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GRACIAS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-11 published
DE SOUZA, Virginia Marie " Virgie"
Peacefully at McCall Centre on Sunday, January 9, 2005 in her 89th year. Beloved wife of the late Frank DE SOUZA, loving mother of her daughters Margaret, Irene GRACIAS and husband Mark, Delphine FRANCIS and husband Errol, Joan FRANCIS and husband Tom. She will be greatly missed by her grandchildren Jeannine and husband Chris, Jacqueline, Karen and husband Jerome, Gavin, Dwayne and Kyle. Proud great-grandmother of Hannah. Fondly remembered by many cousins, nephews and nieces. Friends will be received at the Scott Funeral Home "Mississauga Chapel", 420 Dundas Street East (1 block west of Cawthra, at Hensall Circle, 905-272-4040) on Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. and on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, January 13 at 10: 00 a.m. in St. Clement's Church, 409 Markland Drive, Etobicoke. Interment at Assumption Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Virgie may be made to Save The Children Canada, 300-4141 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M2P 2A8 www.savethechildren.ca 1-800-668-5036 in aid of the Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund as the government and many corporations have matching gift programs.

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GRACIAS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-13 published
GRACIAS, Leopold
Suddenly and peacefully in Toronto, on October 8th, 2005. Beloved husband of Tessie (née D'SOUZA.) Loving father of Lauren. Predeceased by his parents Domingo and Philipa GRACIAS. Survived by his loving siblings Delphine (Johnny), Cajetan, Trinidade (Rosemary) and his nephews Hansel and Aaron. Leo will be fondly remembered by his sisters-in-law Mabel, Doris, Yvonne and brothers-in-law Edwin (Gina) and Adrian (Irene) and their families. Leo will be sadly missed by his many Friends. Friends will be received at the Neweduk Funeral Home - "Mississauga Chapel", 1981 Dundas St. W. (1 block east of Erin Mills Pkwy.) from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Friday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Merciful Redeemer Roman Catholic Church, 2775 Erin Centre Blvd. (at Glen Erin Dr.) on Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 10 a.m. Interment Assumption Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Leo's memory to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Neweduk Funeral Home 905-828-8000 www.neweduk.com

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GRACIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-09 published
JEFFS, Edna Josephine (formerly FITCH, née RODWAY)
On April 8, 2005 at the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington. Edna JEFFS, predeceased by her husbands Ernest Alfred FITCH and Rob Wm. JEFFS. Dear mother of Raymond FITCH and his wife Marie of Lindsay. Fondly remembered by her grandchildren Paul FITCH of Dunnville, Wendy HORVAT (Rob,) step-grandchildren Katrina GRACIE of Waterdown, Jason O'DELL and his wife Tammy of Coboconk. Great-grandmother of Keegan FITCH, Ethan PERRY- FITCH, and Adam and Aaron O'DELL. Also remembered by many nieces, nephews and Friends. Predeceased by brothers and sisters Kathleen, Lillian, Eileen, Daisy, Alfred, George and Charlie. Friends may call at the Dodsworth and Brown Funeral Home, Burlington Chapel, 2241 New St. (at Drury Lane), Burlington (905-637-5233) on Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass from St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church, 2261 Parkway Dr., Burlington, Tuesday at 10 a.m. Cremation. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

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GRACZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-01 published
SEREDA, Stefania
Passed away peacefully at St. Joseph's Health Centre on Monday, October 24th, 2005 at the age of 89. Beloved wife of the Walter. Loving aunt of Maria and her husband Mike GRACZ. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Funeral Home, 436 Roncesvalles Avenue (at Howard Park) on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. with Rosary Prayers at 6 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held at Saint Mary's Polish Church, 1996 Davenport Road on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 9 a.m. Interment Park Lawn Cemetery.

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GRADDON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-22 published
GRAY/GREY, Alexander
Peacefully, at the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington, Ontario on February 20, 2005, Alex GRAY/GREY of Burlington, in his 74th year. Beloved husband for 48 years of the late Norah (nee O'BEIRNE) GRAY/GREY. Much loved father of Coleen HRENO (George) of Mississauga and Laura GRAY/GREY (Pete DUGGAN) of Flamborough. Very special uncle of Anne CLAYDEN (Neil GRADDON) of Candiac, Québec. Cherished Pop of Brendan, Heather, Sean, Trevor, and Jeffrey. Dearest brother of Winnifred STARK of Burlington. Predeceased by his sister Mena BURROWS. Loved by his nieces and nephews. Visitation at Smith's Funeral Home, 485 Brant Street, (one block north of City Hall) Burlington (905-632-3333) on Wednesday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. where Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 11 a.m. Interment Burlington Memorial Gardens. If desired, expressions of sympathy to the charity of your choice would be sincerely appreciated by the family.

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GRADER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-11 published
GRADER, Rose (formerly GOLDMAN)
On Sunday, October 9, 2005 at Shalom Village, Hamilton. Rose GRADER, beloved wife of the late Isadore GOLDMAN, and the late Joseph GRADER. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Lorraine and Allan KUDLATS, and Bruce and the late Sharon COLE. Devoted Bubbie and great Bubs to many. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West (3 lights west of Dufferin) for service on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at 10: 30 a.m. Interment Temple Sinai section of Dawes Road Cemetery. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Shalom Village, Hamilton, 905- 529-1613.

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GRADISNIK o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-03-31 published
GRADISNIK, Alfons
Unexpectedly, on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at Sunnybrook and Women's College Hospital. Alfons, beloved husband of the late Olga. Dear companion of Brenda GONYEA and caring father of Angela. Loving grandfather of Avery and Bayleigh GONYEA. Friends will be received at the Sherrin Funeral Home, 873 Kingston Road (west of Victoria Park Avenue), Toronto (416-698-2861) on Thursday, March 31, 2005 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. A service to celebrate Al's life will be held in the Chapel on Friday, April 1 at 11 o'clock. Interment Park Lawn Cemetery.

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GRADY o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-05-02 published
BENDER, Esther May (formerly GALBRAITH, née ELLIOT/ELLIOTT)
At Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound on Friday, April 29th, 2005. Esther BENDER (née ELLIOT/ELLIOTT) of Owen Sound in her 90th year. Wife of the late William F. GALBRAITH and the late Carl BENDER. Dear mother of Gerald GALBRAITH and his wife Laura, Marilyn and her husband Bill WESTLAKE all of Owen Sound, Wayne GALBRAITH and his wife Mary Lou of Meaford, Lloyd GALBRAITH of Kitchener, Karen and her husband Murray ORMSBY of Meaford, Ken GALBRAITH and his wife Jan of Bobcaygeon, Butch GALBRAITH and his wife Brenda of Owen Sound, Betty and her husband John TIPPIN of Meaford and Doris and her husband Dave CUTTING of Shallow Lake. Lovingly remembered by twenty-four grandchildren and thirty-six great-grandchildren and several step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren. Sister of Ila and her husband Bill GRADY, Ruby LITSTER, Dorothy and her husband Wally MURRAY, Gladys and her husband Ted HARWOOD all of Owen Sound and Roberta ROBERTS of Barrie. Predeceased by three step-children Mildred TAILOR/TAYLOR, Muriel WRIGHT, Verna BARFOOT, a daughter-in-law Catherine GALBRAITH, two grand_sons Mervin ORMSBY and Joey GALBRAITH, one granddaughter Julie GALBRAITH one brother Howard ELLIOT/ELLIOTT and three sisters Laurene FOSSOLD, Marjorie CAUDLE and Florence DEALY. Friends are invited to the Tannahill Funeral Home, 376-3710 for visiting on Monday from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted at Rockcliffe Gospel Temple, 10 - 4th Avenue, West, Owen Sound on Tuesday, May 3rd at 1: 30 p.m. Interment in Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara. As expressions of sympathy, the family would appreciate memorial donations to Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre Foundation M.R.I. Fund or the charity of your choice. Messages of condolence for the family are welcome at www.tannahill.com
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GRADY o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-09 published
JOLLIFFE, Herb
Peacefully at Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital on April 7, 2005 Mr. Herb JOLLIFFE in his 91st year. Beloved husband of 63 years to Doris (née MacLEAN.) Loving father of Wayne (Joan) of London, and Keith (Merit) of Saint Thomas. Cherished grandfather of Carol (Gary) of London, David of London, Robert (Krista) of Kitchener, Steven and Trish of Pembrooke and great-grandfather of William, Cameron, Evan and Caitlyn. Sadly missed by sisters Eileen CRAWFORD and Helen KIRKPATRICK, sister-in-law Bernice JOLLIFFE, cousin Nancy GRADY and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents William and Frances (SLATER) JOLLIFFE, brother Lloyd and sister Irene. Herb was born in Inverness, Quebec and retired from the Canadian Ingersoll Rand Company of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Visitation will be held in the Lloyd R. Needham Funeral Chapel, 520 Dundas Street, on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. where the service will be conducted on Monday April 11, 2005 at 1 p.m. Donations would be greatly appreciated to the Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital.

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GRADY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-08 published
GORDON, Isla Elizabeth " Betty" (née BOWLES) R.N.
(August 2, 1918-April 5, 2005)
In the peace and joy of Christ in her home, surrounded in love. Betty, the only baby born on Bala Park Island, was the daughter of the late Ernest and Sarah BOWLES, sister of the late Lewis (Doris) and Richard (Dorothy.) Adored wife of the late Ivor GORDON, cherished mother of Isla (Jack), treasured grandmother of Kelly, Ted, Andrew and Tabitha, Ian and Karen, Sarah, Patrick, Matthew, and the late Hope and Erin GRADY. Cherished aunt, great-aunt, and cousin. Remembered by her many Friends in the Women's College Nursing class of 1940b, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Islington United Church. Special thanks for prayers and constant support from her family at Islington United Church and our cherished Calendar Girls. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke (between Islington and Kipling Aves.) on Saturday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and one hour prior to the Funeral Service at Islington United Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd., Etobicoke on Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 7: 30 p.m. In Betty's memory, donations to the ministry of Islington United Church would be appreciated. Love never ends. 1 Corinthians

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GRADZANOWSKI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-25 published
GRANT, Jack▼ (1910-2005)
Born in Mlawa, Poland, died at Baycrest Hospital on Tuesday, August 23, 2005. A graveside funeral was held on August 24, at Dawes Road Cemetery. Jack was predeceased by his loving wife Ann SILVER and by his brother Moishe GRADZANOWSKI. His brothers Avrum and Elleh and his parents Toivieh and Frimet perished in the Holocaust. He is survived by his nieces Dorothy WAHL, Dina▼ WOLFISH (Marvin) and Leah LEVINE (Philip) and by their children. Our uncle was a tailor by trade but his passion was song and especially Yiddish song. He remembered melody and verse of the songs that depicted with humour and poetry the world of Eastern European Jewry. He was a lover of Yiddish. He was a reader and a chess player. He believed in the ideals of social justice and was a member of the Workmen's Circle from his arrival in Canada until his death. He was above all gentle, generous and kind. May you sleep peacefully and may the earth lie gently upon you our dear and gentle uncle.

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GRADZANOWSKI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-26 published
GRANT, Jack▲ (1910-2005)
Born in Mlawa, Poland, died at Baycrest Hospital on Tuesday August 23, 2005. A graveside funeral was held on August 24, at Dawes Road Cemetery. Jack was predeceased by his loving wife Ann SILVER and by his brother Moishe GRADZANOWSKI. His brothers Avrum and Elleh and his parents Toivieh and Frimet perished in the Holocaust. He is survived by his nieces Dorothy WAHL, Dina▲ WOLFISH (Marvin) and Leah LEVINE (Philip) and by their children. Our uncle was a tailor by trade but his passion was song and especially Yiddish song. He remembered melody and verse of the songs that depicted with humour and poetry the world of Eastern European Jewry. He was a lover of Yiddish. He was a reader and a chess player. He believed in the ideals of social justice and was a member of the Workmen's Circle from his arrival in Canada until his death. He was above all gentle, generous and kind. May you sleep peacefully and may the earth lie gentley upon you our dear and gentle uncle.

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GRAEB o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-02-26 published
LAVENDER, Jean▼ Irene▼ (1918-2005)
Jean LAVENDER died February 23 at the Victoria Manor Care Facility in Lindsay, Ontario. Jean grew up in Winnipeg, attending Kelvin High School, then Wesley College. After completing her Library Science degree at the University of Toronto, she became a Music Librarian at the Royal Conservatory of Music, and eventually head Librarian at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. She served there until the early nineteen eighties and will be remembered with affection and esteem by for mer students and faculty members. Jean's many enthusiasm included the world of arts and letters and an intense love of the natural world. Her travels at home and abroad brought her keen enjoyment and she had the gift of imparting her enthusiasm to others. She was a born raconteur, using a distinctive turn of phrase make a simple anecdote memorable. Jean was predeceased by her parents, older sister Kitty and brother Dick. She is survived by her nephew Bill STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and family, niece Alison DARLING and family and niece Deirdre LAVENDER, all of Winnipeg and nephew Harold LAVENDER of Vancouver, as well as cousins Betty LAVENDER of Winnipeg, Margaret GRAEB of Toronto and Elsie LORCH of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. In later years she was blessed with the care and love of extended family members Pat and Jack BOUSFIELD of Lindsay. Mass of Christian Burial from Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 40 Russell Street East, Lindsay on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 2: 00 p.m. Interment at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Lindsay. Arrangements entrusted to the Mackey Funeral Home, 33 Peel Street, Lindsay (705-328-2721). Memorial donations would be appreciated to the Alzheimer Society.

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GRAEB o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-27 published
LAVENDER, Jean▲ Irene▲ (1918-2005)
Jean LAVENDER died February 23, 2005 at the Victoria Manor Care Facility in Lindsay, Ontario. Jean grew up in Winnipeg, attending Kelvin High School, then Wesley College. After completing her Library Science degree at the University of Toronto, she became a Music Librarian at the Royal Conservatory of Music, and eventually head Librarian at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. She served there until the early nineteen eighties and will be remembered with affection and esteem by former students and faculty members. Jean's many enthusiams included the world of arts and letters and an intense love of the natural world. Her travels at home and abroad brought her keen enjoyment and she had the gift of imparting her enthusiasm to others. She was a born raconteur, using a distinctive turn of phrase to make a simple anecdote memorable. Jean was predeceased by her parents, older sister Kitty and brother Dick. She is survived by her nephew Bill STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and family, niece Alison DARLING and family, and niece Deirdre LAVENDER, all of Winnipeg, and nephew Harold LAVENDER of Vancouver, as well as cousins Betty LAVENDER of Winnipeg, Margaret GRAEB of Toronto and Elsie LORCH of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. In later years she was blessed with the care and love of extended family members Pat and Jack BOUSFIELD of Lindsay. Mass of Christian Burial from Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 40 Russell Street East, Lindsay on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 2: 00 p.m. Interment at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Lindsay. Arrangements entrusted to the Mackey Funeral Home, 33 Peel Street, Lindsay (705-328-2721).

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GRAEBER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-03-31 published
GRAEBER, Anni
Suddenly at Scarborough General Hospital on March 28, 2005 at age 83. Anni, beloved wife of the late Erich. Mother of Margit FINZEN of Germany. Cherished Oma of Petra PETERS and Esther LAVOIE (William) and great-grandmother of Eric and Krystal. Beloved sister of Ingeborg ROESNER of Germany. Friends may visit at the Jerrett Funeral Home, 660 Kennedy Road, Scarborough (between Eglinton and St. Clair Aves. E.) on Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. followed be a complete service in the chapel at 1 p.m. Cremation. If so desired, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association would be appreciated.

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GRAEME o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-02-12 published
NITARSKI, Zygfryd " Ziggy"
Peacefully on Monday February 7th, 2005 at his home Zygfryd "Ziggy" NITARSKI of London in his 78th year. Survived by his son Wally (née NITARSKI) GRAEME (Cindy) of London. Thoughtfully remembered by Edith NITARSKI of London, Stan NITARSKI of Blacktown, Australia, and many other Friends and relatives in London, Winnipeg, Florida and Australia. Ziggy, originally of Zamosc, Poland was a proud member of Ironworkers Local 700 for over 35 years and took pride in his contributions to prominent structures and businesses around London. Many thanks to Ziggy's gracious neighbours who provided support and assistance during his later years. Cremation has taken place. Private family arrangements and a service to take place at a later date. Expressions of sympathy and those wishing to make a donation in memory of Ziggy would be appreciated and may be made through London Cremation Services 672-0459 or on line at www.londoncremation.com.

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GRAF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-04-06 published
POWERS, James William
Of Point Clark, passed away at Port Ritchie, on Saturday, April 2nd, 2005, in his 86th year. Survived by his wife, Rita (KROEPLIN) sons, Michael and Theresa, Brian and Tina; daughters, Patricia and Jerome FRITZ, Loretta and Brian WHITFIELD, Eileen POWERS, Joanne POWERS, Helen POWERS and John ALLEY; twenty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Also survived by his sisters-in-law, Kathleen POWERS and Alice Daisy GALLAGHER. Predeceased by his first wife, Madeleine MALONE; son, James (infancy;) sister, Lillie ZISTER; brothers, Stephen and parents Stephen and Johanna (GRAF) POWERS. Visitation at Cameron Funeral Home, Walkerton, on Thursday from 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. and Friday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9: 00 p.m., with parish prayers at 3:30 p.m. and Knights of Columbus Rosary at 9: 00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, April 9th, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m., at Mary Immaculate Church, Chepstow. Interment in Mary Immaculate Cemetery, Chepstow. Memorial donations to the Deemerton Form Centre or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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GRAF o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-28 published
GRAF, Sister Margaret
Unexpectedly at St. Joseph's Convent, Hamilton on April 25, 2005, Sister Margaret, in her 52nd year as a Sister of St. Joseph. Daughter of the late Alexander GRAF and Clara WALTER. Predeceased by her brother Joseph and her sister, Sister Barbara, C.S.J. Survived by her sisters, Mrs. Rita DEITNER (Leo), Mrs. Mary TAZIAR (Joseph), Mrs. Irene SERGI (Joseph), Sister Madeleine, C.S.J. and her brother Wilfred as well as many nieces and nephews and the members of her religious family, the Sisters of St. Joseph. The Sisters of St. Joseph will welcome family and Friends at St. Joseph's Convent, Hamilton on Friday, April 29 from 2: 00-4:00 and 7: 00-9:00 p.m. A Vigil Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, April 30th at 10: 30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Convent, Hamilton. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Sister Margaret entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1953. After completing her novitiate and qualifying studies, she graduated from St. Joseph's Hospital, School of Nursing, Hamilton in 1962. Wholehearted generosity and gentle care characterized her ministry in health care at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton and St. Joseph's Hospital in Guelph until 1973 when multiple health problems dictated that she give up her cherished ministry of bedside care. From 1973-1980, Sister Margaret focused her talents and energies in service to the Congregation at the Motherhouse, in Cape Croker and in several volunteer ministries while addressing health issues and transitioning to the ministry of Pastoral Care Associate at St. Joseph's Hospital in Brantford. From 1980-1996, Sister Margaret's gifts of gentle compassionate empathy, endless patience and the ability to listen with the heart, offered comfort and consolation to the patients, residents and staff with whom she shared life and ministry in Brantford. Sister Margaret's interest, delight and skill in the ministry of Pastoral Care was nourished and supported by studies during a sabbatical year at the Credo Program in Spokane, Washington and further study in Clinical Pastoral Education in Toronto. In 1996, recurrent health issues, dictated that Sister Margaret retire to the Motherhouse. Never daunted by setbacks in health, Sister Margaret used this opportunity to develop her artistic self. An interest in “toile art” expanded from card making, to include complex projects and delicate artistry commissioned by those who came to know and appreciate Sister Margaret's artistic skill through Friendships forged in her volunteer teaching of this craft. Sister Margaret's quiet, gentle and prayerful presence will be a “gift forever” to those whose lives she touched!!

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GRAF o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-05-06 published
GRAF, Cathleen E. (COPP)
At Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Cathleen E. (COPP) GRAF of R.R.#6 Goderich in her 76th year. Special friend to Tom CAMPION. Dear mother of Paul and Joanne GRAF, David and Helen GRAF and Karin GRAF. Loving grandmother of 8 grandchildren and sister of Eleanor and Bill WIDDIFIELD. Predeceased by sister Florence and Max CUTT. A Memorial Service will be held at McCallum and Palla Funeral Home, Cambria Road at East Street, Goderich on Friday, May 6, 2005 at 11 A.M. Cremation. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation gratefully acknowledged.

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GRAF o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-10-15 published
CAMPION, Thomas Carl
At Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich on Wednesday, October 12, 2005, Thomas Carl CAMPION of R.R.#6 Goderich in his 74th year. Beloved companion of the late Kay GRAF. Father of Robin, Heather, Kelly and Christopher. Brother of John (Moyra) CAMPION of Welland. Cremation. No Funeral Home visitation. A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Goderich on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 10 a.m. Interment of cremated remains St. Peter's Cemetery. McCallum and Palla Funeral Home, Goderich 519-524-7345.

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GRAF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-09 published
CAMPBELL, Thelma▼ Louise▼ (1922-2005)
Peacefully at Toronto East General Hospital on Sunday, August 7, 2005. Lovingly remembered by her sister Madeliene WESTBERG and brother Lewis G. CAMPBELL, C.L.U. Dear aunt of Linnea WESTBERG, Rolf WESTBERG, Kelly, Michael and Adam CAMPBELL, Stephen HENDERSEN and Cathy GRAF and their families. Special thanks to Friends Willis and Christine PETTY, Linda▼ P.▼ and Robin WHITELAW for their devotion. Thanks to Jerry and Wendy and the staff of the Palliative Care Unit, T.E.G.H. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 7-9 p.m. Thursday. A service will be held in the Chapel on Friday, August 12 at one o'clock.

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GRAF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-11 published
CAMPBELL, Thelma▲▼ Louise▲▼ (1922-2005)
Peacefully at Toronto East General Hospital on Sunday, August 7, 2005. Lovingly remembered by her sister Madeliene WESTBERG and brother Lewis G. CAMPBELL, C.L.U. Dear aunt of Linnea WESTBERG, Rolf WESTBERG, Kelly, Michael and Adam CAMPBELL, Stephen HENDERSEN and Cathy GRAF and their families. Special thanks to Friends Willis and Christine PETTY, Linda▲▼ P.▲▼ and Robin WHITELAW for their devotion. Thanks to Jerry and Wendy and the staff of the Palliative Care Unit, T.E.G.H. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 7-9 p.m. Thursday. A service will be held in the Chapel on Friday, August 12 at one o'clock.

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GRAF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-09 published
CAMPBELL, Thelma▲ Louise▲ (1922-2005)
Peacefully at Toronto East General Hospital on Sunday, August 7, 2005. Lovingly remembered by her sister Madeliene WESTBERG and brother Lewis G. CAMPBELL, C.L.U. Dear aunt of Linnea WESTBERG, Rolf WESTBERG, Kelly, Michael and Adam CAMPBELL, Stephen HENDERSEN and Cathy GRAF and their families. Special thanks to Friends Willis and Christine PETTY, Linda▲ P.▲ and Robin WHITELAW for their devotion. Thanks to Jerry and Wendy and the staff of the Palliative Care Unit, T.E.G.H. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 7-9 p.m. Thursday. A service will be held in the Chapel on Friday, August 12 at one o'clock.

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GRAF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-10 published
MILCZYN, Maria Teresa (née GRAF)
Peacefully at Copernicus Lodge, Toronto on November 9th, 2005, with her son by her side. Born in Wadowice, Poland to Zygmunt and Hermina GRAF. Master of Journalism, Graduate of Jagiellonian University in Krakow and deputy foreign editor of the Dziennik Newspaper in the same city. Immigrated to Canada in 1963. Well known as an active political volunteer in Federal, Provincial and Municipal campaigns. Predeceased by beloved husband Wes and loving mother of Peter (Rose). Friends will be received at the G.H. Hogle Funeral Homes "Mimico Chapel", 63 Mimico Ave., on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass at St. Leo's Catholic Church, 277 Royal York Rd., Etobicoke Saturday 10: 30 a.m. Cremation to follow. Online condolences may be made at www.hoglefuneralhomes.com

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GRAFF o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-01-28 published
SHUPE, Helen Elizabeth (née GRAFF)
At Saugeen Valley Nursing Center, in Mt. Forest, January 22nd, 2005, in her 87th year. Helen SHUPE (née GRAFF,) the beloved wife of the late Ken SHUPE (1982.) Dear mother of Jim and his wife, Linda, of Mt. Forest, Jack and his wife, Rosemary, of Owen Sound and Robert and his wife, Linda, of Mt. Forest. Cherished grandmother of eight grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Helen will be sadly missed by sister, Verna SIMPSON, of Owen Sound and Beatrice WELLS and her husband, George, of Walkerton sister-in-law, Doreen ALJOE, of Burlington and brother-in-law, Rae SHUPE and wife, Martha, of Ottawa. Predeceased by one brother, Raymond GRAFF and one sister, Irene BESTER. A private funeral was held at Saint Mary's Church, Mt. Forest, on Monday, January 24th, 2005.
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GRAFF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-27 published
GRAFF, James▼ Allan▼
Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto
on Sunday October 23, 2005 at Sunnybrook Hospital. Beloved husband of Aida, loving father of Hany and Noha, proud grandfather of Kaitlyn and Alexandra; faithful brother of William and uncle of Cynthia, Valerie and Stephanie. Cremation and Interment have occurred. The family will announce a memorial celebration to be held at a later date.

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GRAFF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-11-28 published
James GRAFF, Teacher And Activist (1937-2005)
Philosophy professor was an ardent advocate of Palestinian rights who believed in putting his teachings into action
By Ron CSILLAG, Special to The Globe and Mail, Monday, November 28, 2005, Page S11
Toronto -- James GRAFF died as he had lived: Uncompromisingly. Asked whether he wanted to be resuscitated following surgery last month for an old tumour that had turned malignant, he queried the doctor, "Resuscitated to what?" He would rather die, he averred, than do anything but live at full throttle.
A professor of moral and political philosophy at the University of Toronto's Victoria College for 40 years, Prof. GRAFF believed in putting his teachings into action. A passionate and tireless advocate of Palestinian rights, he poured most of his energy into public awareness and alleviation of the plight of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation and in the Arab world.
Whether that was popular did not faze him, apparently. Once, in the early 1980s, he found a note that had been slipped under his door, threatening to blast him into "orbit." He shrugged it off in his typical even-keeled fashion, and Friends indulged his rather dark sense of humour by presenting him with a coffee mug bearing an image of the space shuttle Columbia.
His last task was helping to organize a three-day conference on "morally responsible investment" in Israel, held in Toronto last month, and denounced widely by Jews and Christians for ignoring Palestinian violence and engaging in not-so subtle Israel-bashing.
While Prof. GRAFF did use trenchant (but not anti-Semitic) language to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians and other Arabs, he also criticized the Palestinian Authority's record on human rights -- at a cost to the movement that may never be known.
In 1984, he set up and led the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada, a volunteer group with charitable status that sought to broaden Canadians' understanding of the Middle East and to provide aid in the region.
From 1986 to 1996, Prof. GRAFF represented Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation on the North American Co-ordinating Committee for Non-governmental Organizations on the Question of Palestine, a body he vice-chaired and which met regularly at United Nations headquarters in New York (except for two meetings in Canada that he initiated, one in Montreal in 1990 and one in Toronto in 1994).
According to Reverend Robert ASSALY, an Anglican priest in Ottawa who regarded Prof. GRAFF as a mentor and served with him on the North American Co-ordinating Committee, concerns about how Palestinians were treating their own began to stir among non-governmental organizations around the time of the Oslo peace accord in 1993. "Jim hated [violence]," Reverend ASSALY recalled. "Not only did he speak out against the violence, he spoke out against the violent. He and I kind of got the whole Non-governmental Organization movement on the Question of Palestine tossed out of the United Nations for that."
Around 1994, when the Palestine Liberation Organization morphed into the Palestinian Authority, "we started going after them publicly at the United Nations on their human rights record," Rev. ASSALY recounted. "They fought us tooth and nail."
The Palestinian leadership tried to manipulate elections to the co-ordinating committee year after year, but the North Americans wouldn't bite. "As much as they tried, they couldn't take control. They wanted to silence us on the human rights record."
Prof. GRAFF quit as vice-chair of the committee after the 1995 conference, not out of frustration, but because of poor eyesight, a condition that began when he was 15 and ended with his being legally blind. In any event, by 1997, fed-up Palestinian diplomats at the United Nations dissolved their connections to Non-governmental Organizations working on the Question of Palestine, believing, for better or worse, they weren't needed any more.
Prof. GRAFF may have seen it coming. Four years earlier, he warned that Non-governmental Organizations faced "a crisis of direction" in how to act in a world following the first Gulf War. Before the war, it had seemed there would be a breakthrough in the Palestinian problem. Now, it didn't look so hopeful.
"It is not an overstatement to say simply that... Jim has been an icon in the authentic movement for peace and justice in the Middle East," Reverend ASSALY stated. "He modelled what, for me, was a staunchly principled position, always, on everything. Jim was, in the best sense, uncompromising."
Prof. GRAFF earned his undergraduate degree at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., followed by a masters and doctorate both from Brown University in Rhode Island. He taught at Victoria College from 1963 until his official retirement in 2003, but was still teaching a fourth-year course on war and morality days before he died.
Friends and colleagues can't pinpoint a specific time or event that triggered his passion for Palestinians, but feel it could have been a sightseeing trip he took to Israel in the mid-1970s. He began a torrent of activity, forging alliances and Friendships with such thinkers as Noam Chomsky and Edward Said.
Over the years, the intifadas, the 9/11 attack and the Iraq war kept his pen and conscience busy. In 1993, and again in 1997, he wrote to Hillary Clinton, in the wake of the former U.S. first lady's vaunted book, It Takes a Village, offering a richly footnoted litany of atrocities that, he said, had been committed against Palestinian children by Israeli security forces, and reasons why Israeli offers of peace should be regarded with suspicion. "Maybe," he suggested, "you could sum all this up by saying: 'Bill, it takes a village, not a bantustan.' " Mrs. Clinton never replied.
James Allan GRAFF was born on June 30, 1937, in East Orange, N.J., and died in Toronto on October 23, 2005, of cancer. He leaves his wife, Aida, and two children. A memorial service will be held at the Victoria College chapel, University of Toronto, at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

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GRAFF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-26 published
GRAFF, Laura (LONIA)
On Sunday, September 25, 2005, at North York General Hospital. Laura GRAFF, devoted wife of the late Sam GRAFF. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Rene and Gary MANDEL. Beloved Bubi of Stephen and Natanya, and Jonathan. Special great-grandmother of Dahlia Anne. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Ave. W. (3 lights west of Dufferin), for service on Monday, September 26, 2005 at 3: 00 p.m. Interment at The Stashover Young Mens Society section of Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park. Shiva 90 Chiltern Hill Road. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, 416-488-8772.

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GRAFF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-27 published
GRAFF, James▲ Allan▲
Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto, on Sunday, October 23, 2005 at Sunnybrook Hospital. Beloved husband of Aida, loving father of Hany and Noha, proud grandfather of Kaitlyn and Alexandra; faithful brother of William and uncle of Cynthia, Valerie and Stephanie. Cremation and interment have occurred. The family will announce a memorial celebration to be held at a later date.

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GRAFF o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-19 published
GRAFF, Yetta Lily (née BERGMAN)
Passed away at home in North Bay on Thursday, November 17, 2005. Beloved wife of the late late Ted GRAFF. Mother of Marilyn PEARCE and Ann Barbara GRAFF. Grandmother of Samantha and Michael. Sister of Bertha SPRING, Zelda BERGMAN, Bella HAYMAN, and Murray BERGMAN. Funeral services will be held in Toronto on Sunday, November 20, 2005 from Steeles Memorial Chapel, 350 Steeles Ave. W. (between Bathurst and Yonge) at 1: 00 p.m. Interment will be held at Dawes Road Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Near North Palliative Care Network, 705-497-9239.

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GRAFFE o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2005-08-23 published
HOPKINS, Clara Elsie
Peacefully, at the Providence Manor Nursing Home, Kingston, on Saturday, August 20th, 2005. Clara HOPKINS, of Kingston and formerly of Tobermory, in her 91st year. Beloved wife of the late Milton HOPKINS. Dear mother of Gelena (Deanie) JORGENSON, of St. Catharines Ross and his wife, Linda, of Gravenhurst; Brenda HOPKINS, of Owen Sound; Julie HOPKINS and Sally WEIR and her husband, David, all of Kingston. Also survived by son-in-law, Don GREENMAN; fourteen grandchildren, Susan, Laurie, Ronald, Paula, Jeff, Curt, Jill, Nicole, Danielle, Shona, Sheldy, Ryan, Adam, Michele; twenty-two great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Predeceased by two sons, Ralph and Grant; one daughter, Kathie GREENMAN two grand_sons, John and Mitchell; one brother, Wilber HOPKINS and eight sisters, Harriet GRIEVES, Eileen ROE, Ann LONGSTAFF, Alma STODDARD, Marion HOPKINS, Ruby HOPKINS, Noriene COULTIS and Zora GRAFFE. The family will receive Friends at the George Funeral Home, 430 Mary Street, Wiarton, on Tuesday evening from 7: 00 to 9:00 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted in the chapel, on Wednesday, August 24th, at 10: 00 a.m. Interment, Dunk's Bay Cemetery, Tobermory. Donations to the Alzheimer Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.georgefuneralhome.com
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GRAFSTEIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-03-12 published
DALY, Hendrika Jacoba (née LOOGMAN)
Born April 12, 1925 in Venray, the Netherlands, passed away March 10, 2005, still fighting, at age 79 in St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Riki waged a long battle with chronic lung disease with courage and determination, with Peter DALY, her husband of 47 years, at her side. A master story teller, she was a constant source of wisdom, inspiration and hilarity. She was deeply loved and will be sorely missed by her children John (Ingrid RIETS,) Patricia (Eric GRAFSTEIN,) Ann (John WEIR) and Moira (Claudio TAPIA.) She was a loving Oma to Matthew, Daniel and Benjamin DALY- GRAFSTEIN, Sarah WEIR and Owen and Isabella TAPIA. She also leaves her sisters Pia LOOGMAN and Kit SMITH.
Riki grew up in a large, happy household in Holland, the fifth of seven children. After Jan, her only brother, a medical student, died in the Second World War, the family emigrated to Canada. She married Peter in 1957 in Brantford, Ontario. Her life in Canada was devoted to her family, keeping an immaculate household, and caring for creatures large and small. She was also an avid reader, keenly interested in world events and politics, and a perpetually disappointed fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
But it was her personality that touched all who met her. Intelligent, combative and never afraid to voice her opinion, she filled a room and she filled our lives. We will miss her terribly. After her long struggle, may she now rest in peace.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday March 15, 2005, at 11: 00 am at the Humphrey Funeral Home, A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Ave. in Toronto.

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GRAFSTEIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-05-06 published
I Remember -- Christina McCALL
By Jerry GRAFSTEIN, Friday, May 6, 2005, Page S9
Senator Jerry GRAFSTEIN writes about Christina McCALL, whose obituary appeared on April 30.
Great writers, like candles, illuminate the darkness enveloping the human condition. The writer's art is to pull together the disparate threads and weave them into an authentic story, making sense of what is apparently senseless. So it was with Christina McCALL.
To those who treasure the written word, Christina was herself a treasure. Breathtakingly beautiful, she carried herself with effortless grace and looked the part of an elegant Rosedale matron, which she was. Yet beneath this elegant veneer was a restless, energetic insightfully brilliant writer. She had a deep, velvety, smoky voice and dark, melancholy eyes. Christina spoke purposely, quietly and slowly. It was always difficult to concentrate on the subject at hand because of the charm she exuded. My mother taught me that a lady wore a hat and gloves. Christina did and was. She wrote as beautifully as she looked. For her, there never was a glass ceiling.
As a writer and journalist, she was meticulous. She always came prepared with research and notes, that she took copiously. She would pause to reread her notes and re-launch her enquiries. She could penetrate to the essence, always touching the inner core of whatever subject she had under the prism of her personal microscope.

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GRAFSTEIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-12-05 published
Businessman established Top 40 radio, MuchMusic
A money-losing station at the outset, CHUM became broadcasting empire
By Fred LANGAN, Special to The Globe and Mail, Monday, December 5, 2005, Page A3
Allan WATERS, who died Saturday at the age of 84, started Top 40 radio in Canada, making a huge success of CHUM, the small money-losing Toronto radio station he bought in 1954. He built his stake in CHUM into a radio and television empire that included Toronto's CITY-TV and other television stations across the country.
CHUM went on the air in 1945 and was Toronto's fifth radio station. It broadcast on a weak signal and only from sunrise to sunset. Mr. WATERS, who had made some money in advertising and the pharmaceutical business, bought the station in 1954 from a man he worked for, Jack PART.
He took his time learning the radio business and the station began to break even. He increased its power to 50,000 watts -- the maximum allowed in North America. He also started to listen to recordings of the kind of radio stations that were making money in the United States. He liked the style of the Storz family of Omaha, Neb., which is credited with inventing Top 40 radio on their U.S. stations.
In a speech in May of 1957, Mr. WATERS told the small staff at CHUM: "I haven't been in the radio business as long as anyone in this room, but if I was in the shoe business and operating a poor shoe store, I think I would find out who is running a good shoe store and copy his style. CHUM is going to be patterned after a Storz station. As Storz owns five stations and is first in each market, it's actually not a bad pattern to follow."
All Shook Up by Elvis Presley was the No. 1 song on CHUM's Top 40 radio when it started on May 27, 1957. Within five weeks, CHUM's slice of the audience went from 5 per cent to 24 per cent. By 1958, its 1050 CHUM was the No. 1 radio station in Toronto. By 1968, CHUM Ltd. was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Mr. WATERS was a rich man.
He was born in east-end Toronto. At 16, he finished school and went to work as an office boy for $16 a week. Mr. PART, his employer, ran a successful patent medicine operation. Mr. WATERS worked his way up the ladder in sales and advertising. All his life he would say modestly, "I'm just a salesman."
The war interrupted his business career as he served overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942 to 1946. He returned to work for Mr. PART, who had also started York Broadcasting and established CHUM at the end of the war.
CHUM's success allowed the WATERS empire to expand. He had the rights for Muzak in Canada. In 1963, he started CHUM-FM and later bought a television station in Barrie, north of Toronto. He was frustrated when he was not allowed to move the station's transmitter closer to Toronto to tap into the larger metropolitan market.
Expansion into television came slowly. He bought into the Maritimes, but failed to win regulatory approval to buy CFCF in Montreal. With his television stations he became one of the owners of CTV, the private television network that at the time was a kind of co-operative.
Perhaps his biggest success in television occurred in 1981, when he bought the floundering CITY-TV. He left the charismatic Moses ZNAIMER in charge, but the station was owned by CHUM Ltd. It expanded into pop video with MuchMusic, as successful and innovative as Top 40 radio in the 1950s. This decade, 1050 CHUM.com became the world's first all Internet radio station.
"Everyone criticized him when he [went with the Top 40 format]," his son, Jim WATERS, said on the weekend. "They said: 'Allan, you must be crazy. You're not going to really play that loud music are you?' Even my mother criticized him."
The son, now chairman of CHUM, said his father had a knack for picking winners, whether it was Top 40 radio or a new local television format.
"I think a very significant move that Dad made was buying CITY-TV in Toronto. We weren't in television. The move into specialty television was groundbreaking with MuchMusic," Mr. WATERS said.
Allan WATERS didn't have a gift for picking records or television programs, but he knew how to pick people who did.
"His great talent wasn't as a programmer, but as a salesman. Mr. WATERS was a super salesman. He had a system where he knew what every salesman and every station was doing week by week," said Senator Jerry GRAFSTEIN, who co-founded CITY-TV and worked with Mr. WATERS for decades.
His personal life was the opposite of his business life. While the music was flashy, he was not; while his station thrived on publicity, he was a private person. MuchMusic was hip; he sported a crew cut and glasses. Most entrepreneurs and business people in Canada are listed in Who's Who, but there was never an entry for Allan WATERS. He wasn't interested.
He also thought long hours were a waste of energy. Most days he went home to his wife at 5: 30. "If you work 20 hours [a day], you're doing too much or you're doing something wrong," he told a reporter.
Mr. WATERS was a frugal man. For many years he walked to work from his home in the neighbourhood of Leaside. His office was relatively modest. His companies almost never borrowed to make purchases. And in a business that thrives on global glitz, he never invested outside Canada.
He was generous and loyal to his employees and in a business where hiring and firing was the norm, even some disc jockeys and announcers -- such as Gord MARTINEAU at CITY-TV -- stayed with his stations for decades. Mr. WATERS did part company with announcer Larry SOLWAY after the boss refused to allow him to discuss a sex manual on the air. Later, CHUM Ltd. would own Sex-TV.
At his death, the CHUM empire Mr. WATERS built owned and operated 33 radio stations, 12 local television stations and 21 specialty channels, including MuchMusic and Space. It also controlled other sideline businesses, including Muzak.
When he died peacefully in his sleep Saturday morning in hospital, he was surrounded by family, including his wife of more than 50 years, Marjorie. He also leaves two sons; Ronald, deputy chairman, and Jim, chairman of CHUM Ltd. The funeral is private. A public memorial will be held on Wednesday in Toronto.

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GRAFSTEIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-03 published
GOLDMAN, Sam
On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at Sunnybrook Hospital, Veterans Wing. Sam GOLDMAN, beloved husband of the late Sadie GOLDMAN. Loving father and father-in-law of Carol and David and Marcie and Alan. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Min GOLDMAN, Ida KAUFMAN, Ruth and Jerry LEVINE, Gilda and Joe OIFFER. Brother-in-law of Reva GRAFSTEIN and Ann BROWN. Predeceased by his sisters, Faye SHAW, Molly GOLDMAN, and Kay MELLENGER. Devoted grandfather of Matthew, Jason, Jesse, Marc, and Sara. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Ave. W. (2 lights west of Dufferin), for service on Monday, January 3rd at 11: 30 a.m. Interment at Pride of Israel section of Mt. Sinai Memorial Park. Shiva 48 Bunty Lane. If desired, memorial donations may be made to Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund c/o United Jewish Appeal (416) 631-5685.

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GRAFSTEIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-22 published
HANDELMAN, Bertha
On January 20, 2005. Bertha, beloved wife of the late Murray. Dear friend of Saul SHUGAR. Dear mother of Arnold and Elkie, Elaine and Allan DAVIS, and Temi and Stan DULBERG. Grandmother of Kevin and Nancy, Jill and John, Kenny and Cheryl, Richie and Eva, Judi, David and Tamara, and Warren and Jason. Sister of Faye and Moishe GRAFSTEIN, and Dave and the late Laura COHEN. Great-grandmother of Keleila, Martine, Brandon, Aaron, Simone and Mason. A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 12: 00 noon from Steeles Memorial Chapel, 350 Steeles Ave. W. (between Yonge and Bathurst). Shiva Private. Memorial donations may be made to the Soldiers of Israel, 416-783-3053.

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