FUNERAL NOTICES FROM PAST ISSUES STRATHROY AGE-DISPATCH, "THE PEOPLE FILE" COLUMN:
Funeral service for Anthony (Tony) N. Van Bavel of Strathroy was held on Feb. 22, 2001. He leaves his wife Johanna (Anne) Vinken, five children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Maria Lasalette was held in Strathroy on Feb. 9, 2001. She leaves her husband Fernando and two godchildren.
Funeral service for Ilidia (Santos) Alves of Strathroy was held on Feb. 3, 2001. She leaves five children and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral service for Jean Marie (Pray) Lachance of Sprucedale Care Centre, Strathroy, was held on Feb. 9, 2001. She leaves one daughter and two grandchildren.
Funeral service for Eileen Marie Paff of Kerwood was held on Feb. 2, 2001. She leaves her husband Vern Paff, two children, and five grandchildren.
Funeral service for John Archibald Woolley of Strathroy was held on Feb. 6, 2001. He leaves his wife Marguerite (Earley) Woolley, two children, and three grandchildren.
S.J. Father Paul M. Crouch died on Jan. 23, 2001 at the Montserrat Retreat House in Lake Dallas, Texas. He leaves his mother Bernice Crouch of Strathroy, a sister, and a brother.
Funeral service for Ronald Marshall of Strathroy was held on Jan. 19, 2001. He leaves his wife Marion (Schell) Marshall, three children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Funeral service for Leo Van Eck of Strathroy was held on Jan. 23, 2001. He leaves his wife Mary (Jilesen) Van Eck, five children, 17 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Mary (Geerts) Maes of Kerwood was held on Jan. 25, 2001. She was the wife of Jeff Maes, and also leaves two children and her parents.
Agnes Elizabeth (Arrand) Griffith, formerly of Coldstream, died on Jan. 16, 2001 at Middlesex Terrace Nursing Home, Delaware. She leaves three daughters and a daughter-in-law, along with 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for George LeRoy (Roy) Wyatt of RR 4, Watford, was held on Dec. 30, 2000 in Strathroy. He leaves his wife Ada (nee Johnston), five children, and five grandchildren.
Funeral service for Maria Cathrina (Van Lierop) Klaver of Strathroy was held on Dec. 23, 2000. She leaves 10 children, 23 grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Funeral service for Jennie (Ward) Linton of Strathroy was held on Dec. 22, 2000. She leaves one son, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Alvin Walter McKeen was held on Dec. 19, 2000 in Komoka. Mr. McKeen was a past resident of East Williams Township and Poplar Hill. He leaves four children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Funeral service for Francisco Pedro of Strathroy was held on Dec. 27, 2000. He was the husband of Maria Evelina, and also leaves two children and one great-grandson.
Funeral service for Sheila Myrie (Tout) Limon of Strathmere Lodge was held on Dec. 15, 2000. She leaves four children, eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Albert K. Erickson of Strathroy was held on Dec. 20, 2000. He leaves his wife Rita (McMahon), six children, and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral service for Manuel Sousa Gasparinho of Strathroy was held on Dec. 13, 2000. He leaves five children, 12 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial service for Deborah (Reid) Crozier of Strathroy was held on Dec. 15, 2000. She leaves her husband Brian Reid, four children, and her mother.
Funeral service for Anna Marie Van de Valk (nee Verhoeven) of Strathroy was held on April 10, 2001. She leaves two children and one grandchild.
Funeral service for Doris M. (Simpson) (Gregory) Brown of Strathroy, and formerly of Ilderton, was held in Ailsa Craig on April 6, 2001. She leaves three children, 19 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Gerrit Veenstra of Strathroy was held on April 9, 2001. He leaves his wife Alice (Hulhof) Veenstra.
Funeral service for Jose Silveira Martins of Strathroy was held on March 28, 2001. He leaves his wife Leonor, one child, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Verna Mary Pritchard of Newmarket was held on March 29, 2001. She was a former teacher at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute.
Funeral service for Vern Giffen of Strathroy was held on April 2, 2001. He leaves his wife Mary Jane Giffen, six children, and five grandchildren.
Funeral service for J. Leslie Fletcher of Strathroy was held on April 4, 2001. He is survived by his aunt Mae McKay, cousin Joanne Forran, and their families.
Funeral service for Clifford Stewart Ward of Strathroy was held on March 26, 2001. He leaves his wife Mary I. (Draper), two children, and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for Hazel Irene Grigg of Strathroy was held on March 7, 2001. She leaves three grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral service for Ernest Bruce Roemmele of RR 3, Appin, was held on March 13, 2001. He leaves two children and two grandchildren.
Former Strathroy resident Ruth Wyatt (Copeman) Brown of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, died on March 1, 2001. She leaves eight children and six grandchildren.
Funeral service for Rosa Correia of Strathroy was held on Feb. 28, 2001. She leaves her husband Manuel, four children, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Flossie Ida Pearl Shtephenson of Strathmere Lodge was held on March 1, 2001. She leaves two children, five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for G. Clifford Lipsit of RR 1, Delaware, was held on Feb. 24, 2001. He leaves his wife Irene Lipsit (Selli) of Strathroy and one daughter.
A memorial service for Bill Sutherland of RR 1, Strathroy, was held on Feb. 24, 2001. He leaves his wife Mary Sutherland (Browne), two sons, and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for M. Amelia (Douglas) Tack of Strathroy was held on Feb. 23, 2001. She leaves two children, three grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
Funeral service for Larry Richard Bennett of Strathroy was held on Feb. 23, 2001. He is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren.
Funeral service for Stanley Joseph Jones of Strathroy was held on Feb. 22, 2001. He leaves his wife Melody, three children, and his parents.
Funeral service for Lillian Clark (Westbrook) of RR 1, Melbourne, was held on Feb. 19, 2001. She leaves her husband J. Pearson "Ted" Clark, nine children, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A memorial service for Walter Bowley, formerly of Strathroy, was held on Feb. 23, 2001 in White Rock, British Columbia. He leaves his wife Williston, four sons, and six grandchildren.
Funeral service for Wayne Nemeth of Melbourne was held on April 16, 2001. He leaves his wife Sue Ann (Nelson), four children, and three grandchildren.
Funeral service for Klaas Salomons of Kerwood was held on April 19, 2001. He leaves his wife Hilda (Stol) Salomons, 10 children, 34 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Robert K. Smith of RR 6, Strathroy, was held on April 17, 2001. He leaves two stepchildren, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Anna Appeldoorn of Mt. Brydges was held on April 21, 2001. She leaves her husband Dolf, three children, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Cecil William Donald of Strathroy was held on April 24, 2001. He leaves his wife Frieda (Berdan) Donald, one son, eight grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
