ADKIN o@ca.on.kent_county.wallaceburg.wallaceburg_courier_press 2005-07-20 published
FREWING,
Douglas
Frederick
Douglas Frederick
FREWING a resident of Wallaceburg passed away
on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 in his 80th year. Beloved husband
of the late Dorothy
(SMITH.)
Loving father and father-in-law
of Margaret and Mark
FRALEIGH. Dear grandfather of Tina
FRALEIGH
and Erin and her husband Daryl
BRAYSHAW.
Great grandfather of Mitchel
CHAUVIN,
Brandon and Emma
FRALEIGH and the late Mark. Brother and
brother-in-law of Marion
FOX and the late Jack, Betty
ADKIN and
the late Gerald, Alfred and Marguerite
DUBEAU,
Melissa
SHEPLEY
and the late Fred, Donna and Keith
MEREDITH,
Rita
SMITH and the
late Walter, Ellen
SMITH and the late John and the late Stewart
and Betty SMITH,
Douglas
SMITH, Jean and William
LAPRISE, Marian
and John THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and Annie and Earl
RAYMOND. He is survived
by many nieces and nephews. Doug was born in Fort Myers, Florida,
the son of Albert and Maude
(McPHAIL)
FREWING and came to Canada
when he was very young. He became a Canadian citizen in his early
60's. Doug was a member of Saint Johns Ambulance and taught first
aid to hundreds of industrial workers and citizens of Wallaceburg,
surrounding communities and Boy Scout camps including the Scout
Jamboree in Wilkesport. He was a member of the United Auto Workers
and Past Elder with Knox Presbyterian Church. The family received
relatives and Friends at the Haycock-Cavanagh Funeral Home, 409
Nelson Street in Wallaceburg. The funeral service was conducted
by Reverend David
HEATH on Saturday, July 16, 2005 in the chapel
of the funeral home at 2 p.m. The interment followed at Riverview
Cemetery. If desired, remembrances to Saint John's Ambulance may
be left at the funeral home. 519-627-3231.
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ADKIN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-05-20 published
LITTLEJOHN, Alexander "Alistair" Bayne Sinclair
At the Bobier Villa, Dutton on Wednesday, May 18, 2005. Alexander
(Alistair)
Bayne
Sinclair
LITTLEJOHN of R.R.#2 Wallacetown in
his 87th year. Beloved husband of Audrey
(EVANS)
LITTLEJOHN.
Loving father of Susan and Paul
DES
ROSIERS of Birr, Donald and
Jan LITTLEJOHN of R.R.#2 Wallacetown, Jamie and Stacie
LITTLEJOHN
of R.R.#2 Wallacetown, Mary Margaret
CIPU of London, Niven and
Linda LITTLEJOHN of R.R.#3 Dutton, Janet and Brian
ADKIN of Guelph,
David and Kim
LITTLEJOHN of Georgetown, the late Alistair Jr.
and Jackie
LITTLEJOHN of Dutton, Tom and Cindy
LITTLEJOHN of
Saint Marys, Andrea and Jim
BROWN of London, Robbie and Delia
LITTLEJOHN
of Strathroy. Loved grandfather of 36 and great-grandfather of
7. Brother of David
LITTLEJOHN of Edmonton, Mary Gow of R.R.#1
Wallacetown, Grace and Robert
ANDERSON of Connecticut and brother-in-law
of David CAMPBELL of London. Predeceased by sisters Elizabeth
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT, Charlotte
CAMPBELL, Margaret
MANCHEE and Jean
GROOME.
Relatives and Friends will be received at the Arn Funeral Home,
193 Shackleton Street, Dutton, Friday 2-4 and 7-9. A memorial
service will be held from Saint John's United Church Dutton on
Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 1: 30 p.m. Cremation. Donations to Daffodil
Auxiliary-Cancer would be appreciated. Cameron Lodge 232 Ancient,
Free and Accepted Masons will hold a service on Friday at 6: 30
p.m.
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ADKIN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-09-03 published
ADKIN,
Dennis
William
(June 5, 1919-August 24, 2005)
Well-known journalist and sports administrator, Dennis
ADKIN,
passed quietly last week at The Lodge at Broadmead, Victoria.
Dennis had been in decline for several years after being diagnosed
with Alzheimer's. Dennis was born and raised in Monitor (near
Consort), Alberta, and left to find work in Edmonton at the age
of 18. During World War 2 he served as a Petty Officer with the
Royal Canadian Navy in Ste. Hyacinthe, Québec and
in Scotland.
He then spent a year in New York studying journalism and broadcasting
at Columbia University, and working at the Canadian Press office.
Dennis became a reporter and editor with the London Free Press
from 1947-1965, where he met and married Alison Ronalda
FORTUNE
in 1951. He took over as Executive Editor of the Saskatoon Star
Phoenix in 1965 before becoming Editor/Publisher of The Co-operative
Consumer for Federated Cooperatives Ltd., based in Saskatoon.
In addition, he produced the Saskatchewan Ski Journal and wrote
an independent weekly newspaper column on Canadian affairs. Dennis
was honoured by the London (Ontario) Ski Club, Ski Canada, Saskatchewan
Sports Hall of Fame, SaskSki, and the Canadian Ski Museum (Ottawa)
for his lifelong contributions to the development of skiing in
Canada. He was a founding member and president of the London
Ski Club and served as a Director of the Canadian Ski Association
for many years. In his 21 years as President, then Executive
Director, of the Saskatchewan Ski Association he created innovative
programs to promote recreational and competitive cross-country
and alpine skiing. His proposal to build the ski hill at Blackstrap,
Saskatchewan was instrumental in Saskatoon's successful bid to
host the Canada Winter Games in 1971. Dennis is survived by loving
wife Alison, and children Monte, Laurie, and David and their
families. He will be deeply missed. Condolences can be sent to
the family at #1104 - 548 Dallas Rd. Victoria, British Columbia
V8V 1B3.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-30 published
CLARK,
Violet▼
Naomi▼
(CLARK)
At Strathmere Lodge Strathroy on Wednesday April 27, 2005, Violet
Naomi (CLARK) in her 95th year. Beloved wife of the late Alex
CLARK (1984.) Dear mother of Derril and Valorie
MANN of Kelowna,
British Columbia, Fay and Hazen
LEBRITTON, Dorland and Sharon
CLARK and Marlyce
HEUVEL all of Strathroy. Also survived by 18
grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 2 greatgreat-grandchildren.
Sister▼ of Mary
ADKINS of Swartz Creek, Michigan, Gladys
CROW
of Spokane, Washington, Elmer (Rose)
CLARK and Inez
RICHARDSON
both of Strathroy and Bernice
WHITLOCK of Grand Prairie, Alberta.
Predeceased by her son Raymond (1964), granddaughter Brenda (1979),
sister Dorothy
LADCUER and brothers Ernest, Melvin, Cecil, and
Keith CLARK,
Visitation▼ at the Denning Bros. Funeral Home, 32
Metcalfe St. W., Strathroy on Friday April 29 from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. where funeral service will be held on Saturday April 30
at 1 p.m. with Reverend Steve
BOOSE officiating. Interment in Strathroy
Cemetery. A Rebekah Memorial Service will be held in the funeral
home Friday at 6: 30 p.m. Donations to the Memorial Fund Strathmere
Lodge Auxiliary, Strathroy Hospital Foundation or charity of
choice would be appreciated. A tree will be planted as a living
memorial to Violet.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-09-06 published
POWELL,
Shirley
Carolina (née
ADKINS)
At Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich on Saturday,
September 3, 2005. Shirley Carolina
(ADKINS)
POWELL of Goderich
in her 75th year. Beloved wife of Ernest
POWELL. Dear mother
of Rick (Denise,) Dennis (Barb,) Gary (Sandy)
POWELL.
Loving
grandmother of Jeremy (Mandy), Tim (Crystal), Brad (Pam), Doug,
Drew, Adam and Amanda and great-grandmother of Julia and Cameron.
Also survived by siblings Donald (Diane), Stewart (Janice), Grace
(Wilmer), Jack (Kaye) and sister-in-law Joyce. Predeceased by
parents Violet and Henry
ADKINS and brother Howard. Cremation.
A Memorial Service will be held at Berea-By-The-Water Lutheran
Church, Gibbons Street, Goderich, on Wednesday, September 7,
2005 at 1 p.m. Donations to Berea-By-The-Water Lutheran Church
or the Canadian Cancer Society gratefully acknowledged and may
be arranged through McCullum and Palla Funeral Home, 519-524-7345.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-12-30 published
ADKINS,
Beverley▼
Ann▼
Catherine (née
MacLEOD)
Peacefully at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener on December 28th,
2005, Beverley Ann Catherine
ADKINS (née
MacLEOD) of London (formerly
of Sarnia) in her 74th year. Beverley was the loving mother of
Catherine (Omar), David (Lynn), Paul, Margaret (Johan) and Michael
(JoAnne) and proud and much loved grandmother of Adam, Zachary,
Lauren, Steven, Sander, Nicholas and Jacob. She is survived by
her beloved sister Rosemary
TOMIE of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Beverley touched many lives in many places, cultivating long
lasting Friendships and sharing her warmth and humour with all
whom she knew. Her spirit and strength will always be remembered
and treasured by all the Friends and relatives who knew her.
Visitation will be held at the Lloyd R. Needham Funeral Chapel,
(520 Dundas St. London) on Friday, December 30th, 2005, from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted on Saturday,
December 31st, 2005 at 1: 00 p.m. at Our Saviour Lutheran Church
(1449 Brydges Street, London) under the auspices of Pastor Kenneth
VOEGE.
Donations▼ in memory of Beverley to the Canadian Cancer
Society or the charity of your choice would be appreciated. Memorial
tributes for Beverley may be posted at www.mem.com.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2005-05-03 published
CLARK,
Violet▲
Naomi▲
(CLARK)
At Strathmere Lodge, Strathroy, on Wednesday, April 27, 2005,
Violet Naomi
(CLARK) in her 95th year. Beloved wife of the late
Alex CLARK (1984.) Dear mother of Derril and Valorie
MANN of
Kelowna, British Columbia; Fay and Hazen
LEBRITTON; Dorland and
Sharon CLARK and Marlyce
HEUVEL, all of Strathroy. Also survived
by 18 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Sister▲ of Mary
ADKINS of Swartz Creek, Michigan., Gladys
CROW
of Spokane, Washington., Elmer (Rose)
CLARK and Inez
RICHARDSON,
both of Strathroy and Bernice
WHITLOCK of Grand Prairie, Alberta.
Predeceased by her son Raymond (1964), granddaughter Brenda (1979),
sister Dorothy
LADCUER, and brothers Ernest, Melvin, Cecil, and
Keith CLARK.
Visitation▲ was at Denning Bros. Funeral Home, on
Friday, April 29 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where funeral service
was held on Saturday, April 30 at 1 p.m. with Reverend Steve
BOOSE
officiating. Interment in Strathroy Cemetery. A Rebekah Memorial
service was held in the funeral home Friday at 6: 30 p.m. Donations
to the Memorial Fund Strathmere Lodge Auxiliary, Strathroy Hospital
Foundation, or charity of choice would be appreciated by the
family. A tree will be planted as a living memorial to Violet.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-04-12 published
Frank CLAIR,
Football
Coach: 1917-2005
Ottawa Rough Riders' coach and general manager did not always
remember his players' names but he knew what it took to win the
Grey Cup
By Danny GALLAGHER,
Special to the Globe and Mail, Tuesday, April
12, 2005, Page S7
Toronto -- He was known as the absent-minded professor whose
players' names sometimes beat him but Frank
CLAIR was an innovative
Canadian Football League institution. Once, when injury forced
a halfback out of an Ottawa Rough Riders' game, coach
CLAIR shouted
frantically for backup Billy Kline to replace him. It was too
late -- he had been traded two years before.
While general manager with the Riders, Mr.
CLAIR signed a player
by the name of Paul Moses and was telexing the move to the Canadian
Football
League's
Toronto offices. Mr.
CLAIR started typing Paul
Abraham and coach George
BRANCATO, who was beside him, noticed
the error and told his boss: "No, it's Paul Moses."
"Oh," Mr. CLAIR answered, "I knew it was some guy from the Bible."
Whenever Montreal Alouettes' star running back George Dixon came
to Ottawa, Mr.
CLAIR referred to him not by name, but by number.
"Gotta watch that No. 28," Mr.
CLAIR would say. If the player
was Calgary Stampeders' linebacker Wayne Harris, it was, "Have
to watch that No. 55." Even after star Ottawa quarterback Russ
JACKSON had won a host of awards, he was still "No. 12" to Mr.
CLAIR.
"On occasion, he would call me Russ but usually he called me
by my number. That was one of his idiosyncrasies. He didn't remember
names," Mr.
JACKSON recalled.
"Frank was so excited he didn't know what was going on in a game,"
said Dave THELEN, a former Rider and Toronto Argonaut fullback.
Mr. CLAIR was a pioneer in the Canadian Football League, introducing
the short-trap play in 1950 and in the same year introducing
films as a key method of assessing plays and personnel. He also
had a habit of turning around moribund teams and winning a host
of Grey Cup titles.
Wouldn't you know it -- in 1950, with the help of that short-trap
play and his game movies, Mr.
CLAIR's
Argos won the Grey Cup.
Two years later, they did it again. Mr.
CLAIR also coached the
Riders to three Grey Cups -- in 1960, 1968 and 1969, and was
general manager when they won again in 1973 and 1976. He was
Canadian Football League coach of the year in 1966 and 1969.
All told, he compiled a won-lost-tied record of 174-125-7 and
his teams finished out of the playoffs only twice in 19 seasons.
Mr. CLAIR was born in small-town Ohio, graduated from Ohio State
University and gained some playing time with the National Football
League's Washington Redskins. Along the way, in the field house
connecting the football and basketball fields at Purdue University,
Mr. CLAIR met his wife
Pat and they married in December of 1948.
Mr. CLAIR was the head coach at the University of Buffalo in
1949 when he was persuaded to go to Toronto and coach the Argonauts.
"Al Dekdebrun, who was a Toronto quarterback and
an All-American
at Cornell, dropped by our training camp in Buffalo and said
I should come to Toronto and coach," Mr.
CLAIR recalled in 1980.
"I had never seen an Argos' game but I was enthused about the
spirit of the football people in Toronto."
Yet, when he looked at film Clips of the Argo games in 1949,
he was appalled. "They had a terrible team, a bad program and
the physical conditioning was bad," Mr.
CLAIR said. "Recruiting
was virtually non-existent. I put more emphasis on films and
got the owners to do films of every game."
The result was the short-trap play. "I think that's what won
the Grey Cup for us in 1950," he once said. "Billy Bass was the
fullback and time and time again, the holes would open. It was
something the other teams hadn't seen."
It was a simple play and one he always enjoyed describing. "It
looked like a sweep, with both guards pulling. There was a lot
of quick hitting. One guard would pull to trap the tackle and
our tackle would block their linebacker, clearing a hole in the
line."
Mr. CLAIR left Toronto after the 1954 season and worked for a
spell at the University of Cincinnati only to be lured back to
the Canadian Football League to take over the head-coaching duties
in Ottawa in 1956. "Ottawa had a terrible team in 1955 -- terribly
disorganized," he once said. "I told the Ottawa directors that
it would take five years to build a championship team. And it
was five years, right on the nose, in 1960 when we won the Grey
Cup."
Over the years, Mr.
CLAIR witnessed scores of talented Canadian
Football League players such as Dave
THELEN, Ron
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART, Vic
WASHINGTON, Bo
SCOTT, Margene
ADKINS, Whit
TUCKER, Moe
RACINE,
Mike NELMS and Tony
GABRIEL, but Russ
JACKSON stood out as the
"best ever."
"When he [
JACKSON] moved up behind the centre, he took command,"
Mr. CLAIR said. "He had a good voice... he made you think he
was an army sergeant. We felt like we were going somewhere with
him."
Mr. JACKSON and many others contend that one of the best offences
ever assembled in Canadian Football League history was the late-1960s
combo in Ottawa consisting of himself, Whit
TUCKER,
Mr.
ADKINS,
Mr. WASHINGTON and Mr.
SCOTT.
"I spent some 12 seasons in Ottawa, all with Frank," Mr.
JACKSON
said. "The biggest memory I have of my time there was that he
gave me a chance to play as a Canadian. He was very innovative
in his offensive preparation when we practised Monday through
Friday for a game on the weekend. We used the short-trap play
in games some, but we also had the option play... in those days,
I liked to run a lot."
Mr. CLAIR, a genius at snagging import talent, pulled off one
of the greatest coups in the Canadian game by persuading two
top-flight U.S. quarterbacks -- Condredge
HOLLOWAY and Tom
CLEMENTS
to sign with the Riders on April 23, 1975. It was coincidence
that they signed on the same day. Mr.
CLAIR signed Mr.
CLEMENTS
in Pittsburgh and Mr.
BRANCATO signed Mr.
HOLLOWAY in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
Frank CLAIR's run with the Riders lasted 25 years, a tenure that
had its tenuous moments of rough waters, especially in the last
two years when ownership wanted him out as general manager.
In 1978, in one of the stormiest controversies in Canadian Football
League history, Mr.
CLAIR was replaced as general manager by
Jake DUNLAP. To compensate, he was offered a job as vice-president
and director of player personnel with a $10,000 pay increase.
Even so, Mr.
CLAIR saw it as a demotion and quit. All he could
understand was that he was losing his general manager's job and
he wasn't being told why. Football fans were on Mr.
CLAIR's side
throughout the drama and club owner Alan
WATERS and executive
vice-president Terry
KIELTY were seen as villains. The Rough
Riders initiated new talks and Mr.
CLAIR wound up with about
$50,000 a season and the job the club had offered in the first
place.
However, it was not the end of the affair. Several weeks before
Christmas in 1980, the Riders said they wouldn't be renewing
his contract. "I was disappointed, but I signed," Mr.
CLAIR said
at the time. "All I wanted to do was help the club."
All the same, he did not rule out the possibility that he would
move to another Canadian Football League club. Indeed, he returned
to the Argos in 1981 as a scout, tapping Canadian and U.S. college
talent for seven years before heart surgery meant he finally
had to pack in his football career.
Ottawa remained dear to the
CLAIRs and for a time they kept their
home in the Billings Bridge area and spent winters in Florida.
In 1993, they moved permanently to Sarasota, Florida
That same year, Ottawa named the arena at Lansdowne Park arena
the Frank Clair Stadium. Sadly, it hasn't done a thing for the
city's football prospects. Ottawa hasn't come close to a Grey
Cup since 1976 when Mr.
CLAIR led his squad to a 23-20 victory
over Saskatchewan.
Frank CLAIR was born May 12, 1917 in Hamilton, Ohio. He died
March 27, 2005, in Sarasota, Florida, of congestive heart failure.
He is survived by his wife and by a daughter.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-02 published
WILLIAMS,
George▼
On October 30, 2005. George, loving husband of Bonita (Bonnie).
Beloved father of George and his wife Margaret, Susan and her
husband Randy
ADKINS, and the late Gordon. Cherished Grampa of
Norman, Andrew, Craig and Robyn. Great-grandfather of Keegan.
Friends will be received at the Accettone Funeral Home, 384 Finley
Ave., Ajax (905-428-9090) on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and on Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 from 12
noon until the time of service in the chapel at 1 p.m. Donations
to the Diabetes Association or the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-11-03 published
WILLIAMS,
George▲
On October 30, 2005. George, loving husband of Bonita (Bonnie).
Beloved father of George and his wife Margaret, Susan and her
husband Randy
ADKINS, and the late Gordon. Cherished Grampa of
Brian, Andrew, Craig and Robyn. Great-grandfather of Keegan.
Brother of Norman, Alan and the late Bill. Friends will be received
at the Accettone Funeral Home, 384 Finley Ave., Ajax (905-428-9090)
on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and on
Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 from 12 noon until the time of service
in the chapel at 1 p.m. Donations to the Diabetes Association
or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.
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ADKINS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-12-30 published
ADKINS,
Beverley▲
Ann▲ (née
MacLEOD)
Peacefully at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener on December 28th,
2005, Beverley Ann Catherine
ADKINS (née
MacLEOD) of London (formerly
of Sarnia) in her 74th year. Beverley was the loving mother of
Catherine (Omar), David (Lynn), Paul, Margaret (Johan) and Michael
(JoAnne) and proud and much loved grandmother of Adam, Zachary,
Lauren, Steven, Sander, Nicholas and Jacob. She is survived by
her beloved sister Rosemary
TOMIE of Sault Ste. Marie. Loving
daughter of the late Dr. William and Catherine
MacLEOD of Sault
Ste. Marie, Ontario. Beverley touched many lives in many places,
cultivating long lasting Friendships and sharing her warmth and
humour with all whom she knew. Her spirit and strength will always
be remembered and treasured by all the Friends and relatives
who knew her. Visitation will be held at the Lloyd R. Needham
Funeral Chapel (520 Dundas Street, London) on Friday December 30th,
2005, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted
on Saturday December 31st 2005 at Our Saviour Lutheran Church
(1449 Brydges St. London) under the auspices of Pastor Kenneth
VOEGE.
Donations▲ in memory of Beverley to the Canadian Cancer
Society or the charity of your choice would be appreciated. Memorial
tributes for Beverley may be posted at www.mem.com
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