A fitting tribute

A death notice in the Globe and Mail on Tuesday was not particularly out of the ordinary, at least to start. It noted the passing on October 30 of "iconic" interior decorator John Manuel,   "one of the pillars of Hazelton Avenue" in Toronto's Yorkville. 
The notice praised his charm, his "flawless understated taste". As with most such notices it thanked friends, doctors and nurses at Toronto Grace Hospital and Mt Sinai Hospital who looked after him for the past year of his life. The out-of-the ordinary part was the spin on the usual "in memoriam" part of the notice:

A fitting tribute would be a donation to one of these institutions, Casey House, or a gift subscription to Canadian House and Home for a friend in decorating need.

[Thanks, Eithne]