TAN
TANDON
TANDY
TANENBAUM
TANGELDER
TANGNEY
TANGUAY
TANK
TANKUS
TANN
TANNER
TANNY
TANSLEY
TANTON
TANTOT
TAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-22 published
CHANNELL,
Albert "Al"
Montague
Passed away on Friday, January 18, 2008 at his home in Waterloo,
Ontario, surrounded by his loving and caring family - Audrey
(ALEXANDER,) his beloved wife of 53 years, and sons Scott, Brent
and Craig. Al will be greatly and sadly missed by son Scott,
daughter-in-law Marlene and grandchildren Kate, Jane and Scott
Jr. (North Vancouver, British Columbia), son Brent, daughter-in-law
Denise and grandchildren Vanessa and Victoria (Oakville, Ontario)
and son Craig, daughter-in-law Lori and grandchildren Kayla and
Mellissa (Plymouth, Michigan), as well as brother Doug (Mississauga,
Ontario) and sister Barbara
(MILLER)
(London,
Ontario.) Al was
predeceased by his parents Harold A. (1989) and Grace E. (Perry
1986). Al was born in Sherbrooke, Québec, on November 10, 1927.
He lived in various cities in Quebec and Eastern Ontario until
joining the Royal Canadian Navy and serving on the HMCS Red
Deer during the Second World War. Al then settled in Montreal,
joining the Royal Bank of Canada in 1947. He enjoyed a very successful
40 year career with numerous stops in Montreal, as well as New
York City, Havana, Moncton, Vancouver and Coral Gables, Florida,
where he retired as Vice President - Latin America/ Caribbean
in November of 1987. In retirement, Al and Audrey split their
time between Waterloo, Ontario and Sarasota, Florida. Al was
extremely proud of his 3 sons and 7 grandchildren, traveling
often to see them in many of their sporting and academic activities.
Al believed in giving back to the community. Throughout his life
he was involved with many charitable and volunteer organizations,
including the Waterloo Home Support Services Program, where he
was a volunteer driver for many years. Being an avid tennis player,
Al joined the Waterloo Tennis Club and played with and against
younger opponents right up until October 23, 2007. He was then
hit with the scourge of cancer in early November 2007. Al's battle
with cancer was short and courageous. His family would like to
thank Doctors
MOOLMAN,
WARD and
TAN, the nursing staff at the Grand
River Regional Cancer Centre, the nurses on the 8th floor of
the Grand River Hospital, the Community Care nurses (Sara, Paula
and Joan) and the nurses at Bayshore Home Health and the Red
Cross for their care and compassion towards Al and his family
during this difficult time. In lieu of flowers, a donation to
the Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Red Cross, Canadian Diabetes
Association or a charity of your choice in Al's honour would
be greatly appreciated. Cremation has taken place. A celebration
of Al's life will be held Friday, January 25, 2008 from 2: 00-4:00 p.m.
at the Erb and Good Funeral Home at 171 King St. South, Waterloo,
Ontario 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com
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DHAMIJA,
Rohit
Peacefully at Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto, on Thursday, March 6,
2008 at the age of 44. Loving husband of Poonam, and loving father
of Prateek, and Sahaj.
son of late Chuni Lal and Krishna
DHAMIJA.
Dear brother of Jagmohan and Neeraj
DHAMIJA and Shashi
TANDON.
He was an active member of the Burlington soccer league, and
General Secretary of Vaishno Devi Temple. He was an accomplished
and dedicated Occupational Therapist in Burlington. Visitation
at Smith's Funeral Home, 1167 Guelph Line (one stoplight north
of Queen Elizabeth Way), Burlington (905-632-3333) on Thursday,
March 13, 2008 from 10: 30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., then to Bayview Cemetery
and Crematory, 740 Spring Garden Road, Burlington for a Cremation
Service at 1 p.m. www.smithsfh.com
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TANDY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-26 published
MANN,
Alice
Elizabeth "
Bette"
Suddenly on April 23rd, 2008 at London Health Sciences Centre-University
Hospital, in her 79th year. Loving mother of one son Bruce (Cheryl).
Predeceased by her daughter Penny, her parents, sister Ruth and
brothers Fred and William. Survived by her son-in-law Gerry
TANDY,
sister Grace (Howard)
SIMS, sister-in-law Audrey
DAVEY and several
nieces and nephews. Always loved by five grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. Cremation has taken place.
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TANENBAUM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-21 published
TANENBAUM,
Anne
Passed away peacefully at her residence on April 20th, 2008 in
her 99th year.
Beloved wife of the late Max
TANENBAUM. Dear mother of Joey and
Toby, Minda and Les
FELDMAN,
Tauba and Sol
SPIRO, Howard and
Carole, Larry and Judy, Carol and the late Harold. Caring sister
to Bill and Noah
WOLF, and to the late Jack
WOLF,
Molly
RAFAEL,
Dorothy ROHER and Esther
CARMEN.
Loving grandmother to 22 grandchildren
and 43 great-grandchildren.
Anne lived her life in the spirit of giving, not only to family
and Friends, but also to the many Canadian and Israeli institutions,
in support of education and healthcare. Her generosity was felt
by all who knew her.
The family expresses deep gratitude to her wonderful companion
Perlita FALLORINA and her other caregivers Esti and Charity,
whose support provided assistance and Friendship. Donations may
be made to the Max and Anne Tanenbaum Fund at Beth Tzedec Synagogue.
For funeral information please contact Benjamin's Park Memorial
Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West (416) 663-9060, for service
information please call Monday April 21st after 10: 30 p.m.
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TANGELDER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-04 published
VANGURP,
Jacob
Abraham
In His appointed time, Sunday March 2, 2008, and with eternal
peace, Jacob Abraham
VANGURP, by grace went to be with his Lord
and Saviour, in his 66th year. Surrounded and ever loved by his
family, Wilma (née
DIELEMAN,) and Children: David and Charlene
VANGURP (Jordan, Aaron, Josiah); Lois and Bob
FORSYTH (Cherish,
Emalie); Jana and Richard
HAMSTRA (Ben, Jeffrey, Janelle, Sarah)
Carol and Johan
TANGELDER (Ethan, Cayla, Julia); Susan and Eric
KNIGHT
(Joshua, Rachel); Nancy and James
ELISEN (Calvin, Craig); Ellyn and
Keith SINKE (Lily, Phoebe); Joel and Amy
VANGURP (Grace). Youngest
brother of Jack
VANGURP;
Nellie;
Gerrie
SAARLOOS; Harry and Jane
Ida and George
JANSSEN;
Casper and
Gretha;
Neil and Theresa; Predeceased
by, Parents Casper and Ida
VANGURP;
Floor
SAARLOOS; Marie
VANGURP
Margaret and Jack
KAASTRA.
Visitation
Wednesday,
March 5, 1-3 and
7-9 at Tillsonburg Christian Reformed Church, Concession St.
W. and a Celebration of Life, Worship Service, Thursday March 6
at 2: 00 p.m. Memorial donations to the Immanuel Christian School
or the Canadian Cancer Society may be arranged by contacting
Ostrander's Funeral Home, Tillsonburg (842-5221).
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TANGNEY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-12 published
HALE,
Eileen
Elizabeth
(MALONE)
Peacefully surrounded by her loving family at Palmerston and
District Hospital on Monday, March 10, 2008. Eileen Elizabeth
(MALONE)
HALE of Harriston in her 85th year. Beloved wife of
Edward HALE and mother of Carolyn
HEFFERNAN of Guelph, Patricia
HEFFERNAN and her husband Reid and Elizabeth
BOYCE and her husband
Tim, all of London and Larry
HALE and his wife
Fran of Harriston.
Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Greg and Meaghan
HEFFERNAN,
Andrea HEFFERNAN,
Christian
HEFFERNAN, Jeremy
HEFFERNAN, Sara
BOYCE,
Matt and Ben
BOYCE, Jennifer
HALE, Laura
HALE and Julie
HALE and great-grandmother of Isabelle, Blake and Rachel. Eileen
will be sadly missed by her brother Ken
MALONE of Ottawa, her
sisters Gladys
O'DWYER of Mount Forest and Marcia
MORRIS and
her husband Pat of Guelph and by her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law
Anna HALE,
Rita
TANGNEY and Mary
HALE, all of Mount Forest, Mary
and Rene LORD of Cambridge, Tom and Cecile
HALE of Baden and
Jean HALE of Gueph. She was predeceased by her sister-in-law
and brothers-in-law Helen and Charlie
DADSWELL,
Peter
O'DWYER,
Leonard HALE,
Joe
TANGNEY, Gerald
HALE, Louie
HALE and James
HALE.
Friends may call at the Hardy-Lee Funeral Home, Harriston,
on Wednesday from 2: 00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. with vigil
prayers for Eileen at 8: 45 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated from Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Harriston
on Thursday, March 13 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery,
Mount Forest. Memorial donations to Saint Thomas Catholic Church
or Palmerston and District Hospital would be appreciated.
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TANGUAY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-22 published
MCINNES/MCINNIS,
Hector
Macneill, Q.C.
Chester, Nova Scotia (July 26, 1933-March 18, 2008)
It is with great sadness that the McInnes family announces the
passing of Hector
MCINNES/MCINNIS on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Born in
Halifax, he was the eldest
son of the late Donald
MCINNES/MCINNIS and
Betty (ROWAN-
LEGG.) He is survived by his wife, Beverley
(SMITH)
of 48 years; three sons: David (Julie
GROULX,)
Ottawa;
Robert
(Joan CULLUM), Prospect; Andrew (Lesia
ETTINGER), Tantallon
and eight grand children: Griffin, Kerry, Kesha, Ben, Will, Callie,
Rowan and Charlie. He also leaves two brothers, Stewart (Shirley
BOWNESS), Halifax; Roderick (Daniele
TANGUAY), Toronto; a sister,
Ann (Eric RICE)
Vancouver; and eleven nieces and nephews and
five grand-nieces and grand-nephews. After graduating from Ashbury
College in Ottawa, Hector received his Bachelor of Law degree
from Dalhousie University and his Master of Laws from Harvard
Law School, both with high honours. He was called to the Nova
Scotia Bar in September 1957 and began the practice of law with
McInnes Cooper as the firm's third generation McInnes. Hector
proudly built upon the legacy of his father, Donald
MCINNES/MCINNIS,
and his grandfather, Hector
MCINNES/MCINNIS, for forty years, devoting
his whole career to the firm and its clients. Hector was a gifted
corporate and commercial lawyer, and his advice was much sought
after by companies large and small, local and international in
scope. His contribution was significant with his effort spent
developing the economic cornerstones of the Province of Nova
Scotia. He was appointed Counsel to the firm in 1994. Hector
was always an active member of the legal community, as a member
of the Canadian Bar Association and the Nova Scotia Barristers'
Society. He also contributed his experience to many volunteer
organizations, serving as President of the Halifax Young Men's
Christian Association, President of Symphony Nova Scotia, Chairman
of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Vice President of Neptune
Theatre. Hector served as a director and officer of numerous
Canadian corporations. He was a member of St. Matthew's United
Church, the Halifax Club, Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Ashburn
Golf Club and Chester Yacht Club. Hector retired to his beloved
Chester and spent many recent winters at The St. Andrews Club
in Delray Beach, Florida, enjoying his time with family and Friends
(and every crossword puzzle and book he could get his hands on).
In accordance with Hector's wishes, a private family service
will take place with internment at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax.
A visitation for Friends and colleagues will be held at the home
of Stewart and Shirley
MCINNES/MCINNIS, 490 Francklyn Street, Halifax
on Saturday, March 22, 2008 from 2: 00-5:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers
and in Hector
MCINNES/MCINNIS' memory, you may choose to donate to the
QE2 Foundation, 5A Nursing Education Fund (Radiation Oncology),
1278 Tower Road, Centennial Building, Room 1 - 040, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, tel: (902) 473-7932; or the Provincial
Autism Centre, 1456 Brenton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 2K7,
tel: (902) 446-4995. On-line condolences may be made by visiting:
www.mem.com
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TANGUAY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-26 published
MOORE,
Barbara
Jean (née
MOONEY)
It is with great sadness that the family announces the death
on April 23, 2008 of Barbara
MOORE at the Élisabeth Bruyère Health
Centre in Ottawa. Barbara was born in Saint John, New Brunswick,
on February 13, 1930, the daughter of the late John Patrick
MOONEY
and the late Evelyn Margaret
MOONEY
(LAWLOR.)
Barbara was predeceased
by her loving husband of fifty years Raymond Edward
MOORE and
infant daughter Mary Diane. Surviving are her children Mary E.
MOORE (Jean-Claude
TANGUAY) of Toronto, Maureen G.
MOORE, John L.
MOORE, Raymond A.
MOORE (Nicole D.) and David P.
MOORE, all of
Ottawa. Barbara is survived by her grandchildren Philippe C.
MOORE, Michel L.
MOORE, Rachel G.R.
MOORE and Eric D.R.
MOORE.
Barbara is predeceased by brothers John P.
MOONEY
(Rosemond
I.
MOONEY) and Patrick J.
MOONEY and by her sister Geraldine M.
MOONEY of Fredericton Junction, New Brunswick. Barbara is also
survived by her loving sisters M. Kathleen
MacDOUGALL (the late
Joseph
A.,)
Constance T.
MARR (the late Ralph B.,) Gertrude M.
MOONEY all of Saint John, New Brunswick, and Evelyn L.
MORRIS
(Denis J.), Halifax Nova Scotia. Barbara is also survived by
loving sister-in-law Helen M.
ROSS
(Cyril
B.) of Woodstock, New
Brunswick. Barbara will be missed by her many relatives, Friends
and colleagues. Barbara grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick
and graduated from St. Vincent's High School. Barbara received
her Bachelor of Science degree at St. Francis Xavier University,
Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1951 and worked for the New Brunswick
Department of Health until 1955 when she moved to Ottawa. A long
time member of the Dieticians of Canada Barbara taught home economics
for many years until her retirement from D'Arcy McGee High School
in Gatineau, Québec. Friends may pay respects at the Kelly Funeral
Home 1255 Walkley Road (east of Bank) Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Tuesday to Holy
Cross Church, 685 Walkley Road, for Mass of Christian Funeral
at 11 a.m. Interment Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. In memoriam
donations to a charity of choice would be appreciated. Kelly
Funeral Home 613-731-1255
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TANK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-24 published
RENNIE,
Winnifred (formerly
TANK)
Peacefully, at the Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, on Thursday,
March 20, 2008. Loving mother of Richard (Christina)
TANK,
Bob
(Karen) TANK and Lorraine
TANK
(Gordon
OHLKE.) Adoring grandmother
of Suzanne (Cam), David, Lindsay, Lisa, Melissa, Katie and Charley.
Survived by her brother Albert
DAVIDSON.
Predeceased by her husbands
Lawrence TANK and James
RENNIE, as well as by her sisters Mabel,
Grace, Hilda and Florence. Friends may call at the Turner and
Porter Peel Chapel, 2180 Hurontario St. (Hwy. 10, North of Queen
Elizabeth Way) on Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
Service will be held in the Chapel on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
at 2: 00 p.m. Interment Springcreek Cemetery. If desired, donations
to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the
family.
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TANKUS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-08 published
GOLDSTEIN,
Saul
The family of Saul
GOLDSTEIN, aged 97, lovingly honour his memory
at the home of Roger and Rose
GOLDSTEIN, 243 Dunvegan Rd, Toronto.
Shiva services will be held from February 7 to Feb 12, at 7.00 a.m.
and 5.20 p.m. Saul is survived by his son Roger (Rose)
GOLDSTEIN
and daughter Vivienne (Gidon)
TANKUS, grandchildren Elliott,
Rochelle, Erik
SEGELBAUM;
Andrew,
Mathew,
William, and Emily
GOLDSTEIN.
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TANN o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2008-10-22 published
Ronald
George
Thomas
TANN
March 21, 1937 - October 12, 2008
Died suddenly in Mindemoya on Sunday at the age of 71. Beloved husband of
Ann Marie (née Bowerman) for 51 years. Dear father of Natalie and Ron
Morningstar of Blind River, Kellie and James Hunter of Mindemoya. Much
loved grandfather of Mitchell and Jenna Hunter and special grand_son
Quintin.
Will be missed by siblings Irene (husband Charlie
CADIEUX) of
Mindemoya, Lorna (husband Clayton Van Horne) of Little Current, and Cliff
(wife Marie) of Mindemoya. Sister-in-law Lynda (husband Barry VanHorne)
of Lively. Predeceased by parents Lawrence and Elizabeth (née Hammond)
Tann and brother-in-law Charlie Wood. Ron was a jack of all trades. He
took pride in his hobbies and workmanship. Whatever he tackled he did
well. Ron was a friend to all. Visitation was from 7-9 PM Wednesday.
Funeral Service was 11: 00 am Thursday at the Island Funeral Home. Burial
at Mindemoya Cemetery. Donations to Mindemoya Hospital Auxilary would be
appreciated.
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TANNER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-04-08 published
McTEER,
Linda
Elaine
Suddenly at North York General Hospital on Friday April 4th,
2008 at the age of 55 years. Linda
McTEER of New Dundee and formerly
of Paisley. Linda was born in Walkerton on March 3rd, 1953 and
was raised in Paisley. She was the sixth child of seven of the
late Harold and Irene
(MOONEY)
McTEER.
She worked 25 years with
the Economical Insurance Company in Kitchener before finishing
her insurance career with Hallmark Insurance in Scarborough.
In 1980 Linda was appointed guardian of the family of the late
John and Marjorie
(McTEER)
TANNER who are left to mourn her passing:
Clifford and Joanne, Jim and Cindi, Connie and her friend Jim
STRAUS
all of Port Elgin, Carl and Debbie, Cindy
SWEIGER,
Jeff and Bonnie
all of Paisley and all of their children. Predeceased by the
youngest Laurie Ann
TANNER (1988.) Also left to mourn her passing
are her siblings, Gladys and John
TURNBALL of Waterloo, Shirley and
Bob CURRIE of Paisley, Glen
McTEER of London and Rhonda
McTEER
of Wingham, Keith and Rhonda
McTEER of Newmarket. She is also survived
by her stepmother Marge
McTEER of Durham. She is predeceased
by her brothers Lorne (1990) and Wayne (1994). She also leaves
to mourn many nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.
A graveside service will be held at Purdy Cemetery on Friday,
April 11th, 2008 at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Judy
ZARUBICK officiating.
Following interment, a celebration of Linda's life will take
place at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #295, Paisley. Memorial
contributions to the Paisley Health Clinic would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy. Portrait and memorial online at www.milroyfuneralhomes.com
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TANNER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-09 published
HOLME,
Jeanne
Dorothy
Amelia
(PAETZ)
After a lifetime of serving her Lord by her many works at Trinity
Lutheran Church, and her devotion to her family, Jeanne Dorothy
Amelia HOLME
(PAETZ,) answered her Lord's call after a valiant
battle with cancer on March 7th, 2008. Loved and remembered by
her husband Robert of 57 years, along with their daughters Deborah
HOLME and Heather and Doug
ELLIS.
Her spirit will be carried
on in her grandchildren Sarah and Cameron
GRIFFIN,
Naomi and
Gregory McCULLOCH and her cherished great-grand_son Tavis. Always
close to her heart are her siblings Robert and Lucille
PAETZ,
Gary and the late Carol
TANNER,
Susan
PAETZ, Eloise
KARL and
her much thought-of nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held
at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel, 1997 Dundas St. E. (at Wavell),
on Sunday March 9th, 7-9 p.m. Monday March 10th, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Visitation will continue on March 11th at 10 a.m. with Service
following at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 746 Colborne
St.
The
Rev. James
GAREY officiant. Interment to follow at Mount
Pleasant Cemetery. Donations in memory of Jeanne to Trinity Lutheran
Church - T.L. Ristine Bursary, Schuller Library Fund, or the
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
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TANNER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-16 published
TANNER,
Paul
Peacefully, on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Saint Thomas Elgin General
Hospital, Paul
TANNER passed away in his 78th year. Beloved husband
of the late Monna
TANNER (2007.) Dear father of Vickie
SODERMAN,
Patti TANNER, and Marvin and his wife
Laura.
Sadly missed by
grandchildren; Kris, Holly, Brandi,
TANNER,
Jennalea,
Robin,
Maycala, and Saralyn and five great-grandchildren. Survived by
sister Elizabeth
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON
(George.)
Predeceased by his mother
Heilda GOULDEN
(Carl) and father Leopold
TANNER. Friends will
be received at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel, 1997 Dundas Street
East (at Wavell), for visitation on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. Funeral
Service will be held in the chapel on Thursday, June 19, 2008
at 11 a.m. with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
In memory, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be
appreciated.
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TANNER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-07 published
SHEFFER,
Alma
Alma
Mildred (née
SAUNDERS)
Age 87, formerly of Brigden, died peacefully at Fiddick's Nursing
Home, Petrolia, on Sunday, July 6, 2008, with her family by her
side. Survived by her family Shirley and Roy
COOPER of Wyoming,
Marion and John
FORD of Brigden, and Evelyn and Rae
JAPP of Brigden.
Grandchildren Bev
WRIGHT,
Stephen and Elizabeth
COOPER, Sandra
and David BERRY, Carol
FORD and Jeff
TANNER, Bonnie and Joe
DAWSON,
Vicki and Chris
CRAN,
John and Shannon
FORD, Eddy and Carrie
JAPP,
Barry and Trisha
JAPP, and Jeffery and Rachel
JAPP, 23 great-grandchildren
and 1 great-great-grand_son. Also survived by her sisters and
brothers-in-law Thelma
SAUNDERS,
Dorothy and Jacob
SPENLER, Marion
CODLING,
Ruby and Sherman
BAILEY, Stella
SHEFFER, and Floyd and
Rita SHEFFER.
Predeceased by her parents Thomas and Rachel Jane
(WILLIAMSON)
SAUNDERS, brothers and sisters Stella, Cecil, Nettie,
Bettie, Jacob, Marion, Earl, and three infants and a granddaughter
Mary Kathleen
FORD. It was Mother's wish that there be a private
service following cremation. Interment at Saunders Family Cemetery,
Brooke Township, Lambton County. Sympathy donations may be made
to the C.E.E. Hospital Foundation, Petrolia, (the Pat Mailloux
Cataract Clinic Memorial Fund), or the charity of your choice.
Memories and condolences may be sent online at www.smithfuneralhome.ca
Arrangements entrusted to Smith Funeral Home, 1576 London Line,
Sarnia.
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HITCHCOCK,
Margaret
Isabella
(MacKENZIE)
Peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at Bluewater Health
- Mitton Site on Thursday, July 24, 2008, Margaret Isabella
(MacKENZIE)
HITCHCOCK, age 89, of Sarnia, loving wife of the late Ralph
HITCHCOCK
(1995.) Dear mother of Mary
HITCHCOCK,
Raymond
Edward
HITCHCOCK,
Margaret Diane
BARCROFT and her husband Jerry and Elizabeth Anne
FLETCHER and her husband Herbert Jr. Grandmother of Michael,
Suzanne, Johanne, Angela, Lisa, Todd, Angela, Herbert III
and Daniel. Also survived by many great-grandchildren, nieces
and nephews. Sister of Dorthea
LAWRENCE.
Predeceased by her daughter
Donna HITCHCOCK, brother Albert
MacKENZIE and great-grandchildren
Terrance MATHEWS and Summer
TANNER-
FLETCHER. Mrs
HITCHCOCK was
a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #62. Funeral Service
will be held in the Chapel of the D.J. Robb Funeral Home, 102 N.
Victoria Street, Sarnia, on Monday, July 28th at 1: 00 p.m. Interment
in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home on Sunday
afternoon and evening from 2: 00-4:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Sympathy may be expressed through memorial donations to the Heart
and Stroke Foundation. (cheques only please). Messages of condolence
may be sent to the family through djrobbfh@ebtech.net
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TANNER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-11 published
ESKRITT,
Leslie
Joseph
Joe ESKRITT passed away at his home on the morning of February 7,
2008. Beloved husband of Diana
ESKRITT who predeceased him in
September. Devoted father of Jodi Ann and Ian Joseph (Jeremy
Lin EVANS-
ESKRITT) and proud grandfather of Keagan Leslie and
Loghan Dawn. Brother of Jeanette (George
POAG), Nita (Jack
VICARY)
and Susan (Peter
TANNER.)
The family wishes to thank everyone
for their continued support through Dad's illness. Memorial Service
will be held in the chapel of James Reid Funeral Home, Cataraqui
Chapel (1900 John Counter Blvd) on Saturday, February 16, 2008
at 3 p.m. Reception to follow in the James Reid Reception Centre.
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SWEENY,
Ella
Elizabeth
In her eighty-fourth year, on May 11, 2008, at Toronto Western
Hospital, of complications following a heart attack. Beloved
wife of the late Thomas Gray
SWEENY, dear mother of Carolyn
TANNER
(Curt PEOPLES,)
David
TANNER (Amanda,) and Robert
TANNER (Dalia,)
loved sister of Gordon
FORSTER, cherished grandmother of Ashley,
Lindsay, Stephen, Peter, Georgia and Charlie. She leaves also
the extended
SWEENY family, Joan
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Jim
SWEENY and Heather
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and their children, Claire, Mary, Bridget, Johanne, and
Tamara, and Robert
SWEENY and Elizabeth-Anne
MALISCHEWSKI and
their daughter Charlotte-Anne, who welcomed her into their lives
almost twenty years ago and added immeasurably to her happiness.
Our thanks to the wonderful staff at Kensington Gardens and to
the many doctors and nurses at Toronto Western whose compassionate
care made this time easier.
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GOLD,
Faye
On Friday, July 13, 2008 at North York General Hospital. Faye
GOLD, beloved wife of the late Irving
GOLD.
Lovingly remembered
by Albert KAPUS.
Loving mother of Marsha
WRIGHT. Dear sister
of Ruth SWARTZ.
Devoted grandmother of Alisa and Mark
TANNY and
Marci and Daniel
FRANK and great-grandmother of Ethan. At Benjamin's
Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Ave W (3 lights west of Dufferin)
for service on Friday, July 18 at 10: 00 a.m. Interment Temple
Sinai Synagogue Section of Pardes Shalom Cemetery. Shiva 44 Stubbs
Dr. #612. Memorial donations may be made to The Alzheimers Society
of Ontario 416-967-5900.
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Heather
Lynn (née
TANSLEY)
Suddenly at her home in Woodstock on Friday, March 28th. Loving
mother of Stephanie of Vienna and Matthew of Stratford. Cherished
grandmother of Hailey, Raven, Tyson and Shayne. Heather will
be sadly missed by her mother, Marilyn Elliott of London and
sisters and brother Rose of Stratford, Maureen and Ken, Beachville,
Colleen, Saint Marys, Sandra, and Earl and Trudy of Alvinston.
Predeceased by her father Clifford
TANSLEY and sister Carole
(November 2007). Friends may call at the W.G. Young Funeral Home,
430 Huron Street, Stratford, on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
funeral following at 1 p.m. As expressions of sympathy donations
to the Diabetes Association or charity of one's choice.
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TANTON,
Margaret (née
ALLISON)
Peacefully at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on Thursday,
March 27, 2008, Margaret
TANTON
(ALLISON) passed, in her 78th
year. Predeceased by her husband John (2005). Loving mother of
her sons Robert (Carol), Doug (Cecilia), Peter, David (Shaunda)
and daughter Sheila. Predeceased by her son John (1949). Cherished
grandma of 14 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Dearly
missed by her sister Judy
GNAY
(Bill) and her brother Bob. Predeceased
by brother Frank (Jean) and sister-in-law Edna
ALLISON.
Predeceased
by her parents Robert and Thelma
ALLISON.
Visitation will be
held at Denning Bros. Funeral Home, Strathroy, on Monday from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where the Funeral Service will take place on Tuesday,
April 1, 2008 at 1 p.m. with Rev. Charles
SEED officiating. Interment
to follow in Strathroy Cemetery. Donations may be made to the
Canadian Cancer Society or the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital
Foundation. A tree will be planted as a living memorial to Margaret.
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Champion of culture in Canada 'epitomized the values of the NAC'
Third-generation member of famous newspaper family grew up in
a lifestyle of privilege and chose the diplomatic corps over
journalism. Later, he helped launch the National Arts Centre
and the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa
By Sandra MARTIN,
Page S9
Passionate, romantic, a lover of culture, the high arts and beautiful
women, Hamilton
SOUTHAM was in many ways an 18th-century gentleman,
given to quoting poetry, rereading the classic works of literature
and history, attending opera, ballet and theatrical performances,
and collecting paintings by modern masters. Until the end of
his days, he expressed his faith in the ultimate meaning of life
by quoting these lines from Milton's Samson Agonistes: "All is
best, though we oft doubt, /What th' unsearchable dispose/Of
highest wisdom brings about, / and ever best found in the close."/
Born into the third generation of the Southam newspaper dynasty,
he grew up in a gilded world of wealth and privilege, in which
winters were spent in Florida and summers in Europe and the family
enclave at Big Rideau Lake near Ottawa. Fighting for his country
for six years in the Second World War stiffened the public-service
component of his complicated character. After working in journalism,
he turned his back on the family business and opted for diplomacy
in its Pearsonian heyday, serving as ambassador to Poland, among
other postings. But it was his lengthy tenure in the trenches
of the cultural, linguistic and nationalistic battlefields that
forged his legacy as the builder and founding general director
of the National Arts Centre, a visionary fundraiser and force
behind the Canadian War Museum, the Canadian Battle of Normandy
Foundation and the Valiants Memorial and an active contributor
to many other cultural institutions.
How fitting that such a Canadian giant should die on Canada Day,
said Peter Herrndorf, president of the National Arts Centre,
describing Mr.
SOUTHAM as a man of exquisite taste with a single-minded
devotion to the arts and an incredible capacity for Friendship.
"He had been for many years, well before I came here, one of
my heroes and he stayed a hero though my professional life. Never
did I imagine that I would not only build on Hamilton's legacy
at the National Arts Centre, but also become his friend," said
Mr. Herrndorf. "He became like a second dad to me, both in personal
terms and very much in professional terms - and in typical dad
terms, he was both wonderful in his support and tough when I
wasn't living up to what he expected. It's a big loss because
he epitomized the values of the National Arts Centre."
Gordon Hamilton
SOUTHAM was born in December, 1916, and named
after an uncle who had been killed two months earlier at the
Battle of the Somme. His family called him Hamilton because he
had an older cousin, Gordon, who lived next door, in what amounted
to a family enclave in the elite Rockliffe Park area of Ottawa.
His parents' house, called Lindenelm, later became the Spanish
embassy.
Hamilton's▼ father, Wilson
SOUTHAM, the oldest of six sons of
William SOUTHAM (1843-1932,) the proprietor of The Hamilton Spectator
and founder of the Southam newspaper empire, was the publisher
of the Ottawa Citizen. Hamilton's mother, Henrietta
CARGILL,
was the daughter of Conservative politician Henry
CARGILL, who
died after collapsing on the floor of the House of Commons.
The youngest of his parents' six children, Hamilton went to Elmwood
School and then Ashbury College, the private boy's school in
Ottawa. In those days, French was taught as though it were a
dead language, so it was years before he became bilingual. But
the school did nurture his love for Latin, the classics, and
poetry, which he delighted in declaiming until the end of his
life. He also played Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, "lightly
with exactly the right touch of flippancy," according to drama
critic Ted Devlin.
After doing summer-school classes at Glebe and Lisgar Collegiates,
he entered Trinity College at the University of Toronto in 1934.
He graduated with a degree in history in 1939, having taken a
year out, halfway through, recovering from a serious car crash
that left him with a crooked smile - a rugged distinction in
a classically handsome face. After U of T, he sailed to England
intending to do a master's degree in modern history at Christ
Church College, Oxford. Almost as soon as he arrived, Britain
declared war on Germany and he enlisted in the British Army as
an officer cadet in the Royal Artillery.
Simultaneously, he renewed his Friendship with Jacqueline
LAMBERT-
DAVID,
the daughter of a sculptor from a land-owning French family.
They had met in Canada that summer through family Friends. When
the hostilities commenced, she managed to make her way back to
London by ship from New York because the United States was still
neutral. They married in London on April 15, 1940, while he was
in training. (They eventually had four children and were divorced
in the late 1960s; she died in 1998.) A month after the wedding,
he received his commission as a lieutenant.
Meanwhile, the 40th battery of the Canadian Field Artillery (in
which his uncle and namesake, Gordon
SOUTHAM, had served) had
mobilized for active service under Frank Keen, assistant editor
of the Hamilton Spectator, as the 11th Army Field Regiment, 40th
Battalion of Hamilton. As soon as the battalion arrived in England,
Lt. SOUTHAM applied for a transfer from the British Army so that
he could serve with the Canadian Forces. By the autumn of 1943,
the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, which was heavily engaged
in Italy, urgently needed replacements. He volunteered to join
the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. He fought in the battle of
Ortona in December, 1943, and the final battle of Monte Cassino
from April to May, 1944, and was part of the advance of the Canadian
Army up through Italy and later from Marseilles northward in
France. He was mentioned in dispatches for "gallant and distinguished
services" and demobilized with the rank of captain.
After the war, he worked briefly for The Times of London before
returning to Canada and an uneasy job as an editorial writer
for the Citizen in 1946. "I couldn't write quickly enough," he
said in an interview at his home in Rockliffe in 2004. "My editor
would give me a subject - 500 words on such and such a subject
by 3 o'clock. My instinct was to go to the parliamentary library
for a week and then come back with the 500 words," he said. "I
was wretched." He went to his uncle Harry
SOUTHAM, then publisher
of the Citizen, and said, "I can't manage to do this, so I am
going to External Affairs."
He wrote the examinations and joined the department in 1948 under
Lester Pearson at a time when Canada "had a role to play" and
when being part of the foreign service was "riding the crest
of a wave, as far as I was concerned." It was "a wonderful time,"
Mr. SOUTHAM said, his eyes flashing under his expressive beetle
brows. "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young
was very heaven!" he said, quoting Wordsworth.
In 1949, Mr.
SOUTHAM (and his family, which now included a second
son, Christopher, who is now called Abdul) was posted to Stockholm
as third secretary under ambassador Tommy Stone. After nearly
four years, they returned to Ottawa before being posted to Warsaw
as chargé d'affaires in March, 1959. By then, the Southams had
two more children, Jennifer and Michael. This posting was one
of the highlights of Mr.
SOUTHAM's diplomatic career because
he solved the "Polish Treasures" problem.
After Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, the curator
of Krakow removed a number of treasures from Wawel Castle, including
tapestries and the sword of state. Following a circuitous route,
they ended up in museum warehouses in Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec
City. After the war, Poland, then behind the Iron Curtain, requested
the return of its state treasures. That was fine with the Canadian
federal government, but not with Maurice Duplessis, then premier
of Quebec. He refused to hand anything over to a Communist government.
Amid the diplomatic fracas, "we never sent an ambassador there
and they never sent an ambassador here," Mr.
SOUTHAM explained.
Mr. Duplessis died in office in September, 1959, and was succeeded
by Paul Sauvé, "a more rational man" who agreed to ship the treasures
back, causing Poland and Canada "to unfreeze their governments
and to exchange ambassadors." And so, Mr.
SOUTHAM's grateful
government promoted him "sur place" to the rank of ambassador
in April, 1960.
In 1962, the Southams returned to Ottawa, where he was appointed
head of the information division at External Affairs. He was
at work one day when he received a visit from Faye Loeb of the
IGA grocery chain. She wanted him to help spearhead a citizens'
move to build a performing arts centre in Ottawa. Rashly, he
promised to find an appropriate candidate and, if necessary,
to take charge himself.
"Time ran out and Faye came back," is the way he described his
assumption of the leadership of the National Capital Arts Alliance
in 1963. At its height, the alliance included about 60 arts organizations
in Ottawa. They raised enough money (about $7,000) to commission
a feasibility study, which recommended both the building of a
performing arts centre and the holding of an annual national
festival in Ottawa. In 1964, Mr.
SOUTHAM took the completed study
(with its projected costs of $9-million) to his old boss Mr. Pearson,
by this point prime minister, and persuaded him that the proposed
building would be an ideal centennial project for the federal
government.
"He thought about it for a month and then came back and said,
'We'll do it,' Mr.
SOUTHAM said. "After that, it was his project
and he never gave up on it." The prime minister arranged for
Mr. SOUTHAM to be lent from External Affairs to Secretary of
State, which appointed him co-ordinator of the National Arts
Centre in February, 1964.
The decision about the architect for the new facility was left
up to Mr. SOUTHAM. He recommended Fred
LEBENSOLD, who had already
built the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, had won the competition
for Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, and would later build
Place des Arts in Montreal. Mr.
LEBENSOLD did a quick estimate
of $16-million and signed on as architect. Mr.
SOUTHAM was appointed
inaugural director of the National Arts Centre in 1967 and oversaw
the construction of Mr.
LEBENSOLD's hexagonal buildings on 2.6 hectares
on the banks of the Rideau River, defending vociferous criticism
along the way as the costs spiralled to a final tally of more
than $46-million. (By this time, Mr.
SOUTHAM's first marriage
had disintegrated. He married Gro
MORTENSON of Oslo in 1968,
with whom he had two children, Henrietta and Gordon. He and his
second wife were divorced in the late 1970s, but as with all
of Mr. SOUTHAM's wives, she remained on affectionate terms with
him.)
The multifaceted performance centre, with three halls including
the country's first professional opera house, two restaurants,
two theatre companies and its own touring symphony orchestra,
opened in June of 1969 with the National Ballet of Canada performing
two commissioned ballets - The Queen by Grant Strate to music
by Louis Applebaum, and Kraanerg by Roland Petit to music by
Iannis Xenakis. The following night, when the ballet danced John
Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, something went wrong with the technology
in the orchestra pit. Conductor George Crum and some of his musicians
slowly ascended above stage level, leading Mr. Crum to say later
that it was "the only time I ever looked down on Celia Franca,"
who was performing as Lady Capulet. After two terms as director-general,
Mr. SOUTHAM stepped down in March of 1977.
Less than a year later, after a short respite spent sailing his
yacht, Mr.
SOUTHAM was persuaded by secretary of state John Roberts
to become chair of Festival Canada and take charge of the national
celebrations on Canada Day. He was paid a dollar a year and required
to appear before a Commons committee to answer questions about
his mandate and budget. When some members criticized the fluently
bilingual Mr.
SOUTHAM for preparing a report in English - he
said later that he hadn't had time to have it translated - he
sent a letter resigning from his post in French to the minister.
It was rejected and Mr.
SOUTHAM oversaw celebrations in hundreds
of communities across the country and a blow-out televised extravaganza
on Parliament Hill on the theme "You and Me - Le Canada, C'est
Toi et Moi." In the 1980s, Mr.
SOUTHAM was a partner in Lively
Arts Market Builders, a scheme to create a television channel
devoted to producing and broadcasting plays, concerts, films
and programs on the arts. The group received a cable television
licence and launched the pay-television C Channel in January,
1983. But it failed to attract subscribers and went into receivership
six months later. Rogers Cablesystems Inc. bought its pay-television
licence that December for $12,500.
(The following year, Mr.
SOUTHAM married for the third and final
time. Marion
TANTON, a French woman he had known and loved for
many years, was the wife of the late Pierre
CHARPENTIER, a former
Canadian ambassador, and the mother of his three children. She
died of cancer in May, 2005.)
In January, 1985, prime minister Brian Mulroney appointed Mr.
SOUTHAM
chair of the Official Residences Council, a civilian oversight
group he had established amidst mounting criticism of the cost
of maintaining official residences. Mr.
SOUTHAM's tenure was
not an easy one; there were political brawls about work done
on the speaker's house in Kingsmere; on Stornoway, the residence
of the opposition leader; and on both official prime ministerial
residences.
His beloved National Arts Centre went through a long period of
turmoil beginning in the mid-1980s, involving funding crises,
a revolving series of chairs and artistic directors and a strike
by the National Arts Centre orchestra, before it began to stabilize
more than a decade later with the appointment in the late 1990s
of David Leighton as chair of the board and Mr. Herrndorf as
president and chief executive - thanks in no small part to Mr.
SOUTHAM's
behind-the-scenes lobbying. Early in 2000, during Mr. Herrndorf's
tenure, a grateful National Arts Centre renamed its opera auditorium
Southam Hall in his honour and threw a lavish party for him on
his 90th birthday.
After attending the rededication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
on September 17, 1999, Mr.
SOUTHAM met some Friends for lunch
at the Rideau Club. He had been "moved" by the ceremony and by
governor-general Adrienne Clarkson's "wonderful" speech, and
he began thinking that the fallen soldier "should have some company
on Confederation Square," rather like the "great cloud of witnesses,"
described by St. Paul in his epistles. Those lunchtime musings
led to his final public campaign, which was realized seven years
later when Governor-General Michaëlle Jean unveiled the $1.1-million
Valiants Memorial. He considered the Valiants his second great
project after the National Arts Centre. "Parliament Hill is full
of statues of prime ministers and politicians, some of them good,
some of them not good. But in Ottawa, there shouldn't just be
statues of politicians," he said. "It is the capital of the country
and there should be statues of the men and women who have made
this country."
Aside from building monuments to others, Mr.
SOUTHAM enjoyed
sitting in the study of his Ottawa home, a well-proportioned,
light-filled room lined with bookcases, rereading the complete
works of Anthony Trollope and "contemplating three generations
of reading." He had his grandfather's books on the top shelf,
his father's Everyman editions on the second and his own books
on the third shelf. As well, he was examining his own soul. "I
have lived my life, and that which I have done may God himself
make pure," he said. "I meditate and I don't compare today with
yesterday. I have more important comparisons, concerning my inner
life, and I have much to think about." He was an Anglican, but
he "was thinking the same thoughts" as a Catholic or a Jew or
a Muslim. The soul is a more important part of our being than
character," he said. "It is essential."
And so he spent his last years in contemplation and in visiting
with close Friends and family, enjoying life and engaged with
the world around him.
On Canada Day, he was about to go for a drive with his valet
when he suddenly felt tired. He lay down for a rest and quietly
died.
Gordon Hamilton
SOUTHAM was born in Ottawa on December 19, 1916.
He died July 1, 2008, at home in Ottawa of complications from
cancer. He was 91. He is survived by his second wife, Gro
MORTENSON,
his six children and his extended family. A private family funeral
is planned followed by a memorial service at St. Bartholomew's
Anglican Church, Ottawa, later in July.
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SOUTHAM,
Gordon
Hamilton▲
Hamilton SOUTHAM died peacefully at home on Tuesday July 1st
at the age of 91. He was born in Ottawa on December 19th, 1916,
the youngest child of Wilson Mills
SOUTHAM and Henrietta Alberta
CARGILL.
After graduating from the University of Toronto with
a degree in history in 1939, he abandoned his graduate studies
at Christ Church College, Oxford in order to join the war effort
and enrolled in the British Army as an officer cadet in the Royal
Artillery winning his commission in 1940. That same year, when
the Canadian Army reached Britain, he transferred to the Canadian
11th Army Field Regiment, 40th Battalion of Hamilton (in which
his uncle and namesake, Gordon Hamilton, had served until he
was killed in action at the battle of the Somme in 1916). In
1943, responding to an urgent call for replacements at the front,
he volunteered to join the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in
Italy. He saw action at the battle of Ortona as well as the final
battle of Monte Cassino and was mentioned in dispatches.
After the war he worked at the Times of London and the Ottawa
Citizen before joining the Department of External Affairs in
1948. He was posted to Sweden from 1949 to 1953, and in 1959,
was posted to Poland, where he served first as chargé d'affaires
and later as ambassador. On his return to Ottawa in 1962 he was
appointed head of the information division of External Affairs.
In 1963 he assumed the leadership of the National Capital Arts
Alliance, a grouping of some 60 arts organizations in Ottawa
pressing for the building of a national performing arts centre.
A feasibility study was commissioned and the Pearson government
was persuaded to adopt the project in celebration of Canada's
centennial. He was appointed co-ordinator of the National Arts
Centre, in February, 1964 with the task of overseeing the construction
and planning the programmes and activities of the new institution.
After the National Arts Centre's opening, in 1969, he served
two terms as director-general before stepping down in 1977.
Of particular note among his many activities since his retirement
from the National Arts Centre are his founding and presidency
of the Canadian Mediterranean Institute from 1980 to 1986 and
a variety of initiatives aimed at raising public consciousness
of the importance of the military in Canadian history. He was
a founder of the Battle of Normandy Foundation, 1992, one of
the main initiators of the new War Museum, inaugurated in 2005 and
the founder and president of the Valiants Foundation, responsible
for the erection of the Valiants Memorial on Confederation square,
in Ottawa, inaugurated by Governor-General Michaëlle Jean in
He married Jacqueline
LAMBERT-
DAVID in 1940 and they had four
children, Peter, Abdul, Jennifer and Michael. In 1969, he married
Gro MORTENSEN, and they had two children, Henrietta and Gordon.
In 1981 he married Marion
TANTOT, mother of Frederic, Manon and
Virginie. He shared with Marion his retirement years in Grignan,
France, and Ottawa. Marion died in 2005. He will be sadly missed
by Gro Mortensen
SOUTHAM, his children, his ten grandchildren,
and his extended family and Friends. A private family funeral
was held on Friday and a memorial service will be held at St. Bartholomew's
Anglican Church 125 Mackay Street, Ottawa, on Sunday July 20th
at 1 p.m.
If desired, donations can be made in his memory to the National
Youth and Education Trust at the National Arts Center P.O. Box 1534,
Stn B, Ottawa Ontario K1P 5W1.
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