The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-07-15, Page 13CN O.b tuarios
EfBERT GEERT"A:.
f idert, Geertsma, ts9'
JOHN AL.SERT Luoknow, passed away at
SCHWsSER • the Wingharn and District
John'""Albert Schlosser
,passed away July 3, 1998
at South Bruce Grey Health
Centre, Walkerton, Ont. Mr.
Schipsser waS bern• in
puttees Township on June
1, 1912.. His parents were
Miphaet Schlosser and
Annie (Yack). He was a
'member pt :St: Anne's
• Roman Catholic Church,, .
•Riversdate.'Surviving are
his brother Charles
Schlosser,. Chepstow- and '
'sister Irene, Lamont of
Teeswater. Ales are one
niece .and nephew flat and
Joe .Milner of Walkerton With:
wham- he lived. Several
other nieces and nephews
• and 'great: -niece and:
nephews. He was 'prede-
ceased by six brothers
Clarence, Julius; Leander, •
Tony, Mike and Joe and: two
Sisters 'Loretta and Nora:.
Visitation' was held from
MacKenzie and McCreath,.
MacPherson, Chapel,
Teeswater on Sunday, July
`, 1998 with funeral Mass
from 'St. Annee's Roman
Catholic Church,
Riversdafe. with Father
Omar Fagan officiating.
Pallbearers were Tony
• Carter, Ode. Milner. Rob
Schlosser, John Weatherall,
Rod Droefke, and . Mike.
Schlosser; .Graveeside ser-
vice
er vice washeid=at St. Anne's
Cemetery, Riversdale.--28
HAROL.ty GARDNER
W. .. Harold Webster'
Gardner, of Maple Breezes,:
Lucknow; passed away at •
the . Vingham and District, •
Hospital on July 9, . 1:998, in
his 80th •year. Mr. Gardner
was; a member ot. the
Lucknow United Church. He.
'.: was. born in' . Ashfieid
Towpshlp •nn' Aug. 18, 1909. ' •
:Mr. Gardner iS• suntived by a
sister, Beryl :•Hunter,, of
Lucknow, and several.
nieces and nephews,. He'
was predeceased by his'
parents Witlia.n T. and
., Susan Rebecca (Webster)
Gardnari-e-brother-Sid-and"
sister . Eva. , 'Freeman.
- Visiitation was • at •the,
MacKenzie a:nd; McCreath
Funeral Home;:.Lucknow:;
where 'the funeral, service
was held on. July ,12 with
Rev. Albert Coak officiating.
Honorary p'alibearers were
Stewart Lane,.: Ernest:'
Williarrrs, Ken Laidlaw, Lane
Gardner and Flora Jongeling.::
Active pallbearers were.Art
:F'r'eeman,' Joe Freeman;
Allan. Gardner, `'Brian.
Gardner, .Larry Hunter and
Roy: Keane. . Interment
Greenhill Cemetery;. •
•
Lucknow.=Donations were to".
the Lun•
•gAssociation--2a8
A New Spirit
of Giving
k n,trw l oval, w!,,,wrMO, 0,00
,Hospital,. on .Duey 3, 1998
He was .89 years old. Mr,
Geertsma was a member of
the Lucknow Christian
Reformed Chttrch. He was
born in Bluer, Germany, on
Aug. ,.1 4, 1:912 to Oeds and.
Harrnke (Koopman),
Geertsma. Mr. Geertsma is
survived by his. wife Grace
•(Tiersma), of Lucknow, and.
10 children: Hank end.
Harnrke. Dyk of Blyth,. Leo
and Greta VanderLey el
Orangeville,, Tina and: Jack
$ytsma of. Caledonia, Peter
and-Marj ,Geertsma of`
Brunner, Oeds and Ruth
.Geertsma -ot Lucknow, John
and Linda Geertsma of
ChesleY, .Jim and Marvel
Geertsma et Fordwioh,
Janet and Rodney
Fitzsimmons. of ChesleY.
Mary: and John Dykstra of
SaublYe . Beadh., and
Maureen' and: John Peet of .
Goderich. M. Geertsma
was grandpa. to 31 grand
childrenand 12 great grand-
children. He also leaves to
mourn 'his passing step?
brothers and sisters. Rosa
van der Heide, •Backe.
Geertsma and... Artdries
Geertsma, .alt , of , the'
Netherlands: Mr, Geertsma
was 'predeceased by, two
brothers, Jeen, and Geert.
Visitation Was at.' the
Mackenzie and. McCreath
Fu neral Home, Lucknow,
The junetat service was
Conducted from the
Luoknow." Christian'
Reforrrted'Church: on July
11with•Stephen Taniming.
offiolating.: Pallbearers: were.
Peter. Geertsma; Oeds
Geertsma, .John Geertsma,
Jim Geertsma, Jack Sytsma,
and.Leo VderLey.-
'Interment South •South l(inloss
Cemetery.' Dtnations .were
to -the Canadian; Cancer
9Qatety,- -28ar
JOSEPH WALL... •
Joseph. Lone Watl, ,• of,
Clinton. end formerly..ott:
Kinloss. Township, passed
away. at the Winghan�,.;atitd
bistrict Hospital on,July '7,
1991, in his 81st year, Born
to Teeswater an..Feb ,
1918, Mr. Wali was a son of
the late • Jdseph 'and Jessie
(Scott) Walt; He is survived
•
by his wife, Catherir+e
'McDonald et Braemar
:Retirement Home,
Wingharn; ; children, John
and Jane 1Nail of Listowel
area; Ftobo:rt and Debra:
Wall of LrstoWet area, Irene.
and. Jint Perrin of•Et.mira..
and JoeWalt et.Wheattey,,
six grandehiidren; and a; kis= •
teer, Amanda and her hus-
• bead. Jim. Hamilton,. ;of,
Exeter, Mr.' Wall was prede-
ceased by a sister Elva
Needham:.Visitation was at
the: • MacKenzie' and
McCreath Funeral Hone,
Lucknow, were the funeral
was' conducted by Rev`:
Albert Cook on 'July 9.
Interment Smith's
42 :Obituaries
JENNIE PORTEGUS
4egthie. (Mary Janet
t orteous,, of Pineorest
Manor ' Nursing Horne,
Lucknow, a retired home-
maker and teacher, passed
.away at the Honig on July.
• 9, 1998. Mrs. Porteous was
97 years old. She was a
daughter of the late Dan
and - 'Sarah (Tiffin)
MacDonald and, wag born in
LuGknow on April 21, 1901.
Mrs. Porteous is survived by:
her daughter, Mary Louise
Bell and her husband
Robert, of Sarnia; a nephew
Donald. MacDonald and
family • of Nashville,
Tennessee, a brother-in-
law,
rotherin-
law, Rae Porteous of
Chatham and, nephew,
Kenneth • Portegus, of
Edmonton. She was prede-
ceased by her husband, '
William Porteous. Visitation
was at the MacKenzie and
-McCreath. Funeral Home,
Lucknowi where the funeral'
was conducted on July 18,
Rev,'Peggy Kinsman,. of the
Lucknow Presbyterian
Church, where Mrs,
Porteous was a member,
officiated, Honorary
bearers were were Joe Agnew,
Grant Fairish, Russell. Alton
-and Donald MacKinnon.:
Active .pallbearers were
George Anderson, Doug
. Clark, Herb Clark, Bob
'Campbell, Fred PeBoar and
Torn Cheater. interment
South Kinloss cemetery,, As
expressions of sympathy.
donations to the Lucknow
Presbyterian Church would '
tae appreciated: -2ear
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LINOS •
In loving memory of a dear
*hus:and and, `dad who
passed away July 14,1'994. •
We always remeniber'the •
. way y o
Cemetery, Culross.
Township. Donations were
'to the Heart and'Stroke
Fissociation:r-28ar • '
The way you spoke .•and. .
smiled
The tittke'.things. you. said
arid. did,' `
A e`witi us all"the 'while:
But when. we're said' and
lonely •
And your..death seems so
unfair
We always hear, you •whis-
per
'Touch your heart, my love
is there" .
Loved and sadly missed by
your.wife Donne'"and your
...children - Travis, Ryan and
' Derek --28x; ,
LINDE'
In loving: memory of our
• son-in4faw Otto ;Linde who
passed away 4opr,years ago
July 14, 1.994.
Always remembered by
Harold. and Betty.
Humphrey. --28x
JEFFERSON
in loving memory of.a loving
son arid brother, Barry, July'
1 ,, 1.988 and Wesley, hus-
band, father and grandfa:-
ther,'July 31, 1988.
Gone but Still loved
Missed and never forgotten.,
Eilieen and farnily. --28
4 irrt
Mtnllori it s
PARRISH
in loving memory of our
dear granddaughter Ashley
Dawn, who passed away
July 19, 1984.
She was. a flower to sweet.
'ter earth
Sent here but for awhite
God marked, her when he
gave her birth
And took cher home with a
smile
Sadly missed by grandma.
and grandpa Henry. --28x
47. Garda of
Thar** -
Words cannot begin;to Gap••,
tune the heartfelt apprecia-
tion that we feel. towards our
ramify, friends and neigh-
bora. for the rides and offer„
of rides, to .ondon,, inquiries
of Doug's health and many;
many other acts of kindness,
during. Doug's. illness, All of
that generosity and thought- •
.fulness was carried over in
the passing of •Doug.
•Through:gestures; such' as •.
cards, flowers, food, dank-.
tions both to Heart and
Stroke and Cancer Society,
'and words of support we
cannot thank you enough. A
special thank you to the
nurses.at Wingham hospital.
for their compassionate•
nursing care, 'Joan Pollard
and MacKenzie and
McCreath Funeral, Home: for
their professia lism, Rev.
•Peggy Kinsman far a mem- '
citable service, Blit;: Bev and
'Laura Hodgins for `the 'fiexi-
bility In their ;schedule 'as
well as well as mine which•
enabled •tire to. spend extra
precious : moments with
Poug. To'the Pallbearers,..
Daniet MarkleTorn• Helm; •
Patty Murray,:`paryn Barry,
:Dick Richards. 'and Syd
Caesar;Ftower';'Bearers
Mac Conley, Walter, Scott;,
Glenn 'Dimli>p.and Donny
Brooks. Ail .0f What has
boon touched on above will
never' be forgotten and
always' appreciated
, t erreer'atndJudy, Lana_:ana k The P ddl
Lucknow Scrttinel,.W dricsday, duty 15, 1998 --Page 13
47 Gelds 01
Thanks
BROOKS
We wish to express our sin-
pere'thanka and appreota-
torr. to relatives and friends
for food, flowers and cards
we received when our
brother-in-law Roy Teeft
passed away. Shirley and
Gordon.• -28:
, BAKKER/DRENNAN -
Wo would like to thank
everyone who supported us
at our stag and doe and
offered' congratulations and:
best wishes. To the wed-
ding ,arty, family arid:
Mends that helped out, in
numerous ways, your assis-
tance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks. everyone we had a
really good time! Jen and.•
Matt. - 28:
• • ...MEURS .
1 have many people 1 have
to thank for their hard Work
in making our town look so.
beautiful for the • 140th birth
day'Getebrations. First el all
to my very hard Working..
cgmmiftee_- Joan •Finlay,'.
,Blaine Steer, .Joan Slack,
Tracey Simpson and Crystal
Elliott. Secondly to my bow
makers '--Janine Smyth',
.Katy. Hackett, Cathy
McGillivray, Ruth Alton and
Bev! Bertram: Thanks -.also
to the ,re. sidents: at River
Valley- Apartments• for the
pompom -bows:. A. huge
thank you to Bryan- and:
Vana Gammie for the use 91
their apartment to house the
de.coratinns .andi•aur work
bees, Thanks to Margie
MacPherson for sewing'•the•
flags for the lamp poets..
Thanks* the .Cain Guides
for. handing' out balloons
during the parade, 'Also; a
. bid thank 'you to my. staff at
• Evgrlastings. for' "keeping
their heads :about them
when• alt' abut 'them were
losing:••theirs." Also thank
you••_ to •everyone:'efse who
helped: make. swags, cut.
plastic; blow up balloons the,
morning: of"the ,parade and
anything else that needed to
Barb, be-clone`ov r the .past.'
Weeks', ud educkers
47. tido of
Thank*
PARADE COMMITTEE'
Not forgotterr.,.fust missed.
More thank yous to the fol'-
towing for all their Bob-'
Peck and Mandy, Mandy
Mocienaghart, Ken
Atkinson, Bob Campbell,
Sharon Petteplaoe,
Snobelen Mill, to :the Lions
Club, Kinsmen, optimists,
Lucknow Legion, C.O.C.'
fvtacKenzie and McCreath
Funeral Home for sponsor-
ing bands, and Lucknow
Cut and Curl for sponsoring;
a shriner group; Lucknow
Farm. Supply, Lucknow
Town Works, Fire
Department-, Lenore' Glenn,.
and the rest of the reunion •-
com.mittee..Last but net
least Paul and Lynn for alt
their help, A thank you to,
everyone who helped in
anyWay. Tom and dim, --26x.
Now that I have had time to
relax, I.'d like to express my
thanks to .alt those who.
helped make my weekend; a
lot easier. Thanks to John
Bremner, Lynn and Paul
Zinn,. , Grace: and Jim -
Finnigan, Carol Anne and.
Herold. Winery, :Margie .
MacPherson„ my sister Tilly,
and alt who helped in the
Tourism. Centre, Also a: spa.
ctal ttianks.to the' Belt's
Variety- and Lucknow. &
'District Co-op who made
space available, and -look
,time to: sail the sauuentrs
during 'the year and a :halt
•prior to the reunion Th'anke
also: to Deb and Connie who
had to::put'up with me,' and ...
,helped run errands during
the preparation .of"'the
‘...reunion and, net ,once did
they. . •cotnplainft
Unfortunately we. were...-.
unable•,°10 sell all •souvenirs,
and; therefore Paul"Zinn 'still
. has all.:his hair. Onef nal
thanks . goes "out• to all who •
.purchased th.e'souvenirs,
that's.. what "Made 11 Great
In '98." '. ;Souve'nir '
dew G;ha�.p`rs►� lelarass_- ,
Sokoloski. !..413•, .. '
Steve, :.Derek, Krista; and
=Taylor,µ-28xc •
PINECREST MANOR, -'
Thanks to all wt5:o helped.
make our reunion celobra--
tidn' and pig roast a huge
.success • Stu Rsevie;for the
use of his ftaat: • Jim. 'Boyle
ter 'the.' sound system;,
Kinettes tor,running the bar,
Ken Irwin for setting it up.
The special -entertainers -
greet job and enjoyed by all.
McDonald's Restaurant for.
donating' the juice. To the
staff who; donated their time,
bean pots and roils, and, as
usual 'to all our volunteers,
families and friends who.
came out to help and sup
port us. Also a huge thank
. youto everyone who helped'.
With our float on.Sat,, and'
also to take residents dawn
to see the parade, Once
again. "Our Community.
Spirit" was very much in eve
dence at "Make 11 Great in
. '98." Residents, staff and
management 'ot 'Pinberest
Manor. --28ar
for counting and: sorting bal-
loons '. end ' Heroriia of
Godertc'h, Smyth.,Welding
and Willits Tire ,for, the., hell -
Urn., Leetly thanks to my
husband Jack ler putting up
,wlth.rne..not being. around
the, last little while and no,
Garrett:Motnmy doesn't
have' to snake any more
bows, .' Tracy Meurs,,
Decorations:.-28ar
SCHOOL REUNION
COMMITTEE':.
Thank you to Gloria •litchie,
for her help, alongwithttie '
Lucknow` .Central Staff,
' Bruce Hamilton, Sandrae.
McCallum, Ruth Bell, Gord
Gayley, the Parent:
Committee, (delicious short
cake), John Scoff and Mark
Forrest :(barbecue' man
power) tor. their work in .
snaking the school reunion a
success µ-28x
•
Afentteivian
BelI, -28, r•
• MCINTOSH. -
Sincere thanks:.. to .everyone
for cards; flowers and gifts;
sent•tom me during my rodent-:.
ho'spitailization':And since
. coming'. hone. Your
thou•ghtfulness .an.d'kind-
ness was idea very ;much appre
dated, Kay --28x
•
. PORTEOUS
We wish to thank' Pinecrest
Manor' for mothers ; care,;
over the last few years: For
• good. friends 'and neighbors •
Who dld so much for moth- -
et,' For those who sent ftoW
ars,5 gave donations, and:
came to visit at the funeral
home, the ladies at the
Lucknow • Presbyterian
• church for the lovely lunch
following, to Rev. l(insmao
for her cumforting words
and many visits,' and staff at
'MacKenzie and McCreath
Funeral Home. Your kind-
ness will never be forgotten.
Mary Louise Arid Robert