KRUGE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-28 published
Elsie (KRUGE)
WOOD
By Eric NOAKES
Friday,
February 28, 2003 - Page A18
Tennis player, gardener, crafter, Girl Guide leader, sister,
mother. Born June 2, 1915, in London, England. Died January 3,
in Ottawa, of natural causes, aged 87.
Elsie KRUGE was a child with brilliant blue eyes and a ready
smile, born to Arthur
KRUGE, a stage electrician, and Nellie
Grimshaw. She was raised in Barnes, a suburb of London. When
Elsie was 14, her mother died. In spite of the loss of Nellie,
Elsie's life was joyful, highlighted by socializing with Friends
and playing tennis. Nellie instilled in Elsie and her sister
Joan her terrific sense of humour. Elsie would often embarrass
her sister when they were commuting to London together by breaking
into hoots of laughter at a book she was reading. She was a noted
tennis player, winning local tournaments and defeating her cousin
Eric regularly -- to his dismay.
Elsie's life was happy, but marked by tragedy. Her first husband,
Wally HALIDAY, an army sergeant in the Second World War, was
the victim of a shooting accident in 1941. During the war, there
was little time for mourning. Elsie continued to work for Britain's
General
Nursing
Council and met Garnet
WOOD, a Canadian serviceman
who was convalescing from a combat wound. A wartime romance ensued,
culminating in marriage in 1946 in Kemptville, Ontario, and a
move to Ottawa where Garnet worked for the defence department.
Adjusting to life in Canada was a challenge for Elsie. Ottawa
was distant from family and Friends and, in 1946, was a small,
straight-laced city with few of the amenities of London. However,
because of her optimistic outlook and her sociable nature, Elsie
was soon engaged in activities in Ottawa's Carlingwood area.
After the birth of her two children, Susan and Robert, Elsie
became heavily involved in Guiding and was keenly engaged in
helping her children get a good education. Garnet was plagued
with health difficulties and as a result, Elsie had to raise
the children on her own. She was very proud to see Susan become
a PhD in literature and Robert working as a stage-lighting technician,
continuing the family tradition. Elsie always extended a welcome
to Friends of her children and relatives, especially if they
were new to Canada. She was a founding member of the "Craft Girls,
" a group of ladies who regularly gather to make crafts and partake
in potluck lunches. In addition to this, Elsie demonstrated her
green thumb by producing prolific gardens of flowers and vegetables.
Garnet died at age 55. Tragedy struck again in Elsie's life when
her daughter Susan, who had become a renowned scholar of science
fiction and professor of literature at Simon Fraser University,
died from a brain aneurysm at 33. Several years later, Elsie's
beloved niece, Jill, also died.
In spite of these heartbreaks, Elsie was able to soldier on,
hosting the Craft Girls for crafting sessions, going to Ottawa's
Byward Market for lunch and supplies and maintaining a regular
correspondence with sister Joan. When Elsie was in her 80s and
slowed down by rheumatism and osteoporosis, she overcame this
by using a walker to work in the garden.
Two years ago, Elsie had to relocate to a nursing home. Typically,
at the time, she was more concerned with the health of family
members rather than herself. This move for her was a temporary
measure, and her stated intention, once she was able, was to
return home. She kept active by crocheting afghans for Friends
of her son, keeping a small garden on her windowsill, reading
and receiving visits from family and Friends with her ever-present
smile and her plants as company. Lately, visitors noticed she
was subject to extreme fatigue. She passed away in January, to
see again missed loved ones.
Eric NOAKES is Elsie's cousin. He wrote this with help from her
sister, Joan.
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KRUGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-19 published
KRUGER,
Lorna
Died peacefully on Sunday, August 10, 2003, at the Vera Davis
Centre, Bolton, in the company of her care-giver and dear friend
Janet SHEEHAN.
Born in Carlton Place on November 2, 1918. Attended
Alma College and the University of Toronto. Graduated in 1941
in Occupational Therapy. After being Director of the Occupational
Workshop Lorna went on to head the Toronto Rehabilitation Centre,
where she planned and supervised the construction of the new
facility which opened in 1963. After which she then retired.
Lorna spent many happy years in Toronto, Georgian Bay and at
the log house called Robinswood in Caledon with her husband,
Klaus Rolph
KRUGER, whom she married in 1960 and who predeceased
her in 1998. She was a lover of art and music, was a talented
painter and played piano with enthusiasm at family gatherings.
She enjoyed fishing and a variety of family pets. Her niece and
nephews remember with great love, her kindness and generosity.
Lovingly remembered by her sister F. Bernice
COOPER and her husband
John; Jim, Maureen, Stephanie, Jeff and Jane
COOPER; Peter and
Cathy COOPER; Ross, Lynn, Cristan, Harley
COOPER and Christine,
Tom and Jill
COOPER. A family service will be held in Cognashene,
Georgian Bay on Friday, August 22 at 3 o'clock. If desired, memorial
donations may be made to the Vera Davis Centre, 80 Allan Drive,
Bolton L7E 1P7 or the Canadian Diabetes Association, One Bartley
Bull Parkway, Suite 20, Brampton L6W 3T7. Arrangements by Egan
Funeral Home, Bolton (905-857-2213). Condolences for the family
may be offered at www.eganfuneralhome.com
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KRUPA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-08 published
Anne (HETTEL)
LANTHIER
By Terry (KRUPA)
LANTHIER
Monday,
December 8, 2003 - Page A18
Volunteer, wife, mother, aunt. Born May 23, 1920, in Timisoara,
Romania. Died June 12 in Brantford, Ontario, of cancer, aged
Anne HETTEL was the eldest of five children, born in Timisoara,
Romania. Despite the lack of modern technologies and material
goods, she frequently recalled her early years in Eastern Europe
as filled with the warmth of family, sibling adventures and the
creative activity of childhood.
At the age of 11, Anne moved with her family to Canada. Her most
vivid memory of the trip was eating a banana for the first time,
without the necessary information that the peel should first
be removed. The family settled in Montreal, where her father
established himself as a tailor in the area of St. Urbain Street,
made famous in the writings of Mordecai
RICHLER.
At the age of 16, she contracted tuberculosis and was sent to
"the San" at St. Agathe for two years. Anne was never one to
feel victimized by her life circumstances. She had many good
memories of her time in the sanitarium and developed several
lifelong Friendships. Recalling how, after her discharge from
St. Agathe, a young man she dated had stopped his association
with her in response to her illness, Anne sighed "Oh that poor,
poor man." She refused to internalize the judgments of others,
or to accept intolerance.
Pictures of Anne in her early adult years, strolling confidently
down the streets of Montreal, arm in arm with her two sisters,
radiate happiness and self-confidence. Wearing impeccably and
classically tailored suits, these beautiful young women would
not be out of place in today's scene.
In 1947, Anne married Spencer
LANTHIER, the
son of a prominent
councilman and business family, from the Town of Mount Royal.
Anne joked that her future husband, a seriously picky eater,
was put to the test by Sunday lunches with her family that consisted
of their favourites, raw bacon, cabbage, onion and boiled potatoes.
In marriage, Ann became a full-time wife, and eventually the
mother of three children and the beloved Auntie Anne to many
nieces and nephews.
Anne was an active member of the Town of Mount Royal community.
She was involved in the ladies' auxiliary for the Protestant
Church, contributing her time and energy to fundraisers and annual
rummage sales. She was a member of the lawn bowling club and
regularly attended meetings of a women's club.
But by far her most valued role was creating a strong sense of
home, to be enjoyed by her many Friends and family. Anne took
her family obligations seriously, and she nursed several close
relations through prolonged and serious illnesses with kindness,
compassion and love.
While Anne offered her children her constant love and support,
she understood them to be individuals who needed to make their
own decisions and to create their own lives. She respected this
by maintaining an active and satisfying life that always included,
but was not dependent on her family. With the death of her husband
in 1984, she continued her travels to visit her sister in Florida,
toured Europe and Canada, and tended her garden. She enjoyed
young people, and confided that she would have liked to have
had the opportunity to learn to swim, to rollerblade and to ice-skate.
Anne was diagnosed with cancer in the spring of 2002. She spoke
of a watching a television show that had featured young people
who had survived cancer. Clearly concerned about how she would
manage this dreaded disease, she stated, "I thought if they could
handle it so well, then I suppose I can do it, too."
Anne did manage the disease with grace and dignity. Her final
gift was to assure her family that she had indeed lived a full
and complete life, and that even at the end she wanted for nothing.
Terry is Anne's daughter-in-law.
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KRUZE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-14 published
All claims against the estate of Hilda
KRUZE, late of the City
of Toronto who died on or about the 2nd day of February, 2003,
must be filed with the below listed solicitors for the personal
representatives of the estate on or before the 31st day of October,
2003, after which date the estate will be distributed having
regard only the claims of which the Estate Trustees then shall
have notice.
Dated at Toronto this 8th day of August, 2003
Julian Heller and Associates
Barristers and Solicitors
120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 1905
Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1
Tel: (416) 364-2404 Fax: (416) 364-0793
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