OFFEN
OFFENBACHER
OFFENHEIM
OFFIERSKI
OFFLESS
OFFLEY
OFFNER
OFFORD
OFFEN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-30 published
OFFEN,
Robert "
Bob"
Suddenly at Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary on Wednesday, April
27, 2005. Robert "Bob"
OFFEN of Thamesford in his 59th year.
Beloved husband and best friend of Virginia
(MORSE) and dear
father of Rob and Ge of Montreal, Russell and Catherine of Ottawa
and Rory of Thamesford. Dear Son of Mildred
OFFEN of Windsor
and her late husband Frank (1975) and dear son-in-law of Andrea
MORSE and her late husband Stanley (1997.) Dear brother of Bruce
(Jeannine) of Angus, Doug (Terry) of Port McNicol, Wayne and
Jean both of Windsor and Kathie (Russ) of Terra Cotta. Dear brother-in-law
of Jon (Penny) of Amherstburg, Judy (Mark) of Stoney Point, Pat
of Thamesford, Tom (Lisa) of Calgary, Jerome (Catherine) and
Joe (Lorraine) all of Toronto. Bob was a beloved uncle to many
nephews and nieces. Friends may call at the Harland B. Betzner
Funeral Home, 177 Dundas Street, Thamesford (time of visitation
and service pending). As an expression of sympathy memorial donations
may be given to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
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OFFENBACHER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-07-13 published
OFFENBACHER,
Theresia
At London Health Sciences Centre Victoria Campus on Tuesday July
12, 2005 Theresia beloved wife of Nicholas in her 71st year.
Dear mother of David and his wife
Susan
(Roes)
OFFENBACHER of
Windsor. Loving grandmother of Christopher, Matthew and Danielle.
Dear daughter of Theresia
BAMBACH, and sister of Ann
VAN
DER
AA of London. There will be no funeral home visitation. Memorial
Mass at Mary Immaculate Church, 1980 Trafalgar Street, on Friday
morning at 10 o'clock. Entombment in Holy Family Mausoleum -
St. Peter's Cemetery. Donations to London Health Sciences Centre
Victoria Campus Palliative Care would be appreciated. (John T.
Donohue Funeral Home).
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OFFENHEIM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-15 published
SILVA,
Joao
Soares
(November 19, 1924-August 14, 2005)
Of Brock Avenue. Visitation 2-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Ryan and Odette
Funeral Home, 1498 Dundas St. W., at Dufferin, Toronto. Mass
9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Sebastian's Church to Prospect Mausoleum.
Mr. SILVA, who died at St. Joseph's Hospital, is survived by
wife Maria; daughters Maria
SILVEIRA,
Leoneza
SOARES (Francisco
LEONARD), Maria
SINOPOLI (Mike), Maria
QUINTIERI (Mike
OFFENHEIM)
4 grandchildren. Parking is no problem - simply enter from Dufferin,
just north of Dundas.
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OFFIERSKI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-07-25 published
COMSTOCK,
William
Maxwell "
Max"
Peacefully at his cottage on Saturday, July 23, 2005, in his
91st year. Max
COMSTOCK was the former owner of Comstock Funeral
Home, Past Chair of the Board of Funeral Services of Ontario
and involved with many clubs like Peterborough Rotary (recipient
of Paul Harris Award), Masonic Lodge, Peterborough Sales and
Ad and had a passion for Camp Kawartha. Beloved husband of Gertrude
HAMILTON for 64 years. Loving father of Beverley
OFFIERSKI and
her husband Christopher of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Christine
FORTIN
and her husband Mike of Lindsay and the late Lynn (1989). Proud
grandpa of his 5 grandchildren's accomplishments; Andrew, David
and Jennifer
OFFIERSKI,
Nicole and Marc
FORTIN. Brother of the
late Mary MERVIN and Arleigh
RISHOR.
son of the late William
COMSTOCK and Eva
COWIE. He will be fondly remembered by sister-in-law
Marjorie McMILLAN
(McNEILL,) brother-in-law George (Bubs)
RISHOR,
nieces, nephews and their families. Friends will be received
at the Comstock Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 356 Rubidge
Street, Peterborough, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 26.
The service will be held at Saint John's Anglican Church, 99 Brock
Street, on Wednesday July 27 at 2: 00 p.m. The Venerable Gordon
FINNEY and the Reverend Canon Ronald
DAVIDSON will be officiating.
Interment
Little
Lake Cemetery. In memory of Mr.
COMSTOCK donations
to Camp Kawartha, 5 Counties Children's Centre Foundation, or
Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation would be appreciated
by the family.
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BLAIN,
Rosilla "
Hoof" (formerly
CADDY)
Passed away at Simcoe Manor, Beeton, Ontario on Monday, February
28, 2005, in her 102nd year. Now present with her Lord. Wife
of the late Roy
BLAIN,
Lloyd
STEWARDSON, and William
CADDY. Dear
mother of Donald
CADDY and his wife
Beatrice of Alliston. Loved
grandmother of Donna and her husband Carl
GRAHAM,
Keith
CADDY
and his wife Debbie. Loving great-grandmother of Melonie, Michelle
and Michael Graham, Ryan, Krysten and Nicole
CADDY.
Predeceased
by her sister Jessie
OFFLESS and her brother Fred
EVANS.
Resting
at the W. John Thomas Funeral Home, 244 Victoria Street E., Alliston,
Ontario from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2005. Funeral
Service will be held in the Chapel on Friday, March 4, 2005 at
11: 00 a.m. Interment Farringdon Burial Grounds, Brantford, Ontario
upon arrival of motors at 3: 00 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2005. If
so desired, memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society
would be appreciated.
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OFFLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-11-11 published
Week Of Remembrance: George
OFFLEY, Fleet Air Arm Pilot (1922-2005)
Flier was part of a group that attacked the Bismarck in antiquated
biplanes
By Buzz BOURDON,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Friday, November
11, 2005, Page S7
Ottawa -- George
OFFLEY climbed into his Fairey Swordfish torpedo
bomber, strapped himself in and started his engine. Nearby, on
the heaving deck of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Victorious, eight
other Swordfish crews from 825 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm
were preparing to launch their aircraft in pitch darkness.
Their mission? To find and sink the Bismarck, the pride of the
German navy and one of the largest capital ships afloat. Earlier
that day, on May 24, 1941, the Bismarck had sunk the battle cruiser
H.M.S. Hood, itself the pride of the Royal Navy. Watching grimly
from the Victorious, Mr.
OFFLEY, who had turned 19 five days
earlier, saw the Hood blow up. "We could see the huge fireball
in the sky, a thousand feet high," he said six decades later.
The loss of the Hood shocked the British Empire to its core.
The Bismarck, the biggest ship in the German Kriegsmarine, displaced
42,000 tons and boasted eight 15-inch guns. On May 21, she and
the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen tilted the balance of power in
the North Atlantic when they set out from Bergen, Norway, to
raid British convoys. At this time, 11 British convoys, including
a troop convoy, were at sea.
After the Hood blew up, H.M.S. Prince of Wales scored two hits
but was forced to break off the action after receiving seven
hits from both enemy ships.
The Bismarck, her speed reduced by the battle damage, turned
south and made for German-occupied France. Admiral Sir John Tovey,
the commander of the Home Fleet, ordered the Victorious's Swordfish
aircraft to attack her. The open cockpit biplane, acquired by
the Fleet Air Arm in 1936, had a top speed of 132 miles and hour.
Many thought it was obsolete for modern warfare.
At 10 p.m. on May 24, Mr.
OFFLEY pushed his throttle forward
and flew his Swordfish off the deck of the Victorious in what
became the first carrier-borne air strike against a battleship
in naval history. Ninety minutes later, at 11: 30 p.m., Mr.
OFFLEY
and the other eight crews, including their leader, Lieutenant-Commander
Eugene Esmond, found their target and dived to the attack.
"In appalling weather we sighted the Bismarck and moved in to
attack at about 200 feet above sea level, holding [our] torpedoes
till we were approximately 500 feet from the Bismarck. A little
further, with the open cockpit, we could have spit on [her],"
said Mr. OFFLEY.
Ignoring heavy fire from the Bismarck's secondary armament, Mr.
OFFLEY and his fellow pilots dropped their torpedoes. Only one
pilot managed to hit the target after going around twice to get
a better shot. His torpedo hit the Bismarck's armoured belt,
causing little damage.
Two days later, Swordfish from the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Ark
Royal caught up with the Bismarck, by now in the Bay of Biscay.
A torpedo exploded in its steering compartment, jamming its rudder
and sealing its fate. The next day, the Royal Navy sent the Bismarck
to the bottom.
George OFFLEY had joined Rolls-Royce in 1936 at the age of 14
as an apprentice mechanical engineer. On February 20, 1940, he
volunteered for the Fleet Air Arm and pilot training. A few months
later, he flew air cover during the evacuation of 338,000 British
and French troops from Dunkirk, France.
He never forgot "flying over all kinds of boats, fishing boats,
sailboats, tug boats, navy ships, all filled with the living,
the dying and the dead. I was 18 years old, trying not to look
at the complete disarray, panic and confusion below me. From
the ack-ack bursts, the aircraft and I received a number of shrapnel
hits, one of which I still carry with me in the centre of my
forehead."
After attacking the Bismarck, Mr.
OFFLEY was sent to H.M.S. Howe,
a 42,000-ton battleship assigned to escort convoys through the
Barents
Sea to the Russian port of Murmansk. Mr.
OFFLEY's job
was to fly a Walrus aircraft, which acted as the ship's eye in
the sky, searching for enemy submarines.
It wasn't an easy job because taking off by catapult was a challenge.
"The aircraft must reach flying speed while travelling across
the deck from port to starboard, or vice versa. This is the trickiest
moment, the aircraft is about to leave the trolley. Do we have
flying speed or not? If we do not, then like a stone, we drop."
After completing his mission, Mr.
OFFLEY had to land his ungainly
Walrus in the sea. The gunner climbed out on the upper wing,
opened the hatch, got out the ring and held it out at arm's length
to await a hook from the ship. With luck, the crane operator
then lifted the aircraft back on the ship. "There [was] no room
for mistakes or second attempts," Mr.
OFFLEY said.
Mr. OFFLEY met his future wife, Mary
HUDSON, a member of the
Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, at a dance in Shearwater,
Nova Scotia, near the end of the war. It didn't take long for
him to sweep her off her feet, his daughter Diane recalled. "He
came out of the blue and [informed her], 'The next dance is mine.'
She thought that he was very bold, so she went with someone else.
Then he cut in and that's all it took." They were married on
October 9, 1946. Mrs.
OFFLEY died on January 16 this year.
After emigrating to Canada with his wife in 1947, Mr.
OFFLEY
spent two years with the federal government's atomic energy facility
at Chalk River, Ontario Moving to Canadair, he was in charge
of the mobile training unit responsible for training pilots and
ground crew at various Royal Canadian Air Force stations.
Forty years after the war, the Soviet Union decorated Mr.
OFFLEY
with the Murmansk Medal and the Arctic Circle Medal for his service
on the Murmansk run. An active and vocal supporter of veterans'
rights for 60 years, Mr.
OFFLEY served on the federal government's
Veterans' Advisory Committee. He was awarded the Queen's Golden
Jubilee Medal in 2002 for his work on behalf of veterans.
George
William
Clive
OFFLEY was born on May 19, 1922, in Basford,
Nottinghamshire, England. He died on September 1 in Ottawa, as
the result of a car accident. He was 83. He leaves his daughters
Diane, Margaret, Judith-Ann and Cathrine. He was predeceased
by his wife, Mary.
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OFFNER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-04-21 published
DEVRIESE,
Marshall "
Dick"
Marshall "Dick"
DEVRIESE, a resident of Wallaceburg, passed away
at the Sydenham Campus on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at the age
of 93. Beloved husband of the late Winnie
(WESTON) 1995. Loving
father of Garry and Joan
DEVRIESE of Novi, Michigan, Arlene and
Vern BISHOP of Chatham, Kathi and Larry
JANSSENS of Wallaceburg,
and Richard and Veronica
DEVRIESE of Brampton. Grandfather of
14 and greatgrandfather of 16. Brother of Rachel
OFFNER of Michigan
and the late Albert, Maurice, Syril and Suzanne
DEVRIESE,
Leontine
DEWOLFE and Mary
SMITH.
son of the late Deserderius and Marie
(PLANCKE)
DEVRIESE.
The family will receive relatives and Friends
at the Haycock-Cavanagh Funeral Home, 409 Nelson Street (at Elgin),
in Wallaceburg from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday. Parish Prayers
will be at 7 o'clock. The funeral mass will be celebrated by
Father John
JASICA at 10: 30 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2005
at Our Lady Help of Christians Church. A time of fellowship and
refreshment at the Cavanagh Funeral Reception Centre will follow
the interment at Riverview Cemetery. If desired, remembrances
to the Sydenham Hospital Ladies Auxiliary or the Canadian Cancer
Society may be left at the funeral home, 519-627-3231.
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OFFORD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-11-21 published
MacDONALD,
Marjorie
Eva
(OFFORD)
Peacefully at St. Vincent De Paul Hospital, Brockville, on Saturday
November 19, 2005. Marjorie
OFFORD, beloved wife of the late
Paul MacDONALD.
Fondly remembered by sister-in-laws Marcie
BEAUBIEN
and Mary DUNPHY.
Also survived by several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive Friends on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Saint John The Evangelist
Church on Tuesday, November 22, at 11: 00 a.m. Rite of Commital,
Saint John's Cemetery. Donations in Marjories memory may be made
to the Gananoque Humane Society or to the Saint John's Restoration
Fund.
Online condolences at www. tompkinsfuneralhome.ca
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OFFORD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-12-07 published
OFFORD,
Peter▼
I.▼
Surrounded by his loving family on Sunday December 4, 2005 at
the Toronto General Hospital in his 78th year. Survived by his
loving wife Mary. Dearest father of Andrea, Nicholas (Jutta),
and Elizabeth (James). Proud grandfather of six grandchildren.
Remembered by his brother Raymond. Cremation has taken place.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Nursing
Educations fund at Mount Sinai Hospital (416-586-4800 x 8290)
or Toronto General Hospital (416-340-3935). Arrangements entrusted
to Tranquility Burial and Cremation Services (905) 855-7565. www.tranquilitycremation.com
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OFFORD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-15 published
OFFORD,
Jacqueline
B. (née
MURPHY)
Passed away suddenly, January 1, 2005, while with husband and
Friends in Marysville, Wolfe Island. She was born June 27, 1938
in Fort William, Ontario. She was a loving wife to Eric
MATCHETT
for 40 years, loving mother to Brien, Seamas, Denise, Eleanore,
Catherine and grandmother to four grandchildren. She was a friend
to many and is dearly missed. She was cremated at Glenhaven Memorial
Gardens January 4, 2005. Memorial donations may be given to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation if desired.
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OFFORD,
Peter▲
I.▲
Surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at
the Toronto General Hospital, in his 78th year. Survived by his
loving wife Mary. Dearest father of Andrea, Nicholas (Jutta),
and Elizabeth (James). Proud grandfather of six grandchildren.
Remembered by his brother Raymond. Cremation has taken place.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Nursing
Educations Fund at Mt. Sinai Hospital (416-586-4800 Ext. 8290)
or The Toronto General Hospital (416-340-3935).
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