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Family, friends remember late fire chief - CityNews Vancouver

Berwick Fire Capt. Joel Barnes. Barnes was fatally injured in a four-alarm fire earlier this month. Sacco had served as fire chief in Oxford for the past two years after retiring from the New Gloucester Fire Department. Longtime friend and New Gloucester Fire Capt. Scott Doyle says Sacco had “one of the biggest hearts.” The Oxford Fire Department says funeral arrangements are being made. The Associated Press Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/12/family-friends-remember-late-fire-chief/

Funeral notices for Tuesday, March 14, 2017 | Sun Journal - Lewiston Sun Journal

WHITNEY — Linda H., 60, a resident of Auburn, died in Auburn on Saturday, March 11. A Celebration of Linda’s Life will be held Sunday, April 9, at the Coolidge Family Farm, 1084 Lewiston Road, New Gloucester, from 3 to 5 p.m. Memorial donations in Linda’s memory may be made to the Fairview School PTO, 397 Minot Ave., Auburn, ME 04210. Burial will be privately held in the spring at Oak Hill Cemetery, Auburn. The Pinette, Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home is assisting the Whitney family with their arrangements.Let's block ads! (Why?)...
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/funeral-notices/2017/03/14/funeral-notices-tuesday-march-14-2017/2094000

Mitch Owens, former mayor of Gloucester, dead at 95 - CBC.ca

Mitch Owens, a municipal politician who served as mayor of the former municipality of Gloucester, has died at the age of 95. "His sharp mind, incredible storytelling, irreverent sense of humour, and easy laugh stayed with us to the end," his obituary said. ?Owens entered municipal politics in 1966 after retiring from the RCMP following a 20-year career, according to his obituary. Over 25 years he served as councillor, deputy reeve and mayor. In 1991, at the age of 70, he retired from municipal politics, splitting his time between a vacation home in Florida and his home on Mitch Owens Road, which was named after him by an order of council. Gloucester was amalgamated into the City of Ottawa in 2001. Owens died Thursday. Visitation will be held at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home on Hunt Club Road from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday. His funeral mass will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Visitation Church in south Gloucester.  The flags at the Gloucester South Community Centre will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday for his funeral, the city anno...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mitch-owens-gloucester-mayor-dead-1.3859531

Mitch Owens, former mayor of Gloucester, dead at 95 - Ottawa - CBC ... - CBC.ca

Mitch Owens, a municipal politician who served as mayor of the former municipality of Gloucester, has died at the age of 95. "His sharp mind, incredible storytelling, irreverent sense of humour, and easy laugh stayed with us to the end," his obituary said. ?Owens entered municipal politics in 1966 after retiring from the RCMP following a 20-year career, according to his obituary. Over 25 years he served as councillor, deputy reeve and mayor. In 1991, at the age of 70, he retired from municipal politics, splitting his time between a vacation home in Florida and his home on Mitch Owens Road, which was named after him by an order of council. Gloucester was amalgamated into the City of Ottawa in 2001. Owens died Thursday. Visitation will be held at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home on Hunt Club Road from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday. His funeral mass will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Visitation Church in south Gloucester.  The flags at the Gloucester South Community Centre will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday for his funeral, the city anno...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mitch-owens-gloucester-mayor-dead-1.3859531

Former Gloucester Mayor Mitch Owens dies at 95 | Ottawa & Region ... - Ottawa Sun

The robust and warm former mayor, councillor and reeve of Gloucester has died.  Mitch Owens, 95, held public office in what was then the City of Gloucester for over twenty years, but only after leading a "colourful" life said former Ottawa mayor Jim Durrell.  "He was very wise, because he had done stuff," said Durrell, who remembered fondly conversations and professional advice the much-older mayor offered in the 80s. "One can buy intelligence. But you cannot buy wisdom." Owens was born in 1921 in the small farming community of Hazelridge, Manitoba, which he left as a teenager during the Great Depression to "ride the rails," according to a notice placed by his family. He took on several jobs across the country — from short order cook, drugstore clerk to lumberjack in Northern Ontario — before enlisting with the RCMP in 1942.  More travelling came with his 21 years in the force, including three years stationed at Pond Inlet on Baffin Island, where he "developed a life-long affection for the land and for the Inuit peoples," his family said.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/11/20/former-gloucester-mayor-mitch-owens-dies-at-95

BRIAN DAVID MUEHLMAN - Burlington County Times

Brian enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was an avid whitetail deer hunter, traveling throughout United States and Canada hunting with his grandson, Kurt. Brian was a USCG Charter Captain on Lake Ontario for 15 years. His most cherished time was spent with his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Gail Krauss Muehlman; his mother and step father, Margaret (Rex) Smith of Wexford; daughter, Candi (Joe) Landles of Evans City; step daughter, Becky Flagler of Pittsburgh; siblings, Connie Federbusch, Laurie (Ron) Mahen, and Mark (Pam) Muehlman, all of Mercer; nine grandchildren, Kurt, Mariah, Rayna, Seth, Brandon, Riley, Connor, Liam, and Nico; and several nieces and nephews. Brian was preceded in death by his father, Paul Muehlman and his brother in law, Oscar Federbusch. Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the MARSHALL FUNERAL HOME, 200 Fountain Ave., Ellwood City. Friends will also be received at the funeral home on Thursday from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the blessing service at 11:30 a.m. Rev. Father Mark Thomas will officiate. Interment will follow in Holy Redeemer Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Brian's memory may be made to the Steven King Foundation, 621 Street, Jetmore, KS 67854 or Victory Junction, 4500 Adams Way, Randalman, NC 27317. Online condolences may be sent to marshallsfh. com. Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/obituaries/20190319/brian-david-muehlman

Clark Davey, 1928-2019: 'The true journalist of journalists' - Ottawa Citizen

He was heartbroken after failing his medical, but an English teacher told him that people would pay him to write. So he enrolled in the first journalism degree course taught at University of Western Ontario, graduating in 1948 and joining the newsroom of the Chatham Daily News.There, he worked under Richard "Dic" Doyle, but moved to Kirkland Lake when the Thomson newspaper chain made him editor-in-chief of the Northern Daily News. His time there was brief, however, as his girlfriend, Joyce Gordon, issued him an ultimatum: Northern Ontario or me. He chose her: they married in September 1952.In the meantime, he joined the newsroom of the Globe and Mail, where his mentor Doyle had been working for a year.As a reporter with the Globe, Davey covered national and international affairs, including the Suez Canal crisis, the St. Lawrence Seaway project and the cancellation of the Avro Arrow program. During the 1957 federal election campaign, he recognized that Tory leader John Diefenbaker was gaining momentum and might actually win, and convinced his editors to allow him to stay with the Chief's campaign for 40 days. Clark Davey, former publisher of the Montreal Gazette, displaying a mock-up of the paper's new Sunday edition in 1988. Bill Grimshaw / The Canadian Press When Doyle became editor of the Globe in 1963, he chose Davey as his managing editor, and, according to Mills, the two raised the broadsheet's reputation from that of a local paper to a national one. Davey was managing editor for 15 years before joining the Vancouver Sun in 1978. He was publisher there until 1983, when he took over at the Gazette. He was publisher of the Citizen from 1989 to 1993. He was also president and chair of The Canadian Press, and co-founder and president of the Michener Awards Foundation that oversees the country's most prestigious journalism prize."He was the true journalist of journalists," says Kim Kierans, journalism professor at University of King's College in Halifax and Michener Foundation board member. "He told me when I last saw him in November, ‘If we're not providing the encouragement for journalism organizations and journalists within them to do the journalism that matters, then we're in trouble as a democracy.'"He was also a lovely man, smart and sparkling … with incredible enthusiasm for the business and its future."According to Mills, Davey, who in 2002 led a protest on the steps of the Ottawa Citizen after Mills was fired for running an editorial critical of then-prime minister Jean Chrétien, was known as tough and gruff, "but deep down he was a really kind and thoughtful person, and a very good friend who was always fair to people. But if you didn't know him, he could be intimidating."And although he called the shots on the job, it was Joyce who ruled the home roost. According to son Ric, his father only stopped the presses twice - once while at the Globe, when Joyce called him to report that she and Ric thought they had just seen a UFO."That was the kind of pull she had over him," says Ric.Clark Davey is survived by his wife, Joyce; brother Kenneth George; children Ric (Rita Celli), Kevin (Margaret) and Clark Jr. (...
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/clark-davey-1928-2019-the-true-journalist-of-journalists

Cecile J. Briggs - WatertownDailyTimes.com

Phillips Memorial Home in Massena. There will be no funeral services and burial will be at a later date in Calvary Cemetery, Massena.Cecile was born on November 14, 1933 in Cornwall, Ontario, the daughter of Claude and Bertha (Belanger) Villeneuve. She married Joseph Maugeri Jr. on February 21, 1958. He predeceased her on April 19, 1972. She later married Ivan Briggs on June 20, 1975. He predeceased her in June 2001.She enjoyed playing bingo, traveling and spending time on social media.She is survived by her son Joseph Maugeri III and his wife Becky of Clayville, NY; three grandchildren, Joseph, Benjamin and Matthew Maugeri; a brother, Cyril and wife Sylvia Villeneuve and two sisters, Claudette Lefebvre and Bernadette Good as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters Bernice Sequin and Marie Claire Payette.Arrangements are under the direction of Phillips Memorial Home in Massena. Memories and online condolences may be share with the family at www.PhillipsMemorial.com. Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/obit/cecile-j-briggs-20190316