ALDEN
ALDER
ALDERSON
ALDERTON
ALDINGTON
ALDIS
ALDRED
ALDRIDGE
ALDWINCKLE
ALDEN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-16 published
McINTYRE,
Gwendolyn
Anne "
Gwen" (née
ROSS)
Of Saint Thomas, passed away Sunday, April 13th, 2008, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, in her 72nd year. Beloved wife of the late
Glynn Allan
McINTYRE and dearly loved mother of Myles and his
wife Toni
ROSS of Saint Thomas, Cindy and her companion Ron
ALDEN
of Saint Thomas, Dawn and her husband Jeffrey
TAILOR/TAYLOR of Pickering
and Wendi and her companion Barry
BOGART of Saint Thomas. Dear
sister of Carol
CHAPMAN of Thunder Bay, Cathy and husband Barry
WATMOUGH of British Columbia, Harley and his wife
Pauline
ROSS
of Ailsa Craig, Juantia and her husband Ralph
McLEOD of Ingersoll
and Veldora and her husband Jim
SCOTT of Parkhill. Loved grandmother
of Glynn "J.R."
McINTYRE,
Nicholas
ROSS, Alex
McINTYRE, Cole
ROSS,
Amanda and Victoria
TAILOR/TAYLOR. Also survived by a number of
nieces and nephews. Gwen was born in Springfield on August 13,
1936, the daughter of the late John and Hazel
(ION)
ROSS. A special
thank you to the many people who cared for Gwen during her illness.
A public Memorial service to celebrate Gwen's life will be held
at Komoka United Church, 110 Lawrence Street, Komoka on Saturday,
April 19th at 2: 00 p.m. Cremation has taken place. Remembrances
may be made to the charity of choice. Williams Funeral Home,
45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas in charge of arrangements.
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ALDER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-12 published
BENNET-
ALDER,
Noel
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing
from a heart attack of our dear husband and father on Monday,
7 April 2008, at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, in his 80th year.
son of the late Benjamin and Rachel (née
SMULLEN)
BENNET-
ALDER.
Beloved husband of Margaret Isabel (née
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART) for 45 years,
loving father of Alice, Brisbane, Australia; David, Toronto,
Peter, Niagara Falls; and Rachelle
FERGUSON (John), Auckland,
New Zealand. Loving grandfather of Aurora
BENNET-
ALDER, and Liam
FERGUSON.
Much loved brother of Tina
BRAUN, Oakville,
Ontario,
Leon BENNET-
ALDER, Tucson, Arizona and Adele
ALEXANDER, Royal
Oak, Michigan; loved uncle of many nieces and nephews.
A gifted, passionate teacher of both French and English as a
second language, he also served at the Ontario Ministry of Education
from 1964 to 1989.
He was a good friend to many, delighting them with his sense
of humour and encyclopedic knowledge.
Noël was a devotee of Sai Baba and had visited him several time
in India.
A Celebration of his life will take place at the York Chapel
and Reception Centre, 160 Beecroft Road, Toronto 416-221-3404
on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 11 a.m. Visitation will take place
in the chapel from 10 a.m. until service time.
In memory of Noel, donations may be made to Sunnybrook Health
Sciences Centre or to the Charity of your choice.
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ALDERSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-19 published
ALDERSON,
Jean
Iris (née
BETTERIDGE)
It is with sadness, that the family announces the passing, at
Victoria
Hospital,
London, of Jean Iris
ALDERSON of Kintore,
on Monday March 17, 2008 at the age of 78. Daughter of the late
Milton and Jean
(GREASON)
BETTERIDGE.
Beloved wife of Keith
ALDERSON
for nearly 56 yrs. Loving mother of Barbara (Dan)
IRVINE,
Judy
(D'Arcy) IRVINE and Joe
ALDERSON.
Sadly missed by her grandchildren
Chad, Dana, Candice, Nicholas, Curtis and Hilary. Dear sister
of Evonne, Kathryn, Nancy, Paul and the late Ralph
BETTERIDGE.
We remember Iris as a talented and enthusiastic musician, a hard
working member of her church and community and someone who loved
family, Friends and fun. Cremation has taken place. A memorial
service will be held at Chalmers United Church Kintore on Saturday
March 22, 2008 at 11 a.m. with Reverend Frank
STAPLES officiating.
Interment Kintore Cemetery at a later date. As an expression
of sympathy memorial donations may be given to Chalmers United
Church, Kintore or the Canadian Cancer Society. Harland B. Betzner
Funeral Home, Thamesford (519-285-2427) entrusted with arrangements.
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FOX-
TOPPING,
Helen
Doreen (née
FOX)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12: 01 a.m., at age 75 years and 7 months,
after battling cancer, a 'Great Lady' Helen Doreen
FOX, immediately
obtained her wings. Helen's son had promised her that he would
walk hand in hand with her to the gate when the time came, but
he would not be able to go through with her. He did just that.
When they reached the gate entrance there waiting was her cat
Barnaby with beautiful white wings with just a little black on
the tips. Her son watched as she and Barnaby entered through
the gate. As she did she turned ever so gracefully, displaying
the most beautiful and largest white wings, dressed in a long
flowing white gown and with silky long black hair blew him a
kiss. She had found happiness and peace at last. Helen was born
Saturday,
September 15, 1932 to Madeline Helen
ALDERSON and Vernon
Winfield FOX of Mount Brydges, where she grew up. For the past
48 years she has resided in London. Helen leaves behind a family
that loves her dearly. Husband Ken, son Larry (Wendy), and daughters
Heather, Robin (Robert), Wendy, and Gail. She is also survived
by six grandchildren Joshua, Scott, Tabitha, Courtney, Jonathan,
and Casey and one great-grand_son Jamie. Helen is pre-deceased
by her brother Billie (1936-1936); her mother Madeline (1906-1967),
her father Vern (1907-1971). The private family memorial was
held on Saturday, April 19th, 2008 at 11: 00 a.m. at the Elliott-Madill
Funeral Home on Adelaide Road in Mount Brydges. Cremation with
inurnment was at the Mount Brydges Cemetery. As an expression of
sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer
Society, The Salvation Army-London Food Bank or a charity of
your choice.
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ALDERSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-18 published
Fallen Canadian was a dedicated family man
By Caroline
ALPHONSO and Oliver
MOORE,
Page
A15
Toronto and Kandahar, Afghanistan -- A Canadian soldier killed
Sunday night on foot patrol in Afghanistan's volatile Panjwai
district was described yesterday as a man whose world consisted
of his two-year-old daughter, his wife, family and dogs.
Sergeant Jason
BOYES, 32, of Napanee, Ontario, was identified
by the Canadian Forces yesterday. He was a member of the 2nd Battalion,
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based out of Shilo,
Manitoba
Sgt. BOYES was killed by an explosive device around the village
of Zangabad, southwest of Kandahar City, while participating
in a joint Afghan-Canadian foot patrol.
In a statement, the
BOYES family said they were devastated by
the news. It was Sgt.
BOYES's third Afghan tour.
"Jason loved his job, he loved the military, and his fellow soldiers
loved him back. His world was his daughter, Mackenzie, his wife,
Alison, his dogs and his family," the statement read.
"We have always, and still do, support this mission."
Sgt. BOYES's nickname through high school was "Boysie." Craig
ALDERSON, principal at Napanee District Secondary School, said
yesterday that the young man played on the volleyball team and
basketball team, and was well liked by classmates. Mr.
ALDERSON
taught geography in the early 1990s, when Sgt.
BOYES attended
high school.
"He was a decent young man at that time, and obviously he led
a fairly distinguished life," Mr.
ALDERSON said.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dave Corbould, commander of the Patricias
battle group, said the fallen soldier had a "warrior spirit."
"He was a committed warrior, a leader through and through. He
was someone we can all emulate," he said.
Yesterday, all federal parties sent their condolences to the
family of Sgt.
BOYES.
Prime
Minister
Stephen Harper praised Sgt.
BOYES for being an
"exceptionally brave soldier" who deserved Canada's support and
gratitude.
"The mission is a difficult one, but we are committed to bringing
security and stability to this war-torn country so that future
generations may enjoy the benefits of a peaceful and democratic
society," Mr. Harper said in a statement.
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ALDERTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-17 published
ALDERTON,
Ernest
Frank
(Past Master of the Coronati Lodge; Lakeshore Shriners; Member
of the Canadian Aeronautical Association; Former Employee of
Sydney Steel; and Hawker Siddley
Passed away peacefully at the Toronto Grace Hospital on Monday,
May 12, 2008 at the age of 92. Beloved husband of 65 years to
the late Doris
BOGART.
Much loved father of Judy
KILPATRICK and
her late husband John, David
ALDERTON,
Dale
BIASON and her husband
Norm.
Loving grandfather of Libby
BRISTOW and her husband Tim,
Cristina, Norman, and Danny. Dear brother of Eileen
PUNNETT and
her late husband William, Marie
HOLLANDS and her late husband
Ronald. Uncle to many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at
the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas St. W. (between
Islington and Kipling Aves.) on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
Service to be held at St. George's on-the-Hill Church, 4600 Dundas
St. W. on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 10: 30 a.m. If desired, memorial
donations may be made to Alzheimer's Society or Canadian Cancer
Society.
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ALDINGTON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-14 published
CLARE,
Frances
(FLETCHER)
At Elmwood Place Long Term Care Facility, London on Saturday,
July 12, 2008, Frances
(FLETCHER)
CLARE in her 89th year. Loving
wife of the late Orren Carlyle "Bus"
CLARE (1995.) Adoring mother
of the late David
CLARE (1968.) Special sister to the late Joseph
FLETCHER. Survived by her siblings Ruby
HAINES,
George
FLETCHER
and Sylvia
FLETCHER.
Also loved by her nieces, nephews and cousins.
Frances will be missed by many Friends, especially Annie
ALDINGTON
and Rose McLEAN, as well as the residents, staff and the two
Shih Tzus: Angel and Joey at Elmwood Place. Cremation has taken
place. A Graveside service will be held on Wednesday, July 16,
2008 at 2: 00 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 303 Riverside Drive,
London (Please use the Oxford Street entrance), with Reverend
Teresa CORRIGAN officiating. As expressions of sympathy, donations
may be made to Church of the Epiphany - Memorial Fund, 11 Briscoe
Street, London, Ontario N6J 1L9. Funeral arrangements entrusted
to the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 519-433-5184.
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ALDIS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-06 published
ALDIS-
POLLOCK, Azelle Caroline (formerly
POLLOCK, née
SHETLER)
At Longworth Long-Term Care, London, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
in her 85th year. Beloved wife of the late A. Barclay
ALDIS (2007)
and the late N. Grant
POLLOCK (1974.) Loving mother of Joanne
POLLOCK of Sarnia; Jacqueline
SCRIMGEOUR
(Kim) of Mississauga
Joy DARLING
(Jim) of Exeter; Randall
POLLOCK (Judith) of Saint
John, New Brunswick. Dear stepmother of Penny
CROSSAN (Ken) of
Lobo Twp; Shelley
WILLIAMS (John) of Scarborough; John
ALDIS
of Las Vegas, Nevada. Loving grandmother of Darren
SCRIMGEOUR
(Deborah), Rachel
GRAAT (Jeremy), Sarah
DARLING (Tom
WOODLAND),
Rebecca DARLING
(Chris
KENNEDY,) Alyssa
HOWARD (Roger) and Megan
DARLING and her fiance Will
REMPEL,
Andrew
POLLOCK and David
POLLOCK.
Loving step-grandmother of Jennifer
CROSSAN (Jeff
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,)
Katie CROSSAN (Chris) Marcou, David
CROSSAN, Claire
WILLIAMS
and John WILLIAMS, Melanie
ALDIS, Andy
ALDIS, and Danny
ALDIS
(Carly). Dear great-grandmother of 10. Predeceased by sisters
Bernice HINCKE (2007,) Kathryn
NICOLSON (1998.) Dear sister of
Arthur SHETLER
(Dorothy) of Scarborough. Azelle was born in Semans,
Saskatchewan in 1923, daughter of Abraham P. and Irene
BULL)
SHETLER. In 1939, she moved with her family to Buffalo, New York,
where she graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School and
the Felt and Tarrant Comptometer School. In 1946, she married Grant
POLLOCK and moved to Parkhill, Ontario where she lived until
1979 when she married Barc
ALDIS and moved to London, Ontario.
Friends will be received by the family at the M. Box and son
Funeral Home, 183 Broad Street, Parkhill. Funeral Service will
be conducted on Friday, March 7th at 2: 00 p.m. Visitation 7-9 p.m.
Thursday.
Reverend
Karen
HINCKE, niece of Azelle will officiate.
Interment in Parkhill Cemetery. Donations to the North Middlesex
Community Medical Centre, the Canadian Mental Health Association
or the charity of choice would be appreciated by the family.
Share a memory or send condolences to www.boxfuneralhome.ca.
M. Box and son will plant a tree in memory of Mrs.
ALDIS
(POLLOCK.)
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ALDIS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-05-08 published
ACRES,
Jane
Mary
Died peacefully at her residence at London, Ontario, May 6, 2008,
after a decade-long courageous and tenacious fight against breast
cancer. Jane was the dearly beloved daughter of the late A. Dixon
and the late Janet Allan Nelson
ACRES, and deeply devoted sister
to Bill. Hers is eternal peace with her Lord. Jane is survived
by a huge number of family and Friends. She was a source of inspiration
and delight to all who knew her, as hers was a character impossible
not to love. She will be greatly missed by her cousins in the
Bargiel, King, Hayter, Acres, Guthrie, Tulloch, Nelson, Crichton,
Spiegelberg families, especially Mary
BARGIEL,
Scott, god-daughter
Katelyn, and Benjamin
SPIEGELBERG, and her loving cousin and
godmother Sylvia
BARGIEL, cousins Sandra and Duane
TULLOCH.
Also
will be missed by her dearly loved Friends and caregivers Jane
and Michael
DUNN for whom words alone cannot express thanks
her community at West Park led by Pastor Kevin
RUTLEDGE; the
"Divas" with whom she socialized until the very end; her devoted
Friends and family at Huron and King's University Colleges at
University of Western Ontario, especially the Rev. Fr. Michael
BECHARD, Joan
ALDIS, Marilynne
DAVIES, John
HENG, and Erin and
Andrew JARDINE.
Jane's life transcended denominations and groups:
her first goal was love. A memorial service with Anglican Rites
will be held at the Chapel, Windermere on the Mount, 1485 Richmond
Street, 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2008, celebrated by the Rt.
Rev. Robert
BENNETT,
Bishop of Norfolk, with Reverend Kevin
RUTLEDGE,
Rev. Fr. Michael
BECHARD, Rev. Canons Doctor Douglas
LEIGHTON and
William G.
CLIFF, following a private inurnment at Oakland Cemetery,
Delaware, Ontario in the family plot. Memorial donations are
requested in lieu of flowers to the Jane Acres Mature Student
Award, King's University College, The Jane Acres Bursary, The
Faculty of Theology, Huron University College, and the Canadian
Cancer Society. These can be made through London Cremation Services,
www.londoncremation.com Thanks beyond measure is owed to her
medical team, led by Doctor Ted
VANDENBERG,
Doctors
BALLINGALL and
REID, and
to Doctor Fred
SEXTON, at the London Regional Cancer Centre,
the wonderful Doctor Kate Delaney, to Doctor Nancy
BIEHME, her nursing
teams, and to the staff at London Regional Cancer Centre for
whom Jane felt great affection and unwavering respect, her loving
neighbours and dear Friends too numerous to mention.
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ALDRED o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-15 published
Toronto lawyer survived D-Day, defended Lord Haw-Haw in Old Bailey
Wounded during the Battle of Normandy, he was reassigned to defend
a Nazi broadcaster accused of treason. After returning to Canada,
he practised civil law for 60 years
By Gay ABBATE,
Page S8
Toronto -- It was April 3, 1943, and Stanley
BIGGS was on the
Queen Mary, the ship transporting him and other Canadian soldiers
across the Atlantic to fight the Nazis. As he passed the time
playing bridge, a familiar voice came across the shortwave radio,
announcing the imminent demise of the ship and everyone aboard.
"There are 5,000 Canadians aboard the Queen Mary hoping to reach
Southampton by sundown. There is no way this will happen. The
Messerschmitts are on the way."
The voice belonged to William Joyce, nicknamed "Lord Haw-Haw"
by the British. The American-born Joyce had moved to England
but fled to Germany just before the war. There, he became part
of the Nazi propaganda machine, broadcasting weekly to England
and Allied soldiers from 1939 to 1945. Joyce warned that German
fighter aircraft would destroy the ship, but it reached port
safely.
That was Mr.
BIGGS's first introduction to Lord Haw-Haw. Seventeen
months later, with Germany defeated, the two men sat just a few
feet apart in an Old Bailey courtroom in London. Mr. Joyce was
in the prisoner's box on trial for treason; Mr.
BIGGS, a trained
lawyer recovering from war wounds, was attached to his court-appointed
legal defence team.
For long weeks in September and October of 1945, he did nothing
but research treason laws dating back to the 14th century. In
the process, he became an expert on the subject, writing several
articles and giving speeches on the subject after his return
to Canada. Of his involvement in the trial, he wrote in his memoirs:
"It was a most interesting and worthwhile experience for a young
lawyer to do research and to hear the presentation of argument
for the Crown by the Attorney-General." The memoir, As Luck Would
Have It In War and Peace, was released by Trafford Publishing
(Victoria) earlier this year.
It was the duty of the defence team, Mr.
BRIGGS wrote, "to research
all of the relevant evidence we could find and to see that, if
Joyce was guilty, he was not convicted except in full evidence
with the law." During the trial, Joyce never spoke but kept looking
around the courtroom as if expecting family or Friends to show
up, Mr. BIGGS wrote. No one ever came. A jury convicted him of
treason and he was hanged in 1946.
Stanley Champion
BIGGS was not, in his own words, "a religious
scholar, a cosmic scientist, a World War 2 history professional,"
areas of endeavour he considered beyond his abilities. The list
of what he actually was is much longer: a combat infantry officer,
a devoted lawyer for more than six decades, a poet, a school
trustee, an environmentalist long before environmentalism was
fashionable. He also devoted his life to the principle of doing
good for its own sake.
He was born to the law, one of four children to solicitor Richard
Atkinson BIGGS and Gertrude
CHAMPION, the belle of Brantford,
Ontario
His grandfather, Stanley Clarke
BIGGS, founded the firm
of Biggs and Biggs.
Young Stan grew up on Roxborough Street in Toronto's Rosedale
neighbourhood. He graduated from the University of Toronto Schools
and then studied law at the University of Toronto, graduating
in 1936 and then enrolling in the three-year law program at Osgoode
Hall Law School. In 1939, he joined the family law firm and was
called to the bar that June.
To celebrate, he and classmate J.F.
BARRETT went to the world's
fair in New York. A group of young ladies graduating from Bishop
Strachan School in Toronto plotted to join them there. Among
them was Mr.
BARRETT's younger sister, Barbara, who clicked with
Mr. BIGGS.
The granddaughter of Sir Joseph
FLAVELLE, a financier
and meat packer who was well known for his philanthropy in Toronto,
they became engaged by September and married the following June.
After the war broke out, Mr.
BIGGS volunteered with the Queen's
Own Rifles, leaving behind his wife, who was pregnant with their
second son. After months of training in England, he was among
the thousands of Canadian soldiers who landed on the beaches
of Normandy on D-Day - June 6, 1944.
The regiment landed near Bernières-sur-Mer at about 8 a.m., only
to enter a maelstrom. A storm had just passed through the area
and rough seas meant that all-important support tanks had been
delayed. Unable to wait, the infantry was forced to go ashore
unprotected, with the result that the Queen's Own Rifles suffered
the worst casualties of any Canadian unit crossing the beaches
that day: 60 men killed and another 78 wounded.
Mr. BIGGS, however, emerged without a scratch. He made it through
86 days of continuous front-line combat during the Battle of
Normandy, and the long struggle to deny Germany's bitter attempt
to halt the Allied breakthrough, until finally he was shot in
the leg.
The machine-gun bullet that took him out of the fighting landed
him in a courtroom. During and after his convalescence in England,
the military decided to make use of his legal skills. Attached
to the office of the Canadian Judge Advocates General, he prosecuted
or defended soldiers accused of such crimes as assault or rape.
He returned home in December, 1945, with the rank of captain
and resumed the life of a civilian lawyer. At first, he helped
his father with his client list but also did pro bono work, defending
accused who could not afford a lawyer. There was no legal aid
system in Ontario until the 1960s.
Mr. BIGGS continued to practise law until 2004. "He loved the
law," daughter Dinny
BIGGS said. "He was passionate about the
rule of law, about studying its background, the evolution of
law and jurisprudence."
One of the highlights of his career was his involvement in the
creation of the broadcaster CTV. He handled the negotiations
that brought together the original parties who acquired the licence
for a second national television station.
His client, Joel
ALDRED, had originally sought the licence on
his own. But with the Canadian Board of Broadcast Governors reluctant
to grant one to a single entity, Mr.
BIGGS helped him form a
partnership with Ted
ROGERS.
The new partners entered into an agreement with another group,
headed by newspaper owner John
BASSETT.
The channel went on the
air in 1961, but disagreements eventually arose between the two
groups. Mr.
BIGGS came up with a solution that allowed Mr.
ALDRED
to sell his shares while leaving Mr.
ROGERS as a partner.
Mr. BIGGS continued his pro bono work throughout his career,
providing free legal advice to numerous non-profit groups.
That list included the Queen's Own Rifle of Canada Trust, the
Canadian Opera Foundation and the Toronto School of Art, which
his artist-wife used some of her inheritance to help establish
in 1968. In 1955, Mr.
BIGGS was named Queen's Counsel. In 1995,
he received the Law Society Medal, which the Law Society of Upper
Canada awards in recognition of distinguished service in the
law profession.
Not content to write just briefs, Mr.
BIGGS also loved to dabble
in poetry. During the war, he wrote The Queen's Own Rifles on
D-Day, a poem that now hangs in the Canadian War Museum. He wrote
the piece one day in 1944 when several dozen members of his regiment
were killed and dozens more were injured during fighting.
Mr. BIGGS was also a landowner. During his lifetime, he planted
more than 150,000 trees, beginning in the late 1940s, when he
bought his first piece of farmland. He eventually sold that and
bought a 40-hectare farm in Mono Township in Dufferin County,
Ontario. The land was hilly and not suitable for crops, so he
rented it out for cattle. For relaxation, he started planting
seedlings, eventually turning the property into a managed tree
farm. In 1991, he was recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources with an award for woodland improvement.
Humour was another important aspect of Mr.
BIGGS's life. His
was not slapstick humour but rather a keen wit, said his long-time
secretary, Marjorie
FOGG. "He always had cute little answers
to things," she said.
Mr. BIGGS wrote of the importance of humour in his life in his
memoirs: "Without the humorous twists in my exposure to life&hellip
I think I would have cracked up long ago. I have always felt
that the therapeutic value of good humour should be gladly welcomed."
Toward the end of his life, Mr.
BIGGS prepared a final message
for his family and Friends summing up the philosophy by which
he lived his own life: "Live fully, share extremes, stay well,
keep chuckling, have the thrill of dedication to good causes,
be good on Earth for its own sake."
Stanley Champion
BIGGS was born in Toronto on December 6, 1913.
He died June 17, 2008, at Saint Michael's Hospital in Toronto after
a brief illness. He was 94. He is survived by children Christopher,
Barrett, John and Dinny, and seven grandchildren. His wife, Barbara,
predeceased him in 2005.
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ALDRIDGE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-04 published
ALDRIDGE,
Norien
(GRAMLICH)
At her residence after a lengthy illness, on Monday, March 3,
2008, Norien
(GRAMLICH)
ALDRIDGE of London, at the age of 77.
Wife of the late Butch
ALDRIDGE.
Beloved mother of Nancy and
Lloyd DEVEAU,
Marilyn and Bill
MURRAY, Lenny
ALDRIDGE, Lynne
and Gary LAZARAVITCH,
Debbie and Brian
RAMSEY, Donna
SMITH, and
Donald and Maureen
ALDRIDGE.
Loving grandmother of 14, great-grandmother
of 16, and great-great-grandmother of 2. Dear sister of Alice
Jean MAY.
Predeceased by 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Following
with Norien's wishes cremation has taken place. A memorial service
will be conducted at the Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland
Road North, on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 1: 00 p.m. with Rev. Frank
MANTZ officiating. Private family interment, Woodland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make a donation in memory
of Norien are asked to consider the Heart and Stroke Foundation
or the Lung Association. Online condolences may be sent to condolences@westviewfuneralchapel.com
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ALDRIDGE,
Florence
Shirley
Known better as Shirley
ALDRIDGE, late of Oshawa, Ontario, passed
away suddenly at Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto on Friday, March 7,
2008. She is sadly missed by her devoted friend of fifty years,
Cathy JOHNSTON, as well as by five nephews and nieces David
ALDRIDGE,
Marilyn (ALDRIDGE)
SWAN, Leslie
ALDRIDGE, Noreen
(ALDRIDGE)
WALMSLEY
and Sharon
(ALDRIDGE)
NEWARK, eleven grand-nephews and nieces,
and six great-grand-nephews and nieces and also sisters-in-law,
Nancy (Mrs. Edward
ALDRIDGE) and Sue (Mrs. Wesley
ALDRIDGE).
Shirley ALDRIDGE was the daughter of Edward Wesley
ALDRIDGE and
his wife Alice (née
BLAKEY) who emigrated from England to Canada
in 1921. She was predeceased by brothers Edward Wesley
ALDRIDGE,
Philip Leslie
ALDRIDGE,
Wesley
Edward
ALDRIDGE and a nephew Brian
ALDRIDGE.
Shirley was born August 4, 1928 and for over thirty
years she worked for the Colgate Company on Carlaw Avenue in
Toronto. She retired in 1988 and continued to live quietly with
her friend Cathy enjoying the company of her
ALDRIDGE family
of nephews and nieces at frequent family gatherings, parties
and Christmas events. She will be remembered for her gentle soul,
her quiet sense of humour and a warm smile. Her last wish was
to be cremated with immediate disposition and no services. Special
thanks to the staff in both Coronary Care and Cardiology at Saint Michael's
Hospital, Toronto.
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ROWCLIFFE,
Mary
At Seaforth Community Hospital, on Thursday, July 24, 2008. Mrs. Mary
ROWCLIFFE of Seaforth in her 90th year. Beloved wife of the late
Stewart Carmon
ROWCLIFFE.
Loved mother-in-law of Peggy
ROWCLIFFE
of Seaforth. Cherished grandmother of Kathy and Mike
JOHNSTON
of Clinton, David
JEWITT of Clinton, Jane and Dale
SMITH of Goderich,
and Susan and Don
BROWN of Seaforth. Great-grandmother of Danielle,
Jessica, Kyle, Lauren, Karter, Alivia and Addisyn. Dear sister
and sister-in-law of Phyllis and Dean
ALDWINCKLE of Varna, and
Wilma PRETTY of Sarnia. Predeceased by son Doug
ROWCLIFFE, daughter
Janet JEWITT, great-grand_son Christopher
JOHNSTON, sisters Shirley
WRIGHT,
Ruby
GOYETTE, and Wilba
TUGWOOD, and by brother Alan
PRETTY.
Friends will be received at the Box and Smith Funeral Chapel,
47 High St. Seaforth, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the
funeral service will be held on Monday, July 28, 2008 at 2 o'clock.
Interment Maitland Bank Cemetery, McKillop Twp. As expressions
of sympathy memorial donations to the Seaforth Community Hospital,
or Saint Thomas Anglican Church would be greatly appreciated. Condolences
at www.boxsmithfuneralchapel.com
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