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FAEED o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-23 published
BRADY, Frances Mary Geraldine "Gerry" (née
O'BRIEN)
The beloved bride of 66 years of Charles (Charlie) Thomas
BRADY
passed away peacefully at Toronto in her 93rd year on January 21st,
2008. Gerry was born in 1915 in Dixie, Ontario. Predeceased by
her loving son Patrick (Lynn). She will be forever missed by
her children Brenda
COSTELLO (Boone), Peter (Beth), Mary Ann,
Margaret, Brigid (Stephen) and Timothy. Loving grandmother of
Patrick BRADY and Martha
BERNEY (Mark); Droughan, Darryl and
Allison (Rob)
COSTELLO;
Ryan and Conor
BRADY; and David and William
HOUSE.
Greatgrandmother of Jacob, Kaitlyn and Sarah
BERNEY. Loving
sister-in-law to Beverley
O'BRIEN and Shelagh
O'BRIEN.
Gerry
was predeceased by her parents Florence
(MILEY) and Donel and
by siblings Eileen
(PHELAN), Miley, Charles, Brendan, Elizabeth
(Betty McGOEY,)
Laureen
(WEILER,) Edward and George. She will
undoubtedly miss the many updates from the
O'BRIEN, McGoey, Weiler,
Phelan and Taylor clans. Like ripples radiating outward on the
waters of Lake Joseph, her heart and mind reached ever outward
in curiosity, interest and love, making connections that she
always remembered. Funeral service to be held on Thursday, January 24th
at 11 a.m. at St. Anselm Church, 1 MacNaughton Road, Toronto,
M4G 3H3. Gerry will rest at Mount Peace Cemetery, Dixie, which
was founded by her father, Donel
O'BRIEN.
Gerry's life was enhanced
and her spirit was lifted through the attentive care provided
by her nephew Doctor Paul
O'BRIEN.
The family wishes to acknowledge
the loving Friendship and care provided by Fatma
FAEED over the
past two years. We also thank Vicky
JOHNSON at the Toronto Central
Community Care Access Centre, Andri at Community Care East York
and the compassionate and loving angels at Saint Michael's Hospital
Palliative Care Unit. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made
to Community Care East York, 840 Coxwell Avenue, Suite #303,
Toronto M4C 5T2, 416-422-2026, or on-line at www.ccey.org. Condolences
and memories may be for warded through www.humphreymiles.com
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FAEHRMANN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-14 published
FROMM,
Wilfred
Frank, P.Eng.
(University of Toronto, 1949)
Passed away peacefully at home. Survived by his brother Frederick
of Etobicoke. Loving Uncle of Paul (Port Credit,) Mary
KRISTIE
(Timmins,) Mary
HUNTER
(Mississauga) and Joan
FAEHRMANN (Guelph.)
Beloved 'uncle' to Travis and Logan
FROMM;
Stephanie and Michelle
FAEHRMANN;
Melanie
COOMBS and Michael
SMITH. Proud veteran of
the Royal Canadian Air Force. Conservationist, fisherman and
outdoorsman, he loved the rugged landscape of Southern Georgian
Bay where he had a cottage for over 50 years. Parishioner for
half a century and Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist at
St. Benedict Catholic Church. Will be fondly remembered by former
colleagues at Canadian Standards Association in Rexdale where
he worked for three decades. Lifelong member of the Power Squadron
of Canada. Will be remembered by members of the Power Squadron
of Weston on which he served as an officer and instr uctor in
navigation for many years. He'll be remembered as well by the
brotherhood of fellow fishermen for his lifelong passion for
pike and muskie fishing. Wilf's ashes will be resting at the
Newediuk Funeral Home, Kipling Chapel, 2085 Kipling Ave. (north
of Rexdale Blvd.) on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. A Catholic service
will be held on Friday, May 16, 2008 at 11: 00 a.m. in the funeral
home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations to the St. Vincent
de Paul Society would be appreciated by the family.
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FAELKER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-01-08 published
PATTERSON,
Luella (née
ELLIS)
Peacefully entered into eternal rest on January 02, 2008 in her
94th year. Widow of the late Earl R.
PATTERSON, she returned
in 1981 to the Hanover/Walkerton area after her husband's passing
in 1974. Formerly she lived in Toronto and Brampton, devoting
her life to her husband in support of his ideals and goals for
the International Woodworkers of America and to her extended
family. Luella was the daughter of the late James J.
ELLIS and
wife Elizabeth (née
SACHS)
ELLIS.
Beloved wife of the late Earl R.
PATTERSON. Dear mother of Marie
FAELKER, Alan (Hanh)
PATTERSON,
and John (Christine)
PATTERSON.
Lovingly remembered by grandchildren:
Fay FAELKER, Steven
FAELKER, Sarah (Michael)
HACKBUSCH; Beverley
(Joe) PACHECO, Diane (Denis)
ROCHETTE; Shawn (Sonja)
PATTERSON,
Mark PATTERSON and Paul
PATTERSON.
Great-grandchildren:
Erik,
Myles and Emily
PATTERSON;
Alyssa and Steven
WEIR; Erica and
Kelsey ROCHETTE;
Shawna
GAILITIS; Stephanie and Jessica
FAELKER
Aaron, Sebastian and Aiyana
HACKBUSCH: and four great-great-grandchildren.
Fondly remembered by her nieces and nephews. Predeceased by:
her beloved grand_son David
PATTERSON, son-in-law Donald
FAELKER,
brothers: Clarence, Alvin and Elmer
ELLIS, sisters: Irene
GATEMAN
and Mary Ann
VATTENDAHL, niece Doris
WENDORF and nephew Gerald
GATEMAN. A Private Funeral Service was held on Friday, January 04,
2008 at 12: pm at Mighton Funeral Home Hanover Ontario. The Reverend
Gordon WILLIAMS of Orangeville officiated. Interment in Hanover
Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Scott Mission, Salvation
Army or charity of one's choice were appreciated as expressions
of sympathy.
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FAESSLER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-08 published
Actor enjoyed long Stratford career and doubled as a gifted drama
coach
Trained in British repertory and a graduate of a famous London
school for actors, he built a highly regarded Canadian career
and founded Toronto's George Brown Theatre School
By Noreen SHANAHAN,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S8
Toronto -- Joseph
SHAW was a pillar of the Stratford Festival
who liked nothing better than to mentor young actors struggling
to wrap their tongues around Shakespeare. "I wouldn't be an actor
without him," said Alison Lawrence, who was one of the actor-director's
first students. "He had great faith in us. He used to say that
he would never kick anybody out of school, but that the actual
work in the theatre [community] was going to select people."
She recalled a flamboyant teacher whose style sense had never
left the 1970s. He'd stride about wearing hip-hugging bell-bottoms,
love beads and a shiny white belt, said Ms. Lawrence, who is
a regular on the Toronto stage and who co-wrote the three-woman
comedy Bittergirl. He wore an ascot, splashed on what seemed
like cartons of cologne and puffed at an elegant cigarette holder.
His students adored him, even when he dramatically blew smoke
in their faces. He demanded professionalism and insisted they
pay careful attention to voice training, movement, dance, music
- all the bits and pieces that go with being a well-rounded actor.
Joseph SHAW was born in Lancashire, England, and fell in love
with the theatre at an early age.
His first Shakespearean role came while a schoolboy at a British
boy's school. He played a woman - Hermia - in A Midsummer Night's
Dream. During the Second World War, he joined the Royal Air Force
and was assigned menial work until his true talents were discovered.
After that, he was put in charge of staging musical shows and
skits to entertain the troops and boost morale. As a young man,
he studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London,
also the training ground of Julie Christie, Claire Bloom, Jeremy
Brett, Peggy Ashcroft, the Redgrave sisters and many others.
In 1949, he won the school's gold medal for acting and spent
the next five years appearing with various companies throughout
Britain.
In 1954, Mr.
SHAW was asked by director Leslie Yeo (obituary,
September 25, 2006) to join his London Theatre Company in Saint_John's.
"Joe could fit new lyrics to age-old Newfoundland sea shanties
and milk all the local sacred cows," Mr. Yeo wrote in his book
A Thousand and One First Nights.
Former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation writer and producer
Jeannine
Locke recalls meeting Mr.
SHAW in Saint_John's more than
50 years ago. "I remember seeing him for the first time, leaning
against the fireplace mantel, looking exactly like a school boy
for the Jolly Boys Annual, with his blond hair and blue eyes.
Very English good-looking in a way I thought all English should
look."
In 1962, he moved to Toronto to act and direct at the Crest Theatre.
The Crest signalled the beginning of commercial theatre in Toronto,
and for 13 years, audiences were treated to local productions.
Until then, audiences had been entertained mainly by touring
companies from Britain or the United States. Among other actors
at the Crest were Richard Monette, Barry Morse, Jackie Burroughs,
Frances Hyland, Amelia Hall, Eric House, Martha Henry and Kate
Reid.
While working at the Crest, Mr.
SHAW moved into what was possibly
the only theatrical rooming house in Toronto at that time. The
house on Sherbourne Street was owned by Canadian author Shirley
FAESSLER and it was alive with actors and dancers and such writers
as Margaret Laurence, Adele Weisman and Mavis Gallant. Mr.
SHAW
met his wife, actor Mary
SAVIDGE, by sharing a tiny kitchen with
her at the house. In 1960, they exchanged wedding vows in the
living room. Their son, Timon
SHAW, remembers from an early age
always being around assorted groups of thespians and other creative
folk. "My father had the most extraordinary character and spirit,
whether he was on stage or off. His love and fascination for
life and the arts was nothing short of infectious."
In 1962, Mr.
SHAW began a long run at the Stratford Festival,
occasionally in productions alongside his wife. Among his first
roles were Duncan in Macbeth and Pedant in The Taming of the
Shrew. "He had a kind of elegance to him," said general director
Antoni Cimolino. "He was able to play the leading-man stuff very
well, but he also had a wonderful comic sense. Not a low comedian,
but he had real status and style, so he had a bit of a chameleon
in him."
In the mayor's role in a 1989 run of A Shoemaker's Holiday, Mr.
SHAW
tucked the back of his cape inside his tights just as he stepped
onto the stage. "I heard this great wave of laughter at the right
side, and it spread across like a wave at a football field,"
said Mr. Cimolino. "What was brilliant about this piece of business
was that it was the pin that pricked the pomposity of the character
and made him human. So, as an artist, he found a way to add something
to the whole and make it better."
As a mentor, Mr.
SHAW was once particularly helpful to a certain
fresh-faced Romeo Montague. Mr. Monette, former artistic director
at the Stratford Festival, tells a story in his memoir Rough
Magic about how Mr.
SHAW arranged a dinner with Sir John Gielgud
in 1976. The British actor was in Toronto to perform at the Royal
Alexandra Theatre and Mr.
SHAW came straight to the point: "A
friend of mine is a rising young Canadian actor who has just
played Hamlet and is about to play Romeo. He'd love to meet you."
A fine evening followed where Dom Pérignon flowed, conversation
sparkled, and lobster thermidor was picked dry. Finally, at 2 a.m.,
quietly urged on by Mr.
SHAW,
Mr.
Monette asked Sir John, arguably
the greatest Shakespearean actor of the 20th century, for some
pointers on how to play Romeo. "Well, it's very difficult," he
replied. "You see, in the first act, you get a crick in your
neck from the balcony scene."
In 1975, Mr.
SHAW founded Toronto's George Brown Theatre School
and served as its artistic director for 10 years. His role as
mentor reached profound proportions during this decade.
"He cared tremendously about the theatre in Canada, the future
of the theatre in Canada and the future of the young Canadian
theatre professionals," said Diana Reis, a teacher who worked
with him in the early 1980s. "He built a bridge between the theatre
training of old that concentrated on skills classes, dancing,
voice, deportment and elocution, to the modern theatre training
classes. And at that time, it focused on the Stanislavski-based
work that was so popular in America, most specifically by [the
American actor] Uta Hagen."
He also revealed great depth in musical theatre.
"Joseph had a lot of experience writing musical shows… he had
been doing that in Newfoundland," said Judy Peyton
WARD, who
worked with him at the theatre school. "He had a great gift in
writing musical lyrics [and] he put that to good use at George
Brown."
Key to his philosophy was to hire faculty members who came not
from academia but from the theatre. A case in point was Ms. Peyton
WARD, a successful costume designer and cutter whom he brought
from Stratford. She easily transferred her skills to the George
Brown curriculum, handing students their own scissors and telling
them to cut and sew.
Operating a theatre school and performing fitted neatly into
Mr. SHAW's calendar. Typically, he would finish his "season"
at the school and head off to Stratford to begin rehearsals.
Inevitably, there was overlap. Toronto actor Dan Chameroy benefited
from Mr. SHAW's mentoring while auditioning for a leading role
in Cymbeline in 1992. "He was my launching pad when it came to
Shakespeare… without his help and assistance, I don't think they
would have looked at me seriously," he said. "It was the intimidation
of speaking without music underscoring my every word, fear of
being out there alone with only words: 'Oh my God, I have to
speak Shakespeare.' "
Standing in Mr.
SHAW's tiny Stratford living room, he was instructed
in breathing, punctuation and how to use his voice in the many
ways demanded by the Shakespearean language. "There were so many
different approaches to the work that I had never really thought
of," Mr. Chameroy said.
Mr. SHAW's own enthusiasm for his trade never flagged. He staged
plays and musicals in Montreal, Halifax, London, Toronto and
Saint_John's, and in 1979, he played the lead role in Blithe Spirit
at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. On television, he
appeared in The National Dream, King of Kensington, Street Legal,
A Gift to Last and Ray Bradbury Theatre. More recently, he appeared
in The Great Defender and Dieppe.
His roles at Stratford included the King of France in All's Well
That Ends Well; the title role in Julius Caesar; Dorilant in
The Country Wife; Old Adam in As You Like It; Seigneur Anselm
in The Miser; John of Gaunt in Richard II; and Abbe Faria in
The Count of Monte Cristo. His final roles were Vintner and Archbishop
Scroop in the 2006 production of Henry IV, Part 1. By that time
he was 85. "I'm sure some people wonder why I continue to act,
well past the usual retirement age," he said in the program guide.
"The answer is quite simple: I'm still stage-struck."
Joseph SHAW was born January 6, 1921 in Lancashire, England.
He died of emphysema in hospital in Stratford, Ontario, on January 9,
2008. He was 87. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary
SAVIDGE,
in 1982. He is survived by his son, Timon
SHAW.
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