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TAPECERIA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-07 published
PLUMPTRE,
Beryl
Alyce (née
ROUCH,) O.C.
With her family beside her, Beryl died peacefully in her own
home as she wished on Friday, April 4, 2008, nine months shy
of her 100th birthday. Articulate, sociable and elegant to the
end, she was predeceased by her beloved husband Wynne, with whom
she shared a varied and fascinating life of public and community
service, combined with a strong sense of family, a love of travel
and cultural pursuits, and a flair for entertaining second to
none.
Born in 1908 in Melbourne, Australia, Beryl graduated from the
Presbyterian Ladies College. Shortly after launching her career
with the Bank of New South Wales, she won a scholarship to Cambridge
University where she pursued graduate studies in economics with
John Maynard Keynes. It was at Cambridge that she met Wynne who,
having fixed his sights on her, had to sail to Australia to ensure
she followed through on marriage plans. She was a devoted partner
throughout his distinguished career, working by his side in posts
at the University of Toronto, the Canadian Embassy in Washington,
North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Paris, the Department of
Finance in Ottawa and the University of Toronto at Scarborough,
where she and Wynne presided over the flowering of the College
during his tenure as its first full-time Principal.
Unfazed by the fact that women in the professions were still
uncommon, she established her own credentials as an economist,
working with agencies such as the Wartime Prices and Trade Board,
the Tariff Board and the Royal Commission on Coastal Trading.
She also became a fearsome consumer advocate, serving as National
President of the Consumers Association of Canada from 1961 to
1966. She played a determining role in the establishment of a
new federal department responsible for consumer affairs -- an
effective but short-lived voice for Canadian consumers that subsequent
governments soon muffled by burying it deep within the bureaucracy.
She also spoke up for consumer interest as a member of the now-defunct
Economic Council of Canada. Then, in 1973, she was appointed
to head the Food Prices Review Board, where she insisted that
she would report not to the government, but directly to the people
of Canada. With her no-nonsense attitude and independent spirit,
she earned the respect and gratitude of Canadians across the
country by speaking up for their interests and "telling it like
it is," without regard for bureaucratic inertia or efforts at
ministerial interference. This appointment was followed by another
as Vice-Chair of the Anti-Inflation Board, from which she resigned
to care for Wynne prior to his death in 1977.
Not content with retirement, she took up arms against forces
threatening to destroy the character of the village of Rockcliffe
Park by getting elected Reeve and serving as a member of the
Regional Council of Ottawa-Carleton. Beryl also served on several
corporate boards, including Dominion Stores and Canada Life,
and as chair of various non-profit organizations, including the
Vanier Institute of the Family and the Kidney Foundation of Canada.
An incomparable hostess, avid gardener and bird lover, she leaves
behind her adored and caring children, Judith and Tim, along
with their spouses, Alex
WEDDERSPOON and Barbara
LASKIN. A proud
grandmother to Caroline and her husband David
CLARKE of Vancouver,
Michael WEDDERSPOON and his wife
Marisa of Edinburgh, and Bora
and Genny PLUMPTRE of Ottawa, she took enormous pleasure in their
accomplishments, many of which she aided and abetted. She was
a delighted great-grandmother to Zachary, India, Scarlett, Sylvie
and Layla. Her loss is deeply felt by her devoted caregiver,
Tess TAPECERIA, who was a great help in her last years, by her
nephew Peter
ROUCH and his wife
Anne in Australia, and by many
loyal Friends and former colleagues.
Her family expresses deep appreciation to the wonderful Doctor Frances
KILBERTUS, her colleagues at the Elizabeth Bruyère Health Centre,
to the Community Care Access Centre, and to caregivers from St. Elizabeth
Health Care for the compassionate and professional care they
provided to Beryl in her latter days.
A memorial service will take place at St. Bartholomew's Anglican
Church, 125 MacKay Street, Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 9 at 2 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Elizabeth Bruyère Health
Centre (SCO Health Service Foundation, 613-562-6319) or the
Kidney Foundation of Canada would be appreciated.
Condolences/Donations/Tributes at mcgarryfamily.ca
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TAPLEY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-01-17 published
WARDEN served in Oxford politics for quarter century
By John TAPLEY, Sun Media, Thurs., January 17, 2008
Ingersoll -- Oxford County will bid farewell today to a longtime
politician, businessperson and war veteran.
Former mayor Jack
WARDEN died Sunday at Parkwood Hospital in
London. He was 87.
"He was a very caring person," said Ted
HUNT who served with
WARDEN on Ingersoll town council during the late 1960s. "If he
had an issue, he would stand firm with it. He was easy to work
with, congenial and willing to listen."
WARDEN was a good businessperson who always had Ingersoll at
heart and was interested in people, says
HUNT, a former Ingersoll
chief administrative officer.
WARDEN was a flight lieutenant with the Royal Air Force in the
Second World War and a life member of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 119,
helping organize Ingersoll's annual Battle of Britain Parade
and Remembrance Day services.
For years, he operated
WARDEN
Appliances in downtown Ingersoll.
A former mayor of Ingersoll and a county councillor, he was involved
in municipal politics for 25 years. The council chamber at the
Town Centre is named in his honour.
Included in a long list of community involvement are terms on
both public and separate school boards, Alexandra hospital board,
Ingersoll Chamber of Commerce, the Business Improvement Area
and the town's police services board.
Former mayor Michael
HENNESSY, a councillor when
WARDEN was mayor,
says WARDEN always followed his beliefs.
"He was a good man,"
Predeceased by his wife, Bernadette,
WARDEN is survived by six
children, nine grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be held at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
in Ingersoll today at 11 a.m.
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TAPP o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-26 published
ROACH,
Ernest "
Cutler"
Of Saint Thomas, passed away on Friday, July 25th, 2008, at the
Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, in his 76th year. Husband
of Shirley
(CLARKE)
ROACH and father of Earl
ROACH and fiancee
Marsha of Strathroy, Janet Elizabeth and her husband Ron
SMELTZ
of Trout Creek and Shirley Mae
ROACH of Alberta. Brother of Barbara
COLTSON, Velda
CAMPBELL, Helen
TAPP, Allison
ROACH and Minnie
STEVES.
Predeceased by 2 sisters Stacey
ROACH and Ruth
McDONALD
and by 4 brothers William, Earl, Morton and Paul
ROACH.
Grandfather
of Michael, Steven and Pamela
ROACH,
Robert and Angela
JENSEN
and great-grandfather of Lillian
JENSEN and Tamara
SCHMERBAUCH.
Cutler was born in Darnley, Prince Edward Island on September 1,
1932, the son of the late Fred and Elizabeth
(INMAN)
ROACH. He
worked on the nursing staff at the Saint Thomas Psychiatric Hospital
and also drove truck. Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin
Street, Saint Thomas where funeral service will be held Monday at
1: 00 p.m. Interment to follow in Elmdale Cemetery. Visitation
Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the
Canadian Diabetes Association or the Canadian Cancer Society.
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TAPPERT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-12 published
TAPPERT,
Klaus
Konrad (1934-2008)
On February 9, 2008 Klaus passed away peacefully at the age of
73 at the Centre Hospitalier Soins Longue Durée LongTerm Care
Centre in Dollard des Ormeaux, Québec after a lengthy illness.
He will be dearly missed by his wife
Denise
TAPPERT
(JODOIN)
his daughter Elaine (Brian
HANSON) of Oakville, Ontario and son
Conrad (Tammi
DAOUST) of Hudson, Québec, his six grandchildren
Mathieu, Daniel, Dominique, Jacqueline, Michelle and Marcus and
his brother Charles (Gerda) and nephew Alex (Fran) of Delta,
British Columbia. A service will be held on Wed. February 13th,
2008 at 1 p.m. at Saint Thomas church, 413 Main Rd., Hudson, Québec
followed by a warm welcome for family and Friends at Whitlock
Golf and Country Club in Hudson. We would like to thank the staff
at the Centre Hospitalier Soins Longue Durée for their care during
his 12 years at the residence. Remembrances may be made to the
Société Alzheimer du Suroît, 340 du Havre, suite 101, Salaberry-de
Valleyfield, Québec J6S 1S6 (450) 373-0303. Direction F. Aubry and
Fils inc. 434 Main Road Hudson.
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TAPSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-17 published
FRANKOVIC,
John
Peacefully on Monday, July 14th, 2008, at Victoria Hospital,
surrounded by his family, John
FRANKOVIC of London at the age
of 81. Loving husband of Niki of 52 years. Dear father of Sava
and Scott TAPSON of Halifax, Doctors Tanya and Scott
SHULMAN of
North Bay, and Ted
FRANKOVIC of Shelby, Michigan. Nono John to
Kristen, Kylie, Mercedes and Dexter. Also missed by sisters-in-law
Sava DESMAN of Rome, Italy, and Silva
SINKOVEC of Izola, Slovenia,
as well as by his many nephews and nieces. He will always be
forever in our hearts. Visitation will be held at the Westview
Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, on Thursday from 2: 00-4:00 and
7: 00-9:00 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint Michael's
Parish, 515 Cheapside Street, on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 1: 00 p.m.
Interment, Saint Peter's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those wishing
to make a donation in memory of John are asked to consider the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
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TAPSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-12 published
Ambassador a hard-nosed negotiator who paved the way to free
trade
A survivor of a torpedoed Royal Canadian Navy frigate during
the Second World War, he learned how to exploit differences among
trading regions and proved that Canada was capable of digging
in its heels
By Ron CSILLAG,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S12
Jake WARREN was part of that generation of tough Canadians who
saw action during the Second World War and went on to become
architects of this country's post-war political and economic
policies. Alongside such senior mandarins (and old Friends) as
Simon
Reisman,
Gordon Robertson, Ed Ritchie and Saul Rae, Mr.
WARREN
represented a golden era when Canada came of age and made its
mark internationally.
A highly respected diplomat and public servant for 34 years,
Mr. WARREN was Canada's high commissioner to Britain and ambassador
to the United States. Before and after those appointments, he
was this country's top trade negotiator, a hard-nosed horse trader
who co-ordinated tariff and trade deals on a global scale, paving
the way for the 1988 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
"In my family, we knew him as Uncle Jake," recalled Liberal member
of Parliament and former Ontario premier Bob Rae, whose father,
Saul, served with Mr.
WARREN in post-war London. "He was somebody
I always turned to for candid and direct advice. He was never
shy about sharing his views."
Mr. WARREN had "a burning love" for Canada, eulogized his friend
Thomas D'AQUINO, a former civil servant and now head of the Canadian
Council of Chief Executives. He "took a strong interest in virtually
every issue that came to define Canada as we passed into the
new century: Our trading relationships with the world; our fiscal
health; our constitutional debates; relations between English
and French speaking people; our partnership with the United States
the integrity and accountability of our political leaders."
Like many of his era, Mr.
WARREN was fuelled by an intellectual
hunger and zest for life that followed the trauma of having his
warship blown out from under him. He joined the Royal Canadian
Navy in 1941 and by 1944, was a lieutenant and navigation officer
aboard the HMCS Valleyfield, a river-class frigate that had
been commissioned only the year before.
Just before midnight on May 6, 1944, on the return leg of an
escort mission, the Valleyfield was one of three frigates and
two corvettes steaming 50 nautical miles south of Cape Race,
Newfoundland. With the Valleyfield occupying the distant, astern
position in the convoy, the ships were making good time to Saint_John's,
when suddenly, a warning was sounded. Just as action stations
were called, the German submarine U-548 fired a torpedo that
ripped into the Valleyfield's port side. There was a tremendous
explosion and the ship broke in two.
"She went down in 90 seconds," recalled Stanley
TAPSON of Sidney,
British Columbia, who was a stoker aboard the ship. "Jake was
off duty that night but he was in the bridge cabin anyway."
The water temperature was barely above freezing. Of a crew of
168, 130 men perished. Because it happened late at night, most
were asleep or off watch in the mess. The ship was cut neatly
in half and they died trapped below decks, Mr.
TAPSON said.
Asked how he survived clad in nothing but a lifejacket and underwear,
Mr. TAPSON said, "I was 19." Mr.
WARREN, he recalled, wore a
thermal suit.
Of the crew who hit the water, only 38 survived. But for them
the nightmare was just beginning. It was some time before the
other ships in the convoy realized that the Valleyfield was missing.
Finally, HMCS Giffard, a flower-class corvette, went about
and steamed back to the survivors but could not stop. Under wartime
regulations, the Giffard had orders to first try to hunt down
the submarine.
Hours later, with all trace of the U-boat gone, the Giffard returned
to the scene. But by then some of the men had perished in the
water, either from hypothermia or from ingesting fuel oil that
had sluiced from the hull. The survivors were finally taken on
board and, once safely in port, they waited their turn to ride
an ambulance to hospital.
"Jake comes up to me and puts his hand on my shoulder and says,
'You're next, Stan,' recalled Mr.
TAPSON, his voice choking.
"That's was typical. He was no put-on. He was a man's man and
we all loved and respected him."
He was born on Happy Valley Farm, which grew tobacco in Howard
Township outside London, Ontario, the only child of Thomas and
Olive WARREN. At war's end, he returned to Queen's University
to complete a bachelor's degree in politics and economics that
he had started earlier.
Mr. WARREN and many his age were snapped up by a war-weary External
Affairs Department, which was eager for fresh talent. For a dozen
years, he held junior postings at Canadian embassies in London,
Washington and Paris, and showed such a flair for trade issues
that in 1958 he was appointed assistant deputy minister in the
department of trade and commerce.
Two years later, he was named vice-chairman of the Canadian delegation
at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva, a posting
that lasted four years. Then it was back to the renamed industry,
trade and commerce ministry in Ottawa, this time as deputy minister.
At the age of 50, Mr.
WARREN was named high commissioner. "He
was one the youngest high commissioners ever sent," said his
daughter, Hilary
NICOLSON. "He relished it and did a phenomenal
job of promoting Canada as a young and youthful country, full
of prospects."
The three-year posting was replaced by another high-level appointment
as Canada's ambassador to the United States, overlapping with
the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. It was under
Mr. Ford's administration that Canada was invited to join the
G-6
Group of Nations, making it the G-7. Mr.
WARREN was said
to have played a large role in that decision, and he also laid
plans for the later move of Canada's embassy to Pennsylvania
Avenue, just down the street from the White House.
When
Mr.
Ford died in 2006, Mr.
WARREN recalled that the president
"understood us, and there didn't seem to be huge, terrible tensions
or problems. We didn't have a lumber dispute, and we didn't have
water diversion."
Another accomplishment of note on his watch was an agreement
reached between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
and the National Research Council of Canada for the development
and building of a "Space Shuttle Attached Remote Manipulator
System," or the Canadarm.
In 1977, rumours surfaced that Mr.
WARREN was being pushed out
of his job because of conflict with Ivan Head, a top adviser
to then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau, over preparations for
Mr.
Trudeau's trip to Washington that February. Mr.
WARREN was
also rumoured to be on the short list for governor-general in
1979, but the job went to Edward Schreyer.
In 1977, he returned to Canada as co-ordinator of the Tokyo Round
of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations, which were aimed at revamping
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. To the amazement
of many, Mr.
WARREN showed that Canada, a relatively small player
by international standards, was able to exact concessions from
Europe, the U.S. and Japan.
In fact, the way he put it, Canadian officials learned how to
exploit differences among the three most powerful trading regions.
Mr. WARREN said Canada had proved quite capable of digging in
its heels on import restrictions. "Not unreasonable" was a phrase
he often used to describe the concessions achieved by Canada.
While it's fair to say many Canadians would find topics such
as tariff quotas and countervailing duties less than scintillating,
Mr. WARREN truly loved the field. "He actually found the subject
fascinating," his daughter noted. "The negotiating skills required,
the subject matter. Free trade was something that he believed
strongly in. Dry maybe, but for him, the subtleties were extraordinary."
He was recalled as a wonderful wit but a rather formal man who
would arch his back at the dinner table to remind his children
to sit up straight. However, he mellowed with age, his daughter
pointed out.
On retirement in 1979, he was appointed vice-chairman of the
Bank of Montreal and made responsible for its growing international
network. Three years later, he was named to the Order of Canada.
But another major challenge awaited. A month shy of his 65th
birthday, the government of Quebec retained him as its free-trade
policy adviser during the North American Free Trade Agreement
negotiations.
The Globe and Mail called his appointment "intriguing" and an
ambiguous move by then premier Robert Bourassa, who "often sends
out double messages of this kind, using someone's reputation
to suggest that he is heading in one direction, and then moving
in a quite different direction.
"On the face of it, it looks as if Quebec went out to get a big-league
player; someone whose experience would match that of Simon Reisman,"
wrote Graham Fraser in 1986.
Mr. WARREN's presence suggested to others that Mr. Bourassa favoured
the idea of the trade talks' success. And while there were some
who said an independent Quebec's economy would be viable, Mr.
WARREN's
view was: "Viable means 'not dead.' That's not what I want for
Quebec."
He wanted the best for all of Canada. As he warned before the
House of Commons committee on the Meech Lake Accords, "If there
is a split or some arrangement that is less efficient than what
we have at the moment, I think we will lose something. Both Canada
and Quebec will lose."
Jack Hamilton
WARREN was born in Ridgetown, Ontario, on April 10,
1921. He died April 1, 2008 of natural causes in Ottawa. He was
87. He leaves his wife of 55 years Joan
(TITTERINGTON,) children
Hilary, Martin, Jennifer, and Ian, and nine grandchildren.
He is also survived by his Valleyfield shipmates, Stanley
TAPSON
(Sidney, British Columbia); Bill
EDWARDS (Vancouver); Don
GODWIN
(Hamilton, Ontario;) and Ian
TAIT/TAITE/TATE
(Port
Colbourne,
Ontario
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