WROBEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-10 published
DZIADURA,
Victoria
At home, with her family, on Saturday, March 8, 2008, Victoria
DZIADURA in her 88th year. Beloved wife of the late Jan
DZIADURA
(1983.) Dear mother of Ann (Stan)
WROBEL of Saint Thomas, Edward
DZIADURA
(Holly,) and Peter
DZIADURA both of London. Loving grandmother
of Janina (Adam)
QUIPP,
Karl
WROBEL, and Jakub (Becky)
WROBEL.
Great-grandmother of Jack and Eadie
QUIPP and Jonavin
WROBEL.
Also survived by many nieces and nephews in Canada and Poland.
Visitors will be received in the O'Neil Funeral Home, 350 William
St. on Monday from 2: 00-4:00 and 6:00-8:00 p.m. The Funeral Mass
will be celebrated on Tuesday at 10: 00 a.m. in Our Lady of Czestochowa
Church, 419 Hill St. Interment Saint Peter's Cemetery. Prayers
Monday evening at 7: 00 p.m.
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WROBEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-11 published
WROBEL,
Pearl
Eileen (née
SINCLAIR)
Peacefully at Woodstock General Hospital on Saturday, March 8,
2008, Pearl Eileen Wrobel (née
SINCLAIR) of Woodstock in her
85th year. Loving wife of 59 years of the late Jan
WROBEL.
Cherished
mother of Janek
WROBEL
(Christine) of Britain and Brian
WROBEL
of Woodstock. Fondly remembered by her grandchildren, Teresa
Danyel McEWEN of Seattle, Simon
WROBEL of London, England, and
Hayley WROBEL of Madrid, Spain, and great-granddaughter Hannah
MILLER of Seattle. Also remembered by her family in Britain.
Pearl was previously a member of the Imperial Order of the Daughters
of the Empire Havelock Chapter and had served as the secretary
of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce. Friends will be received
at the Smith-LeRoy Funeral Home, 69 Wellington Street North,
Woodstock on Wednesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the
chapel on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment later
at Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery. If desired, memorial donations
to the Woodstock Hospital Foundation would be appreciated. Smith-LeRoy,
(519) 537-3611. Personal condolences may be sent at www.smithleroy.com
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WROBEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-09 published
SCHAEFER,
Margarethe
At her residence, on Monday, April 7, 2008, Margarethe
SCHAEFER,
in her 74th year. Loving mother of Anita
WROBEL and her husband
Jack and dear grandmother to Holli. Missed by former husband
John SCHAEFER.
The funeral service will be conducted at the Westview
Funeral Chapel, 709 Wonderland Road North, on Thursday, April 10,
2008 at 1: 00 p.m. with visitation one hour prior to the service.
Those wishing to make a donation in memory of Margarethe are
asked to consider the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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WROBEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-13 published
WROBEL,
Ric (1959-2008)
It is with great sadness that the family of Ric
WROBEL announces
that on April 2nd, 2008, Ric of Edmonton passed away suddenly
in the arms of his wife Cindy while travelling in Xian, China
with family and Friends. Ric is lovingly survived by his wife
Cindy and his daughters Jennifer and Allannah, his Edmonton family
mother-in-law Faye
MULEK, brother-in-law Dale
MULEK and his wife
Sharon, sister-in-law Linda and her husband Zenek
BEREZNICKI
and their daughter Samantha; his family in London, Ontario; brother
Stan and Ann
WROBEL and their children Janina, Jacob, Karol,
and their families; his sister Gena and Ted
GRYN and their children,
Teresa, Stephanie and Christina and their families; his younger
brother Stephen
WROBEL and his wife
Margaret
ZDULSKI and his
stepmother Josephine
WROBEL; and his special best friend Don
GALENZOSKI and his wife
Karen and their children Krista and Jon
as well as many Friends and colleagues. Ric was predeceased by
his parents, Frank and Jadwiga
WROBEL. In our hearts he will
always be cherished, and loved in our memory. Funeral services
will be held on Friday, April 18, 2008 at 12: 30 p.m. at Saint John
the Evangelist Church, located at 9820-148 Street, Edmonton.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Ric may be made to
the Kopernik Polish Heritage Society, #107, 4990 - 92 Avenue,
Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2V4; the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta,
10985 - 124 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5M 0H9, or a charity of
one's choice. Howard and McBride Westlawn 780-484-5500
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WROBEL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-12 published
HARPER,
John
M. "
Jack," Q.C., B.A., LL.B.
After a long and full life, Jack died on Thursday, July 10, 2008,
at Saint Mary's General Hospital. He celebrated his 91st birthday
on June 26th. Jack is survived by his beloved wife
Mary
(JAMIESON,)
to whom he was married to for 65 years. He will be lovingly remembered
with pride by his children, Jim and his wife
Pauline
HARPER of
Waterloo, Susan and her husband John
PALMER of Kitchener and
George and his wife
Doris
HARPER of Waterloo. Jack was a great
role model to his grandchildren and will be fondly remembered
by them John
HARPER and his wife
Megan,
Cynthia and her husband
Derick ROSE,
Stephen
PALMER, Jill
WROBEL, Tania and her husband
Alan WILLEMSEN and Tiffany and her husband Ron
VAN
SOMEREN and
eight great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister,
Rev. Betty
PUGH and her husband Rev. Bill
PUGH of Waterloo. He
was predeceased by his parents Grace
(MICKLE) and George H.
HARPER
and sister Helen
DURNAN.
Jack served his country with the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders of Canada in Canada, The Caribbean, England,
France and Holland. He was appointed Honourary Colonel, Royal
Highland Fusiliers of Canada in 1990. He began his career as
a lawyer 1948 when he joined Walter McGibbon to establish the
firm of McGibbon and
HARPER.
Through numerous mergers in his law
career, Jack eventually retired from Gowlings as General Counsel
December 31, 2007. He was the former President and Director of
the Waterloo Insurance Company, former Vice-Chair and Director
of The Economical Mutual Insurance Company and a former Director
and Chair of the Board of Directors of The Equitable Life Insurance
Company of Canada. He was Past President of the Waterloo Lions
Club, K-W Counselling Services, Westmount Golf and Country Club
(Honourary Member), Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, United Way
of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area and The Kitchener and Waterloo
Community Foundation. He was a former Chair and member of First
United Church, a former member of the Board of Governors of Wilfred
Laurier University, was selected as one of the early recipients
of the K-W Citizen of the Year Award, named a Paul Harris Fellow
and most recently the City of Waterloo named a new library in
his honour, the John M. Harper Public Library. Friends are invited
to share their memories of Jack with his family at the Erb and
Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, Waterloo on
Sunday, July 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. and Monday, July 14 from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral service to celebrate his long and
full life will be held at First United Church, King and William
Streets in Waterloo on Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at 11 a.m. with
Rev. Rick HAWLEY officiating. Interment will follow in Parkview
Cemetery, Waterloo, followed by a reception. Condolences for
the family or donations to First United Church, Saint Mary's General
Hospital Foundation or Grand River Hospital Foundation would
be appreciated as expressions of sympathy and may be arranged
through the funeral home, www.erbgood.com or 519.745.8445. In
living memory of Jack, a donation to the Trees for Learning Program
will be made by the funeral home.
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WROE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-06-06 published
BURR,
Allena
Jean
89, left this earthly life in the early hours of Wednesday, June 4,
2008 at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital, Petrolia, Ontario.
Born on the family farm in the hamlet of Waubuno, Ontario on
May 11, 1919, she was the daughter of John Francis
BURR and Cathern
Ann LESTER.
She later resided in Sarnia and Point Edward and,
since 1994, in Brigden at Brigden Park Place. In September 1942,
she enlisted with the Canadian Women's Army Corps Basic Training
Centre in Kitchener, Ontario. She served with the Royal Canadian
Ordnance Corps Unit in London, Ontario until the end of the war.
She later worked in the Dietary Department of the Sarnia General
Hospital from 1948 until her retirement in 1981. She worked at
the hospital with her sister, Kathleen (Kay)
BURR, who was employed
in the Housekeeping Department. Apart from Allena's time serving
with the Canadian Women's Army Corps, she and Kay shared a home
throughout their lives and enjoyed working, shopping and travelling
together. She was predeceased by her brothers Robert Andrew (Andy)
BURR, Thomas (Tom) William
BURR, and sisters, Annie Jane
BURR,
Helen Jennetta (Fred)
FOURNIE and Kathleen
BURR. Beloved aunt
of Cathy (FOURNIE) and Jay
LETHBRIDGE of Anten Mills, Ontario
and their children Mike and Jessica; and Laurie
(FOURNIE) and
Ian MASON of Brigden, who regarded Allena affectionately as another
mother. Special aunt of Caroline (Bob)
BOURGET and their son,
Greg, of Sarnia; and Carole (late Joe)
DEDECKER of Port Lambton.
Great aunt and great-great aunt of Joe and Karen
DEDECKER, and
their children, Brennan, Nate, Christopher and Brianna, of Chatham
Gore, Ontario. Beloved sister-in-law of Vi
(BURR)
WROE of Sarnia
and cousin and friend of Mary
GIBBS of Point Edward. A time of
reminiscences will take place at Steadman Brothers Funeral Home
Brigden Saturday, June 7th, 2008 at 2 p.m. with visitation beginning
1 hour prior. After the time of sharing memories of Allena, the
funeral procession will be led by the 1959 Cadillac Hearse to
Bear Creek Cemetery, Moore Line, St. Clair Township. After placing
of flowers at the gravesite, a reception will be held at Brigden
United Church. Donations in memory of Allena to either the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation (7100 Woodbine Avenue, Suite 311,
Markham, Ontario L3R 5J2 1-877-287-3533 www.jdrf.ca) or The War
Amps (1 Maybrook Drive, Scarborough, Ontario M1V 5K9 1-800-250-3030
www.waramps.ca) would be gratefully appreciated by the family.
Messages of condolence may be sent to the family through sbrothersfuneral@hotmail.com
Steadman Brothers 519-864-1193
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WRONA o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-03-15 published
WRONA,
Alexander
We remember our dear father and grandfather Alexander who passed
away 21 years ago, March 15th, 1987. He will always be treasured
in our hearts. From daughter Mary-Ann, sons Alexander and Edmund
and families.
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WRONA o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-02 published
WRONA,
Maria
In loving memory Maria
WRONA who passed away, July 2nd 2005.
An Angel of a Mother and Grandmother. Deeply loved and sadly
missed by daughter Mary-Ann, sons Alex and Ed, and families.
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WRONSKI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-27 published
WRONSKI,
Venta
Janosik
February 21 at Kristus Darzs Latvian Home, 2 weeks short of her
96th birthday. Venta had lived a truly extraordinary life over
almost a full century, being a first hand witness to the significant
European events of the 20th century. Her sense of adventure,
zest for life, and unfailing love and support, is missed very
much by her daughter, Diana
JANOSIK-
WRONSKI,
Diana's husband
David DORWARD and her granddaugher Kira, as well as her niece
Barbara NOWAKOWSKA. A celebration of her life will be held at
Kristus Darzs Latvian Home, 11290 Pine Valley Dr., Woodbridge,
Sat. March 8 (her 96th birthday), 2-4 p.m. In lieu of flowers
a donation to Kristus Darzs Latvian Home or New Horizons Tower
in Toronto would be appreciated. Messages of Condolence may be
placed at www.RidleyFuneralHome.com.
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