Message: The photo on Marlene (Lynn) Coombs' entry is of Judith Lawrence, the puppeteer and creator of Casey and Finnigan. Please replace with one that included Lynn.
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Both buried here in the Chamberlain Cemetery, Round Pond (Bristol), Maine, USA
Another "Ron Moody" mistake as with Rachel Louise Carson.
Please correct Rachel's memorial pursuant to our information sent earlier...
Old Bristol Historical Society Quadricentennial [400-year] and Sestercentennial [250-year] Project to link family memorials throughout Old Bristol and beyond into the fabric of our town, nation and world; where our fishermen, shipbuilders, mariners and sea captains work[ed] and families move[d].
http://oldbristolhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/sestercentennial/
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Marlene "Lynn" Coombs
"Happy, 'gentle' woman dead in Yonge St. crash.
She was on her way to meet husband for night out at theatre"
Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont., Date: May 22, 1992
p. A.6, Author: Drew Hasselback
"Mr. Dressup's wife killed". The Hamilton Spectator. May 22, 1992. p. A.3.
"Seizure suspected in fatal accident". Kitchener - Waterloo Record. May 23, 1992. p. A.3.
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Margot H. Brown
Birth: 26 Jan 1929
1 Source
Marriage to Ernest Arthur Coombs
20 Apr 1952
Age: 23
Jackson, Missouri, USA
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Order of Canada
Ernest Coombs, C.M.
Full Name ........... Honour Received ... Residence
Ernest Coombs, C.M. .... C.M. .............. Pickering
Honour Appointment Investiture
Member of the Order of Canada May 9, 1996 November 13, 1996
Affectionately known across the country as "Mr. Dressup", he has been entertaining young people in a gentle, caring fashion for three decades, refusing to succumb to a more aggressive, commercialized format. Believing that education linked with entertainment enhances the cognitive learning process, he encouraged and stimulated the imagination of pre-school children in thousands of original television programs.
Deceased on September 18, 2001.
http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3569
Wonderful Interview by CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/media/childs-play-popular-cbc-childrens-show-hosts/ernie-coombs.html
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Find a Grave contributor, Anonymous (50659575), has sent you the following message about a memorial you manage for Marlene Coombs (130553019).
Message: The main photo (with Ernie Coombs), is not Marlene Coombs. That is Judith Lawrence, the creator of Casey and Finnigan, who is still alive today. Oct 2023.
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Message: The photo on Marlene (Lynn) Coombs' entry is of Judith Lawrence, the puppeteer and creator of Casey and Finnigan. Please replace with one that included Lynn.
*******
Both buried here in the Chamberlain Cemetery, Round Pond (Bristol), Maine, USA
Another "Ron Moody" mistake as with Rachel Louise Carson.
Please correct Rachel's memorial pursuant to our information sent earlier...
Old Bristol Historical Society Quadricentennial [400-year] and Sestercentennial [250-year] Project to link family memorials throughout Old Bristol and beyond into the fabric of our town, nation and world; where our fishermen, shipbuilders, mariners and sea captains work[ed] and families move[d].
http://oldbristolhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/sestercentennial/
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Marlene "Lynn" Coombs
"Happy, 'gentle' woman dead in Yonge St. crash.
She was on her way to meet husband for night out at theatre"
Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont., Date: May 22, 1992
p. A.6, Author: Drew Hasselback
"Mr. Dressup's wife killed". The Hamilton Spectator. May 22, 1992. p. A.3.
"Seizure suspected in fatal accident". Kitchener - Waterloo Record. May 23, 1992. p. A.3.
**********************************************************
??
Margot H. Brown
Birth: 26 Jan 1929
1 Source
Marriage to Ernest Arthur Coombs
20 Apr 1952
Age: 23
Jackson, Missouri, USA
***********************************
Order of Canada
Ernest Coombs, C.M.
Full Name ........... Honour Received ... Residence
Ernest Coombs, C.M. .... C.M. .............. Pickering
Honour Appointment Investiture
Member of the Order of Canada May 9, 1996 November 13, 1996
Affectionately known across the country as "Mr. Dressup", he has been entertaining young people in a gentle, caring fashion for three decades, refusing to succumb to a more aggressive, commercialized format. Believing that education linked with entertainment enhances the cognitive learning process, he encouraged and stimulated the imagination of pre-school children in thousands of original television programs.
Deceased on September 18, 2001.
http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3569
Wonderful Interview by CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/media/childs-play-popular-cbc-childrens-show-hosts/ernie-coombs.html
*******
Find a Grave contributor, Anonymous (50659575), has sent you the following message about a memorial you manage for Marlene Coombs (130553019).
Message: The main photo (with Ernie Coombs), is not Marlene Coombs. That is Judith Lawrence, the creator of Casey and Finnigan, who is still alive today. Oct 2023.
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