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The death occurred of Ken Edsall, 72, on Nov. 26, 2008 at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital.

The deceased was born on Aug. 31, 1936 at Wainfleet, Ontario, the son of James and Verlie Edsall.

He married Mary Loewen on June 9, 1956. His wife resides in Huntsville.

Mr. Edsall is survived by his children, Clifford (Pat), Daniel (Barb), Theresa (Walter) Streleaff and Connie

Edsall; grandchildren Laurie (Will), Kyle, Christopher, Kristine (Simon), Tanya, Alyssa (Eric), Jacob, Dylan, Adam, Cory, Andrew (Ashley), and Brittany; great-grandchildren Taylor, McKenzie, Tanner, Cameron, Noah and Alanah.

Brother of James, Ruth Stahls, Tom and Josie, Bill and Lil, Robert and Alice, Alice Parries, Eric and Juanita and numerous nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by sister-in-law Edith,

Dan Stahls and Al Parries.Mr. Edsall worked as a mechanic at

Canadian Tire, was the owner of Ken’s Fina Station on Main Street in Huntsville, and was a teacher at Almaguin Highlands Secondary School.

His hobbies included racing cars, Dice on Ice and stock, scuba diving and instructing. He was a life time member, instructor and past commander of Canadian Power and Sail Squadron.

Power boating was his passion every summer and he boated on Georgian Bay, the Trent Severn Waterway, Rideau Canal and the St. Lawrence River.

A funeral service was held at Billingsley Funeral Home officiated by his son Daniel Edsall. Cremation took place prior to the service. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, Huntsville District Memorial Hospital or a charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.

Obituaries

John Guthrie Bowman, RCAF Veteran (424 Squadron), died peacefully on Dec. 8, 2008 in his 86th year.

Predeceased by his loving wife of 58 years, Mary (May) nee McAvoy.

Dear father of Diane Waloff (Gino Totti) of Ottawa, Nancy (Jeff Fabian) of Newmarket and Joanne (John Algie) of Ottawa.

Loving grandfather of Katie (Ryan Gibbons) of Mount Albert, Paul and Alex Fabian of Newmarket, Iain and Malcolm Algie of Ottawa.

Great-grandfather of Alyssa May Margaret

Gibbons. Brother of Chris Bowman (deceased) and Nancy (Ted Booth).

Born in Cowdenbeath, Scotland and raised in Hamilton, John spent his retirement years cottaging in Huntsville and wintering in Florida.

John was an employee of Stelco for over 37 years. He enjoyed golfing with many friends at Dundas Valley (Hamilton), Deerhurst (Huntsville) and the Plantation Golf and Country Club (Venice, Florida).

Near and dear to his heart were the many happy days spent with friends and family at Oxbox

Lake and in Florida. Always a fun-loving guy, he enjoyed roller skating, dancing, stamp collecting, gardening, skiing, cards, camping, photography, curling, boating, fishing, travelling and socializing at local legions.

An avid driver, he took enormous pleasure in his many car trips across Canada and the U.S. He especially enjoyed a golden anniversary trip with May via the Q.E. II to England, returning on the Concorde.

The family extends sincerest appreciation for the compassionate and dedicated care given by Julie

Kyte and the staff at the Barton Retirement Residence (Newmarket), the Day Centre (Newmarket) and the staff at Bradford Valley Nursing Home.

John will be dearly missed and forever remembered in our hearts.

“Tilt your tam, And think o’ me when e’erYe hae a wee dram”At his request, there will be no visitation or

memorial service. Donations may be made in John’s memory to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Alzheimer Society. Condolences and tributes may be made at www.taylorfuneralhomenewmarket. com.

Edsall, Ken

Bowman, John Guthrie

Star was written and is being directed by long-time choir director Robert LawsonBY LINDA FISHER

Baysville NewsTo begin I would like to send

you my sincere wishes for a hol-iday filled with peace, joy and laughter. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all, and I wish you nothing but great things in 2009.

I appreciate your support and encouragement over the past few months more than I can adequately express, but I will be taking a brief hiatus from doing this column until Jan. 14. Like many transplants, I need to escape this northern cli-mate, but I plan to resume the column with the help of my local contacts.

Over the winter this column will only appear twice a month, and I will make every effort to include all newsworthy functions and hap-penings. For local events and news that I may miss you can check out the community calendar.

Christmas can be a marvel-lous or a difficult time for people. Please open your hearts and homes to those less fortunate, and you will also feel blessed. Station 40 firefighters in Baysville have been very busy in recent weeks col-lecting from the residents in and around Baysville for the local food banks. Glen Maynard, fire chief, would like to extend sincere thanks and grateful appreciation to every-one who contributed this year, with special thanks to the Thomas brothers and all of the residents of Dickie Lake.

In the spirit of Christmas, please don’t miss the Christmas cantata, entitled Star, being performed by the combined choirs of Bethune United Church in Baysville and Knox United in Port Sydney. This choral was written and is being directed by Robert Lawson, a long-time choir director at the churches. On Dec. 18 the production will be performed in Port Sydney and on Dec. 19 at Bethune United in Baysville.

Starting time is 7 p.m. and a voluntary donation can be made or items for the food banks are welcome.

There will be a foot clinic at the Baysville Seniors’ Centre on Dec. 31 for those interested. Please call Rita Fallows at 767-2325 to arrange an appointment.

At the library: Linda Lacroix and Deb McIlroy are managing library business beautifully in their new location at the seniors’ centre.

Please watch this column for exciting programs in the new year. The library will be closed Dec. 24 to Jan. 2, but there is a book drop outside for your returned items in the meantime.

The bridge scores for Dec. 10 are: first, Maureen Wilson; sec-ond, Roy Donnelly; third, (for the first time on the board) Kathleen Boyce. Well done, folks.

My sincere best wishes to every-one celebrating birthdays over the next few weeks and special con-gratulations to Shirley and Len VanClieaf on their anniversary.

You may be getting a little frus-trated by all the snow piling along the roadsides and sidewalks, and you may be a little sore from all the shovelling you have been doing, and you may be fed up with the power failures and brown-outs, but a wonderful thing is about to happen.

On Dec. 22 you will have made it past the shortest day of the year. Personally, I almost, but not quite, like that day more than Christmas

because it means the days will start getting longer, even if it is only be a second or two a day.

I heard on the news recently that this year an extra second is being added to our time on Dec. 31 because the earth is slowing down.

A remarkable thing, isn’t it? Please continue to e-mail me

with your news, events and special occasions at librarian06@hotmail.com, but my new winter phone number is 1-561-478-2907. Be safe and take care.

Don’t miss churches’ combined Christmas cantata Dec. 18, 19