OKE o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2008-04-21 published
DICKSON/DIXON,
Elizabeth
Irma (née
McEWEN)
Peacefully and gracefully after a short but courageous battle
with cancer, at the Grey Bruce Health Services on Sunday morning,
April 20th, 2008. Elizabeth Irma
DICKSON/DIXON (née
McEWEN,) of Francis
Lake, in her 68th year. Dearly beloved wife of Bev
DICKSON/DIXON.
Loving
mother of Tanya
CAYLEY and her husband, Rod, Tracey
KUHL and
her husband Brent, both of R.R.#2, Tara, Tara
OKE and her husband,
Ted, of Exeter and Michael
McCARTNEY.
Proud grandmother of seven
grandchildren. Elizabeth will be sadly missed by her brother,
Thomas McEWEN and his wife, Sue, of Port Stanley; her sister,
Verna SCHNIEDER/SNIDER/SNYDER and her husband, Buzz, of Ohio; her aunt, Aileen
“Toots”
McEWEN, of London; her beloved dog, Bailey. Friends may
call at the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home, 250 - 14th Street West,
Owen Sound, Ontario, N4K-3X8 (519-376-7492) on Tuesday from 2: 00-4:00 and
7: 00-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service for Elizabeth
DICKSON/DIXON will be
held in the Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Kristal
McGEE officiating. Interment
in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Georgian Bluffs. If so desired, the
family would appreciate donations to the Grey Bruce Health Services
foundation, as your expression of sympathy.
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OKE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-02-13 published
OKE,
George
M.
74 years, of Petrolia, at Bluewater Health - C.E.E. Site, Petrolia
on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Loving husband of Norma. Dear
father of Warren and Karrie
OKE of Sarnia and Donna Marie
SHIPP
of Fort Erie and step-father of Linda and Bob
HEDDEN of Wallaceburg,
Sandra and Neil
MARCHAND of Dresden, Diane and Larry DE
FRAEYE
of Dresden, and Ken and Laura Lee
SMITH of Dresden. Dear brother
of Doreen and Charlie
EEDY of Denfield and the late Neil (2007)
and Donna OKE of Pike Bay. He will be missed by fifteen grandchildren,
ten great-grandchildren, a nephew, and many cousins. George was
predeceased by his parents Bruce and Edna
OKE.
Visitors will
be received on Thursday February 14, 2008 from 12: 00 to 12:45
at the Needham-Jay Funeral Home, Petrolia, where a funeral service
will follow at 1: 00 p.m. As expressions of sympathy, memorial
donations may be made by cheque to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Memories and condolences may be left online from www.needhamjay.com
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OKE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-09 published
OKE,
Lloyd
Douglas
With tremendous courage after a very lengthy illness, Lloyd Douglas
OKE at University Hospital on April 7, 2008. Lloyd was predeceased
by his beloved wife and partner Nettie
OKE (née
MARTIN,) sister
Audrey and brothers Orville and George. Lloyd was the father
of Robert OKE,
Michael
OKE (Angie) and Kelley
OKE (Mark
PRITCHARD.)
Proud grandfather of Daniel and Kristine. Uncle of Jack, Mickey
and Marty CRUICKSHANK.
Lloyd was born in Wascada, Manitoba. He
grew up during the dust bowl in the height of the Depression,
learning to be tough, smart and resourceful on a family farm
that was literally blowing away. Lloyd left the farm and started
his life in Copper Cliff where he met his partner of 53 years,
Nettie. Lloyd became a loving husband, father and later grandfather.
He became a very successful business owner of Oke Electronics.
Lloyd was incredibly bright with many interests and talents.
He could bake the most incredible pie, install a furnace or fix
a car while hemming his pants and inserting a zipper. He loved
golf, baseball, football and even won the Richmond Hotel football
pool. He loved politics and good literature introducing his daughter
to Indian Poetry and classics like Jane Eyre. Lloyd was a very
special person who will be dearly missed. The family would like
to express their very sincere thanks to Doctor
SCHMIDT and his team.
Very special thanks to the nursing staff of Family Medicine/
Palliative Care University Hospital. The loving care and support
you provided Lloyd and his family will never be forgotten. A tree
will be planted in Lloyd's memory and at the request of the family
there will be no formal service. Please honour Lloyd instead
by making a donation to Family Medicine/ Palliative Care University
Hospital. Cheques should be made payable to Family Medicine/
Palliative Care and mailed to London Health Sciences Foundation,
747 Baseline Rd. E., London, Ontario, N6C 2R6
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OKE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-16 published
IRVINE,
Mary
Elizabeth
(CAMPBELL) (formerly
ANDERSON)
Of Fingal passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at the Saint Thomas
Elgin General Hospital in her 89th year. Beloved wife of the
late Clifford
ANDERSON (1957) and the late Wray
IRVINE (1994.)
Dearly loved mother of Doreen and Ray C.
LUNN of Fingal, Ellen
and Brad LUELO of Kitchener. Also fondly remembered by her grandchildren
Michelle (David), John (Teresa), Scott (Jen), Jacque (Dan), Jeff,
Lisa (Paul), Tara (Mark), Troy and her 11 great-grandchildren.
Dear sister of David and the late Charlotte
CAMPBELL of London
and the late Bill and Muriel
CAMPBELL.
Also survived by her sisters-in-law
Grace OKE,
Margaret
VALED and Muriel
IRVINE and by several nieces
and nephews and their families. Mary was born August 1, 1919
in Dunwich Township, she was a session elder and member of the
church Womens Missionary Society at Knox Presbyterian Church,
Fingal and a charter member of Golden Acres #305 O.E.S., Fingal.
Relatives and Friends will be received at the Arn Funeral Home,
193 Shackleton St. Dutton on Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 where the funeral
service will be held on Wednesday, June 18 at 11: 00 a.m. Rev. Jim
REDPATH officiating. Interment in Cowal-McBride Cemetery. Donations
to Canadian National Institute for the Blind would be appreciated.
Golden Acres #305 O.E.S. will hold a memorial service on Tuesday
at 6: 45 p.m. E-mail condolences arnfuneralhome2@bellnet.ca
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OKE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-25 published
CUDMORE,
A.
Caroline "
Carrie"
(OKE)
At Elmwood Place Nursing Home, London, on Sunday June 22, 2008
A.
Caroline "
Carrie"
(OKE)
CUDMORE in her 94th year. Beloved
wife of the late Stewart S. Cudmore. Dear mother of Dolores
GREEN
of Grand Bend and Dixie
McGILL and her husband Donald of London.
Also loved by her 6 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and
1 great-great-grandchild. Predeceased by her son Lorne
CUDMORE
and her son-in-law Kip
GREEN.
Cremation has taken place. At the
families request there will be a private graveside service later
in the Maitland Bank Cemetery, Seaforth. As an expression of
sympathy, donations to the charity of choice would be appreciated.
Arrangements entrusted to the A. Millard George Funeral Home,
London, 519-433-5184. Online condolences at www.amgfh.com
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OKE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-20 published
ANDERSON-
OKE,
Grace
K.
At Four Counties Health Services, Newbury, on Friday, July 18,
2008, Grace K.
ANDERSON-
OKE of Newbury in her 79th year. Predeceased
by her husbands, David J.
ANDERSON (1990) and Malcolm
OKE (2001.)
Dear mother of Lynn
ANDERSON and Mike
KEATING of Saint Thomas,
Ann and Douglas
BENNIE of Saint Thomas, Mary and Andre
VANDER
GULIK
of Glencoe and the late Jim
ANDERSON (2000.) Dear grandmother
of Jennifer and Jim
BENNIE,
Nicholas and Nathan
VANDER
GULIK.
Also survived by her brother, James M.
CHAPLOW
(Kathryn.)
Dear
step-mother of Sheila and John
TIERNEY,
Paul and Lucille
OKE,
late Laura and Dan
WELCH,
Authur
OKE. Several step grandchildren
also survive. Grace graduated in 1950 from the School of Nursing
at the Memorial Hospital in Saint Thomas and enjoyed many years
in her profession. She retired from Four Counties Health Services,
Newbury as Director of Nursing. She was a Life member of Saint Thomas
Elgin General Hospital and Four Counties Health Services Auxiliary.
Relatives and Friends will be received at the Van Heck Funeral
Home, 172 Symes Street, Glencoe on Monday evening from 7-9 p.m.
where the memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 22 at
11 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Four Counties Health
Services Foundation or Canadian Cancer Society.
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O'KEEFE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-04 published
TAIT/TAITE/TATE,
George
Eric
Passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer's on
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at Shepherd Lodge in Toronto. Beloved
husband of Grace. Dearly loved father to John Lawrence, Lorraine
(Keith SCOTT) and Kathryn
O'KEEFE. He will be sadly missed by
his grandchildren Megan, Sharon, Wade and Patricia. Loving brother
of Russell (Rhoda) of Shelburne, Ontario. George was a former
Commercial head of Don Mills Collegiate 1960-1980. A funeral
service will be held on Saturday, January 5 at 11 a.m. in the
chapel of the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview
Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East). Reception to follow.
Donations to the Alzheimer Society of Toronto would be appreciated.
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O'KEEFE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-14 published
Stray bullet kills Toronto man
By Omar EL
AKKAD with a report from
JENNIFER
Lewington,
Page
A1
John O'KEEFE just happened to be walking down Toronto's busiest
street on a Saturday night. That's all it took to cost him his
life.
The 42-year-old Toronto resident and health-food store manager
became the city's second homicide victim of 2008 when he was
killed over the weekend. Mr.
O'KEEFE, an avid environmentalist
and father of a nine-year-old boy, was hit in the head by a single
bullet that police believe was never meant for him. Two men now
face first-degree murder charges in connection to the killing.
"The deceased was struck while he was basically just walking
down the street," said Toronto police homicide detective Graham
GIBSON. "He was just walking."
At around 1: 15 a.m. on Saturday, police were called to the Brass
Rail Tavern, a strip club at 701 Yonge Street, just south of Bloor
Street. Two men had just been kicked out of the club after acting
up. After being booted from the tavern, both men began walking
away, but only got a few metres before turning around.
"They did leave, but they didn't go far," said Det.
GIBSON. "
They
took exception with security [at the Brass Rail]."
Upon returning, one of the two men allegedly pulled out a handgun
and fired a single shot. Last night, police said the gun was
registered to one of the suspects. Police believe it was aimed
at members of the security staff outside the club.
Instead, it hit Mr.
O'KEEFE in the head. The victim was pronounced
dead at the scene.
Mr. O'KEEFE's partner described him yesterday as a wonderful
human being who loved the environment.
"Johnny was a great guy; he really was," said Susan
BANAHAN.
"He loved to recycle - you couldn't throw a tissue in the garbage
when he was around."
Mr. O'KEEFE had a nine-year-old son from a previous relationship.
Together with Ms.
BANAHAN and her child, they formed a family.
Ms. BANAHAN said Mr.
O'KEEFE worked as a health-food store manager
at the downtown Exchange Tower. In his spare time, she said,
he liked to walk around the city - the Don Valley was one of
his favourite spots.
At the time of his shooting, Mr.
O'KEEFE was likely walking to
the subway from the Duke of Gloucester, his favourite watering
hole, Ms. BANAHAN said. Like the Brass Rail, the bar is located
near the corner of Yonge and Bloor.
After the shooting, both suspects allegedly ran away, heading
south on Yonge Street for a few metres before turning onto Charles
Street.
But within 12 hours, police had two men in custody.
"We had excellent witnesses: and support from civilians and community
members and people inside [the club]," Det.
GIBSON said. As a
result, police had the first suspect in custody by 11: 45 Saturday
morning, and the second suspect a couple of hours later. Edward
PAREDES, 22, and Awet
ZEKARIAS, 23, both Toronto residents, are
jointly charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
They made their first court appearance yesterday morning at Old
City Hall.
Saturday's killing bore eerie similarities to another shooting
that rocked Toronto in December of 2005. Mr.
O'KEEFE was killed
just a few blocks north of where a brazen shootout claimed the
life of 15-year-old Jane
CREBA.
Both victims were never the intended
targets of the bullets that hit them, yet both were the only
ones to die in each incident.
Ms. BANAHAN was devastated by the news of her partner's death
- she spoke to a reporter yesterday just as news of Mr.
O'KEEFE's
killing played out on her television set at home.
"I'm just so sad that he won't be around any more," she said.
Last night, two of his best Friends, in shock over the fluke
of their friend being in the wrong place at the wrong time, remembered
him as a gentle, funny man, "brilliant at darts" and devoted
to his young son and network of Friends.
"As a father, he showed his son Toronto's every ravine and heritage
building," recalls Andrea
ASTER, a friend for the past 20 years.
"He was an ardent environmentalist whose only wish was that his
son would grow up to be an environmental warrior."
She said that Mr.
O'KEEFE, a 6-foot-2-inch man with "piercing
blue eyes," had a way of making and keeping Friends.
"The people who were his Friends were his Friends for life,"
she said.
Another long-time friend, Brian
EATON, 43, met Mr.
O'KEEFE when
they attended the same Scarborough high school. Mr.
EATON said
his younger brother, Tony, 42, who was in the same high-school
class as Mr.
O'KEEFE and remained close Friends, had invited
him to the family cottage in Huntsville this past weekend. But
Mr. O'KEEFE declined so that he could go skating with his son.
"I wish he had gone to the cottage," said Mr.
EATON.
For the past 15 years, he said Mr.
O'KEEFE was a weekly regular
at the Duke of Gloucester pub, where he played darts.
"When I heard of the shooting I thought to myself I hope that
was not Johnny because he was my one friend who might be walking
down Yonge Street because he goes to the Duke," said Mr.
EATON,
adding that his friend's violent end was the opposite of how
he lived.
"He wouldn't know anyone who has a gun or practices violence,"
said Mr. EATON.
"He was a responsible father, a responsible friend, the kind
of guy that everyone loved and every kind word you would think
of, you would apply to him."
Meanwhile, police are looking for witnesses: to a shooting Saturday
night at Rosemary Lane in the Forest Hill neighbourhood. An unidentified
man in his 20s suffered serious injury when he was shot once
in the stomach near Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue, but
is recovering in hospital, Toronto Police said yesterday.
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O'KEEFE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-01-28 published
Innocent victim dies from gunshot wounds
By Lisa PRIEST,
Page
A10
Toronto police are investigating the homicide of a 22-year-old
man - in what is believed to be another tragic case of an innocent
bystander killed by gunfire.
Shawn McLEAN died in hospital after being shot three days earlier
in the neck at the Jane Street and Chalkfarm Drive area.
"Wrong place at the wrong time," Sergeant Norman
SMART said yesterday.
"It's one of those things, he's just there and there was an altercation
and unfortunately he was hit."
Paramedics managed to revive Mr.
McLEAN, who was found unconscious
with a gunshot wound to the neck Tuesday night. He died on Friday,
after being on life support.
Police said Mr.
McLEAN, who is the city's fourth homicide, was
not affiliated with gangs and had no criminal record.
Security camera footage shows he had been at the North York Sheridan
Mall before he was shot on Tuesday; he was last seen walking
to his mother's home.
This is the third murder involving guns.
John O'KEEFE was shot in the head January 12 after gunfire broke
out on Yonge Street, near the Brass Rail Tavern. Five days later,
a stray bullet killed another innocent bystander, Hou Chang
MAO,
outside a Chinatown market on Gerrard Street East near Broadview
Avenue.
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O'KEEFE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-16 published
O'KEEFE,
James
E. (1918-2008)
Passed away peacefully, at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital,
Kitchener, on Friday, June 13, 2008, in his 90th year.
Beloved companion of Jeannine
DESJARDINS and loving father of
Brian, Gary (Maureen
MacKAY) and Susan (Bob
MAHER). Lovingly
remembered by his six grandchildren, Kelly, Chanie, Liane, Patrick,
Megan, and Kristen. Survived by his sisters Genevieve and Raylene.
Predeceased by his wife
Gemma
ARCAND (1992,) son Lawrence (1960,)
and siblings Stella, Mary, Harold, and Dolores.
Jim proudly served his country in the Air Force retiring as a
Captain in the Canadian Army. He then embarked on a second career
as a teacher in Montreal at J.F.K. High School. For the past
30 years of retirement, Jim enjoyed many activities especially
golfing and wintering in Florida.
A private family service will be held in Kitchener-Waterloo.
As expressions of sympathy, memorial contributions may be made
to a charity of your choice. Arrangements have been entrusted
to the Erb and Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South,
Waterloo, 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com
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O'KEEFE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-05 published
STRUTT,
Edward
Alvin "
Ted"
Passed away peacefully on June 25, 2008 in Nepean, Ontario at
the age of 84. Loving husband of 57 years to the late Susan Noreen
O'KEEFE,
Ted is survived by his sons, Mike (Anne) of Columbus,
Ohio; Rick (Mary) of Toronto, Ontario, and his grandchildren,
Courtney, Cale, Haley, Tyler and Carson. Ted, a native son of
Pembroke, Ontario and graduate of Queens University (Science
'50 - Mining/Engineering), proudly served in the Royal Canadian
Air Force where he spent his happiest years as a pilot, an instructor
and, after graduating from the Empire Test Pilot School, a test
pilot in association with Canadair. Following his retirement
from the Air Force in 1967, he worked for Transport Canada in
Ottawa. At Ted's request, there will be no public service. A private
family internment will take place later this summer. Special
thanks to the staff of the Barrhaven Manor Retirement Residence.
Donations to the Canadian Heart and Stroke foundation would be
gratefully accepted.
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O'KEEFE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2008-01-21 published
Innocent shooting victim 'worked hard'
By Michele
HENRY and Betsy
POWELL,
Crime
Reporters with files
by Joanna SMITH,
Donovan
VINCENT and Tonda
MacCHARLES.
Tomorrow would have been his last day on the job.
Hou Chang MAO, the city's second innocent victim of gun violence
in a week, was days away from ending his tenure in the fruit
and vegetable department of Fu Yao Supermarket when he was killed
by a stray bullet Thursday night.
MAO was stacking oranges on
a display outside the Gerrard St. E. store when he was caught
in the crossfire of a gun battle waged by two warring groups.
Described as honest, the kind of man who would pick only the
nicest fruit for his customers,
MAO 47, had worked at the small
but busy market in the heart of Chinatown east for about two
years -- ever since immigrating to Canada from Fuqing, a small
coastal town in China.
He quit earlier this week, a family friend said yesterday. The
father of two had agreed to stay until tomorrow due to his boss's
pleadings.
MAO quit because he didn't like working outside in the cold,
said the friend, who stopped by the family's home last night
and did not want to be named. "He was a very good person. He
worked hard and was kind to everyone. It's unbelievable "
Late yesterday evening, just feet from where
MAO was struck,
his younger brother met with local members of the Fuqing community
to discuss funeral arrangements.
Hou Tan MAO talked privately with about 10 others, in an inner
room at Fu Yao. He was appealing to people from his hometown
on behalf of
MAO's children, Zuo Xi, 22, and
Yun
Yam, 18, who
both immigrated to Canada in the past two years and lived with
their father in a house that sources said the father recently
purchased. Friends said
MAO's wife lives in China.
"They are really devastated," Jack
LI, president of the Fuqing
Association of Canada, said of the siblings while at Fu Yao last
night for the discussion. "It's a really, really big surprise
to us. It's a shock."
LI said he will post a plea in Chinese newspapers calling for
help for the family of Toronto's third homicide victim of 2008.
A bouquet of flowers tied to a pole outside the store, and bullet
holes in cars and on buildings on the north and south sides of
Gerrard, are reminders of the shooting.
People ducked for cover as the bullets flew, but
MAO was struck
in the torso. He staggered toward the brightly lit entrance of
the store where he worked and collapsed. He died later in Saint Michael's
Hospital.
While no weapons have been recovered, police said they found
two types of bullet casings at the scene of the shooting, which
began amid the dinnertime rush of shoppers, around 6 p.m. Officers
are searching for two male witnesses: seen leaving the scene shortly
after the gun battle in a silver car with a shiny round grille.
Homicide
Det.
Pauline
GRAY/GREY said police have more than 100 hours
of surveillance tape to go through and appealed for witnesses:
especially the two men, who are not considered suspects --
to come forward.
It's the second such murder in Toronto in less than a week. John
O'KEEFE, 42, a father of one, was shot last weekend as he walked
past the Brass Rail tavern on Yonge Street, just south of Bloor
St. Two men have been charged with first-degree murder.
Even though last month Brian
RAYBOULD, head of Toronto's homicide
squad, suggested the chances of being a homicide victim are minute
if you're not engaged in a criminal lifestyle, politicians yesterday
called for a handgun ban.
Mayor David Miller toured the area yesterday morning and said
he plans to ask Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador to the U.S.,
for his assistance and will meet Monday with Ontario's new Attorney
General, Chris Bentley.
"One of the items on the agenda will be handguns and how we can
work together -- the province and the city of Toronto -- to deal
with this issue," Miller said yesterday. Miller and Premier Dalton
McGuinty want Ottawa to ban handguns.
The federal Tories say that won't address the "real problem."
"Handguns are already extremely tightly controlled," Public Safety
Minister Stockwell Day said in a written statement.
Irrespective of calls for a ban, Insp. Peter
YUEN of 55 Division,
which includes the Gerrard strip, said the area is peaceful,
not "crime-ridden," and still a safe place to shop, live and
work. "This is a very rare occurrence," he said.
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