Mississauga Library System
Peel Biographies S-Z

The Peel Biography Scrapbooks, located in the Local History Room at the Central Library, contain local newspaper clippings highlighting the activities of a wide cross-section of people from the City of Mississauga and the surrounding Region of Peel .

This index is listed alphabetically by surname. Select a letter from the chart below.

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SABELIS, Huibert
Artist

SADDINGTON, Cy
First and last elected Mayor of Port Credit

SAKHAVARZ, Alan
Wildlife artist

SALDANHA, Colin
Former President, Canadian Association of Police Boards

SALAPATEK, Anne Marie
Researcher with the University of Toronto and the Toronto Hospital, and 1999 winner of the John Charles Polanyi Prize

SAMUEL, Ernie
President of steel manufacturiing plant, Samuel and Son, had a street off Dixie Road named after him

SANDERS, Colonel Harland
Originated Kentucky Fried Chicken

SANDERSON, Ronald E.
Obituary for founder, Royal LePage Capital Properties Services

SANDS, John
Named to Canadian Amateur Speed Skating Hall of Fame and Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame

SAWYER, Robert J
Science-fiction writer

SAYERS, Geoffrey Harris
Obituary for direct descendant of Captain James Beveridge Harris, original owner of Benares Historical House

SAYERS, Kay
Obituary for long-time Mississauga resident, history buff, member of Mississauga Historical Society, and wife of Geoffrey Sayers

SCAMURRA, Sandy
Obituary for Cooksville contractor

SCANLAN, Darcy
Late double lung transplant patient

SCHMIDT-MALO, Hildegard
Doctor and artist

SCHREYER, Brigitte
Watercolour artist

SCHULLER, Magda
Survivor of Auschwitz Concentration Camp

SCHUMACHER, Lynne
Painter

SCHWARZ, William
Owner of a rare book on Hitler and Austria

SEARLE, Ron
Mayor of Mississauga

SETO, Dock
Late owner of the former Chungking Restaurant in Streetsville, closed in 2000

SHAND, Charmaine
1994 Disabled Athlete of the Year

SHANNON, Jeannette
Applewood Heights resident who identified pos-polio syndrome

SHAW, Muriel
Award winning knitter

SHAW, William
IMAX co-founder and inventor

SHEAR, Gerald J.
Appointed 1970 president of Don Mills Developments Ltd; primarily responsible for Erin Mills New Town development

SHEFF, Gerald
Architect formerly with Cadillac Fairview, responsible for Erin Mills subdivision

SHERBANIUK, Douglas
Lawyer and professor

SHERRIFF, Steve
Interview with retired Crown prosecutor Steve Sherriff

SHIPP, Gordon
Late developer and builder, founder of Shipp Corporation

SHIPP, Harold
Developer and builder, son of Gordon Shipp

SHORE, Toby
Malton resident, long-time volunteer, Canadian Cancer Society

SIDDALL, Hilda
Celebrated 100th birthday, 1994

SIGRIST, Francois
Youngest inductee into World Federation of Master Chefs

SILK, Eric
Late Streetsville resident, former Commissioner, Ontario Provincial Police

SILLER, Carolynne
Liberal candidate Mississauga South, 1985 provincial election

SILVA, Gerardo
Obituary for Cuban-born maître d', at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre from 1997 till his retirement in 2007

SILVERBERG, Christine
Former Pubic Relations Officer, Peel Regional Police, and former and first female Chief of Police, Calgary

SIMMS, Karen Anne
Miss Mississauga, 1978

SIMONOT, Nancy
Mississauga pharmacist honoured by the Ontario Pharmacists Association with the 2014 Achievement in Specialized Practice Award

SINCLAIR, Jean
Volunteer president, Mississauga Arts Council

SINGH, Asha
Applewood resident and real estate agent recipient of the 2014 Ronald E. Sanderson Community Service Award by the Mississauga Real Estate Board

SKEOCH, Alan
Retired history teacher, writer, broadcaster and local historian

SKUBLICS, Tom
Mississauga jazz musician

SKVORECKY, Josef
Late professor, UTM, nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature

SLATER, Todd
Member of the 1992 Canadian freestyle ski team

SLOAN, Jim
Needlework award winner

SMALL, William E.
Appointed 1978 president of the Housing and Urban Development Association of Canada (HUDAC)

SMITH, Bert
Educator and publisher, founder of the Port Credit Weekly

SMITH, Geraldine
Psychic

SMITH, Helen
Painter

SMITH, James
Volunteer, Mississauga Clean City Committee

SMITH, Patricia
Cares for injured birds

SMITH, Roxann Vivian
Artist

SOARES, Joe
Father of quadruplets

SONIN, Eileen
Late parapsychologist and author

SONIN, June
Obituary for second wife of broadcaster Ray Sonin, famous for his radio program "Calling All Britons"

SONIN, Ray
Late former radio personality

SOUSA, Charles
MPP for Mississauga South, candidate for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party and current (as of February 11, 2013) Minister of Finance in the Ontario Government headed by Premier Kathleen Wynne

SOUTHCOTT, Beth
Author

SPARROW, Alberta
Mississauga artist

SPAVINS, Albert
Mississauga resident and former teacher, octogenarian has his first art exhibition at Lorne Park Library

SPECK, Enid
Long-time resident and wife of Robert Speck

SPECK, John
Vice-president and general manager Midland Walwyn Capital Inc.

SPECK, Robert
First mayor, Town of Mississauga
See also Local Archives file, Speck, Robert

SPENCER, Doug
Former local Streetsville politician

SPENCER, Stan
Former City Manager, Mississauga

SPIGOLON, Joseph
Former pastor, St. Catherine of Siena parish

SPRATT, Peter
Former Executive Dean, Humber College

SPROULE, Fay
Artist

SPROULE, John
Late beekeeper who supplied honey to the Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival

STANFIELD, Gordon
Late former Dixie resident, founder of the Triple A Mississauga Reps hockey team, and father of seven sons, four of whom played professional hockey

STARR, Ron
Former City Councillor, head of Hydro Mississauga, presently Ward 6 Councillor

STECURA, Ihor
Architect

STEIN, Andre
Holocaust survivor

STELJES, Cynthia
Obituary of Cynthia Louis Steljes, an accomplished oboist with Quartetto Gelato, who lived in the Lorne Park area and died December 29, 2006

STEPHENSON, Bill
Obituary for long-time Mississauga resident and Hall of Fame sports broadcaster

STEVENSON, Ellen
Author of The history of Cooksville United Church

STEWART, Henry
Former manager, Town of Mississauga and Chairman of the Ontario Municipal Board

STEWART, Jamie
Rock star, retired from The Cult, moved to Erin Mills

STEWART, W. Brian
Port Credit resident and recipient of the 1998 Mississauga Arts Award for literature

STIRTON, Erika-Leigh
Rhythmic gymnast

STOJANOVIC, Nikola
GO Transit bus driver, rescued man from burning car

STORMES, Claude
Artist

SUTTON, Bill
Painter

SWAYZE, Robert J.
Appointed City of Mississauga Integrity Commissioner, July 1, 2012

SYPHER, Ron
Painter

SZABO, Krisztina
Mississauga-born mezzo-soprano opera singer


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TANSLEY, Keith
Executive Director, Community Living Mississauga

TAYLOR, Beth
Cub Scout, Medal of Merit winner

TAYLOR, C.T.
Former member, Port Credit Power Squadron

TAYLOR, Cliff
Fisherman and drifter

TAYLOR, Dave
Author and wildlife photographer

TAYLOR, Jim
Real estate salesman and adventurer

TAYLOR, Jocelyn
Late artist and Streetsville resident

TAYLOR, Larry
Late former Ward 4 Councillor
See also Local Archives file, TAYLOR, LARRY

TAYLOR, Lydia
Rock n' roll singer

TAYLOR, Rosemary
Former public school trustee, convicted of election fraud

TEGGART, Bill
Former Chief, Peel Regional Police, retired 1990

TEMPLETON, Bill
Graphic artist and author

TEMPLETON, Charles
Late journalist, broadcaster and former evangelist

TEMPORALE, Louis
Late Port Credit stone carver

TERDIK, Joseph
Former police officer

THIERS, Jennifer
First recipient of the John Fisher Award, University of Waterloo

THOM, Keith
Musician

THOMPSON, Alex
Former Port Credit Town Clerk

THOMPSON, Elsie
Winner of the 2004 Sam MacCallion Award for volunteering

THOMPSON, Frances
Late Port Credit author of children's books

THOMPSON, Ruth
Late trustee, Peel District School Board

THOMSON, Diana
Retires as Executive Director at Erinoak, Serving Young People with Disabilities

THURSTON, Helene
Artist and heirloom collector

TOGTEMA, Casey
Obituary for Chrysler car dealership owner

TOMIUK, Dorothy
Recipient of the 2012 Gordon S. Shipp Memorial Award as Mississauga's 32nd Citizen of the Year

TOMLIN, Caralyn
Opera soprano

TOONE, S.W.
Obituary for long-time Mississauga resident

TOPHAM, Kristin
1991 Pan Am gold medalist in swimming

TORRES, Rick
Media personality and cultural volunteer

TOTH, Edna
Chair of Peel Poverty Action Group (PPAG), recipient of the Gordon S. Shipp Memorial Award for 2011

TOTH, Mike
Former Sports Editor, Mississauga News

TOVEY, Jim
Lakeview community activist, Jim Tovey, is named Mississauga's 2009 Citizen of the Year

TOYCEN, Dave
President and CEO of World Vision Canada, Dave Toycen, gets ready to retire

 

TRAN, Trung
Disabled Vietnamese-born artist

TRDAK, Mary
Obituary for Cooksville businesswoman

TROUTEN, Deborah
Former clerk, Region of Peel

TRULL, Margarita
Orchard Heights resident and war veteran, whose memories of World War II have been recorded and digitized by the Historica-Dominion Institute as part of the online archive, The Memory Project: Stories of the Second World War

TUCKER, Helen
Late co-founder, Voice of Women and world peace advocate
See also Local Archives file: TUCKER, Helen

TULVING, Ruth
Artist

TURNBULL, Barbara
Shooting victim and Toronto Star journalist
See also Barbara Turnbull scrapbook at Can R 364.1552 BAR

TURNBULL, Joan
Optometrist

TURNBULL, Lucy
Senior citizen advocate and Bicentennial Award winner

TURNER, J.A. (Archie)
Late former Director of Education, Peel District Board of Education

TURNER, Shawn
Former radio announcer, CJCL

TUTTY, Judy
Long-time volunteer with the Mississauga Canoe Club, winner of the Volunteer Achievement Award, part of the 39th Canadian Sport Awards

TYMINSKI, Stan
Polish presidential candidate

TYRIE, Ann
Former professor, Survey Science Department, Erindale College, now UTM


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UMEH, Stella
1994 Commonwealth Games gold medalist

UNDERHILL, Barbara
World champion pairs figure skater

UNGER, Jim
Late cartoonist, creator of "Herman"

URBANIAK, Tom
Local historian, journalist and author

URBAN, Brent
Lorne Park Secondary School graduate and defensive lineman a possible draft choice for National Football League

UTUKURI, Avanindra
Artist

VAN KEIKEBELT, Debbie
Pentathelete

VAN RHIJN, Peter
Doctor and nature photographer

VAN VOLKENBURGH, Gregg
Environmentalist

VAN ZUTPHEN, Paul
Obituary for retired former Mississauga firefighter who died while on vacation in the Caribbean

VELIANOU, Elias
Bicentennial Award winner

VELTRI, Pasquale Marco
Mississauga filmmaker, a graduate of Sheridan College, wins the Chris Statuette, top honour at the Columbus International Film Festival

VERMA, Youngo
Sculptor

VOLPE, Nick
Former Superintendent, Peel District Board of Education, football player and consultant, Toronto Argonauts


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WADDELL, W. Howard
Former forestry specialist and Port Credit resident

WAINMAN, Dianne
Model and cooking enthusiast

WAINMAN, Tracy
Former figure skater, winner Canadian Figure Skating Championships, 1981 and 1986

WALKER, Nancy
Port Credit resident and jazz pianist, Nancy Walker, inducted into the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame

WALL, Leslie
Miss Dance of America, 1994

WALLACE, Douglas
Former General Secretary, Canadian Medical Association

WALSER, Gene
Winner medal for Good Citizenship, 1982

WALTERS, Eric
Mississauga author, winner of the 1997 Ontario Silver Birch Award for his childrens' novel, Stars

WALTERS, Sherwood
Researcher of the "Black Donnelly" family

WANNER, Christina
Former ballet dancer

WARNER, Art
Obituary for longtime Mississauga fireman and Deputy Chief, formerly Chief of the Port Credit Fire Department

WARD-COOPER, Sandra
Jamaican author launches her first book, The Start of the Journey, a memoir

WARNER, Stephen
Port Credit first year student at University of Toronto is running for Peel school trustee against long-time Board Chair Jane McDougald

 

WARREN, J. Rawlie
Retiring national president of Canadian Progress clubs

WATKINS, George
Artist

WATKINS, Jim
Chiropractor and former councillor

WATKINS, Reginald
Obituary for longtime Erindale resident and former owner of Erindale College site

WATSON, Robert H.
Former district governor, Rotary International

WATT, Erik
Former Mississauga News publisher and poet

WATT, Gordon
Executive assistant to former Mayor Martin Dobkin

WEEKS, Verna Mae
Author and local historian

WELLS, Daryl
Former horse racing announcer, Fort Erie Track

WELSH, Bogomila
Professor of Art History at University of Toronto at Mississauga

WESTERHOF, Johanna
Poet

WHEATLEY, Thelma
Author of book on the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia, formerly known as the Asylum for Idiots and Feeble-minded

WHITALL, Jean
Crossing guard

WHITE, Francis
Artist

WHITE-BEAVEN, Martin
Artist

WHITEMORE, Wendy
Watercolor artist

WHITEN, Clifton
Teacher and poet

WIBER, Wilf
Obituary for sales representative Port Credit Weekly, Mississauga Times and Mississauga News

WILEY, John
Former general manager, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

WILKINSON, Mary
Erindale resident, member of the Adamson family, and volunteer with numerous organizations, recipient of the Mississauga Heritage Foundation Heritage Award for 2005

WILKINSON, Shelagh
Founder, Sheridan College's Women's Center

WILL, Helen
Artist

WILLIAMS, Fred
Engineer

WILLIS, Roy
City council candidate, Ward 5

WILSON, J.Tuzo
Late Principal, Erindale College and Fellow of the Royal Society

WIRKOWSKI, Norbert "Nobby"
Obituary for former Argos coach and Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame inductee

WOLNIEWICZ, Richard
Heart donor

 

WOLOSHYN, Ted
CFRB Radio personality and broadcaster

WONG, Amy
Pianist

WONG, Joseph
Founder and Team Leader of Smile China and long-time staff surgeon at Credit Valley Hospital

WOOD, Arthur
Mississauga resident, recipient of the Order of Canada, co-founder of the Canadian Standards Association and the Mississauga Traffic Control Council, who helped to develop the first mouthguard for hockey players

WOOD, John
Olympic silver medalist, canoeing

WOOD, W.J.
Former Principal, Gordon Graydon Secondary School and Peel school superintendent

WOOLFE, C.G.
Medical missionary

WOOLFORD, Viv
Mortgage rate lobbyist

WREFORD, Lorna
Artist

WRIGHT, Elmer
Former Chairman, Toronto Township Hydro Electric Commission

WRIGHT, Jack
Former owner, the Highway Coffee Bar, Clarkson

WTTEWAALL, Nancy
Ballet dancer


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ZOERB, Merle
Paul Harris Fellowship winner and humanitarian