ZOEREN
ZOIS
ZOMERFELT
ZON
ZORKIN
ZORZI
ZOEREN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-04 published
RICE,
John
At Fiddick's Nursing Home, Petrolia, on Wednesday, January 3,
2007. John
RICE, 92 years, formerly of Wyoming. Loving father
of Dan and Sue
RICE of Wyoming. Loved grandfather to Christina
and Dave FEENSTRA,
Derek and Kerry
RICE, Lindsey and Jace
McCAHILL
and 7 great-grandchildren. John was predeceased by his sisters
Edith CORBETT, Lillian
MONTGOMERY, Frances
HAY, Ruth
ROBERTS,
and Laura RICE and his brothers Edward
RICE and Lloyd
RICE.
John
served his country in World War 2 with the Fourth Field Regiment,
26th Battery and later was the Wyoming Postmaster for 31 years.
He was also a life member of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 388,
a member of Burns Masonic Lodge #153 and a former district deputy,
and was a former member of the Wyoming Lions Club. Visitors will
be received on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wyoming Chapel,
Broadway Street, Wyoming, where the funeral service will be held
on Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 11: 00 a.m. Rev. Ena
VAN
ZOEREN
officiating. Interment in Wyoming Cemetery. The Royal Canadian
Legion Br. 388 will hold a memorial service Friday at 6: 30 p.m.
and Burns Masonic Lodge #388 will hold a memorial service Friday
at 7 p.m. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may
be made by cheque to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
or Canadian National Institute for the Blind Memories and condolences
may be sent on-line at www.needhamjay.com.
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ZOIS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-12-28 published
Common-law spouse faces charges in slayings Headline
By Canadian Press, Fri., December 28, 2007
Toronto -- Police say a 27-year-old man will face four charges
following the deaths of a woman and a boy in a west-end Toronto
apartment.
Police say a 22-year-old woman, identified as Iliada
ZOIS, and
a 14-year-old boy were slain in a high-rise apartment, raising
Toronto's 2007 murder count to 84 -- five short of the city's
1991 record.
Sgt. Gary GRINTON said the suspect, in hospital with stab wounds
to his stomach area, called 911 to report the deaths at about
6 a.m.
Grinton said 27-year-old Nana
YAW will be charged with two counts
of second-degree murder and one count each of attempted murder
and forcible confinement once he is released from hospital.
GRINTON said the murder scene was "one of the more grisly" he
had ever seen.
He added that the suspect was the victim's common-law husband,
but did not indicate if or how either is related to the unidentified
teenage victim.
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ZOIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-28 published
Troubled relationship ends in tragedy
Domestic dispute on Christmas Day leaves two dead in Rexdale
apartment
By Kenyon WALLACE and Dakshana
BASCARAMURTY,
Page
A12
Iliada ZOIS dreamed of one day seeing her face on more than just
the cover of Wal-Mart Canada's World magazine.
The 22-year-old Toronto resident, who imagined becoming an actor
and model, instead spent her last few weeks working two full-time
retail jobs and confiding in co-workers and Friends about a difficult
five-year relationship with her boyfriend.
Ms. ZOIS and a 14-year-old boy were found dead in the woman's
Rexdale high-rise apartment after a Christmas Day domestic dispute
that turned violent, police said yesterday.
Detective
Sergeant
Gary
GRINTON of the Toronto police homicide
squad said the bodies of the two victims weren't discovered until
Wednesday night, when a 16-year-old man suffering from knife
wounds walked into the 23 Division police station just a few
blocks from the high-rise, and led officers to Apartment 217
at Beacon Hill Towers on 2737 Kipling Ave., just north of Finch
Avenue West.
"This was a domestic situation that went really bad," Det. Sgt.
GRINTON
said. "It was one of the nastier ones I've seen… in the 30 years
I've been on the job."
Yesterday, police arrested 27-year-old Nana
YAW, whom they identified
as Ms. ZOIS's common-law partner, and charged him with two counts
of second-degree murder. He was also charged with one count each
of attempted murder and forcible confinement.
Det. Sgt. GRINTON said Mr.
YAW called police from a phone booth
near Steeles and Kipling Avenues at about 6 a.m. yesterday and
turned himself in. The man underwent surgery for non-life-threatening
knife wounds at a Toronto hospital, but Det. Sgt.
GRINTON would
not say if they were related to the Christmas Day dispute. Police
said the two teens were relatives of Ms.
ZOIS.
It was no secret to Ms.
ZOIS's
Friends, co-workers and a neighbour
that the woman was in a troubled relationship.
"I knew she was having problems with her boyfriend but I had
no idea it was this bad," said a woman who worked with Ms.
ZOIS
at Fairview Mall's La Senza Girl, and asked that her name not
be used.
Darren CEDAR, a man who claims to have had a 10-year online Friendship
with Ms. ZOIS, said the woman told him she was scared of her
boyfriend and had recently been looking to move out of their
shared apartment.
Ingrid WILSON, whose apartment is on the same floor as Ms.
ZOIS's,
said she frequently encountered the couple in the hallway after
they moved in more than a year ago.
"They seemed okay together," she said. "No jealousy."
But recently it seemed trouble was brewing between them, she
said, adding that for two weeks she had heard yelling coming
from the apartment late at night and early in the morning.
"On the weekends I usually heard lots of fighting on that side.
Lots of noise - loud," Ms.
WILSON said.
Shiva TAGHANI, who had worked with Ms.
ZOIS at La Senza Girl
for more than four years, said the woman was "a very hard worker"
who spent 100 hours a week at two jobs. Ms.
ZOIS also worked
at a west-end Wal-Mart.
Ms. ZOIS's profile on the social-networking website Facebook
proudly displays a scan of herself on the cover of Wal-Mart Canada's
in-house magazine, as well as many self-taken glamour shots and
an application where other users can rate her "hotness."
"She always wanted to do more with her life and always wanted
to be famous," said Cheyenne
KIRBY, who attended Wilfrid Laurier
Collegiate Institute with Ms.
ZOIS. She said Ms.
ZOIS, who had
also studied child psychology at Centennial College, had dreamed
of becoming a model or an actress.
Yesterday afternoon, Toronto police officers guarded Ms.
ZOIS's
apartment, which was still a crime scene. With a box of latex
gloves and empty bags for evidence collection, they stationed
themselves in front of the door, which was stripped of paint
and had its peephole taped over.
Det. Sgt. GRINTON said Mr.
YAW's forcible-confinement charge
stems from the fact that the 16-year-old male who led police
to the crime scene was confined in the apartment and at another
undisclosed location. The man was treated for his wounds at a
Toronto hospital yesterday and released.
Mr. YAW is expected to appear in court today.
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ZOMERFELT o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-01-06 published
LAIRD,
Bernice
Valerie (née
ZOMERFELT)
Peacefully at Gateway Haven, Wiarton on Friday morning, January 5th,
2007 in her 88th year. Bernice
LAIRD (née
ZOMERFELT) beloved
wife of the late George
LAIRD.
Loving mother of Mary Jane
MONAHAN
and her husband John and Roberta
RYAN and her husband Doug. Loving
grandmother of Lori and Lisa
MONAHAN and Alicia and Chris
RYAN.
Special friend of Alvin
WARD and family. Bernice was born July 4th,
1919 in Duluth, Minnesota to parents John and Victoria
ZOMERFELT.
Predeceased by her older brother Walter and his wife Evelyn.
Beloved sister of Raymond
ZOMERFELT and his wife
Donna of Duluth,
Minnesota. Fondly remembered by many nieces, nephews, cousins
and Friends in the United States, and by nephew-in-law Lloyd
WAGNER and his wife
Alice of Owen Sound, and their family Robert
WAGNER and Andrea
LAING.
Bernice was a cheerful and familiar
face to the residents of the Bruce Peninsula and area, because
of her many years service in retail business and through her
volunteer work in the community. “The greatest reward for serving
others is the satisfaction found in your heart.” Friends may
call at the Thomas C. Whitcroft Funeral Home and Chapel, in Sauble
Beach, on Monday afternoon from 2: 00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
to 9: 00 p.m. A Rebekah service will be held Monday evening at
6: 45 p.m. A celebration of Bernice's life will be conducted from
the chapel at 2: 00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9th, 2006. As expressions
of sympathy, donations to Wiarton Hospital Auxiliary, Friends
of Gateway Haven, Frank St. Baptist Church, or Friends of the
Wiarton Library. Expressions of sympathy may be made at www.whitcroftfuneralhome.com
A crab apple tree will be planted at the funeral home in memory
of Bernice.
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ZON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-01 published
WILLIAMSON,
Carol
Ann, B.Sc.,
LLB
(May 14, 1938-November 22, 2007)
Carol's family is sad to announce her recent passing in Victoria,
British Columbia. Carol was raised in Edmonton. She was an intelligent
and independent woman who succeeded at many careers, including
florist and medical lab technician, prior to finding her calling
at law. As a lawyer, she worked for the Federal Department of
Justice in Edmonton, Winnipeg and Ottawa, as well as for Teleglobe
Canada, and in private practice in Kingston, Ontario. She excelled
at her career until her retirement to Westport, Ontario. in 1994.
Carol was predeceased in 2002 by her loving husband Col. Jim
FLEMING/FLEMMING with whom she enjoyed 20 years happiness. She was also
predeceased by her parents, Ruth and Harold (Jeff). Carol leaves
to cherish her memory her two daughters, Bev
WAHL
(Jim
HUCULAK,)
of Redcliff, Alberta, and Angelee
ZON
(Dwayne,) of Edmonton,
Alberta;
Six grandchildren; One sister, Barbara
FUDGE
(Ed) of
Courtenay,
British
Columbia; One brother, Stafford Glen
WILLIAMSON
(Maggie) of Phoenix, Arizona; And her stepmother Ruby
WILLIAMSON
of Summerland, British Columbia. A celebration of Carol's life
will be held in early January at Cobble Hill, British Columbia
with the date to be announced. Expressions of sympathy may be
forwarded through First Memorial Funeral Services, 4725 Falaise
Drive, Saanich, British Columbia. http://www.firstmemorial.ca/saa
nich/sn-condolences.html
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ZORKIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-11 published
ZORKIN,
Doctor
Mladen
Giunio
Passed away the evening of December 6th, 2007, peacefully in
his sleep at home at the age of 93. Mladen was born in Kotor,
Croatia April 20th, 1914, the
son of Silvester and Zorka, and
grew up in the Mediterranean town of Split. He was the older
of two sons. He preserved close ties with his beloved brother
Nenad for all of their lives. Mladen exceeded in his studies
and obtained a doctorate degree in Roman and Cannon Law at the
University of Zagreb, and then went on to practice law in his
father's firm until the onset of the Second World War. After
narrowly escaping from Croatia to Italy in 1943, Mladen supported
the allies in the intelligence community, traveling routinely
to London where he had the good fortune to meet his beautiful
wife to be, Joy. Immediately after the war, Mladen traveled to
North America at the invitation of the Honorable Paul Martin
(Senior) to undertake a series of lectures in Canada and the
U.S. senate. Joy visited Mladen in Canada a year later and soon
married in Victoria, British Columbia in 1947 to then settle
in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to start a new life and bring up
a family. He began his working career in Nanaimo with the real
estate and insurance firm, H.A. Robert's. Through hard work and
determination, the firm M.G. Zorkin and
Co Ltd was created, a company
that played a significant role in the development of Nanaimo
as we see it today. He was a visionary and always ahead of his
time. One of his business achievements was to build the first
shopping center on Vancouver Island, Terminal Park, which is
still operating 50 years later. Mladen was also active in the
community being involved with the Knights of Columbus and the
Knights of Malta, the Catholic church, and being President of
the Canadian Real Estate Board of Canada. Mladen never lost his
ties to Croatia and was very passionate about maintaining the
Croatian culture in North America, demonstrated through his involvement
with many cultural events and in providing leadership to the
Croatian Peasant Party for over forty years. Nonetheless, Nanaimo
became his home. His childhood love for the sea never faltered
as he enjoyed many years aboard his boat "the Dalmatian" cruising
the Gulf Islands with family and Friends. He is survived by his
loving wife of sixty years Joy, all of his children and their
spouses: Jana and Patrick, Deborah, Kristo and Melissa, Niko
and Robin; seven grandchildren, Bibijana (Kevin), Beau (Malena),
Alexander, Matthew, Nicole, Mackenzie and Dylan, and two great-grandchildren,
Dominic and Sophie. He lived his life to the fullest and made
life for those around him fun and exciting. He was well known
locally, nationally and internationally but will be missed most
by his Friends and family who were the most important to him.
Good bye Dad, you will be greatly missed. Mass Service will be
held at St. Peters Church, Nanaimo, on December 14th at 12 p.m.
Flowers gratefully declined, donations in memory of Mladen Giunio-Zorkin
may be made to St. Vincent de Paul, St. Peters Church, 301 Machleary
Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 2G8.
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ZORZI o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-12-18 published
WISMER,
Mardonna
Alberta (née
SYLVEST)
Surrounded by her loving family, at Grey Bruce Health Services,
Southampton, on Sunday December 16, 2007. Mardonna
WISMER (nee
SYLVEST) of Southampton in her 67th year. Beloved wife of Mickey
WISMER of Southampton. Proud mother of Anna and her husband Tom
ZORZI,
Miranda,
Cecilia and her husband Rob
COWLING all of Southampton
and Michael of London. Dear sister of Cecilia and her husband
Len JOHNSON of Meaford, Sylvia and her husband Jack
GREIG of
Owen Sound, Russell and his wife Betty of Shallow Lake, Larry
and his wife Florence of Wiarton, Adrian, Raymond and his wife
Bonnie, both of Owen Sound, Victor and his wife Freda of Shallow
Lake, Jim of Allenford and Brad of Tara. Sadly missed and fondly
remembered by her 8 grandchildren. Predeceased by her parents
Oakley and Florence
SYLVEST and her brother Rodney. Visitation
from the Eagleson Funeral Home Southampton, on Wednesday December 19,
2007, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Rites will be celebrated
in the Chapel of the Eagleson Funeral Home Southampton on Thursday
at 11 a.m. Father Peter
MEYER will officiate. Cremation. Interment
of Ashes St. Patrick's Cemetery, Southampton. In Lieu of Flowers,
Expressions of Remembrance to the Heart and Stroke Foundation,
the Canadian Cancer Society or to a Christmas Wish Program. Parish
Prayers will be offered at the Funeral Home Wednesday Evening
at 8: 30 p.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family through
www.eaglesonfuneralhome.com.
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