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Bereaved Families of Ontario - Cornwall to close - Standard Freeholder

Cornwall to get help as the Bereaved Families of Ontario – Cornwall and Area (BFO) is closing.For many years, the volunteer-led group has been helping grieving people in the city and the townships work out their feelings by letting them talk to people who been through the same thing. It wasn't grief counselling per se – because no one there was trained as a professional counsellor – but it provided people with a place to vent, get advice, resources and other forms of support much more quickly than the weeks-long waiting lists for grief counsellors would allow.On Tuesday, BFO let its volunteers know the organization would be folding after May 31. After years of unsuccessful fundraisers, renegotiated leases, operating cutbacks and other efforts to keep itself afloat financially, the group has run out of money."We are no longer able to operate the office unless we got some miraculous funding between now and May 31," said Gisele Roy, program co-ordinator.The inevitability of death is an awful thing to think about, which is why people are pretty good at putting it out of their minds almost all of the time. It's a defence mechanism that allows everyone to live their lives without being in constant state of existential dread, or obsessing about how they would go on if one of their parents, spouse, friends or even their children died.Being able to put such thoughts aside is likely good for everyone's mental wellbeing. But that intentional blindness to something that will impact everyone eventually likely did not help the organization dedicated to helping people deal with those impacts."We are getting overlooked. Grief and death are not popular topics. People want to avoid talking about that," said Roy with a rueful chuckle. "We have sent out so many applications (for grants); we've contacted service clubs, insurance companies, legal firms about all kinds of applications and all kinds of activities and fundraisers."There were many othe...
https://www.standard-freeholder.com/news/local-news/bereaved-families-of-ontario-cornwall-to-close/wcm/7d4a2b91-abc5-4447-8394-67dd70513b13

Betty McMillan, Stratford's first female mayor, dies - BlackburnNews.com

According to the obituary provided by W.G. Young Funeral Home, McMillan had worked as a teacher and a realtor before developing an interest in politics, having worked on several election campaigns. In addition to serving as mayor of Stratford in the 1970s, McMillan had also served on council and for one term on the Stratford Board of Education. Stratford Mayor Dan Mathieson tweeted his condolences to the McMillan family, calling McMillan a “kind, thoughtful and great leader”. Mathieson has ordered all flags at Stratford city buildings to be lowered to half-staff. Saddened to learn of the passing of former @cityofstratford Mayor Betty McMillan. Betty was a kind, thoughtful & great leader. On behalf of all citizens please accept our heartfelt condolences, flags to be lowered on city buildings this week in her memory https://t.co/F8NxB044wn - Dan Mathieson (@Danmathieson) February 19, 2019 McMillan was born Betty Ashbourne and was raised in Toronto. She attended the University of Toronto, where she met her husband. They eventually settled in Stratford. McMillan taught a variety of subjects at schools in Stratford and Mitchell and also worked as a realtor alongside her brother, Richard Ashbourne. McMillan was involved in a variety of community projects, ranging from Canada Census training to overseeing Sunday School programs at the present-day Avondale United Church, to serving as president of United Church Women. Her outside interests included golf and painting. McMillan is survived by her four children, Eric G., Beatrice, Suzanne Kelly and Judi Gilbert, 12 living grandchildren, plus several nephews, nieces and great-grandchildren. She is also survived by brothers Richard and Paul Ashbourne and sister-in-law Winnie Ashbourne. She is predeceased by her husband Eric C., two brothers, a sister, a granddaughter ...
https://blackburnnews.com/midwestern-ontario/midwestern-ontario-news/2019/02/18/betty-mcmillan-stratfords-first-female-mayor-dies/

Becoming a seafarers' chaplain was not exactly his retirement plan - CatholicPhilly.com

Deacon Dileep Athaide, a chaplain from the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, who ministers to seafarers aboard cargo ships, poses March 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic) By Agnieszka Ruck • Catholic News Service • Posted March 27, 2019 DELTA, British Columbia (CNS) — A few years ago, Deacon Dileep Athaide could never have guessed he’d become a frequent visitor on the immense coal and container ships dotting the horizon in Delta and Vancouver. Yet nearly every day, he finds himself donning a hard hat, reflective vest and steel-toed boots, chatting with security guards who recognize his white collar and climbing high ladders into cargo ships as a chaplain to seafarers. “It’s only three years that I’ve been doing this, but it feels like 10 years — in a good way,” Deacon Athaide, 69, told The B.C. Catholic, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, while on board a Japanese coal carrier at Westshore Terminals in Delta. The two dozen crew members on this ship are from the Philippines and have spent months away from their families, religious customs and country...
http://catholicphilly.com/2019/03/news/world-news/becoming-a-seafarers-chaplain-was-not-exactly-his-retirement-plan/

Donald Michael “Don” Lemiski - Vernon Morning Star

Brett and John (and their mother, Mardy), Evan and Mica, Adrian and Sean, Josie, Elle and Blue; two nieces, Natasha and Hannah; two nephews, Ron and Tom; and numerous cousins. Don loved to socialize and really appreciated his friendships with the Kinsmen, United Church members and choir, classmates, fishing buddies and neighbors. He was beloved by so many in the community as a genuine, giving and fun friend to all. Don loved to fish, golf, sing, care for his lakeshore property and vacation in Hawaii. He will be deeply missed but his legacy and his aloha spirit will live on in all those he touched. During a year long battle with cancer he remained optimistic and extremely grateful for the life he had lived and for those he shared it with. Special thanks to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Dr. LePage, Dr. Bosma, Dr. Hardy and the exceptional staff of the Vernon Cancer Clinic, and the lovely Hospice House. Cremation preceded a Funeral Service which will be held at Trinity United Church, 3300 Alexis Park Drive, on Saturday, January 5th, 2019 at 1:00 pm. Funeral arrangements have been made with Bethel Funeral Chapel Ltd., 5605-27th Street, Vernon, B.C. V1T 8Z5 250-542-1187. Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/donald-michael-don-lemiski/

Bane, Jean Hypes - NRVN News

Laura Beatrice Trenor and James Watson Hypes. She graduated from Maywood High School and then earned a BA degree in Mathematics from Radford State Teachers College and an MEd in Counseling from Radford College. Jean began a life-long career with the school systems. She taught math at Covington High School and Pearisburg High School where the Class of 1960 captured a piece of her heart as a special group of students. She finished the last twenty-four years of her career as a guidance counselor at Giles High School in Pearisburg, VA. She married William Doak Bane, Sr. of Pearisburg, VA on August 14, 1948; they had seventy fulfilling years of marriage. They were blessed with two children and a life-long career together of remodeling the old family home at Cedar Grove Farm. Jean had a rich and active church life beginning with her acceptance of Jesus Christ as her Savior at Old Bethel Methodist Church in Sinking Creek, Craig County. After her marriage she served in numerous roles as a member of Walkers Creek Baptist Church in White Gate, Pearisburg Baptist Church, and lastly Castle Rock Baptist Church in Pembroke. Reading her Bible and devotions were part of her daily routine.Jean was an active member of career and community organizations. Educational memberships included Alpha Lambda Charter Delta Kappa Gamma, Giles County Education Association, and New River Valley Guidance Association. Sh...
https://nrvnews.com/bane-jean-hypes/