RIP, Arni May

Posted on | December 15, 2011 | No Comments

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Vancouver drummer and restauranteur Arni May, originally from Ottawa, passed away on December 13, 2011. May was better know locally as a restauranteur than musician, having owned Rossini’s in Kitsalano for 18 years till it closed in August 2010. Rossini’s featured jazz nightly, mostly resident musicians but also presented internationally known players regularly. Linton Garner had a regular gig there till his death.

MAY, Arni We are deeply saddened by the passing of Arni May on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, in Vancouver. He will be greatly missed by his loving wife of fifty-five years, Anne Angert, sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Janette, Stephen and Ikuko, Shayne and Shannon, beloved grandchildren, Harrison, Kevin, Malia (Devin), Aaron, Brigitte, Sammy and Miki. Loving son of Anne Mayberger Blair, and the late Hyman Mayberger. Loving brother and brother-in-law of Shelly and Morris Schachnow, Linda and the late Morty Mayberger, Ruthy Eliesen, and the late Charlotte Kuttas. Loving uncle to his many nieces and nephews. Arni was a brilliant jazz musician, a man who participated and gave so much to so many, namely Sunny Hill Health Center for Children and Linton Garner Scholarship Foundation. In the eighteen years of his family restaurant Rossini’s, he created a Jazz haven and home for so many. He will be forever missed. Funeral service on Thursday, December 15th Schara Tzedeck Cemetery, 2345 Marine Dr. New Westminster. Donations in Arni’s honour may be made to the Sunny Hill Health Center for Children c/o BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, 604-875-2444, or to the Linton Garner Scholarship Foundation at Capilano University, (604) 984-4983.

Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on December 15, 2011