Obituaries

Mar 22, 2021

In loving memory of Bernice, my Wife, our Mom, Grama, and Gramama Bernice Ella Reimer was born to Aaron F. and Catherine Bartel Reimer on July 27, 1927 in Giroux, Manitoba. When she was 9, they moved to Crooked Creek, Alberta. Mom told us many interesting stories of homesteading days. Times were often hard, but we heard about the good...

Mar 20, 2021

Michael Douglas Vaughan valiantly fought as hard as he could for his life and loves, and on Saturday, March 20th his loving Lord and Saviour called him home. We have lost an exceptional man and we are heartbroken, but what a special soul heaven has gained! His memory will live on in the heart of his wife Shauna (nee Parker),...

Mar 13, 2021

Francisco Peters, affectionately known as Frank, 55, passed away on March 13, 2021 in his home in Whitecourt, Alberta. Frank was born on October 17, 1965, in Chihuahua, Mexico, and was raised with five brothers and five sisters. Growing up, he could be found doing farm work or making a new friend. At 21, he married his wife, Maria. Within...

Feb 26, 2021

Katharina (Kathy) Parker passed away peacefully on February 26, 2021, at the Bethany Care Centre in Didsbury Alberta, at age 86. Kathy was born near Hague Saskatchewan on September 8, 1934, and raised in Hague, in Coaldale, Alberta, and Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. Following school, she attended Business College in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, gaining a certificate of proficiency in the secretarial course...

Feb 21, 2021

Our mother and grandmother, Doris Josephine Bronson Eidse, was born on April 27, 1927, to Jasper Thornton and Anna Friesen Bronson, in Three Hills, Alberta. She peacefully passed away in hospital at Grande Cache, Alberta, on February 21, 2021, surrounded by her family. Her death was caused by a massive stroke, as well as complications of old age. She reached...

Feb 17, 2021

Margaret Luella de Beaudrap (nee McCarty) was born February 11, 1931 to parents Frank and Margaurette at Vegreville, Alberta, and passed away peacefully February 17, 2021 at the Vegreville Hospital at the age of 90 years. Luella was predeceased by husband Joe in 2015 and infant son James and leaves to mourn her six children: Francis (Lynn), Denise (Ed) Ogrodnick,...

Feb 13, 2021

We are saddened to announce the passing of Bob McKinlay of Huxley, AB on Saturday, February 13th. Bob was born September 13th, 1924. Dad lived in the Huxley area all of his 96 years. He was born in the coulees at home, where his parents owned and operated the McKinlay coal mine. Dad drove truck to deliver coal because his...

Jan 24, 2021

My beloved husband, our dad and grandpa, Dennis Lorne Toews, was born to William (Bill) and Margaret Baerg Toews, on December 6, 1940, in Swalwell, Alberta. On January 24, 2021, after a brief but intense battle with cancer, he peacefully passed away. Dad met the Lord in his youth and joined the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. He was...

Jan 21, 2021

Norma Jean Blosser, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on January 21, 2021, surrounded by family in the home she and our Dad shared at Linden Lodge. Mom was born to Eric and Mae Elgert, January 19, 1939, at Smoky Creek, Alberta. She was raised on a rural homestead and attended a one-room school through grade nine at...

Jan 12, 2021

Jan 10, 2021

Elsie Baerg Barkman was born to John L and Margaret Wiebe Baerg on August 3, 1931. She passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, during a beautiful sunset the evening of January 10, 2021 at Westview Care Community. Mom received her education at the Antler School, riding there on horseback together with her siblings. In her younger years...

Dec 31, 2020

Our dear Bertha Wiebe, a beloved Sister, Aunt, Great Aunt, and Friend, was born October 1, 1939, to Isaac and Mary Friesen Wiebe at their home at Swalwell, AB. She passed into Heaven at the Three Hills Hospital at the age of 81 years after a short bout of illness. When Bertha was 11 years old, she gave her heart...

Dec 30, 2020

It is with great sadness that our family announces the passing of Ken Anderson on December 30, 2020, in the Red Deer Hospital, at the age of 74 years. Ken was born in Trochu, Alberta on July 27, 1946, the second of two children born to Margaret and Walter Anderson. He is survived by his wife, Maxine, daughter Shelly (Colin)...

Dec 27, 2020

Bezanson, Roderick (Rod) Kenneth- 67, born in Middle Musquodoboit N.S. passed away December 27, 2020 in Three Hills Health Centre, Alberta. He was the son of the late John E. and Ethel (Henry) Bezanson. He is survived by his daughter Janine Blake, son Ryan, son in-law John Blake, good friend Cheryl (Kent) Bezanson, sisters Maxine, Darlene, Colleen; and brother Brian,...

Dec 27, 2020

Lydia M. Toews, our Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother was born December 4, 1921. After 99 years, she passed away December 27, 2020. She was the first of a family of ten children born to Aaron & Mary Baerg Megli, at Sunnyslope, AB. Mom grew up on the family farm helping her father work with horses and cows. Cousin Frank Klassen,...

Dec 26, 2020

Dec 19, 2020

Lydda Duerksen Regehr was born on February 28, 1931 at Swalwell, Alberta, to Abraham and Eva Schartner Duerksen. She peacefully passed away on December 19, 2020 at West View Care Community in Linden Alberta. Mom grew up with six older and one younger sibling on the family farm in the Linden area. She attended the Antler school during her childhood...

Dec 14, 2020

Dec 13, 2020

It is with incredible sadness that we announce the tragic passing of a son, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, Daniel McNeil in his 56th year. Dan, loving son of Roderick Sr. (predeceased) and Connie McNeil (Kevin McGowen) was killed in a trucking accident near Dawson Creek, BC, where his truck went off the road and embankment taking his life unexpectantly....

Dec 13, 2020

Wilbert Monroe Esau was born to John T. Esau and Margaret DeVeer Esau on April 13, 1929 at Linden, AB. He passed away peacefully on December 13, 2020 at Outlook, SK, at the age of 91. Grandpa enjoyed his childhood in the homesteading frontier of Crooked Creek, AB, where he rode his horse to a small one-roomed school. He grew...