APPEL
APPELBE
APPELL
APPELTON
APPERLY
APPLEBAUM
APPLEBY
APPLEFORD
APPLEGATH
APPLETON
APPEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-26 published
CORNISH,
Mark
Wayne "
Spike"
Passed away peacefully with his family by his side at Victoria
Hospital in London, Ontario on Saturday April 19, 2008 in his
59th year after a short courageous battle with cancer. Mark was
the beloved partner of Stacey
SNOW of London. Loving father of
Mathew SMITH of Kalowna, British Columbia. Cherished son of Polly
and Adam APPEL of Port Franks. Loving brother of Garry
CORNISH
of London, Edmond and Shirley
APPEL of Harrisburg, Lynn and Robert
WENSVEEN of Brantford and Cheryl and Joseph
BEECHEY of Cambridge.
Mark will be lovingly remembered and missed by his many nieces
and nephews and by all who knew him. He was predeceased by his
father Cyril
CORNISH, sister Sandra
LAPORT and best friend Bogie.
We will always remember Mark as a loving, devoted, humorous man.
His memory will be in our hearts forever. We will celebrate his
life at St. Basils Roman Catholic Church 50 Palace St. Brantford
on Tuesday April 29, 2008 at 2 p.m. Internment of cremated remains
at Mount Hope Cemetery 169 Charing Cross, Brantford. Reception
to follow at the Parish Hall. Special thank you to family friend
Lynda
Keast,
Doctor
GREGOR and the 5th floor staff at Victoria Hospital
London. In lieu of flowers donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
or the London Humane Society would be appreciated.
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APPEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-05-31 published
CARROLL,
Muriel
(McPHERSON)
At Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital, on Friday, May 30, 2008,
Muriel (McPHERSON)
CARROLL of Bobier Villa, Dutton and formerly
of R.R.#2 Wardsville in her 87th year. Beloved wife of the late
Harold M. CARROLL (2007.) Dear mother of Keith and his wife
Marilyn
of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Terry and his wife Nancy of
Saint Thomas, Alan and his wife
Karen of West Elgin, Marie
CARROLL
of Chatham, Beth
CARROLL and her husband Jamie
IVES of Vancouver
British Columbia. Loved by her 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Dear sister of Duncan
McPHERSON (late Grace,) Dorothy (Gerry)
WALKER.
Also survived by 2 sisters-in-law, Norma
McMILLAN and
Lois CARROLL as well as several nieces and nephews and their
families. Predeceased by her sister Margaret Schleihauf. Relatives
and Friends will be received at the Van Heck Funeral Home, 172 Symes
Street, Glencoe on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service
will be held at the Argyle Presbyterian Church, Crinan on Tuesday,
June 3 at 1: 30 p.m. Rev. Hugh
APPEL officiating. Interment Oakland
Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Argyle Presbyterian
Church or Alzheimer Society.
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APPELBE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-27 published
WILLSON,
William
Joseph "
Bill"
At Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in his 72nd year, on
March 26, 2008, after a lengthy period of failing health. William
Joseph, son of the late Marion Ruth
APPELBE and Donald Hunter
WILLSON.
Also predeceased by his eldest brother Donald and sister-in-law
Meredith. Survived by his brother J. Robert (Bob) and sister-in-law
Ruth, his wife
Barbara (née
SIMS,) his daughter Stephanie (Jim
COPPOLINO,) his son Jonathan (Andrea
CHARLTON) and his four grandchildren,
Sophia, James, Katherine and Ross. In keeping with his wishes,
a private family interment will be held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery,
London, Ontario. If desired and in lieu of flowers, memorial
donations may be made to Ridley College, P.O. Box 3013, 2 Ridley
Rd., St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 7C3.
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APPELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-29 published
APPELL,
Eve (née
HALADNER)
On Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Sunnybrook Hospital in her 94th
year. Eve APPELL, beloved wife of the late Doctor Adolph Asher
APPELL.
Loving mother and mother-in-law of Linda and Michael
GOLD of
New
Paltz,
New York. Daughter of the late Leah and Baruch
HALADNER.
Devoted grandmother of Gabrielle, and Arianne both of New York
City; and aunt of many loving nieces and nephews. Lovingly cared
for by Rufina
AUGUSTIN and Mary Jane
VILLA. A graveside service
will be held on Sunday, March 30th at 1: 00 p.m. at Holy Blossom
Memorial Park, #40 Brimley Rd (south of Eglinton). Memorial donations
may be made to the charity of one's choice.
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APPELTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-09 published
APPELTON,
Harry
Peacefully on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in Arizona. Harry
APPELTON,
beloved husband of the late Ruth. Loving father and father-in-law
of Penny APPELTON, and Cheryl and Jeff
AWENUS.
Devoted grandfather
of Jordan, Ari, Stephanie, and Jacqueline. Loving brother of
Gertie ZAROWITZ.
Special thanks to Tulima, Lee, and Dan and Beth
for their care and devotion over many years. At Benjamin's Park
Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West (3 lights west of Dufferin)
for service on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, please call 416-663-9060
for service time. Interment Torah Emeth section of Bathurst Lawn
Memorial Park. Shiva 64 Stacey Crescent, Thornhill. Memorial
donations may be made to the Baycrest Centre, 416-785-2875.
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APPERLY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-01 published
BALL,
Robert "
Bob"
Harvey
(January 1, 1929-February 28, 2008)
Bob died at home on Thursday morning, in the tender care of his
family. He was loved beyond telling by his wife and sweetheart
Janet (née
MORROW,) five grateful children, Timothy (d. 1984,)
David, Anna
GARDNER
(John
BROCKE,) Doug, and Nathan (Paula
KILCOYNE,)
as well as 15 beautiful grandchildren, two newly born great-grandchildren,
and the hundreds of people whose lives he touched. Born and raised
in Regina, Bob will be profoundly missed by his older siblings
from Saskatchewan and their extended families; Margaret
BLOMMAERT,
Jim BALL and Fran
APPERLY.
Graduating from Scott Collegiate with
Honours, Bob began an agricultural degree at University of Saskatoon
before he followed a deeper call to sow seeds of the spirit and
till soil in the lives of people. After marrying Janet in 1952
he worked the gold mines in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
and as a Fuller Brush Salesman to put himself through seminary
at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario with two infants.
As a Home Missions pastor with the Canadian Baptist Union, Bob
grew and nurtured young churches in the small towns of Kitimat
and Richmond, British Columbia, and Jasper, Alberta. His innovative
programming with young adults in the national park stood him
in good stead during his term on the pastoral team at First Baptist
Church, Calgary from 1971-1976 where he established the Burning
Bush Coffee House ministry for youth. Inspired in part by staying
as a family in a chalet at L'Abri in Switzerland in 1969, Bob
began dreaming and envisioning along with Janet, about creating
a hospitality based ecumenical renewal centre. King's Fold Retreat
Centre, located in the foothills of the Rockies celebrates its
30th anniversary this year and continues to be place of beauty,
peace and deep inspiration for people from all walks of life.
Bob was a master stained glass artist, a visionary, an entrepreneur,
a dreamer, a romantic, a barista, and a lover of life par excellence.
He will be celebrated at Central United Church, Calgary on Monday,
March 3 at 11: 00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to King's Fold Retreat Centre, L'Arche Canada Foundation or the
Henri Nouwen Society.
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APPLEBAUM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-09 published
GOLDSTEIN,
Frank
Peacefully on Thursday, February 7th, 2008. Frank
GOLDSTEIN,
son of the late Chaim and Chana
GOLDSTEIN.
Devoted husband of
the late Rae
GOLDSTEIN (née
APPLEBAUM.)
Beloved father and father-in-law
of Howard and Janet, Lorne and Carol, and Hyla and Michael
SPAGAT.
Much loved Zaida to Noah, Fern, David, Aaron, Ira, Shira, Cayla,
Bailey, and Benji. Dear brother of the late Abe
GOLDSTEIN, and
Molly TATELBAUM.
Special uncle to many nieces and nephews. Special
thanks to Adelpha Delima for her years of care and devotion to
our "commander in chief" and to caregiver Donnalyn. At Benjamin's
Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West (3 lights west
of Dufferin) for service on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 10: 00 a.m.
Interment Beth Jacob Cemetery, Snake Road, Hamilton. Shiva will
be observed at 9 Ormsby Crescent, Toronto. Donations may be made
to the Frank and Rae Goldstein Endowment Fund for the Beth Jacob
Synagogue, Hamilton c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst
Street, Toronto, Ontario, M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324 www.benjamins.ca
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APPLEBAUM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-16 published
HURWICH,
Nathan
O.
For seventy-three years husband to his beloved late wife Roey,
(née APPLEBAUM,)
son of the late Benjamin and Rachel
HURWICH,
friend and mentor to countless others, entrepreneur, philanthropist,
tireless volunteer and fund-raiser on behalf of many charitable
and community service organizations, passed away in his 99th
year on Thursday, February 14, 2008. Survived by his sisters
Anne HIMEL
(Ben
HIMEL and Jack
COHEN both deceased) of Toronto
and Ada WALTMAN
(Harry deceased) of Washington D.C., predeceased
by his brothers and sisters-in-law Reuben, Samuel (Becky), Dave
(Freda) and Sydney (Dolly), he will be dearly missed by them
as well as by all of his and Roey's many nieces and nephews and
their offspring to the third generation. The
son of parents who
emigrated from Russia on the same day and met aboard ship bringing
them to Canada, Nat was born in Toronto on August 11, 1909. He
was raised and educated there, and as a youth attended after-public-school
classes at Associated Hebrew School on Simcoe Street. While still
a young man Nat established himself as an acute and successful
entrepreneur, owning and operating a highly successful automotive
parts outlet until the late sixties when he decided to sell it
to allow him more time to do what he really wanted to do. Singularly
passionate in his commitment to community and to the State of
Israel, Nat made them and their institutions his life's work.
And during a lifetime of philanthropy and service to community
he received over one hundred honours and awards. In addition
to the many Letters of Commendation, Certificates and plaques,
so numerous some could not find space on his den's walls, his
efforts were also publicly recognized by being chosen the guest
of honour at several testimonial dinners as well as paid tribute
with the bestowing upon him of an Honorary Degree from Bar-Ilan
University in Israel. He will be remembered with gratitude by
those his passion touched and his leadership inspired. Among
the organizations which benefitted from his dedication and generosity
are: The United Way of Greater Toronto, Toronto Jewish Federation,
United Israel Appeal, Jewish National Fund of Toronto, Beth Tzedec
Congregation, Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, Canadian
Friends of Bar-Ilan University, Hebrew University, Ben Gurion
University, Boys Town, Jerusalem, Theological Seminary of America,
as well as State of Israel Bonds, Canadian Zionist Federation,
Al Latner Jewish Public Library, Toronto Lodge and Toronto Regional
Council of B'nai Brith, United Synagogue of America (Ontario
Region), Toronto Association for the Welfare of Soldiers in Israel,
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry, National Holocaust Remembrance
Committee, Mount Sinai Hospital, Baycrest Men's Service Group,
Board of Jewish Education, and many others. But Nat's greatest
and most enduring legacy are the thousands upon thousands of
students who have already graduated from, or presently attending,
or M'ezrat H'Shem will in the future be enrolled in the Toronto
Jewish Day School System on behalf of which he devoted his unstinting
efforts during his entire adult life. And it is through his personal
and gracious generosity the Nathan and Roey Hurwich Education
Centre, the Finch Avenue branch of Associated Hebrew Schools,
exists today as a thriving, vibrant middle-school of a thousand
plus Jewish students. A sincere thank you Nat seems totally inadequate,
yet for him it was more than enough. Nat will forever remain
in our hearts and in memories not only for the special person
he was, but also for the image he portrayed during his life -
and simply put, that is - to everyone including future generations
he will have helped to educate, a paradigm of what impact a single
life well- lived can have and accomplish. If Friends and well
wishers so desire, tributes in Nat's memory may be made to any
of the organizations listed above. Funeral services will be held
at Beth Tzedec Synagogue, 1700 Bathurst Street (south of Eglinton),
on Sunday, February 17th at 2: 30 p.m. Interment, Beth Tzedec
Memorial Park.
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APPLEBAUM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-03 published
MARCUS,
Allan
On Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at Toronto General Hospital. Allan
MARCUS,
dear brother and brother-in-law of Karen and Stephen
APPLEBAUM.
Devoted uncle of Jason and Madison. Loving
son of the late Clarence
and Bernice
MARCUS.
Allan will be sadly missed by his many Friends
and business associates. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel,
2401 Steeles Avenue West (3 lights west of Dufferin), for service
on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at 1: 00 p.m. Interment Beth David Bnai
Israel of Pardes Shalom Cemetery. Shiva 378 Russell Hill Road
from 1: 00 p.m. daily, evening services at 8:25 p.m. Donations
may be made to the Allan Marcus Memorial Fund c/o The Benjamin
Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto, M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324,
www.benjamins.ca.
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-01 published
Holiday sojourn ends in grief and sorrow
Police suspect fatigue in grisly crash on 401
By Timothy
APPLEBY,
Page▼ A1
Toronto -- For 21-year-old New Yorker Niki
CHAN and her Florida-based
parents, the post-Christmas trip to Canada was to be part vacation,
part reunion.
Their first stop was Montreal. From there, on to Toronto and
the CN Tower. After that, Niagara Falls before returning south.
They never got that far.
Instead, their journey ended in a horrific two-car crash on a
stretch of Canada's busiest highway that killed two people Sunday
afternoon. Ms.
CHAN's father was one of the victims, and she
is now facing twin counts of dangerous driving causing death.
The principal culprit was fatigue, authorities suspect.
One report said the Lexus Ms.
CHAN was driving veered across
three lanes before striking a disabled Subaru parked on the median
of Highway 401. Ontario Provincial Police spokesman Sergeant
Cam
Woolley said there was no evidence Ms.
CHAN attempted to
brake before the crash.
Ms. CHAN was released on $20,000 bail yesterday after a court
hearing attended by a U.S. consular official. She was also required
to surrender her passport for fear she could flee to her native
China, according to Sgt. Woolley.
"This is tragic, tragic," said Constable Dave
WOODFORD of the
Ontario Provincial Police.
The
Lexus in which Ms.
CHAN, her parents and a sister were travelling
plowed into the back of the Subaru on Highway 401 just west of
Warden
Avenue.
All three of Ms.
CHAN's relatives were asleep
at the moment of impact, investigators found, and witness accounts
suggest the Lexus was travelling at between 100 and 120 kilometres
an hour and weaving as it sped west.
Constable WOODFORD suggested, "it may be that because the three
other occupants in the vehicle were sleeping at the time, [Ms.
CHAN],
with nobody to talk to, could have dozed off."
Killed instantly as the result of a broken neck was the Subaru's
lone occupant, a 71-year-old Mississauga resident whose name
was withheld.
Ms. CHAN's father, 51, riding in the back seat of the Lexus without
a seat belt, later died of head and internal injuries.
Ms. CHAN, her mother and her sister were all treated for minor
injuries at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, after which she was
arrested and charged.
She had no alcohol or drugs in her system, post-crash tests showed.
The CHAN family had been visiting Canada for a short sight-seeing
vacation, Constable
WOODFORD said.
From Montreal, they took the five-hour drive to Toronto, where
they planned a brief stay before heading for Niagara Falls. Their
immediate plans were to visit the CN Tower.
The trip was also a reunion. Ms.
CHAN's parents and sister are
from Florida, while she lives in the Flushing neighbourhood of
Queens, N.Y.
Why the Subaru had stopped is unclear. The roads were bare and
traffic not particularly heavy.
But the fact that the driver was parked on the left-hand median
of the westbound lane - adjoining the fast lane - and not on
the right side suggests mechanical difficulties, Constable
WOODFORD
said.
Whatever the problem, the car was well off the highway, its four-way
hazard lights were flashing and the driver was strapped in when
the CHAN family's Lexus smashed into its rear at around 12: 45 p.m.
"He was doing everything we tell people to do," Constable
WOODFORD
said.
"He was belted in his car, but when someone's doing 110 and they
hit you from the rear, what happens is the airbag's not going
to go off."
Instead a type of whiplash took place, with the driver jolted
forward and then backward, with such force that his seat was
loosened from its moorings.
Autopsies on the two victims were under way.
Driver fatigue causing death or injury is more common than sometimes
realized, said Constable
WOODFORD, a traffic veteran who has
encountered many such instances in the often-hectic summertime
commute to and from cottage country.
Separately but also on Hwy. 401, two people were charged with
impaired driving Sunday night in a pair of collisions.
When emergency crews were called to a spot near Renforth Drive
for a car accident, one of the drivers was found to have fled
the scene. Police pursued a suspect, caught him and charged him
with impaired driving.
But as firefighters were attending the accident scene, another
car crashed into their fire truck.
That driver was charged with impaired driving. He also sustained
serious injuries.
"We've got two separate collisions here in the span of a half
an hour involving alcohol," Constable
WOODFORD said.
"There's far too many people dying on the highways. Enough is
enough."
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-21 published
Video examined in bid to solve puzzle of landscaper's killing
By Timothy
APPLEBY,
Page▲▼
A10▼
A drug rip-off? An argument that turned deadly? A case of mistaken
identity?
Detectives probing the killing of a popular landscaper/painter
fatally shot in the hallway of his east-end condominium Tuesday
afternoon are hoping closed-circuit surveillance footage will
shed light on one of the city's more mysterious homicides.
Sasha HAROUTIUN, 35, died Wednesday from a single bullet wound
to the stomach after being admitted to Saint Michael's Hospital.
His killing pushed Toronto's homicide tally so far this year
to 13, eight of them shootings.
Mr. HAROUTIUN lived alone in a first-floor, loft-style condominium
on Carlaw Avenue that he purchased several years ago, police
said. He had no spouse, no children and no criminal record.
He was, however, a small-scale marijuana dealer, said Detective
Sergeant Dan
NIELSEN of the homicide squad.
"And that's certainly something we have to consider. People get
killed for a lot of reasons and at this point we're not sure
what the motive is. That's an angle we're considering but it
could be something else. He might have had a dispute."
Born in Montreal, Mr.
HAROUTIUN had spent most of his life in
Toronto. His condominium building, located just south of Dundas
Street, comprises both residences and businesses.
Police believe he was shot in the hallway outside his home, suggesting
someone may have been waiting for him, or perhaps knocked at
his door. Severely wounded, he nonetheless was able to crawl
back inside his apartment and call 911.
The 16 surveillance cameras in the converted building may yield
some clues to the identity of the killer or killers, Det. Sgt.
NIELSEN
said.
"Those things are hit and miss but we're hopeful. Sometimes it
works and sometimes it doesn't."
There has also been a flood of calls from people who knew Mr.
HAROUTIUN.
"From all accounts he was an easy-going guy with a lot of Friends,
not a violent guy, his parents describe him as a free spirit,"
Det. Sgt NIELSEN said.
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-05 published
Man charged in girl's death remanded in custody
By Timothy
APPLEBY,
Page▲▼
A12
A 20-year-old Cornwall man charged with the first-degree murder
of a five-year-old girl appeared briefly in court yesterday and
was remanded in custody in Ottawa pending a further court appearance
next Wednesday.
Shane HALEY was arrested without incident at his Cornwall home
a few hours after Alissa
MARTIN-
TRAVERS was found slain early
Thursday in the small, beige downtown Cumberland Street house
she shared with her mother and baby sister. Mr.
HALEY was "a
remote acquaintance" of Alissa's mother, Stephanie
MARTIN,
Cornwall
Police
Chief
Dan
PARKINSON said.
An autopsy was under way yesterday at the Centre of Forensic
Sciences in Toronto.
Police have said only that there were "obvious signs of trauma"
to her body, and while no motive has been disclosed, she is not
believed to have been sexually assaulted.
Several items were seized when Mr.
HALEY was arrested.
Ms. MARTIN is not a suspect in her daughter's death and no other
suspects are being sought, Chief
PARKINSON said.
It was the first homicide in Cornwall since 2005, when there
were three, and it has left the city of 46,000 in a state of
shock and disbelief, police spokesman Blake
PAQUIN said yesterday.
"It's very traumatizing for the family, for the community and
for the police."
Outside the
MARTIN-
TRAVERS home, still sealed off yesterday with
yellow crime-scene tape, a stream of sympathizers continued to
leave teddy bears, flowers and brief messages.
Police were summoned to the home Thursday at about 1: 30 a.m.,
when Ms. MARTIN called 911. Mr.
HALEY was arrested and charged
in midafternoon on the same day.
"They knew each other in a casual relationship," Mr.
PAQUIN said
of the bereaved mother and the accused, whom he described as
"a person living in the neighbourhood."
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APPLEBY,
Kathleen "
Tucky"
Holly (née
SAYRE)
(April 8, 1921-April 29, 2008)
With sadness of heart we announce the passing of Tucky at Bradgate
Arms in Toronto on April 29th, 2008. Predeceased by her husband
Stephen Ker
APPLEBY. Survived by her son Bruce (Gurteen
IRELAND,)
daughters Nancye (Gerry
BARR) and Janet (Jack
LEWIS,)
Grandchildren
Clive, Emily (Mike
DRYSDALE), Stephen, Charlotte and great-granddaughter
Hannah.
Lovingly remembered by her brother Geoffrey
SAYRE.
Friends
may call at the Trull "North Toronto" Funeral Home, 2704 Yonge
St (5 blocks south of Lawrence) on Saturday, May 3rd from 11: 00 a.m.
until time of funeral service in the chapel at 1: 00 p.m. Reception
to follow. If desired, donations may be made to the Canadian
Wildlife Federation, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, or to Oxfam Canada.
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-02 published
Stabbing ends 20 years of peace for Afghan couple
Police detail fatal attack at Brampton mall
By Anthony
REINHART and Timothy
APPLEBY and Susan
KRASHINSKY,
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Brampton, Ontario -- They called him Papa around the Planet Ford
dealership, although Rahim
SHAHGHASY was just 53.
The nickname just seemed to fit Mr.
SHAHGHASY, a car detailer
with a fatherly manner whose love of friendly chatter came a
close second to the fondness he held for his wife, Nazifa, and
their two grown children.
Yesterday, those children, along with Friends, relatives and
neighbours, struggled with a horror at odds with the peaceful
life the couple had led since leaving Afghanistan for Canada
two decades ago: their violent deaths outside a Brampton strip
mall at the hands of a seemingly crazed man they didn't know.
"This man was armed with two knives and the attack was completely
unprovoked," Inspector Norm
ENGLISH of the Peel homicide squad
told a packed media conference.
"The husband saw what was occurring and attempted to save his
wife, but was overpowered by the male."
The 28-year-old assailant remains under police guard in hospital
recovering from serious knife wounds he inflicted on himself
after the noon-hour attack on Wednesday outside the Red Maple
Plaza.
The incident was initially thought to be a marital dispute in
which a woman was killed along with a male passerby trying to
help her, but police amended their theory yesterday.
Insp. ENGLISH said Ms.
SHAHGHASY had just made a dental appointment
at the plaza and was walking to her car when she was accosted
by the knife-wielding man, who was "very well known" to police,
though a stranger to her.
Her husband, meanwhile, had made a quick trip into a small grocery
store in the plaza. When he came out, he saw his wife being attacked
and ran to her.
"Both victims suffered fatal stab wounds and died at the scene,"
Insp. ENGLISH said, adding that Mr.
SHAHGHASY first made his
way, bloodied, into another business in the plaza to ask a merchant
to call for help.
Police arrived to find the assailant stabbing himself in the
neck and used a taser to subdue him. His condition, described
as critical but stable yesterday, has prevented police from questioning
him and has delayed the laying of second-degree murder charges.
His name will be withheld until that happens, likely in the next
few days, the officer said.
The suspect, a Brampton resident, was out on bail on a charge
involving violence, which Insp.
ENGLISH would not disclose.
Autopsies will be conducted today and the funeral will be held
as soon as possible, in keeping with Islamic custom.
The circumstances of the triple stabbing, which pushed Peel's
homicide tally for the year to 11, are being examined by the
province's Special Investigations Unit, which probes all police-related
confrontations resulting in death or serious injury.
"The victims are wonderful people who were outstanding members
of our community," Insp.
ENGLISH said.
The impact on the community was evident in the parade of vehicles
that converged yesterday on Siesta Court, a quiet cul-de-sac
of 13-year-old homes where the
SHAHGHASYs bought a tidy, brick-clad
two-storey house for $415,000 in 2006.
Their home, about 10 kilometres from where they died, was often
the scene of happy gatherings, but yesterday, relatives and Friends
wept and embraced in the street, while news reporters and a few
neighbours looked on.
"The family is in a state of shock," said Shawn
JAMSI, whose
wife is Ms.
SHAHGHASY's sister. "My wife has been in the hospital,
back and forth" from the shock, he said.
Ms. SHAHGHASY ran a clothing store in Brampton, and "I'd always
see her dress up really professional with a briefcase or a purse,
and I always thought, 'wow,' said neighbour Christina
SASSO.
Yesterday morning, Ms.
SASSO watched as the couple's 19-year-old
daughter, Kubra, prepared the outside of the house for the onrush
of grieving kin.
"I just saw her sweeping the driveway, the dirt; I was just watching
her, just sweeping and sweeping," Ms.
SASSO said. "It looked
like she was in a daze, and it just brought tears."
Mr. SHAHGHASY had been slowly but steadily recovering from a
workplace accident about two years ago, neighbours said. He had
been using a walker to get around, but had recently moved up
to a cane.
"I said, 'I'm so happy to see you like that,' and he said, 'Yes,
I'm doing really good,' Gorretti
ANDRADE, who lives a few doors
away, recalled from an encounter three weeks ago.
The couple's positive outlook and good humour came up time and
again in interviews with those who knew them.
Giovanni ZAMBITO, who lives next door, recalled them as "probably
the nicest people I ever met, to tell you the truth."
Gurpreet VANDER, also a neighbour, broke into tears upon learning
what had happened. She said Mr.
SHAHGHASY often played with her
children and would stop on the way to get his mail and chat,
since they both spoke Urdu.
"No other families understand our language, and we don't understand
their language," Ms.
VANDER said. "So sometimes we would talk."
Mr. SHAHGHASY's penchant for talk was well known to several car
dealers in the Brampton Auto Mall along Bovaird Drive, where
he cleaned cars in preparation for delivery. He most recently
worked at Planet Ford, while the couple's 22-year-old son, Qaiss,
is a salesman at a nearby Mitsubishi dealership.
Between phone calls in the showroom yesterday, a young receptionist
at Planet Ford described the elder Mr.
SHAHGHASY as a wise man
who, despite being unable to work recently, would drop in to
share stories of his Afghan childhood or dispense fatherly advice.
"He would tell me stories about how he was raised back home,
and how he met his wife, and how he loved his wife," she said.
Yesterday, his co-workers found themselves in the same state
of sad confusion as the couple's relatives and neighbours.
"I couldn't believe it; it was devastating," Julee
FARIAS said
from behind her desk in the service department. "We did love
him."
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-10 published
Facing fraud rap, United Way official commits suicide
Executive was confronted with evidence she embezzled at least
$600,000 from a previous employer, charity's president confirms
By Timothy
APPLEBY and Elizabeth
CHURCH,
Page▲▼
A10▲
A senior United Way of Greater Toronto executive committed suicide
last month after being confronted with evidence she embezzled
at least $600,000 from a previous employer, United Way president
Frances LANKIN confirmed last night.
Janet DONIO, the local United Way's vice-president for informational
services and operational change management, died while under
investigation for her activities at the Council of Ontario Universities,
a lobby group where she worked for six years as chief information
officer.
As well, Ms.
DONIO's chief academic credentials - a Canadian
university degree and a PhD from the United States - were found
to be bogus, Ms.
LANKIN said.
The irregularities were uncovered by the Deloitte and Touche accounting
firm and involved the payment of funds - said to be between $600,000 and
$700,000 - for services never produced, and which instead were
allegedly being siphoned off by Ms.
DONIO.
The story began to emerge in March after the Council of Ontario
Universities hired someone to fill Ms.
DONIO's old position.
"We found pretty clear evidence of fraud," said chief executive
officer Paul
GENEST, stressing that no other individuals appear
to have been involved. Nor were any improprieties uncovered in
a second Deloitte and Touche audit at the United Way, which hired
Ms. DONIO in February, 2007.
The Council of Ontario Universities gets some government funds,
but most of its revenue derives from levies paid by the universities
it represents and it will be seeking to recoup its losses from
its insurer, Mr.
GENEST said.
When Deloitte and Touche began unearthing irregularities, Toronto
police fraud investigators were notified, but they were awaiting
completion of the audit and apparently never interviewed Ms.
DONIO,
Ms. LANKIN said.
On the day the United Way was told of the allegation, - May 5
- Ms. LANKIN and chief operating officer Catherine
SMITH met
with Ms. DONIO, 56, and told her she was being placed on a paid
leave while the investigation continued.
"It was a difficult conversation," Ms.
LANKIN recounted.
She and Ms.
SMITH then drove Ms.
DONIO home to her west-end Toronto
house, where she was found dead the next day.
A coroner's report said the cause of death was "undetermined,"
according to a family account relayed to Ms.
LANKIN.
As for Ms.
DONIO's phony academic credentials - a degree from
Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and a doctorate in cognitive
science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - it appears
that the Council of Ontario Universities did not check them.
Neither did the United Way, relying instead on character references
from the council and another former employer, Ms.
LANKIN said.
"Those credentials weren't critical to the job we hired her for,
so we didn't check them."
The United Way of Greater Toronto was established in 1956 and
supports a network of 200 health and social service agencies.
Last year it raised a record $108.1-million.
Ms. DONIO's previous experience included a stint at TVO,
as creative director of educational television, and at the Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs, where she was an assistant director.
A member of the Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek Band, whose
home is on the shores of Lake Nipigon in Northern Ontario, Ms.
DONIO
is survived by two adult sons, Jason and Robyn
DONIO.
Her former
husband, Marcel
DONIO, is a justice of the peace in Thunder Bay.
Financially, Ms.
DONIO's affairs appeared unremarkable at the
time of her death. In February, 2006, she purchased her house
in west Toronto's Junction area, for $540,000, and
in January
of this year she remortgaged the property for just over $523,000.
"Jan DONIO was a respected and admired member of the United Way
team," the United Way said in a statement. " We grieve her loss
and the difficulty faced by her family."
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-14 published
Double shooting shakes gun-weary Toronto
Two 25-year-old men killed downtown; carjacking suspected
By Timothy
APPLEBY and Jamie
KOMARNICKI with reports from Sarah
BOESVELD and Matthew
CAMPBELL,
Page A1
Toronto -- It was just after midnight yesterday when Alan
DUDECK's
cellphone rang, bearing the worst tidings a parent could hear:
His son, Oliver
MARTIN, and his son's lifelong friend Dylan
ELLIS
had just been shot.
The two young men had been heading home from a friend's apartment
after watching a basketball game, and the frantic call came from
a close friend of Mr.
MARTIN.
"He said, 'Get down to St. Mike's [hospital] right away,' Mr.
DUDECK
recounted.
Mr. MARTIN worked for a prestigious investment firm. Mr.
ELLIS
was a photographer. Both were 25, with university degrees. And
both, it seemed, had a shining future. Instead, both perished
in an apparently random hail of bullets, leaving their families
in shock.
"Pretty rough, pretty rough," Mr.
DUDECK said.
Even in a city where gun killings have become familiar - yesterday's
shootings bring Toronto's homicide count for the year to 25 -
the double slaying, perhaps the result of an abortive carjacking,
was unusual.
As police struggled to reconstruct the events west of the city's
entertainment district, Detective Sergeant Gary
GIROUX of the
homicide squad stressed that from all appearances, neither Mr.
ELLIS
nor Mr. MARTIN was involved in crime.
"Both young men were loved by their families, they have a great
deal of support, and as you can imagine, both families are devastated,"
he said.
"These two victims were not at all known - I repeat, not at all
known - to the Toronto police or any police agency in Canada."
The only police record of either stems from when one of them
lost his passport about five years ago, another homicide investigator
said.
A 911 call came in at 12: 08 a.m. yesterday to the 14 Division
police station.
Mr. ELLIS and Mr.
MARTIN were found in the front seat of a Range
Rover that belongs to Mr.
ELLIS's stepfather, outside a friend's
condo where they had been watching a basketball game on television.
Both were wearing seat belts and the car's engine was running,
police said.
Despite paramedics' efforts, both were pronounced dead on arrival
at Saint Michael's Hospital.
In the back seat of the Range Rover was a female friend who survived
the attack and who is the homicide squad's key witness.
"It may well be the shooter didn't see her and that's why she's
alive," Mr.
DUDECK said. "We don't know."
All three had been watching the Boston Celtics pull off a comeback
win against the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball
Association playoffs.
For several hours, the car was parked outside the condo, and
the three departed at around midnight. They briefly returned
for what Det. Sgt.
GIROUX described as "a very innocent reason&hellip
they were expecting someone to come out for a very brief moment."
Instead, they were accosted by the gunman.
"I'd say the shooting took place within seconds," Det. Sgt.
GIROUX
said. "He may have only been targeting the males in the front
seat, but they were certainly in my opinion targeted."
Multiple shots were fired - at least eight, judging by shell-casing
markers on the street yesterday - killing the two young men and
damaging the interior of the Range Rover.
After speaking to the traumatized young woman, Det. Sgt.
GIROUX
said the shootings may have been part of an abortive car jacking,
and that - for reasons he did not divulge - the killer appeared
familiar with the area.
"We're certainly alive to the fact that this was a very expensive,
high-end vehicle and I'm looking at it as a marketable thing
to steal."
Another police source suggested the violence could have erupted
from something as simple as an exchange of angry words.
One witness report said a young black male in a white shirt was
seen fleeing the crime scene on a bicycle. Another offered a
similar description, but said the man sped away in a blue car.
Under scrutiny, meanwhile, was an array of closed-circuit video
footage from buildings near the crime scene.
A friend of the victims who was at Thursday night's gathering
said she and other attendees were traumatized by the shooting.
Police swiftly cordoned off the area with yellow tape, and yesterday
afternoon, the Range Rover was still being examined by forensic
experts.
The car was parked immediately outside 798 Richmond St. West,
an upscale, five-year-old rental high-rise, surrounded by townhouses.
The area comprises a mix of new money and old, a few blocks west
of the downtown entertainment district.
Just metres north is a vibrant section of Queen Street West,
and on all sides are older brick homes, some of Victorian vintage.
"There's a sense of community; my house has been broken into,
but I do usually feel safe walking along the streets late at
night," said long-time resident Maria
BARABASH, who lives a block
east of the crime scene on Richmond Street.
"But this is a little bit too close to home."
So too for the families of the victims.
About 30 people gathered on the lawn of Mr.
ELLIS's parents'
home in the upscale Rosedale neighbourhood. Some hugged, while
others stood around or sat on the lawn in shock.
Tears in his eyes, a young man demanded that reporters respect
the family's privacy and leave the street and its million-dollar
homes and expensive cars.
Lauren WILKINS, a friend of Mr.
MARTIN and Mr.
ELLIS, said yesterday
the two men were "just wonderful people."
A few blocks away at Mr.
OLIVER's home, family members from the
East Coast began filtering into the big, ivy-clad brick house,
hugging and exchanging condolences.
Mr. MARTIN lived downtown in a house he shared with his sisters.
He graduated with a bachelor of commerce degree from Concordia
University's John Molson School of Business. He joined Russell
Investments Canada last year and quickly made his mark as a friendly
young man poised to take the financial world by storm, said company
president Irshaad
AHMAD.
"He was the person walking around the office always making Friends.
He just made a really tremendous impact."
Mr. MARTIN and Mr.
ELLIS had known each other since they were
in Grade 1 in Toronto's Brown Junior Public School.
From
Toronto, the pair headed for Quebec - Mr.
MARTIN attending
Concordia
University while Mr.
ELLIS pursued his passion for
photography at Dawson College.
Mr. ELLIS was a thoughtful photographer with an eye for detail,
his former mentor said.
"His style was a bit more urban, a bit more shadowy," recalled
Laurel Breidon, co-ordinator of the college's commercial photography
program.
"Not the bright, clean, happy stuff - a little funky, had a little
edge to it."
Mourners set up a candle-lit shrine last night outside the building
where Mr. MARTIN and Mr.
ELLIS were shot. About 20 bouquets of
flowers had been laid against the wall and three candles illuminated
a sign taped to the building that reads "May you rest in peace
Dylan and Oliver."
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-17 published
Police identify victim of pizza-shop shooting
By Timothy
APPLEBY,
Page▲ A9
Police have put a name and a face to the city's latest homicide
victim, the 26th of the year, but are still seeking the killer
and the motive.
Claudio Andres
ALAMOS, 19, died from at least one gunshot wound
to the chest early Sunday.
He was shot as he and a male friend ate pizza outside the 2 For
1 pizza store on west-end Toronto's Jane Street, near St. Clair
Avenue.
Police said that just after 1: 30 a.m., the gunman walked into
the store, exited and then shot Mr.
ALAMOS before fleeing north
on foot toward a nearby high-rise complex.
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-21 published
Sport utility vehicle's driver sought in triple homicide
By Timothy
APPLEBY with files from Colin
FREEZE and the Canadian
Press, Page A1
Toronto -- Homicide detectives Sunday night were hunting the
driver of a bullet-riddled sport utility vehicle, found abandoned
in a tranquil Etobicoke neighbourhood with the bodies of three
young men inside.
All three had been shot to death and then apparently driven in
a stolen Nissan Pathfinder to Lunness Road near the intersection
of Browns Line and Lake Shore Boulevard, close to the dividing
line between west Toronto and Mississauga.
The▼ trio were identified early last night as Adrian Inglis
BANNERMAN,
29, Aaron Brendan
MacDONALD, 20, and
Kurt
Atiba
CHARLES, 27.
All three victims are from Toronto, pushing the city's homicide
tally so far this year to 35.
Detective-Sergeant Dean
BURKS of the homicide squad said the
slain men had been at a nightclub a few hours earlier and that
the incident may be gang-related.
The bodies and the gold-coloured sport utility vehicle were discovered
at around 3 a.m. and identifying the men was initially complicated
by the fact that they had apparently been stripped of their identification.
But clues swiftly began arriving as Friends and relatives converged
on the scene in the early-morning hours, including a distraught
man who said one of the victims was his younger brother.
“I know who did this, they killed my little brother” the man
screamed as he ducked under the yellow crime-scene tape and ran
toward the Nissan before being detained by police and taken to
the 22 Division station for questioning.
Det.-Sgt. BURKS said none of the victims was in the driver's
seat of the car and that the bodies had likely been transported
to the neighbourhood from elsewhere. Highway 427 and the Queen
Elizabeth Way are both a short drive from where the car was found.
As well, bullet holes in the Nissan's chassis indicated that
the shooting was done from outside the car.
“We have information that there was another person in the vehicle
and we're making efforts to locate that individual, ” Det.-Sgt.
BURKS
said.
Police said no one in the neighbourhood heard any gunshots or
saw the car arrive on Lunness Road. The first cruisers on the
scene arrived in response to a telephone tip.
Torrential, on-off rain throughout the morning further hampered
the investigation.
The 10-year-old Nissan appears to have been stolen or borrowed.
A check on its licence plate showed it to be registered to an
Ontario resident with the Ukrainian surname
CHORNOMAZ.
Contacted Sunday by The Globe and Mail, an Etobicoke woman with
that name said she did not wish to discuss the matter.
Leafy and normally peaceful, Lunness Boulevard backs on to Alderwood
Memorial Park and is part of a residential community where crime
is rare.
“It's a great neighbourhood, everybody is friendly, something
like this has never happened here before, ” a male resident said.
Word of what had happened, however, seems to have spread quickly.
As the investigation got under way, the Nissan protected from
the rain by a tarpaulin, a young woman drove up and told a Globe
photographer and police that she knew one of the victims and
that she is pregnant with his child.
A second young woman who arrived with a group of male Friends
said she was from Brampton and that she too knew at least one
of the deceased.
Then came the man who said one of the victims was his brother.
The triple homicide brought the number of killings in Toronto
over the previous week to six.
On Monday, William Ross
MAGILL, 64, was stabbed to death at his
mid-town apartment.
On Thursday, 17-year-old Shazad
KHAWAJA was shot to death in
the east end.
And in another homicide this past weekend, Michael
WATSON, 28,
was shot at a strip mall on Scarborough's Rylander Boulevard
early Saturday morning.
In addition, four other people were wounded during the past week
in non-fatal shootings.
Despite the short-term surge in killings, the year's homicide
total of 35 is still six lower than it was at the same time last
year.
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APPLEBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-22 published
Three killed in drive-by shooting by Etobicoke gang, sources
say
By Matthew
TREVISAN with a report from Timothy
APPLEBY,
Page
A10
Three men found shot to death in a bullet-ridden sport utility
vehicle were ambushed by members of an Etobicoke gang in a drive-by
shooting on a westbound Toronto highway before their stolen vehicle
was found in a nearby neighbourhood Sunday morning, police sources
said yesterday.
"The basic theory is that it was the 10th Street Gang who did
this, and they're bad guys," said a police officer familiar with
the investigation. "They put a gun up against one of our people
last year."
Another police source strongly played down the suggestion that
the slaughter entailed any kind of in-house cleaning. The victims
were known to police, sources said, but were not members of the
10th Street Gang, a loosely affiliated group of street cocaine
dealers.
The▲ bodies of Adrian
BANNERMAN, 29, Aaron
MacDONALD, 20, and
Kurt CHARLES, 27, were found in an abandoned Nissan Pathfinder
just after 3: 40 a.m. Sunday on Lunness Road, near the intersection
of Browns Line and Lake Shore Boulevard.
Police said the driver of the sport utility vehicle, unharmed
in the attack, abandoned the vehicle moments before another person,
whose identity police are still trying to determine, called 911.
The driver, who was also known to police, contacted them yesterday
evening and is not considered a suspect in the shooting.
"He was in fear of being next," the first police source said,
referring to why the man abandoned the car.
At a news conference at police headquarters yesterday, Detective
Sergeant Dean
BURKS told reporters that the men had been at Fluid
Lounge in the entertainment district before driving west out
of the city. Also at the club were the people suspected of later
firing at the men, police said, but they have not received any
information to suggest there was an altercation.
J. Randall
BARRS, counsel for the night club's owner, Moses
SABATINO,
said the club has working video cameras that cover its entrances
and exits. The club had to install the cameras after its liquor
licence was revoked for 30 days in 2006, after Alcohol and Gaming
Commission of Ontario violations that included marijuana smoking
on the premises.
Det. Sgt. BURKS said a black or dark-coloured sport utility vehicle
approached the men on the right and started shooting "multiple"
times.
The driver of the victims directed police to the Browns Line
off-ramp of the Gardiner Expressway at Evans Avenue as a possible
location of the shooting, but police found no shell casings there.
"I would not be surprised if we found shell casings at another
location," Det. Sgt.
BURKS said. Police are in the process of
checking Ministry of Transportation cameras on Highway 427 and
the Queen Elizabeth Way for any sign of the shooting.
Police are also still trying to determine what led to the incident.
"You have to appreciate, we're less than 48 hours into the investigation,
so we haven't been able to establish a concrete motive at this
point," Det. Sgt.
BURKS said.
In 2005, members of the 10th Street Gang intimidated passersby
and rival gangs from an outpost in the Lake Shore Boulevard and
Islington Avenue area of the west end. But a Toronto police investigation
that May disrupted the drug operation, nabbing 13 dealers, more
than 400 grams of cocaine and $38,500 in cash.
"I haven't heard [the name] since, and I don't want to hear it
again, to tell you the truth," said Mark
GRIMES,
City of Toronto
representative for Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore. "It's not like
they're a big force down here."
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APPLEFORD o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-05-03 published
BRACKENBURY,
James
Gerald
Peacefully at his residence on Friday, May 2, 2008. James Gerald
BRACKENBURY of Aylmer in his 76th year. Beloved husband of Dorothy
(CHARLTON)
BRACKENBURY. Dear father of Richard
BRACKENBURY of
London, Don
APPLEFORD and wife
Joselyn of R.R.#5 Aylmer, and
Bill APPLEFORD and wife
Allison of Tillsonburg. Loved by his
grandchildren Brandon, Damien, Reid, Cheyenne, Aleisha, Connor,
Carson, Donovan, Hadley and a special friend Sandy. Father-in-law
of Gail BRACKENBURY, brother-in-law of Beulah
BRACKENBURY, uncle
of Doug BRACKENBURY and Barb
MOOSBERGER.
Predeceased by brothers
Gordon and Walter
BRACKENBURY and his aunt and uncle Erie and
Melvin LINDSAY.
Born in Malahide Township, Ontario on May 3,
1932 son of the late Samuel and Viola
(WILSON)
BRACKENBURY.
Jim
owned and operated Fairmount Motors in Aylmer for 50 years. Friends
may call at the H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home, Aylmer on Sunday 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. where the funeral service will be held on Monday May 5,
2008 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment, Aylmer Cemetery. Rev. Janet
ANSTEAD,
officiating. Donations to the Diabetes Association or Humane
Society would be appreciated. Condolences can be made at kebbelfuneralhome.com
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APPLEGATH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-15 published
GILLIES,
Mary▼
E.▼ (née
WILSON)
In Toronto on Sunday, April 13, 2008, from complications following
a broken hip. Loving wife for 59 years of the late Doctor John D.M.
("Jack") GILLIES (son of the late Doctor J.Z. and Isabel
GILLIES.)
Loving▼ mother of Susan (Peter
CROSSLEY) of London, England, John
(Anne-Marie
PRENDIVILLE) of Toronto, and Anne (Greg
YADLEY) of
Tampa,
Florida.
Proud grandmother of Justine and Janet
CROSSLEY
and of David and Jennifer
GILLIES.
Daughter▼ of the late Lt.-Col.
W.S. and Eleanor
WILSON.
Sister▼ of the late Anne
WILSON and Joyce
APPLEGATH.
Niece▼ of her recently deceased aunt, Dorothy
HALLAM.
Born in Toronto on January 29, 1923, she attended St. Clement's
School in Toronto, and University College at the University of
Toronto. She and Jack met at university, at the University College
"grab bag" freshman dance in her first year. They married in
Toronto on October 6, 1944, whence they proceeded immediately
to Halifax, where Jack had been posted as a medical officer with
the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. After the war, they
returned to Toronto, where Mary raised their three children.
In the mid-1960s, Mary started to work as the manager of Jack's
office, a position she held until their retirement in 1989. On
July 1, 1967, Mary and Jack started a long-standing tradition
of celebrating both his and Canada's birthday with a party for
their many Friends. She and Jack shared many interests, including
the French language, fine wine (especially Burgundian wine),
good food, and travel, and she enjoyed preparing gourmet meals
at home with Jack for family and Friends. Travel included a number
of memorable camping trips with the whole family to various points
in Canada and the U.S. in a succession of Volkswagen camper buses.
Mary was an active quilter and enjoyed learning how to play bridge.
Visitation will be at the Morley Bedford Funeral Home, 159 Eglinton
Avenue West at Lascelles Boulevard, from 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. on
Thursday, April 17, and from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and again from
6: 00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18. A service will be held
on Saturday, April 19, at 1: 00 p.m. at the Morley Bedford Funeral
Home, with interment following at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In
lieu of flowers, donations to Big Sisters or a charity of your
choice would be greatly appreciated. If you wish to send a message
to the family, please e-mail:
marygilliescondolences@gmail.com
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GILLIES,
Mary▲
E.▲ (née
WILSON)
In Toronto on Sunday, April 13, 2008, from complications following
a broken hip. Loving wife for 59 years of the late Doctor John D.M.
('Jack') GILLIES (son of the late Doctor J.Z. and Isabel
GILLIES.)
Loving▲ mother of Susan (Peter
CROSSLEY) of Guildford, England,
John (Anne-Marie
PRENDIVILLE) of Toronto, and Anne (Greg
YADLEY)
of Tampa, Florida. Proud grandmother of Justine and Janet
CROSSLEY
and of David and Jennifer
GILLIES.
Daughter▲ of the late Lt.-Col.
W.S. and Eleanor
WILSON.
Sister▲ of the late Anne
WILSON and Joyce
APPLEGATH.
Niece▲ of her recently deceased aunt, Dorothy
HALLAM.
Born in Toronto on January 29, 1923, she attended St. Clement's
School in Toronto, and University College at the University of
Toronto. She and Jack met at university, at the University College
'grab bag' freshman dance in her first year. They married in
Toronto on October 6, 1944, whence they proceeded immediately
to Halifax, where Jack had been posted as a medical officer with
the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. After the war, they
returned to Toronto, where Mary raised their three children.
In the mid-1960s, Mary started to work as the manager of Jack's
office, a position she held until their retirement in 1989. On
July 1, 1967, Mary and Jack started a long-standing tradition
of celebrating both his and Canada's birthday with a party for
their many Friends. She and Jack shared many interests, including
the French language, fine wine (especially Burgundian wine),
good food, and travel, and she enjoyed preparing gourmet meals
at home with Jack for family and Friends. Travel included a number
of memorable camping trips with the whole family to various points
in Canada and the U.S. in a succession of Volkswagen camper buses.
Mary was an active quilter and enjoyed learning how to play bridge.
Visitation will be at the Morley Bedford Funeral Home, 159…Eglinton
Avenue West at Lascelles Boulevard, from 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. on
Thursday, April 17, and from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and again from
6: 00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18. A service will be held
on Saturday, April 19, at 1: 00 p.m. at the Morley Bedford Funeral
Home, with interment following at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In
lieu of flowers, donations to Big Sisters or a charity of your
choice would be greatly appreciated. If you wish to send a message
to the family, please e-mail: marygilliescondolences@gmail.com
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McDONALD,
Elizabeth "
Becky" (née
FOSTER)
Peacefully at Kelso Pines, Owen Sound on Tuesday, January 15,
2008. Becky
McDONALD (née
FOSTER) formerly of Hemet, California
in her 95th year. Becky was born in Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan and
was the daughter of the late James and Marguretta
HORROCKS)
FOSTER.
Beloved wife of the late Donald
McDONALD. Loving mother
of Max of R.R.#1, Paisley, Marilyn
SARGENT of Murrieta, California
and Lynda ELKINS of Aliso Viejo, California. Becky will be sadly
missed by her grandchildren, Debbie, Cathy, Albert and Scott
and her many great-grandchildren. Special aunt to Shirley
TIMBURY
and Mavis HADDLETON.
Predeceased by her sisters, Helen
STEPHENSON
of Chesley and Gladys
APPLETON of Estevan, Saskatchewan and her
brothers, Max
FOSTER of Mississauga and Charlie
FOSTER of Carnduff,
Saskatchewan. At Becky's request, there will be no service. Cremation
has taken place. Memorial donations to the Alzheimer Society
would be appreciated by the family. Special thanks to Fred Clarke
for his care and support and to the staff of Kelso Pines for
their excellent care and compassion. Arrangements entrusted to
Grey Bruce Cremation and Burial Services 519-371-8507.
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APPLETON,
Ken
Of Lion's head passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday,
July 12, 2008 in his 92nd year. Cherished husband of Margaret
and dear father of Ron (Sandra
LAURIE)
APPLETON of Bridgewater,
Nova Scotia and Karen (Dr. Elgin)
LONEY of Lion's Head. Special
grandfather of Elizabeth, Matthew, Jeremy, David and Stephen.
He will also be sadly missed by his many nieces and nephews.
Ken was predeceased by his parents Mary
(BRILLINGER) and Victor
APPLETON, brothers Victor, Harold, Arthur and Leonard and sister
Victoria (in infancy). Visitation will be held at the Bethel
Missionary Church, 18 Ferndale Road, Lion's head on Tuesday,
July 15, 2008 from 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. The funeral service to celebrate
Ken's life will be held at the Church on Wednesday, July 16th
at 10: 30 a.m. Pastor Phil
ENGLISH officiating. Interment Heise
Hill
Cemetery,
Gormley at 5: 00 p.m. Rev. James
BAKER officiating.
Arrangements entrusted to the George Funeral Home, Wiarton. In
lieu of flowers, donations made to Golden Dawn Nursing Home or
Ontario Pioneer Camps would be appreciated by the family as expressions
of sympathy. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.georgefuneralhome.com
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