TSUBONE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-28 published
OHARA,
Yoshiko
Vicki (née
SANO)
Peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, April 26,
2006 at the age of 79. Beloved wife of Jack for 49 years. Loving
mother of Debra (Roger
CHAI,)
Kelly
(Larry
IWAMOTO) and Brenda
(Wade PETERS.) Cherished grandma of Stephen, Christopher, Ryan,
Bradley and Jason. Dear sister of Jim
SANO
(Sally,)
Kimiko
(Kusuo
TADA), Harriet (George
TSUBONE) and Pat (Bob
OGATA). Fondly remembered
by other relatives and Friends. Thefamily will receive visitors
on Saturday, April 29, 2006 from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4 p.m.
at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Rd. (north of Lawrence Ave.),
Weston. Service Monday, May 1 in the Toronto Buddhist Church,
1011 Sheppard Ave. West, Toronto at 11 a.m. Interment to follow
at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Vicki's family would like to express
their sincere thanks to the doctors and nursing staff of the
Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit of Humber River Regional
Hospital - Finch Site.
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TSUBOUCHI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-08 published
Alcohol suspected in crash
Teen spoke to his mother minutes before death
37-year-old driver now facing charges
By Curtis RUSH,
Staff
Reporter
Ravi MADHAI was on the cellphone to his mother just after 10
p.m. Monday. The 17-year-old Mississauga teen had been late getting
home to help his uncle, who delivers baked goods. His family
was worried.
His mom, Ragginni, finally got in touch with him, frantically
asking where he was. "I said, 'When are you coming home?' And
he said, 'Right now, Mommy,'" a distraught Ragginni said. "That
was the last I heard."
Five minutes later, a crash ended his life.
MADHAI's mother didn't learn of her son's death until police
arrived at the family home at 3 a.m. yesterday. They told her
MADHAI was in the rear passenger seat of a Ford sport utility
vehicle that had crashed on the westbound Gardiner Expressway
just east of Park Lawn Rd. at 10: 22 p.m.
According to police, the sport utility vehicle was going too
fast and swerved to avoid another vehicle, before overcorrecting,
travelling across four lanes and smashing into the concrete barrier.
The impact drove
MADHAI's head through the side window, and he
was pinned between the barrier and the vehicle, suffering fatal
head injuries.
The teenager didn't have a chance even though he was wearing
a seatbelt, police say.
The driver and a 21-year-old man in the front seat, both Friends
of the victim, were hurt only slightly. Alleging that alcohol
was involved, police have charged the driver.
MADHAI, who had a brother and five sisters, had left home earlier
to fix "someone's van," his mother said. Some in the family speculate
that he wound up playing pool with the Friends.
The Grade 12 student at Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School
in Mississauga was "a go-getter" and a "jack of all trades,"
said his sister Reshma, 22.
Born in Montreal to parents originally from Trinidad, he moved
to Toronto with his family in 1998.
"He wasn't a bad kid. He wasn't involved in any trouble. He was
just stubborn, but he was turning his attitude around," said
his aunt, Vashty
MAHARAJ.
There was a sad twist the day after, as investigating detective
Paul LOBSINGER appeared at a news conference after a sleepless
night for the launch of a police road safety campaign, Operation
Safe Journey, aimed at preventing such tragedies. One poster
for for it advises: "Plan Ahead. Choose Your Ride."
Emergency personnel responded to 11,436 vehicle incidents in
Toronto last year, up 8 per cent, Fire Chief William
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART
said at the news conference. "These numbers are alarming," he
told reporters.
LOBSINGER agreed, expressing worry that drivers aren't taking
the threat of an accident seriously enough. "These accidents
take a toll on everyone," he said.
Also at the event was former member of provincial parliament
David TSUBOUCHI, who lost his father in a still unsolved hit-and-run
last year.
Carolyn SWINSON, co-president of the Toronto chapter of Mothers
Against Drunk Driving, spoke of the accident that killed her
son Rob in 1993.
The female driver who struck his Volvo was 2½ times over the
legal alcohol limit and had held a driver's licence only 10 days.
She was acquitted because the judge refused to allow a breath
test as evidence,
SWINSON said.
And, just as it happened to the
MADHAI family, a police officer
came to deliver the news.
"My knees buckled and I fell to the floor,"
SWINSON recalled.
"My heart just goes out to this family. There's nothing more
painful than the sudden death of a child."
In this week's case, Dawn Marie
COX, 37, is charged with impaired
driving causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
causing death.
She appeared in court yesterday and was released on bail.
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TSUMURA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-07 published
YAMAMOTO
NEGORO,
Mieko (née
TAMURA)
(November 8th, 1915-April 1st, 2006)
Mieko YAMAMOTO
NEGORO passed away after a lengthy illness at
Mount Sinai Hospital on April 1st, 2006. "Mimi" was the beloved
wife of the late Toshio
YAMAMOTO,
Sr. and the late Ichiei
NEGORO,
loving mother to Toshio and the late Patricia
YAMAMOTO,
Glenn
and Mary Lou
YAMAMOTO, and Naomi
TSUMURA, dear grandmother of
Jennifer YAMAMOTO,
Wendy and Terry
CHAPMAN, Robert and Kara
YAMAMOTO,
Sean and Amanda
YAMAMOTO,
Leanne
YAMAMOTO, and Lori
TSUMURA,
cherished great-grandmother of Noah and Kyla
CHAPMAN,
Jon
GALE
and Dawn GALE, cherished aunt of Lois
TANI,
Mark and Linda
NAKAMURA
and family, Roy and Kelly
TAMURA, and Sachi
TAMURA.
She is also
survived by her sisters: Kiyoshi
SATO,
Eiko
AIDA, June
OKURA,
Yachi KOBAYASHI,
Hiro
AOKI, Chiyo
MITOBE and their families.
Friends and family may call at the Cardinal Funeral Home "Earle
Elliott" Chapel, 715 Dovercourt Road (Ossington Subway - Delaware
Exit) on Saturday, April 8, 2006 from 11-12 p.m. A complete Funeral
Service will begin at 12 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society,
or the Salvation Army would be appreciated by the family. "Love
is a circle that doth restless move in the same sweet eternity
of love." Robert Herrick 1591-1674
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