July 17th, 1936 - March 16th, 2022

Kate died on March 16, 2022 at the age of 85 at the Lakeridge Health Oshawa Hospital.

Born in England, she was married to the late Jim Hudson and they were together for 55 amazing years.

They immigrated in 1957 with just two suitcases to start a life in Canada and raised six children.

They lived in Cowansville, Cornwall, Scarborough, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and South Africa where they were missionaries.

She was a caring mother to Carolyn and Phil Kondorosi, John and Tracey Hudson, Mark and Colleen Hudson, Ian Hudson and Sheila Corriveau, Katherine Sam and Mike Desjardins and Anna Hudson.

Kate was a proud grandma to: Adam, Mallory, Jake, Marc, Shayne, Jenna, Mathew, Ben and Alexandra, and a recent first-time great grandmother to June Rose.

She will be forever loved by her siblings and their spouses: the late John and Rina Harwood, late Anne and late Jack Hygate, Tony and Barbara Harwood, Sally and Geoff Baker, Angela Harwood and Ronnie Harwood. Auntie Kate was also loved by her many nieces and nephews across the globe.

Kate treasured her faith, family and friends.

She worked for the Durham Catholic District School Board and was also a Trustee. An active volunteer with the church, RCIA and St. Vincent De Paul Society, she had been living at Amica Whitby and cherished leading ‘Rosary with Kate’ for the residents in the retirement home library.

Friends will be received at the W.C. TOWN FUNERAL CHAPEL in Whitby at 110 Dundas Street East on Sunday, March 20 from 7pm to 9pm.

A funeral will be celebrated at the Holy Family Catholic Church at 91 Ribblesdale Drive on Monday, March 21 at 11am. Light refreshments will be served at the church hall following the burial at the Resurrection Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the St. Vincent’s Kitchen or Adventure Place where she worked for many years.

Online condolences at wctownfuneralchapel.com .

It is with great sadness that we share the loss of Ken Murdoch our dear husband, father, brother and, his newest role, as grandfather.

Ken passed Thursday, February 24, 2022 at the age of 75.

He was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Bernice and Gord Murdoch and is the "little" brother to Bob Murdoch and his family Jan, Dave, Rhonda and their families.

He is survived by his wife Sue and sons Bryan and Jeff (Hollie) and much loved granddaughters Paisley and Brynnley.

Ken taught for the Scarborough Board of Education for his entire career and will be fondly remembered by those whose hearts and minds he touched.

In lieu of flowers, we request that donations be made to Sick Children's Hospital.

May 4, 1949 - February 22, 2022

The world lost a loving husband, father, brother and uncle, and an exemplary teacher and storyteller, when Ken Spraggs passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness.

He died surrounded by his family on Tuesday, the twenty-second day of the second month of 2022, shortly before 2pm — a confluence of twos that, as a math guy, he would have loved.

Ken grew up in Ajax, in a small A-frame house that his parents Ed and Eileen bought after the war.

He shared that two-bedroom home on Exeter Road with his parents, three brothers, a sister, and a succession of family dogs. His mom — who worked as a code-breaker during WWII — gifted him with a passion for math, while his dad passed on his love of tinkering and woodworking projects.

As a kid, Ken loved playing sports and making friends. He tried — unsuccessfully — to stay out of trouble with the nuns at school. He enjoyed taking road trips (only driving the family’s trailer off the road once) and helping his mother to look after his younger siblings (only losing his youngest brother Ernie once or twice). He cherished his family and the memories they shared.

After attending St Bernadette’s and Neil McNeil High School, Ken studied physics and math at the University of Toronto Scarborough College before completing his teaching degree.

He began his teaching career at Denis O’Connor before moving to O’Neill Collegiate in Oshawa, where he shared his love of math and physics with a generation of students.

While teaching at O’Neill, he met his future and beloved wife Lise, a history teacher and Librarian, whom he married two years later and cared so deeply for. They soon had two children, Ian and Erin, and made their home in north Whitby.

Ken treasured his kids — sending them off to school in the morning, shuttling them to after-school activities, helping them with homework and projects, and seeing them off to university.

Through all of it, he was their loudest cheerleader and most supportive teacher, imparting his wisdom whether it was solicited or not. As a husband and father, Ken was unparalleled.

In addition to being involved with Outward Bound, Ken enjoyed playing sports with friends and family, especially tennis, golf, and curling. He loved finding the perfect walking stick on hikes, barbecuing on the deck, cooking for his family on holidays, doing projects around the house, and building birdhouses. These few words are hardly adequate to capture who Ken was.

A close friend once told him, “Ken, remember — this is supposed to be a story, not a novel”… this is one story we all wish hadn’t ended so soon.

Ken will be deeply missed by his wife and best friend of 35 years, Lise; his son Ian and his husband Matt; his daughter Erin; Lise’s mother Inge Arvo; his brother Bob and his wife, Laura; his sister Nancy and her children Andrew, Mary, Kenny, and Matthew; his brother Rick; his youngest brother Ernie, his wife Janet, and their children Kevin, Sam, and Jay; his brother-in-law Ken Arvo, partner Lise, his wife Kathrin, and their children Jennifer and Jessica; and a generation of great-nieces and great-nephews whom he loved dearly. Ken was predeceased by his parents and his brother-in-law Richard Skiba.

Details on a celebration of Ken’s life will be forthcoming.

If desired, donations to the Heart and Stroke foundation would be appreciated.

Arrangements entrusted with THORNTON FUNERAL CENTRE .

Condolences may be shared at etouch.ca .

It is with a mixture of sadness and a sense of God’s peace that we announce the passing of K.V. Donaldson, as he was known by everyone who loved him.

K.V. was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Luther James and Marion Louise Donaldson.

He was a proud alumnus of Cornwall College and the University of the West Indies and began his teaching career at Jamaica College in the 1960s.

He taught for 40 years in the Toronto District School Board and was committed to furthering the quality of education for students both here, in Canada, and in Jamaica.

K.V., who will be remembered for his love of sports, faith in God and devotion to family is survived by his wife, Sheila, and his daughters Caroline, Karen, Marion and Marlene.

Visitation will be at Mount Lawn Funeral Home, Whitby, March 3 from 2-4pm and 6-8pm. A funeral will take place on Friday, March 4 at Thornhill Baptist Church, 8018 Yonge Street at 1pm. Masks are mandatory to be worn in the Funeral Home and Church at all times.

1921-2022 Kathleen ‘Kay’ Dorthy Musgrave passed away peacefully, at age 100, on Feb. 4, 2022 in Whitby, Ont.

Prior to moving to Whitby recently, Kay lived on Cornelius Parkway (near Keele St. and Hwy. 401) in Toronto for well over 60 years.

Born May 13, 1921, Kay was predeceased by Bob, her husband of 35 years, in 1984.

She joins her parents, David and Lydia Phillips, sister Echo Veal and brother Keith Jarvis.

She is much loved by nieces Barb Heyburn (Bill), Shirley Findley and nephew John Veal.

Kay was predeceased by niece Gwen Summers (2021) and her husband Bruce (2006), and Jack Findley (2021).

Kay’s loving family also included eight great nieces and six great nephews, eight great-great nieces and 11 great-great nephews and one great-great-great niece and two great-great-great nephews.

She will be missed dearly.

Visitation is Friday, Feb. 11, noon to 1 p.m., at McEachnie Funeral Home, Ajax. Followed at 2pm by a burial in Toronto.