December 2007 - AMBROSE, Cherry (nee Booth) - We mourn the loss of our dedicated nurse, eldest sister, loving mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, dear friend and beloved wife. With her singular genius for helping others in times of need, Cherry has helped untold friends, family and strangers at times when no one else knew what to do or say. Her genius for helping others was matched by the seemingly endless wealth of quilts, sweaters, and tapestries she used to express her love of others with colours and textures that comforted. We will miss her dearly as we move into the cold Canadian winter, for the first time on our own. Cherry is deeply missed by her husband John [Ambrose], daughter Robin and her husband Eric, grandsons Martin and Daniel, siblings Jim Booth, Margaret Booth, Ann Hanham, Heather Mahon, and Terry Neudorf and their families. The Guelph General Hospital palliative team of doctors and nurses of 7E rose to the occasion and gave Cherry the most professional and compassionate care. Family will receive friends at the WALL-CUSTANCE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, 206 Norfolk St., Guelph on Monday (2-4 and 7-9 p.m.). A memorial service will occur at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 in the chapel. In lieu of flowers, Cherry requested that donations be directed to the Stephen Lewis Foundation "Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign" (<http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/donate_online.htm> www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/donate_online.htm - indicate for Cherry Ambrose).

A leading authority on native woody plants, died of brain cancer on December 25, 2005, at the age of 53. Dubbed "Mr. Arboretum," Henry was a horticulturist at the University of Guelph Arboretum for almost 25 years until diagnosis in July 2004.

Born in the Sarnia area, Henry grew up working in the family business, Huronview Nurseries. He graduated from the University of Guelph in 1977 with a focus on horticulture. Henry was a longtime fixture in Guelph. In the spirit of St.Francis of Assisi, he toured the province with his talks and slide shows, inspiring countless people to protect wild places, to propagate native plant species, and to liberate their gardens from pesticides. Drawn to a landscape filled with sturdy, individual elm trees that had managed to resist the ravages of Dutch elm disease, Henry created the Elm Recovery Project, which will be his greatest legacy. He traversed Ontario, collecting seeds from surviving elms. He planted and tended young elms for eventual dissemination back into the landscape.

In 1991, Henry met the love of his life, Anne Hansen, an artist and drama secretary at the University of Toronto. Anne and Henry blended her bicycle advocacy with his biological eco-activism. He rallied for peace in Iraq, renewable energy, public transit, and urban bicycling. He helped spearhead the Guelph Organic Conference, and every year, he and Anne attended International Women's Day in Toronto. Henry co founded the Hillside Festival, which has become one of Canada's premiere folk music events. Henry received the Governor General's Award for Forest Stewardship in 1998. After Henry's diagnosis, he enjoyed 16 months of relatively robust health. Despite being on chemotherapy, he was able to bike, hike, and go on canoe trips. Henry had completed the first draft of a book on growing native trees from seed. Several of his botany colleagues now hope to complete this project. One of the last things he did this fall was to mount an old, decorated bicycle on the wall at the front of the house, a fitting symbol of how he stepped lightly on the planet.

Henry is survived by his wife, Anne; his parents, Mary and Dick in Bright's Grove; his brother John Cook (Cynthia) in Forest; his sister Helen Rykens (Dan McDermott) in Toronto; as well as a niece and two nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Irene.

Family and friends announce with sorrow his death in hospital, in Sudbury on 29th October 2005 at the age of 70 years, after a long illness borne with great fortitude. He faced this challenge with the same grace and dignity that he showed when facing other adversities during his life. Edward Keith Winterhalder, son of the late Frederick Albert and Ursula May (née Williams) Winterhalder was born in Burrington, Shropshire, UK. He leaves behind his sister Sandra (Russell), UK; brother Neil (Rosalind), UK; brother Robin (Deborah), Spain; special friend Karen Gandier, Ontario; and many friends and colleagues in Sudbury and around the world.

Keith had a great affinity for his Mother’s Welsh roots and after school in mid-Wales, where he was head boy at Llandrindod Wells Grammar School, he attended Aberystwyth University. Following graduate work at the University of New England, Australia, he joined the faculty of Laurentian University in 1965 serving there until his retirement in 2000 as Associate Professor of Botany. His international reputation in the area of environmental restoration had its roots in his pioneering scientific and practical contributions to the regreening of Sudbury (he chaired Sudbury’s Vegetation Enhancement Technical Advisory Committee (VETAC) 1978 – 1999). His knowledge and experience made him much in demand as an advisor (on projects in Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and elsewhere) and as an invited speaker at many international symposia (most recently the Second Korean Academy of Science and Technology – Royal Society of Canada Bilateral Symposium, held in Seoul, Korea in 2003).

Keith served as President of the Canadian Botanical Association and of the Canadian Land Reclamation Society, and was Chair, Science and Policy Working Group, Society for Ecological Restoration, and Secretary, of a section of the Canadian Botanical Association, at the time of his death. He was a member of editorial boards of scientific journals and was serving on the Editorial Board of the journal Restoration Ecology and actively editing manuscripts when he died. He will be warmly remembered as a kind and supportive professor and scientist by generations of students he taught who knew they could call on him for generous support at any time. Departmental colleagues will remember him as an unassuming but highly accomplished scientist who also served them as their chairman and was considered a friend. All will remember him as a person devoted to the spoken and written word, good food, and music (he was fond of ceilidhs, bagpipes, Celtic and other music, and sang in several local choirs over the years) a trait perhaps attributable to his Welsh

mother who had singing in her blood.

Among the honours he held were the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canada (1993), the Mary E.Elliott Award, Canadian Botanical Association (1991) the Noranda Mines Land Reclamation Award (1991), the Canadian Parks Service Heritage Award (1990), and Honourary Life Membership, Science North (1987). Keith was deeply loved by family and his many friends who will miss him greatly.