All Obituaries

Passed away at Fairview Personal Care Home in Brandon on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the age of 92 years.

Passed away on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at the age of 51 years. He is survived by his common law wife Evelyn of 34 years; children Carlene (Francis), Nicholas (Lillian), Harvey Jr., (Mercedes), Elena and Carla (special nephew Norbert McIvor); grandchildren Gabrielle, Darcainyon, Tianna, Francis Jr., Haven, Jared, Serenity, Makenna, Sophie, Storm, and Hudson; mother Nora Popien; siblings Marlene, Sylvia (Mervin Sr.), John (Marge), Gary, Barbara (Doug), Larry, Roseanne (Barry), Karen...

Passed away at the Seven Regions Health Centre on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at the age of 85 years.

On November 10, 2018 Joseph Houle passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Southeast Personal Care Home. Joseph was born on the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Reserve during the war. As a young man Joseph served in the military police, before serving four years in the RCMP, later DOTCPS and Sandy Bay Reserve Security. Beloved by his large extended family and many community friends, Joe would belie his seriousness with a crazy sense of humour, but was also a caring, sensitive man. Very...

Passed away on Monday, November 5, 2018 at the Portage District General Hospital at the age of 94 years. Henry was born near Morden MB on May 10, 1924 to parents Jacob & Maria Wiebe. Henry was the second of four children; Alvin, Peter and Esther. Henry received his education in the Mountain City School District.  During the second world war, he spent his time as a Conscientious Objector working on assignments given to him by selective services.  He accepted Christ...

Hilda was born in Montreal, QC, June 17, 1947 to Frank and Jennie Theobald (nee North). She is survived by a sister, Frances Groleau, and two nieces Nathalie and Vanessa who continue to live around the Montreal area. Frank served with the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War in France, Italy and Holland. After the war he worked for the railway delivering packages. He died at an early age when he slipped on some ice. Jennie served as a sergeant in the Black Watch during the war...

Passed away at the Seven Regions Health Centre on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at the age of 83 years.

Peacefully on October 30, 2018 at the Portage District General Hospital, Eugene started his journey to the Spirit World at the age of 54 years. Eugene was born October 17, 1964 in Sandy Bay, MB. He worked most of his life doing farm work and at the recycling plant and various other jobs. Eugene attended school in Sandy Bay and finished his grade 12. He graduated HOOPS, a diabetic program to offer peer support to newly diagnosed members of the community. Eugene touched the lives of many...

Passed away at the Salem Home, Winkler on Monday, October 29, 2018 at the age of 76 years. Trude was born the seventh child of Cornelius A. and Katherine (Wiebe) Sawatzky. The family moved from Halbstadt, MB, to MacGregor, MB, when Trude was four years of age. Here she attended Beaver Creek School as well as MacGregor High School. After grade 11 she went into nurses training in Winnipeg and graduated as an RN in 1962. She worked as an RN in MacGregor, Portage La Prairie, Banff, Winnipeg,...

Passed away at Fairview Home in Brandon on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the age of 93 years. Monica (nee Glisinski) was the youngest of 8 children and grew up in the Round Lake, Ontario area.  She moved with family to Schumacher as a young girl, where her parents owned a  rooming house business.  She went to school in Schumacher and worked in the rooming house as well as in a “soda fountain” (restaurant) in Schumacher as a waitress.  During World War II she...