WYATT o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-06 published
CAMPBELL,
Jean
At Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, on Friday January 5th,
2007 Jean CAMPBELL of Mount Brydges in her 86th year. Beloved wife
of the late Graham
CAMPBELL (1985.) Dear mother of Blair and
Anne CAMPBELL of Mount Brydges. Grandmother of Krista of Mount Brydges
and Angela of Chatham. Sadly missed by sister Jessie
NOBLE of
Middlesex Centre and sister-in-law Marjory
WYATT of London. Also
survived by several nieces, nephews and Friends. Friends may
call at the Elliott-Madill Funeral Home, Mount Brydges on Monday
January 8th from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. An Eastern Star service will
be held at 6: 30 p.m. Monday evening. Funeral service to follow
on Tuesday January 9th from the funeral home commencing at 11 a.m.
Rev. Kathy
FRASER officiating. Interment of ashes Poplar Hill
Cemetery at a later date. Donations to the Strathroy Middlesex
General Hospital Foundation-Computed Tomography Scan or charity
of ones choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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WYATT o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-13 published
JOHNSTON,
William "
Bill"
C.
A resident of Chatham, William "Bill" C.
JOHNSTON died at his
residence on Monday, January 12, 2007 at the age of 84. Born
in Aldborough Township,
son of the late George O. and Mary Bell
(MacPHERSON)
JOHNSTON.
Beloved husband of Teresa "Terry"
(ASHTON)
JOHNSTON for nearly 63 years. Loving father of Linda and James
HENDERSON of Tilbury, Larry and Marilyn
JOHNSTON of Kingston
and Mary Lee
JOHNSTON of Vancouver, British Columbia. Grandfather
of Adriane and Matthew
WAGNER,
Erica and Ben
HAZZARD, Scott
JOHNSTON
and Chantelle
JOHNSTON.
Great-grandfather of Miriam, Naomi and
Phoebe WAGNER,
Emma
HARPELL and "soon to be" Baby Hazzard. Brother
of Ada WYATT of Strathroy, Glenn and Nancy
JOHNSTON of Keene
and predeceased by Arthur, Harold, Donald, Ralph and Hector
JOHNSTON.
Bill retired from Ministry of Transportation of Ontario as a
driver examiner in 1986. He was a member of Royal Canadian Legion
Branch #628, Sprucedale United Church, White Cane Club and Senior
Centres in both Dresden and Chatham. He enjoyed volunteering
at Thamesview Lodge for many years. He was an avid fisherman
and enjoyed spending time at the family cottage at Colpoy's Bay,
Ontario. He and Terry wintered in Texas with their recreational
vehicle for several years following retirement. His cooking prowess
centred around "Bill's Dills", chilli sauce and baked beans.
Family will receive Friends at the McKinlay Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair
Street, Chatham on Monday afternoon from 2: 00-4:30 p.m. Service
at 11: 00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 from the Funeral Home
with Pastor Pat Milliken of Sprucedale United Church officiating.
Interment of cremated remains in Aylmer at a later date. Donations,
made by cheque, to Outreach for Hunger, Diabetes Association
or Cancer Society appreciated. Online condolences may be left
at www.mckinlayfuneralhome.com
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WYATT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-01 published
WYATT,
Ronald
Arthur
WYATT,
Ronald
Arthur passed away peacefully at North York General
Hospital on Wednesday May 30, 2007 in his 81st year. Born August
16, 1926 and raised on a farm near Drayton by his Aunt Margaret
and Uncle Joseph
WALLACE. A teacher and principal in the Guelph,
Welland and York County Areas, and later office manager for Canadian
Indemnity Insurance Co. Toronto. He bought a small insurance
agency and expanded it to Wyatt International Insurance Inc.
with offices in Canada, U.S. and Britain. Specialized in aviation
insurance including gliders and had many Canadian Flying Farmer
clients. Was an a active member of International Flying Farmers
and enjoyed flying his plane. Talented musician who often played
his guitar and sang at parties, conventions, and cornroasts.
He began his musical career on CKNX Wingham when he was just
a teen. Was a member of the United Church Choir in Zephyr prior
to moving back to Willowdale. Enjoyed farming in Zephyr. Loved
raising his Appaloosa Horses and riding with the Zephyr Squires'
Club. Dearly missed by his wife of 59 years Mary and his dear
children Mary Ellen and her husband Gary
JONAS and son Bob
WYATT
and friend Joanne. Also dearly missed by granddaughter Shannon
and her husband Billy
JONAS and great-granddaughter Jaidyn and
granddaughter Julie and her husband Travis
POZZEBON as well as
grandchildren Jerry, Marianne and friend O'Neil, Chris, Sarah
and greatgrandchildren Hannah, Sebastian, Alana and Kayla. Mourned
by sisters-in-law Roberta and her husband Jim
WISE also Audrey
and her husband Larry
LONG.
Uncle to Dan
WISE, his wife
Frances
and daughter Isabelle, nieces Stacey
LONG, her husband Sean and
son Heath, Amy
LONG and T.J.
DAWE.
Friends may call on Friday,
June 1, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home
(6150 Yonge Street, at Goulding, south of Steeles). A Funeral
Service will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 1 p.m. in the
Chapel. Reception to follow at R.S. Kane. Interment at York Cemetery.
Condolences www.rskane.ca. R.S. Kane 416-221-1159
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WYATT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-15 published
Ron WYATT:
Pilot,
Farmer and
Insurance
Agent
He didn't just become a pilot - he covered them
By F.F. LANGAN,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S9
Ron WYATT turned two of his hobbies into a lucrative business.
A private pilot and weekend farmer, he joined the Flying Farmers,
a club made up of full- and part-time farmers who flew their
small planes from private farm landing strips and other small
airfields across the country. Soon, he wasn't just flying with
them - he was covering them through his small insurance agency,
which expanded into aviation almost exclusively.
The Flying Farmers first got off the ground in the United States
in 1945, but the idea soon spread north - the Saskatchewan chapter,
for example, was started in 1955 when an American member on his
way home from a fishing trip stopped to refuel in Estevan, Saskatchewan.,
and started chatting with the locals.
The
Ontario club was started in 1963 by Peter
IRWIN, an Air Canada
pilot with a farm just north of Toronto's airport. That year,
there were 50 members. Mr.
WYATT, who flew a two-seater Piper
Tri-Pacer, soon joined.
He set to work remedying one of the problems with private aviation
at the time: finding insurance.
"Back then, insurance wasn't mandatory as is today, but it was
more expensive if it was outside a group plan," said Barbara
CARROLL, who is the current president of Ontario Flying Farmers
and worked for Mr.
WYATT's company for many years.
"It also had to be a pretty specific policy," she said. "It covered
people with private planes who kept their aircraft on their own
property, in most cases, and flew from grass strips often to
larger airstrips. For example, my husband John flew his Aeronca
Champ from our grass strip to LaGuardia in New York."
The group policy Mr.
WYATT came up with saved the pilots at least
25 per cent. It kept the Flying Farmers covered and happy, and
also propelled his business into other aviation ventures. For
instance, he had a chance encounter with someone from the Soaring
Society of America and was soon insuring gliders and their pilots.
Insuring pilots and planes was a complicated business, Ms.
CARROLL
explained. Each state had its own insurance regulations, so Wyatt
International Insurance Inc. had to register in each of the states
where it did business. For a while, Mr.
WYATT had an office in
Britain, but he found it was a stretch.
He upgraded his own plane and bought a Cessna Cardinal, a more
powerful version of the popular Cessna 172, a four-seater, single-engine
aircraft. During trips to visit clients in the United States,
he took rides in gliders, although he never owned one.
"Have you ever been up in a glider? It's the most wonderful feeling,"
said Mary WYATT, who flew with her husband and accompanied him
on many of his trips. Mr.
WYATT sold insurance to almost 3,000 North
American glider owners before selling that part of his business
to a U.S. company in 1990.
The Flying Farmers business eventually dropped off. At its peak
in the early 1970s, there were more than 700 members of the Ontario
chapter, representing about 350 planes. Today there are just
128 members, with as few as 20 planes.
"Young people just aren't into flying the way their parents were,"
Ms. CARROLL said.
Ronald WYATT was born in Toronto in 1926. His parents, both from
England, were in bad financial shape and left their son with
a babysitter. When she died, he went to her sister, Margaret
WALLACE, and her husband Joe, who lived on a farm near Drayton,
100 kilometres west of the city.
Mr. WALLACE died when Ron was 12, and he and the woman he called
his aunt moved into town. After high school, Ron went to teacher's
college and started working at a small school near Drayton.
He continued teaching in other public schools and became principal
at Quaker Road Public School, near Welland, Ontario But he wanted
to make more money, so he took a job as office manager for the
Canadian Indemnity Insurance Co., in downtown Toronto.
Mr. WYATT rose to manager of personnel before buying a small
general-insurance agency of his own in the late 1950s. He ran
the firm from an office in Willowdale. In 1972, he bought a farm
in Zephyr, north of the city, and commuted to work. He later
moved his office to the farmhouse.
On his farm, he raised Appaloosa horses and rode with the Zephyr
Squires Club. He played the guitar, sang and performed with musical
groups, and was in the choir at the local United Church.
Ronald Arthur
WYATT was born in Toronto on August 12, 1926. He
died of a heart attack on May 30, 2007. He was 80. He is survived
by his wife, Mary, his daughter Mary Ellen and son Bob.
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WYATT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-24 published
WYATT,
Mabel
Lydia (née
ZURBRIGG)
After the recent celebration of her 90th birthday, Mabel, loving
wife and mother, cherished grandmother, aunt, friend, and beloved
member of St. Andrews United Church, passed away on November 23,
2007, surrounded by her family. A graduate of Macdonald Institute
(University of Guelph), predeceased by her husband Sam, Mabel
leaves her children Peter (Joan), Bill (Cheryl), Mike (Penny),
John (Heather), Mary (Lorne), and Sarah (Gary), 18 grandchildren
and 6 great-grandchildren. Mabel is survived by her brother Gordon
ZURBRIGG and predeceased by siblings Gertrude, Frank, Leroy and
Lloyd, and parents Henry (Harry) and Mabel
ZURBRIGG.
The McCleister
Funeral Home, Brantford, will be handling the funeral arrangements
(519) 758-1553; mccleisterfuneralhome@rogers.com. In lieu of
flowers, donations to St. Andrew's United Church Building Fund
would be appreciated.
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