Margie Gillis

par **legrandblond** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 13:22

Bonjour,

J'aimerais savoir qui sont les parents de Margie Gillis, danseuse et chorégraphe étoile, née à Montréal en 1953.

Merci de votre aide toujours grandement appréciée,

André

par **rogerblais** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 14:00

Parents Gene Gillis et Rhona Wurtele...mère montrealaise dont la famille était d'Acton Vale.
Margie Gillis est née le 9 juil 1953 à Montreal.

"Née à Montréal, d'une mère montréalaise dont la famille était d'Acton Vale et d'un père américain du Colorado, elle a vécu ses premières années avec ses trois frères et soeurs dans l'Idaho et l'Oregon. Ses parents, Gene Gillis et Rhona Wurtele, étaient des skieurs, membres d'équipes olympiques. Puis alors qu'elle avait 8 ans, son père a quitté sa famille pour une autre femme. Mère et enfants sont revenus vivre à Montréal, plus précisément à Mont-Royal, dans un petit logement exigu en haut de la boulangerie d'une artère commerciale. Le déménagement, le départ du père, le chagrin de la mère, tout cela a énormément affecté la petite Margie." .....

Voir historique La Presse de mai 2010:

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par **Rcantin** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 14:04

Margie Gillis, CM CQ is a Canadian solo dancer and choreographer, whose most commonly known dance style is modern. A modern-dance artist, dancer and choreographer, Gillis has been creating original works for over thirty-five years.Wikipedia

Born: July 9, 1953 (age 63), Montreal
Siblings: Christopher Gillis, Jere Gillis
Movies: Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times
Parents: Rhona Wurtele, Gene Gillis
Awards: Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series
People also search for: Christopher Gillis, Jere Gillis, Gene Gillis

par **rogerblais** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 14:10

Rhona is the mother of noted Canadian dancers Margie Gillis and Christopher Gillisand of ice hockey player Jere Gillis. Rhoda is the mother of Bruce Eaves, expert golf and ski teacher, John Eaves, world champion acrobatic skier and adventurer. All their children are high achievers and their stories can be found in their biography, "No Limits".

par **ghislaine** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 14:10

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[size=39]Central Oregon skiing pioneer Gene Gillis dies[/size]
Bend native was 1948 Olympian

Heather Clark / The Bulletin
Published Dec 16, 2005 at 04:00AM

Gene Gillis, one of the founding fathers of skiing on Mount Bachelor and a member of the 1948 U.S. Winter Olympic ski team, died on Dec. 9. The 80-year-old ski pioneer was a resident of Dillon, Colo.

Born April 17, 1925, in Bend, Gillis was devoted to sports and recreation throughout his life.

Gillis strapped on his first pair of skis at age 3, according to the book ”Mount Bachelor, Bill Healy's Dream” by Peggy Chessman Lucas. His father, Jere Gillis, was a member and president of Central Oregon's first ski club, the Skyliners, during the early 1930s.

According to Bend High School classmate Denny Sullivan of Bend, ”Gene Gillis was the best football, basketball, track and field, tennis, golf, diver and skier at the school his senior year,” in addition to serving as the high school's student body president.

Gillis went on to play football at the University of Oregon and earned a varsity letter in 1945 before joining the Marines.

Following World War II, Gillis was named to the 1948 U.S. Olympic ski team.

That same year, he married Canadian Olympic team member Rhona Wurtele.

The couple had four children together - Christopher, Nancy, Margie and Jere - before separating in 1960.

Gillis was injured during a training run, which prevented him from competing at the 1948 Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. But he recovered and raced for a time in Europe.

Gillis devoted much of his early career in Bend to training skiers and developing what would become a ski resort at Mount Bachelor.

From 1954 to 1958, Gillis coached junior skiers in Bend and took his team to Hoodoo Bowl (now Hoodoo Ski Area) for training.

In her account of Mount Bachelor's early days as a ski destination, Lucas writes that Gillis was instrumental in selecting and promoting the mountain (then known as Bachelor Butte) for development as a ski resort. Once the resort opened in 1958, Gillis served as its first ski school instructor. He also operated summer training camps.

According to the Summit Daily News of Frisco, Colo., Gillis went on to help develop other ski areas such as Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont and Keystone Resort in Colorado, and continued to coach and operate ski training programs.

”Gene was always mixed up with recreation. He was a great athlete and encouraged young people in every direction in sports,” said his former wife, Rhona Wurtele Gillis, from Montreal on Thursday.

She said Gillis also created ski schools in Sun Valley, Idaho, and Whitefish, Mont.

”We were crazy about skiing,” said Wurtele Gillis, ”but Gene sort of lived it. He was a natural coach and teacher.”

Gretchen (Goodrich) Williver of Bend was on the junior ski team that formed in 1954 under Gillis and traveled to Hoodoo to train and race.

”I remember him as being so very positive and encouraging,” said Williver, who at the time was a junior at Bend High School.

According to the Summit Daily News, Gillis was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease later in his life.

In addition to his wife Ina, Gillis is survived by three children and a brother.

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par **rogerblais** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 14:11

Rhona (Wurtele) is the mother of noted Canadian dancers Margie Gillis and Christopher Gillis and of ice hockey player Jere Gillis. Rhoda is the mother of Bruce Eaves, expert golf and ski teacher, John Eaves, world champion acrobatic skier and adventurer. All their children are high achievers and their stories can be found in their biography, "No Limits".

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WOW ! on est vite à répondre ! RCantin, Ghislaine...le "grand blond" va être bien servis !

par **rogerblais** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 14:23

Gene Allan Gillis (1925) et Grace Rhona Wurtele (1922),
marié le 13 nov 1948, St-Stephen church, Westmount (ISQ)

Gene né 17 avril 1925, Bend, Oregon
Rhona née 21 jan 1922, St-Lambert (dcd)

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Décès Edith Jean Wurtele en 2004 (soeur à Rhona (Gillis), et Rhoda (Eaves)...les parents sur l'acte de décès.

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par **legrandblond** Ven 16 Sep 2016, 16:56

Effectivement, vous êtes rapides sur la gâchette.

Merci beaucoup pour ces informations.

André

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