LAY
LAYCOCK
LAYMAN
LAYNE
LAYT
LAYTE
LAYWINE
LAY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2008-03-12 published
MacMILLAN,
William
Gunn
Peacefully at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital on Friday,
March 7, 2008. William
MacMILLAN of Huntsville formerly of Don
Mills, in his 79th year. Beloved husband of Nancy. Dear father
of Sandra and her husband Wayne
LAY of Huntsville, Ian and his
wife Janet of Richmond Hill, Donna and her husband Tom
GREENAWAY
of Bowmanville. Loving grandfather of Jennifer, Jason, Duncan,
Emily, Krissy and Maggie. Predeceased by his brother Jim and
sister Margaret. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Best
Western Hotel, 86 Howland Drive, Huntsville in the Algonquin
Room, on Saturday, March 15, 2008 from 1-3 p.m. Memorial Gifts
to the Huntsville Hospital Foundation would be appreciated by
the family. www.billingsleyfuneralhome.com
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LAYCOCK o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-06-04 published
LAYCOCK,
Nancy
Anne (née
GARVEY)
Peacefully surrounded by the love of her family and Friends,
at the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound, on Monday evening,
June 2nd, 2008. Nancy Anne
LAYCOCK (née
GARVEY,) of R.R.#8, Owen
Sound, in her 52nd year. Dearly beloved wife of Ross
LAYCOCK.
Loving mother of Kristy
LAYCOCK and her partner, Ryan
CULLEN.
Loving daughter of Marjorie
GARVEY, of Owen Sound and the late
Frank (Diz)
GARVEY. Dear sister-in-law of Sharon
GARVEY,
Carl
and Gloria
LAYCOCK and Bonnie and Ted
CATHRAE.
Nancy will be
sadly missed by her nieces and nephews and her many Friends.
Predeceased by her brother, Bryan
GARVEY and her in-laws, Lloyd
and Mamie LAYCOCK.
Nancy was a dedicated employee of GE Security
formerly Edwards of Canada for 32 years. Friends may call at
the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West, Owen
Sound, Ontario, N4K-3X8 (519-376-7492) on Thursday from 3: 00-5:00 and
7: 00-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service for Nancy
LAYCOCK will be held
in the Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 11: 00 a.m.
with Rev. Robert
LITTLE officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
If so desired, the family would appreciate donations to the Canadian
Cancer Society or the Grey Bruce Health Services for Staff Education
as your expression of sympathy.
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LAYCOCK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-06 published
KNEESHAW,
Marjorie
B. (née
CRAIG)
Of Saint Thomas, passed away on Friday, July 4th, 2008, at the
Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, in her 91st year. Dearly loved
wife of Milton Theron
KNEESHAW and loved mother of Ray and his
wife Carolyn
KNEESHAW.
Much loved grandmother of Rob
KNEESHAW
of London and Dan and his wife
Melissa
KNEESHAW of Saint Thomas.
Loved great-grandmother of Jamie and Arlen
KNEESHAW.
Marjorie
was born in Meaford (St. Vincent) on November 6th, 1917, the
daughter of the late Robert Lorne and Clara "Myrtle"
LAYCOCK)
CRAIG.
She was a member of the Church of Christ. Resting at Williams
Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas where funeral service
will be held Monday at 11: 00 a.m. Private family interment in
Meaford Cemetery. Visitation Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances
may be made to the Church of Christ or the charity of choice.
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LAYMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-05-10 published
LAYMAN,
Brian
Peacefully at Victoria Hospital surrounded by his loving family
on Thursday, May 8, 2008, Brian
LAYMAN of London went to be with
his Lord in his 63rd year. Loving father of Jeff, Joan, Sandy,
Marg, Steve, Darryl, Marion, Ben, Diane, Doug, Paula, Brianna,
Sygnan. Papa to 15 grandchildren, Great-Papa to 9. A loving friend
to many. Viewing at Stewart Sykes Funeral Home in Kingsville,
Sunday, May 11, 7-9 p.m. Service Monday, May 12, 11: 30 a.m. Condolences
and donations sent to Heart and Stroke Foundation. He will be
missed. To us you were so special What more is there to say Except
to wish with all our hearts That you were here today. You couldn't
say good-bye to us You couldn't see our tears But you left us
with beautiful memories We will treasure through the years.
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LAYMAN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-18 published
SANDBOE,
Margaret
Lucille
(McMILLAN)
Peacefully, on June 16, 2008, surrounded by her family, Margaret
Lucille SANDBOE
(McMILLAN) passed away in her 85th year. Predeceased
by her husband Alf (1996) and survived by her loving family,
daughter Shirley
EDWARDS; son Jerry and his wife
Alana; grandchildren
Lee Ann and Steve
MASLEK,
Katherine
SKINNER and Steve
McNEIL,
Shane and Natalie
EDWARDS and Lindsay
SANDBOE; great-grandchildren
Nathaniel, Micah
MAXWELL and Erika. Sister of Shirley and Murray
LAYMAN (Edmonton, Alberta). Predeceased by sister Dorothy
CAMERON
and son-in-law Brian
EDWARDS (1994.) Margaret was employed for
over 30 years at Kayser-Roth. Friends will be received at Memorial
Funeral Home, 1559 Fanshawe Park Road East, Wednesday, June 18
from 7-9 p.m. A complete Funeral Service will be Thursday, June 19
at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations made to Alzheimer Society
would be appreciated. On line condolences may be made at www.memorialfuneral.ca
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LAYMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-08 published
LAYMAN,
Lawrence
Eric
(December 15, 1943 to April 27, 2008)
Lawrence Eric
LAYMAN, born in New Westminster, British Columbia,
has lived in Toronto since 1957 where he attended University
of Toronto and made a living as a poet, writer and copy editor.
He died suddenly of complications resulting from emphysema and
a lung infection. He is much missed by his three brothers and
sister, and many, many Friends. Eric's poetry, his love of languages,
music and a spirit of open inquiry inspired everyone who knew
him. He has left us a great example of how, above all, to live
our dreams, and he has left us a sizeable legacy of writing.
His remains were cremated at the Saint_James Crematorium in Toronto,
to be scattered by family members. Family and Friends will gather
to celebrate Eric's life on Sunday May 25, from 3 to 6 p.m.,
at the Performing Arts Lodge, 110 the Esplanade.
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LAYMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-24 published
Lowly, near-blind proofreader 'lived and breathed poetry'
Toronto poet was not above hawking his work on street corners
to help make ends meet. 'He had dreams like we all do, but making
money was not a big part of his life'
By Ron CSILLAG,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S11
Toronto -- Eric
LAYMAN was cranky, expansively intelligent, argumentative,
affable, eccentric, possessed of an open mind that was balanced
by a solid conviction that he was right, and perennially hovering
near penury.
In other words, the perfect poet.
Few on Toronto's artistic scene fit the bill as well as Mr.
LAYMAN,
down to the beret worn at a rakish angle over flowing hair or
the squashed hat and scarf combo. Fewer still had the audacity
to stand on a street corner in Yorkville in the mid-sixties and
sell their verse to passersby.
A lover of language and science fiction (and notably of anything
to do with Star Trek), he spoke a passable Klingon, learned to
read Hebrew, and could hold forth on the links between Hungarian,
Finnish and Basque, followed by a flourish of politics or current
events. His poetry had its sensitive moments, but it was marked
mainly by a moodiness fleshed out with vivid images and spare,
accessible language. Like the beginning of this 1986 offering,
The Technician:
This hand, because decay is
slow but pitiless,
applies the oilcan to the
grudging wheel
force-feeds the flame that lamps
the midnight cities
defends from rust and wear the
sentient steel.
Mr. LAYMAN authored one full-length book of poetry, To a Stark
and Clean Place (1987), containing 39 poems, and two chapbooks,
Satires and Sunbursts (1976) and The Brightest Fire (2005). Another
chapbook, Secular Hymns, is due out later this year. He also
wrote short stories and book reviews for the science fiction-fantasy
fan club U.S.S. Hudson Bay's newsletter, The Voyageur, and penned
The Smoke Police for The Intended, a country rock band.
"He lived and breathed poetry," said his friend and fellow poet,
Julie McNEILL. "He was always thinking. He was more involved
in the creative process than anyone I knew."
But there was a living to be made, and he did it by selling real-estate
ads, writing the odd article and proofreading for the Toronto-based
weekly, The Canadian Jewish News for more than 30 years. Mr.
LAYMAN
had his physical limitations - deeply damaged smoker's lungs
and miserable eyesight, a congenital problem - but those never
got in the way. A lanky man with an erect bearing, there was
an unmistakable air of dignity and healthy self-esteem about
him. He bicycled everywhere, even in the foulest weather. Newspaper
proofs were read with his nose touching the page.
Despite the half-inch thick glasses, or maybe because of them,
few errors got past him. Canadian Jewish News staffers knew when
Mr. LAYMAN was at work. Anguished cries of "Oh, who the hell
wrote this?" often punctuated the quiet, sometimes followed by
a rhubarb with an editor.
The job, which took about three-quarters of his time, was crucial.
For too many years he had been underemployed and the job meant
"I actually have enough to eat and can afford the exorbitant
postage to mail manuscripts to publishers too backward-thinking
to accept submissions by e-mail," he once told listeners of radio
station CIUT's Sunday afternoon poetry program, Howl.
Even though he made barely earned enough to get by, "he wasn't
one to bemoan the fact that he wasn't wealthy," said his brother
Rod. "He had dreams like we all do, but making money was not
a big part of his life."
He was the eldest of five children born to a stay-at-home mother
and a career air-force pilot who had seen action during the Second
World War. He spent his early years in Western Canada and in
London, Ontario, before his family finally settled in Toronto
in 1957. The peripatetic existence, a troubled relationship with
his father and Mr.
LAYMAN's failing eyesight probably contributed
to his turning inward and assuming a scholarly bent, noted his
brother.
He was already a fixture on Toronto's coffee house scene when
he earned a B.A. in modern languages in 1967 from the University
of Toronto, where he'd belonged to a club called Radicals for
Capitalism. For a while, he sold advertising for The Globe and
Mail before landing at The Canadian Jewish News in 1974.
He returned to University of Toronto in 1977 and completed a
master's degree in comparative literature with an emphasis on
German writers, including his personal favourite, Goethe. Other
influences were author Ayn Rand, Appalachian folk ballads, philosopher
Baruch Spinoza, Beethoven and Joan of Arc.
During the seventies and eighties, he participated in workshops
held by the poetry groups Phoenix and Squid Inc., and was published
in their anthologies. His work also appeared in Seraphim Editions'
well-regarded 1999 anthology, The Edges of Time, alongside that
of Leonard Cohen.
The art itself was never easy and he knew it. Yet, at the same
time, "it's really quite simple," he explained. "I hang in there
and forge ahead, even when the odds of success make what I'm
doing seem rather stupid. Often, what seems the 'stupid' thing
to do is the most life-affirming - and that's why I do it."
That was also why he kept plying his craft "in a cold, uncaring
city jam-packed with too many other artists chasing too few dreams,"
once wrote his friend and fellow poet Lloyd Landa. "That's why
he often rides his bike long distances in all kinds of weather,
just to clear his head, eats meals at midnight, and tries to
cram in a couple of hours writing before he finally calls it
a night."
To Mr. Landa, Mr.
LAYMAN was an avatar of a "wonderfully bloody-minded
perseverance," someone who brushed aside laments about the shrinking
opportunity for Canadian artists simply by responding that the
answer is to "plug away, every day. Too many artists I've met
are paralyzed by the understandable angst created by insurmountable
roadblocks to getting themselves seen, heard or read. They tend
to agonize over obstacles instead of focusing their energies
on writing that next great play or song."
The Smoke Police ("Undercover smoke police skulk in holes and
corners") railed against what Mr.
LAYMAN felt were the Orwellian
powers of the state to regulate smoking in public places. "A
smoker has the right to smoke anywhere that permits it - with
the owner of each bar having the right to say yes or no," he
wrote in 2001. "My right to smoke in a bar is an extension of
the owner's property rights. That the government has the power
to ban smoking does not give [it] a moral override." He tried
to quit smoking himself on several occasions, finally succeeding
only after he became ill two years ago. But he continued to support
freedom of choice, reasoning that "an attack on the rights of
one person is an attack on every other person's rights."
The Star Trek thing was more than just an interest. Knowing he
couldn't legally sell stories about Captain James Kirk and the
Starship
Enterprise,
Mr.
LAYMAN invented his own universe, complete
with rich detail. The inhabitants were called the Hlu, and had
their unique identities, culture and language. Their gravity
was stronger than ours and their climate harsher. But they had
a strong oral tradition, passed down through stories and, of
course, poetry.
He set his poems to existing songs and wrote the odd haiku, but
was genuinely stumped when someone challenged him to write a
tanka, which consists of 31 syllables over five lines. "This
is hard!" he exclaimed, though he knew it was supposed to be.
He could be quick-tempered and excitable, a trait his brother
calls "an impatience with the world." But that mellowed as the
years went by, he added.
His love of puns was legendary, and new ones were met with "that's
not bad," or "that's awful." Only once was he stopped in his
tracks, when a colleague offered a convoluted bit about Mahatma
Gandhi, who, as the setup went, walked barefoot and had a diet
that resulted in bad breath. The result was a "super-calloused
fragile mystic hexed with halitosis." Mr.
LAYMAN stood perfectly
still for about a minute, then quietly pronounced, "I can't decide
whether that's so good, it's terrible, or so bad, it's wonderful."
He left behind a library of 600 volumes of poetry, though curiously,
nothing by Shakespeare.
In workshops, Mr.
LAYMAN tried to expand his students' understanding
of form. "Most of them don't know much beyond free verse; some
had never heard of a sonnet," he observed. "But above all, I
want them to understand that if they want to be writers, they
should write. Keep writing. Then revise. Edit. Write again, until
they have something that truly stands up."
Like this kiss goodbye, titled All I Need is Heaven:
I'll know life's joys to overflow
far sooner flames than rust.
Before I go, I'll share what
I know,
though the womb reclaim
my dust.
I'll leave a little joy behind me
this is my final wish.
This is all I need of heaven,
and no post-mortem bliss.
Lawrence Eric
LAYMAN was born in New Westminster, British Columbia,
on December 15, 1943 and died in Toronto on April 27, 2008, of
complications from emphysema. He was 64. He leaves sister, Molly,
and brothers Rod, John and Bill. A celebration of his life takes
place tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Performing Arts Lodge, 110 the
Esplanade, Toronto.
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LAYNE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-26 published
LAYNE,
Cecil
James "
Jim"
At Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital on Thursday July 24, 2008,
Cecil
James "
Jim"
LAYNE of Aylmer in his 82nd year. Beloved husband
of Irene Doris
LAYNE (née
MOORE.)
Loved father of Jim (Val) of
Cobourg, Brenda
LAYNE of Saint Thomas, Clifford (Rose) of Toronto,
Pat WRIGHT
(Brad) of Delhi, Jenny
MacDOUGALL (Bill) of Melbourne,
Blanch LANGOUR
(Rick) of Saint Thomas, Sheila
LAYNE of London,
and Kevin of Toronto. Dear step-father of John
KISH of Windsor
and Tyler KISH of Aylmer. Jim is also survived by his sisters
Olive and Sue of England, by 19 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren,
and former spouse Irene
CARSTENS.
Predeceased by his sister Daisy
of England. Jim worked as a Steel Fitter with General Motors
Diesel for 15 years, retiring in 1989, and served with the Royal
Navy during World War 2. Cremation has taken place. If desired,
memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
would be appreciated and may be arranged through the Shawn Jackson
Funeral Home, 31 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas (519-631-0570). Online
condolences at www.shawnjacksonfuneralhome.com
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LAYT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-18 published
LAYT,
George H.G.
In his 89th year, peacefully at Ian Anderson House (palliative
care hospice), Oakville, Ontario, following recent health complications.
George was born in 1919 in Middlesbrough, England. During World
War 2, George earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts
flying with an Royal Air Force Squadron of Canadian built DeHavilland
Mosquito aircraft. After immigrating to Canada following World
War 2, George ultimately achieved the position of Executive Vice
President of Stelco. After his retirement, George continued to
pursue an ongoing passion for world travel, carefully documenting
and photographing his varied experiences. He also volunteered
his time to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and
to Joseph
Brant Hospital in Burlington. Predeceased by his first wife Hilda
(GRAHAM)
LAYT and his second wife Jean
(TOLHURST)
LAYT, he will
be lovingly remembered by his many lifetime Friends, his nieces
Orlaith (Graham)
DUKE and Clodagh (Graham)
CAMERON, his nephew
Edward GRAHAM, his stepsons Cliff and Larry
READ, his close personal
friend Helen
PROWSE, and their families. A memorial and celebration
of George's life will be held on Saturday, February 2, 12: 00
noon at Mississauga Golf and Country Club, 1725 Mississauga Road
N., Mississauga, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, a donation to Ian
Anderson House, P.O. Box 61034, 511 Maple Grove Drive, Oakville,
Ontario L6J 7P5 would be appreciated.
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LAYTE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-06 published
RICE,
Pauline
Ethel
Of Saint Thomas, passed away on Thursday, June 5th, 2008, at the
Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hosptial, in her 79th year. Dearly loved
mother of Donalda (Peter)
LAYTE of Kitchener, David (Cindy)
RICE
of Calgary, Alberta and Mark
RICE
(Tracey
REEVES) of Port Stanley.
Much loved grandmother of Jodi (Greg)
GRAWUNDER and Jynnifer
(Kirk) GIBSON and great-grandmother of Eric, Brendon and Alexis
RICE.
Predeceased by her special friend Ron
HUMBY. She was the
last of her family. Sadly missed by a number of nieces and nephews
and special Friends. Pauline was born in Iroquois Falls on February 13,
1930. A private family service will be held at Williams Funeral
Home on Saturday morning. No public visitation. Interment to
follow in Union Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to the Heart
and Stroke Foundation. A very special thanks to the doctors,
nurses, staff and volunteers of the Saint Thomas-Elgin General
Hospital Intensive Care Unit for their exceptional care.
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LAYWINE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-30 published
LAYWINE,
Helen
Caroline (née
MUSICAR)
Peacefully at home, after a short but courageous battle with
cancer, on Saturday, June 28, 2008. Helen will be truly missed
by her husband of 57 years, Carl
LAYWINE.
Loving mother and mother-in-law
of Peter LAYWINE and Anne
LEWISON, and Wendy and Bruce
GITELMAN.
Dear sister and sister-in-law of Bea and the late Barney
ALPER,
Edythe and the late Harvey
SALSBURG, and Harry and Selma
MUSICAR.
Devoted grandmother of Julian, and Elizabeth (Lizzie)
LAYWINE.
Helen was a long-time member of the McGill Club and Spadina JCC.
She will be missed by nieces, nephews, cousins and Friends. For
more than 50 years, Helen travelled the world with Carl, and
she was usually happiest stretched out on a deck chair with a
good book, for a day at sea. The family gratefully acknowledges
the exceptional care and attention of Doctor David
GREENBERG. At
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue W., (three
lights west of Dufferin) for service on Monday, June 30th at
1: 00 p.m. Interment, Pride of Israel Synagogue section of Mt. Sinai
Memorial Park. Shiva 11C Tranby Avenue, from 2: 00 p.m. Donations
may be made to Doctors Without Borders 1-800-982-7903 or at www.msf.ca.
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