Ruggles, Eileen Mary (nee Zuber)

Sep 8, 2020 | 9 comments

Passed peacefully at the Hamilton General Hospital on Sunday, September 6, 2020. Predeceased by her husband Russell (2016). Dearly loved and always missed by her children Terry, Bob, Christine (John Muir), Rusty and Don; 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren and sister Eva (Harry Elburg). Predeceased by siblings Gerald, Alan, Doris, Jack, Roy, Jean and Don. Eileen was a long time member of the CWL, 5 Pin Bowler and Lawn Bowler. Friends will be received by the family on Thursday afternoon and evening from 2-4 and 6-8 at Turner Family Funeral Home, 53 Main Street, Dundas. To attend, please sign up at https://signup.com/go/LUbqjJt. Eileen’s Mass will be held at ST. AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH, 58 Sydenham Street, Dundas on Friday at 10:00 a.m. To attend the Mass, please sign up at https://signup.com/go/yHTNWzX. Cremation will follow. If you so wish, donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or St. Augustine’s Church, would be appreciated by the family.

Pyle, Linda Shirley (nee Slavik)

Sep 8, 2020 | 33 comments

March 12, 1951 – September 6, 2020

After an extended illness, Linda passed away quietly with family at her side at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Survived by her devoted husband of nearly 50 years David. Loving mother to Heather Wolfe, (Marcus) and Eric. Also survived by sisters Yarmila Dingle, and Denise Hartwell and sister in-laws Patricia Lawrence, and Jackie (Blair) Irvine.  Linda will be also be missed by her many nieces, nephews and friends. Linda lived in Greensville and Dundas most her life, and worked for many years at Lilja Chiropractic.  As per Linda’s wishes cremation has taken place. Due to pandemic restrictions service will be for family only with a small celebration of life at the Hamilton Air Force Association of which she was a long time member.

Van Der Dussen, Alida Johanna “Ada”

Sep 1, 2020 | 17 comments

August 25, 1947 – August 28, 2020

Van Der Dussen, Alida (Ada), (73), passed away peacefully on Friday, August 28th at Peterborough Regional Hospital with her family at her side. Ada leaves behind and will be greatly missed by her daughter Margaret (Michel), her son Frank (Wendy), and two grandchildren Mitchell and Cole, as well as extended family members and friends. Ada immigrated from Holland along with her parents Herman and Lena Van Der Dussen and three siblings, Cathy (deceased), Gerry (deceased), and Peter. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a Private Family Service will be held on Friday, September 4, 2020, at 1 p.m. at the Turner Family Funeral Home, 53 Main Street, Dundas. For those wishing to participate in the Funeral, please join the livestream of the Funeral at https://event.forgetmenotceremonies.com/ceremony/?c=b0b2a93a-1d77-4b70-9ef1-fa714b2ac185. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to T.E.A.D., Equestrian Association for the Disabled.

Paradis, William Alfred “Bill”

Sep 1, 2020 | 5 comments

May 9, 1925 – August 30, 2020

Peacefully in his 96th year, William (Bill) Alfred Paradis completed his wonderful life on Sunday, August 30, 2020. Happily married for almost 60 years to his loving wife Marie (née Steer) (1926-2006). Bill will be missed by his dear partner of later years, Barbara Grodzinski of Dundas. Proud father of Paul and Bev Paradis of Dundas, Bruce and Jane Paradis of Pickering, and Lynn and Patrick McGrade of Etobicoke. He was fondly known as “Gramps” by his grandchildren Jonathan (Heather), Jaclyn (Marco), Sarah (Trevor), Christian (Lauren), and Karen (Robb) Paradis, and Joe (Daniella), Leigh, Brenna (Chris), and Jack McGrade, and his great-grandchildren Lilly, Jayden, Scarlett, Penny, Easton and Taylor (with two more on the way).

Born and raised in Midland, Ontario, he started his career working in the Midland shipyards and later sailing lake freighters on the Great Lakes. He then moved to Toronto to start his family and was a faithful employee of CN Rail for 35 years. An avid football fan, in 1977 he was honoured by the City of Scarborough for his many years of volunteer service with the Scarborough Boys Football League as a coach and President of the league.

Dad will be remembered by all who knew him as a happy and contented man, who loved his family, a good joke, a noisy game of cards, spending winters in Springhill, Florida, and summers at the cottage he built on Six Mile Lake, which his family still enjoys.

His family will honour Bill with a private gathering. Donations may be made in Bill’s memory to KidSport Ontario – https://www.kidsportcanada.ca/ontario/donation/