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HUISMAN,
Johannes "
Joh"
Of Wiarton passed away on Sunday September 17, 2006 at the Wiarton
Hospital in his 77th year. Beloved husband and dear friend of
Johanna
(Anna) of Wiarton, and dear father of Tjerk (Lise)
HUISMAN
of Cochrane, Alberta, Wayne (Vicki)
HUISMAN of Mount Brydges, Mark
(Claire) HUISMAN,
Grace
ANDREWS and Paula
HUISMAN, all of Toronto.
Also sadly missed by his 7 grandchildren, Jacob, Jennie, David,
Peter, Joshua, Shawn and Anneke as well as his brother-in-law
Ate DE VRIES of Montreal, Quebec. Predeceased by his parents,
a brother, sister-in-law and son-in-law. At Joh's request there
will be no funeral home visitation or service. Cremation has
taken place. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made
to Saint Paul's Presbyterian Church, Wiarton or the Canadian Cancer
Society. Arrangements entrusted to the George Funeral Home, Wiarton.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.georgefuneralhome.com
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VRIES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-01 published
KAMMINGA,
Albert
Gone to be with his Lord, Albert
KAMMINGA passed away peacefully
at his home with his family by his side on Tuesday, January 31,
2006 in his 79th year. Beloved husband of Jane
KAMMINGA (nee
VRIES) for 57 years. Dear father of Irene
KAMMINGA,
Frieda
KAMMINGA,
Barbara KAMMINGA,
Elizabeth
McCALLUM and her husband Robert,
Flora DE JONGE and her husband Peter, Peter and his wife
Ileen,
Michael and his wife
Kimberley and father-in-law of John
ANGEHRN.
Loved grandfather of Jane
BRUNELLE (David), Brian
HOOGKAMP (Kim),
Chris HOOGKAMP, Dan
HOOGKAMP (Rachel), Marnie
HOOGKAMP, Matthew
HOOGKAMP, Mark
HOOGKAMP, Katrina
PRUST, Shawn
WITTEVEEN (Cindy),
Sandra MOYER (Joel), Jessica
McCALLUM (Andrew), Adam
McCALLUM,
Corrina ANGEHRN, Peter
ANGEHRN, Cathy
ANGEHRN, Bethany DE
JONGE
(Bill), Lindsay DE
JONGE (Aaron), Stephen DE
JONGE, Michael
KAMMINGA,
Emily KAMMINGA, Mason
KAMMINGA, Hailey
KAMMINGA, Rylee
KAMMINGA,
and fourteen great-grandchildren. Survived by one sister in Holland.
Predeceased by his daughter Truusje
ANGEHRN (1993.) Albert had
been an active member of the Emmanuel Reformed Church from the
beginning. Friends may call at the R.D. Longworth Funeral Home,
845 Devonshire Ave., Woodstock, 539-0004 on Thursday, February
2, 2006 from 7-9 p.m. and Friday from 2: 30-4:30 and 7-9 p.m.
A funeral service will be held at the Emmanuel Reformed Church,
170 Clarke Street, Woodstock on Saturday at 11: 00 a.m. with Pastor
Case KOOLHAUS officiating. Interment in the Oxford Memorial Park
Cemetery. Contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society would
be appreciated. Online condolences at www.longworthfuneralhome.com
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VRIES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-02-16 published
BELL,
Matthew
Gerald
Peacefully as the result of an accident on Tuesday, February
14, 2006. Matthew Gerald
BELL in his 20th year. Beloved son of
Irene BELL and her friend Jean-Claude
LACROIX, and the late Thomas
BELL.
Loving brother of Nicole
BELL and her close friend Jaggar
HASSAN, and Gregory
BELL.
Loved grand_son of Julie and Roel DE
VRIES. Cherished boyfriend of Jamie
DURSTON. Dear nephew of Nancy
CRAIK and her friend Manny
MOCCI, Don
CRAIK, Jerry (Tammy) DE
VRIES, Beverley (Roy)
CAMERON, John
BELL, Peter
BELL and Darlene
PRATT.
Cousin of Sarah, Luke and Ben
CRAIK; Ashley and Adam DE
VRIES;
Jack and Mitch
CAMERON; Quinn and Connor
BELL. Matt will
also be remembered by his life long friend Cody and two amigos
Brent and Kyle. The family will receive Friends and relatives
at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel, 1997 Dundas Street East (at Wavell),
London, for visitation on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial
service will be on Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 11 a.m. Cremation
has taken place. A special thank you to all Matt's Friends and
family who came to the hospital. Special thanks to the nurses
and staff in Critical Care Trauma Centre for their extraordinary
support. Arrangements entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, 452-3770.
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VRIES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-09 published
DE VRIES,
Ina
Ina passed peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday March 8, 2006
at her home surrounded by her family. Beloved wife of Bart DE
VRIES, mother to Bart and Elik and mother-in-law to Kathryn and
grandmother to Katherine. Sister to Elika, Henk, Max and Leo.
Family and Friends may call at the Highland Funeral Home - Markham
Chapel, 10 Cachet Woods Court, Markham (northeast corner of 16th
Ave. and Hwy. 404, 905-887-8600) on Saturday, March 11, 2006
for a Memorial Service in the chapel at 11: 30 a.m. Visitation
from 11 a.m. until service time. In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations in Ina's name can be made to the Sunnybrook and Women's
Foundation.
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VRIES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-10-12 published
Chef who saved lives
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
When Fernand
BOULANGER achieved his dream and opened his own
restaurant, he also opened a lot of Torontonians' minds -- and
their food palates.
They may have had to drive up the 400 and turn off at the Canada
Wonderland exit to get there, but for 11 years starting in 1977,
the Auberge Maple Inn, a traditional French restaurant in an
old whitewashed house next door to an airport, was the sine qua
non in continental dining.
Customers came from nearby Magna Corp. -- and from Belgium and
Germany -- because the $29.95 weekend prix fixe dining here was
a gastronomic and theatrical experience. It could start with
the "sabred champagne" --
BOULANGER had taught his staff to uncork
the champagne bottle in the same manner as Napoleon by hitting
the neck of the bottle with the back of the sabre, cleanly removing
the cork and its surrounding glass with one fine blow before
pouring the bubbly with flair.
It could consist of his favourite entrée -- a Russian dish of
salmon and shrimp and rice in pastry shaped as a fish and served
with lobster sauce -- accompanied by a wine he had found on visits
back to his homeland of France, followed by sorbet to cleanse
the palate, then unlimited servings from a profusion of cheeses
and a bountiful pastry tray.
Then the final flourish -- two ounces of a 50-year-old Grand
Marnier bottled especially for then-Lady Diana (never let it
be said that
BOULANGER didn't have connections) poured into a
snifter laid on its side. "You poured right to the lip of the
glass," said his daughter, Liliane DE
VRIES. "And it was always
two ounces. We were good at it."
And the chef,
BOULANGER himself, seemed to spend as much time
in his 45-seat dining room as his kitchen, teasing his regulars,
welcoming those new to his home -- for that is how he thought
of Auberge Maple Inn -- charming everyone when he wasn't berating
them about smoking or sternly telling them to taste the food
before salting it.
But few of his customers knew that their genial, twinkly host
had been a hero, a member of the French Resistance who spent
his 20th birthday in prison and who was responsible for saving
more than 200 lives in World War 2.
BOULANGER grew up in a Roman Catholic family in Annemasse, near
the Swiss border, the
son of a railway worker and a mother who
taught him he must always share his table with others. When the
war started, he joined the Red Cross working at an infirmary
as a stretcher-bearer.
In a 1998 interview for the Survivors of the Shoah visual history
project, he said that when he began to understand people were
losing everything in the war, he realized he had to do something
to help even though he was living in German- and Italian-occupied
France.
He joined the Resistance to help smuggle people across the border.
Often he would meet them at the train station, then walk them
through town to the cemetery. He would give them flowers so they
would look as if they were grieving relatives visiting a gravesite,
then slip them false identification papers as they crossed the
border through a hole in the barbed-wire fence.
Other times he would escort people to the river, where he would
have boards ready for them to cross the shallow water. Later,
there were safe homes where families could rest before fleeing
into the night, and a monastery run by a sympathetic priest --
10 places in all, from where people could be smuggled to safety.
In the ensuing years, grateful survivors wrote him notes of thanks.
In 1993, eight trees were planted in Israel in his honour on
his 70th birthday, in recognition of the help he gave Jews.
But in that 1998 Shoah interview,
BOULANGER was adamant that
he helped anybody who was a victim of the Germans, not only Jews.
"I was helping people. I never made a distinction."
He was arrested in 1943, handcuffed, beaten for three days, given
no food or drink and kept in solitary confinement. He turned
20 on August 15 while in jail, but a month later escaped by bribing
a guard with a watch. He hopped a train and rode it for as long
as he could without getting caught, then walked 48 kilometres
by night, leaping into ditches with every passing vehicle to
get back to his hometown.
After the war, he worked for two more years in espionage before
attending a cooking school in Geneva. He had met Marie-Thérèse
in France, the woman he would later marry, but nevertheless moved
to Morocco, where he worked for 12 years. In 1957, the couple
reunited and emigrated to Montreal, where she taught French and
he worked as a salesman.
"He was always cooking," recalled DE
VRIES, who -- like her mother
doesn't cook.
BOULANGER always had lunch ready for DE
VRIES
and her brother, Dominique, now a teacher and farmer in Western
Canada.
The family moved to Toronto in 1973, where
BOULANGER
opened Mont Blanc Patisserie Franco-Suisse in a small mall near
Yonge St. and York Mills Rd. "We were quite hidden," said DE
VRIES. "
I'm surprised people found us."
He soon expanded, opening the successful and busy Chez Boulanger
Pastry Shop in the Yonge and Summerhill area before finding the
rural property outside Toronto where he located Auberge Maple
Inn. "I think he had always been in search of a restaurant,"
his daughter said.
He was in hospital recuperating from a bout of food poisoning
on New Year's Eve 1988, the last day dinner was served at the
restaurant. "For a man who was really healthy, all of a sudden
he started to get really sick after the restaurant closed," DE
VRIES said.
He spent his retirement doing some catering, helping out at the
food bank, teaching schoolchildren to cook. He was 82 when he
died June 17, having requested no funeral or ceremony because,
as he told his wife and daughter, he had "no regrets."
But on what would have been his 83rd birthday on August 15, his
family and Friends gathered at The Manor, an attractive old house
much like the one where he had been so happy cooking for so many
years, to honour him -- and to pass along to everyone there his
beloved collection of cookbooks.
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VRIESE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-11 published
VRIESE,
Barbara▼
Elizabeth▼
(KULOW)
Peacefully at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on Wednesday,
November▼ 8, 2006, Barbara Elizabeth
(KULOW) passed away in her
70th year after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Survived
by her loving husband of 45 years Albert (Bert), son Ian Albert
(Colleen) of Minneapolis and daughter Heather Elizabeth (Andrew)
and granddaughters Ria and Janet
WILSON of Ottawa. Predeceased
by her mother Margaret and father Frederick and her sisters Margaret
(Peggy) and Marilyn (Meem). Barb was a loving and supportive
wife of Bert, a caring mother to Ian and Heather and a wonderful
"Nanny" to Ria and Janet. Barbara was born in Toronto but was
raised in Collingwood, Ontario where she developed her love for
skiing on Blue Mountain and swimming in Georgian Bay. She graduated
from the Collingwood Collegiate Institute, went on to Teachers'
College in Toronto and taught in the primary grades in Toronto
and Sudbury. Barb was a passionate supporter of her children's
education and sporting activities, an enthusiastic camper, accomplished
gardener, wonderful cook, music lover and an avid reader, writer
and Canadian historian. She was an active church member and supporter
of the Canadian Cancer Society. Barb will be fondly remembered
by her family, relatives and Friends. Cremation has taken place.
A memorial service will be held at Westmount Presbyterian Church,
521 Village Green Avenue, London, Ontario N6K 1G3 (519-472-3443)
on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 2 p.m. Interment will take
place at a later date in Stayner, Ontario. In lieu of flowers,
contributions to the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Foundation,
395 Carrie Street, Strathroy, Ontario N7G 3J4 (519-245-5295 x 5020)
or Westmount Presbyterian Church would be appreciated.
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VRIESE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-13 published
VRIESE,
Barbara▲▼
Elizabeth▲▼
(KULOW)
Peacefully at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on Wednesday,
November▲▼ 8, 2006, Barbara Elizabeth
(KULOW) passed away in her
70th year after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Survived
by her loving husband of 45 years Albert (Bert), son Ian Albert
(Colleen) of Minneapolis and daughter Heather Elizabeth (Andrew)
and granddaughters Ria and Janet
WILSON of Ottawa. Predeceased
by her mother Margaret and father Frederick and her sisters Margaret
(Peggy) and Marilyn (Meem). Barb was a loving and supportive
wife of Bert, a caring mother to Ian and Heather and a wonderful
"Nanny" to Ria and Janet. Barbara was born in Toronto but was
raised in Collingwood, Ontario where she developed her love for
skiing on Blue Mountain and swimming in Georgian Bay. She graduated
from the Collingwood Collegiate Institute, went on to Teachers'
College in Toronto and taught in the primary grades in Toronto
and Sudbury. Barb was a passionate supporter of her children's
education and sporting activities, an enthusiastic camper, accomplished
gardener, wonderful cook, music lover and an avid reader, writer
and Canadian historian. She was an active church member and supporter
of the Canadian Cancer Society. Barb will be fondly remembered
by her family, relatives and Friends. Cremation has taken place.
A memorial service will be held at Westmount Presbyterian Church,
521 Village Green Avenue, London, Ontario N6K 1G3 (519-472-3443)
on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 2 p.m. Interment will take
place at a later date in Stayner, Ontario. In lieu of flowers,
contributions to the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Foundation,
395 Carrie Street, Strathroy, Ontario N7G 3J4 (519-245-5295 x 5020)
or Westmount Presbyterian Church would be appreciated.
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VRIESE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-14 published
VRIESE,
Johanna▼ (née
VAN
BOOK)
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Johanna
VRIESE
of Saint Thomas and formerly of Wasaga Beach on Monday November 13,
2006. Beloved daughter of the late Adriaan and Johanna
VAN
BOOK.
Beloved wife of the late Harry
VRIESE
(May▼ 1, 1997.) Predeceased
by many brothers and sisters. Loving mother of Mrs. Cathy
LAWLER
and her husband Len of Saint Thomas and Ms. Diana
DOYLE and her
husband Brian
NIGHTINGALE of Collingwood. Special Oma to Jon
LAWLER and Kyle
NIGHTINGALE.
Special▼ sister-in-law and aunt to
many relatives throughout Canada and Holland. Dear friend to
Patricia LAWLER and everyone at Wellington Mews in Saint Thomas.
Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas
until Thursday afternoon and then to the First Christian Reformed
Church, Saint Thomas for funeral service at 1: 00 p.m. Visitation
Wednesday 2: 30-4:30 and 7-9 p.m. Interment to take place on Friday
at 1: 00 p.m. at the Stayner-Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers
donations may be made to the Sick Children's Hospital in London
or Toronto or to the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Respiratory
Care Unit.
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VRIESE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-11-15 published
VRIESE,
Johanna▲▼ (née
VAN
BEEK)
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Johanna
VRIESE
of Saint Thomas and formerly of Wasaga Beach on Monday November 13,
2006. Beloved daughter of the late Adriaan and Johanna
VAN
BEEK.
Beloved wife of the late Harry
VRIESE
(May▲▼ 1, 1997.) Predeceased
by many brothers and sisters. Loving mother of Mrs. Cathy
LAWLER
and her husband Len of Saint Thomas and Ms. Diana
DOYLE and her
husband Brian
NIGHTINGALE of Collingwood. Special Oma to Jon
LAWLER and Kyle
NIGHTINGALE.
Special▲ sister-in-law and aunt to
many relatives throughout Canada and Holland. Dear friend to
Patricia LAWLER and everyone at Wellington Mews in Saint Thomas.
Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas
until Thursday afternoon and then to the First Christian Reformed
Church, Saint Thomas for funeral service at 1: 00 p.m. Visitation
Wednesday 2: 30-4:30 and 7-9 p.m. Interment to take place on Friday
at 1: 00 p.m. at the Stayner-Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers
donations may be made to the Sick Children's Hospital in London
or Toronto or to the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Respiratory
Care Unit.
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VRIESE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2006-11-15 published
VRIESE,
Barbara▲
Elizabeth▲
(KULOW)
Peacefully, at Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital, on Wednesday,
November▲ 8, 2006, Barbara Elizabeth
(KULOW) passed away, in her
70th year, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Survived
by her loving husband of 45 years Albert (Bert), son Ian Albert
(Colleen) of Minneapolis, and daughter Heather Elizabeth (Andrew)
and granddaughters Ria and Janet
WILSON of Ottawa. Predeceased
by her mother Margaret and father Frederick and her sisters Margaret
(Peggy) and Marilyn (Meem). Barb was a loving and supportive
wife of Bert, a caring mother to Ian and Heather, and a wonderful
Nanny to Ria and Janet. Barbara was born in Toronto but was raised
in Collingwood, where she developed her love for skiing on Blue
Mountain and swimming in Georgian Bay. She graduated from the
Collingwood Collegiate Institute, went on to teachers college
in Toronto and taught in the primary grades in Toronto and Sudbury.
Barb was a passionate supporter of her childrens education and
sporting activities, an enthusiastic camper, accomplished gardener,
wonderful cook, music lover, and an avid reader, writer, and
Canadian historian. She was an active church member and supporter
of the Canadian Cancer Society. Barb will be fondly remembered
by her family, relatives, and Friends. Cremation has taken place.
A memorial service will be held at Westmount Presbyterian Church,
521 Village Green Avenue, London, Ontario N6K 1G3 (519-472-3443)
on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 2 p.m. Interment will take
place at a later date in Stayner, Ontario. In lieu of flowers,
contributions to the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Foundation,
395 Carrie Street, Strathroy, Ontario N7G 3J4 (519-245-5295 Ext. 5020)
or Westmount Presbyterian Church would be appreciated.
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VRIESE o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2006-11-15 published
VRIESE,
Johanna▲ (née
VAN
BOOK)
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Johanna
VRIESE
of Saint Thomas and formerly of Wasaga Beach on Monday November 13,
2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, in her 82nd year.
Beloved daughter of the late Adriaan and Johanna
VAN
BOOK.
Beloved
wife of the late Harry
VRIESE
(May▲ 1, 1997.) Predeceased by many
brothers and sisters. Loving mother of Mrs. Cathy
LAWLER and
her husband Len of Saint Thomas, and Ms. Diana
DOYLE and her husband
Brian NIGHTINGALE of Collingwood. Special Oma to Jon
LAWLER and
Kyle NIGHTINGALE.
Special sister-in-law and aunt to many relatives
throughout Canada and Holland. Dear friend to Patricia
LAWLER
and everyone at Wellington Mews in Saint Thomas. Resting at Williams
Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas until Thursday afternoon
and then to the First Christian Reformed Church, Saint Thomas for
funeral service at 1: 00 p.m. Visitation Wednesday from 2:30 to
4: 30 and 7-9 p.m. Interment to take place on Friday at 1:00 p.m.
at the Stayner-Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Sick Children's Hospital in London or Toronto
or to the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Respiratory Care
Unit.
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