KROEGER
KROGH
KROHE
KROJER
KRONICK
KRONIS
KROON
KROPF
KROWCHUK
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KROEGER,
Arthur
Died of cancer with family at his side in Ottawa, Ontario, on
May 9, 2008. Mr.
KROEGER is survived by his spouse, Huguette
LABELLE; his daughters, Alix and Kate; his stepchildren Chantal
LABELLE (and partner Paul
CHAMBERS) and Pierre
LABELLE; his granddaughter,
Catherine LABELLE-
CHAMBERS; his brothers Nicholas, George and
Peter; and his sister Anne (Dafoe). He is predeceased by his
first wife, Gabrielle (Gay); and by his brother Henry and sister
Helen.▼
Born
September 7, 1932, on a farm in Naco, Alberta, Mr.
KROEGER
was the youngest of seven children. The family were Mennonites
who emigrated from Russia in 1926 and settled in Alberta. Mr.
KROEGER
graduated from the University of Alberta with an honours degree
in English literature in 1955, and was then awarded a Rhodes
Scholarship to study at Oxford, where he took a degree in politics,
philosophy and economics. In 1958, he joined the Department of
External Affairs as a foreign service officer, serving in Geneva,
New Delhi and Washington. From 1975 to 1992, Mr.
KROEGER served
as a deputy minister in the federal government in six departments,
including Indian and Northern Affairs; Transport; Energy, Mines
and Resources; and Employment and Immigration. After leaving
the government in 1992, he served as Chancellor of Carleton University
from 1993 to 2002, where the Kroeger College of Public Affairs
was named after him in 1999. He was also a visiting professor
at the University of Toronto in 199394 and a visiting fellow
at Queen's University 1993-2000. In 2000, he was elected an honorary
fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford and received the University
of Alberta's Distinguished Alumnus Award. He chaired the Public
Policy Forum 1992-94 and was chair of the Canadian Policy Research
Network and the National Statistics Council at the time of his
death. In 1989, he received the Public Service Outstanding Achievement
Award. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989 and
a Companion of the Order in 2000. He held honorary doctorates
from the Universities of Western Ontario, Alberta, Calgary and
Carleton. He was the author of two books: Hard Passage, about
his family's experience in emigrating from Russia to Canada
and a forthcoming memoir about the definitive reform of Western
grain transportation, which will be published by the University
of Alberta Press next year. The funeral will take place at Christ
Church Cathedral, 420 Sparks Street, Ottawa, K1R 5A6, on Thursday,
May 15 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
Carleton
University for the Arthur
KROEGER
Scholarship, attention
Denise MAYER, 510 Robertson Hall, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
K1S 5B6, or at www.carleton.ca under 'Giving to Carleton' and
stipulating the purpose for which the money is to be used. For
additional information, please contact Hulse, Playfair and McGarry
Funeral Homes Central Chapel, Ottawa, 613-233-1143 or www.mcgarryfamily.ca
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KROEGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-12 published
Ottawa's 'dean of deputy ministers' cherished the ideals of good
governance
In serving governments of all stripes, he set a standard among
all upper-echelon bureaucrats. His greatest achievement was likely
helping save Canada's railways by reforming the 'Crow rate'
By Gay ABBATE,
Page
S12
Toronto -- The period between 1975 and 1992 saw great change
in Canada's political landscape. There were more federal elections
than most people cared to think about, and a revolving door of
political figures that set the minds of voters spinning. Yet
during this period of turbulent transition, Arthur
KROEGER remained
a key player in the Ottawa bureaucracy, a testament to his trustworthiness
and his uncanny ability to be parachuted into any ministry and
set it to rights.
Known as the "dean of deputy ministers," Mr.
KROEGER set the
standard for public servants during his 34 years working for
the federal government, one of his greatest legacies being a
reformed Crow's Nest Pass freight rate that allowed Canada's
railways to survive.
For all that, Mr.
KROEGER never gave thought to running for public
office himself, in part because he was a very private person.
In a speech entitled "In Praise of the Politician," which he
gave in 1990 to the Empire Club of Canada, he spoke of the public
scrutiny of politicians and their private lives. He complained
that "public bitchiness" about those in public life "has gone
well beyond any bounds of reasonableness in recent years, to
the point where the good governance of the country stands to
be affected."
He admired most of the politicians he met and for whom he worked,
praising them for their long hours and for their sacrifices.
The public impression that politicians are simply freeloaders
on the public purse and that their sole interest is ego gratification
is an erroneous one, he said.
Mr. KROEGER was happy to carve out his own niche, one in which
he best served the Canadian public by helping to shape the policies
that elected officials would enact as legislation. His role,
he maintained, was to offer choices to the politicians whose
job it was to choose. He was never a "Yes, Minister" type of
civil servant unless he truly agreed with his bosses, said Ned
FRANKS,
Professor
Emeritus of political studies at Queen's University.
"He would not have been a good politician but he was a great
public servant," Mr.
FRANKS said.
Born east of Drumheller, Alberta., near the Saskatchewan border,
Arthur KROEGER was the youngest of seven children of Heinrich
and Helen KROEGER, a Mennonite couple who immigrated from what
is now Ukraine in 1926. The
KROEGERs were among 20,000 Mennonites
who fled to Canada during the 1920s from the Soviet Union to
avoid persecution by the Communists. The
KROEGER family arrived
with little to their name except for a set of carpentry tools,
a wooden box full of family diaries and documents, and the family
clock. They settled in the southeastern Alberta community of
Naco on arid land others had abandoned as untenable. So, too,
did the KROEGERs.
They left what is now a ghost town to try their
luck in what is known as Palliser's Triangle, an area of low
rainfall that straddles three Prairie provinces.
Those early days were difficult for the
KROEGERs and often there
was little to eat. Meals were boiled wheat, beet peelings or
lard sandwiches. Mr.
KROEGER frequently went hungry as a child,
said his daughter, Alix
KROEGER.
Helen▲
KROEGER supplemented the
family's finances by taking in washing. All the children helped
out with the chores, with the milking of the cows falling to
the youngest child. Often, as he went about his task, a barn
cat arrived in hopes of a handout. As a young boy, Mr.
KROEGER
loved cats and would squirt milk directly into the cat's mouth,
his daughter said.
The KROEGERs spoke Low German and Mr.
KROEGER did not learn English
until he started school. That deficiency never held him back.
Upon graduating from Consort High School, he obtained a degree
in English Literature from the University of Alberta in 1955.
However, he had not arrived at university with a distinguished
academic record. In 2004, he admitted as such in a convocation
speech to graduates of the university. "I had shot pool, played
hockey and hung around with my Friends," he recounted. As a result,
he ended Grade 12 two courses short and had to make good in summer
school.
After graduation, he spent a year teaching, only to discover
that he did not enjoy the job and junked the idea. A former professor
urged him to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship. He was successful,
and soon he set off for Pembroke College at Oxford University
to pursue studies in English literature. Two weeks into the term
he switched to politics, philosophy and economics. He received
his master's in 1958 and always remained grateful to his old
professor. Mr.
KROEGER framed the professor's note and hung it
on the wall of his study.
From Oxford, he joined what was then the Department of External
Affairs and served in Geneva, New Delhi, Washington and Ottawa.
Over the years, he built up a reputation for hard work, clear
thinking and astute management. Then, a few days before Christmas
in 1974, he was suddenly launched into Ottawa's upper stratosphere.
Then prime minister Pierre Trudeau personally selected Mr.
KROEGER
and three other senior servants and appointed them to key positions
in various departments. From Mr. Trudeau's point of view, he
was just what he had in mind - "younger men with more flexibility,"
who could function in top government jobs. After struggling under
the limitations of a minority government, Mr. Trudeau had that
summer been returned to power with a majority and he wished to
put into effect some lasting changes.
Then 42, Mr.
KROEGER became one of Mr. Trudeau's bright new stars.
He was moved from assistant secretary on the Treasury Board to
deputy minister in the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development. While not entirely new to the department (in his
Treasury capacity, he had supervised its spending programs),
it was the first time he had any personal experience with the
North since 1958, when he had set off for England. Unlike most
transatlantic travellers who at that time took a ship from Montreal
or Halifax, he had boarded a wheat-carrying freighter in Churchill,
Manitoba, and had gone to Britain via Hudson Bay. Until he became
a deputy minister, that had been his first and only trip to the
North.
His spell at Oxford was significant in matters of the heart,
too. While there, he met a fellow Canadian student, Gabrielle
SELLERS, who was studying history on a scholarship. The two became
Friends and both would join External Affairs at the same time
she went to the United Nations in New York. They met again in
Washington and married in 1966. They were to remain together
until her death in 1979.
After leaving Indian Affairs, he went on to other appointments
as deputy minister: Transport Canada (1979-83), Regional Industrial
Expansion (1985-86), Energy, Mines and Resources (1986-88) and
Employment and Immigration (1988-92). In the short period when
he was not a deputy minister he took on other positions, including
special adviser to the Clerk of the Privy Council.
It was at the Department of Transport in 1979 that Mr.
KROEGER
truly made his mark. The portfolio had just been handed to Jean-Luc
Pepin and together they rolled up their sleeves and set about
reforming the historic Crow's Nest Pass freight rate. The process
was to take four years of debate, revision and much slinging
of political mud.
To Mr. KROEGER, however, the reform was more a matter of good
governance than of good politics. His analysis was that the railways
could not go on losing millions of dollars carrying grain at
Crow rates, but the farmers needed the railways to get their
grain to market, so the government had to bite the bullet of
change.
To settle differences, the department proposed to split the Crow
rate subsidy of $650-million a year evenly between farmers and
the railways. For a while, it looked as if the measure would
go through without difficulty. Then Quebec raised its voice to
denounce the changes as giving western livestock farmers an unfair
advantage. The attack spooked the Quebec Liberal caucus and Mr. Pepin,
already under fire from the powerful wheat pools in the West,
retreated. That invited attacks by many Tory members of Parliament
and their grain-growing constituents. Meanwhile, for reasons
of its own, the New Democratic Party also weighed in and the
row raged on for months.
For Mr. KROEGER, the whole thing began to appear very expensive.
"Unfortunately, neither producers nor railways nor the federal
Government can pay much more than at present," he told The Globe
and Mail in September, 1982. "We have to acknowledge we may have
a grain transportation system no one can afford."
Interestingly, one of his allies was his brother, Henry
KROEGER,
then Minister of Transport in Alberta. Many wheat producers in
the province looked kindly on the reform and Henry
KROEGER threw
in his support. After his brother died in 1987, Mr.
KROEGER forever
kept above his desk a photo of the Canadian flag flying at half-mast
at the Alberta Legislature.
In the end, the bill passed in November, 1983, after undergoing
more than 80 amendments. As it happened, Mr. Pepin was not there
to welcome it. By August that year, he had suffered too many
black eyes and Mr. Trudeau replaced him with Lloyd Axworthy.
His departure was a sad moment for Mr.
KROEGER, who had developed
a deep respect for his boss.
As things turned out, it would all go out the window anyway.
The new rate was upheld by successive Tory governments but eventually
it was eliminated after Jean Chrétien came to power in 1993.
Mr. KROEGER, however, never forgot. The Crow issue and the fight
in the trenches alongside his friend Mr. Pepin left a lasting
impression and he wrote a so-far untitled book on the subject.
It will be published next year by University of Alberta Press.
In 1989, Mr.
KROEGER was awarded the Public Service Outstanding
Achievement Award and therein lies his legacy, say his numerous
fans. Former prime minister Paul Martin, a long-time friend,
said Mr. KROEGER had a huge influence on many politicians in
terms of public policy and what was best for the future of Canada.
Mr. Martin was one of those who turned to him for advice. It
was 1993, the Liberals had just won the federal election and
Mr. Martin wanted to join the cabinet as minister of industry.
A big mistake, Mr.
KROEGER told him, and urged him instead to
become the finance minister because that was where the power
lies. "I resisted at first, but eventually gave in to his superior
knowledge," said Mr. Martin. "He was right."
When
Mr.
Martin later became prime minister, he turned to Mr.
KROEGER
for his "great reservoir of knowledge" and asked him to serve
on a transition team.
Mr. KROEGER never lost touch with his western roots or lost his
western perspective, said Donald Savoie, professor of Public
Administration at the University of Moncton.
Part of the task of the transition team was to shape how the
new government would handle its dealings with the West. "You
can't do one thing that's going to please the West, because there
is no such West," he said. "There are many Wests."
Mr. KROEGER retired from the public service in 1992 but was not
idle for long. The following year, he became Chancellor of Carleton
University and served until 2002.
He was also visiting professor at the University of Toronto from
1993 to 1994, and a visiting fellow at Queen's University from
1993 to 1999.
A humble man, he never spoke of his accomplishments, said Huguette
LABELLE, his long-time partner. The two met several years after
Gabrielle KROEGER's death and became Friends. At the time, they
were both deputy ministers. "We had a lot of the same views and
values," said Ms.
LABELLE,
Chancellor of the University of Ottawa
since 1994.
After his retirement, Mr.
KROEGER began to delve into the diaries
and family documents stored in that wooden box that survived
the KROEGER family's trip across the ocean. From those, he pieced
together the history of his family dating back several generations,
highlighting its survival through revolution, drought and persecution.
His book Hard Passage: A Mennonite Family's Long Journey from
Russia to Canada was published last year.
In 2000, Mr.
KROEGER was named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
The year before, Carleton University created the Arthur Kroeger
College of Public Affairs to administer its new undergraduate
program in public affairs and policy management.
Unpretentious to the end, it left him tongue-tied.
Arthur KROEGER was born September 7, 1932, in Naco, Alberta.
He died of kidney cancer on May 9, 2008, at the Centre Élisabeth-Bruyère
in Ottawa. He was 75. He leaves his daughters, Alix and Kate,
brothers Nick, George and Peter, and sister Anne. He also leaves
his partner, Huguette
LABELLE, step-son Pierre
LABELLE and step-daughter
Chantal LABELLE.
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KROGH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-03 published
KROGH,
Thomas
Edvard
Born in Peterborough, Ontario, 1936, passed away April 29, 2008.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geology, University of Toronto
Retired Curator and Founding Director of the Geochronology Laboratory
at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Much loved and greatly missed by his wife
Kathy
MYERS and sister
Joan Armstrong
BENNETT.
Fondly remembered by his children and
their spouses: Erik and Jane, Kari and Dave, Sara and Mark and Jason and
Jenn as well grandchildren Jeremy, Rebecca, Ezra and Alyssa Hong
GEE.
Tom approached life with a scientific mind, sharing his insights
into geology, cooking, organic gardening, energy efficiency and
more. Every experience was seen as an opportunity for learning.
Always down to earth, Tom was as comfortable in a straw hat on
his tractor as he was examining minerals under a microscope.
But Tom was perhaps most at home on an outcrop of the Canadian Shield.
A graduate of Queen's University M.Sc. and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Ph.D., Tom especially enjoyed his many years of
research at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. His
work revolutionized techniques of radiometric uranium-lead rock
dating leading to an unprecedented level of precision that has
facilitated the unraveling of the history of the Earth's crust.
Tom was the recipient of numerous awards in recognition of his
scientific contributions including the Geological Association
of Canada's Logan Medal and the Canadian Geophysical Union's
Tuzo Wilson Medal. In addition to receiving an Honorary Doctorate
of Science from Queen's University, he was inducted as a fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada, the Geological Association of
Canada, the American Geophysical Union, the Norwegian Academy
of Science and Letters, and the European Association for Geochemistry.
A gathering in Tom's honour will take place on May 8, 4: 00 p.m.
at the University of Toronto Faculty Club. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in Tom's memory to the Queen's University
Science '59 Entrance Award for students in financial need. Condolences
received at www.jasonkrogh.com.
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KROHE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-21 published
KROHE,
Leo
Gerald
Of Edgewood Drive, Woodstock, passed away at the Woodstock General
Hospital on Friday, June 20, 2008 in his 79th year. Beloved husband
of Sheila May
KROHE (nee:
SQUANCE.)
Loving father of Richard
KROHE (Isabel), London; Lorraine
PENCE (Paul), Cambridge; Ronald
KROHE (Ann), Langton and Lou Ann
REEVES, Woodstock. Cherished
grandfather of six grandchildren: Angela
WEIR
(Todd,)
Chris
POWELL
(Tricia,) Matthew
POWELL,
Allie
HAGERMAN, Chelsea
KROHE, Courtney
KROHE and great-grandfather to Charlie, Maxwell, Ben, William
and Samuel. Dearest brother of Marion
McMAHON
(Late
William,)
Tillsonburg and Margaret
VANDENBERGHE
(Late
Andre,)
Tillsonburg.
Also survived by several nieces and nephews and will be dearly
missed by all his coffee club buddies and his Friends at Andersons.
Predeceased by his daughter, Linda
KROHE (1959.) Friends may
call at the Murphy Funeral Home, Delhi for visitation on Monday
from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and for Parish Prayers
at 7: 30 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of LaSalette
Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 10: 00 a.m.
with Rev. Fr. Alan
DUFRAIMONT officiating. Interment in Our Lady
of LaSalette Cemetery. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
or the Charity of your choice will be gratefully acknowledged
by the family.
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KROJER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-31 published
KROJER,
Jackie
(DOUGHTY)
In loving memory of Jackie who passed away March 31st, 2007.
Our lives go on without you But nothing is the same We have to
hide our heartaches When someone speaks your name. Sad are the
hearts that love you Silent the tears that fall Living our lives
without you Is the hardest part of all. You did so many things
for us Your heart was kind and true And when we needed someone
We could always count on you. The special years will not return
When we were all together But with the love within our hearts
You will walk with us forever. Sadly missed and loved by husband
Dan, also missed and loved by father Bill
MASON. Cherished sister
of Eileen, Cori, Waverly and spouses.
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KRONICK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-18 published
SEDLEY,
Leo
Died peacefully on February 14, 2008 at Sunnybrook Veterans'
Hospital in Toronto after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer's
Disease. Leo was the dear husband of 60 years to Evelyn (nee
SAXE,) wonderful father to John (Mary-Jo) and adored Grandpa
to David. He is survived by his sister Libby
KRONICK
(Joe) and
brother Ben
SEDLEZKY
(Bootie.) He was predeceased by his sister
Dorothy LEFCORT
(Malcolm) and brother Isadore
SEDLEZKY (Roz.)
Leo was born in Montreal in 1919. He was a man of great honesty
and integrity who put his family's needs before his own. Leo
served proudly in the Canadian Army in World War 2, seeing active
service in Belgium, Holland and Germany. We shall miss his humour,
generosity of spirit and the twinkle in his eye. We especially
thank the staff of the Dorothy Macham Home at Sunnybrook Hospital
in Toronto for looking after him so well in his final years and
also K3's Felicito and Maria in his final days.
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KRONIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-26 published
KRONIS,
Murray
Dr.
Passed away after a sudden illness on February 24, 2008 at Mount
Sinai
Hospital,
Toronto, in his 73rd year. Murray
KRONIS, of
Penetanguishene, beloved husband of Helgi (Nee
REBANE.)
Adored
dad of Roxanne and Will
CLARK, and Aaron
KRONIS.
Will be missed
by his mother-in-law Helmi, and by family and Friends in Toronto,
Midland - Penetanguishene, and California. A graveside service
will be held at Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park, 6033 Bathurst Street
North York, (416) 223-1373, on Wednesday February 27, 2008 at
2: 30 p.m. If desired, memorial Donations to the United Jewish
Peoples' Order would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements
entrusted to the Lynn Chapel of Carson Funeral Homes, 290 First
Street, Midland, (705) 526-6551. Online Messages of Condolence
are welcome at www.CarsonFuneralHomes.com
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KROON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-28 published
AUKEMA,
Gail
H. (née
VAN
TIL)
'Well done good and faithful servant Come and share your Master's
happiness.' Matthew 25: 21
A resident of Chatham and formerly of Ridgetown, Gail
AUKEMA
died on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at the Chatham Kent Health
Alliance, Chatham Campus, at the age of 81. Born in Holland to
the late Hendrik and Trinjtje
(WOLTERS)
VAN
TIL.
Beloved wife
of the late Evert
AUKEMA (1989.) Loving mother of Henry and Alyce
AUKEMA,
Teresa and Dan
HEATH, John and the late Tina
AUKEMA,
Harold and Joyce
AUKEMA,
Brenda and Ron
MAK, and Rob and Brenda
AUKEMA.
Gail will be missed by her 26 grandchildren and her 6 great-grandchildren.
Sister of Gerrit and Janny
VAN
TIL, Harry and Bea
VAN
TIL, Jenny
and the late Wiebe
POSTMA,
Marten and Stien
VAN
TIL. Sister in-law
of the late Jan-Evert and Blijke
AUKEMA,
Beits and the late Hank
KROON,
Jim and the late Roelie
AUKEMA, Jan and Zwannie
AUKEMA,
Evelyn and the late Harry
RIEPMA,
Wob and Joke
AUKEMA, Cecil
and Freida
AUKEMA.
Gail is predeceased by sister in-law Ali
AUKEMA.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews. Family will receive
Friends from 2: 00-4:30 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29,
2008 at the McKinlay Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham.
Family and Friends are invited to meet at Greenwood Cemetery,
Ridgetown, at 11: 00 a.m. on Wednesday for an interment service.
A Memorial service and reception will follow, on Wednesday Afternoon
at 2: 00 p.m. at Grace Christian Reformed Church, 255 Tweedsmuir
Ave.
E.,
Chatham, with Rev. William
KOOPMANS officiating. Memorial
donations made to the Foundation of the Chatham Kent Health Alliance
or Chatham Christian Schools are welcomed. Online condolences
may be left at www.mckinlayfuneralhome.com.
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KROPF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-01-07 published
LEIS,
Edmund
Peacefully went to be with his Lord on Saturday January 5, 2008
at KW Health Centre of Grand River Hospital. He resided in Wellesley
and was formerly of Millbank. Ed was born 74 years ago in Wellesley
Township, a son of the late Clayton and Magdalena
(GERBER)
LEIS.
He was a member of Poole Mennonite Church where he served as
Elder, Sunday School Superintendent and teacher. Ed blessed his
church family with his musical talent as song leader and musician.
Beloved husband of Lydiann
(ZEHR)
LEIS whom he married in 1956.
Loving father of Doug and Cheryl of Wiarton, Judy and Tim
JANTZI/YANTZI
of R.R.#2 Tavistock, Rob and Brenda of R.R.#1 Newton, Val and
Robert BENDER of R.R.#2 Wellesley, Don and Julie of Wellesley,
Sherry and Metaxas
MAKEDOS of R.R.#2 Tavistock. Special grandpa
of 21 grandchildren. Brother of Marjorie and Doug
BOWLES of Woodstock,
Helen and Howard
KROPF of Tavistock, Albert and friend Pat of
Stratford, Laurene and Bruce
WILHELM of New Hamburg and brother-in-law
of Allan and Marg
ZEHR of R.R.#1 Newton. Also remembered by his
aunt Lavina
KRAFT of Waterloo and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Predeceased by one brother in infancy and sister-in-law Sandra
LEIS.
Ed's family invites relatives and Friends to share their
memories at the Crosshill Mennonite Church on Monday January 7
(tonight) from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday January 8 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
The funeral service will be held at Poole Mennonite Church on
Wednesday
January 9, 2008 at 11: 00 a.m. with Pastor Paul
DYCK
officiating. Interment to follow in the adjoining church cemetery.
As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to Mennonite Central
Committee or 100 Huntley Street would be appreciated by the family
and can be arranged by calling Brenneman Funeral Home, Atwood
at 519-356-2382 or www.brennemanfuneralhome.ca
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KROPF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-05-27 published
WALPOLE,
Harold
Harding
Peacefully at the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound, on
Monday,
May 26th, 2008. Harold Harding
WALPOLE, of Owen Sound,
in his 95th year. Dearly beloved husband of the late Audrey
WALPOLE.
Loving father of Gwen
CLARKE and her husband, Ron, of Chesley,
Carol WALPOLE and Brenda
HUGHES and her husband, Don, both of
Owen Sound. Proud grandfather of Brad (Michele)
CLARKE, Kevin
CLARKE, Greg (Betty)
CLARKE, Dale (Jen)
KROPF, Leisa (Mark)
BORLAND
and Randy HUGHES. Cherished great-grandfather of Kyra, Brendan,
Alexandra, Owen, Melissa, Darren, Jessica, Kaitland, Kirsten
and Brooks. Dear brother of Wray
WALPOLE
(Mae) of Chesley, and
brother-in-law of Jack
SLACK and his wife, Margaret, of Guelph
and Doris LARSON, of Alberta. Predeceased by his parents, William
and Ella WALPOLE, and five brothers and sisters. A Private Family
Service for Harold
WALPOLE will be held in the Chapel of the
Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250-14th Street West, Owen Sound,
Ontario, N4K-3X8 (519-376-7492) on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 with
Rev. Ralph
SCHMIDT officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
If so desired, the family would appreciate donations to the Victorian
Order of Nurses at St. Francis Place or the charity of your choice
as your expression of sympathy.
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WINSLET,
Dudley
Rowland
Molineux
(August 16, 1926-June 13, 2008)
Dudley WINSLET passed away peacefully on Friday, June 13, 2008
at the Newport Harbour Care Center in Calgary. Dudley was 81 years
of age and in those years raised a family, made a huge number
of Friends, contributed to society in many ways and travelled
widely. Dudley was born in Rhaniket, India in 1926 during the
time his father, William
WINSLET was serving in the British Army.
After William's stint in India, the family moved back to England
where Dudley was raised. Dudley finished his schooling in Hornchurch,
Essex and as a teenager met Jean whom he dated and later married.
In 1944, Dudley, anxious to join the war effort and serve his
country joined the Royal Air Force. It was his training with
the air force that took him to Canada for the first time. He
trained as a navigator in Manitoba and British Columbia and was
then assigned in Burma in the final days of World War 2. After
two years there, he returned to England where he served in the
Royal Air Force Transport Command. In 1948, Dudley left the Royal
Air Force and attended Westminster College in London to train
as a school teacher. He had many stories of handling class rooms
full of unruly school boys. In 1951, he married Jean and after
deciding that teaching was not for him as a lifelong profession,
he returned to university in London and earned a degree in geology
from Birkbeck College. Throughout his college years he was active
in track and field as well as rugby. In 1956, Dudley, Jean and
their newly born son, Mark, immigrated to Canada, where he began
a career with Texaco that would span 35 years. Dudley spent the
early years sitting on wells in Northern Canada while Jean tended
the home in Calgary and Edmonton. A second child, Laura, was
born in 1961. Subsequent assignments with Texaco took Dudley
and family to Ontario, New York, London, and eventually back
to Calgary. Dudley maintained his interest in the air force throughout
his life and he continued to contribute in this regard through
the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve, the air cadets and most
recently the Calgary Aircrew Association. Dudley loved the oil
business, embraced life in Canada and loved to travel. Dudley
had many many Friends spread throughout the world. Laura and
Mark always teased that their parents had a more active social
life then they did and even this was well into Dudley and Jean's
retirement years. Dudley had a love of music and literature,
science and history, as well as many sports. In his later years
he developed a passion for golf. He could chat to anyone on any
subject. He liked to talk and was an expert at making speeches
on any occasion. Dudley lost his beloved Jean in 2005 to cancer
and soon became ill himself with lung disease but he continued
to partake in his interests and spend time with family and Friends.
He never lost his keen interest in other people's lives. He was
a voracious reader to the end. He always maintained his sense
of humour and complained little unless pasta was served by some
unknowing cook. He also did like to complain on occasion about
certain politicians. Dudley is survived by his son, Mark of Houston,
his daughter, Laura
KROWCHUK and son-in-law Paul and two grand-daughters,
Melissa and Zoe, all of Calgary. He is also survived by cousin
Eileen MOLINEUX of Guernsey, niece, Jane
NASH and brother-in-law,
David NASH as well as great nieces and nephew Cecily, Loie, Jerome,
all of England, and by so many Friends, all of whom will miss
Dudley immensely. He was the best of husbands, fathers and Friends.
We are glad that Dudley and Jean are now reunited. Thank you
from the family to Doctor Van Olm, his physician who became a friend
at the end, the kind and caring staff at Newport Harbour, especially
the lovely Angie and the excellent doctors and nurses in Emergency
and on Unit 54 at the Peter Lougheed Hospital. Dad was very appreciative
of the care he received towards the end. If Friends so desire,
memorial tributes may be made directly to the Canadian Lung Association
at P.O. Box 4500, Station South, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 6K2,
Canada. Phone: 780-488-6819, E-mail: info@ca.ab.lung.ca or to the
Salvation Army, 420 - 9 Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2G 0R9
Telephone: (403) 410-1111, www.salvationarmy.org. A Memorial
Service and Celebration of Dudley's Life will be held at Calgary
Crematorium Chapel, 3219 - 4 Street N.W. (within the valley of
Queen's Park Cemetery), on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 2: 00 p.m..
A reception will be held after the service. Heritage Funeral
Services 'Calgary Crematorium Chapel' Telephone: 299-0111
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