AYRE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-25 published
AYRE,
Charles
Alan
Peacefully on September 22 at age 98 at Simcoe Manor, Beeton
after a short illness. Alan will be remembered with love and
affection by his sister Isla, his son Michael, son-in-law Danny
TOMLINSON, daughter Margaret and husband Jack
FLEETWOOD, and
son John and wife
Mary
Ann
EVANS; by grandchildren Terri and
Brian TOMLINSON;
Craig and Kevin
FLEETWOOD; Evelyn,
Edward and
Eleanor AYRE.
Alan was predeceased by his wife of 59 years Joan
and his daughter Barbara. Born in Winnipeg on May 9, 1909 to
William and Sarah
AYRE,
Alan followed an early interest in chemistry,
subsequently earning a PhD in biochemistry in 1936 at Imperial
College, London. After laboratory research in England and Canada,
he entered the chemical industry in 1944, retiring in 1974 as
President of BDH Chemicals in Toronto. His family will remember
his great fondness for his collection of rare scientific books
and his ambitious gardening which included raising his beloved
peonies. Burial will be a private family ceremony at Niagara
Lake Shore Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Osborne
Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library.
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AYRES o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-01-06 published
VAIR,
Mona
Warner (née
AYRES)
Peacefully surrounded by the love of her family, at Central Place
on Friday morning, January 5th, 2007. Mona Warner
VAIR (née
AYRES,)
of Owen Sound, in her 89th year. Dearly beloved wife of the late
Rev. Allan H. (Mike)
VAIR. Loving mother of Pamela
VAIR and her
husband, Bill
HALEY, of Owen Sound and Penny
VAIR and her husband,
Mike PHILLIPS, of Leith. Proud grandmother of Michael
VAIR-
HALEY
and Kendra
VAIR-
HALEY. Dear friend to Doctor Susan
COREY.
Mona will
be sadly missed by her brother, Bob
AYRES and her two sisters,
Beatrice WOOLEVER and Muriel
FRASER.
Predeceased by her parents,
Jack and Mabel
AYRES and her two brothers, Ted and Jim
AYRES.
Friends may call at the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street
West, Owen Sound (519-376-7492) on Sunday from 6: 00-9:00 p.m.
A Memorial Service to celebrate Mona's life will be held at St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, 865 - 2nd Avenue West, Owen Sound on Monday,
January 8th, 2007 at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Ted
CREEN officiating.
Interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound at a later date.
If so desired, the family would appreciate donations to an Education
Bursary at the O.S.C.V.I. in memory of Mona
VAIR as your expression
of sympathy. Messages may be sent to brian@woodfuneralhome.ca
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