Services & Obituaries

COONAN —- Peacefully at his home in London on Sunday October 3rd 2004, Wayne Coonan in his 62nd year. Beloved husband of Rita (Bardawill) Coonan. Dear son of the late Arnold and Helen Coonan. Dear father of Brent Coonan and his wife Monique of Toronto, Angie Coonan of Ottawa, and predeceased by his son Todd and daughter Christine. Dear brother of Marty Coonan and his wife Brenda of Calgary, Alberta; Denise Blay and her husband Ed of London, and Colleen Coonan of Los Angeles, California. Dear step-father of Cheri, Teresa, Christine and Matthew; and predeceased by his 2 step-sons Jeremy and John Paul. Also loved by his 7 grandchildren; Dawson, Alisha, Jaime, Brandon, Allison, Tyler and Mykala. Friends will be received by the family from 1.00 P.M. to 9.00 P.M. Monday October 4th and 9.00 A.M. to 9.00 P.M. Tuesday October 5th at his home, 106 Marley Place (between Duchess Avenue and Tecumseh Avenue), London. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, 46 Cathcart Street, London, on Wednesday October 6th at 12 Noon. Cremation to follow. Prayers will be held at the residence Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations would be appreciated to St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, 46 Cathcart Street, London N6C 3L7. A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London (433-5184) in care of arrangements. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

THOMAS — Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, University Campus, on Friday October 1st 2004, Ethel L. (King) Thomas of London in her 93rd year. Much beloved wife of the late W. Laird Thomas (1997). Treasured Mom of Sally E. Thomas, Marilyn M. Groom and her husband John, and L. Kent Thomas and his wife Susanne all of London. Loving Grandma of Sarah Hodgkinson and her husband Craig of Woodstock, Andrew and James Thomas of London, and Colleen Thomas of Windsor. Dearly loved Great-Grandma of Matthew and Ema Hodgkinson. Ethel was a 35 year member of the Live-Y’ers and was a long time member of the Church of St. Andrew Memorial. Friends will be received by the family from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Monday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London, where the funeral service will be conducted in the chapel on Tuesday October 5th at 11 A.M. with Reverend Brian McKay of the Church of St. Andrew Memorial officiating. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations would be appreciated to the Parkinson Society Canada, 4500 Blakie Road, Unit 117, London N6L 1G5, or Beds For Parents c/o Children’s Health Foundation, 345 Westminster Avenue, London N6C 4V3. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

PRUE:
At Meadowcroft Place Retirement Home, London on Wednesday, September 29, 2004. Marjorie (Smith-Givens) Prue of London in her 89th year. Beloved wife of the late Louis Prue and the late Herbert Givens. Dear mother of H. Paul Givens and his wife Ella and H. Scott Givens. Also loved by her granddaughters Tricia and Cheryl. Friends will be received by the family one hour prior to a service to celebrate Marjorie’s life, which will be held in the chapel of the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London on Monday, October 4th at 1:00 p.m. with Reverend Philip Newman of Riverside United Church officiating. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 123 St. George Street, London , ON N6A 3A1. (on line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca)

COREY — on Monday, September 27, 2004 at London Health Sciences Centre – Victoria Campus. Donald Douglas Corey of London in his 55th year. Predeceased by his parents Eleanor and Donald Corey, founder of Corey Autowreckers. Beloved life partner of Debbie Lee. Dear father of Shawn Corey, his partner Sherry, and of Shawn’s mother, Janet Corey. Dear brother of Joan Woods and her partner Douglas Duke, their children John Duke, Gordon Woods and Tina Hanna. Friends will be received by the family on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London, followed by cremation. At Donald’s request there will be no funeral service. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the charity of your choice. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

BLOEMBERG….

At home on Saturday September 25th, 2004 The Lord in His Grace took unto himself his child, Nellie Bloemberg in her 89th year. Beloved wife for 60 years of Harm Bloemberg. Dear mother of Anne and Sid Vander Heide; Ralph and Nancy Bloemberg; Nela and Mike Couche and Corrie Bendall all of London and Margareth and Roger Baker of Ailsa Craig. Dear sister of Miep Kroon-Van der Pol of Holland. Loving grandmother of 28 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Friends will be received by the family from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm. on Monday at the A. Millard George Funeral Home 60 Ridout Street South, London. The funeral service will be conducted at First Christian Reformed Church 507 Talbot Street, London on Tuesday September 28th, 2004 at 10:00am. with Pastor Pieter Pereboom officiating. Interment in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, London. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Christian Reformed World Mission 3475 Mainway Drive, P.O. Box 5070 Burlington ON L7M 1A9 or to the Bible League P.O. Box 5037 Burlington ON L7R 3Y8. (Online condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca)

FOSTER….

Unexpectedly at London Health Sciences Centre – South Street Campus on Friday September 24th, 2004 Ray A. Foster of London in his 83rd year. Dear father of Mary Keenan; Jim Foster and his wife Margaret; Teresa Foster and Ed; all of Huron Park; Larry Foster and Kathy of Calgary, AB and Brenda Foster of Northville and Sheila Charlton of Huron Park. Predeceased by his daughter Sharon and her husband Gary MacLachlin (1967) and his sons Michael Foster (1970) and Donald Foster (1995). Predeceased by his brother Harold Foster and his sisters Marie Hart and Jean Smith. Also loved by his nine grandchildren and his two great grandsons. Also missed by his many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received by the family 1 hour prior to the funeral mass which will be conducted from the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Western Counties Wing, Parkwood Hospital” (Parking Lot #3) 801 Commissioner’s Road East”

ANDERLE — on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at London Health Sciences Centre – Victoria Campus, after a long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. Richard Anderle of London in his 55th year. Dear son on Zbigniew and Bronia Anderle. Dear brother of Irena Tessier and her husband Wayne. Dear uncle of Krisha Bailie and her husband Allan, and Justin Tessier. Dear great uncle of William and Anna. Cremation has taken place. A. Millard George Funeral Home, London entrusted with arrangements. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

BHANDARKAR — Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre, South Street Campus, on Sunday September 19th 2004, Mrs. Sunanda Bhandarkar in her 72nd year. Beloved wife of P. S. Bhandarkar of Bangalore, India. Dear mother of Ramchandra (Detroit), Anuradha and Suchitra (California); sister-in-law to Ratnakar and Sudha Bhandarkar (London). Will be sadly missed by her seven grandchildren and her extended family. Service at Mount Pleasant Cemetery crematorium chapel, 303 Riverside Drive, London, on Tuesday September 21st at 1 P.M., followed by cremation. A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London (433-5184) in care of arrangements. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

VANDERWEL — at her residence on Saturday, September 18, 2004. Ettje VanderWel of London in her 81st year. Beloved wife of Charles VanderWel. Dear mother of Chuck and his wife Joanne and their sons Mike and Daryl and Rob VanderWel and his wife Elizabeth. Dear grandmother of Christopher. Dear sister of Jan de Boer and his wife Gerda. Dear sister-in-law of Mies VanderWel, Helen Barton and her husband Tony, Trudy VanderHoek and her husband Bert, Thies VanderWel, John VanderWel and his wife Agatha, Leo VanderWel and his wife Nellie, Frank VanderWel and his wife Corrie and John Vaandering and his wife Joanna. Predeceased by her sisters Aly de Boer and Rieks Boskamp, her brother Herman de Boer, her brothers-in-law Wim VanderWel and Douwe VanderWel. Friends will be received by the family on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the A. Millard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout Street South, London. Private family interment in Woodland Cemetery followed by a funeral service to celebrate Etty’s life on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at Westmount Christian Reformed Church, 405 Drury Lane, Strathroy at 2:30pm. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Christian Reformed Church World Relief Fund, 3475 Mainway, PO Box 5070, STN LCD 1, Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8 or to the World Vision Canada, 1 World Drive, Mississauga ON L5T 2Y4. On line condolences accepted at www.amgeorgefh.on.ca

PORTER….

Peacefully at London Health Sciences Centre – South Street Campus on Thursday September 16th, 2004 Charlotte Lily” (Rice) Porter of London in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late William C. Porter. Dear mother of Robert (Roy) Porter and Marie McIssac of Fort Erie and John Porter and his wife Ronalee of London. Also loved by her grandchildren Chad Porter of Toronto and Michael Barber and his wife April of London and her 2 great-granddaughters Shelby and Mackenzie. Sadly missed by her nephew David Dodds and family of Strathroy”