HIBBERD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-03 published
JUDGE,
Shirley
Ann (née
HIBBERD)
Social worker, feminist, professor, partner, lover of books,
gardens and road trips. Born September 22, 1938, in Surrey, England.
Died February 4 in Ottawa of colon cancer, aged 69.
By Helen LEVINE and Donna
JOHNSON,
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In many ways, Shirley
JUDGE came at the world in an old-fashioned
British way. She was independent, courageous and outspoken, but
had a certain personal reserve.
Born
Shirley
Ann
HIBBERD, she was the responsible eldest of four
girls raised in wartime England. Her earliest memories were of
food rations, victory gardens, billeted Canadian soldiers and
hiding in the "bomb shelter" under the stairs when air-raid sirens
sounded.
A top-flight high-school student who dreamed of studying history
at Oxford, Shirley was streamed into social work at the University
of Bristol, a course of study "befitting a woman." Her first
job was in a mining community. By age 23 she was co-ordinating
adoptions for an entire county.
Shirley married in 1963, immigrating with her husband to Ottawa,
where she worked in child welfare at the Children's Aid Society.
The marriage ended after seven years. Shirley formed an enduring
bond with Henry
HOMONICK.
She became a highly respected psychiatric social worker at Ottawa's
Queensway Carleton Hospital. When the head of her department
died suddenly and a less-qualified male colleague was appointed
as interim director, Shirley resigned in protest.
She joined the faculty of Carleton University's school of social
work, teaching and organizing the graduate field placement program.
The school's structural feminist approach fit with her convictions
about social justice and women's equality. On the side she ran
a small counselling practice and acted on the boards of various
women's organizations.
Shirley had a lifelong love of learning. She earned a pilot's
licence, was an expert gardener, took courses in retirement,
belonged to a book club, and travelled. She was a member of a
feminist "envisioning" group - nine women who met regularly for
potluck suppers and discussions both personal and political.
She met her terminal diagnosis with true British grit and humour.
She wanted full information and choices, including the option
to die with dignity. In the end she fought to stay alive, for
in spite of chemo, pain and loss of energy, Shirley found riches
and meaning in the last year of her life. Dying was a kind of
intense road trip in a foreign land, and she lived it fully,
opening up about her fears, joys and hopes in a way she had never
done before.
Her final project was audiotaping her experience of dying for
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio. At meetings, at parties,
at chemo sessions or alone in the middle of a sleepless night,
the tape recorder came out. Shirley loved having a project that
challenged her and gave a sense of purpose to her dying.
Helen LEVINE and Donna
JOHNSON are Shirley's Friends.
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HIBBINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-24 published
DAY,
Dorothy (née
FRALICK)
Peacefully, on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at McCall Continuing
Care Centre. Dorothy
DAY (née
FRALICK), beloved wife of the late
Raymond DAY.
Loving mother of Elaine (the late Peter
MILLER)
of Melbourne, Australia and Dianne (Jim
WILSON) of Florida and
Muskoka. Much loved grandmother of Greg
MILLER, Anthony
MILLER
and Karen MILFULL
(John.) Cherished great-grandmother of Tegan
MILLER.
Forever remembered by sisters-in-law Irene
HIBBINS, Rose
CLARKE,
Lorraine
O'DONOGHUE and the late Pearl
CLARKE, and her
many Friends whose lives she touched. Friends may call at the
Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St. W. (at Windermere,
east of Jane subway) on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 2: 00 p.m. Chapel
Service to be held at 3: 00 pm. Cremation has taken place. If
desired, donations to a charity of choice would be appreciated
by the family.
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HIBBITT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-11 published
HIBBITT,
Maggie "
Peggy"
January 9th, 2008 in Ottawa. Loved by her son Laird (Donna) and
granddaughters Jenna and Tory.
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HIBMA o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-06-05 published
RICHARDSON,
Robin
Maria
Of Wiarton, suddenly at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Durham
on Monday, June 2nd, 2008. Robin Maria
RICHARDSON in her 22nd
year. Cherished daughter of Don and Suzy (née
McCAW,) of Wiarton.
Adored sister of Kayla, at home. Loving girlfriend of Blair
COWIE
of London. Beloved granddaughter of Doug and Nancy
McCAW, and
Sheila RICHARDSON (and friend Bill) all of Wiarton, and the late
Ray RICHARDSON; and great-granddaughter of Kathleen
SMITH, of
Wiarton, and Eva
SCHNIEDER/SNIDER/SNYDER, of Hanover. Robin will be forever
missed by her aunts and uncles, Bev and Paul
BOSWELL,
Sandy
JONES
(Brent,) Neil
RICHARDSON and Alecia
CRAIG,
Sandra
LEE and Dick
HIBMA, Ted and Tammy
McCAW, Vickie and Don
SCARLETT, John
McCAW,
Pam McCAW
(Pete
QUINLAN,) and Mark
McCAW (Mike
DURKACZ;) her
many cousins and Friends, especially Tara
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON.
Robin was
an Honours Business student at Wilfrid Laurier University and
employed by BDO Chartered Accountants in Owen Sound. Her
love of sports, animals and music was only surpassed by her love
of family and Friends. Robin's family invite Friends to join
with them at the Thomas C. Whitcroft Funeral Home and Chapel, Sauble
Beach (519) 422-0041 on Friday, June 6th, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
A service to celebrate Robin's life will be conducted from the
Sauble Christian Fellowship church, 25 Southampton Parkway, Sauble
Beach on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Pastor David
OPPERTSHAUSER
officiating. Interment in Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton. Donations
to Laurier University Charity for Kids, or the Wiarton Hospital
would be greatly appreciated. In living memory of Robin a Red
Maple tree will be planted in the funeral home meadow by the
Thomas C. Whitcroft Funeral Home and Chapel. Condolences may be
expressed on-line at www.whitcroftfuneralhome.com
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