WONG o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-06-11 published
BARTMAN,
William "
Bill"
Passed away peacefully at Walkerton Hospital on Friday, June 8,
2007. Bill
BARTMAN of Carlsruhe in his 71st year.
son of the
late Milton
BARTMAN and Eleanor
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT.
Husband of Florence.
Father of Doug (Ruthann) of Durham, Emily
WONG (partner Frank
PATINO) of Toronto and Carol (Guy)
ALEXANDER of Deer Lake, Newfoundland.
Grandfather of Sandra, Victoria, Christina, Laura, Elizabeth,
Melissa and Joseph. Step-grandfather of Shawn and Dereck. Step-great-grandfather
of Chad and Bailey. Brother of Helen
HARRON of Hanover and Lenore
(Charlie) HUNTER of Durham. Predeceased by daughter Pauline
WAECHTER,
grand_son Ryan
BARTMAN and brother Gordon
BARTMAN.
Cremation.
A graveside service will be held at Hanover Cemetery at a later
date. Memorial donations to the Kidney Foundation or the Children's
Wish Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements
entrusted to Grey Bruce Cremation and Burial Services 519-371-8507.
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WONG o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-08-29 published
HOLMES,
Shirley
The family of the late Shirley
HOLMES expresses their sincere
thanks to the neighbours for their kind visits to the hospital
and home during Shirley's battle with cancer. Our gratitude also
for food brought in during times throughout her illness, and
for the floral tributes, memorial donations and expressions of
sympathy at the time of her passing. Thank you to Doctor
WONG and
the nursing staff of Meaford Hospital and
to Doctor QAWI and the
oncology staff at the Owen Sound Hospital for their care and
compassion. Thanks also to the staff of the Ferguson Funeral
Home for their guidance in a time of need and
to Reverend Steve
WEBB for his visits at the hospital and the house throughout
Shirley's illness and for his words of comfort at the funeral
service. To the ladies of Knox Presbyterian Church for the luncheon
and to the Victorian Order of Nurses and Homemakers involved
in Shirley's care - we express our gratitude for a job well done
by all! Thank you, Ivan
HOLMES and family
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WONG o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-06 published
WONG,
Lynn
Elizabeth (née
MATTHEWS)
(May 6, 1946-January 2, 2007)
With deep regret, we announce the sudden passing of mother, sister,
and wife Lynn
Elizabeth
WONG.
Lovingly remembered by son and
daughter Tim and Dana; sister Jeannie; and husband Garry. Lynn
finally rests in the arms of her parents, Pete and Jessie
MATTHEWS.
Lynn was a giving and caring friend to all who crossed her path
and will forever be remembered for her animated charisma and
zest for life. The family wishes to thank the staff at Whistler
Medical Clinic and Vancouver General Hospital Cardiac Care Unit
for their kindness and support over the past week. In lieu of
flowers, donations can be sent to the Whistler Health Care Foundation,
4380 Lorimer Road., Whistler, British Columbia V0N 1B4. A celebration
of life will born Eng held on Monday, January 8 at 2: 00 p.m. at the
Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club (Fir and 16th Ave). Condolences
may be offered to the family @ http://www.Kearneyfs.com
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WONG o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-25 published
KROPP,
Lilia "
Lee"
Violetta
Breglia
Passed away peacefully at the Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga
on Monday, July 23, 2007 at the age of 86. Beloved wife of the
late Norbert. Loving mother of Richard and his wife Stephanie,
Marissa and her husband Brent
IMLACH, and Marina and her husband
Kevin DUNAL.
Affectionately "
Nana" to Sebastian, Remington, Emerson,
Brittany, Liam, and Kara. Mom will be remembered as Dad's forever
"Lipinski", a one-of-a-kind Mom, and a loving and proud Nana.
Mom cherished Family, Home, the Chalet, and the celebration of
food. She was a longtime volunteer to the hospital, the church,
and the Lion's Club. A unique collector, she was a woman of style
and flair, forever a fashion plate right up to the last outfit.
A heartfelt thank you to Holly and Mark. We are forever grateful
to Alice and Arthur. Special thanks to Doctor Michael
WONG, the
nurses and staff at Kings Garden for their exceptional care.
Friends may call at the Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario
St. (Hwy 10, North of Queen Elizabeth Way) on Thursday from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held at Saint Dominic's Church, 625 Atwater
Ave., Mississauga on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 10: 00 a.m., followed
by a celebration of Lee's life at The Boulevard Club. Private
interment Mount Hope Cemetery. If desired, memorial donations
may be made to the Trillium Health Centre Foundation or to the
Canadian Diabetes Association.
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WONG o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-08 published
At least nine drown over civic holiday weekend
By Geoff NIXON,
Page A5
The long, hot days of summer see more people hitting lakes, pools
and rivers, and subsequently more drownings, often in accidents
that could have been prevented.
Over the civic holiday weekend alone, at least nine people drowned
nationwide.
"Unfortunately, I'm not surprised," Barbara Byers, public education
director of the Lifesaving Society, said of the number of weekend
drowning deaths.
"What's sad about it, is that most of these are preventable and
that many people just don't realize the risks and aren't quite
aware of what they can do to reduce the chances of drowning,"
she said.
The weekend deaths include two young girls and seven adult men
who drowned in separate incidents:
On Saturday, a three-year-old girl drowned in an inflatable pool
in her backyard in Stoney Creek, Ontario, near Hamilton, in the
early evening.
Earlier that same day, 56-year-old Bernard Morneau of Victoria
was found unconscious on the banks of the Athabasca River after
his canoe overturned. A 24-year-old Hamilton man also died early
Saturday after jumping into a closed swimming pool at a motel
in Sauble Beach, Ontario Police said Bruno
LARANJEIRO, who was
in the pool with several people, didn't know how to swim.
On Sunday, a 39-year-old man drowned after falling off a log
in a provincial park near Chilliwack, B.C.
On Monday, a five-year-old girl from Hamilton drowned at a conservation
area swimming pool in Dunnville, Ontario, during a church picnic.
There were two other deaths the same day in Ontario: A man drowned
in Musselman Lake just north of Stouffville, Ontario, and 19-year-old
Lucas TINSLEY drowned at a provincial park northeast of Lake
Simcoe.
The body of Calgary's Scott Grimes, 26, was found in Alberta's
Clearwater River on Monday. He was last seen on July 29 when
he was swept away from a group of fellow swimmers.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police suspect alcohol was a factor in
the feared drowning of a 19-year-old man in a provincial park
near Moose Jaw in the early hours of yesterday morning. The man
had been swimming with a group of young people when he apparently
got pulled into the current, police said. He has not been seen
since.
The body of 55-year-old Tony
WONG was pulled from Chemong Lake
near Peterborough, Ontario, yesterday by police divers. He had
been fishing with his family Monday and went into the water without
a lifejacket.
For children's water safety, Ms. Byers said it is important for
them to learn swimming skills, but they also need to be closely
supervised.
Ms. Byers added that a drowning can occur without drawing a lot
of attention from nearby swimmers, and can happen much more quickly
than some would think.
"Parents don't realize how quickly a person can drown, how quiet
it is," she said. "Unlike what we may have seen from old movies
where people are waving their arms and screaming… that's not
what happens.
"Most people, you don't hear anything," she said. "They just
get a gulp of water, another gulp of water and then it's over
in 30 seconds."
And parents can be vulnerable too: In the two weeks before the
holiday weekend, two fathers were killed in tragic accidents
while trying to save their children from drowning.
On August 1, a 44-year-old Quebec man drowned while saving his
teenage son from undercurrents at Cavendish Beach National Park
in Prince Edward Island. In a similar incident only days before,
a 47-year-old father of three from Vancouver drowned while trying
to save his 10-year-old son who ran into trouble while swimming
in Lake Superior.
In both cases, the children survived but their fathers died.
In general, Ms. Byers said, of the few hundred drowning cases
that happen each summer, many can be prevented by people taking
better stock of their surroundings: The danger comes when people
ignore the risks of their swimming environments or overestimate
their swimming abilities.
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WONG o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-19 published
Former councillor remembered as a trailblazer
By James RUSK,
Page
A13
Former
Toronto councillor Ying
HOPE, the first Chinese-Canadian
to be elected to the Toronto School Board and to city council,
has been remembered as a trailblazing politician who left behind,
in the words of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, "a wonderful legacy
of service."
The Prime Minister's words were read at Friday's funeral for
Mr. HOPE, who died last week at age 84. They also lauded Mr.
HOPE
for his "determined effort" to seek redress for the head tax
once imposed on Chinese immigrants and for the exclusionary laws
that prevented them from voting. These efforts by Mr.
HOPE and
other Chinese leaders were rewarded last year when the government
apologized for a half-century of mistreatment of Chinese-Canadians.
But it was his two-decade career in city politics where Mr.
HOPE,
who grew up as one of eight children in the family of a tailor
in Victoria, made his mark.
An engineer who had worked on the Avro Arrow and on the Dew Line,
Mr. HOPE was first elected to the school board in 1964, made
chair of the board in 1967, and won a seat on city council in
1969 as part of the Civic Action Group that included future mayors
David Crombie and Art Eggleton.
A Progressive Conservative, who remained active in the party
until he died, Mr.
HOPE ran provincially in 1967 and federally
in 1984.
He lost his council seat in 1985, won it back in a 1987 by-election,
but his career as an elected official ended in 1988 when he lost
his seat in that year's vote.
Until Mr. HOPE's election, the Chinese immigrant community had
not played a direct role in electoral politics in the city, as
Chinese families, traditionally leery of politics, preferred
to handle political problems through intermediaries such as Bill
Wen Sr., the owner of Sai Woo Restaurant.
Mr. HOPE's election led the way for Chinese-Canadians into the
mainstream of civic politics, where he was followed by councillors
like Gordon Chong and Denzil
MINNAN-
WONG.
"I agree with the view that Ying
HOPE was a pioneer. He was one
of the early politicians of Chinese descent who played politics
the way it always has been played with less reliance on a totally
Chinese base," said Susan ENG, former chair of the Police Service
Board.
Former
Toronto mayor John
SEWELL, who was a rookie councillor
with Mr. HOPE in Toronto in 1969, said that he was "somebody
I would call a moderate. He was not a vote reformers could count
on, but he was not part of the developer group headed by Fred
Beavis."
Mr. SEWELL described Mr.
HOPE's election in a ward that included
traditionally Anglo areas of the city such as the Annex as a
breakthrough in city politics. Mr.
HOPE did not win simply with
a big block of Chinese votes at his back.
"What was interesting was that he was not elected from the Chinese
part of the city, and was not referred to as an ethnic candidate.
… No one had a feeling that he was beholden anyone, and so he
was allowed to act as a normal politician," Mr.
SEWELL said.
"He was remarkable in his time. Ying
HOPE was one of those people
who established a beachhead," said Mr.
MINNAN-
WONG, who, like
Mr. HOPE and Mr.
CHONG, has been elected to council from wards
that do not have large Chinese-Canadian populations.
"Both Gordon and I weren't running as 'Chinese' candidates. We
were running as mainstream Canadians who had Chinese names,"
Mr. MINNAN-
WONG said.
Mr. MINNAN-
WONG, who represents Don Mills in council, said that
circumstances have changed since Mr.
HOPE was the pioneer.
"My father ran for council in 1976, and he wasn't successful.
Back then, it wasn't easy to run with a double-barrelled Chinese
name like MINNAN-
WONG in an exceedingly suburban area that didn't
have the same concentration of immigrant population you have
now," said Mr.
MINNAN-
WONG.
Don Mills now has enough immigrants that its population is similar
to rest of Toronto, and acceptance of multiculturalism makes
its easier for him to run.
Even so, Mr.
MINNAN-
WONG noted, in general, the Chinese community
is primarily interested in business, reluctant to participate
in politics, and despite Mr.
HOPE's example, still under-represented
at elected levels relative to its share of the population.
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