News Update

September 16, 2024

BMO NL PENSIONERS LUNCHEON

Tuesday,
OCTOBER 1, 2024

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
PLEASANTVILLE LEGION BRANCH 56
66 THE BOULEVARD
ST JOHN’S, NL
 

LUNCH SERVED AT 1:00 pm
MENU CHOICES:

FISH AND CHIPS (2 PIECES)
CLUB SANDWICH/FRIES
HOT TURKEY MEAL
Coffee/tea
Dessert

$30 including gratuity 

Deadline for ordering is
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
RSVP: bmopensionersnl@gmail.com
Or: facebook group: BMO Pensioners NL
(send a friend request to Karen Walsh Brake and she will add you to the FB group)
 Or: Text/Call: Karen Brake 709-693-1925

Please note: This is a pay your own event.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE!

September 8, 2024

The Agenda for the BMO Financial Group Pensioned Employees Central Ontario Chapter Fall Quarterly Meeting  on September 26, 2024 being held at the Heintzman House in Thornhill is available.

September 4, 2024

We recently received the following letter regarding Barbara Musgrave’s story from Rob Haskell and are pleased to share it with you. Rob has also included some beautiful photos which we hope you will enjoy.

Attached is a picture of the now 75-year-old stools.  I think the CSR (Customer Service Representative) environment has changed a bit since then.

Also attached are a few pictures of our 125-year-old former farm house in a neighbourhood in Picton where the houses go back to 1867.

 Click Here to view the photos.

Cheers to all involved producing this newsletter and hope you will continue with the great work”. 

Rob Haskell, Picton, Ontario

If you have any comments regarding this letter or would like to submit a story or a letter of your own, please contact the BMO Cyber Pensioners News team at cyberpensioner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you.

We need your help!  If already a member, please encourage new members to visit our website to 'Join Us'. If a BMO retiree, but not yet a member, check out the benefits of being connected to the Cyber Pensioners' Community. (Benefits) It's free and easy to register! (Join Us)

August 27, 2024

If you have any comments regarding this story or would like to submit a story or a letter of your own, please contact the BMO Cyber Pensioners News team at cyberpensioner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you.

We need your help!  If already a member, please encourage new members to visit our website to 'Join Us'. If a BMO retiree, but not yet a member, check out the benefits of being connected to the Cyber Pensioners' Community. (Benefits) It's free and easy to register! (Join Us)

August 27, 2024

Hi everyone, on behalf of our executive committee we hope that you are enjoying a wonderful summer.

August 20, 2024

PENSIONERS LUNCHEON SELF FUNDED HAMILTON AND SURROUNDING AREA

WEDNESDAY   SEPTEMBER 25,2024

1:00  to 3:30

SOUTHCOTE 53

GARNER Rd E

ANCASTER

PLEASE REPLY TO pensioner2011@hotmail.com BY SEPTEMBER 11,2024 

AS WELL PLEASE NOTE THAT GARNER RD IS CLOSED GOING EAST SO PLEASE EXIT IF COMING FROM 403 TO THE LINCOLN ALEXANDER EXIT AND STAY AS IF GOING TO THE LINK BUT STAY TO THE  RIGHT  TO GOLF LINKS /MOHAWK AND TURN AGAIN RIGHT AT THE FIRST LIGHT TO GOLFLINKS RD WHICH IS THE MEADOWLANDS ANCASTER WHER COSTCO IS . THEN GO STRAIGHT DOWN PAST BMO BRANCH AND TURN LEFT ON SOUTHCOTE AND  2 km AT GARNER AND SOUTHCOTE ON YOUR RIGHT IS SOUTHCOTE 53 .

FYI WE HAVE 38 MEMBERS !!!!!

Thank you and so look forward to September 25^th 

August 18, 2024

Every year the BMO Sudbury/Northern Ontario have our annual outdoor luncheon in St. Charles hosted by Stella Laforge. On Wednesday, August 14th, 2024 we had the opportunity to share many laughs, updates on new grandchildren, family and compare all our wonderful adventures over the past year plus the ones to come. We toasted our good friend Nonie Fernhough who has left us, she was always the life of the party.  Stella ordered a fantastic buffet from a local restaurant that was totally amazing, nothing like home baked food, especially the baking.. A great time was had by all, looking forward to our next luncheon in October.

Front Row - left to right

Annette Whitmore, Stella Laforge, Pam Kutchaw, Judy Day, Marg Kosmerly, Cathy Pearson, Marilyn Moggy, Sue Landry

Back Row - left to right

Linda Whitman, Gale Hanson-Parke, Elise Denis, Rose Sigouin

Missing 

Marjorie Taylor, Carmen Colette, Betty Johnson, Melinda Bean, Peggy Jones

Submitted by: Rose Sigouin, BMO Sudbury/Northern Ontario Cyber Rep

August 8, 2024

BOMPA Northern Alberta is going to the races on August 23, 2024 - location Century Mile Racetrack, Nisku, AB.  

The price has gone up slightly from last year.  The Senior’s dinner ticket is $44.95  plus GST which includes coffee and tea. All other beverages are extra.  With tip of 18% it works out to around $57.00.  

Post time 6:15 with the Buffet opening approximately one hour prior.  As the Derby is the next day, the sight line may have a few tents in the way.

We can only make reservations the Monday prior so please advise asap if you would like to attend. They will only take reservations for up to 24 people.

Donna Brausen
dbrausen@shaw.ca

August 6, 2024

We recently received an email from Ray O’Kane about Barbara Musgrave’s story which we are pleased to share with you.

"I smiled and enjoyed this story, as I had the great fortune of working with both her mom and dad. In fact, I helped arrange her dad's retirement party when he was with me in the Rexdale area, one of the first areas established at DDP. Remember DDP? I also had the pleasure of working with Barb and saw firsthand the incredible job her parents did in raising a smart, hardworking, and genuinely wonderful young lady and banker. 

Great memories, may they both be together resting in peace!”

Ray O’Kane, Oakville, Ontario

If you have any comments regarding this letter or would like to submit a story or a letter of your own, please contact the BMO Cyber Pensioners News team at cyberpensioner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you.

We need your help!  If already a member, please encourage new members to visit our website to 'Join Us'. If a BMO retiree, but not yet a member, check out the benefits of being connected to the Cyber Pensioners' Community. (Benefits) It's free and easy to register! (Join Us)

August 3, 2024

The list of retirements and obituaries from BMO as of July 2024 is available. Note that they are now on "My Benefits & Retirement" website (https://myhr.bmogc.com). Access is fairly complex and instructions are available here. (Click Here).

July 30, 2024

If you have any comments regarding this story or would like to submit a story or a letter of your own, please contact the BMO Cyber Pensioners News team at cyberpensioner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you.

We need your help!  If already a member, please encourage new members to visit our website to 'Join Us'. If a BMO retiree, but not yet a member, check out the benefits of being connected to the Cyber Pensioners' Community. (Benefits) It's free and easy to register! (Join Us)

July 28, 2024

The BOMPA Northern Alberta Newsletter July 2024 is now available.

Your comments, good or bad, would be appreciated.

Please visit the Association Newsletters webpage to read the latest issue. 

Dennis Manning
Editor

July 25, 2024

Introduction

Today, July 25th is Eric Rowsell’s 94th birthday.  All of us at BMO Cyber Pensioners would like to extend our sincere happy birthday wishes to him.  Eric has sent us a previous story about his BMO banking career, “Looking Back - Way Back: Some Memories of My Banking Career”, March 1, 2022 which is filed in our archives.  Click here to read in case you missed it. 

The following story is a peek into Eric’s life before he joined the Bank of Montreal and what he did after his retirement.  At the end of his story there is a beautiful tribute from Eric’s son, Dave and his 3 siblings, Keith, Lynn and Kristine which exemplifies Eric’s character and his values.

Happy Birthday Eric and may you have many more to come.

Click here to read the story. 

If you have any comments regarding this birthday communication or would like to recommend a BMO pensioner who is already 90, approaching 90 years old or is older for our 90+ birthday communication, please contact the BMO Cyber Pensioners News team at cyberpensioner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you.

July 12, 2024

We have kept up the tradition of meeting regularly for lunch for almost as long as Cyber Pensioners has been in existence (except for a brief pause during a minor pandemic).

In attendance from left to right are Warren MacRobie, Ben Bocian, Gary Ford, Wayne Fowler, Heinz Hiob, Melvyn Rosenfeld, Esther Verred, Courtney Robertson and Ian McGibbon (Mel Louie-Byne and Lorraine Burbage joined after the picture was taken).

A good time was had by all and the Montreal smoked meat was delicious as always.

July 9, 2024

We recently received a letter and an interesting document from Dianne Fairney-Lamb and are pleased to share it with you.

I was searching through an old box that I had used to keep some souvenirs like my old school report cards and other things and came across a document that I had laid flat in the box.  When I looked closely at the content it was about Front and Yonge branch and some of its history. The document had a tear in the right-hand top corner which I taped back on.  Unfortunately, at the time I discovered it, our story about Front and Yonge had already been published and it was too late to submit it. Despite this, I decided to submit it after the fact, as it is an interesting piece of Front and Yonge history.

The document is an overview of the evolution of Front and Yonge’s name and location as well as information about the architecture and design of the building.  I believe I probably got this document while I worked at Front and Yonge from 1973 to 1980. It is not a legal document nor the original.  It is likely that somebody typed up some background information about the branch which could have been in connection to the final reunion we had at the branch before it closed and became the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Dianne Fairney-Lamb, Brighton, Ontario

P.S.  BMO Cyber Pensioners has transposed the content of the document, “Front & Yonge Streets”  onto a PDF document for better readability as the font on the submitted one is rather small. 

Click here to view/read “Front & Yonge Streets” the document submitted by Dianne or click here to view/read the PDF. 

If you have any comments regarding this story or would like to submit a letter or story of your own, please contact the BMO Cyber Pensioners News team at cyberpensioner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you.

We need your help!  If already a member, please encourage new members to visit our website to 'Join Us'. If a BMO retiree, but not yet a member, check out the benefits of being connected to the Cyber Pensioners' Community. (Benefits) It's free and easy to register! (Join Us)

July 3, 2024

We recently received the following letter from Colin Henderson, Toronto, Ontario, about the above story and are pleased to share it with you.

“Earl was one of my first Bank of Montreal managers in Whitehorse Yukon. His “hauling water” story reminded me of life experience stories. 

I had been with BMO since ‘76  and after a few branches in southern British Columbia, I found myself transferred to Whitehorse in 1980.  I spent three happy years there including the arrival of my two children. My time there was a unique experience focussed on fishing, camping and travelling. 

Nobody can really understand distances and the time it takes to travel from one city to another by car in the far north such as, Dawson, Fairbanks and Watson Lake, let alone the Alaska Highway drive which only gets you to Prince George after days of driving. 

I was hired by the bank in London, England and before I immigrated to Canada, I frequently heard stories from my parents and grandparents about life in Glen Moy, Scotland. The Hansfords were a touch more modern because they had a tractor. However, the lifestyle of those old days has remarkable and naturally understated stories. 

I just wanted to acknowledge Earl's story and I appreciated the memory behind it let alone what I learned from him.” 

Colin Henderson, Toronto, Ontario

If you have any comments regarding this letter or would like to submit a letter or story of your own, please contact the BMO Cyber Pensioners News team at cyberpensioner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you.

We need your help!  If already a member, please encourage new members to visit our website to 'Join Us'. If a BMO retiree, but not yet a member, check out the benefits of being connected to the Cyber Pensioners' Community. (Benefits) It's free and easy to register! (Join Us)

July 2, 2024

From left to right/de gauche à droite; Gilles Plante, Claude Lestage, Michel Ouellet, Richard Malette, Daniel Houle, Jacques Drolet, Richard Savard, Fernand Morneau, Raymond DiGuilo, Jean Claude Rioux, Michel Turgeon, René Bélanger, Jean Paul Thomas.  Missing/absent Claudio Rocchi.

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