WILLIAM EVERETT "BILL" HAWKES

(July 21, 1947 – December 6, 2025) Born in Skowhegan, Maine, Bill moved with his family to Canada and grew up in Estevan, SK, and Erin and Morrisburg, Ontario. After many adventures as a miner, a neon sculptor, a social worker, an art teacher, and an encyclopedia salesman, among other things, Bill settled into the antiques business in Toronto. He ran The Little Store in Behind on King Street from 1972 to 1988, and he founded the Harbourfront Antique Market in 1976. For many years, he bought and sold antiques in Toronto and up and down the eastern seaboard. He had a great eye. Bill was predeceased by his parents, Everett and Geraldine Hawkes. He is survived by his partner, Gale Siegfried; his sisters, Lois Codling and Sylvia Lassam; and by his nieces, Nina and Claire Lassam. Cremation has taken place. A private gathering to remember Bill will be scheduled in the New Year. The family would like to thank Drs. Kukreti, Malik and Said at the Princess Margaret Hospital for their exceptional care, and to the staff of the Palliative Care Unit at PMH for their kindness at the end of Bill's life.