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GUIMOND, (Rogers) JUDY (Elizabeth)
passed away April 12th after a brave battle with cancer. She will be missed by her husband Larry, and her children Jennifer and Ian Rogers. She is survived by both her parents and a large number of brothers and sisters. In accordance with her final wishes her ashes will be returned to her native Cape Breton. Rest well in heaven Lady in Red.
THORNHILL, William Philip
(Veteran of W.W.II, Proud Member of the 48th Highlander Regiment, Member of R.C.L. Branch 258, Highland Creek). Peacefully, surrounded by his family, at Centenary Health Centre, in Toronto, on Thursday, April 12, 2001, in his 85th year. Beloved husband of Betty. Loving father of June and her husband John Taylor, Linda and her husband Vincent Mullins, and Donna and her husband Robert Tonner. Much loved Poppy to 9 grandchildren. Dear brother of Edith and Fred Back. Many thanks to Dr. Berry, Dr. Swan, Mary Peluso and the I.C.U. nursing staff, angels all, at Centenary Health Centre. The family will receive friends at the McEachnie Funeral Home, 28 Old Kingston Road, Ajax, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Monday. Complete Service in the Chapel on Tuesday, April 17, 2001, at 11 a.m. Following the service, friends are invited to join the family for a reception at Carruther's Creek Community Church, 620 Audley Road (at Bayly Street), Ajax. Private Interment in Pine Ridge Memorial Gardens. If so desired, donations to Centenary Hospital Foundation would be appreciated.
PICTON, Barry Edward
Peacefully, at his residence, after a long fight with cancer, on Thursday, April 12, 2001. Barry, beloved husband of Ann. Loved father of Michelle (Mrs. Rick Bruce) and John Picton. Loved grandfather of Tilea Bruce. Dear son of Cecely Picton and the late Alfred Picton. Sadly missed by the Doomernik family. Resting at Ronald Martino & Son Funeral Directors, Brock Road Chapel, 1057 Brock Rd., Pickering. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 16, 2001 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service and Committal in the Chapel, Tuesday 3 p.m. Cremation. If family and friends so desire, in lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
COLBARY, Elizabeth Ann (Betty)
Peacefully at Lakeridge Health Corp. Oshawa on Wednesday April 11th 2001. Betty, in her 85th year. Beloved wife of the late Jack Colbary. Loving mother of Jacqueline and Howard Kellock of Courtice, Beatrice and the late Jim Gray of Havelock, Toni Dawson of Oshawa, Victor and Irene Colbary of Powassan, David and Linda Colbary of Port Perry, Gilbert and Ida Colbary of Oshawa, and the late Arthur (Skip) Colbary. Dearly missed by her many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Resting at the Armstrong Funeral Home, 124 King Street East Oshawa. With a Funeral Service in the Chapel on Saturday April 14th 2001 at 11:00am. Interment GROVESIDE Cemetery. Memorial Donations to a Charity of choice would be appreciated. Visitation one hour prior.
CROSSEN, Eleanor Selina (nee White)
Of Stouffville, in her 93rd year. Passed peacefully at Markham-Stouffville Hospital on April 11, 2001 following a brief illness. Special thanks to the staff at Buckingham Manor and 3E and 1E Markham-Stouffville Hospital for their quality care. Predeceased by her husband, the late Frederick (Fred) Crossen. Survived by her sister Annie (Mrs. Clarke Prentice). Predeceased by brothers and sisters: Georgina, Dennis, Dudley, John, Harry, Caroline and William. Lovingly known as ''Aunt Eleanor'' to numerous nephews, nieces, grand and great grand nephews and nieces. Recognized as Stouffville's Sports Personality of the Year, and booster to several amateur sports including Ladies/Boys hockey and softball, longtime member of Unionville Curling Club and Stouffville Lawn Bowling Club. 1975 Canadian Ladies Lawn Bowling Champion as well as numerous Ontario Ladies Lawn Bowling Champion Titles beginning with 1954 championship. Visitation will be held at: Christ Church Anglican, 254 Sunset Blvd., Stouffville on Monday, April 16th from 2-4 and again from 7 until 9 p.m. Funeral will be held from Christ Church Anglican on Tuesday, April 17 at 11 a.m. Interment following at Stouffville Cemetery. Donations to Evergreen Hospice, Markham-Stouffville Hospital or Christ Church Building Fund are most welcome.''...my soul; my life; my all...''Stouffville's Rose has gone home. Funeral arrangements entrusted to O'Neill Funeral Home, Stouffville 905-642-2855.
DAVIES, Bryan Thomas Sr.
Ontario Land Surveyor, on April 11, 2001. Husband of Judith, father of Bryan Jr., his wife Marianne and Mary Ellen. Grandfather of Claire and Thomas. Brother of the late Patrick and Colin. Past President of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. Past president of the Whitby Minor Lacrosse, the Ontario Minor Lacrosse and the Canadian Lacrosse Associations. Past Secretary of the International Lacrosse Federation. Past President, Whitby YMCA. Past Secretary of the Whitby Rotary Club and Paul Harris Fellow. Town of Whitby Peter Perry award Winner, 1984. Lay reader and Past Warden, St. Peter's Anglican Church, Oshawa. Memorial Requiem Mass at St. Peter's Anglican Church, 1175 Cedar Street, Oshawa Tuesday April 17, 2001 11:30 am. Cremation. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to the Charity of your choice.
FINBOW Jean Elizabeth (nee Jobb)
At Extendicare, Oshawa, on Wednesday, April 11, 2001, her 78th year. Beloved wife of the late Stanley. Dear father of Brian and his wife Marilyn, Keith and his wife Rose, Paul and Donna. Loving grandmother of Jennifer, Danielle, James, Emily and Anne. Predeceased by parents Percy and Violet and brother Arnold Jobb. Relatives and friends may pay their respects at the McINTOSH-ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME Ltd., 152 King St. E., Oshawa (905-433-5558) on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A service will be held in the chapel on Saturday, April 14, 2001 at 11:00 a.m. Interment Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated.
DAY, Susan Weir Waddell
Peacefully at Lakeridge Health, Bowmanville, on Tuesday April 10, 2001. Susan Weir Waddell Day, aged 77 years. Beloved wife of James Edward Day for 56 years. Loving mother of Catherine and her husband Nobel, Dennis and his wife Susan, William and his wife Carol, Elizabeth and her husband Andrew, Jacqueline and her husband Frank, Arlene and her husband Harry. She will be sadly missed by her 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandsons. Visitation will be held at The Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home, 53 Division St. N., Bowmanville Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in our Chapel 1 p.m. Saturday. Interment Thornton Cemetery. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated by the family.
KANTORES, Cecile
At Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto on Tuesday, April 10th, 2001 in her 61st year. Beloved wife of Bill. Dear mother of Peter and his wife Colleen. Loving grandmother of Eric. Sister of Claire Cote and her husband Gerard, Roger Caron and his wife Suzanne, Maurice Caron and his wife Sophia, Rejean Caron and his wife Mary, Liliane Locke and her husband Gary, Rene Caron and his wife Linda, Jo-Anne Dechene and her husband Richard, Normand Caron and his wife Patricia, Denis Caron and his wife Donna and the late Theresa Godin. Friends may call at OSHAWA FUNERAL SERVICE Thornton Chapel 847 King St. West (721-1234) for visitation on Friday, April 13th from 2-4 and 7- 9 P.M. Funeral Service will be held at St. Joseph the Worker Parish (1100 Mary St. N.) on Saturday, April 14th at 10:00 AM. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Memorial Donations to the Durham Region Cancer Center or Princess Margaret Hospital would be appreciated.
MURPHY, John (Jackie)
(Employee Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. for 31 years). passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 10, 2001. John Murphy, beloved husband of Catherine Murphy (nee Kirby). Loved father of Michelle Elizabeth Murphy and Danielle Jean Murphy. Dear son of Mrs. Laure Murphy and the late William Murphy. Brother of Kirby, Herbert, Linda D'Souza, David and the late Alice Eldridge. Loving son-in-law of Jean Kirby and the late James Kirby. Resting at Ronald Martino & Son Funeral Directors, Brock Road Chapel, 1057 Brock Rd., Pickering. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 7-9 p.m., Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral Service and Committal in the Chapel Saturday, April 14 at 1 p.m. Cremation. The family request in John's memory donations to the John Murphy Fund, Sunnybrook Foundation, Oncology Nursing C3, Sunnybrook Hospital, 2075 Bayview Ave., Toronto M4N 3M5.
ARMITAGE, Rose Evelyn (nee Nyland)
passed away at Kitchener-Waterloo Health Centre of Grand River Hospital on Monday, April 9, 2001, at the age of 94, formerly of Toronto.Loving wife of the late William Armitage (1983) and the late Russell Crandell (1963). Survived by her grandsons, Gary Crandell and Patrick Crandell and his wife, Joanna; daughter-in-law, Gertrude Crandell; and step-son, William Armitage Jr. and his wife, Doreen and their two daughters, Lauren and Lynn. Cherished great-grandmother of Caroline and Catherine Crandell. Dear sister of Lloyd Nyland and his wife, Frieda. Sadly missed by her nieces and nephews, Ron and Susan Shane, Diane and Frank Proctor, Heather and Marty Sokoloskie and Ruth Gordon. Predeceased by her son, Durland ''Bud'' Crandell and by her sister, Grace Gordon. Cremation has taken place. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Interment of cremated remains will take place at Oshawa UNION Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family as expressions of sympathy and may be made by contacting the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo at (519) 745-8445.
BUJOLD, William Ervin (Ervie)
On April 8, 2001, Ervie, loving husband of Betty. Devoted father of Ken, Shelly and her husband Mark Daniel, Ron, and Randy and his wife Debbie. Cherished grandfather of Jonathan, Taylor, Jamen and Delaney. Brother of John, Fred, Lyda, Dorothy, Betty and the late Eddie, Jim, Mary and Eva. Ervie will be greatly missed by his many nieces, nephews and friends. The family will receive friends at the Accettone Funeral Home, 384 Finley Ave., Ajax on Tuesday, April 10 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Mass will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Bernadette's Church (21 Bayly St. East), Ajax. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Manresa Retreat House would be appreciated.
CHAPMAN, Berenice
At Lakeridge Health, Oshawa on Sunday April 8, 2001. Berenice, (nee Donavan) in her 88th year. Beloved wife of the late John Harold Chapman. Dear daughter of the late Mary and Andrew Donavan. Berenice will be sadly missed by Joanne Dionne, Phyllis Clarke, Marilyn Souter, their families and by her many other friends. Berenice was a longtime member of the CAW Family Auxiliary. At Berenice's request no Funeral Service will be held. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. At the request of the family, Memorial donations to the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated and may be made through the Armstrong Funeral Home.
FAIRNEY, S.J. Brother W. Raymond
At Ajax Pickering Hospital, Pickering, Ontario, on Sunday, April 8, 2001, in his 70th year and in the 44th year of his religious life. Brother Ray was born in 1932 in Toronto, Ontario, and entered the Society in 1958. Ray was the son of the late John and Elizabeth Fairney. Upon completion of the Novitiate at Guelph he went on to serve his brother Jesuits and the people of God at Regis College in Toronto, Regiopolis College in Kingston Ontario, Loyola High School in Montreal, in Social Ministry in downtown Toronto, in the parish on the Wikwemikong mission and finally at the Jesuit Infirmary in Pickering Ontario. In the last few months of his active life Ray suffered from a profound lethergy a precursor to Leukemia. He passed away quietly to join his Lord and Master whom he had served faithfully all his life. Ray leaves to mourn his passing his Jesuit Brothers, his brother John Fairney of Thornhill ON., his sister Alice Fairney of Toronto ON, two nieces Michelle Lopez and Laura MacAloney both of Pickering ON, and his nephew Michael Fairney of Thornhill ON. Visitation, will be held at Rosar-Morrison, Toronto, on Tuesday, April 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. and at the Manresa Chapel Pickering ON at 7:00-9:00 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Isaac Jogues Parish, 1148 Finch Ave. E., in Pickering, ON., at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2001. Burial at Jesuit Cemetery, Guelph, ON., on Saturday, May 12, at 11:30 a.m.
HASPER, Richard (Dick)
(Retiree of Co Steel Lasco, 30 years service and local musician) It is with great sadness our family announce the passing of this remarkable man, quietly Sunday morning, April 8, 2001 at Lakeridge Health - Oshawa, in his 68th year. Dick is survived by his beloved wife Gail (nee Kuehl/Hartwig), daughter Tracey-Lee, son Trevor, daughter-in-law Lynn and grandchildren Caitlyn and Zenon. He will be sadly missed by his sister Mrs. Margaret Blommaert (Saskatchewan), brothers Melvin, Kenneth and his wife Thelma (British Columbia), many sisters-in- law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews and friends. Friends may call at OSHAWA FUNERAL SERVICE ''Thornton Chapel'', 847 King St. West, Oshawa (905-721-1234), for visitation on Wednesday, April 11 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A private family service and cremation. Memorial donations to the Cardiology Unit of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto or the Charity of your choice would be appreciated.
JUDD, Harvey Denholm
passed away in a peaceful sleep, surrounded by much appreciated staff (friends) at Extendicare Oshawa on Palm Sunday, April 8, 2001, in his 84th year, after a long struggle with lung disease. Harvey was a proud veteran of WW II, a music composer soloist, retired from Ford Motor Company (Windsor). Predeceased by dear wife Irene in 1997. Survived by son David (Hillary) of Calgary, daughter Marilyn (Paul) of Whitby and son Gordon (Priscilla) of British Columbia, also by beloved grandchildren Holly, Jeffrey, Jennifer, Gillian, Jessica and Cory, and great-grandchildren Chloe, Cody, Chase and Jayme May. Dear brother of Muriel Brown of Windsor and Alan Judd of Kelowna B.C. (formerly Sarnia). Son of the late Albert and Rachel Judd of Toronto. At Harvey's request a memorial service is to be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel. In memory of Harvey, the family requests that donations be made to the Lung Association or a kindness be shown to his fellow veterans of WW II.
Rest in peace, dear Dad.
PETRE, Thelma Kathleen 'Kay
(Member of Friendship unit, Centennial-Albert United Church). After a long illness at Extendicare on Sunday, April 8, 2001, Kay (nee Barnes) in her 93rd year. Beloved wife of the late Norman Lee Petre. Dear mother of Norma Kathleen Hubbell and her husband Edward. Fondly remembered by grandchildren Kathy and Ron Osmok, Lee and Atm Hubbell, Scott Hubbell and great-grandchildren Rebecca Hubbell, Nathan and Ryan Osmok. Sister of Albert Barnes, Ted Barnes, Eleanor Hodgkinson and the late Verna Stovin, Nina Morris, Jean Brown, Max Barnes (died W.W.ll), Fred Barnes. Audrey Branton, and Dorothy Waldron. Relatives and friends may pay their respects at the McINTOSH-ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME Ltd.,152 King St. E., Oshawa (905- 433-5558) on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. A service will be held in the chapel on Wednesday, April 11, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. Interment Oshawa UNION Cemetery. Donations made in memory of Kay to the Hospital for Sick Children would be appreciated.
PROUSE, Clinton J.
(Member of R.C.L. 258 Highland Creek) At Sunnybrook Health Science Centre on Sunday, April 8, 2001. Clinton J. Prouse in his 81st year. Beloved husband of Stuart and the late Helen Prouse (nee Mabley). Loving father of Carol and her husband Garry Flood, David and his wife Sharon and Clinton D. Prouse all of Scarborough. Step Father of Marg and her husband Dave King, Linda and her husband Barry Fraser, and Steve and Donald Crawford. Loving grandfather of Michael, Sandra, Shane, Chad, Curtis, Erin, Jeff, Heather, Kathy, Michael and Neil. Great-grandfather of Ryan Taylor. Step-great-grandfather to Natasha, Timothy and the late Alexander. The family will receive friends at the McEachnie Funeral Home, 28 Old Kingston Road, Ajax from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Service in the chapel on Wednesday, April 11, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. Interment Erskine Cemetery. Should family and friends so desire, donations to the Sunnybrook Hospital would be greatly appreciated.
QUANTZ, Alma Viola
With regret, the family sadly announces the passing of Alma, on April 8, 2001, at Centenary Health Centre, in her 91st year. Beloved wife of the late Lorne Quantz. Loving mother of Linda and her husband Michael Norton and the late Lorna Phillips. Cherished grandmother of Debbie and her husband Brain Hart and their children Steve, Kelly, and Michael. The family will recive friends at the McEachnie Funeral Home, 28 Old Kingston Road, Ajax from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Wednesday, April 11, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. Interment - Maple United Cemetery. Should family and friends so desire, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated.
SIDOLI, Maurizio Benedetto Antonio
passed away at Lakeridge Health, Oshawa with his family by his side on Sunday, April 8th, 2001 in his 87th year. Dearly loved husband of Giulietta Sidoli of Brooklin. Much loved father of Giuseppe (Joe) Sidoli and his wife Patricia of Brooklin. Dear Nonno of Danielle and Samantha. Brother of Giovanni Sidoli of Pisa, Italy. Predeceased by Luigi. Fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews in Canada, New York and Italy. Friends and family will be received by the family at MEMORIAL CHAPEL BROOKLIN (905-655-3662), 79 Baldwin Street, Brooklin from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Mass in the chapel Wednesday morning (April 11) at 11 o'clock. Interment to follow at GROVESIDE Cemetery, Brooklin. Prayers will be said in the chapel Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
