MCDERMID
MCDERMIT
MCDERMOTT
MCDEVITT
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McDERMID
In loving memory of Jason
McDERMID who left us suddenly on May 30, 2005.
Little ones don't understand
When God removes a parent's hand.
Out of view and out of sight
Not there to tuck you in at night.
There was no wrong that had been done
Or reasons there under the sun.
Sometimes Daddies go away.
It seems so sad for me to say.
I miss you now and always will
And though I'm gone I love you still.
Remember me on rainy nights,
And winter days with fire lights.
Though I'm gone, I'm still in reach,
With inner voices I might teach.
My love for you goes on forever,
You're not alone, not now, not ever.
Sadly missed and always loved, Shirley and Dylan.
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McDERMID o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-01-10 published
McDERMID,
Jack▼
The
Family of Jack
McDERMID would like to thank everyone for
the flowers, plants, food, donations and cards. Special thanks
to all the Friends, relatives and neighbours for their ongoing
support. It is very much appreciated. Ella, Diane, Wayne, Mark,
Kate and Vera
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McDERMID o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-10-31 published
SPICHER,
Betty
Passed away peacefully on Friday October 26, 2007 at the Stayner
Nursing Home in her 81st year. Betty of Sunnidale Corners, beloved
wife of the late Edward. Loving mother of Gail and her husband
Randy JOHNS of Blackstock, Elaine and her husband of Allen
COLLINGS
of Stayner, Murray and his wife Carolin of Collingwood and Barry
and his wife Louise of Sunnidale Corners. Dear grandmother of
Andrea and her husband Sam
GALICK,
Jeremy,
Ryan and his partner
Megan, Darryl and his partner Ashley, Glen and his wife Amber,
Kathy-Jo and her partner Eugene
NESS,
Sabrina and her fiancé
Mike McDERMID,
Christopher and his fiancée Deidre, Bradley and
Samantha. Great-grandmother of Ginea, Kaden, Tyler, Kyle, Lauren,
Lindsay and Ryley. Also survived by her sister Ruby
NEVILS of
Stayner and sister-in-law Geraldine
PADDISON of Collingwood.
Predeceased by her sisters Leola
PADDISON,
Jean
SPECK and twin
brother Eric
PADDISON.
Friends were received at the Carruthers and
Davidson Funeral Home, 7313 Highway 26 (Main St.), Stayner (705-428-2637)
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Sunday October 28, 2007. Funeral Service
was held at Centennial United Church, 234 William Street, Stayner
on Monday October 29, 2007 at 2 o'clock. Interment Stayner Union
Cemetery. If desired, donations in Betty's memory may be made
to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, General and Marine Hospital Foundation
or a charity of your choice. For more information or to sign
the online guest book, log on to www.carruthersdavidson.com.
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McDERMID o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-12-12 published
McDERMID,
Jack▲
(June 11, 1941-December 12, 2006)
You still live on in the hearts and minds of the loving family
you left behind.
Love, Ella, Diane, Wayne, Mark and Kate
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McDERMID o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-07 published
COLLINS,
Merlie
Elvina (née
BUCKINGHAM) (1918-2007)
Passed away peacefully at 88 at the Grace Hospital in Toronto
on July 2, 2007. Merlie joins her husband and soul mate, Gordon,
but will be sadly missed by her family and many dear Friends.
She is predeceased by her parents, John Elijah and Mary
(JOHNSTON)
BUCKINGHAM,
Gordon, and her sister Shirley
BUCKINGHAM. Loving
mother to John, Donald (Heather
COLEMAN,)
Douglas,
(Cheryl
GORMAN)
and Steven (Tina.) Adoring grandmother to Erin (Greig
LOVE,)
Patrick (Kristie), Jordan, Joshua, Caitlin, Emily, Laura and
Julia, Tara, (Charles
MEARS), Michael and Ryan. Mother-in-law
to Kathy KENNEDY and Ellen
POMER.
Great-grandmother to Isobel
(Erin and Greig) and Kaydan (Tara and Charles). Cousin to Myrna
Buckingham
McDERMID,
Jim
BUCKINGHAM, Douglas
McDERMID (Michelle)
and Anne McDERMID
(Gordon
MacDONALD.) Merlie was born in Maxwell,
Ontario on October 12th, 1918, and graduated from the University
of Toronto in 1939 where she met and was courted by Gordon
COLLINS.
While Gordon was overseas during the war in England with the
Canadian Dental Corps, Merlie worked as a social worker at the
Children's Aid Society in Brockville. On a home leave, Gordon
and Merlie were married on August 1st, 1942. In 1945, they settled
in Ottawa where Gordon started a dental practice and they lived
in the same home until Gordon's death in 2001. They took many
wonderful trips to Europe, the Middle East, South America and
across Canada to visit Donald and family in Alberta. Merlie was
an avid bridge player and hostess, a dedicated volunteer at the
Ottawa Civic Hospital, and active member of Parkdale United Church,
and a member of the University Women's Club. A celebration of
Merlie's life will be held at St. Philip's Anglican Church 31 St. Philip's
Road, Etobicoke on Saturday, July 14th, 2007 at 10 a.m. In lieu
of flowers donations to a charity of your choice or to the Art
and Margaret Davis Endowment Fund, c/o the Ottawa Hospital Foundation
737 Parkdale Ave, 1st floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 1J8 would be
appreciated. Thank you to all the staff at the Toronto Grace
Hospital. 'To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.' (Ulysses)
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McDERMIT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-13 published
Tourist dies after attack by panhandlers
By Matthew
TREVISAN,
Page A1
A tourist to Toronto succumbed to his injuries on the weekend
after being attacked by an enraged gang of panhandlers in a downtown
neighbourhood.
Four panhandlers already facing several assault charges will
likely see those charges upgraded after Ross
HAMMOND, of St. Catharines,
died of his injuries Saturday, police say.
Councillor Michael
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON said yesterday that panhandling in
Toronto is "essentially out of control."
It has now come to a point, he said, where an innocent person
has died.
"I'm saddened obviously to hear that it's come to this," said
Mr. Thompson (Ward 37, Scarborough Centre), who was attacked
by a panhandler in Nathan Phillips Square in April, 2006.
"It's not unexpected. I think it will happen again if nothing
is done."
The city is in the midst of a pilot project to study aggressive
panhandling. However, the project doesn't cover the area near
Trinity
Bellwoods
Park, where Mr.
HAMMOND was stabbed.
Mr. HAMMOND reportedly underwent several operations before dying
early Saturday morning after receiving multiple stab wounds during
an altercation at about 12: 30 a.m. Thursday.
Toronto police said Mr.
HAMMOND and a friend were walking west
on Queen Street West toward Niagara Street when two men and two
women in their early 20s approached them and asked for money.
They refused, and a verbal confrontation quickly turned into
a physical melee. Mr.
HAMMOND, 32, was stabbed in the chest and
back, and some of the accused also received minor stab wounds.
One witness said he saw one person sprinting across Queen Street
with a knife in his hand. He reportedly attempted to get away
by jumping onto a moving taxi, which was left bloodied, in full
view of two streetcars.
Reached yesterday at the couple's home in St. Catharines, Mr.
HAMMOND's
widow, Kara, said any family statement will be made through Toronto
police.
"This is not a good time," she said.
Sergeant Tim
BURROWS said he didn't expect the incident to affect
how visitors view the city with respect to panhandlers.
"I would say 99 per cent of our panhandlers, though some could
get aggressive in asking for money… know their place and what
they're doing, and don't affect the majority of the public."
However, at Mayor David Miller's executive committee meeting
in late May, restaurateurs said panhandlers routinely steal beer,
food and tips from sidewalk patios. A downtown Tim Hortons owner
told the committee she was left bleeding after she was slapped
in the face by a "panhandler" she asked to leave her doughnut
shop.
A two-month city pilot project in which city workers work with
people panhandling between 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the area from
Spadina Avenue to Jarvis Street, and from Yorkville Avenue to
Queens Quay, concludes on September 30. A report to the executive
committee is due in 2008.
When approached by panhandlers, the public shouldn't make eye
contact and continue walking past them, Sgt.
BURROWS said.
The four accused of no fixed address appeared in court Friday,
but could be facing murder charges this week, police said.
On Friday, Sarah
McDERMIT, 22, was charged with aggravated assault,
assault causing bodily harm, assaulting a peace officer and obstructing
a peace officer. Jeremy
WOOLLEY, 21, was charged with aggravated
assault, assault causing bodily harm and obstructing a peace
officer. Nicole
KISH, 21, was charged with aggravated assault
and assault causing bodily harm, and Douglas
FRESH, 22, was charged
with aggravated assault.
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McDERMOTT o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-12 published
MARCHAND,
Jordan
Marchand
Was always smiling, learning, dreaming and hoping. During his
four year battle with cancer, Jordan proudly completed his computer
engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and worked
for Conversys Inc. Although Jordan never realized his dreams
of buying a Mercedes and working in California, he continued
living his life quietly, but with zest and spunk. Jordan, 25,
died holding his mother's hand in his Star Wars decorated room
at London Health Sciences Centre, Tuesday, January 9, 2007. Jordan
was the cherished
son of Robert and Mary Ann
MARCHAND, the beloved
brother of Nathan and Sheldon
MARCHAND and Ingrid (Paul)
McDERMOTT
and special grand_son of Flora
DUQUETTE.
Predeceased by grandparents
Arthur and Leona
OBERLE and Oscar
DUQUETTE.
Jordan will also
be missed by Comet, his Chihuahua. Friends will be received by
the family form 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the A. Millard George Funeral
Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London, and
at Holy Family Catholic
Church, 777 Valetta Street, London, on Saturday, January 13,
2007 from 10: 00 to 11:00 a.m. where the funeral mass will be
held at 11: 00 a.m. Jordan's family thanks London Health Sciences
Centre oncology, cancer, and palliative care staff and physicians
for the outstanding care Jordan received. Donations may be made
as flowers, or as the gift of life (blood donations) or to the
charity of your choice. Online condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca
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McDERMOTT o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-09-12 published
Crash kills London mother, daughter
Their car hit a median on Highway 401 and was struck by a transport
truck.
By Randy RICHMOND, Sun Media, Wed., September 12, 2007
Grim scene: The driver of this transport truck died yesterday
morning when he rear-ended a tractor trailer on Highway 401 near
Colonel Talbot Road that had slowed for a police roadblock to
divert traffic around an earlier fatal accident. (Derek
RUTTAN
Sun Media)
A London mother and daughter dedicated to helping victims of
self abuse were killed yesterday in a Highway 401 crash that
led to the death of a third driver hours later.
B.J. THOM, 52, also known as Elizabeth, and her daughter, Ashley
GARROD, 22, were killed after their car hit the median in the
east lanes of Highway 401 between Colonel Talbot Road and Wellington
Road, spun out of control and was hit by a transport truck during
heavy rain about 4 a.m., police said.
The driver of the tractor-trailer faces several charges, including
leaving the scene of an accident causing death.
A second crash occurred just before 11 a.m. at the roadblock
where police were diverting traffic from Highway 401 to Colonel
Talbot Road.
A transport truck slowed down at the roadblock and a second truck
slammed into it, killing the driver of the second truck.
Killed in the second crash was Timothy
McDERMOTT, 50, of South
Woodslee, Essex County.
The three deaths bring to nine the total killed on area roads
the last 11 days and the carnage is exasperating police, said
Const. Doug
GRAHAM of Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police.
"Every accident on Highway 401 and 402 in the past few days was
preventable. We are very concerned about all these deaths," he
said.
Some drivers aren't getting the message to slow down in bad weather
or at night, to leave room between vehicles and to wear seatbelts,
GRAHAM said.
"That is is what is so disturbing."
Friends of
THOM and
GARROD expressed horror yesterday at the
news the pair had died.
THOM and
GARROD ran Self Abuse Finally Ends in Canada, a London-based
group that helps people who hurt themselves.
THOM had successfully fought self abuse, said Trix
VAN
EGMOND,
mental health public educator with the Canadian Mental Health
Association of London- Middlesex.
"She gave help back and she did it in a personalized way. She
was very funny and irreverent, I think, from going to hell and
back herself."
GARROD was driving the car when the crash occurred, Ontario Provincial
Police said.
Police learned of the accident from a motorist who noticed headlights
from a vehicle in the south ditch along the east lanes.
Officers arrived to find the two women dead and the car "extensively
damaged," GRAHAM said.
They also found a headlight at the scene.
"From the impact and from the evidence left at the scene we were
able to determine it was a tractor-trailer we were looking for,"
GRAHAM said.
It appears the car hit the median and spun enough that the truck
hit the passenger side,
GRAHAM said.
Police searched area truck stops for a damaged tractor- trailer
missing a headlight. They found a truck parked at the back of
the Flying J truck stop south off Highway 401 near Highbury Avenue
about two hours later,
GRAHAM said.
The driver was inside the truck, he added, and at first refused
to leave the cab, .
"He made no effort to contact police or return to the scene,"
GRAHAM said.
Stefan FOGIEL, 61, of Acton, has been charged with two counts
of failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing death,
resisting arrest, failing to maintain log books and failing to
have a pre-trip inspection, Ontario Provincial Police said.
FOGIEL made a brief court appearance before Justice of the Peace
Patricia HODGINS yesterday.
White-haired with glasses and wearing a white T-shirt with a
Bass
Beer logo,
FOGIEL told
HODGINS he wanted a Polish interpreter
for his court appearances.
Assistant
Crown attorney Brian
WHITE/WHYTE ordered
FOGIEL be kept in
custody. He is to make a video court appearance today.
The second crash yesterday occurred only minutes after police
had removed the London women's crumpled blue car from the scene
of the first incident.
"The lead transport truck was slowing down. The one behind slammed
into it. It was quite an impact,"
GRAHAM said.
The driver of the first transport, Harpreet
PANNU, 29, of Brampton,
suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
There was no reason for the collision,
GRAHAM said.
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McDERMOTT o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-09-13 published
Fanshawe student aimed to help others
Ashley GARROD, killed in a Highway 401 crash, was studying for
child, youth work.
By Daniela
SIMUNAC, Sun Media, Thurs., September 13, 2007
Ashley GARROD seemed destined for a career helping others.
Working alongside her mother to help those struggling with self
abuse, the 22-year-old Fanshawe student was in her second year
studying to become a child and youth worker.
The mother and daughter were killed Tuesday after their car was
hit by a transport truck in the east lanes of Highway 401 between
Colonel Talbot Road and Wellington Road.
It was the first of two deadly 401 crashes that day.
The driver of the tractor-trailer faces charges, including failing
to remain at the scene of an accident causing death.
GARROD was described yesterday by her peers as being "extremely
bright," "always smiling" and "creative."
Her mother, 52-year-old B.J.
THOM, also known as Elizabeth, was
executive director of Self Abuse Finally Ends in Canada, a London-based
group that helps people who inflict pain on themselves.
"It was such a shock when I heard," said Mary
GRAHAM, the founder
of Self Abuse Finally Ends. "B.J. was a very kind and caring
person. She was just amazing."
THOM, a Toronto native, took over the group from Graham in 1998.
She battled with self abuse for years,
GRAHAM said.
Fanshawe
College spokesperson Jeff
SAGE said students and staff
who knew the mother and daughter were deeply saddened by the
news of their deaths.
"It's a huge loss to the social services community."
Students can meet with counsellors and chaplains at the college
to help them with their grief, he said.
Only hours after
GARROD and
THOM were killed, a second fatal
crash occurred where a roadblock had been set up to divert traffic
from the scene.
As a transport truck slowed down for the roadblock, a second
transport hit it.
Timothy McDERMOTT, 50, of Essex County, driver of the second
transport, was killed.
Western Region Ontario Provincial Police report there have been
10 fatal crashes in September, resulting in 12 deaths, many which
could have been prevented.
"This trend is very distressing," said Const. Doug
GRAHAM of
Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police. Speed, following too closely
and not paying attention appear to be the major factors, he said.
"If people are in a hurry, they drive aggressively," said
GRAHAM,
adding that following too closely and driving too fast were factors
in McDERMOTT's death.
"Thousands of other cars had made that merge into the road closure
without a collision," he said.
"He paid the ultimate price for driving incorrectly."
Highway Safety Tips
Calling the recent spate of deadly crashes on local roads "distressing,"
Ontario Provincial Police offer the following safety tips:
- Slow down.
- Leave about four car spaces between your vehicle and the next.
- Concentrate on your driving.
- Leave 10 minutes early so you won't be as tempted to rush if
you come across traffic delays.
- Drivers who see a collision on a highway should pull over to
a safe place and offer assistance when it's possible or get to
the next exit and call police.
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McDERMOTT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-26 published
Ford Canada president recognized the value of a free-trade auto
pact
Described as a youthful financial whiz when he took over at 42,
he also persuaded head office to build a engine plant in Canada
after twisting the arms of Pierre Trudeau and Bill Davis
By Douglas
McARTHUR,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S9
Toronto -- Roy
BENNETT helped his buddies set up the "Friday
Night Poker Club" while attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute
in 1945. He would continue to attend its monthly sessions for
more than 60 years.
During that time, he became a chartered accountant, rose through
the ranks of the Ford Motor Co. of Canada to become its president
at age 42 without having gone to university, and held executive
and board positions with many of the country's leading businesses
and institutions. But he never abandoned the regular poker-and-beer
nights with his old Friends, many of whom also became business
leaders.
"Whatever he did, he was committed," said Jim Hunter, who worked
with him on a number of financial projects and is now president
of NexGen Financial. "Whether it was business, tennis or poker,
those commitments were life-long," he said. He was also very
bright, affable and "a counter-thinker, who would look at a problem
and come up with a different conclusion than everyone else."
Ken
Harrigan, who followed Mr.
BENNETT as president of Ford Canada,
said his predecessor's main contribution was convincing government
officials in Ottawa to negotiate a free-trade auto pact with
Washington. The Canada-United States Automotive Agreement, signed
in 1965, allowed free movement across the border of vehicles
from Big Three auto plants in both countries. For Canada, this
meant lower car prices and an increase in Canadian production,
which created new jobs.
While heading Ford's Canadian subsidiary from 1970 to 1981, Mr.
BENNETT
worked to build a profitable operation independent of the U.S.
head office. He also made relations with employees a priority
and reached out to find common ground with both government and
organized labour. After stepping down as president in 1981, he
founded and ran Bennecon, a firm that provides cash-flow advice
to large companies. At the same time, he served terms as chairman
or director with BP Canada, Midland Walwyn, Jannock, Metropolitan
Life Holdings Co., York University, the Mississauga Hospital,
Scouts Canada and a host of other companies and organizations.
Ron
Osborne, chairman of Sun Life Financial, called Mr.
BENNETT
a role model for accountants who want to make other contributions
- "to go straight," as he put it. "He was the model director
big picture, strategic, not prone to sweat the details, rigorous
in his questioning, but, after the decisions were made, very
supportive."
Mr. BENNETT and his wife, Gail
COOK-
BENNETT, were one of corporate
Canada's power couples. When they were married in 1978, he was
president of Ford Canada and she was executive vice-president
of the C.D. Howe Institute of Research in Montreal. They met
at a Canadian-American Committee meeting in Washington. At the
end of one session, Dick Schmeelk, an American who served as
co-chair of the group, invited them for a ride in a Cadillac
to go and get a nightcap. The irony, Mr. Schmeelk said, was that
the president of Ford Canada had that "first date" in a General
Motors vehicle.
Over the years, they twice served on the boards of competing
corporations - once in the petroleum field, once in insurance.
No discussion of their respective companies was allowed at home,
said Ms. COOK-
BENNETT, who is now chair of the Canada Pension
Plan Investment Board.
While president of Ford Canada, Mr.
BENNETT persuaded the U.S.
head office to build a $535-million engine plant in Windsor,
Ontario, instead of Ohio, which was offering state subsidies.
He alerted Queen's Park and Ottawa to the urgent need for their
involvement, and arranged a meeting between prime minister Pierre
Trudeau and Ontario premier William Davis while both were attending
the Calgary Stampede. On the spot, the two agreed to a $68-million
cash incentive plan that helped seal the deal.
The youngest of two sons of English-born parents, William Charles
BENNETT and Gladys Mabel
(MATTHEWS), Roy Frederick
BENNETT spent
his early years in Winnipeg. Roy was 10 when his father, a manufacturing
agent in the woollens industry, moved the family to Toronto.
In 1941, while attending Maurice Cody Public School, Roy played
on the team that won the Toronto school soccer championship.
Athletics were to play an important role in his life. He enjoyed
hockey, golf and squash. As a young man, he once won a tennis
match against Don Fontana, who later became one of Canada's top-seeded
players.
After high school, Mr.
BENNETT chose a fast-track route to become
a chartered accountant. He apprenticed directly with the accounting
firm Lever and Hoskin, rather than attending university. He worked
with the firm until 1954, when he joined Kelvinator.
Two years later, he moved to Ford Canada as supervisor of financial
planning. He was made marketing manager in 1964 and vice-president
of finance in 1965. In the early years at Ford, Mr.
BENNETT was
offered a posting in South Africa and was told it could help
his chances of becoming president. He declined, preferring not
to uproot his family, according to daughter Brenda
BENNETT-
LEARMONTH.
He had married Laurie
McDERMOTT in 1955 and they had three children,
Bruce, Brenda and Lynne. The couple later separated and were
divorced. Laurie McDermott
BENNETT later died.
But opportunities knocked again at Ford Canada. Mr.
BENNETT had
won the admiration and backing of Ford Motor Co. chairman Henry
Ford II by making himself the company expert on free trade, and
on November 16, 1970, he was given the job of president.
Heading one of Canada's largest companies at 42 won Mr.
BENNETT
the reputation of being a wunderkind. In a profile, The Globe
and Mail described him as a "youthful financial whiz who never
graduated from university." Two years later, he was given the
additional title of Chief Executive Officer.
When he was made president, Mr.
BENNETT said he would take the
job for no less than five years and no more than 10, says his
son Bruce, now president of Bennecon. "He felt if you couldn't
do what you wanted in 10 years, it was time for someone else
to take charge."
So in 1981, he stepped down as president, although he served
a brief period after that as chairman. He turned down an executive
job offer at the U.S. head office because he didn't want to leave
Canada. He continued to serve on the Ford Canada board until
the subsidiary was privatized in 1995.
Claude Lamoureux was an executive at Metropolitan Life Holdings
when Mr. BENNETT was named chair of the company's board. He went
to their first meeting together prepared to answer questions
about sales and finances. Instead, Mr.
BENNETT wanted to know
about the human resources department. "He put real emphasis on
people, on having the right human resources department… on having
the right team," said Mr. Lamoureux, now president and Chief
Executive Officer of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund.
In 1986, Mr.
BENNETT served on the Royal Commission on Unemployment
Insurance and issued a minority report saying that plans to remove
seasonal benefits would be too Draconian a measure for chronically
depressed regions. He argued that an income-supplement program
should be put in place before any move was made to base unemployment
benefits on a full year's income. That strong sense of fair play
was demonstrated again in February, 1995, when he wrote a critical
letter to Ford's U.S. head office. It charged that the parent
company's transfer pricing policy was suppressing profits at
the Canadian subsidiary.
He called the low earnings "an embarrassment for management,
employees and dealers as well as Canadian directors." The letter
suggested that Ford Motor Co. buy out the minority shareholders
if it was not prepared to let the Canadian operations become
more profitable. A buyout plan was announced two months later.
A focal point for the
BENNETT family's time together was a cottage
on an island in Lake of Bays, in the Muskoka area, north of Toronto.
Mr. BENNETT installed "the smallest car ferry in the world" to
transport his Ford Explorer to the island, said Keith
HILLYER,
who had a cottage nearby. A motorized cable system pulled the
ferry across. "To get on the ferry, the car had to go down a
precipitous incline," Mr.
HILLYER said. "He had to be careful
it didn't slide off the other side."
Mr. BENNETT pursued his busy lifestyle of business, charitable,
athletic and social endeavours into his late 70s - it was just
last year when a diagnosis of bladder cancer forced him to slow
down.
A year ago, he attended his last session of the Friday Night
Poker Club and lost $120. David
FLEMING/FLEMMING, one of four founding
members still living, says the group plans to carry on its six-decades-old
tradition.
Roy Frederick
BENNETT was born in Winnipeg on March 18, 1928.
He died at his Toronto home of bladder cancer on June 4, 2007.
He was 79. He leaves his wife, Gail Cook-
BENNETT; children Bruce,
Brenda, Lynne and Christopher; and seven grandchildren. He was
predeceased by his brother, Ken.
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McDERMOTT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-01 published
GARGARELLA,
Rose
Marie (née
DEMASCIO)
Peacefully on Monday, July 30, 2007. Beloved wife of the late
Anthony Steven. Much loved mother of Katharine Donna and her
husband Leonardo
CAPOBIANCO, and the late JoAnne Marie. Loving
grandmother of Gabriella and Stephanie
CAPOBIANCO. Dear sister
of Janet and her husband Brian
McDERMOTT, and sister-in-law of
Florence DEMASCIO.
Predeceased by her siblings Jim, Joe and Mary.
She will be fondly remembered by her niece and nephews. Friends
may call at the Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor St. W.,
at Windermere, east of the Jane subway on Thursday from 2-4 p.m.
and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held at Holy Angels Roman Catholic
Church, 61 Jutland Rd., on Friday, August 3, 2007 at 10 a.m.
Private interment Assumption Cemetery.
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McDERMOTT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-12 published
Three die in separate but related crashes on the 401
By Unnati GANDHI,
Page A7
Three people are dead, including a mother and daughter, after
a horrific chain of events unfolded on a small strip of Canada's
busiest highway yesterday.
The accidents involved four vehicles - including three trucks
- in two separate but related crashes.
It all began about 4 a.m. Fanshawe College student Ashley
GARROD,
22, was driving eastbound on the 401 near London, Ontario, with
her mother, Elizabeth
THOM, when a tractor-trailer struck them
from behind, police said. Their small car was sent skidding across
the highway before coming to a stop in the ditch on the south
side.
Ontario
Provincial
Police Sergeant Dave
REKTOR said police received
a 911 call about headlights seen shining out of the ditch.
When emergency crews arrived, they found Ms.
GARROD and her 52-year-old
mother dead inside the car. The truck that had hit them was nowhere
to be found, Sgt.
REKTOR said.
After issuing a public alert, police found a truck with extensive
damage to its front at a Flying J truck stop a few kilometres
away.
Its 61-year-old driver, Stefan
FOGIEL, of Acton, has been charged
with two counts of failing to remain at the scene of an accident
causing death, resisting arrest, failing to maintain log books,
and failing to have a pre-trip inspection.
The highway was closed for several hours as investigators reconstructed
the collision.
Then, just before 11 a.m., a transport truck slowing down as
it approached the roadblock at the collision site was struck
from behind by another truck. The driver of the second truck,
Timothy McDERMOTT, 50, died on impact. The driver of the first
truck, Harpreet
PANNU, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
No charges are expected to be laid.
"It would appear the driver was not paying attention," Sgt.
REKTOR
said. "The at-fault driver was the victim as well."
The officer said the collisions were that much more tragic because
both could have been prevented with more careful driving.
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McDERMOTT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-24 published
PAVANEL,
Charles "
Charlie" (1925-2007)
Charles PAVANEL, who died Saturday, November 17, 2007 at the
age of 82, enjoyed every opportunity life afforded him. 'You
only go through this world once,' he said, 'so you've got to
have a good time.' For Charlie, a good time meant standing by
his family and Friends through thick and thin, living large at
social gatherings, sharing a joke or handful of cash with strangers
in need, and excelling at sports and in business. A no-nonsense
competitor and unafraid to take chances, Charlie commanded the
respect and affection of many who met him on the field and in
the boardroom. Born in 1925 in Cooksville to Carlo and Elena
PAVANEL, who had emigrated from Treviso, Italy, Charles was the
youngest of seven children. From the age of nine he was drawn
time and again to the Credit Valley Golf Course, where he learned
the game first as a caddie and later as a talented and dedicated
player. He also showed great skill as a running back for the
Port Credit High School football team. It was at high school
that he met his future wife, Mary
McDERMOTT, who was a member
of the cheerleading squad. They were married on April 28, 1951,
in a small ceremony at the Port Credit Presbyterian Church, and
went on to have five children. During the Second World War, Charlie
served in the Navy. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from
the University of Toronto in 1951. Right out of school he was
hired by B.F. Goodrich to work in Waterloo as part of the Chemical
Division's sales team, and some time later became one of the
firm's leading managers. After settling in he joined Rockway
Golf Club and later Westmount Golf and Country Club, where he
laid low the competition for more than three decades, both on
the golf course and, for several years, the curling rink. A 3-handicapper
- with a best score of 69 on par 72 - Charlie took great pleasure
in playing many of the top courses in the world, and always appreciated
the game for opening innumerable doors both in business and Friendship.
He was also a member of the KW Racquet Club in Kitchener, the
Mississauga Golf Club, the Tournament Players Club in Dearborn,
Michigan, and the Vines Golf Club in Fort Myers, Florida. He
also belonged to the local Gyro Club. In 1974, Charlie enjoyed
immediate success with the founding of Genesta Manufacturing,
which was begun with the help of Mary, who ran the office out
of their dining room for the first year. Hematite Manufacturing
was added in 1978, and in 1987, Genesta, Hematite and other interests
became Pavaco Plastics Inc. Under Charlie's leadership, the company
garnered several awards, and introduced many industry firsts
in the lighting and automotive sectors. Charlie was devastated
following the death of Mary on May 7, 1986, but a year later
had the good fortune to meet Vivian
McLEAN, and after 12 happy
years they were married on July 13, 2000. Charles is survived
by Vivian, his children Ellen, John, Jane and Joanne (Alex predeceased
him on December 20, 2006), and their spouses Wendy, Clare, Sami,
Mark and Mike; his grandchildren Adam, Leah, Kate, Evan, Hailie,
Charlie, Nicholas, Hannah, May, Jack, Liam, Maddie, Callum, Hannah,
Amy and Elizabeth; his brother and sister-in-law Bruni and Marie,
and his sister-in-law Mary
KAY.
Charles is missed by Vivian's
children, Wendy, Susan, Gary, and Patrick. He is lovingly remembered
for being a generous and upright father, a fun-loving uncle,
an excellent companion to his Friends, and a good provider for
all who were fortunate to enjoy the charm and embrace of his
company. A memorial celebration of Charles' life will be held
at Del Dente's at The Charcoal Steakhouse, 2980 King St. E. Kitchener
on Sunday, December 2, 2007 from 1-4 p.m. A private family service
at Charles's residence was officiated by Rev. Walter
McLEAN.
As an expression of your sympathy, a donation may be made to
the Canadian Diabetes Association, 14 Irvin Street, Suite 1,
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 1K8. Erb and Good Family Funeral Home Ltd.
171 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P7 Phone: 519-745-8445
Fax: 519-745-9992. www.erbgood.com
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McDEVITT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-07-05 published
McDEVITT,
Mary
Peacefully on Tuesday July 3, 2007 at the Oakville Trafalgar
Hospital, in her 89th year. Loving daughter of the late Daniel
and Catherine, and sister of the late James. Devoted aunt to
Patricia McDEVITT.
Mary will be lovingly remembered by her family
and Friends. She enjoyed a 50 year career with Hand Fireworks.
Friends may call at the Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario
Street, Mississauga (Hwy 10, N. of the Queen Elizabeth Way) on Saturday
July 7, 2007 from 8: 30-9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass to follow at St.
Patrick's Church, 921 Flagship Doctor at 10 a.m. Interment Mount
Peace Cemetery. If desired, remembrances may be made to a charity
of your choice.
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