Taft Aziz

AZIZ, Taft…… Peacefully at Westmount Gardens Long Term Care on January 30th, 2016, Taft Aziz a retired business man in his 100th year lost his long and courageous battle with dementia. He leaves his beloved sister Mrs. Julie (late Elias) Bourisk of Maine and London, who cared for him for 17 years. Other survivors include his sister-in-law Josephine Aziz and her children Charles, Susan, Sandra, Peter, his wife Kate and their daughter Ellery of Toronto, as well as several nieces and nephews from Worcester, MA and Syracuse, NY. Predeceased by his brothers Albert and Philip, an international London artist, as well as his sisters Rose Aziz and Mary Ayoup of Montreal. He was a patriarchal figure, an uncle and father figure to his nieces and nephews in London. He lived a full and long life in the only city he knew as home. As a young man of 20 he took over his father’s wholesale fruit business during the early 30s and 40s. When his father died at the age of 61, he gave up the fruit business and entered the Empire House, and retired at 55 and then went into real estate. He was well known to many in London, having contributed greatly to charitable organizations and business development. In keeping with Taft’s wishes, our thanks to all the wonderful nurses, staff and doctors for the extraordinary, high quality of care they provided over the past 11 months with the dignity, the care, the comfort and compassion during his stay at Westmount Gardens and Victoria hospital. Taft was a long time member of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Friends will be received by the family at A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 from 10 – 11 am, prayers at 11:15 am. Funeral Service will follow at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 113 Southdale Road West at 12 pm with Father Elias Drossos officiating. Interment in Woodland Cemetery, London. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to S&R Nursing Home LTD -Westmount Gardens Long Term Care or London Health Sciences Centre. Online condolences, memories and photographs shared at www.amgfh.com