LI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-09 published
WANG,
Norma
Ruth (formerly
LI, née
LEE)
Passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday 27
January 2008, aged 84, in The Villages, Florida. The daughter
of James Suey and Avis
LEE, she was born in Montreal, and married
Z.J. Norman
LI in 1947. She worked for numerous social service
oganizations, notably as president of the Montreal Young Women's
Christian Association and as chairperson of the Chinese Family
Service of Greater Montreal.
Norma was predeceased by her first husband Norman
LI and her
siblings Eleanor
LOR,
Margaret
LU, and Wilson
LEE. She is survived
by her second husband C.K.
WANG of The Villages, Florida; her
children Cynthia
SCOTT (the late Jon
SCOTT) of Enosburg Falls,
Vermont, Janice
LI
(Tom
KARCZMAR) of Stouffville, Ontario, Andrew
LI (Akio
NAKAJIMA) of Hong Kong, and Nelson
LI (Nancy
RAO) of
Metuchen, N.J.; her siblings Dorothy
HSI of San Francisco and
Douglas LEE of Toronto; and her grandchildren Kate and Christine
KARCZMAR, and Karen, Erica, and Isabel
LI.
The funeral was held on Friday 1 February 2008 in The Villages,
Florida. In lieu of flowers, donations to Hospice Foundation
of Lake and Sumter (http://www.hospicels.org/) or the American
Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org/) would be gratefully accepted.
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LI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-05 published
THOMAS,
Richard
Burton
(February 19, 1943-April 2, 2008)
Predeceased by his beloved wife of 34 years, Sharon. Loved and
loving father of Chris, Meagan and Hilary
THOMAS; father-in-law
of Angel RICCIO, Ian
MOULDEY and Bert
CROSSIN; Papa Richard of
Shea THOMAS; brother of Barbara and Bastiaan
VAN
GENT, and Alyson
THOMAS; brother-in-law of Jackie and Jack
NODWELL,
Ruth and David
McINTOSH, and Bill and Karen
JAMES-
ABRA; and companion of Lydia
LI.
Richard will be greatly missed by his family, Friends and
colleagues. We are all so lucky to have had him in our lives.
Richard began his successful law career with Robarts Betts McLennan
and Flynn in London, Ontario, followed by eleven years with the
Federal Department of Justice, Tax Litigation group, in Toronto.
Since 1981, he has been a tax partner at McMillan Binch Mendelsohn.
Richard was gregarious, generous, witty, loyal and fair. He was
resolutely uncomplaining in the face of almost everything except
bad weather that kept him off the golf course. Friends are invited
to the Morley Bedford Funeral Home, 159 Eglinton Ave. West, Toronto
(2 stoplights west of Yonge Street), on Monday, April 7 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Remembrance Service will be held on Tuesday,
April 8 at 11 a.m. at Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale
Road, Toronto (north of St. Clair Avenue West, east of Spadina
Road). In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations
to the Canadian Diabetes Association or the Alzheimer Society
of Toronto, an organization that Richard and Sharon supported.
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LI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-24 published
HICKS,
Kevin
William
Peacefully in his 78th year, on April 21, 2008 with his family
at his side, Kevin slipped quietly forward to his favourite 12th
hole in the heavens after a short illness. Predeceased by his
wife of 38 years, Vera
HICKS (née
GOLDSTEIN;) survived by his
brother Stuart, daughter Jane
TEASDALE
(Andrew,) son Alistair
(Junko,) and dear companion June
FIELD and family. Granddad will
be greatly missed by his grandchildren Tara, Rachel, Amanda,
Christian, Mireille, Liana, and Evan. Kevin, a retired chartered
surveyor will be sorely missed by all his Friends, especially
the golfers at Thornhill Country Club. A special thanks to the
caregiver team comprised of Doctor Ann
LI, North York General Hospital
Freeman Centre for Palliative Care, Circle of Care, St. Elizabeth
Health Care and Premier Home Care Services. Funeral Service to
be held at Ward Funeral Home, 4671 Highway 7, Woodbridge, Ontario
on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1 p.m. preceded by visitation from
noon to 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make memorial
contributions to North York General Hospital Foundation, Freeman
Centre for Palliative Care.
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LI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2008-01-21 published
Innocent shooting victim 'worked hard'
By Michele
HENRY and Betsy
POWELL,
Crime
Reporters with files
by Joanna SMITH,
Donovan
VINCENT and Tonda
MacCHARLES.
Tomorrow would have been his last day on the job.
Hou Chang MAO, the city's second innocent victim of gun violence
in a week, was days away from ending his tenure in the fruit
and vegetable department of Fu Yao Supermarket when he was killed
by a stray bullet Thursday night.
MAO was stacking oranges on
a display outside the Gerrard St. E. store when he was caught
in the crossfire of a gun battle waged by two warring groups.
Described as honest, the kind of man who would pick only the
nicest fruit for his customers,
MAO 47, had worked at the small
but busy market in the heart of Chinatown east for about two
years -- ever since immigrating to Canada from Fuqing, a small
coastal town in China.
He quit earlier this week, a family friend said yesterday. The
father of two had agreed to stay until tomorrow due to his boss's
pleadings.
MAO quit because he didn't like working outside in the cold,
said the friend, who stopped by the family's home last night
and did not want to be named. "He was a very good person. He
worked hard and was kind to everyone. It's unbelievable "
Late yesterday evening, just feet from where
MAO was struck,
his younger brother met with local members of the Fuqing community
to discuss funeral arrangements.
Hou Tan MAO talked privately with about 10 others, in an inner
room at Fu Yao. He was appealing to people from his hometown
on behalf of
MAO's children, Zuo Xi, 22, and
Yun
Yam, 18, who
both immigrated to Canada in the past two years and lived with
their father in a house that sources said the father recently
purchased. Friends said
MAO's wife lives in China.
"They are really devastated," Jack
LI, president of the Fuqing
Association of Canada, said of the siblings while at Fu Yao last
night for the discussion. "It's a really, really big surprise
to us. It's a shock."
LI said he will post a plea in Chinese newspapers calling for
help for the family of Toronto's third homicide victim of 2008.
A bouquet of flowers tied to a pole outside the store, and bullet
holes in cars and on buildings on the north and south sides of
Gerrard, are reminders of the shooting.
People ducked for cover as the bullets flew, but
MAO was struck
in the torso. He staggered toward the brightly lit entrance of
the store where he worked and collapsed. He died later in Saint Michael's
Hospital.
While no weapons have been recovered, police said they found
two types of bullet casings at the scene of the shooting, which
began amid the dinnertime rush of shoppers, around 6 p.m. Officers
are searching for two male witnesses: seen leaving the scene shortly
after the gun battle in a silver car with a shiny round grille.
Homicide
Det.
Pauline
GRAY/GREY said police have more than 100 hours
of surveillance tape to go through and appealed for witnesses:
especially the two men, who are not considered suspects --
to come forward.
It's the second such murder in Toronto in less than a week. John
O'KEEFE, 42, a father of one, was shot last weekend as he walked
past the Brass Rail tavern on Yonge Street, just south of Bloor
St. Two men have been charged with first-degree murder.
Even though last month Brian
RAYBOULD, head of Toronto's homicide
squad, suggested the chances of being a homicide victim are minute
if you're not engaged in a criminal lifestyle, politicians yesterday
called for a handgun ban.
Mayor David Miller toured the area yesterday morning and said
he plans to ask Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador to the U.S.,
for his assistance and will meet Monday with Ontario's new Attorney
General, Chris Bentley.
"One of the items on the agenda will be handguns and how we can
work together -- the province and the city of Toronto -- to deal
with this issue," Miller said yesterday. Miller and Premier Dalton
McGuinty want Ottawa to ban handguns.
The federal Tories say that won't address the "real problem."
"Handguns are already extremely tightly controlled," Public Safety
Minister Stockwell Day said in a written statement.
Irrespective of calls for a ban, Insp. Peter
YUEN of 55 Division,
which includes the Gerrard strip, said the area is peaceful,
not "crime-ridden," and still a safe place to shop, live and
work. "This is a very rare occurrence," he said.
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LI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2008-03-11 published
KWONG,
Chiu
Sheung
At Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, March 8,
2008, age 83 years. Beloved husband of Yu Chu (née
LI)
KWONG.
Dear father of Lai Bing, Kwok Bun
KWONG,
Kwok
Hung
KWONG, Lai
Fun and Lai Hung. Also survived by five grandchildren and one
sister in Hong Kong. Private Cremation Bayview Crematorium, Burlington.
Funeral Ceremony will take place in Hong Kong. If so desired,
expressions of sympathy to the Canadian Cancer Society would
be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to Bay Gardens
Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, (across from the Royal Botanical
Gardens), Burlington 905-527-0405, Henry Sieders, Funeral Director.
Please sign the Book of Condolence www.baygardens.ca
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LIABOTIS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-04 published
LIABOTIS,
Nicholas
At London Health Sciences Centre University Hospital on Monday,
June 2, 2008 Nicholas
LIABOTIS of London in his 82nd year. Beloved
husband of Stavroula
LIABOTIS of London. Survived by one daughter,
one son and his wife and 3 grandchildren. Loved by three brothers
and one sister and their families; also several cousins, nieces
and nephews and their families. Friends will be received at Russian
Orthodox Church Sudary of Christ the Saviour, 140 Fairview Ave.
on Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. Funeral requiem will be held on Wednesday,
June 4, 2008 at 11 a.m. Interment Woodland Cemetery. Logan Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements. 519-433-6181. Online condolences
www.loganfh.ca. A tree will be planted as a living memorial to
Nicholas LIABOTIS.
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LIABOTIS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-22 published
McQUEEN,
Dianne
Gretchen (née
WEIR)
Passed away at Victoria Hospital on Sunday, July 20, 2008 at
the age of 66 from liver cancer. She will be missed by her husband
and best friend Don, her daughter Heather, son-in-law Socrates,
grand_son Christopher and granddaughter Danielle
LIABOTIS.
Treasured
sister of Lynda
GERVAIS and her family of Dresden, husband Edgar,
son Murray and daughter Tracy. Dianne was predeceased by her
oldest daughter Stephanie in 1974, and her parents, Don and Marion
WEIR of Wallaceburg. A graduate of Queen's University (Arts'63)
and valedictorian for Fanshawe College's Technical Upgrade Program
(TUP'86), Dianne was a member of the Fanshawe Math Learning
Centre staff, a life-long sewer, embroiderer, quilter and creator
of miniatures. The family wish to express their sincerest thanks
to the London Regional Cancer Clinic, especially the nursing
staff in the chemotherapy and palliative care units, and in particular
Primary Care Nurse Connie
MORRISON, Doctors Mark
VINCENT and
Maria BOLDT and London Health Sciences Centre Palliative Care
unit Doctor Dorota
MARCZUK.
Visitation and a celebration of Dianne's
life will be held later in August at the James A. Harris Funeral
Home. If desired, donations can be made to the London Regional
Cancer Clinic, the Victorian Order of Nurses, or the charity
of your choice, but please, no flowers.
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