bedford Funeral Home (159 Eglinton Ave West)
Fri., December 14, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. If desired, donations
could be made to Lung Cancer Canada (416.785.3439 or 1.888.445.4403)
or, in view of the time of year and in keeping with Charlie's
concern for those less fortunate, the Daily Bread Food Bank (416.203.0050).
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QUESNELLE,
Amy
Catherine (née
TEMPLIN)
Passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of her family
on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Lisaard House, Cambridge at the
age of 41.
Beloved wife of John
QUESNELLE; loving mother of Matthew, Scott
and Sydney. Dear daughter of Elizabeth (née
MORRISON)
TEMPLIN
of Kitchener and her late husband Peter and daughter-in-law of
Bernard and Helen
QUESNELLE of Sudbury. Dear sister of John Templin
of Whitby, Martha and her husband Stephen
WENN of Waterloo, Sarah
and her husband Stephen
QUANZ, of Kitchener, Jane and her husband
David ALBERS of Calgary, brother-in-law, Peter
QUESNELLE and
wife Linda of Waterloo, sisters-in-law Rita
WILSON and Susan
QUESNELLE of Calgary and Cathy
QUESNELLE of Halifax. Amy will
be fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by her brother Timothy (1956), sister-in-law Mary
BARK-
TEMPLIN (1991,) brother-in-law Doug
WILSON (2006,) and sister-in-law
Lee TEMPLIN (2007.)
Amy was employed by Bell Canada for many years but still had
plenty of time for her real passion which was her children. She
also found time to tend to her gardens, work on her scrapbooks,
and play the occasional round of golf.
Amy's family will receive relatives and Friends on Friday from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick
Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467 and
on Saturday from 10-10: 45 a.m.
at Parkminster United Church, 275 Erb St. E., Waterloo. A celebration
of Amy's life will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 27,
2007 at Parkminster United Church, Rev. Keith
HAGERMAN officiating.
Cremation has taken place. Internment will take place in the
family plot at Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus.
In Amy's memory, donations may be made to the family trust fund
or Lisaard House. Please call the funeral home for details.
The family would like to express their gratitude for the overwhelming
support and assistance from family, Friends, relatives, and strangers
over the past three years. Special thanks to the Dr.'s and staff
at the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre, Community Care Access
Centre in-home care staff, and the staff at Lisaard House.
Visit www.henrywalser.com for Amy's memorial.
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