Beatrice Millman Bazar

I'm humbled and offer my love, support and prayer to your family. May she continue her work in the spiritual light. If you need anything Ron please ask. I will plant a tree and honor her time here on earth. All my love Ronnie, oxoxoxoxoxo

Carey

Dear Ron
 
Thank you so very much for letting me know about this passing away of your mother and please accept my very sincere condolences on the passing of a wonderful person - in so many ways.
 
As a colleague on the Board of the Canadian Institute for International Affairs for many years, and recently the Canadian International Council, we all benefited from her wise, thoughtful and experienced comments and contributions to our discussions. She was a valued member of the Board - and indeed our "memory".
 
I personally benefited from her strong support and encouragement during my tenure as Chair of the CIIA - and from her ongoing interest in my busy career life.
 
She will be missed by everyone on the Board - and while I personally feel a great sense of sadness at her passing away, you must be so proud of her long and very full life of contributions to so many levels of Canadian life.
 
My thoughts are with you, your brother and all her grandchildren and great grandchildren when we so often spoke about to me.
 
Regards,

Gillian MacCormack
Vice-President, Global Public Relations
SNC-Lavalin

Dear Ron,
Thank you for letting us know the sad news of your Mother’s death. She truly was a national treasure. We have forwarded the news to her many Wednesday Night friends and have also posted it on our website at http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/09/wednesday-night-1439/  with a link to http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/09/beatrice-millman-bea-bazar-rip/ 
We will see you at the Memorial service and in the meantime, send our deepest sympathies and condolences to you and all her remarkable family.
Warm regards,

Diana and David

Dear Ron & Leonard..
 
I am Michael Matheson's sister. He emailed to let me know that your beloved Mother passed away.
How so very much I adored your Mother but had no idea of how giving she was to so many people.
 
I last saw your Mother mid April 2004 when she came to my Mother's home to "be there" for her in her last days of life. The visit was delightful and full of memories when we all lived on Clarke Avenue. I was stymied to learn that your Mother had lived on Clarke Avenue for over 70 years!!
 
We all love your Mother (and also your late Father) so very much. We were more than "just" neighbours; we were like family.
 
Do you remember when you lived in apartment 6 at 369 Clarke Avenue and we lived below in apartment 4??? My Mom said for you to bring socks down so that Santa would come to fill them with goodies??? My Mom was quite panicked when she saw you walk in with your so very long hockey socks!!!! I think my Mom had to put a lot of oranges and apples in them to fill them up!
 
Thinking of you and yours,
Love,
Cathyxoxo

Dear Ron and Leonard...we have met on happier times...like your mother's 90th birthday party...she was indeed a wonderfu, unique person; bright ,modest ,understanding . We could discuss anything..knowing our words and thoughts would remain private. Of course i met her and Bernie through our mutually beloved friend Rickie...I thought of Bea as part of Rickie's legacy.
 please accept my most sincere sympathy..i know that your families...children and grand children were incredible supports, particularly in her latter years. she leaves an indelible footprint in the sands of time...

may you have good health and good luck ..    

Bea's friend...Shirley Simon  

Bea was also a "grandmother" to many of us in the human rights movement.  While the credit for creating the Canadian Human Rights Foundation may belong to one or two very public personae, Bea was at the heart of creating this magnificent organzation that is today's world leader, Equitas. She never took, claimed or agitated for the credit or recognition she deserved in this one of so many organzations she mothered, but many of us know the real story. 

 

Many years later, she encouraged me to take the helm and gave me valuable advice through  difficult but very rewarding years. She would never falter and was always available for everyone who needed advice, but she was a special support for me as a young lawyer, just starting out. She would always say, "well, I saw that light in you eyes so many years ago when I chose you", and then she would laugh delightedly and say "I was right!".

 

I wept when I learned the news. To her family, my sincere and hearfelt condolences but also joy in her wonderful and full life.

 

En effet, une grande dame. A great Montrealer. A great Canadian.

 

PE

 

 

I was fortunate to have time to prepare for  her departure and 5days before her death she was still  radiant with that special  Bea  "light"   that emanated  from  a whole life of love, caring and indeed delight into friends and family.I will recall   among a thousand memories ,my 90 years old friend  going to get  a few errands and asking  me if she could help us  with getting milk or anything...I believe she left me with  a living definition of acceptance ,tolerance, patience  ,love and hope.On that very last  au revoir  day , still having our usual straightforward exchanges ,she managed, en passant, to tell me in so many words ,regarding a suggestion to go to an event x   :  "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF IT" and this is Bea in a nutshell.Till the end ,generous  in the true sense of the word. Life being fair,    in the last months but more so  in the last crucial weeks she was able to have access to the  remarkable and   constant solace of Ron  , as  to the rest of the family  ,  present in one way or another, as they could , from near or far ,and thanks to that ,coupled with the compassionnate care of Donna, we were taken care of, again, as anyone who knew Bea  would have felt  anything else unbearable...   And ,indeed   ,  thanks to it,she  was able  to face the final passage   with this  conforting embrace of loving arms around her to help her give in  , for the first time , to  the appeal of letting one's eyes to shut peacefully  and gracefully.Slowly,slowly as Ron told me...We lost une Grande Dame.

Ron, thank you so much for included me in this email, I am very sorry about the news, I loved BB very much, she was very, very special. I met her at the wedding of Juan Carlos and Virginia. I talk to her several times after that, she was always very special. I am so sorry I won't be able to be with all the family and be able to attend  the funeral but my thoughts will be with all of you,

Best regards,

Carmen Ruan

Dear Len, Ron and family,
 
I wanted to write to you to express my deepest sympathy for the loss of your mother and grandmother.  She will most certainly create a void that will be impossible to fill. I just wanted to let you all know how honored I feel to have had the opportunity to have met such a wonderful and loving person. One of the few people that, at once, imparts and air of honesty and strength of character rarely found in others.  Her life was truly a blessing and I know that she had a full one which merits the highest celebration with all possible grandeur.  More than this, she has been able to take seat in the hearts of generations of the family. I know that her grandchildren would surely not be who they are today without such a prominent figure in their lives. That to me, having never had the opportunity to be part of my grandparent’s life, is quite a remarkable blessing in itself.
 
You are all in my thoughts and I very much wish I could be in Montreal with all of you . I take with me truly wonderful memories of conversations I had with her and there is no doubt in my mind that she rests in peace and will continue to be a source of inspiration to all of you. What a wonderful, one of a kind, woman.
 
I send you all my strength and love.
 
Sincerely,
 
Juan Carlos Ruan