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Obituaries
FRANCES MARY BREMNER
(SHAW) 1929-2011
Frances Mary Bremner (Shaw)
passed away at home with her
family on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011.
Fran was the beloved wife of the
late William Bremner. She was
predeceased by their son, Scott. She
will belovingly remembered by her
nine children, Douglas and wife
Marcy, Kirkton; Barb and husband
Allan Dobson, Palmerston; Murray
and wife Pat, Wellesley; Bonnie and
husband Peter Hamberger, Waterloo;
Robert and wife Valerie, Lindsay;
Barry and wife Rosalind, Kitchener;
Jerry and wife Vicky, Blyth; June
and husband Jim MacDonald,
Stratford and Shawn and wife
Christi Hunter, Toronto.
Fran was the beloved Grandma to
29 special grandchildren and great-
grandmother to 17 with two more on
the way. She will be especially
missed by her twin sister Nora
Stephenson, brother Charlie Shaw
and many nieces and nephews. Fran
is also survived by her
brother-in-law Barry and his
wife Ruth of Victoria, British
Columbia.
Fran was born and raised in
Morris Township to Elsie and Frank
Shaw and when married moved to a
family dairy farm with her husband
Bill. Following their retirement
from farming they moved to
Brussels.
Living in Brussels kept her even
closer to her twin sister Nora and
they enjoyed many great interests
and adventures together. Fran and
Nora were honoured together in
2008 when they both received the
Citizen of the Year Award.
Fran’s spirit and caring were
always noticeable whether cheering
for her favourite local baseball team
or nationally for the Toronto Blue
Jays, preparing floats for the various
parades in town, decorating for
special days and participating in
local events. Fran believed in giving
back to her community and worked
with the fall fair board, the United
Church, Women’s Institute, 4-H
Clubs and with many community
events, lending her support where
needed.
Following Fran’s wishes
cremation has taken place and
relatives and friends will be received
at the Schimanski Family Funeral
Home, Brussels on Friday, Nov. 4
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and in the
evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The
funeral service will be conducted on
Saturday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at the
Brussels United Church.
Online condolences may be made
at www.schimanskifamilyfuneral
home.com
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time to concentrate on remembering
things. Why? Because they saw
the importance of remembering
things.
Their memory was a part of who
they were. As Joshua says in his
book, “memory was valued more in
their society because their
occupations as poets, engineers and
brick layers to name only a few
depended on their memory.”
So maybe we need to put more
value on our memories and try
different techniques to exercise our
brains and our memory. Have fun
trying some of the ones I mentioned
in this article.
Older generations knew
importance of memory
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they come in contact. All breeds are
acceptable if they pass testing.
Daisy has also had obedience
training which was obvious as she
lay quite peacefully at Jane’s side
during the presentation and
responded well to commands. Jane
remarked that when working, the
dogs must always be on a leash.
Persons in the program are all
volunteers but Jane feels the reward
comes when she sees the changes
that are affected in the persons the
pair visit on a regular basis. Dogs
have been man’s companions for
thousands of years and give
unconditional love to their owners
and friends. Ownership of a dog
brings companionship to the lonely
and improved health to the ailing.
Many people the pair visit have once
owned a dog and have stories to tell
about them. These people look
forward to Daisy’s visits and have
benefitted by them.
A visit to a long-term care facility
lasts about an hour and a half. This
program also pays trick visits which
are usually three quarters of an hour
in length. Jane and Daisy did some
tricks that afternoon to the
enjoyment of the senior’s group.
Jane showed the group gathered
some of the little costumes Daisy
accepts when doing a trick event.
Daisy was also asked to be present
at a funeral and Jane recalls she
responded well to the situation.
I found Jane’s presentation and
the visiting she does with Daisy an
example of community sharing and
caring one doesn’t always
understand or acknowledge.
Continued from page 13constantly impressed by the church.
“I’m having a lot of fun here and
I’m really impressed by how active
and busy the church is in people’s
lives,” he said.
He stated he was also impressed
by the congregation’s level of
participation at the church,
especially in the vacation bibleschool held in the summer wherethey had more than 170 children as
well as the 28 to 30 youth that come
to the church every week.
The move to Blyth was one of
space, Royall said.
“I would have liked to live in
Auburn and there are some very nice
homes here,” he said. “but we
needed a big room to entertainpeople in and to welcome peoplefrom the church to visit in. We
couldn’t find that in any of the
homes in Auburn.”
Royall’s other daughters are
currently out west. Bethany is living
in Calgary where she is attending
school and Ashlea is living in British
Columbia.
Pastor, Owen Sound native returns to area
Thompson given deputy role
in Hudak’s shadow cabinet
Giving back
The Blyth Cubs, Beavers and Scouts held a bake sale on Saturday in Londesborough to raise
money for the Goderich and Area Disaster Relief Fund. Contributing their time and baked
goods were, back row, from left: Kayla Cowan, Julie Cowan, Sarah Caldwell, Ashley
Cartwright and Lauren Johnston. Front row, from left: Hudson Depatie, Connor Kerr-Johnston,
Casey Miller, Grace Caldwell and Tyler Johnston. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Pastor Mark
Mark Royall came clear across the country to become the
new Senior Pastor at the Huron Chapel Evangelical
Missionary Church. While he started on Sept. 19, he
moved to Blyth early in October. (Denny Scott photo)
Newly-elected Huron-Bruce MPP
Lisa Thompson has been given a
deputy shadow cabinet role
just ahead of being officially
sworn in to the provincial
legislature.
Conservative Thompson, who was
outspoken throughout her campaign
of her opposition to the Liberal
Government’s Green Energy Act,
has been named the Deputy-Critic
for Energy responsible for the Green
Energy Act.
Thompson, and other members of
Conservative Party leader Tim
Hudak’s opposition party, were
named to their caucus positions on
Oct. 25.
Other area MPPs were also named
to shadow cabinet roles, including
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill
Walker, who was named Rural and
Northern Deputy-Critic for Health
and Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson
was named as Hudak’s house
leader.
The legislature is expected to
resume later this month on a date
that has yet to be determined by
Members of Provincial Parliament.
Dog presentation
impresses local group