CRERAR, Dorothy Mary _ Peacefully on Saturday, May 1st, 2004 at age 91. Predeceased by her husband Louis Alexander Crerar and her son Dr. David Alexander Crerar. Loving mother to Dr. Michael Murry Crerar. Proud grandmother of Christopher Byron Crerar and Aurora Alexandra MacRae Crerar. Survived by her sister Eleanor Miller. Friends may call at the TRULL ''NORTH TORONTO'' FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTRE, 2704 Yonge Street (5 blocks south of Lawrence) on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be held in the chapel Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment York Cemetery. Date Posted: 2004-05-05 a. ALEXANDER CRERAR (d before 1934) = Mary __________ (alive 1934) In 1934 Mary E. (widow of Alexander) was living at 15, 1845 Gerrard, GR 5033. iii. LOUIS ALEXANDER CRERAR (b. 17 Jan 1903 London, England - d 24 May 1981) = Dorothy Mary BIEHL(bc 1913 - d. 1 May 2004) Louis Crerar started as a salesman for Charles E. Musgrave, living at 1004 Danforth Avenue [1925 Directory]. He soon tried to make a living through his beloved piano. In 1934 he was listed as a musician, living at C18, 9 Tennis Crescent (1934) and then at 560 Broadview (1939), the latter with his mother Mary. In the 1930's he played at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. From 1932 to 1952 Louis Crerar (piano) and Murray Adaskin (violin) formed the Toronto Trio, with John Adaskin, Philip Spivak, Cornelius Ysselstyn, Joyce Onovski, and Marcel Ray successively playing the cello [ photograph in Murray Adaskin: An Annotated Catalogue of his Music, p. 24]. In the 1930's he travelled across the country to Banff, Alberta, to form the Springs Trio with Mr.Adaskin and cellist Cornelius Ysselstyn. His partner recalls this time in an interview: "We were given free passage, room and meals and the grand sum of $200 a week for the three of us," Adaskin recalls. "We considered that a wonderful job at the time. While I was playing, I was studying composition. But times haven't changed much because it's still easier to make a living as a player or a teacher than as a composer." [The Canadian Composer, January, 1993]. There is a photograph of Louis Crerar playing the piano to accompany Frances James at the Banff Springs Hotel, around 1930 [ Murray Adaskin: An Annotated Catalogue of his Music]. When Adaskin moved to Saskatoon in 1952, Crerar assumed leadership of the Toronto Trio. Adaskin's 1946 Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano was dedicated to Louis Crerar [ Murray Adaskin: An Annotated Catalogue of his Music, p. 35-36, including a photograph of Crerar and Adaskin inperformance]. Crerar, like Adaskin, was a composer, writing pieces based on Housman poems and Shakespearean plays. His musical creations include "The Street Sounds to the Soldiers' Tread" (1956), setting A.E.Housman's poetry to music. He also wrote "Four Shakespeare Songs" (1972). Copies of both of these folios are preserved at the University of Toronto Music Library. A letter from Louise to his old musical partner Murray Adaskin, congratulating the latter's 1963 String Quartet No. 1 is found in Murray Adaskin: An Annotated Catalogue of his Music. Towards the end of his life he concentrated on composition and worked as a librarian at York University, Toronto (1974). Louis married Dorothy Mary Biehl on 18 July 1942. In 1946 he was back in Toronto, living at 3 Earl Apts. By 1957 he had moved into the family house at 189 Deloraine, where his widow still resided in 2000. In 1975 Louis and Dorothy wrote "The Canadian Crossword Puzzle Book" [in Can.Nat.Library]. Dorothy died in May 2004. Her obituary read: CRERAR, Dorothy Mary: Peacefully on Saturday, May 1st, 2004 at age 91. Predeceased by her husband Louis Alexander Crerar and her son Dr. David Alexander Crerar. Loving mother to Dr. Michael Murry Crerar. Proud grandmother of Christopher Byron Crerar and Aurora Alexandra MacRae Crerar. Survived by her sister Eleanor Miller. Friends may call at the Trull ''North Toronto'' Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, 2704 Yonge Street (5 blocks south of Lawrence) on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be held in the chapel Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment York Cemetery. They had two children: 1. DAVID ALEXANDER BARNES CRERAR (b. July 23, 1945 Toronto - d. 6 Sept 1994) = Scotia W. MACRAE David Alexander Crerar was a prominent scientist in the field of geology until his early death. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1967, where he received the Governor General's Medal. His graduating thesis was on "The Solubility of quartz in dilute sodium hydroxide solutions at elevated temperatures and pressures." In 1969 he moved to the United States, where he received his Ph.D. in 1974 for the "Solvation and Deposition of Chalcopyrite and Chalcocite Assemblages in Hydrothermal Solutions". For the years before his death he taught geochemistry at Princeton University [Who's Who in Frontier Science, 1985]. His expertise was the geochemistry of high/low temperature aqueous systems [1989 Who's Who in Technology, August, 1989]. He was a member of the Geochemical Society, and the Society of Economic Geologists. Among the awards he received were the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, the 1989 Shell Foundation Distinguished Term Professorship,and the Lindgren Award (Society of Economic Geologists). He wrote over fifty pieces, primarily in Geochemistry (Hydrothermal & Environmental Geochemistry, and Biogeochemistry). After his death an opaque black metallic sulfide, Crerarite, was named in his honour. He is also honoured by a seminar series in his name at the Pennsylvania State University. He married Scotia W. Macrae 14 August 1971. David and Scotia had one daughter: a. AURORA ALEXANDRA MACRAE CRERAR 2. MICHAEL MURRY CRERAR (b.27 Nov 1947 - alive 2004) Michael lived with his parents while studying biology at York University. In 1985, with the Department of Biology, York University, he published his article "Electrophoretic Analysis of Liver glycogen phosphorylase activation in the freeze-tolerant wood frog." He currently teaches at that faculty. In 1996 he lived in Alliston, Ontario. He has one son: a. CHRISTOPHER BYRON CRERAR (b. 8 June 1980) ----- Original Message ----- From: <CRERAR-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <CRERAR-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:00 AM Subject: CRERAR-D Digest V04 #9