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WRIGHT
-In loving memory of our uncle, John F, who passed away ten years ago January 23, 1993.
When tomorrow starts without you.
We'll try to understand.
That an angel came and called your name,
And took you by the hand.
And said your place was ready.
In Heaven, far above,
And that you'd have to leave behind
All those you dearly love.
So when tomorrow starts without you.
We're not so far apart.
For everytime we think of you
You're right here in our heart.
-Sadly missed by Cindy, Ted, Jason and Lisa
WRIGHT.
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Glenna Viola
LAROCQUE
In loving memory of Glenna Viola
LAROCQUE, who passed away peacefully at
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Sudbury on Friday, October 3, 2003 in her 80th year.
Predeceased by husband Graydon
WRIGHT (1969) and Gabriel
LAROCQUE (1991.)
Loved by children Dawn and Garry
KERR of Manitowaning, Jacqueline and
Arnold MacMILLAN of Val Caron, Patricia and Leon
SAINT_MARSEILLE of
Blezard Valley, Perry
WRIGHT of London, Leon and Sylvie
WRIGHT of Val
Caron and John
WRIGHT of London. Predeceased by daughter Vanessa
GAYLE.
Special grandmother of Shari (Ray)
LEVESQUE, Kelli
(Alton)
HOBBS, Corrine (Claude)
PELLATT, Allan (Holly)
MacMILLAN, Catharine
(Jeff) GIFFEN, Gregory (Nicole)
MacMILLAN, Steven (Janice)
SAINT_MARSEILLE,
Dean (Nicole)
SAINT_MARSEILLE,
Jodi
WRIGHT, Kristy
WRIGHT,
Andy WRIGHT, Jennifer
WRIGHT, Jason
WRIGHT, David
WRIGHT and Cyllna
WRIGHT.
Great grandmother of Jessica, Danielle, Nicholas, Allanah,
Brytne, Kristofer, Tyler, Sarah, Bradley, Vanessa, Colin, Mackenzie, Kendra, Kyle and Sally.
Remembered by brother Alvie (Ruth)
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT of Sisson Ridge, NB.
Memorial Service at 3: 00 pm Friday, October 10, 2003 at Knox United
Church,
Manitowaning.
Darlene
HARDY officiating. Burial of ashes in
Hilly Grove Cemetery. Island Funeral Home.
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CLOSE,
Mary
Mills
Donald
Died peacefully, in her 95th year, in Markham, Ontario, on Sunday,
March 23rd, 2003, the beloved wife of the late Edward Robinson
CLOSE.
She is greatly missed by her son Allan and his wife
Sandra,
her son Donald and his wife Clare, and daughter Johanna and her
husband Bert
SPENCER.
She is survived and missed by her adoring
grandchildren Erin and Grant
SPENCER,
Alexandrina
CLOSE and her
husband Ravo
LAINEVOOL,
Andrew
CLOSE and his companion Kristina
SMITH, Sarah
WRIGHT, Nathalie
GLEESON, Paula
HUDSON; and her
sister Alexandrina (Mrs. P. B. F.
SMITH) of Halifax. Mary was
the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
DONALD of Hamilton
and Burlington, sister of the late Mrs. W. E.
BOAKE
(Ivadell,)
the late Mrs. Paul
FARREN
(Jane,) and the late George E.
DONALD.
A family service will be conducted at the graveside, Woodland
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario on March 28th, 2003 at 2: 30 p.m.
As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Canadian charity
of your choice would be appreciated by the family.
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Sheila Anne
HAMILTON
Sept. 18, 1930 - Feb. 26, 2003
Sheila Anne
HAMILTON died unexpectedly in her daughter's Ocala,
Florida home following surgery on a broken leg. She lived until
the 1970s in Hamilton and Ancaster, Ontario, where her family
owned Royal Oak Dairy. She is survived and greatly missed by
her son Scott
McKEE of Courtenay, British Columbia, her daughter
Jane HAMILTON and Jane's spouse Joy
MASUHARA, both of Vancouver,
her granddaughters Sarah
HAMILTON of Japan and Meghann
HAMILTON
of Vancouver, and her daughter Sally
McKEE and grand_son Corey
THOMAS of Ocala, Florida, along with her brother, Donald
HAMILTON
and his wife
Pat
HAMILTON of Burlington, Ontario, several cousins,
her late sister Jane's husband, Fred
WRIGHT and their five children,
especially Liza
ALLAN.
She was an Registered Nurse Anesthetist
and Licensed Practical Nurse as well as a master seamstress with
her own business selling children's heirloom clothing. She was
keenly interested in interior design and was a master chef along
with a skilled gardener who most loved red roses. She had an
infectious sense of humour and a true zest for living. Services
were private. Cremation was followed by the scattering of her
ashes at sea off Key Largo. Donations in lieu of flowers may
be made to the Humane Society.
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WRIGHT,
W.▼
J.
Chaplin ''Bud''
Died of heart failure in Naples, Florida on March 25th, 2003,
in his 81st year. He was the
son of Alma
CHAPLIN and Edward E.
H. WRIGHT of St. Catharines. He was born and raised in St. Catharines,
with summers spent at their cottage in Niagara-on-the-Lake. He
attended Ridley College and graduated in Chemical Engineering
from U. of T. Bud served with the submarine chasers, the corvette
arm of the navy in World War 2.
As a chemical engineer, he worked for Stelco, Dupont and Galtex.
Then he worked for over 25 years with Merrill Lynch as a financial
advisor, a career that became his real love.
He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by his wife of
53 years, Jane
MURRAY, their four children: son Ken and wife
Jill; three daughters, Marsha and Don
SADOWAY,
Ellen and Paul
EDWARDS, and Leah Ann; by his sister Briar
SMITH, wife of the
late Larry
SMITH, as well as three young grandchildren, Sam,
Nathan and Caaryn. Bud is predeceased by his sister, Mary Elizabeth
HUME.
Next to his family was his love for a good competitive game of
squash, tennis and bridge. Many happy family holidays were spent
at the cottage in Southampton, and that is where his final resting
place will be.
Bud led his family by example with uncompromising integrity,
loyalty, humour, a zest for life, and love.
Cremation took place in Naples. A Memorial Service will be announced
at a later date, to be held at Saint Mark's Church, Niagara-on-the-lake.
Donations to Historic Saint Mark's Anglican Church (est. 1792)
Niagara-on-the-Lake or Arthritis Society.
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Susan Florence
BONSTEEL
By Julia SCHNEIDER
Tuesday,
April 29, 2003 - Page A18
Librarian, mother, grandmother, friend. Born May 25, 1917, in
Simcoe, Ontario. Died February 6 in Stratford, Ontario, of cancer,
aged 85.
I first met Sue
BONSTEEL (née
BEEMER) in my hometown of Stratford
in the early 1980s. She was soon to retire as chief librarian
at the local library and she encouraged me to apply for her job.
Although I didn't get it, I did find a lifelong friend in this
remarkable woman.
Sue was a mentor before mentoring became a common concept; she
was also a role model for her times.
She exemplified how a civic-minded woman could be completely
her own person, full of Charlotte Whitton wit; how a lover of
adventure could fill the traditional role of minister's wife
and mother of four children, and how someone full of compassion
could totally eschew the sentimental. She seemed to regard her
support for the arts, charities and environment more as common
sense than duty (what would we do without them?) and her lifelong
pursuit of learning came as naturally as breathing.
Sue went back to school when her children were growing up, completing
her master's degree in library science at University of Western
Ontario before going back to work. In many ways, librarianship
with its promotion of literacy and literature, communication
and contemplation -- was an ideal job for her. Both before and
after she retired, Sue was a big draw at the library, whether
talking about a new book discovery, a new place, or a promising
author.
She was a local cultural resource, always on the intellectual
move, creating conversation wherever she set down.
After she retired, Sue really went to work, continuing her omnivorous
pursuits. She served on the Stratford City Council for a number
of years, was a founding member of the Stratford Civic Beautification
and Environmental Awareness Committee, and she also travelled
extensively.
Although I did not see her often in recent years, her welcome
was unfailing. "Where are you now?" she'd ask, and then she'd
fill me in on her recent travels and where and how her children
were. (Her husband, Richard, had died suddenly one evening while
taking out the family dog.)
One did not have to explain to Sue the lure of far-off places.
When young, she had thrilled to a posting with the World Council
of Churches in New York City, but she really took off in later
life. She travelled to China shortly after Tiananmen Square,
sailed to many parts of the world on ecological adventures and,
a blink after 9/11, set off for Egypt. "I'll have to die anyway,"
she said, "so why not on the Nile?" She also spent six months
volunteering in Nepal, and came back amused at how her silver
hair had become a hot topic of conversation for the dark-haired
Nepalese.
Sue was the mistress of her emotions. The only time I saw her
noticeably shocked was when we heard news of the death of actress
Susan WRIGHT and her visiting parents in a Stratford house fire
over Christmas in 1991.
The only time I remember her solidly disapproving of my actions
was at the theatre one evening. The man next to me had draped
his smelly stocking feet over the chair in front of me and I
had a laughing fit; not, apparently, appropriate decorum for
her guest at the theatre.
I wish Sue had been spared some of the things life sent her:
a decade ago, the macular degeneration that left her unable to
read. And then, a year ago, the cancer diagnosis that made some
of her final days a torment.
Sue once said to me that each new day lived is an affirmation
of life. That's what we have to think of now, until we can get
beyond the sadness at Sue's absence from this world that was
her vast and endlessly fascinating classroom.
Julia SCHNEIDER is a friend of Sue
BONSTEEL.
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THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Katherine
(Kae)
PLAUNT
Died peacefully at York Extendicare, Sudbury, on May 9, 2003
in her 90th year, with her children at her side. Cherished daughter
of the late Mildred and W.B.
PLAUNT.
Predeceased by her loving
husband, Dr. R. MacKay
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON in 1981. Dearly remembered by
her children: Andy (Mandy
TAILOR/TAYLOR) of Toronto, Kathie
THOMAS
(Richard,)
Judy MAKI (Tom) and Robin (Mary Lou
McKINLEY) of Sudbury. Adored
Nana to Allen
DAY (Erin
CAMERON), Andy
DAY (Carla
GIUSTO), Kathy,
Jodi, Alex, Nikki, Fraser, Michael, Jamie, Scott and great-grandmother
to Alexander. Beloved sister of Marian
MAHAFFY
(Guy, predeceased,)
Bill PLAUNT, predeceased (Agnes,) Helen
VOLLANS
(Maurice, predeceased,)
Donald PLAUNT, predeceased, Royal Canadian Air Force, World War
2 and Jean
BENNESS, predeceased (Barry, predeceased.) Loving
sister-in-law to George
WRIGHT of Hanover, Ruth
LAWS of Almonte,
Murray THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON of Ottawa and Muriel
VALENTIN of Stuttgart, Germany.
Auntie Kae will be fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews
and their families in the
PLAUNT and
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON clans.
Born in Renfrew on April 29, 1914, she moved to Sudbury in 1924
where her father established his lumber business. She attended
Central Public and Sudbury High School, Branksome Hall and graduated
from the School of Nursing, University of Toronto, in 1937. After
working in Toronto in public health, she returned to Sudbury
the following year where she met and married Mac.
Kae loved to golf and curl, and took an avid interest in her
family's history. She was very talented in the traditional arts,
enjoying knitting, quilting and cooking. As an active community
volunteer, she belonged to the Imperial Order of the Daughters
of the Empire where she was Regent and to the Salvation Army
as an organizer for the annual fund raising drive and board member.
She loved to travel with her husband and Friends, but her favourite
place in the world was Lake Pogamasing where her parents established
a family camp in 1941 and where she spent every summer with her
family. She loved to entertain her Friends and her children's
Friends, especially at Pog. We were blessed to have a mother
and grandmother who stressed the importance of family, community
and responsibility. She loved to bring people together and do
things for them, to share her interests and her talents, she
was kind and considerate to all she met, and along with Dad taught
us how to dance and have fun.
Special thanks from the family to Dr. Reg
KUSNIERCZYK and his
staff, the Walford staff and Dr.
ROCH and staff on the fifth
floor of York Extendicare for their devoted and caring attention
to Mother.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to
Young Men's Christian Association Sudbury.
Memorial service in the R.J. Barnard Chapel, Jackson and Barnard
Funeral Home, 233 Larch Street, Sudbury, Tuesday, May 13th, 2003
at 11: 30 a.m. Cremation followed by interment at Lake Pogamasing.
Friends may call 6-9 p.m. Monday, or gather in the chapel after
11 a.m. Tuesday.
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BARR, The Honourable Mr. Justice John Roderick (Rod), Q.C., L.L.D.
Born in Toronto on September 9, 1921, died in St. Catharines,
Ontario May 30, 2003. Devoted and loving husband to the late
Rhoda Marshall
BARR.
Predeceased by infant daughter Jane. Dearly
loved by his son Peter, daughter Elizabeth and their spouses,
Sharon BRODERICK and Stephen
PERRY.
Adoring grandfather to John
BARR and Nicholas, James and Christopher
PERRY.
Brother and great
friend of his sisters, Margaret
RHAMEY and the late Isabelle
MARSH. As dear as a brother to sisters-in-law, Helen
CAUGHEY
and Nellie
MARSHALL.
Rod was grateful for a full and happy life. He grew up in Hamilton,
Ontario and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the outset
of World War 2. Rod first served as a Flight Instructor in Trenton,
Ontario, where he met his future wife Nursing Sister Rhoda
MARSHALL.
Obtaining the rank of Flight Lieutenant, he served in 426 Squadron
as a pilot with Bomber Command at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire.
At the end of the war, Rod studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School
in Toronto and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1948. At that
time, he and Rhoda established their home in St. Catharines where
he enjoyed many years practicing civil litigation and where as
a trial lawyer he earned the respect of his colleagues. Rod served
as a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and was a member
of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Advocates Society.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario, Trial Division
in 1983.
Rod received an Honourary Doctorate of Laws from Brock University.
He was an active member of the St. Catharines Flying Club and
proud member of the St. Catharines Rowing Club. He took up sculling
at the age of 52 and participated in Masters Rowing in Canada
and the United States.
He supported a large range of charities. No one less fortunate
was ever turned away. Rod's insight and kindness was matched
only by his wonderful, inimitable sense of humour. Above all,
he loved and was loved by his family.
The family is deeply grateful to Dr. R.
MacKETT, Dr. F.
MacKAY,
Dr. J. WRIGHT,
Dr.
FERNANDES and Dr. W.
GOLDBERG, and to gentle
caregivers Virgie
PEREZ,
Marylou and Risa.
''Pray for me, and I will for thee,
that we may merrily meet in heaven.''
The family will receive Friends at the Hulse and English Funeral
Home, 75 Church Street, St. Catharines, on Sunday, June 1, from
7-9 p.m. and Monday, June 2, from 7-9 p.m. A funeral service
will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, 51 Church Street, St.
Catharines, on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at 11 a.m. A service will
also be held in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Amherst Island,
on Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 3 p.m. Interment to follow.
Donations may be made in Rod's memory to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation or Knox Presbyterian Church.
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WRIGHT,
Barbara
Hermine
Montizambert
Died June 13, 2003 at age 72. She is sadly missed by her husband
Dr. Thomas
WRIGHT; her family Doctors Janet and the Reverend Paul
FRIESEN
and their daughter Anya of Halifax; Ian and Kaethe (née
NEUFELD)
WRIGHT and their children Jonathan and Caitlin of West Vancouver
Margot and Rob
LINKE and their children Cameron and Chloe of
Saint
John,
New Brunswick; her sister Dorothy
REID; and by many
dear Friends and relatives. After graduating from nursing programs
at the Royal Victoria Hospital and U of T, she worked as a public
health nurse until her children were born. She then gave her
time to family and Christian ministry. Her life was marked by
her relationship with Jesus Christ and her knowledge of Scripture.
She lived by the words: ''If you abide in me, and my words abide
in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My
father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become
my Disciples.'' (John 15: 7,8). Barbara leaves behind two generations
of family who love the Lord; rich Friendships and a loving marriage
of 47 years. A Funeral Service will be held from St. George's
Anglican Church, Lowville, at 7051 Guelph Line, on Tuesday, June
17th at 2 p.m. Visitation will take place one hour prior at the
church. Donations to Middle East Christian Outreach, P.O. Box
307, Station A, Mississauga, Ontario L5A 3A1; S.I.M., 10 Huntingdale
Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario M1W 2S5; or St. George's Anglican
Church, 7051 Guelph Line, R.R. #1, Campbellville, Ontario L0P
1B0. Arrangements through the J. Scott Early Funeral Home, 21
James Street, Milton, Ontario L9T 2P3, (905) 878-2669.
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DAVIS,
Curtiss▼
Gridley▼
Born August 31, 1916 in Rochester, New York died after a long
and courageous battle, on July 31, 2003 at the Guelph General
Hospital. He was a resident for the past year at St. Joseph's
Health Centre, Guelph. Predeceased by his first wife Grace
TURNER.
Lovingly▼ remembered and missed by his wife
Audrey▼
LIVERNOIS.
Dearly loved father of Natasha
VAN
BENTUM (Henri) and Bruce Gridley
DAVIS
(Janet▼
WRIGHT,) of Vancouver. Stepfather of John
LIVERNOIS
of Guelph, and Laurie
STATHER of Belleville; dear brother of
Joyce LOVETT
(Bob▼) of Kitchener and Jim
DAVIS (Mary) of Maple
grandfather of Rachel
DAVIS,
Celine and Jacob
RICHMOND, Nicole
STATHER, Michael
STATHER (Tabitha), Ryan
STATHER, and Ali and
Becky LIVERNOIS; and great grandfather of four. Fondly remembered
by many nieces, nephews, family and Friends. During World War
2, he served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment in England and
Europe. He will be remembered for his thirst for knowledge and
as a gifted writer and reader. A memorial service will be held
on Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 1: 30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian
Church,▼ 20 Quebec Street, Guelph, with the Reverend Thomas
KAY officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Knox
Church, or to the charity of your choice. (Arrangements entrusted
to Wall-Custance Funeral Home and Chapel, 206 Norfolk Street, Guelph
(416) 822-0051 or www.wallcustance.com).
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DAVIS,
Curtiss▲
Gridley▲
Born August 31, 1916 in Rochester, New York died after a long
and courageous battle, on July 31, 2003 at the Guelph General
Hospital. He was a resident for the past year at St. Joseph's
Health Centre, Guelph. Predeceased by his first wife Grace
TURNER.
Lovingly▲ remembered and missed by his wife
Audrey▲
LIVERNOIS.
Dearly loved father of Natasha
VAN
BENTUM (Henri) and Bruce Gridley
DAVIS
(Janet▲
WRIGHT,) of Vancouver. Stepfather of John
LIVERNOIS
of Guelph, and Laurie
STATHER of Belleville; dear brother of
Joyce LOVETT
(Bob▲) of Kitchener and Jim
DAVIS (Mary) of Maple
grandfather of Rachel Davis, Celine and Jacob
RICHMOND,
Nicole
STATHER, Michael
STATHER (Tabitha), Ryan
STATHER, and Ali and
Becky LIVERNOIS; and great grandfather of four. Fondly remembered
by many nieces, nephews, family and Friends. During World War
2, he served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment in England and
Europe. He will be remembered for his thirst for knowledge and
as a gifted writer and reader. A memorial service will be held
on Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 1: 30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian
Church,▲ 20 Quebec Street, Guelph, with the Reverend Thomas
KAY officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Knox
Church, or to the charity of your choice. (Arrangements entrusted
to Wall-Custance Funeral Home and Chapel, 206 Norfolk Street, Guelph
(416) 822-0051 or www.wallcustance.com).
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WRIGHT,
W.▲
A. "
Wilf"
Died at the age of 76 on Tuesday September 2, 2003 at Markham,
Ontario. Wilf, and wife Mary, have been resident in Markham since
1975 moving from Ottawa. Prior to that the family resided in
several places in western Canada including Saskatoon, Regina,
Victoria, and Winnipeg. Wilf was a graduate of the universities
of Saskatchewan and British Columbia where he graduated with
a degree in Social Work in 1949. He worked for nine years with
the Dept. of Social Welfare in the Province of Saskatchewan leaving
in 1958 to join Health and Welfare Canada. At the time of his
retirement in 1985 he was responsible for Federal income support
programs in Ontario. Wilf has been active in community affairs
in Markham. He was a longtime member of St. Andrew's United Church,
worked for several years with the board of Markham Stouffville
Family Life centre and was active with the United Way of York
Region. He was a Past Master of Markham Union Masonic Lodge and
Past First Principal of Oakwood Royal Arch chapter. Wilf leaves
his wife Mary, son Brent, son Brad and wife Monica, daughter
Brenda and her husband Dr. Hugh
DEVITT, and Grandchildren Mark,
Janice, Karen, Kim. Friends will be received at the Dixon- Garland
Funeral Home at 166 Main Street North (Hwy 48) Markham, Ontario
on Friday September 5th between 7 and 9 p.m. Memorial service
to be held at St. Andrews United Church in Markham on Saturday
September 6, 2003 at 5: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family
has requested that donations be made to the Alzheimer Society
of York Region, 800 Davis Drive, Unit 6, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 9Z9.
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FIRTH,
Zena
Died peacefully at her home on Friday, September 5, 2003, at
the age of 86 years. Beloved wife of 66 years to Bill; loving
Mother to Marion, (Sam
TURCHIARO,)
Mark and the late Robert (Bob)
cherished Grandmother to Dean, Neal, Marcel, Sean, Amanda, Matthew
and Mackenzie, and their mother Lynn, and Great-Grandmother to
Ty and Tucker. Dear sister of Tina
WRIGHT of England. Zena and
Bill and their children emigrated to Canada from England in 1957.
Zena pursued a career as a teacher, and was Principal of Bishop
Strachan Junior School from 1970 to 1980. Her gentle humour and
sensitivity brought out the best in everyone. She touched many
lives. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral
Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (South of Eglinton
Avenue East) from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday and Monday. Mass of Christian
Burial at Holy Rosary Church, 354 St. Clair Avenue West, on Tuesday
at 1: 30 o'clock. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, donations to the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation,
555 University Ave., Toronto, M5G 1X8.
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Died
This
Day -- William H.
WRIGHT, 1951
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - Page R9
Financier, miner and publisher born in Lincolnshire, England,
on April 21, 1876; left school at 14 to be apprenticed to a butcher
1895, enlisted in British Army and served in India and in Boer
War; 1907, immigrated to Canada; 1911, joined brother-in-law
Ed HARGREAVES and went prospecting near Porcupine, Ontario; on
rabbit-shooting expedition, discovered vein of silver; developed
Wright-Hargreaves mine into world's richest silver deposit; 1916,
enlisted in Canadian Army and served in First World War in France
as "millionaire private"; 1920, invested in insurance, banking
and horse breeding; 1936, bought Toronto's Globe newspaper and
then Mail and Empire; month later, merged both under publisher
George McCULLAGH; financed construction of William H. Wright
building to house Globe and Mail at King and York in downtown
Toronto; 1945, retired to estate in Barrie, Ontario
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CARON,
Joseph
Ross
Ross passed away peacefully at The Westmount, Kitchener, on Monday,
September 29, 2003, at the age of 72 years. Ross was predeceased
by his loving wife, Pegi, who died of cancer in 1998. Cherished
father of Denise and her husband Steve
BRAUN,
Heather, and Yvonne
and her husband Jim
SCHMIEDENDORF.
Proud grandfather of Michelle
and her husband Shawn
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Bryan
ANDREWS, Megan and Lucas
SCHMIEDENDORF, and great-grand_son Jacob
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON. Survived by
his sister, Virginia
WRIGHT of Kemptville. Predeceased by his
parents, Armand and Phyllis
CARON.
Ross was born in Toronto, Ontario, on August 5, 1931, and married
Pegi in 1953. In 1954 Ross became a Chartered Accountant, and
achieved a lifetime membership in that esteemed organization.
Ross was an accomplished swimmer who swam competitively as a
youth, at a Masters level with the R.O.W. swim club, and he coached
young swimmers in New Hamburg with the Aquatic Aces and the New
Hamburg Special Olympics.
He was a kind and gentle man who will be sorely missed by his
family and Friends. A special thank you to the staff at the Westmount
for their kindness and caring.
Friends are invited to share their memories of Ross with his
family at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King Street South,
Waterloo, Ontario on Wednesday, October 1, 2003 from 2-3 p.m.
A memorial service to celebrate Ross's life will take place on
Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the funeral home chapel.
In memory of Ross, donations to the Ontario Special Olympics
would be appreciated which may be arranged through the funeral
home at 519-745-8445 or www.edwardrgood.com
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WRIGHT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-10 published
The backroom brain of the Canadian Football League
For 37 years, he was 'Facts Fulton,' the head-office man who
made things work and who wrote the complex rules that govern
the Canadian Football League
By Dan RALPH,
Canadian
Press;
Globe and Mail files Wednesday,
December 10, 2003 - Page R5
For 16 years, former Canadian Football League commissioner Jake
GAUDAUR never relied on a computer to draw up the league's regular-season
schedule. Instead, he looked to Greg
FULTON to do it in his head.
"We used to run it [the Canadian Football League schedule] in
the computer for days," said Mr.
GAUDAUR, who served as league
commissioner from 1968 to 1983. "But in the final analysis, Greg
would always have it worked out in his mind."
Mr. FULTON, who spent 54 years with the Canadian Football League
as a player, statistician and historian, died in Toronto on Monday.
It was his 84th birthday. The cause of death was not provided
but he reportedly suffered a stroke last week that caused him
to fall into a coma from which he never emerged.
"He worked behind the scenes and received so little credit,"
Mr. GAUDAUR said. "There was no one in Canadian history who knew
as much about the league as Greg did."
Doug MITCHELL, who succeeded Mr.
GAUDAUR as Canadian Football
League commissioner in 1984, marvelled at Mr.
FULTON's ability
to draw up a Canadian Football League schedule.
"He did it on a sort of a blackboard," he recollected. "What
the computer kicked out invariably never worked but Greg's schedules
always did. It really was incredible."
Current
Canadian
Football League commissioner Tom
WRIGHT said
Mr. FULTON's passion and commitment were an inspiration. "While
he served our league with distinction and honour, he will best
be remembered for the warmth of his smile, the wit of his stories,
and the depth of his recollections."
Mr. FULTON, a Winnipeg native, moved to Calgary in 1930 and began
his career as a player with the Stampeders in 1939. During the
Second World War, he served with the Calgary Regiment of the
First Canadian Armoured Brigade and participated in the abortive
Dieppe raid on August 19, 1942.
Returning home in peacetime, he attended the University of Alberta
to get a bachelor of commerce degree and soon after found a job
with Revenue Canada.
So, how exactly did a Calgary tax man end up as one of the Canadian
Football League's most influential people? It started with a
love affair for facts and figures that first led to a part-time
job in Calgary as a statistician for the Stampeders. When Clark
DAVEY, who was later appointed to the Senate, was appointed in
1966 as the Canadian Football League's first full-time commissioner,
he lured Mr.
FULTON to Toronto.
Sen. DAVEY "made some quick enemies because he was outspoken
and the job wasn't really ready for him," Mr.
FULTON told former
Globe and Mail sportswriter Marty
YORK. So 54 days after he took
the job, much of which consisted of feuding with Canadian Football
League officials, Sen.
DAVEY resigned. Mr.
FULTON was kept on
under Mr. GAUDAUR,
Sen.
DAVEY's successor.
"Jake usually approaches me every day to ask me something," Mr.
FULTON once said in an interview. "A lot of the times, I think
he knows the answers to the questions he is asking, but I think
he might feel better if he hears something from me. I guess you
could call me his confidant, but there are times when I do mention
something that he has overlooked and that often can have an effect
on the league and the fans."
What was most important, wrote Marty
YORK in 1981, was Mr.
FULTON's
status as assistant commissioner -- a title he did not hold but
a role he filled seven days a week. A walking Canadian Football
League encyclopedia, he was soon nicknamed Facts Fulton. He was
also known as Jake
GAUDAUR's memory bank.
When Mr. GAUDAUR became commissioner, he delegated a number of
the commissioner's key duties to Mr.
FULTON who already administered
the pension funds and had the challenging task of drawing up
the Canadian Football League schedule. Consequently, the nine
Canadian Football League general managers became accountable
to Mr. FULTON.
He was authorized to issue orders, regulations and memoranda
to all club officials, including coaches and players. Also, he
was responsible for roster control, player personnel, registration
of all contracts, waiver procedures, negotiation lists and draft
lists.
"He did the work of three people but the last thing he wanted
to do was talk about it," Mr.
GAUDAUR said.
At the same time, however, Mr.
FULTON was a confessed nag. "I
wouldn't be doing my job if I wasn't," he once said.
Managers of Canadian Football League clubs across the country
sometimes came to dread the sound of the phone ringing. "He'll
bug you when he calls to remind you that you didn't do such-and-such
a thing," said Montreal Alouette general manager Bob
GEARY in
1981. "It gets on your nerves sometimes, but I guess if he didn't
do that kind of stuff, no one would, and we'd be suffering more
than we do."
Mr. FULTON was also something of a Canadian Football League policeman
who had to lay down league laws. At one time, Canadian Football
League clubs were strictly limited about who could attend training
camps. Under the terms of an agreement with the Canadian Football
League Players Association, clubs were allowed to conduct pre-training-camp
practices only for rookies, quarterbacks and veterans who had
surgery the previous year. Veterans were allowed to work out
on their own, but coaches were forbidden to order them to participate.
In a case in which the Argo felt they had good reason to start
camp early, Mr.
FULTON had to consult his regulations.
"I told them it was fine," he decreed. "As long as the veterans
were running around on their own."
Clubs that violated pre-training-camp rules by practicing with
veterans faced fines, he said.
All things considered, though, it was drawing up the schedule
that was Mr.
FULTON's most time-consuming job. It was also the
one for which he suffered the most criticism.
"I've never yet been able to satisfy everyone with the schedule,"
he said. "I'm convinced that that's impossible because of the
uniqueness of our league. We only have nine teams, which means
that one team has to sit out every week. Also, because some of
our clubs play in stadiums where baseball and soccer are played,
I have to work the schedule around that too."
In 1990, Mr.
FULTON received the first Commissioner's Award for
his contribution to football in Canada. Five years later, he
was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builder's
category. In 1995, he was named the honorary secretary-treasurer
and was active in head office as a consultant and historian until
his death.
Mr. FULTON, who was reappointed by the Canadian Football League
to his primary role about 10 times eight times, sometimes felt
guilty about his job because he puts it ahead of everything else
in his life.
"I've never been able to take an extended holiday," he said in
1981. "But I wouldn't change it for anything in the world...
I'm one of those rare people who actually enjoys his job."
To a sometimes troubled league, he was a godsend.
"Thank goodness we have a guy like him," Bob
GEARY told Marty
YORK. "I hate to think what would happen to us if he wasn't around."
Mr. FULTON leaves children Robert, Byrne and Rebecca. He was
predeceased by wife
Angela
BOMBARDIERI in 1990. Funeral details
are pending.
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FULTON quietly kept the Canadian Football League in running order
By Stephen
BRUNT,
Wednesday,
December 10, 2003 - Page S8
Less than a month back, during Grey Cup week, Greg
FULTON picked
up his phone to answer a few questions from a reporter.
Frail health had kept him from making the trip to Regina, but
in conversation he was sharp as a tack and again proved himself
to be a one-man encyclopedia of Canadian football history.
Paul MARTIN, the prime minister to be, was going to make a much
publicized pregame appearance at Taylor Field, fresh from the
Liberal leadership convention.
Aside from Pierre
TRUDEAU,
FULTON was asked, did he remember
any other prime minister taking the time to attend the Grey Cup?
"Well," he said, "I don't remember Mackenzie
KING being there.
Or Louis SSAINTURENT."
Of course, he knew because he was there. It seemed he was always
there -- a player beginning in Winnipeg in 1939, a statistician
and treasurer for the Calgary Stampeders from 1950 to 1966, a
fixture in the Canadian Football League office from 1967 on,
and, finally in his last job, the Canadian Football League's
honorary secretary and official historian, a title surely unique
in all of pro sports.
The National Football League still has a few owners with connections
to the game's early days, and in hockey and baseball there are
at least a handful of sportswriting elders who still remember
when. But only the Canadian Football League actually employed
someone who had an inside view extending back more than 60 years.
Considering how tumultuous some of those seasons have been and
considering the game's highs and lows and the cast of strange
and wonderful characters who came and went, what a tale
FULTON
could tell.
He was 84 when he died on Monday, and with him, sadly, is lost
much of the anecdotal story of the league. (Commissioner Tom
WRIGHT, who during his relatively short term on the job had come
to appreciate
FULTON's special role, planned to have
FULTON's
memories committed to tape and transcribed. Sadly, that didn't
happen before
FULTON fell ill.)
FULTON's tenure with the league office was perhaps the only significant
legacy of Keith
DAVEY's 54-day reign as commissioner in 1967.
Davey lured
FULTON to Toronto from Calgary to act as the league's
treasurer. When Jake
GAUDAUR took over from
DAVEY, he decided
to keep FULTON on.
"It would be the most important decision I would make,"
GAUDAUR
says now, which, given the events of his 16 years in office,
is quite a statement. Every subsequent commissioner -- and there
have been a bunch -- endorsed and echoed that original decision.
Not that anyone on the outside would really understand. "All
of those beneficial things he did for the league were all out
of public view,"
GAUDAUR said. "He never received any sort of
media credit, nor did he want any. Clearly, it was a labour of
love for him. That's kind of corny to say that, but I really
believe it was."
In those early days, the league was a two-man, two-secretary
operation.
FULTON, an accountant by profession, kept the books,
kept an eye on club finances and kept the minutes during league
meetings -- all during a period when the game grew into a multimillion-dollar
sports business. He was also charged with producing the schedule
every year, a trickier proposition than it might seem, given
the uneven number of teams, the east-west split and the importance
of certain dates in certain places.
At one point,
GAUDAUR remembers, they turned the task over to
a computer. And then, after the computer coughed out its work,
they handed it to
FULTON, who fixed it. "He had what I consider
to be a computer mind,"
GAUDAUR said. "It was an incredible mind."
The Canadian Football League took a turn for the worse after
GAUDAUR left the post. Commissioners came and went, the league
at times teetered on the brink of insolvency, the disastrous
U.S. expansion played itself out and the owners at times resembled
a bag of mixed nuts.
But there was always
FULTON, quietly keeping things in running
order, breaking the tension with his wry, quiet sense of humour,
loyal first and foremost to the game he loved.
"He was a remarkable person,"
GAUDAUR said. "It really was a
pleasure to be around the guy."
Several generations of those who spent time in the Canadian Football
League orbit share those sentiments and mourn the loss.
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MacDONELL,
Marie
M.
Died in her home in Naples, Florida on Wednesday, December 10,
2003. She is survived by her husband, Harry; her daughter, Nicole
and her husband, Tim
WRIGHT; her son, Ian and his wife, Brenda
and her son, Winsor and his wife, Erin. She is also survived
by seven grandchildren; Cody, Madeleine, Kyle, Kiara, Aidan,
Ross and Claire. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday,
December 16th, 1: 30 p.m. at St. Basil's Catholic Church, at the
corner of Bay and St. Joseph Streets, Toronto. In lieu of flowers,
please make a contribution in her memory to Friends of Shopping
Bag Ladies, 416 Dundas Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2A8.
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WRIGHT, Ruth Bailey Murrell, October 13, 1907-December 13, 2003
Died in Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on Saturday evening,
Ruth Murrell
WRIGHT of Cedar Cove (R.R.#2 White Lake, Ontario)
in her 97th year, beloved wife of the late Gilbert Owen Murrell
WRIGHT (1980,) dear mother of Peter Murrell
WRIGHT
(Satu
Repo)
of Toronto, James Robert Murrell
WRIGHT of Cedar Cove, Margaret
May (Gordon)
McKEITH of Bjorkdale, Saskatchewan, John Cohoe
WRIGHT
of Cedar Cove and David Edgar (Theresa)
MURRELL-
WRIGHT of Ottawa,
dear grandmother of Daniel Peter (Megan), Susan Marie, Laura
Ruth, Joan Murrell (David), Michael Gilbert, Brian Albert, Allan
Wesley, Owen Robert (Karen), Mary Ruth (Paul), Leslie Anne and
Robert David, great-grandmother of Christine, Jennifer, Kyle,
Michael, Dominic, Thomas and Quinn.
Ruth was raised and educated in Eastern Canada and the United
States graduating from the University of Rochester in 1931, shortly
after her marriage to Gilbert they moved to Edmonton in 1933,
on to Camrose in 1941 and
to Saskatoon in 1945, they survived
the depression while raising their children. One of Ruth's finest
achievements was as the matron of the Saskatoon Convalescent
Home from 1959 to 1981. In 1986 she returned to Ontario where
she was one of the owners of Cedar Cove on White Lake near Arnprior.
During her last years she courageously coped with blindness and
very much appreciated the talking books provided by the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind Resting at The Boyce Funeral
Home, Chapel, Visitation and Reception Centre, 138 Daniel St.
N., Arnprior where Friends may pay their respects on Wednesday,
December 17, 2003 after 10: 30 a.m., funeral service will be conducted
in The Boyce Chapel at 11: 30 a.m. with Reverend Bill
SIMONS officiating.
Interment of cremated remains will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. In memoriams to The Canadian National Institute
for the Blind would be appreciated by her family.
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