EVELEIGH
EVELYN
EVENDEN
EVENS
EVENSON
EVENTHAL
EVERESAINT_D
EVERETT
EVERINGHAM
EVERSFIELD
EVERY
EVES
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BULLOCK,
Rheola
Jean
(STEWARDSON)
At the Exeter Villa Nursing Home, Exeter on Thursday, March 13,
2008. Rheola J.
(STEWARDSON)
BULLOCK formerly of Greenway, Ontario
in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late William "Bill"
BULLOCK
(1977.) Dear mother and mother-in-law of Roy and Noreen
BULLOCK
of Greenway; Jean and Robert
SPROULE of Sebringville. Dear grandmother
to Connie and Doug
TREVITHICK,
Valerie
MARSHALL and Jamie
EVELEIGH,
Joe and Paula
BULLOCK,
Jim and Kim
BULLOCK, Terry
WALPER, Arlene
and John OOSTERWAL. Dear great-grandmother to Cheryl, Crystal,
Mike, Shawn, Chris, Chandel, Randy, Lacey, Brad, Bronson, Debbie,
Chris, Wayne, Craig, Lucas, Kyle and Kristin. Sister-in-law of
Wilma BULLOCK.
Predeceased by brother William
BULLOCK (1997.)
Family will receive family and Friends at the M. Box and son
Funeral Home, 183 Broad Street Parkhill where the funeral service
will be conducted on Sunday, March 16th at 2: 00 p.m. Visitation
1: 30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Reverend Harry
DISHER will officiate.
Donations to the charity of choice would be appreciated. Interment
in Parkhill Cemetery. Share a memory or send condolences to www.boxfuneralhome.ca.
M. Box and son will plant a tree in memory of Mrs.
BULLOCK
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EVELYN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-14 published
GILFILLAN,
Calder "
Gil"
Goetz
Peacefully on Wednesday June 11, 2008 at the Queensway Carleton
Hospital in Ottawa at the age of 92. Beloved husband of the late
Mary Allan Lindsay
CRAIG. Predeceased by his parents W.G.
GILFILLAN
and Ella A.
GOETZ and by his brother William (Bill) all of Uxbridge,
nieces Kathryn
LOUCKS
(GILFILLAN) and Dorothy
WATSON
(CRAIG.)
He is survived by his sister-in-law Elda
GILFILLAN of Uxbridge
and his nieces Jane
MOSER
(Elmar) of Stouffville, Barbara
TOMASO
(Steven) of Toronto, Heather
EVELYN
(Sean) of Stouffville and
Mary's nephews David O.
CRAIG
(Helen) of Toronto, Alan
PINEL
of Atlanta, Georgia and niece Hélène
COHAN
(Stan) of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania and their families. Former employee of Dominion
Bureau of Statistics (Statscan) in Toronto and Ottawa, retiring
in 1972. Following retirement Calder and Mary spent many winters
in Bradenton, Florida and summers in Ottawa with their many Friends
as well as traveling extensively. For the past three years, Calder
has been a resident of Central Park Lodge in Ottawa and we appreciate
the care he received.
Friends may call at the Westboro United Church Chapel, 450 Churchill
Ave., Ottawa on Saturday June 21 from 11 a.m. until service time
at 12 noon. Reception following the service. Cremation with interment
of ashes will take place in Uxbridge cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's
Society of Ottawa Carleton, 1750 Russell Road, Ottawa, Ontario,
K1G 5Z6 or charity of choice.
Condolences, tributes and donations may also be made at
www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com
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EVENDEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-04-26 published
ROBINSON,
Isobel
Margaret, B.A., O.T.C., LL.D. (Alberta)
Honourary Fellow, World Federation Of Occupational Therapists
Peacefully at the Willow Grove Long Term Care in Ancaster, Ontario
on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 in her 93rd year. Beloved aunt of
the Reverend Peter (Joan)
ROBINSON,
Penny
(Bruce)
EVENDEN, and
the late Holly
KIDD and her husband John (Wendy)
KIDD.
Predeceased
by her loved brother Kenneth (Lila)
ROBINSON. A devoted great-aunt
of Linda (Sherman)
BARRETT,
Scott
(Paula)
ROBINSON, Tim (Jennifer)
EVENDEN, Susan (Paul)
ROBINSON, Carolyn (André)
VAN
HEERDEN,
Robin (Melanie)
KIDD,
Bradley
KIDD and Amy
KIDD. A dear friend
and colleague of the late Thelma
CARDWELL,
Mary
DINSDALE and
family, Sherry
HAM and family, and many close Friends. Isobel
was a passionate leader and outstanding contributor to the profession
of Occupational Therapy both in Canada and internationally. A graduate
of McMaster University (B.A.) and the University of Toronto 1939
Diploma in Occupational Therapy. She went on to a distinguished
career at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine Department
of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Occupational Therapy,
holding the position of Director from 1967 to her retirement
in 1981. At this time she received a Doctor of Laws Honourary
Degree from the University of Alberta and Professor Emeritus
at the University of Toronto. A life member of Canadian Association
of Occupational Therapists, Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists,
and World Federation of Occupational Therapists; co-founder of
the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation. Her family wishes
to thank the staff at the Willow Grove for their compassionate
care during Isobel's final years. The family will receive Friends
at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview
Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday,
April 29. Funeral service in the chapel on Wednesday, April 30
at 11: 00 a.m. If desired, memorial donations to the Isobel Robinson
Historical Research Fund (COTF), CTTC Building, Suite
#3401, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa K1S 5R1, the Alzheimer Society
of Ontario, 1200 Bay Street, Suite #202, Toronto M5R 2A5, or
a charity of your choice would be appreciated. Condolences and
memories may be for warded through www.humphreymiles.com.
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EVENS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-03 published
EVENS,
Mary
Edith (formerly
HAMMOND, née
BUCKLIN)
Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend slipped
away peacefully December 23, 2007 in Victoria, B.C.
Predeceased by husbands Reginald Ellery Percy
HAMMOND and Clifford
Wallis EVENS, sisters Velma, Adele, Margaret, brother Edwin.
She leaves children Jean
EDGE-
PARTINGTON
(John) of Creston, British
Columbia, Glen
HAMMOND
(Catherine
SCOTT) of Chemainus, British
Columbia, Lynne
HAMMOND of Ottawa, Ontario, grandchildren Michael
EDGE-PARTINGTON, David
EDGE-
PARTINGTON, Robin
EDGE-
PARTINGTON,
Chrissy HAMMOND and Ted
HAMMOND, 8 great-grandchildren, numerous
nieces and nephews.
She was the last surviving member of the
BUCKLIN family who emigrated
from England to Rhode Island in the early 1600's.
The daughter of U.S. Consul-General George Augustus
BUCKLIN
Jr.▼
and mother Emiline
PORTER from Keene, Ontario, her extraordinary
life began February 10, 1911 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Her
childhood was spent in France, Germany, Mexico, Canada and New
Zealand; she spoke 4 languages by the age of ten. She began playing
the cello at age 9, later obtaining an M.A. in Music at Mills
College, Berkeley. Her orchestral career included the Victoria
Symphony in the 1950's (principal cello), Toronto Symphony 1961-70
(assistant principal cello), and Orchestra London 1970-79 (principal
cello) while husband Clifford
EVENS was music director. She was
also on the faculty of University of Western Ontario. In the
1980's she played with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra
and Canadian Opera Company Orchestra In addition, she enjoyed
playing in numerous chamber music groups throughout her long
career. She earned the love and respect of colleagues wherever
she played. Her passion for music was matched by her passion
for life - she lived it to the fullest. Always positive and younger
than her years, she was open to new adventures, whether they
be travelling the world, horse backpacking, or trying water-skiing
in her 70's.
Uncomplaining, she faced the challenges of her life with courage,
strength, determination and humour. Her extensive far-flung family
was vitally important to her. In turn, her warmth and selflessness
endeared her to family and Friends, who often sought her wise
advice. Her influence on succeeding generations is profound.
Special thanks to the staff at Glenwarren, caretakers and Doctor Luckhurst
for their devoted care. In lieu of flowers, please send donations
to Collegium Program at Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson
Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8V 3N4 or National Youth Orchestra
of Canada, 258 Adelaide St. #400, Toronto, Ontario M5A 1N1
A "Celebration of Life" will take place in the spring. Condolences
can be sent to: www.firstmemorialfuneral.com
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EVENS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-07 published
Mary EVENS: 96
Cellist Played In Concerts, And For Ballet And Opera
By Tom HAWTHORN,
Page
S10
Victoria -- Mary
EVENS, a cellist who performed with symphony
orchestras across the land during a long career, has died in
Victoria. She was 96.
Her orchestral résumé included the Victoria Symphony as principal
cello in the 1950s, after which she joined the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra as assistant principal cello from 1961 to 1970. She
was then principal cello for London Symphony Orchestra (now Orchestra
London) until 1979. At each of these she was joined by her husband,
Clifford EVENS, a violinist and conductor.
Mary Edith
BUCKLIN was born on February 10, 1911, at Guatemala
City,
Guatemala, where her father, George Augustus
BUCKLIN,
Jr.,▲
was the American consul-general. Her mother, the former Emiline
PORTER, hailed from Keene, Ontario, near Peterborough. Mr.
BUCKLIN
later served as a consul at Victoria, during which time his daughter
won the gold medal for excellence in solo performance at the
1929 Victoria music festival.
Her childhood education owed more to Baedeker than to the ABCs,
as she lived in France, Germany, Canada, Mexico and New Zealand.
She spoke four languages by age 10, by which time she had already
taken up the stringed instrument that would be her lifelong avocation
as well as passion. She studied in London; Paris; Koblenz, Germany
and in Seattle, Washington. Among her instructors was Kurt Reher,
familiar to longhairs of a later age for having recorded with
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
She earned a master's degree in music at Mills College at Berkeley,
California., and later held a position on the faculty of the
University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario
After her husband's death in 1980, she played with the National
Ballet of Canada Orchestra, as well as the Canadian Opera Company
Orchestra.
Among her former pupils is Christopher
SHARPE, who is the associate
principal cello for the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Mrs. EVENS died on December 23. She leaves a son, two daughters,
five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased
by husbands Reginald Ellery Percy
HAMMOND and Clifford Wallis
EVENS.
She was also predeceased by a brother and three sisters.
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ROBB,
William
Alexander
(February 21, 1916-March 28, 2008)
William Alexander
ROBB, M.D., F.R.C.S. died at his home in Calgary
on Friday, March 28, 2008 at the age of ninety-two. His remarkable
life began on February 21, 1916 in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan where
he was born on the family farm. Doctor
ROBB received his M.D. degree
from the University of Western Ontario in 1943 and was promptly
shipped overseas and posted to Italy. Following World War 2,
he became a family doctor in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan where he
met Barbara
GREEN, a schoolteacher, whom he married in 1949.
Dr. ROBB returned to the University of Western Ontario and obtained
his General Surgery Certification in 1953. After further subspecialty
training at the Universities of McGill and Manitoba, he earned
his Fellowship in Urology in 1954. The
ROBB's moved to Calgary
in 1955 where Doctor
ROBB practiced Urology with Doctor Lorne Mitchell
and Doctor Jack Noakes. Together they were recognized for their
pioneering work in the 'art of the practice of medicine' when
special tribute was paid to them on Surgeon's Day in 2007 by
the Department of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine at the University
of Calgary. Doctor
ROBB retired at age 77 and in his retirement
he enjoyed his family and Friends, his beautiful backyard, reading
history, telling stories and traveling. He was an acclaimed medical
practitioner whose generosity and kindness knew no bounds. Doctor
ROBB's
wife, Barbara, predeceased him in 1986. He is survived by their
four children; Leslie (Gordon
FORD,)
Angus
(Susan
KILGOUR,) Calvin
(Jane EVENSON,) and Carrie (Ross
CREELMAN;) his six grandchildren,
Katie (Stephen
KOTKAS,)
Helen and David
FORD and Hayley, Jackson
and Harris
ROBB; sister-in-law, Eileen
ROBB and many nieces and
nephews around the world. He was predeceased by his sister, Kay
BRUCE
(Alan) and by his brother, Jim. Funeral Services will be
held at Lakeview United Church (3023 - 63rd Avenue S.W., Calgary,
Alberta) on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 2: 00 p.m. Forward condolences
through www.mcinnisandholloway.com The family would like to extend
their thanks to Doctor Lisa Retzer, Doctor Peter Giannoccaro, and Doctor Sid
Viner. In living memory of Doctor Alex
ROBB, a tree will be planted
at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McInnis and Holloway Funeral Homes
Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 Elbow Drive S.W. Telephone: (403) 243-8200
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EVENTHAL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-16 published
GOODY,
Max
On Friday, February 15, 2008 at his residence. Max
GOODY, beloved
husband of Ruby for 66 years. Loving father and father-in-law
of Tavia and Haggat
EVENTHAL,
Debra and Meir
MALKI, and Ira.
Dear brother and brother-in-law of Shirley and the late Murray
VERNON, and Marilyn and the late Nate
GOODY, and the late Henry
GOODY.
Devoted grandfather of Edan, Naveh, Inbar, and Shira,
and great-grandfather. At Beth David B'nai Israel Synagogue,
55 Yeomans Road. For time of service, please call Benjamin's
Park Memorial Chapel 416-663-9060 or visit www.benjamins.ca Interment,
Beth David B'Nai Israel Synagogue section of Pardes Shalom Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Max Goody Memorial Fund,
c/o The Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, M6A 2C3, 416-780-0324
or www.benjamins.ca
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HEITIN,
Dorothy
On Thursday, June 5, 2008 at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Dorothy HEITIN, beloved wife of the late Harry
HEITIN of Worcester,
Massachusetts. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Gail and Mike
HAMMER, and Bruce
EVERESAINT_Devoted grandmother of David, Lisa,
Justin, and Chloe. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles
Avenue West (3 lights west of Dufferin) for service on Sunday,
June 8, 2008 please call 416-663-9060 for service time. Memorial
donations may be made to the Dorothy Heitin Memorial Fund c/o the
Benjamin Foundation, 3429 Bathurst Street, Toronto, M6A 2C3,
416-780-0324, www.benjamins.ca
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WALTERS,
Ruby
Elizabeth
After a long illness, in Toronto, on February 16, 2008, Mrs. Ruby
Elizabeth WALTERS in her 87th year. Predeceased by her husband
Roscoe. Loving mother of Gary
WALTERS and his wife Jennifer
BLACKHALL
and Brian WALTERS and his wife
Lucille. Dear Grandma of Ross
and wife Emma, Jennifer, Brandon and wife Miranda, Rowan and
great-grandmother of Calin. Sister of Bruce
EVERETT and his wife
Pat, Marjorie
QUEHL and predeceased by Louise and Wayne
QUALLY,
George EVERETT,
Marie
EVERETT and Ione
FORBES. Visitation will
be held in the Needham Funeral Chapel, 520 Dundas Street, London
on Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 1 p.m. until the time of
service at 3 p.m. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery to follow.
Memorial contributions in Ruby's name may be made to the Alzheimer
Society. Tributes may be left at www.mem.com
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Oliver SCHROER:
N52
Fiddler Combined Bach With Tradition
By Staff, Page S9
Toronto -- Oliver
SCHROER, the acclaimed Canadian fiddler and
composer, died Thursday of leukemia at Princess Margaret Hospital
in Toronto. He was 52.
Born in Germany, he came to Canada with his family as a boy and
grew up near Collingwood, Ontario As a youngster, he embraced
most forms of music until he discovered fiddling, only to become
entranced by its sound and culture.
For a time, he attended university in Toronto and then dropped
out to pursue full-time subway busking. Eventually, he became
a sought-after sideman with dozens of different Toronto bands
and in 1993 he brought out two albums. One of them, JIGZUP,
got rave reviews and a Juno nomination. Eight more were to follow.
Along the way, he composed 1,000 songs.
The
Globe's music critic, Robert
EVERETT-
GREEN, described his
playing as a "fusion of Ontario fiddling traditions with the
kind of architectural, string-crossing music of Bach's solo violin
works."
In 2003, Mr.
SCHROER launched The Twisted String, a teaching
and performance concept to inspire young fiddlers. He attended
one of their performances in Toronto's Distillery District on
June 28. His own last performance occurred two weeks earlier.
A full obituary is forthcoming.
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Fiddler was a prolific composer and performer with a style all
his own
Hateful of the violin as a child, he defied calls to conform
and chose to blend such traditions as country, jazz, folk, South
Asian and Scandinavian. 'I don't write music,' he said in 1999.
'I catch it as it goes by'
By Gay ABBATE,
Page
A12
Oliver SCHROER arrived home from high school one day to find
his mother vacuuming while listening to Pink Floyd music. "Hey
Mom, how can I rebel if you keep listening to my records?" he
asked. But rebel he did. The gifted Canadian fiddler and composer
refused to be bound by what he considered the restrictions of
classical instruction and, most importantly, by the limits of
any one musical genre. Through his rebellion, he took contemporary
fiddling music to a whole new level. "He opened up a whole new
range of possibilities," said musician Anne
LINDSAY, who played
second fiddle in Mr.
SCHROER's band, Stewed Tomatoes.
To Grit Laskin, co-founder of the Canadian Folk Music Awards,
Mr. SCHROER was the ultimate musician. "His playing style of
music was unique. It was his own style and physically what he
did with his bow technique and the kind of rhythms and structure
in the music he wrote - there was nobody else like him."
The Globe's music critic, Robert
EVERETT-
GREEN, referred to Mr.
SCHROER's
style as a "fusion of Ontario's fiddling traditions with the
kind of architectural, string-crossing music of Bach's solo violin
works."
For his part, Mr.
SCHROER considered the violin more than a musical
wooden box. "I think of my violin as a vibration generator, a
drum, a sex partner, a confidant," he wrote. "We dance, we tell
each other secrets, we pray. We make music."
A prodigious composer and music producer, as well as a master
of the acoustic violin, Mr.
SCHROER received eight Juno nominations
during his 25-year career. He wrote more than 1,000 musical pieces,
recorded nine CDs of his own compositions and produced 30 CDs
for other artists. He also performed on more than 100 albums
of new traditional, acoustic and popular music by other musicians.
He recorded with such artists as composers Jimmy Webb and Barry
Mann, singers James Keelaghan and Sylvia Tyson, acoustic guitarists
Jesse Cook and Don Ross, and the groups Great Big Sea and Spirit
of the Wind.
His most recent collaboration was with his childhood friend,
the classical guitarist Liona
BOYD. In late April, he played
on two tracks of her new CD, to be released this fall. "He was
an inspired musician," said Ms.
BOYD. "
Music reflects the soul
of a person. You could tell he was a deep, sensitive person."
Mr. SCHROER was very iconoclastic and a global person from a
cultural point of view, said his brother André
SCHROER.
Oliver
SCHROER defied calls to conform, choosing to blend many musical
traditions, including country, jazz, folk, South Asian and Scandinavian.
"He was a very complex individual who in one way skewed authority
and bombast but still had one foot in traditions."
Mr. SCHROER took little credit for his unique music. In his view,
he merely kept his ears open to the wind. "I don't write music,"
he told The Globe and Mail in 1999. "I catch it as it goes by.
It's all floating by for the taking."
Oliver SCHROER was born the third of four children of Hendryk
and Irene SCHROER,
German immigrants who had arrived in Canada
in 1954. When Oliver was 10, his father, who worked in sales
and management, decided to uproot his young family to the countryside.
They settled in Markdale, Ontario, a village located in the Beaver
Valley about 30 kilometres south of Georgian Bay and about 150 kilometres
north of Toronto. It was while growing up in Markdale that he
first met Ms.
BOYD, who lived nearby with her family.
By then Oliver was already a budding musician, having played
the recorder since he was 6. When he was 8, his parents switched
him to the violin, which he did not enjoy playing and took every
opportunity to get out of practising, including making a tape
of the scales and exercises. "When my mother told me to go upstairs
and practice, I would go into my room and play the tape," he
wrote last year, after finally admitting his pretense to his
mother.
Meanwhile, his parents were not musicians but they had an appreciation
for classical music and resolved to expose their children to
it. For a time, the only window to popular culture the children
had was a weekly dose of The Wonderful World of Disney on television.
Oliver's first intimate contact with popular music was when he
was 12 and a friend of his older brother brought over a copy
of the Beatles album, Abbey Road. His 16th birthday brought significant
changes that would further expand his musical horizon: his father
gave him a guitar, acknowledging his son was not interested in
the violin. Later, Oliver went to Quebec on a student-exchange
program and was exposed to the music of Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull
and James Taylor - all of which he greedily soaked up. The guitar
was his instrument of choice even after he enrolled in philosophy
at the University of Toronto. There, he discovered the jazz music
of Chick Corea and Lenny Breau.
It took 10 years for him to graduate from university. He never
really settled to his studies and instead took time off for other
pursuits. He bounced through a series of office jobs and played
for a time with a country swing group called the Treverston Band.
His first gig in 1982 earned him $30.
His violin, meanwhile, remained neglected on a shelf until the
night a girlfriend persuaded him to learn square dancing. He
took along his violin and was surprised to find a fiddler and
guitarist playing for the class. The musicians introduced him
to Irish and French-Canadian fiddling. He didn't learn much about
square dancing because he spent most of his time jamming with
the band. It was the beginning of his love affair with an instrument
he had previously loathed.
He abandoned the guitar and took up the violin - this time an
acoustic violin he painted blue - with one of the musicians he
had met at the square-dancing class. One night, while playing
in Eastern Ontario, he had a revelation that music was to be
his life's work - not the law or academia as he had expected.
"I hadn't ever had that thought before in that same way. This
time it was for real," he once wrote. "If I could just do that,
I would be so satisfied."
In 1987, he and a friend formed a jazz group called Eye Music.
The quartet met with some success and was invited to play at
the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland the following year.
In the early nineties he formed Stewed Tomatoes, which played
across Canada and in venues ranging from small pubs to New York's
Lincoln Centre. For a time, the group served as the house band
on Stewart McLean's Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program,
The Vinyl Café.
In 1993, Mr.
SCHROER established his credentials on the Canadian
music scene with his first album, Jigzup. It was won rave reviews
and earned him his first Juno nomination.
His best known solo albums are Camino and Hymns and Hers. The
music for Camino was recorded in churches during a 2004 hike
of the 1,000-kilometre-long Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage
route which meanders through the Pyrenees mountain region of
France and Spain. For two months, he and friend Peter
COFFMAN
stopped at any church or chapel along the way that seemed acoustically
promising. Mr.
SCHROER would unpack his portable recording studio,
take out the violin he carried wrapped in his sleeping bag and
begin playing. For his part, Mr.
COFFMAN recorded the adventure
through photography. His pictures form a 28-page booklet that
accompanies the album. Often while recording, Mr.
SCHROER would
have unforeseen accompaniment, such as the sound of children
playing or people laughing. At one location in France, while
playing The Lord's Prayer, the church clock started chiming.
"I couldn't believe the fortune of that happening," Mr.
SCHROER
told the Globe in 2006.
Hymns and Hers followed Camino and shares some of the same deep
emotion, although the sound is very different. Recorded after
Mr. SCHROER was diagnosed with leukemia in early 2007, the album
is a collection of introspective ensemble pieces, "Hymns and
Hers is one of the most stunning records I've ever heard," said
Mr. Laskin.
Mr. SCHROER's style of playing was as distinctive as his music.
Four years of busking long hours in Toronto's subway stations
resulted in tendinitis, a condition that has ended many a promising
musical career. After taking a nine-month hiatus, during which
he started composing music, he changed the way he held his bow.
In the process he discovered he could produce exquisite music,
so he kept playing that way, said jazz singer and actress Michele
George, a friend for 25 years. "He took something you could look
at as negative and saw how it could work to take him further
into a new way of making music and a way to hear music that wouldn't
have happened had it not been for the tendinitis."
Mr. SCHROER's large stature in the music world was matched his
physical appearance. Standing 6 feet 6 inches, with his mohawk,
goatee and designer frames, he did not conform to most people's
image of a fiddler. He enjoyed being outrageous and changed his
hairstyle frequently for effect, his brother said. The mohawk
was the favourite look. His goatee grew back bushier than ever.
Over the past year, he would wear clogs - one red and one orange
- just to startle people, his brother said.
Mr. COFFMAN said his friend was a wise man, but could also be
silly, mischievous and goofy. Most of all he was inspiring. "He
just made you want to go out and do great stuff. He was one of
those rare people who expand your sense of what is possible."
Part of Mr.
SCHROER's legacy is Twisted String, a project he
launched about seven years ago with the idea of teaching young
violinists. He was living and teaching in Vancouver and started
the group after going to Smithers, British Columbia, to conduct
a violin workshop. Smithers is located about halfway between
Prince George and Prince Rupert, which means it is a 14-hour
drive from Vancouver. As such, the children there would never
have been exposed to a musician like Mr.
SCHROER, said Emilyn
STAM, who was one of his first students. Other artists, such
as Miss BOYD, later followed in his footsteps to Smithers.
Mr. SCHROER taught his students that nothing was too crazy or
wrong when playing the violin. "He told us to embrace any mistake
and to turn it into something cool," Ms.
STAM said.
He became a father figure for many of the students, and mentored
them all as though they were his own children. "He taught us
how to live life," she added.
Since then the original group has grown and several of his original
students, including Ms.
STAM, are now not only leading Twisted
String but also establishing new groups elsewhere in the country.
Some have gone on to form their own bands.
About two years ago, Mr.
SCHROER was diagnosed with myelodysplasia,
a condition that inevitably leads to the leukemia that developed
early last year. He moved back to Toronto to be near Friends
and family, and to undergo chemotherapy. It was later learned
that the cancer had spread to his spine.
Mr. SCHROER did not let the disease slow him down. During his
chemotherapy treatment, he composed 59 musical pieces, one for
each of his students in Smithers. Each tune had the person's
name in the title and totally fit each kid's personality, Ms.
STAM
said. The tunes make up Smithers, his final CD, which he sent
to each student at Christmas.
His last public performance was on June 5 in Toronto on what
he dubbed the Last Concert on the Tour of the Planet. He played
one solo to a standing-room-only crowd of 800 people.
He continued to work even as the end drew near. Doctors and nurses
in Unit 14A at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto let him
bring in a piano and other recording equipment into his room
so he and his Friends could work, Ms. George said.
A final message to Friends and fans which he posted on his website
reveals that he had come to terms with his pending end on this
Earth. "Some people live very intensely and burn very brightly
during their time here. I think I am one of those people. A shining
star while I am here. So I look at my life as I have lived it,
and I feel very satisfied with all I have achieved and gone through."
Oliver SCHROER was born June 18, 1956, in Toronto. He died July 3,
2008, of leukemia at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. He
was 52. He leaves his mother Irene, brothers André and Ansgar
and sister Martina.
A celebration of Mr.
SCHROER's life and music is being planned
for early September. Details will be posted on his website: http://www.oliverschroer.com.
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WILLIAMS,
David
John
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of David John
WILLIAMS.
Much beloved husband of Judith Grant
WILLIAMS. Treasured
by children Trish (Kevin
EVERINGHAM,)
Christopher and Blythe
(Linas UNDERYS.)
Loved by grandchildren Charles and Philippa
EVERINGHAM and Baby
UNDERYS, due on David and Judy's birthday
of August 11th. Also remembered by daughter Claire
OLANOW and
granddaughter Meredith
OLANOW.
Visitation will be held at the Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor
Street West at Avenue Road (416) 922-4948 from 7-8: 30 p.m. on
Monday. Funeral service will be held in the Church on Tuesday
March 18th at 2 p.m. followed by burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Lunch Program for the Homeless
at the Church of the Redeemer would be appreciated.
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EVERSFIELD o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-14 published
EVERSFIELD,
Audrey▼
(CLUBB)
Peacefully at Extendicare Nursing Home on Sunday, December 16,
2007, Audrey
(CLUBB)
EVERSFIELD of London in her 98th year. Beloved
wife of the late Thomas
EVERSFIELD. Dear mother of Fay
BALL and
her husband the late Fred of Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Predeceased
by her son James
MORAN. Dear stepmother of Joan
PARKINSON and
her husband Ray of London. Also loved by many grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Dear sister-in-law Hazel
CLUBB of London. Predeceased by her brothers Alan, Fred, John
and her sister Jean
SAUNDERS. Dear mother-in-law of Kathy. Burial
has already taken place in Woodland Cemetery. A celebration of
Audrey's life will be held in the chapel of the A. Millard George
Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London, on Saturday, July 19,
2008 at 3: 00 p.m. with Reverend Brian A.
McKAY officiating. As
an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the London
Regional Cancer Program, 747 Baseline Road East, London, Ontario
N6C 2R6.
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EVERSFIELD,
Audrey▲
(CLUBB)
Peacefully at Extendicare Nursing Home on Sunday, December 16,
2007, Audrey
(CLUBB)
EVERSFIELD of London in her 98th year. Beloved
wife of the late Thomas
EVERSFIELD. Dear mother of Fay
BALL and
her husband the late Fred of Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Predeceased
by her son James Moran. Dear step-mother of Joan
PARKINSON and
her husband Ray of London. Also loved by many grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Dear sister-in-law Hazel
CLUBB of London. Predeceased by her brothers Alan, Fred, John
and her sister Jean
SAUNDERS. Dear mother-in-law of Kathy. Burial
has already taken place in Woodland Cemetery. A celebration of
Audrey's life will be held in the chapel of the A. Millard George
Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London, on Saturday, July 19,
2008 at 3: 00 p.m. with Reverend Brian A.
McKAY officiating. As
an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the London
Regional Cancer Program, 747 Baseline Road East, London, Ontario
N6C 2R6.
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THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Frances
Ethel
Peacefully on Thursday, July 23th, 2008 at Kipling Acres in her
94th year. Fond memories of her Friends in her gardening and
hiking clubs. Special thanks to Margaret
VAN
EVERY.
Friends will
be received at Ward Funeral Home (2035 Weston Rd,) Weston on
Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 2 p.m. with an hour of visiting prior.
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EVES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-02-25 published
FARRELL,
Mary (née
EVES)
Formerly of Dresden passed away Sunday, February 24, 2008 at
Fairfield Park Nursing Home, Wallaceburg at the age of 89. She
was born in Ridgetown daughter of the late Robert and Pearl
BURK/BURKE)
EVES.
Beloved wife of the late Neil
FARRELL. Mary is survived
by children: Mary Margaret
HOSKINS,
Teresa
DAUGHERTY, Wayne
FARRELL
and Darlene
COONEY; grandchildren: Mary Ellen and Roger
TONER,
Joe VERKIN,
Burke and Kerry
DAUGHERTY, Brent and Kim
DAUGHERTY, John and
Christine HOSKINS, Donald
HOSKINS, Natalie
COONEY, Jamie
COONEY,
Justin COONEY,
Nerissa
COONEY and Neil
FARRELL; 14 great-grandchildren
2 great great-grandchildren and brother-in-law Carson
LAMPKIN.
Predeceased by daughter Glenda
VERKIN; sons-in-law: John
HOSKINS,
John DAUGHERTY and Joe
VERKIN; 3 brothers and 2 sisters. The
FARRELL family will receive Friends at the Badder Funeral Home and
Reception Centre, 679 North Street, Dresden on Monday from 7-9 p.m.
The funeral service will be held from the chapel of the funeral
home on Tuesday, February 25, 2008 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment in
Dresden Cemetery. Donations may be made at the funeral home by
cheque to the London Regional Cancer Centre. Online donations
and condolences may be left at www.badderfuneralhome.com. a tree
will be planted in memory of Mary
FARRELL in the Badder and Robinson
Memorial Forest, Mosa Twp."
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