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DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS
NL\KTHA ERDOS • MAY 12 YALE GEORGE MALKIN • MAY 12 GEORGE BUSH-MAY 14
This is to advise that the
UNVEILING OF HEADSTONE
in loving memory of
LOUIS M. GARRNKEL
will take place Sunday, May 22 at 1 p.m. at the
Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
This is to advise that the
UNVEILING OF HEADSTONE
in loving memoiy of
JOHN GORT
will take place Sunday, May 29 at 1 p.m. at the
Temple Sholom Cemetery
White Rock
Candlelighting:
Friday, May 20,8:38p.m. May 21,9:46 p.m.
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BENJAMIN PAWER
It is with great sadness that we annoxmce the imtimely passing of Benjamin Pawer on April 11,2005, following a brief illness. Ben was bom in Vancouver in 1934 to Abo and Rachel Pawer. After attending King Edward high sdiool, Ben b^an his career with Canada Customs. He retired from customs after 38 years of dedicated service. Ben was also active in Camp Miriam and Habonim, from which he made lifelong friendships.
Ben married Rosalynn Kemp in 1961 and had a wonderful, loving marriage for 43 years. They moved to Richmond in 1966, where they raised their three children. As a father, he was a devoted dad who was very proud of all of his children's accomplishments at each stage of their lives.
Ben was loved and respected for his devotion to his family and was adored by his wife, children and grandchildren. It was his witty sense of humor, his big heart and his warm, gentle nature for which he will be remembered.
He enjoyed travelling, spending time ydth his many close friends and golfing with his buddies. His true joy was spending time with all of his grandchildren, who gave him immense pleasure.
Ben will be greatly missed by his wife, Rosalynn, his children, Stuart (Linda), Leonard (liane), Char-lene (Les), his grandchildren, Chelsea, Ryan, Lauren, Brendan, Hannah and Joshua. He is also siu:-vived by has sister, Miriam Schribcr (Jack). □
MINNA LOOMER
Benjamin Pawer
Minna Loomer passed away pcacefiilly on Thursday, May 5,2005, with her son Heib by her side, just a few wcdcs shy ofher 95th birthday. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 61 years, Norman, in 1994, her parents, Rachel and Menashe Kurtzberg, and sisters Claire Davis and Biyna Grayson. She will be lovingly remembered by her son Herb and his wife Eve-lynne of Vancouver, daughter Claire and her husband (Jeny of Toronto; grandchildren and their spouses, Janice Loomer Margolis and Simon Mar-golis ofVancouver, Robyn and Saul Greenspan, Andrea and Wayne Nathanson and Marc Pizer, all of Toronto, Suzi and David Feder of Plantation Key, Fla., and Ari Pizer and Jessi Erlichman Pizer of Philadelphia; eight great-grandchildren—Oren and Corey Mai:golis, Stefi, Lony and Rayna Greenspan, Jessie and Samara Nathanson and Nyan Feder; her sister Yetta Hyatt of Los Angeles and brother Ben and wife Mary Kurtzberg of Palm Springs, Calif.
Bom and raised in Calgaiy to a loving, busy family with five children, Minna married Norman and lived in Camrose and Edmonton, Alta., then Rcgi-na, Sask., before settling in Vancouver in 1949, with a brief stint in Victoria in the 1960s. She and Norman were very involved in the Jewish com-mxmities of Regina, Victoria and Vancouver. It was in Regina that they brought into their home as a daughter - and sister to Herb and Claire - Sylvia Greenspan (n6e Ackerman), a Holocaust smvivor who had lost her parents in the war. Many years later, sadly, after Sylvia had passed away, one of her twin sons, Saul, married Herb's daughter, Robyn, making the family connections offidaL
Minna was a woman of many talents and interests. She loved food and was a great cook and baker. Many memorable times were spent aroimd her dinner table, with a great abimdance of food and
animated conversations. Minna had a zest for life. She was a passionate bridge player, who earned her life-Masters and then later became known as a wonderful bridge teacher, revered by her students. She was an avid sports enthusiast, with golf in her younger days and, later, as an enthusiastic observer of all kinds of sports competitions, particularly her own great-grandchildren's hockey games. She loved reading and enjoyed hobbies like crocheting and knitting. She even took up painting at the age of 54. Car travel was another soim:e of great pleasiu-e for Minna. Eventually, she and Norman established a second home in Palm Springs, where they could be close to her brother and sisters for part of the year.
Mostly, Minna will be remembered for her lively and engaging personality. She loved to lau^ and was a great sport. She was much appreciated by her family and many fiiends for her very accepting ways, never biu-dening others with expectations. Always appreciative of what she had, she delighted in her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and they in turn loved being with her. Those of them who lived in Vancouver were committed to weekly lundhes on their own with Baba, and still recall tiie special favorite foods she made for them.
These past few years were difi&cult for Minna in terms ofher mobility and she eventually moved into the Louis Brier Home and Hospital. Herb and Eve-lynne mobilized a wonderfiil team of caregivers and she was as comfortable and fiilly attended as was possible. The family is veiy gratefiil to all ofher carc-^vers, to her longstandir^ doctor, Dr. Stanley Sunshine, and to the Louis Brier for their amazing facilities. As her grandchildren concluded in their eulogy to her, "We will sure miss you Bub - your smile, your laugh and your wondcifril spirit." A life well lived. □
GEORGE BUSH
In the early hours of May 14, a young Richmond man, George Bush, 24, and his friend, Karon Fur-stand, 20, were killed in a tragic car accident at No. 2 Road and Steveston. Though the details of the accident itself are still not completely known, speed was definitely a factor. Both Bush and Fuf-stand and were killed instantiy upon impact
In his short life. Bush accomplished many goals he set for himself. A recent graduate of the University of British Columbia, he continued his studies at Langara College in film, which was his passion. He was also a very active and beloved member of Sigma Chi fi:atemity.
Most known for his kindness and good natiu-e. Bush touched the lives of many different people from all walks of life. More than 500 people attended his fimeral on Monday, May 16, from friends and family, to professors and longtime school colleagues. Five of his closest firiends delivered a touching eulogy, followed by his youmger brother Shane, who said: "The tears in my eyes cannot express the sadness I ieel. In George, I had a fiiend, an enemy, an ally, a confidant and, most importantly, a brother. I will miss him forever." □
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