SOLARIK
SOLBY
SOLESKI
SOLILO
SOLLOWAY
SOLMUNDSON
SOLOMAN
SOLOMON
SOLOWAY
SOLTAN
SOLTYS
SOLARIK o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-05-21 published
ROBINSON,
Dasha (née
DVORACEK)
Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre - University Hospital
with her family by her side on Monday, May 19, 2008, Dasha
ROBINSON
(née DVORACEK) of London in her 56th year. Loving wife of David
ROBINSON for 13 years. Beloved mother of Frankie
SOLARIK of Toronto
and stepmother of Lisa
ROBINSON of Vancouver and Michael
ROBINSON
of London. Survived by her grandchild Kai
GODFROY-
SOLARIK.
Sorely
missed by her father and step-mother Frank and Rose
DVORACEK,
sister Irene and her husband Tony
DEAKON and niece Justine and
nephew Adam. Also loved by step-brother James
YOUNG and step-sister
Belinda YOUNG.
Predeceased by her mother Jana
DVORACEK. The family
will receive Friends from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South,
London where a funeral service will be conducted in the chapel
on Thursday, May 22 at 1: 00 p.m. with Reverend Julia
MORDEN officiating.
As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 150-633 Colborne Street, London,
Ontario, N6B 2V3 or to the Lung Association, 480 Egerton Street,
London, Ontario, N5W 3Z6. Online condolences accepted at www.amgfh.com
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SOLBY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-13 published
McLEAN,
William
Hugh (1941-2008)
On February 8, 2008, Bill passed away at the Verdun Hospital
in Montreal, after a brief illness. He will be dearly missed
by his wife
Lisette
DUHAMEL, his son Bradley (Julie,) his grand_son
Spencer, his brothers Richard (Penny) and Dan (Susan), his sister
Marilyn (late Alf
SOLBY.) He is also survived by nieces, a nephew
and many other relatives and Friends. Resting at the J.J. Cardinal
Funeral Home, 560 Lakeshore Drive, Dorval (Tel. 514-631-1511).
Visitation Thursday, February 14, 2008 and Friday, February 15,
2008 from 3: 00 to 9:00 p.m. Funeral service to be held in Vancouver
and burial in Port Alberni, British Columbia at a later date.
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SOLESKI o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-25 published
VULDERS,
Leo
Leonardus
Martinus
Age 86 of R.R.#1 Sebringville, passed away peacefully at the
Stratford General Hospital on Sunday, March 23, 2008. He was
born in Sint Oedenrode, Holland
son of the late Adrian and Bertha
VULDERS. He emmigrated to Canada in 1948 and lived in Port Elgin
for 2 years before moving to Ellice Twp. where he farmed at Lot 26
Con 7 most of his life. He was a member of St. Patricks Roman
Catholic Church, Kinkora. Beloved husband of the former Loretta
RUSTON. Loving father of Joe
VULDERS, Theresa
McGAW, Bertha
HARBIN
and husband Evlyn, Ann
SOLESKI and friend Pete
TURFORD,
Maggie
COOK and husband Willie, Marie
HALLAM and husband Howard, Jim
VULDERS and wife Ruth Ann, Don
VULDERS, Donna
McINTOSH and husband
Doug. Dear grandfather of 19 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Brother of Wim
VULDERS and wife Marjke, Harrie
VULDERS and wife
Dora, Oda and husband Pieter
WILLEMS, Jo
OERLERMAN, Tina DE
LAAT.
Brother-in-law of Toos
VULDERS,
Fergus and Gladys
RUSTON, Lawrence
and Anne RUSTON,
Alice and Jim
TOFFLEMIRE, Agnes
CLIPPERTON,
Hilda RUSTON.
Also survived by many nieces and nephews here and
in Holland. Friends and relatives may call at the W.G. Young
Funeral Home, 430 Huron Street, Stratford on Wednesday, March 26
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and at St. Patricks Church, Kinkora on
Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of funeral mass at 11 a.m. Interment
in the church cemetery. Parish prayers will be said at the funeral
home on Wednesday at 7 p.m. As expressions of sympathy memorial
donations may be made to St. Patricks Church Building Fund or
the Diabetes Association through the funeral home.
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SOLILO o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-18 published
SHAND,
Marie
(JOHNSON)
At Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, Marie
(JOHNSON)
SHAND, of Ingersoll, in her 90th year. Wife of the
late John SHAND (1996.) Dear mother of Paul
SHAND and Cheryl
of Woodstock and the late Robert
SHAND (1975.) Dear grandmother
of Michael
SHAND and wife
Darlene of Guelph, Patti
(SHAND) and
husband Peter
SOLILO of Woodstock and Jon
SHAND and wife
Karen
of Canmore, Alberta. Great-grandmother of Sebastian, Tristan,
Alicia and Paige. Dear sister of Pauline
ORMEROD of Ingersoll,
Margaret and husband Bob
SKILLINGS of Ingersoll and Phyllis and
husband Harry
CHASE of Nova Scotia. Predeceased by two brothers
Pat JOHNSON (2006) and Ralph
JOHNSON (2008) and brother-in-law
Frank ORMEROD (2008.) No funeral home visitation. Funeral Mass
will be held at Sacred Heart Church, Ingersoll on Friday, June 20,
2008 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment Saint Marys Cemetery. In lieu of flowers
donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated
by calling McBeath-Dynes Funeral Home, Ingersoll (519-425-1600).
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SOLLOWAY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-21 published
LATOUR,
Paul, M.D.
April 17, 2008, in Barrie, Ontario, after a long illness, aged
62. Beloved son of the late J.P.A.
LATOUR and Florence
VAUGHAN.
Will be sadly missed and forever cherished by his children Robin
(Greg PUGH,)
Michael and
Adam.
Always remembered by lifelong
friend and former wife
Donna
STERN, sister Anne (Bob
LEWANDOWSKI,)
brothers Mark, Daniel (Linda), and David (Nina) and special friend
Enid SOLLOWAY.
His many nieces and nephews and, in Montreal,
his numerous Friends, colleagues and patients will all miss him.
Deeply loved and cherished by best friend and loving partner
Susan Young
MacINTYRE who, with Scott and Megan will miss him
greatly. In Barrie and Toronto, his colleagues and patients will
mourn his passing. Special thanks to Doctor
PRESSNAIL and the team
of the Palliative Care Unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital -
Barrie, who were always supportive and caring to him and his
family. In lieu of flowers, donations to Palliative Care, Royal
Victoria Hospital - Barrie; 201 Georgian Dr., Barrie, Ontario
L4M 6M2 would be greatly appreciated.
Ceremonies at the Mount Royal Funeral Complex, 1297 Chemin de
la Foret, Outremont, Québec. 514 279 6540, wwwmountroyalcem.com
Visitation Tuesday April 22 from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.; Memorial Service
at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23.
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SOLMUNDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-26 published
RYAN,
Mary
Beatrice (née
WALKER)
Peacefully, on Sunday, January 20th, 2008 at the Grace Hospital
in Winnipeg. Predeceased by her husband Doctor George
RYAN, survived
by daughters Anne (Ross)
McINTYRE and Pat
SOLMUNDSON, five grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren. She will be dearly missed.
Thomson Funeral Home (204) 783-7211
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SOLOMAN o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-01-21 published
JIGJIGNESHIIKWE,
Virginia
Henry (née
RITCHIE)
At Sarnia General Hospital on Saturday January 19, 2008. Virginia
Henry (née
RITCHIE) of Sarnia and formerly of Saugeen First Nation
in her 68th year. Virginia was a well respected Teacher, Song
Writer and Story Teller of the First Nation Culture. Dear mother
of Loretta
HENRY of Kitchener, Jennifer
HENRY and her partner
Patrick BAKER,
Sonja
GEORGE, and Candice
HENRY and her partner
Nathan WILLIAMS, all of Sarnia. Also survived by her brothers,
Paul RITCHIE, Philip
RITCHIE, Gabriel
RITCHIE, Timothy
RITCHIE,
all of Saugeen First Nation and by her sisters, Rita
JACOBS of
Sagamok, Diane
RITCHIE,
Sharon
SOLOMAN and Glenna
CAMERON all
of Saugeen First Nation. Sadly missed by her 16 grandchildren
and 9 great-grandchildren. Fondly remembered by her many nieces
and nephews and by her students of all ages. Predeceased by her
parents Wilson and Georgina
RITCHIE, by her brother, Reginald
and by her infant daughter Margaret. A Time of Sharing and Story
Telling will be held at the Maawndooshgumig Community Centre,
1972 Virgil Ave., Sarnia, on Monday January 21, 2008 from 1-4 p.m.
Visitation will follow at the James Mason Cultural Centre, French
Bay Road, Saugeen First Nation on Tuesday January 22, 2008 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be conducted from the
James Mason Cultural Centre, Saugeen First Nation on Wednesday
at 2 p.m. Interment French Bay Cemetery. Expressions of Remembrance
to a Scholarship Fund in Memory of Virginia
HENRY.
Arrangements
entrusted to the Eagleson Funeral Home, Southampton (800) 858-9544.
Condolences may be forwarded to the family through www.eaglesonfuneralhome.com.
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SOLOMON o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2008-09-03 published
Samuel George
OWL
In loving memory of Samuel George Owl, March 20, 1943 - August 25, 2008,
who passed away in Indiana unexpectedly on Monday.
son of the late Levi
and Madeline
(SOLOMON)
OWL. Beloved husband of Jospehine
(TOULOUSE)
OWL
of 44 years, residing in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Loving father to
Cynthia Behm (husband Craig) of Massey, Gail Nootchtai (husband Henry) of
Aundeck Omni Kaning, Deborah Owl of Anchorage, Alaska, Sheri Owl (Joey
Stoneypoint) of Aundeck Omni Kaning, Dwayne Owl (Allison Corbiere), and
Shaun Owl, both of Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Brother to Shirley Murdock
(Robert), Lori Owl, Ron Owl (predeceased), Donald Owl (predeceased),
Elsie Rose Owl (predeceased). Proud grandfather to 20 grandchildren and
one great-granddaughter. Will be sadly missed by many nieces, nephews and
Friends. Sam was a truck driver for 45 years, recently driving for Tandem
for 10 years where he was a driver representative, runner-up for 'Driver
of the Year,' and received the One Million Mile award. He enjoyed
spending time with his children and grandchildren, watching the history
channel, watching poker on television, being a proud member of
the 'dinosaur club' and other leisure activities. The visitation was held
from 7 pm on Friday, August 29 with the funeral service taking place at
11 am on Monday, September 1, 2008 at the Aundeck Omni Kaning Community
Centre. Burial at the Aundeck Omni Kaning Cemetery.
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SOLOMON,
Westley
In loving memory of our little angel Westley Solomon who was
tragically taken from us five years ago today, April 14, 2003.
First the smell goes. I close your door and place your favourite
blanket in a bag, hoping to trap your scent for as long as I
live. Then the taste goes. I would test your milk to make sure
it was perfect for your little tummy. The sound begins to go.
I find myself standing with my eyes closed hoping to hear your
distinctive cry, even for a second. Your touch is almost gone.
I open your memory box and touch your lock of hair, but only
for a second. That hair has to last my lifetime. Last, the sight
begins to go. Why take his sight from me God I spent hours memorizing
every inch of his body. Time is such an enemy. The only good
thing with time is that with every second, I am one beat closer
to seeing you again. Always missed and lovingly remembered, Mommy,
Grandma Carole, Grandpa Fred and family.
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STRAUSS,
Edith▼ (née
SOLOMON)
Peacefully on March 20, 2008 in Toronto, surrounded by her family.
Predeceased by her beloved husband Norman
STRAUSS, her best friend,
business adviser and confidant. Adoring mother of A.J.
STRAUSS
(Lindsay) and Marina
STRAUSS
(Allan
BLATT) and super-proud grandmother
to Aaron, Elana and David
BLATT. Cherished sister of Lila
GOTTHEIL
of Montreal, Doctor Samuel
SOLOMON of Montreal (Dusty
VINEBERG)
and Genia ALBRECHT of Ithaca, New York One of Canada's top fashion
designers, Edith
STRAUSS broke new ground, building a thriving
business under her own label at a time when working women/mothers
were not the fashion. She turned a basement home workshop into
an awardwinning design studio, selling her styles in Canada,
the United States and Japan. She was a dynamo -- a big presence
in the lives of those around her. Her fashions are now part of
the costume and textiles collection at the McCord Museum of Canadian
History in Montreal. In recognition of her late husband's contributions,
she established the Norman Strauss Fellowship for Professional
Ethics in Business at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of
Management. Her spirit and enthusiasm live on in us all. Thanks
to the Mount Sinai Hospital Intensive Care Unit staff, and a
hug to nurse Julie
BOKROS for her care and attention over the
past three weeks. Funeral service at Paperman and Sons, 3888 Jean
Talon West in Montreal on Monday, March 24 at noon. Burial at
the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Cemetery, Mt. Royal Blvd.,
Montreal. Private Shiva. Donations may be made to McGill University,
Desautels Faculty of Management, 1001 Shebrooke Street West,
Suite 454, Montreal, Québec H3A 1G5 towards the Norman Strauss
Fellowship.
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SOLOMON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-11 published
Canadian haute couture designer was 'a woman ahead of her time'
With a business started in the basement of her Toronto home,
her outfits were carried by the likes of Saks Fifth Avenue. She
also became the first Canadian to sell a collection in Japan
By Lisa FITTERMAN,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S11
Montreal -- Edith
STRAUSS once walked into her brother's Montreal
apartment, stopped dead and began to cry. Curious and startled,
her sister-in-law, Dusty Vineberg
SOLOMON, asked why. "The curtains,"
Mrs. STRAUSS said, gesturing to a set of sheer drapes hung across
windows that ran the length of the living room wall. "They're
so beautiful."
For Mrs. STRAUSS, fabric spoke a special language that swished,
whispered, or swept confidently into a room, filled with colour
and texture. The long-time fashion designer, who started Edith
Strauss Designs Ltd. in 1965, was fluent in all its permutations,
whether a bolt of plain cotton or yards of rich white silk crepe,
the latter of which she turned into a fringed and beaded dress
that is considered a fine example of the transition from mini
to midi lengths and is part of the permanent costume collection
at Montreal's McCord Museum. Change a cut just a little - nip
in the waist here and extend the hem to there - and voila! She
helped her clients, including businesswomen and ambassadors'
wives, feel gorgeous and appropriate for everything from the
office to the fanciest of galas.
"She was a woman ahead of her time, a working mother long before
it was considered normal and a designer with a vision that never
wavered," said Victoria Dickinson, the McCord's executive director.
"At a time when power dressing and mannish pant suits were all
the rage, she believed that women could project a powerful image
in more feminine clothing."
Indeed, when it came to image, there were life rules from which
Mrs. STRAUSS never wavered. Tall, slender and dark-haired, she
always wore her own designs and she never revealed her age. She
also claimed she was from Russia, even though she really came
from Brest-Litovsk, a small city with a large Jewish population
that had once been claimed by Russia but was part of Poland's
eastern reaches when she born in 1919. "She thought Russia felt
more cultural," said her daughter, Marina
STRAUSS, a Globe and
Mail reporter. "She named me after a Russian princess."
Mrs. STRAUSS was the oldest of four children who all managed
to rise out of humble, even impoverished, beginnings. While their
father, Nathan
SOLOMON, was a simple man who made boots for the
Russian and Polish armies and had no interest in cultural activities,
their mother, Rachel
SOLOMON, pushed her offspring to question,
read and appreciate all things cultural. Whenever a theatre troupe
came through Brest-Litovsk, she took them. And when the performance
included songs, she made them memorize the Yiddish lyrics until
they could practically recite them in their sleep, just so they'd
understand the performance that much better.
In 1928, Mr.
SOLOMON moved to Montreal in search of a better
life for his family. Sponsored by his brother, who was already
there, immigration rules forced him to claim he was a bachelor
on his application for entry into Canada. Better to be in the
new country and already building a nest egg, he thought, than
to be back in Poland with no hope at all. He found work as a
cutter in a slipper factory, a low-paying job that meant it would
take him eight long years, until 1936, before he was able to
pay to have his family join him. The timing couldn't have been
better - or cut more closely - because Europe was on the brink
of war. Many relatives who stayed behind later perished in the
Holocaust.
For young Edith, the move to Montreal's Jeanne Mance Street -
the neighbourhood was made immortal by Mordecai Richler in novella
such as St. Urbain's Horseman - heralded the beginning of a long
affair with the city. She fell instantly in love with Mount Royal
and the cafés, with the row-houses and their outside staircases,
with the views and the cobblestone streets. She knew that she
could make a life there and that she never wanted to move.
At 16, she quit school to work in a sweatshop in order to help
support her family. No matter the need, she was there, even when
it meant having to post $6,000 as a guarantee so her youngest
sister, Genia, could attend the University of California at Berkeley
as a foreign student.
"Edith was a real mix, a pragmatic, ferocious dreamer who was
generous to a fault and always went after what she wanted," said
Mrs. STRAUSS's other sister, Lila
GOTTHEIL, who was keeper of
the family's weekly financial kitty.
"Sometimes, though, she could be impulsive," Mrs.
GOTTHEIL continued.
"Once, I said to her, 'Why should I be in charge of the finances
when you're the eldest?' So she took over and, lo and behold,
she came back with a really beautiful fabric for drapes for her
bedroom. I asked 'How can you spend a good part of the week's
money on drapes?' But she couldn't help it. For the rest of our
time in that house, her bedroom had beautiful drapes and I controlled
the purse strings."
Never terribly athletic, she gamely took up skiing with the express
purpose of meeting a potential husband. It was love at first
sight when she was introduced to Norman
STRAUSS, who wasn't really
interested in settling down at that point. But she was not deterred,
pursuing him with determination and inviting him over for meals
that would invariably end with fruitcake made by Mrs.
GOTTHEIL,
who was already married and adept at baking.
"When Edith learned he loved fruitcake, she had me bake it and
she presented it," Mrs.
GOTTHEIL said. "I like to feel that my
fruitcake had something to do with their marrying. It was my
own version and it was good."
They were married in Montreal in 1949. Soon, Mrs.
STRAUSS, who
was working as the chief designer of a Montreal dress company,
had her son A.J. and daughter Marina. Contrary to the conventions
of the time, she continued to work, staying on top of her children's
education and extracurricular activities and designing the uniforms
for their school.
"Each morning, she'd take one bus to work and we'd take another
bus to school, and she wasn't always around when we got home,"
Ms. STRAUSS said. "But she was our biggest cheerleader, too.
She believed in us. I was always the prettiest, the smartest
and the most talented, even if I wasn't."
There were, however, limits to the cheerleading. Ms.
STRAUSS
recalled one family dinner when she was about 10 years old, during
which she mentioned she wanted to be a secretary when she grew
up. Her mother was shocked. "You will do much more than that,"
she admonished.
At one point in the mid-1960s, Mr.
STRAUSS, an executive with
a steel window-and-door company, was transferred to Toronto to
start a new division. Although leaving Montreal broke her heart,
Mrs. STRAUSS rallied. She started her design business in the
basement of their Toronto home at York Mills and Bayview, complete
with cutting tables, sewing machines and several telephones that
always seemed to be ringing. She made sure to surround herself
with the best of the best - the best cutters, the best sewers
and the best fabrics. As with her family, she had high expectations
of her staff and yet was also their biggest supporter, talking
up their talents wherever she went.
She never looked back. The company outgrew the dimensions of
the basement and moved to a series of locations until it ended
up in offices downtown, on Carlton Street, while her collection
was sold in high-end stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue in New
York. In 1981, she became the first Canadian designer to sell
a collection in Japan, and she won one accolade after another,
including the Fashion Industry Achievement Award from the city
of Toronto in 1990.
Mrs. STRAUSS continued to work until she could no longer do so.
In 2005, she suffered a stroke while on a visit to Montreal.
Although she lived the rest of her life in a Toronto seniors'
residence, she always considered it temporary, more like a hotel
room than her own home.
She was convinced she was going to get better because she longed
to go home. There, she had kept every letter her grandchildren
ever wrote her from summer camp, practically all of her own children's
school books, heaps of work-related files and notes and patterns,
closets full of her designs, and the memories of her husband,
who died in 1990.
Edith STRAUSS was born Edith
SOLOMON on March 27, 1919, in Brest-Litovsk,
Poland, and died in Toronto on March 20, 2008. She was 88. She
is survived by son A.J.
STRAUSS and daughter Marina
STRAUSS.
She also leaves sisters Lila
GOTTHEIL and Genia Albrecht, brother
Samuel SOLOMON, and grandchildren Aaron, Elana and David Blatt.
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STRAUSS,
Edith▲ (née
SOLOMON)
Mother, wife, grandmother, sister, award-winning fashion designer,
Montreal aficionado. Born March 27, 1919, in Brest-Litovsk, Poland.
Died March 20 in Toronto of complications from an infection,
aged 88.
By Marina STRAUSS,
Page L6
As a mother, she was always a bit different. In the morning she
headed to work while her two children took a bus to school. As
chief designer at a Montreal dress manufacturer, she was known
by her maiden name at a time when married women adopted their
husbands' names.
Edith's fashion-design work took her away from her family every
few months, on trips to New York and Europe. But her children,
Alfred (A.J.) and Marina, didn't feel neglected. She still micromanaged
many facets of their lives. She researched their schools and
their Friends. She sent them to piano, drama and dance lessons.
She designed her daughter's clothes, the uniform at her elementary
school and the costumes for her school plays. She knew all of
their teachers, and had an opinion about each.
The oldest of four children, Edith was born into a family with
so little money that her father, Nathan
SOLOMON, left Poland
for Canada in 1928 to find more lucrative work. It took eight
years before the family joined him in Montreal.
Edith's mother, Rachel, wanted a better life for her children,
one rich with culture. It broke her heart that, at age 16, her
eldest was forced to find work sewing dresses to help support
the others. Edith's formal post-secondary education consisted
of art courses at Concordia University (then Sir George Williams).
For years she took university night courses on world politics.
She was a big believer in the people she loved and respected,
and she was their biggest booster. Her daughter was the prettiest
and the smartest. Her husband, Norman, was the most handsome,
dignified and intelligent.
Norman was the love of her life, her confidant and business adviser.
She had pursued him more aggressively than she had pursued her
career. He put up with her eccentricities, her chronic lateness,
her occasional nagging. She could be assertive; she demanded
excellence. He catered to her like a queen, and she told everyone
how lucky she was to have him.
He encouraged her to start her own fashion business and helped
her set it up in 1965. She proudly put her married name on her
label, Edith Strauss Designs. Vivid colours, fine fabrics and
feminine styles were her trademark.
At home she played down her work. It's just the "shmatte business,"
she'd say. She'd don a housecoat, mop the floors and stop every
once in a while to sketch a design. Her creative juices were
always flowing. Out on the street, she had no compunction about
stopping a stranger to admire her outfit. Then she'd pull out
her sketch pad and draw the details.
Marina STRAUSS is Edith's daughter.
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SOLOWAY,
Irving
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DILLON,
Doris
Madge
Passed away peacefully on July 17, 2008 in her 88th year. Loving
mother of Lola
DECICIEO,
Derek
DILLON, Patricia
SOLTAN, Peter
DILLON, adopted daughter Georgine
SARLAT and all of their spouses.
She will be cherished by her 14 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Fondly remembered by all of her family. Friends will be received
at the Bernardo Funeral Homes (855 Albion Rd., one block east
of lslington Ave., 416-747-7231) on Sunday from 5-9 p.m. A Funeral
Service will be held on Monday, July 28, 2008. at 2 p.m. at Kingsview
Seventh Day Adventist Church (70 Kingsview Blvd). Cremation.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
or the Collingwood General Hospital would be greatly appreciated.
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WILLIAMS,
Audrey
June
Peacefully at Victoria Hospital with her family by her side,
on Sunday, April 6, 2008 Audrey June
WILLIAMS of London in her
78th year. Beloved wife of the late Glenn
WILLIAMS (2001.) Loving
mother of Dianne and Keith
ALLEN of Goderich, Donna and Larry
HUMPHREY of Sault Ste. Marie, Judy and the late Andy
SOLTYS of
London, Vicki and Jeremy
BROWNE of Belmont and Robert Glenn
WILLIAMS
of London. Proud grandmother of Jason and Janaine
RAKE,
Aaron
RAKE and Krista
ARIESEN,
Mandy and Jeff
HARLOFF, Teresa and Sheila
HUMPHREY,
Lee
SOLTYS and Matthew
BROWNE and great-grandmother
of Kierra, Kailyn, Ashton Glenn, Jodi and Lauren. Dear sister
of Bette HIUSSER of Seaforth. Loved by many nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the McFarlane and Roberts Funeral Home, 2240 Wharncliffe
Rd., S., Lambeth 519-652-2020 on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from
6-7 p.m. where the Celebration of Audrey's Life will follow at
7: 00 p.m. Cremation with interment Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
at a later date. Donations to the London Health Sciences Centre
gratefully acknowledged.
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SOLTYS,
Taras
Paul
Entrepreneur, father, son, brother, Orange Revolutionary. Born
December 24, 1955, in Toronto. Died October 18, 2007, in Toronto
of cancer, aged 51
By Alexandra
CHYCZIJ,
Page L8
In the 1970s, Taras knocked on our door and asked for my sister
Irene. Sensing a serious suitor, I proceeded to cross-examine
him, perhaps a little too aggressively for a first encounter.
He was born and raised in Toronto, the
son of Stephanie and Michael
SOLTYS and older brother of Dianne
WITIUK.
Taras survived my questioning, and soon he joined our weekly
ski excursions in Collingwood, Ontario On the ski slopes, Taras
initially made up in speed what he lacked in style. He developed
a passion for skiing that he shared with his children, Chrystyna
and Paul, who even persuaded him to try snowboarding.
When it came to children, Taras was a natural. He handled small
babies with the same ease with which he held a football.
Taras combined his love of kids with his constant quest for new
adventures by organizing a road trip across Ukraine with his
children and two of their cousins. Taras, with four teenagers
in tow, contended with everything from bears to kropyvo, a particularly
nasty stinging nettle.
Ukraine's independence made Taras a pioneer in early joint ventures,
equipped as he was with Canadian know-how and familiarity with
the Ukrainian language and culture.
He is remembered by his associates at Consumers-Sklo-Zorya, his
first venture in Ukraine, not only for the work ethic he instilled
in them but for introducing them to the concept of charitable
giving. The Charity Cash Cow Club he founded provided many low-income
families with a cow, which offered sustenance during the transition
from a Soviet economy.
Even though he often faced insurmountable odds, Taras never succumbed
to the temptation of taking the easy road by smoothing the way
with a little baksheesh. He was committed to the goal of ensuring
that democratic principles and the rule of law become firmly
entrenched in Ukraine.
Taras was an observer during the Orange Revolution, monitoring
all three rounds of the 2004 presidential elections in the Crimea,
an area he knew well from his most recent project in the oil
business.
As he battled cancer, we shared the poignant memory of standing
on Kiev's Independence Square singing Ukraine's national anthem
along with hundreds of thousands of others.
Taras's hopes and expectations for reform following the Orange
Revolution have yet to be fulfilled. But his greatest legacy
is his children. Whenever we see in Chrystyna and Paul a familiar
gentle smile or raised eyebrow, or hear a certain tone of voice
or laugh, it will remind us of the person we loved and will always
miss.
Alexandra CHYCZIJ is Taras's sister-in-law.
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KITAY,
Fred
(Member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #34, Orillia)
Passed away with his family by his side on Saturday, March 8,
2008. Beloved husband of the late Josephine (nee:
SOLTYS.)
Loving
father of Ann (Chris), Ken (Danuta) and Amy. Wonderful Papa to
Elizabeth, Jessica, Patrick, Christopher, Jordan and Daniel.
Fred will also be missed by his sisters Mary, Lucille, Vera,
Ruby, Kitty and Evelyn and by his special companion Rilla
BEARD.
Visitation will be held at the Mundell Funeral Home, 79 West
St. N., Orillia, on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. and
on Wednesday, March 12,
2008 from 12 noon until time of funeral service in the chapel
at 1 p.m. Papa will be remembered for his love of animals, his
time with us at the farm and most of all, his devotion to family.
We were lucky to celebrate his 80th birthday this past summer.
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