Rose Laki Rodrigues and Louie Laki

Louie Laki: Normally thats the kind of anecdote told at weddings or a funeral, but in Toronto, Laki has a street sign with his name on it for posterity, according to The Star. A few years after, 133 of his neighbours got together and signed a letter asking the city to name an alley south of Harbord St. after him. At the unveiling in 2010, Rodrigues dug out a few bottles of her dads wine to share. It was still good and Louie Laki worked in a foundry and enjoyed a glass of homemade wine. He was kind, and had a motorcycle, and crushed his grapes in the backyard. He would cut your grass or fix your fence and invite you over to relax under the vines. He washed his wine casks in the lane. Hes not someone with a big name in the city. But he made an impact in his community, said his daughter, Rose Laki Rodrigues, who still lives in the house on Major St. her father bought in 1960. He fled the former Yugoslavia in 1955 and sent for his wife and young daughter two years later. He died of cancer in 2002. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.