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Maurice Frere

Maurice Frere

Jun 14, 2020

Maurice Andrew Frere passed away suddenly on June 14, 2020 at the age of 76 in an unfortunate quad accident on his farm, out doing what he loved with his cows on his land. Maurice is survived by Nada, his loving and patient wife of thirty-seven years; and their three children, Troy (Kelly) and children, Tyson, Ryan, Owen; Dara (Maegan)...

Gary Richard Adam

Gary Richard Adam

Jun 13, 2020

Gary Richard Adam passed away peacefully June 13 2020 at the age of 74 after losing his battle with cancer. Gary was born in Trochu, Alberta on February 24, 1946 in Trochu and was the eldest son of Richard and Margaret Adam. Gary attended school in Trochu until his graduation and then attended University of Alberta and SAIT before moving...

Cornelius Wiebe

Cornelius Wiebe

Jun 12, 2020

Cornelius Wiebe went home to be with Jesus on June 12, 2020, just weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. We said goodbye with aching hearts but find comfort in knowing he is free from suffering and with his beloved Saviour. We imagine a glad reunion with Al and Randy, when Dad entered Heaven's Gate. Dad was born to Peter and...

Corney Penner

Corney Penner

Jun 11, 2020

Cornelius Bartel Penner was born to Cornelius M. and Annie Bartel Penner on October 7, 1938 at St. Anne, MB. On June 11, 2020, the angels were hovering near, waiting to carry him home. The nurse told Dad to wait till mom reached his side. He nodded his head while struggling for breath. Dad was aware of mom's presence and...

Quintin Neil Mason

Quintin Neil Mason

Jun 11, 2020

We are devastated to announce the passing of our beloved Son, Brother, and Best Friend Quinn Mason. Quinn has left behind: Father, Cory (Jennifer) Mason Mother, Wendy (Alan) Mason Brothers, Zachary (Taylor) Fernandez and Max Hope Grandparents, Leonard and Carole Hokanson, Neil and Wanda Mason, Evert and Phyllis Gehring Manuel and Lourdes Fernandez Great Grandmother Lidia Fernandez Great grandmother Evelyn...

Walter Penner Baerg

Walter Penner Baerg

Jun 8, 2020

Walter Penner Baerg was born on November 13, 1923, at Swalwell, AB, to Jacob L. and Helena Penner Baerg. He peacefully passed away on June 8, 2020, at the age of ninety-six, with family members by his side. He was the eldest in the family of eight children. He started school in 1930 and spoke only Low German at that...

Andrew Mark Maningas

Andrew Mark Maningas

Jun 5, 2020

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Pauline Ruth Barkman

Pauline Ruth Barkman

May 28, 2020

Pauline Woods Barkman was born to Winston and Una Woods on July 16, 1978 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. After a valiant three year battle against stage four cancer, she peacefully slipped away surrounded by her loved ones on May 28, 2020 at Westview Care Community in Linden, AB. Pauline grew up on a homestead in the Peace River Country and...

Johan Neufeld

Johan Neufeld

May 25, 2020

After a brief battle with cancer, Johan Dyck Neufeld passed on from this world into eternity. Johan was born on June 1, 1971 to Jacob and Katharina Neufeld. He was the seventh of nine children of which three have died; the oldest, and the youngest two. Four brothers and two sisters are still alive. When Johan was eleven years old,...

Myrna Evelyn Empey

Myrna Evelyn Empey

May 23, 2020

Myrna Evelyn (Gore) Empey passed away on May 23, 2020, of complications with her heart and lungs. Myrna was born in August of 1941, to Wesley and Marjorie Gore, a younger sister to Ronald, and an older sister to Blaine, who would be born 4 years later. Myrna had an adventurous early life, starting out with her birth at the...

Loretta Rose Moran

Loretta Rose Moran

May 20, 2020

Loretta Rose Moran (nee German) On May 20, 2020 Loretta passed away peacefully in her residence at Villa Marie in Red Deer Alberta. She was 93 years old. Loretta is predeceased by her husband Eugene and her son Dale. She is survived by: brothers Matt (Lorraine) and Lawrence (Marg); daughters Charlotte Moran (Luigi), Darlene Moran, Dianne Clara Moran (Norm), Rhonda...

Patricia Isabell Hogg

Patricia Isabell Hogg

May 9, 2020

Isabell was the second child of John {Jack} and Alethea Thomson, born in the General Hospital, Calgary Alberta on January 27, 1932. Her early years were spent in Calgary. Sister Doreen and herself were boarded with a family near Innisfail for a short time. She then was hired to help Grandma Hogg at the family farm. There she met her...

James Percy 'Jim' Barkman

James Percy 'Jim' Barkman

Apr 19, 2020

James Percy Barkman was born December 25, 1950 at Three Hills AB to Frank and Winnifred Barkman. He passed away on April 19, 2020 at Three Hills with family by his side. Jim was the second child with an older sister and a younger brother as well as a younger sister. He was raised on the family farm on the...

Garry Brian Tetz

Garry Brian Tetz

Apr 3, 2020

GARRY BRIAN TETZ passed away suddenly on Friday, April 03, 2020 at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary at the age of 74 years. Garry was born on November 29, 1945 at Trochu, Alberta, to his parents, Walter Tetz and Isabel (Howard) Tetz and welcomed by his big brother, Garnet. They lived on a farm in the Creekside area of...

Bob Gosse

Bob Gosse

Mar 31, 2020

Robin Gosse, aka Bob, resident of Calgary, AB, formerly of Whitbourne, Nfld passed away on March 31, 2020 at the age of 79 years after a tremendous battle with dementia. Robin was born to Arthur & Mahala Gosse in Whitbourne, Newfoundland in the fall of 1940. After an abortive attempt to join the RCMP at 15, Robin somehow managed to...

Edwin Wiebe

Edwin Wiebe

Mar 25, 2020

Our Dad and Grandpa, Jacob Edwin Wiebe was born on February 22, 1931, to Peter P. and Susie (Reimer) Wiebe at Linden, AB. He peacefully passed away on March 25, 2020, at Westview Care Community, reaching the age of 89 years. Dad, with his parents and brother Elmer, moved to the family farm when he was five years old. He...

Selma Falk

Selma Falk

Mar 24, 2020

Selma Aganetha (Megli) Falk went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 24, 2020. She was born on the farm south of Sunnyslope to Lewis and Ida (Ratzlaff) Megli on April 5, 1932, the seventh of ten children. Selma attended Antler School in the Linden area for elementary and junior high, then went to Swalwell for grades 9...

Andrew Philip Funk

Andrew Philip Funk

Mar 20, 2020

Andrew Funk was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on October 28,1965, to Abe and Helen Funk, and passed away March 20, 2020, from complications of pneumonia. Andrew was a loving brother, loved to laugh and loved to play practical jokes on anyone who was close. Andy loved hugs - he would hug anyone in sight. We were told Andrew had Down...

Helen Penner Toews

Helen Penner Toews

Mar 18, 2020

Our dear mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Helen Penner Toews was born to Cornelius and Annie Bartel Penner on September 19, 1931. God took her home on March 18, 2020. She enjoyed her childhood years, growing up on the family farm near St. Anne, Manitoba together with her 12 siblings. At the age of 12 years she felt God calling her...

Ethel Rosina Jasman-Skokowski

Ethel Rosina Jasman-Skokowski

Mar 4, 2020

Announcement of Passing Ethel R. Jasman-Skokowski passed away at Rockyview Hospital, Calgary, on March 4, 2020. Born in 1932 to Paulina and Ben Jasman near Castor, Alberta, Ethel grew up in the Three Hills area. She lived a life filled with song, dancing, playing instruments, and teaming with her husband, Eugene, to bring music (dance, song, keyboard, strings, guitar, to...

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