Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july 19811 Canada challenged to fulfil terrys dream up photo its up to us to carry eulogist says port up canadians were challenged yesterday to fulfil Terry Fox belief in Mira cles and his dream that cancer can one Day be the courageous Young cancer victim would want everyone to hold the Torch up High and carry on the Battle against eulogist Bob Mcgill told to friends and relatives at Fox Funer succumbed to cancer at Dawn after losing his right to the disease four years his valiant attempt last year to run across Canada on an artificial leg raised More than million for cancer the announcement of his death prompted a new flow of Terry once said dreams Are made when people try and dreams Are made when people said Fox Friend and former physical education never stopped trying Terry never stopped trying and never stopped now its up to each of you and in our own Pri vate to carry on what Terry wanted and hopefully fulfil his dream i Hope and i that not one of us will let you Fox funeral was broadcast live by the ctr television network and Public memorial services were held simultaneously across parliament recessed hours Early so maps could attend a memorial service on Parlia ment Security was tight outside tiny trin Ity United Church in this Vancouver suburb As More than a dozen ramp officers controlled the crowd four ramp officers in full dress uniforms saluted As the polished Ash coffin was taken into the Church where 42 family members had Fox closed coffin was surrounded by about dozen wreaths and Floral including a Modem Wreath of red and White carnations sent by the Federal government on the coffin was his order of Umada medal the highest Honor Given a Canadian civilian Long stemmed red roses from his Holland and and carnations and nation teammates of Terry Fox basketball team form Honor guard As coffin is put on Hearse following funeral service Chrysanthe maims from his Fred and and in front of the coffin was a Canadian Flag that had flown at half Mast at the peace Tower on parliament it was folded and handed to his Mother at the end the Fox sobbed quietly through most of the service and dabbed the Flag to her eyes and she left the leaning on her husbands most of the guests wept at some Point during the service and Many hugged on another or linked arms for Emo Lional twelve members of the Vancouver Able he wheelchair basketball team Fox played formed an Honor guard As the family left the Church in a seven car procession with ramp is four family friends shared the ushering six including Doug the Man who accompanied Fox on his Cross country were Rika Fox former arrived wearing Black and carrying a White a 30voice which included Fox personal Robert began the interdenominational service with the hymn Safe in the arms of Jesus and Sang abide with me As the congregation left the three of Fox other doctors sat together in a Back Pew cancer specialist Mike orthopaedic sur Geon Mike Piper and Ladislav medical director of Royal columbian they were joined by nurse Alison Fox Friend and others attending also attending the funeral service were senator Ray Perrault and his representing the Federal Premier Bill Bennett and Henry Bell Irving and his and Leslie Toronto Star reporter and author of Fox authorized Bob acting minister of Trinity wore his White Robes of Joy while officiating the hour Long ser vice with the help of five other clergy men Hank the Royal columbian Hospital chaplain Colin Johnstone of the cancer control lutheran Harold Baptist Reed and Chris Vermuellen of the roman Catholic who was with the Fox family at their sons praised the Young runner for uniting canadians and making us aware of not by hitting us Over our Heads with his de but in a Beautiful Fox was buried in port Coquitlam atop a Lush Hilltop where he used to go when he needed time to be three voodoo jets from cab Comox made two passes Over the treeline cemetery in the missing Man formation the traditional Salute to a fallen about 60 friends and clergymen attended the private burial while about 150 others peered Over a Cedar Fox close Friend during the 1980 Marathon of Hope run from to near Thunder asked All canadians to honk their car horns at 8 Alward said Fox would have appreciated the Hom honking because when Terry was running through All the towns he got a real thrill when the horns were Blair Mackenzie of the Canadian cancer society said wednesday the Fox family has received Many Tele including one from the Queen expressing sympathy and praising Fox outstanding secondary cancer Fox began his run for funds april when he dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean at he stopped just Short of Thunder Bay when it was discovered he had developed secondary cancer in his by then he had captured the imagination of the a ctr telethon following his return Home helped raise millions of dollars More As people re cognized his Fox resumed chemotherapy and also began taking the controversial anti cancer agent he almost died in february when emergency surgery was needed to re Lieve a fluid buildup around his governor general Edward Schreyer made a special trip Here 9 to bestow the companion of the order of Canada on he was the youngest Canadian Ever to receive the Bennett invested Fox with the order of the highest during his final ordeal in he was told that a stamp would be struck in Honor of his Marathon of when he flags throughout the country flew at half Mast until the both were unprecedented honors for a former invalid to finish for Fox Thunder up an Ottawa area Man says he is going to pick up where Terry Fox ended his Marathon of Hope just West of Thunder Bay and walk the rest of the Way across Gilles a 32yearold former in valid and construction worker from Van said yesterday he expects to take about three months to Complete the Jour i saw it in terrys the said Galipeau said he likens himself to Fox because he was one of 59 men injured when the Heron Road Bridge collapsed in Ottawa in killing nine Galipeau spent w2 months in Hospital and five weeks in a coma and needed five years of physical therapy before he could walk the financing people from Lune Al motors and your participating pm dealer May be Able to relieve your worries about Inch interest rates on new 19801981 Mode see your pm dealer before july Mac Bukk Olds Nobile and Liikal in Lucky number cabaret live entertainment and dancing playing this week next q open wednesday saturday pm to am Aff Iff Boia dooms phone 88sh not Thul the juju i Ion of the a cram u i 11 and Foi in Jet v i Nui kid it t in Anil i s l i w ;