Passing of Joe Shapiro
It is with sadness that we bring the news of the passing of Joe Shapiro. Joe left us at the age of 97 on December 22, 2020. Joe was one of the pioneers, and one of the characters, in the glass business. He was a co-founder of Sealite Glass Ltd., with Fred Fulton in the late 1950s, one of the first independent small businesses manufacturing the new insulating glass units at the time. After selling Sealite Glass to the Belgian owned Glaverber Glass, Joe went on to start and operate Airlite Glass for many years to follow.
Joe’s obituary follows.
Joe Shapiro
Joe passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Sunnybrook Veteran’s Centre, peacefully, after a truly wonderful life.
Joe Shapiro beloved husband of Shirley Shapiro. Loving father and father-in-law of Neil and Dee, and Michael and Debbie. Dear brother of Bernie and the late Freda Bernstein, Hilda Caplan, and Lou Shapiro. Devoted grandfather of Jared and Shelby, Lorraine and Jon, Daniel and Rachel, Zak, and Kyle. Devoted great-grandfather of Noah, and Benjamin.
A graveside service was held on Wednesday, December 23, 2020.
And There He Was… Gone
Originally published in Glass Canada Magazine, December 2020 Issue I’ve had the privilege of writing my You Bet Your Glass column for over a decade now and I’ve always considered it a great honour to be allowed to bring you my views on our industry. It has been a responsibility I have not taken lightly. I […]
It’s Time to Call it a Day
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High Exposure Fenestration Installation
Originally published in Glass Canada Magazine, August 2020 Issue To the casual observer, a window is just something you look through to see outside and there’s not a lot of thought given to it beyond that. For people involved in the application and installation of fenestration products however, there are a mind boggling number of intricate […]
Life’s New Reality
Originally published in Glass Canada Magazine, June 2020 Issue For the past number of months it seems we’ve done nothing but lived and breathed the new reality of life, the COVID-19 reality. We’re probably in the midst of what will likely be the most historically significant event of our lifetimes. Future generations will be affected and […]
Prompt Payment Ontario – Ontario Construction Act – Trade Contractors Guide
As you are likely aware, the OGMA has been an active participant in the Prompt Payment Ontario (PPO) initiative for the past six years, where forty or so trade-related associations banded together to lobby for improvements in the laws, liens, payment terms, and arbitration process related to construction contracts. As a result, the legislation went […]
It’s All In Your Attitude
Originally published in Glass Canada Magazine, April 2020 Issue Unlike Mr. Trump, I like to read. I find myself checking the news feeds on my phone whenever there’s a break in the action and I must read at least a dozen news columns a day on a range of topics I’m interested in: Trudeau, all the […]
OGMA Newsletter – April 2020
SAD NEWS: It is with sadness that we bring the news of the passing of a long time contributor to our industry and to the OGMA. ARCHIE McINNES left us on January 21, 2020, following a lengthy struggle with deteriorating health. Archie grew up as the ninth kid in the family on a farm and only […]
How Safe Is Your Pension?
Originally published in Glass Canada Magazine, February 2020 Issue I realize that accounting practices and pension management are not the spellbinding, on the edge of your seat topics you’re accustomed to reading in You Bet Your Glass, but there is a big unsettling bubble that has been building for years, is now on the verge of […]
V.I.G. – Secret in a Bottle
Originally published in Glass Canada Magazine, December 2019 Issue The next major advancement in glazing will soon be coming as the result of an invention by Sir James Dewar in the early 1890’s. The Scottish scientist Dewar you see needed to find a way to keep his laboratory chemicals cold and came up with the idea […]
