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PARISH,
Margaret
(CLARKE)
Of Iona Station on Friday November 24, 2006 at the London Health
Sciences Centre Westminster Campus in her 65th year. Dearly loved
wife of the late Franklin
PARISH
(June 2006.) Dearly loved mother
of Kenneth and his wife
Diane
PARISH of Iona Station, Deborah
HENNING and her partner Steve
SMITH of Dutton, Darlene
CHAMBERS
of Saint Mary's, Tammy
PARISH and her partner Darcy
MATTHEWS of
Wallacetown and Jason and his wife
Patty
PARISH of West Lorne.
Lovingly remembered by her mother Eleanor and her husband Carl
VERBEEK of Saint Thomas and was predeceased by her father Talbot
CLARKE and by son-in-law Steve
HENNING (1999.) She was lovingly
remembered by 12 grandchildren, by a number of brothers and a
sister and by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and Friends.
Margaret was born February 19, 1942 in Saint Thomas and was an
Associate member of Fingal United Church and was a seasonal worker
at local tobacco and fruit farms. Resting at Williams Funeral
Home, 45 Elgin St. Saint Thomas where funeral service will be held
Tuesday at 3: 00 p.m. Interment to follow in Elmdale Cemetery.
Visitation Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Donations may be made to the
Cancer Society or charity of choice.
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DE PAPP,
Marilyn▼
Esther▼
(FRANK)
Peacefully at Victoria Hospital, Palliative Care, on Monday,
December▼ 11, 2006 Marilyn Esther DE
PAPP of Lambeth in her 70th
year. Beloved wife for 49 years to George DE
PAPP.
Loving▼ mother
to the late Greg DE
PAPP (2006) and his wife
Annie▼
MacDONALD,
Erwin and his wife Lori and Jayson. Proud "gran" to Harley and
friend Jessica, Casey and his wife Komiko, Austin, Nicole and
Suzanne and 2 great-grandchildren Xavier and Kaylin. Dear sister
to Mabel HAYCOCK,
Gail▼ and Joe
VERBEEK, Tom and Mary
FRANK, Walter
FRANK,
Georgie▼ and Dave
OLIVER of Alberta, Peg and Ken
GOODHUE
and Bob FRANK and Laurie
GOODHUE.
Loved▼ by her sister-in-law
Lynne FRANK. Dear godmother to Brenda and her husband Ken
CHRISTIAN.
Loved by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her sisters
Betty JELLY and Edith
BENNETT and brothers Norris (Sonny) and
Ted FRANK and brothers-in-law Jim
JELLY,
Bill
HAYCOCK, George
BENNETT and Ralph
GOODHUE.
Friends▼ may call at the McFarlane and
Roberts Funeral Home (2240 Wharncliffe Rd. S. Lambeth 652-2020)
on Thursday, December 14, 2006 from noon to 2 p.m. where the
complete Funeral Service will follow at 2 p.m. Cremation. Donations
to the charity of choice gratefully acknowledged. Friends are
invited to a reception at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #501,
Kilborne Road following the service.
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DE PAPP,
Marilyn▲
Esther▲
(FRANK)
Peacefully at Victoria Hospital, Palliative Care, on Monday,
December▲ 11, 2006 Marilyn Esther DE
PAPP of Lambeth in her 70th
year. Beloved wife for 49 years to George DE
PAPP.
Loving▲ mother
to the late Greg DE
PAPP (2006) and his wife
Annie▲
MacDONALD,
Erwin and his wife Lori and Jayson. Proud "gran" to Harley and
friend Jessica, Casey and his wife Komiko, Austin, Nicole and
Suzanne and 2 great-grandchildren Xavier and Kaylin. Dear sister
to Mabel HAYCOCK,
Gail▲ and Joe
VERBEEK, Tom and Mary
FRANK, Walter
FRANK,
Georgie▲ and Dave
OLIVER of Alberta, Peg and Ken
GOODHUE
and Bob FRANK and Laurie
GOODHUE.
Loved▲ by her sister-in-law
Lynne FRANK. Dear godmother to Brenda and her husband Ken
CHRISTIAN.
Loved by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her sisters
Betty JELLY and Edith
BENNETT and brothers Norris (Sonny) and
Ted FRANK and brothers-in-law Jim Jelly, Bill
HAYCOCK,
George▲
BENNETT and Ralph
GOODHUE.
Friends▲ may call at the McFarlane and
Roberts Funeral Home (2240 Wharncliffe Rd. S. Lambeth 652-2020)
on Thursday, December 14, 2006 from noon to 2 p.m. where the
complete Funeral Service will follow at 2 p.m. Cremation. Donations
to the charity of choice gratefully acknowledged. Friends are
invited to a reception at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #501,
Kilborne Road following the service.
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VERBEETEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-09 published
Virginia COOPER,
Psychotherapist (1944-2006)
Gifted analyst who soothed the consciences of a cadre of Bay
Street bankers, lawyers and executives was driven by resentment
and haunted by guilt
By Alex DOBROTA,
Page S9
Toronto -- The Toronto psychotherapist Virginia
COOPER melded
the adventurer and the poet within to tame the emotional torments
of Bay Street. Working in an office filled with the scent of
pink roses, she attracted Canada's top corporate brass. Investment
bankers, lawyers and executive officials all fell under the spell
of her soft-spoken ways.
But her success had come only at the end of a long and often
unhappy quest.
Dr. COOPER's taste for adventure took her from an unhappy life
as the manager of a family-owned fashion store in her native
England, to the Mediterranean, as well as Africa and the Middle
East. She wrote poetry and published a series of musings on the
workings of the human mind. In later years, she designed theatre
costumes for the Toronto Arts and Letters Club and sat on the
board of directors of Tarragon Theatre.
Those who knew her appreciated her elegance in dress -- she preferred
muted shades of brown and black -- and her knack for putting
strangers at ease. She could relate to a teenager as easily as
she could disarm the apprehensions of a jittery client. "She
was always interested in people's behaviour," said John
McKELLAR,
a lawyer who became one of Doctor
COOPER's closest Friends.
As a psychotherapist, she followed the Freudian method, spending
long periods of time with her patients and weaving her practice
around the themes of guilt and envy -- two forces that also shaped
part of her own life.
Virginia COOPER grew up on the northern fringes of London in
a small English town that happened to be home to MGM British
Studios complex and to the Associated British Studios. It was
there that 2001: A Space Odyssey, Indiana Jones and Star Wars
were filmed.
The only child of a family of merchants, her parents owned two
successful high-end clothing stores that also sold stage costumes.
But during the 1960s, Virginia's father fell ill and lost his
sight, forcing her to drop out of high school to help her mother
at the store. While it was a twist of fate Doctor
COOPER would resent
for many years. She started out as a helper in one of the stores
and, perhaps driven by bitterness, quickly took over the business
from her mother.
"She always felt she was unsuited for business," said Doctor Yvonne
VERBEETEN, a close friend.
She married a British man, but they were divorced within a year.
During the 1970s, she began a relationship with a Syrian man.
On a flight to Syria to see him, she sat next to her future husband,
Kenneth OSWELL, then a Middle East regional partner at the accounting
firm Touche Ross. The two chatted throughout the duration of
the flight. "We were the last persons to leave the plane," Mr.
OSWELL
recalled.
They lost touch for several years only to meet again in London
in 1976. They married the next year. By that time, Doctor
COOPER
had made up her mind to trade her small-town existence for a
more exciting lifestyle at the side of a successful accountant
who she would follow throughout the Middle East and much of Africa.
She sold the family business, her parents' only source of income,
for £5,000, Mr.
OSWELL said. At the time, the business had downsized
to only one store that brought in profits of around £4,000.
Throughout the 1970s, Doctor
COOPER discovered the joys of the Mediterranean
from a base in Beirut where her husband was working. She often
travelled to Athens to admire the classical monuments there and
together the couple toured Africa extensively.
Dr. COOPER recorded her travel impressions in a series of poems
that were published in Toronto in 1983 in a collection titled
The River Within. One of her poems condemned apartheid in South
Africa; another explored the Middle Eastern conflict through
the theme of the 1976 assassination of the U.S. ambassador to
Lebanon.
Amid growing unrest in the Middle East, Doctor
COOPER and her husband
departed for Canada in 1980, her conscience all the while troubled
by having abandoned an elderly parent. "She felt guilty that
she left her mother behind, and that she came here," Doctor
VERBEETEN
said.
It is not surprising that Doctor
COOPER returned often to England,
visits that multiplied during the late 1990s after her mother
became seriously ill. Her death came after a protracted battle
with stomach cancer, Doctor
VERBEETEN added.
Mr. OSWELL had a different version of events. "She and her mother
didn't get along that well," he said. "They had a long difference
of opinions on many subjects."
By all accounts, Doctor
COOPER never got over having to quit school
and always wanted to pursue her education. In 1984, she followed
her dream and enrolled at the University of Toronto.
In 1985, she was among the first group of women to be admitted
to the Toronto Arts and Letters Club. The institution had been
founded in 1908 as a men-only bastion and integration was daunting,
recalled writer Margaret
McBURNEY, who was part of the same group.
"The majority had voted to have women in, but not everybody wanted
us there so we treaded carefully," she said. For example, one
particular man always sat a table nearest to the exit. "If a
woman sat at his table, he could beat a hasty retreat."
Dr. COOPER weathered those tensions with characteristic grace.
As a lover of books who enjoyed the works of Thomas Hardy and
Emily Dickinson, she was an accomplished belletrist who could
discuss the nuances of literature but who could also expound
on the history of the First World War. "She just fit in quietly
and nicely," Ms.
McBURNEY said.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Doctor
COOPER continued her
pursuit of higher education and completed a masters degree and
a doctorate in educational psychology. "She worked extremely
hard," said Pat
FAIRHEAD, a painter and friend. "She was intense&hellip
She wanted it."
In the meantime, her marriage was disintegrating. She and Mr.
OSWELL
were divorced in 1990, around the same time she started her psychotherapy
practice, and she channelled her energy into her work.
Her office mate described Doctor
COOPER as a dedicated practitioner
who went out of her way to accommodate the schedule of her clients.
She never sought out the bankers and corporate officials that
came to rely on her advice and care, Doctor Klaus
WIEDERMANN said.
They found her.
"Somebody who works with Bay Street bankers… has to be somebody
who's not threatened," he said. "I think she was able to say,
okay, these are [just] people.
"There were a lot of lawyers and bankers, but I think that had
more to do with a circle of referrals. It means that she was
able to work with people like that in ways that made them feel
comfortable. She had the ability to make people feel very relaxed
and welcome early on."
Dr. COOPER's work with a patient could span years as she attempted
to uncover the intricacies of the mother-child relationship and
how that affected the person's existence. This involved drawing
from her own experience and personality to give direction to
her work, Doctor
WIEDERMANN said. She continued to treat clients
until the very end of her life, carrying out interviews by telephone
when illness confined her to her apartment.
"She was in some way trying to give meaning to her life," Doctor
WIEDERMANN
said. "It gave her a sense that she was doing something that
was meaningful and beneficial to others. It gave her a sense
that she was participating in the world."
In her will, Doctor
COOPER gave $500,000 to Woodsworth College --
money she wished to be turned into bursaries for adult women
who want to pursue higher education. She also donated $500,000 to
the Ontario Arts Foundation for costume designers in mid-career
wishing to enrich their craft in terms of research and travel.
Virginia COOPER was born in Borehamwood, England, on January 27,
1944. She died of stomach cancer in Toronto on August 27, 2006.
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TEDFORD,
Floyd
Vimy
Peacefully at the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound on
Wednesday,
January 11th, 2006. In his 81st year, Floyd Vimy
TEDFORD,
the beloved husband of the late Ruth A.E.
TEDFORD (née
HYSLOP.)
The loving father of Linda
VERBEKE, of Newmarket, Joanne
WALLER,
and Richard and his wife Sheila, all of Owen Sound. Loving Gramps
of Terri-Anne and Bing Jr., Angela and Murray, Sean and Sara,
Shari and Kevin, Lorree and Justin, Trisha and Joe. Great Grampa
of Jazlyn, Teagan, Kurtis, Haileigh, Jevon, Autumn and Drayton.
Dear brother of Helen (Mrs. Frank
CHRISTIE) and Anne
McLEAN.
Fondly remembered by his nieces and nephews. Predeceased by two
sons-in-law Ron
VERBEKE and Brian
WALLER, by three brothers Harry,
Murray and Jimmy, and by one sister Norma (Mrs. Ed
MALUSKE.)
Friends may call at the Breckenridge-Ashcroft Funeral Home on
Friday from 2: 00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. A funeral
service will be held at the funeral home on Saturday morning
at 11: 00 a.m. Dr. Brad
CLARK officiating. Interment in Greenwood
Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations to
either the Canadian Cancer Society or to the charity of your
choice would be appreciated by the family.
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GOODING,
Mabel
Josephine (née
WHITTAKER)
With quiet strength and dignity surrounded by her family at Four
Counties Hospital, Newbury, on Monday, September 11th, 2006,
Mabel Josephine
GOODING (née
WHITTAKER) in her 68th year. Dear
wife of 50 years to Robert S.
GOODING
(Bob.)
Loving mother of
Anne Marie
DOUGLAS/DOUGLASS, Kimberley May
BACH and Jim
GOODING. Special
grandmother of Kyle
DOUGLAS/DOUGLASS,
Mindy
DOUGLAS, Derek
GOODING, and
Amber-Jo BACH.
Kind mother-in-law to John
VERBERNE, Joe
BACH
and Lisa GOODING.
Best friend to Anne
McNEIL. Predeceased by
son Andy, brother Melvin, mother Myrtle and father Leslie. Visitation
will be held on Wednesday from 2: 00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. at
the Westview Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, where
the funeral service will be conducted on Thursday, September 14th,
2006 at 9: 30 a.m. Interment, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Those
wishing to make a donation in memory of Mabel are asked to consider
the Four Counties Hospital, Newbury or the London Health Sciences
Foundation -- Cancer Centre.
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VERBEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-07-17 published
CLARK,
Mary
Edythe "
Edie" (née
WOOD)
The family of Edie
CLARK of Midland, Ontario is very saddened
to announce her passing on Saturday, July 15, 2006 after a short
but courageous battle with cancer, in her 73rd year. Beloved
wife for 52 years of Jim, dear mother of Jim of Richmond Hill
and David (Anne) of Midland. Loving grandma to Stuart, Ian, Heather,
Erin,
Emily.
Sister-in-law of Catherine
RICHARDSON and Margaret
VERBEY.
She will be sadly missed in the hearts of her nieces,
nephews and cousins and forever fondly remembered by Kim and
Sandy. As a teacher at Midland Secondary School for many years,
Edie had a major impact on the lives of countless young people
in her community. A natural leader, she was a Past President
and Honourary Life Member of the Midland Curling Club, Past Chair
of the Midland and District Cancer Society, Past President of
the Midland Horticultural Society, Member of the Midland Historical
Board and a Founding Member of the Cognashene Garden Club. The
pinnacle of her many years of community leadership and volunteer
service was celebrated in 2005 when she played a major role in
the town of Midland winning Canada's National Communities in
Bloom Award. This award made her and her family very proud. She
had many passions, including cottaging on Cognashene Lake, music,
singing in the choir, knitting, flower arranging, cooking, antique
collecting and gardening, with a special interest in roses and
lilies. Her family appreciates the care provided by Doctor
GOLISKY
and Doctor
KETTLE and the generous community of Friends who gave
so much of themselves over the past month. Friends may call at
the Nicholls Funeral Home, 330 Midland Ave., Midland on Monday,
July 17th from 7-9 and
on Tuesday, July 18th from 2-4 and from
7-9. Service at Saint Paul's United Church, 308 King Street, Midland
on Wednesday, July 19th at 11 a.m. With all of the flowers left
to bloom in Edie's memory, kindly make any memorial donations
to the Saint Paul's United Church Choir Fund or the Canadian Cancer
Society, Midland/ Penetang Branch.
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VERBOOM,
Klaas
Willem
Passed away peacefully at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital
on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 in his 59th year. Klaas W.
VERBOOM
of Parkhill, beloved husband and best friend of Paulette
(CAHILL.)
Survived by sons Bill
HINDLE
(Brenda,)
Douwe
VERBOOM (Michelle,)
step-son Chris
CAHILL
(Tanya.)
son of Margaret and the late Tony
Sr. (1997.) Brother of Tony (Judy,) Betty (John)
HUYGEN.
Predeceased
by twin brother John (1986.) Grandfather to Nick and Cooper
CAHILL.
Uncle to Robert, Richard, Douglas and Rebecca. Survived by family
in Northern Ontario and the Netherlands. The art world and London
have suffered a great loss. A memorial service will be conducted
on Saturday, June 17th at 2: 00 p.m. at the M. Box and son Funeral
Home, 183 Broad Street, Parkhill. A memorial visitation on Friday
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Epilepsy Canada and Canadian Cancer Society. Share a memory
or send condolences to www.boxfuneralhome.ca M. Box and son will
plant a tree in living memory of Mr.
VERBOOM at the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Parkhill.
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Immense talent of artist Klaas
VERBOOM will be missed
By Kathy RUMLESKI, Free Press Reporter, Thurs., June 15, 2006
Parkhill artist Klaas
VERBOOM was praised yesterday for his spirit
of giving, as well as his immense talent.
VERBOOM, 58, a London native, died at Strathroy Middlesex General
Hospital early yesterday from liver cancer.
"He had a heart as big as his career," said friend Teresa
MARIE
of Grand Bend, who considered
VERBOOM her mentor. They used to
meet every Monday night to paint.
"Klaas taught me how to paint. He was a wonderful, genuine and
gentle person and extremely talented."
VERBOOM married his longtime partner Paulette in April, shortly
after being diagnosed with cancer.
"She's a surgical nurse. She just retired two weeks before they
got married,"
MARIE said. "They were just starting their lives
(as a married couple). They seem a little ripped-off."
VERBOOM's work, mostly oil paintings, is in many public collections
across Canada, including the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery,
Avon Canada in Montreal and Museum London.
"Museum London is very fortunate to have works by him in our
permanent collection," said the museum's executive director Brian
MEEHAN.
"As an artist, Klaas carried on the great tradition of landscape
painting in this country and was able to capture Southwestern
Ontario in beautiful detail."
VERBOOM was chosen to paint a portrait of wheelchair athlete
Rick Hansen by his Man in Motion Tour in 1986.
Two of his works, Fox and Hounds, were recently accepted for
the Master of Foxhounds Association of America Centennial Travelling
Art Exhibition, which will open in New York in January 2007 and
travel across North America.
VERBOOM's paintings fetched as much as $20,000 through the years,
MARIE said.
One painting, Fall Splendor, was commissioned by a visiting Dutch
businessperson browsing in Sandy Snelgrove's Gallery in London,
which represented
VERBOOM.
VERBOOM was once asked about his goal as an artist and said "I
want people to look at my work and say, 'Boy, this guy really
enjoyed painting these.' "
VERBOOM is also survived by his mother Margaret, sons Bill
HINDLE
and Douwe VERBOOM and his stepson Chris
CAHILL.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the M. Box
and son Funeral Home in Parkhill.
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VERBOVA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-04-08 published
Rudolf VRBA,
Scientist And Professor (1924-2006)
He was the man who beat Auschwitz, writes Sandra
MARTIN. In 1944,
he escaped the death camp to warn the world and save the lives
of 150,000 Hungarian Jews, but remained bitter that 400,000 were
sacrificed
By Sandra MARTIN,
Page
S11
Yesterday was the 62nd anniversary of Walter
ROSENBERG's escape
from Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious Nazi concentration camp
in Poland, where more than a million people were killed during
the Second World War. Auschwitz irrevocably changed Mr.
ROSENBERG,
who was only 19 when he escaped. For the rest of his life he
lived under the name Rudolf
VRBA, the nom de guerre, as he called
it, that he adopted after his escape.
Independent, prickly and uncompromising, Mr.
VRBA, who had a
successful academic career as a biochemist at the University
of British Columbia and was the author of more than 50 scientific
papers, hated being thought of as a victim or a survivor -- and
with good reason. Nobody had rescued him -- he had beaten Auschwitz.
A tough guy who tended to be a moral absolutist, he was also
warm, funny and a generous and loyal friend. "He struck a very
fine sartorial note," said his colleague Professor Michael
WALKER.
"He was always well dressed and he had a presence and a style
about him."
Mr. VRBA was not the only person to flee the extermination camp,
but he and his friend Alfred
WETZLER were the most important
of the five escapees from that hellhole of depravity. They bore
detailed and accurate witness to the layout and function of the
gas chambers and crematoria and they spread the alarm about the
diabolical extermination plans in store for Hungarian Jews. And
that is another way that the Holocaust changed Mr.
VRBA:
Instead
of rejoicing that the Auschwitz Protocol (as his detailed report
was called) saved at least 150,000 Hungarian Jews, he remained
bitter that more lives hadn't been saved, believing to the end
of his life that the Hungarian Jewish leaders knowingly sacrificed
more than 400,000 of their countrymen in order to save themselves
and their families.
The past is not a simple place, especially for those who disinter
the myths that spread like moss over the moral complexities of
horrific events to make them more palatable for the living. Mr.
VRBA
was a troubling character to many because he threatened the solidarity
of the post-Holocaust Jewish community with his accusations of
complicity in his memoir I Can't Forgive. (First published in
London in 1963, the book was revised and expanded by Mr.
VRBA
several times during his lifetime.) As a result, it was easier
for many to ignore Mr.
VRBA's heroism than to honour it.
Ruth Linn, dean of education at Haifa University, and a native-born
Israeli, had never heard about anybody escaping from Auschwitz
and neither had her students -- until she watched French director
Claude Lanzmann's 1985 documentary Shoah. How was it possible,
she asked herself, that Mr.
VRBA's memoirs had never been translated
into Hebrew. Why had he never been recognized by Yad Vashem (the
Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority)? She was
a key player in having Mr.
VRBA's book translated, in seeing
him awarded an honorary doctorate at Haifa University in 1998,
and in accounting for his absence in popular accounts of the
Holocaust in her 2004 book, Escaping Auschwitz: A Culture of
Forgetting.
By then, Mr.
VRBA had lived in Canada for nearly three decades.
Over the years, he had made crucial depositions against Nazis
trying to escape retribution, whether it was the Final Solution
leadership at the Nuremberg Trials, Adolf Eichmann after his
capture in Argentina in 1960, or former concentration guards
living undercover in Germany. He was also a principal witness
in trials of Holocaust deniers such as Ernst
ZUNDEL in Canada.
"What drove him forward was his understanding of the extent to
which the Nazi apparatus used Jewish wealth and Jewish labour
to fuel and maintain the German war effort," said Holocaust historian
Sir Martin Gilbert. "He had seen it when he was in Kanada [the
warehouses that stored confiscated Jewish goods] in Auschwitz
when he'd seen this vast amount of material being recycled, and
the use made of slave labour."
Sir
Martin was so impressed with Mr.
VRBA's heroism that he supported
a campaign to nominate Mr.
VRBA for the Order of Canada and solicited
letters from well known Canadians including then law professor
Irwin COTLER (more recently minister of justice.) "I fully concur
with you that
VRBA is a 'real hero.' Indeed, there are few more
deserving of the Order of Canada than
VRBA, and few, anywhere,
who have exhibited his moral courage," Prof.
COTLER wrote in
a handwritten letter to Sir Martin on February 18, 1992. "Canada
will honour itself -- and redeem itself somewhat -- by awarding
him the Order of Canada."
It didn't happen.
Walter ROSENBERG was born between the First and Second World
Wars in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia. He was one of five children
of Elias ROSENBERG, a steam saw-mill owner and Helena Grunfeldova.
He was 15 when the Germans began their murderous march through
Europe. After he was expelled from high school in Bratislava
under the local version of the Nuremberg anti-Jewish laws, he
worked as a labourer until he was arrested in March of 1942.
Two months later, he was deported to Maidanek and transferred
to Auschwitz on June 30.
He survived as prisoner No. 44070 for almost two years, using
his formidable memory and analytical powers to compute the numbers
of people arriving on the transports and to calculate how many
were used as slave labour or were sent to be gassed at adjacent
Birkenau. Early in 1944, after the Germans invaded Hungary, he
observed how the camp was ramping up to prepare for the arrival
of huge deportations of Hungarian Jews.
On April 7, he and an older schoolmate, Alfred
WETZLER, escaped
from Auschwitz and made their way to Zilina, Slovakia where,
on April 24, they told their harrowing tale to the local Jewish
council. Mr.
ROSENBERG and Mr.
WETZLER were put in separate rooms
as they wrote out their reports, which were then compared, checked
for accuracy against available records and compiled. The 32-page
report testifying to the atrocities at Auschwitz-Birkenau was
sent to the Allies, the Vatican, the International Red Cross
and the Jewish leadership in Hungary -- the next victims on Hitler's
extermination list.
The
Jewish council gave Mr.
ROSENBERG identity papers and he
became Rudolf
VRBA, a name he later adopted legally. The Auschwitz
Protocol reached the Hungarian Jewish leadership in early May
of 1944, but they didn't raise the alarm. Instead, they negotiated
with Adolf Eichmann in an effort to exchange Jews for trucks
and other goods needed by the depleted Nazi war effort.
"Basically, Eichmann deceived them," says Sir Martin in promising
the Hungarian Jewish leadership that the trains would take the
Jews to holding camps where they would be transferred to the
trucks which would convey them to safety in Spain. That's why
they kept silent. Between mid-May and early July 1944, nearly
440,000 Hungarian Jews (including Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie
Wiesel) boarded "resettlement trains" in good faith and ended
up in Auschwitz where most were immediately gassed. Mr.
VRBA
always felt that if the Jewish leaders had announced what Auschwitz
was about these people would have rebelled.
By June of 1944, the Allies had received the Auschwitz Protocol.
They took it very, very seriously, according to Sir Martin. "It
had such a massive impact that the Germans were forced to halt
the deportations." Coincidentally there was an American air raid
on Budapest on July 2, 1944. Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklos
Horthy believed the attack was the beginning of the threatened
Allied retribution for the Auschwitz Protocol and insisted the
deportations stop -- which they did on July 9, 1944. "About 150,000 Jews
were saved as a result of
VRBA's efforts. "He was totally and
extraordinarily successful."
Mr. VRBA warned his own relatives to flee before they, too, were
taken. After that, he joined the Czechoslovak Partisan Units
in September 1944 and fought with them until the end of the war.
He was decorated for bravery. After Czechoslovakia was liberated,
he went back to school and did a series of degrees in chemistry,
receiving his doctorate in 1951 and a post-graduate degree from
the Academy of Science in 1956. He undertook biochemical research
at Charles University in Prague from 1953 to 1958. By then, he
had married a childhood friend, a medical doctor in Prague named
Gerta VERBOVA.
They had two daughters, Helena (who has died)
and Zuza. Mr.
VRBA and his wife separated in 1958, when she defected
to the West and he went to a conference in Israel and never returned.
He worked as a biochemist in Israel for two years and then joined
the British Medical Research Council in London in 1960. Seven
years later he was appointed to the Canadian Medical Research
Council and, from there, began teaching in the pharmacology department
in the Faculty of Medicine at University of British Columbia.
In the mid-1970s, he went on sabbatical to Harvard Medical School
in Cambridge, Massachusetts., where he met his second wife, Robin,
who became a successful real-estate dealer in Vancouver.
"As a scientist, he started out very well and was well respected
for his work in proteins and chemistry," said colleague Prof. Michael
WALKER. "He was very independent and he had his own view of what
was important," and that often meant he "butted heads with the
granting authorities."
Towards the end of his career Prof.
VRBA wasn't getting many
grants. "I don't think he was treated appropriately by the Canadian
scientific community," said Prof.
WALKER. "He was prescient in
his understanding of his area, which is proteins, and how their
function may be changed if they have glucose attached to them."
Instead of complaining about his lack of research money, he "put
more effort into teaching," according to Prof.
WALKER. "
The students
loved him, especially in the last few years."
Rudolf VRBA was born Walter
ROSENBERG in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia
on September 11, 1924. He died of cancer in Vancouver on March 27,
2006. He was 81. He is survived by his second wife Robin, a daughter
from his first marriage, two grandchildren and two nephews.
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VERBRUGGE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-03-25 published
LANGFORD,
Jean (née
BLUITT)
A resident of R.R.#6 Thamesville, passed away at the C.K.H.A.
Public General Campus, on Friday March 24, 2006 at the age of
87. Born in Howard Twp., daughter of the late Lorne and Maribel
(STEWARD/STEWART/STUART)
BLUITT.
Beloved wife of the late Harold
LANGFORD (1992.)
Loving mother of Bill
LANGFORD of Wallaceburg, Gary and Pam
LANGFORD
of Thamesville. Loving grandmother of Shannon, Ashley, Greggory,
Ryan, and Bailey. Dear sister of Marjorie
LANGFORD of Thamesville.
Also survived by several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews
and 1 great-great-nephew. Predeceased by a sister-in-law Thelma
VERBRUGGE, and brothers-in-law Elmer
LANGFORD, and Peter
VERBRUGGE.
The LANGFORD family will receive Friends at the John C. Badder
Funeral Home, 72 Victoria Street, Thamesville on Sunday from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held in the chapel of the
funeral home on Monday March 27, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. with Rev. Anita
SIPOS of Saint_James Presbyterian Church, Thamesville officiating.
Interment Sherman Cemetery, Thamesville. Donations may be made
at the funeral home by cheque to the charity of ones choice.
A Tree will be planted in memory of Jean
LANGFORD in the Badder and
Robinson Memorial Forest, Mosa Twp.
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VERBRUGGE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-10 published
STOCK,
Grace
Elizabeth (née
STOCK)
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Grace Elizabeth
STOCK
of Tillsonburg, formerly of New Hamburg announces her passing
at her home on Sunday May 7, 2006 in her 75th year. Grace dedicated
many years of her life to teaching and coaching in Tillsonburg
at Annandale High School. A passionate athlete, avid skier and
joyful traveler; she will be fondly remembered by brother Hollice
(Betty) STOCK of New Hamburg, sister; Dorothy (Jim)
CHAPMAN of
Exeter, and brother Don (Carole)
STOCK of Cobourg, her skiing
buddies (nieces and nephews) and by her cherished Friends Vickie
and Dwayne
VERBRUGGE and their son Tony of Tillsonburg. Grace
was predeceased by her parents Ted and Ruby
STOCK.
The family
welcome Friends and family to a Memorial Visitation and celebration
of Grace's life at Ostranders Funeral Home, 43 Bidwell St. Tillsonburg
(842-5221) on Friday, May 12, 2006 from 12 noon until 1 p.m.
A memorial service will be held in Ostrander's Funeral Home Chapel
on May 12, 2006 at 1 p.m. Cremation has taken place. Interment
later in New Hamburg Cemetery. Personal condolences may be sent
to www.ostrandersfuneralhome.com
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VERBRUGGEN o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.collingwood.the_connection 2006-11-17 published
Cyclist struck and killed in hit-and-run, police seek public
help
A Clearview Township man is dead following a hit-and-run late
Tuesday night.
Huronia West Ontario Provincial Police, paramedics and fire crews
were called to Local Airport Road just west of Hwy. 26 shortly
after 10 p.m. after the 28-year-old man, John
VERBRUGGEN, was
struck while on his bike by a driver who then left the scene.
Local Airport Road was closed for several hours between 75th street
and Fairgrounds Road in Clearview.
Anyone with any information on this mishap is asked to call Ontario
Provincial Police at (705) 429-3575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Meanwhile a two-vehicle collision in Angus Wednesday afternoon
killed one man and left another injured. Witnesses: said a grey
Hyundai sport utility vehicle drove erratically at high speed,
ran into the rear of another car, hit several signs and flipped
over into a ditch on Mill Street, the main thoroughfare.
The name of the dead man was not released Thursday.
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VERBRUGGEN o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2006-11-22 published
VERBRUGGEN,
Martin "
John"
Passed away suddenly as a result of an accident on November 14th,
2006 at the age of 28. John, beloved
son of Elly and Jan. Loving
brother of Jack, Joey, Jason and Jeffrey. Dear grand_son of Leny,
Kryn, and step-grand_son of Henny
VERBRUGGEN.
Predeceased by Oma
Johanna and Opa
MART. Dear nephew of Corrie and her husband Vince,
John and his wife Edith, Alex, Joanne and her husband Ron, and
Walter. Cousin of Samantha, Michael, Dryden, John Allen, Lisa,
Johanna, Jerri, Todd and Rhonda. Survived by Jaap and his wife
Marja and many relatives in Holland. Funeral Services were held
at the Christian Reformed Church, Poplar Sideroad, Collingwood,
on Tuesday November 21, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Collingwood. Arrangements entrusted to the Chatterson
Funeral Home, Collingwood.
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VERBURG o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-08 published
VERBURG,
Antje
(DEJOODE)
The
Lord took our mother Antje
(DEJOODE)
VERBURG to her eternal
rest on Saturday, May 6, 2006 in her 92nd year. Beloved wife
of the late Johannes
VERBURG (1989.) Dear companion and friend
of Doeke BUFFINGA.
Loving mother of Peta and John
BRANDERHORST
of Hensall, Janie and Martin
WILTS of Londesborough, Koos and
Rita VERBURG of R.R.#1 Auburn, Tony and Roely
VERBURG of R.R.#1
Auburn, Wilma and John Hessels of R.R.#2 Goderich, , and John
and Margaret
VERBURG of Londesborough. Grandmother of 22 grandchildren
and 49 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Cor
BOS of Alberta,
Adrianna UYL of Blyth, Freda
UYL of Clinton, Jannie
VANDEN
DOOL,
and Wim DEJOODE both of The Netherlands. Predeceased by infant
grand_son (1966) and by nine sisters and brothers. Friends will
be received at the Blyth Visitation Centre of the Falconer Funeral
Homes, 407 Queen Street, Blyth on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
service will be held at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church,
Blyth, on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 11 a.m. Interment Hope Chapel
Cemetery, Hullett Twp. As expressions of sympathy memorial donations
to the Clinton Public Hospital Foundation or Goderich Community
Living would be greatly appreciated.
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VERCOUTTER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-26 published
VERCOUTTER,
Jerome
On January 14, 2006. A complete Funeral Service will be held
Friday, January 27 at 11: 00 a.m. at Cardinal Funeral Home, 366
Bathurst St. (near Dundas). Interment at Beechwood Cemetery.
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VERDELLEN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-05-02 published
DORSSERS,
Elizabeth "
Lisa"
Of Blenheim passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 30, 2006
at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Born in Helden, Limburg,
The
Netherlands 87 years ago, daughter of the late Leo
DORSSERS
and Wilhelmina
VANDEKERKHOF.
She is survived by sisters; of Petronella
TIMMERMANS, Maria
JOOSTEN, Grada
LUIKING, Wilma and Gerry
WILLEMSEN,
all of Blenheim, Ann and Theo
VANVUGT of Port Dover, Christine
and Jack VANHAREN of Winchester, Dora and Bill
VANDENBERG of
Sarnia, Nes
VERDELLEN and Yet
HANEN of The Netherlands, and brothers
Andrew and Ann
DORSSERS,
Tony and Siham
DORSSERS, Bill and Mary
DORSSERS all of Blenheim, Cor and Joanne
DORSSERS of London,
Hank DORSSERS of Seaforth. Predeceased by brothers-in-law; Wim
VERDELLEN, Toén
HAENAN, Peter
JOOSTEN, Ben
LUIKING, John
TIMMERMANS,
sister-in-law; Joanne
DORSSERS. Al is survived by 57 nieces and
nephews, 115 greatnieces and nephews and 3 great-great nieces
and nephews. Resting at the J.L. Ford Funeral Home in Blenheim
for visitation on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Service
will be held at Saint Mary's Church on Thursday at 11: 00 a.m. Interment
will take place at Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials to the Capuchin
Bursary in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
DORSSERS would be appreciated.
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VERDON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-29 published
STEELE,
William
G. "
Bill"
Passed away peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, University
Hospital, on Saturday, October 28th, 2006 William G. (Bill)
STEELE
of London in his 59th year. Beloved husband of Connie "Faye"
(COFFIN)
STEELE. Dear father of Brandon
STEELE and Cindy
VERDON
and her husband Steve all of London. Also loved by his 3 grandchildren
Alyssa, Nick and Dillon
VERDON. Dear son of James A. (Jim)
STEELE
of R.R.#1, Dashwood and the late Geraldine A. "Gerry"
(BROWN)
STEELE. Dear brother of Jim
STEELE and his wife
Dianne of Mississauga,
Sue CHADDER and her husband Paul of Guelph; Mike
STEELE and his
wife Tracy,
Anne
McKAY and her husband Brian of London; and Cathy
COOMBS and her husband Kevin of Ottawa. Also loved by his nieces
and nephews. The family will receive Friends from 6: 00-9:00 p.m.
Monday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street
South, where funeral service will be conducted in the chapel
on Tuesday, October 31st. at 11: 00 a.m. Cremation. As an expression
of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes
Association, 442 Adelaide Street, London, Ontario N6B 3H8 or
the charity of your choice. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca
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VERDONI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-28 published
HEGGIE,
David
William
Macdonald
Retired C.N. employee of 37 years.
Passed away suddenly, on Thursday, January 26, 2006, after a
brief illness, in his 85th year. Loving husband of Peggy. Father
of Norma PHILLIPS
(Bob,) and Barbara
DUMOULIN (Del.)
Grandfather
of Blake PHILLIPS (Lorie), Kevin
PHILLIPS (Jodie), Deborah
DUMOULIN,
and Joanne
VERDONI
(Louie,) and six great-grandchildren. During
World War 2, he served his country proudly as a wireless operator
in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Former member of Transportation
Lodge 111, Montreal, and Rameses Shriners. Family and Friends
may call at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home (6150 Yonge Street, at
Goudling, south of Steeles), on Monday, January 30, 2006 from
12 to 1 p.m. A Service will be held in the Chapel at 1 p.m. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Shriners Hospital for
Children, Montreal, c/o Rameses Shriners, 3100 Keele Street,
North York, Ontario M3M 2H4. Condolences www.rskane.ca
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VERDUN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-06-12 published
ATKINSON, Archibald Hunt "Archie", "Tommy" (1910-2006)
Peacefully in his sleep on June 4th, 2006, at Ridgeview Home,
Hamilton, Ontario, in his 96th year. Born Dorris, California,
U.S.A., December 28, 1910. Barefoot farm boy in Oregon's Willamette
Valley. Brilliant mathematician, freshman University of Oregon
1929, alumnus U.S. Naval Academy 1934 cum laude. First graduating
class Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Fellowship
1935 (M.B.A.), Lt. Cmdr U.S.N. (ret.), navigator pocket carrier
U.S.S. Bataan (Coral Sea, Iwo Jima, Tokyo Harbour etc). Proud
citizen of both Canada and the U.S.A. Hamilton Engineering Institute
Engineer of the Year, 1983. Predeceased in 1998 by the love of
his life, Elizabeth Eleanor
ATKINSON (née
ILLSEY.) Survived by
son Thomas Eugene (b.1944,) daughter-in-law Linda (née
POWELL,)
grand_son Tyler (b.1971); son William Illsey (b.1946), daughter-in-law
Laura Jo GUNTER, grand_sons Rowan (b.1991) and Stuart (b.1995)
former daughter-in-law Emmy
VERDUN, grand_son Jeremy (b.1976)
and granddaughter Laurel (b.1979). Innumerable Friends, colleagues,
and professional acquaintances throughout the Hamilton area.
Archie's greatness shone like a beacon. Husband, father, friend,
philanthropist, scholar, speaker, thinker, inventor, carpenter,
craftsman: There was no role he did not embellish. After World
War 2 he moved to his wife's home city of Hamilton, where he
spent half a century in distinguished service to his community
and to his profession of civil engineering. Archie never rested.
He designed and built his own house from the foundation up in
1952; consolidated a reputation for elegant and innovative structural
design until his retirement at age 80 from the firm he founded
and helped renovate the Rectory of the Anglican parish of Saint John's
Ancaster in 1956-7. Archie's mind was amazingly wide-ranging.
He developed the world's first composite deck, whose permanent
steel formwork and built-in connectors made the floor's poured
concrete topping not a dead load but an integral part of the
structure. He paid for its testing at McMaster University, convinced
a hidebound steel industry to accept it, and assigned its patents
and all royalties from its sale to his beloved 'Mac.' Archie
loved taking on the self-important. When Canadian building codes
insisted that the only function of fire criteria was the protection
of property, Archie questioned why a structure must stand for
half a day after smoke had killed all its occupants. The result
of his work is today's standard, which gives primacy to the protection
of human life. Behind the public stage was a loving, good-humoured
dad who imbued his sons with a fierce love of disciplined learning,
not only in the sciences but also in the arts. His influence
will go on. A Memorial Service and interment will take place
at Saint_John's Anglican Church, 272 Wilson Street West, Ancaster,
on Thursday, June 15th at 1: 30 p.m. Reception after wards. Memorial
donations may be made to St. Matthew's House, 414 Barton Street
East, Hamilton, Ontario. L8L 2Y3 905-523-5546 www.marlattfuneralhomedundas.com
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VERE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-18 published
MAMO,
Frances
The
Family of the late Frances
MAMO express our appreciation
and thanks to relatives, Friends and neighbours for all their
support, prayers, floral arrangements, memorial donations and
cards. A special thanks goes out to the incredible nurses on
the 4th floor Medicine A at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
for their kindness and the special care they gave our mother.
Many thanks to Father Dan
VERE, The Catholic Women's League and
Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home for helping on a most difficult
day. Everyone's kindness and thoughtfulness will always be remembered.
Our mother was a very special lady and was loved by anyone who
met her. We will all miss her very much. Thank you Alfred, Marlene,
Charles, Mary Rose, Eugene and families
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VERE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-09 published
MAILLOUX,
Pat
The family of the late Pat
MAILLOUX, wish to thank everyone who
were so supportive during Pat's many years of illness and following
her recent death. We wish to thank you for your numerous visits
at home and in hospital, for the beautiful flowers, the food
sent to our homes, the help we received at our homes, the cards
received, the courtesies shown to us and in particular the memorial
donations made in Pat's memory to our Oil Heritage District Community
Centre and our C.E.E. Hospital Foundation. We are so fortunate
to live in such a wonderful and supportive community. Special
thanks to Pat's liver specialist, Doctor Cameron
GHENT and her transplant
surgeon, Doctor Bill
WALL at University Hospital, who gave Pat an
extra 10 years of good living following her many years of liver
disease and transplant and Doctor Ian
CHIN-
YEE and the many other
caregivers in the Chemo and Radiation department at the London
Regional Cancer Centre and Victoria Hospital and the Sarnia-Lambton
Community Care Access Centre who helped us at home along with
V.H.A. Nursing and Victorian Order of Nurses Home Care for their
excellent care over the last five months of Pat's life. Also,
Dr. John BUTLER and Doctor Enoch
DANIEL and the wonderful staff
at Bluewater Health -- C.E.E. Site, your concern and care for
Pat was beyond expectation and greatly appreciated. Also, many
thanks to Father Stephen
SAVEL, for his care of Pat, to Fr. Dan
VERE and Fr. Paul
DUPLESSIE, for con-celebrating Pat's funeral
mass, and the many other clergy who visited and prayed with us.
Special thanks to our Friends in the funeral profession from
across Ontario, in particular, Bill and Sue
HASKETT,
Rob
McKINLAY,
and Kevin KNIGHT for making Pat's funeral a true 'Celebration
of Her Life.' Your kindness will never be forgotten. Roger Steven,
Laurel, Aliya and Halle Jeff, Lindsay and Miller
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VERE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-12-13 published
GRAY/GREY,
Lois
C.
Peacefully in Cobourg, Ontario, Lois C.
GRAY/GREY, 94 years, passed
away on Sunday, December 10, 2006. She was predeceased by her
husband Gerald (Gerry) Maxwell
GRAY/GREY, and by one son Doug
GRAY/GREY
(Peggy Ann). She is survived by her children Fred (Ann), Martha
CEPUCH (Leo
CEPUCH, deceased), Libby (Victor
VERE), Cathy (Dr. Paul
HAZELL,) 16 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. A resident
of Toronto until she and Gerry retired to Goodwood and after
his death she moved to Thornhill and then Port Hope. She brought
much joy to and welcomed all who came in contact with her. She
and her husband were responsible for the reconstruction of a
log school house, Bear Cave No. 5 in the Uxbridge Goodwood area.
The family cottage at Gloucester Pool near Port Severn as well
as Bear Cave were sites of many family gatherings. A funeral
service will be held on Saturday, December 16th at the Coldwater
Funeral Home, 22 Sturgeon Bay Road, Coldwater (705-686-3344 or
1-888-645-5485) at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Victor F.
VERE, officiating.
There will be a visitation immediately preceding the funeral
service commencing at 1 p.m. Flowers are gratefully declined,
donations to a charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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