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David John Couch - Vernon Morning Star

Boston Red Sox from his easy chair in addition to the BC Lions and Vancouver Canucks. A funeral service will be held at Bowers Funeral Home in Salmon Arm, BC on Monday March 11th. Bowers Funeral Service Let's block ads! (Why?)...
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Pieter Brouwer - Salmon Arm Observer

July 8, 1928 – November 18, 2018Born Andijk, Netherlands passed away in Salmon Arm, BC. Our amazing, kindhearted, generous and compassionate Dad, Opa, Great-Opa, beloved brother, uncle and friend to all, passed away peacefully in his home, to be present with his Lord Jesus. Dad touched many peoples’ lives as an incredibly gifted chiropractor, based in the Lower Mainland for over 40 years. He was blessed with healing hands that helped many who came to see him from far and near. His love of life shone through him every day as a true gentleman and prince of a man. There was no one who could resist his smile or his magical way with words. Pieter was blessed to be married to his beloved Del for over 53 years before she passed in 2010. They are now together again. In his final days, he was surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his loving children Shawn, (Celeste), Shelley, Lincoln (Michelle), Shandel (Randy). Grandchildren Lucas, Caleb, Micah, Ashley, Ryan, Emily, Adam, Kayla, Tanner, Dustin, Jaida, Zachary and Jonah. Greatgrandchildren Cal...
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Dorothy Davidson (Stewart) - Salmon Arm Observer

She lived with her husband, Mel Davison (now deceased) in Pinkham, Saskatchewan (Kindersley) for 44 years, before moving to Salmon Arm, BC with her daughter, Patty Fleming and son in law, Joe Fleming and family. She will leave a legacy and a great example of a strong, determined, feisty, loving woman, a great art teacher, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and tap dancer to all of her four daughters, 21 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, extended family and close friends. We are having a celebration of life (funeral) in Salmon Arm this Saturday the 12th of January at 11am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1400 20th Street NE, Salmon Arm, BC. She will be laid to rest in Pinkham, Saskatchewan alongside her husband, Mel Davison. An open house and get together for family and friends in Kindersley and Pinkham and area to remember Dorothy will be held this summer in Kindersley, Saskatchewan. Her daughters, Colleen Jensen, Susan Brendon, Shelley Fitzner, and Patty Fleming invite you to come and celebrate Dorothy’s life with them in Salmon Arm this Saturday, January 12th or in Kindersley this summer. A warm thank you to the staff and nurses at Mount Ida Mews and to Fischer&#...
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Vernon Vipers owner dies suddenly - Salmon Arm Observer

Vipers when they won the 1999 Royal Bank championship in Yorkton, Sask. and an assistant under Rob Bremner when Vernon won the national title in Melfort, Sask. in 1996.Mick was doing business in Salmon Arm, where he is GM of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, when he heard the bad news from Todd Miller of the Vipers.“I will remember Duncan most for not being my boss; he was always my best friend,” said Mick. “He was one of my family’s best friends. I remember when (Troy’s daughter) Tiffany split her lip badly on the hearth and we phoned Duncan asking him what we should do. He said he’d meet us at his office and it was 10 at night.“He was an unbelievable owner. He never had a hidden agenda. He wanted the kids to play hockey and get an education. That’s all he wanted. He wasn’t in it for the money and for a guy who never played the game, he had so much love for it.”Even when rumours were swirling that he would sell the franchise in 2014, Wray just chuckled.“It’s been so much fun. It’s just something I can’t get rid of. I haven’t figured out how to make an exit,” he told The Morning Star.Wray would stroll around Kal Tire Place during Viper games, stopping to talk to fans. He would also climb the stairs to the press box where he would talk hockey and life with the media and visiting broadcast crew while drinking his beloved Diet Coke.A retired oral surgeon, Wray served on the BCHL Board of Governors since 1992 and was chairman of the board at the time of his death. He was an avid photographer and big fan of the Montreal Canadiens.It's with tremendous sadness that we announce the passing of our owner Duncan Wray. A huge loss for the Wray family, the Vipers organization, Vernon and the hockey community.Posted by Vernon Vipers on Thursday, January 11, 2018Further information on funeral services will be shared when available.The BCHL confirmed every team in the league will hold a moment of silence in memoriam of Wray prior to their next home game.To report a typo, email:newstips@vernonmorningstar.com.@VernonNewsroger@vernonmorningstar.comLike us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Condolences have been pouring in with regards to the sudden death of Vernon Vipers owner Duncan Wray on his birthday Thursday. (Morning Star file photo)Let's block ads! (Why?)...

Human remains found on BC farm identified as missing woman - Toronto Star

By The Canadian PressThu., Nov. 2, 2017SALMON ARM, B.C.—Human remains found at a farm where RCMP have been conducting extensive searches have been identified as those of one of several women who have gone missing in British Columbia’s north Okanagan.Police said no charges have been laid in connection with Traci Genereaux’s death, which is being treated as suspicious.An autopsy has been completed but the results are not being released, the RCMP said in a news release Wednesday evening.RCMP have said five women including Genereaux have gone missing in the same area of north Okanagan in the past 20 months. Police have not linked any of the other cases with the search of the farm.Darcy Genereaux has said his daughter went missing in May and the RCMP asked him for a blood sample last week.Article Continued BelowPolice said Genereaux’s family has been notified and they’re being offered support from victim assistance workers.Mounties began searching the rural property near Salmon Arm last month and announced the discovery of human...

J. Vincent (Vince) Burg - thesuntimesnews.com

Chelsea to work at the Chelsea Pharmacy, and also part-time at the Mercywood Sanitarium in Ann Arbor. It was at Mercywood where Vince met his wife to be, Shirley Ann Tuckey, from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. She was a registered nurse and was in charge of the pharmacy. They wed on August 18, 1956 and raised six children.During his lifetime, Vince was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 3092, where he was a 3rd and 4th Degree Knight, the Chelsea Junior Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, the Chelsea Village Council, and the Jackson County Pharmacy Association, being name Pharmacist of the Year in 1971. Vince was also a Charter Board Member and Lifetime member of the Waterloo National History Association.Vince retired from Weatherwax Pharmacy in Jackson, MI in 1996 after 32 years of employment. He then worked as a part time pharmacist for 14 more years for Chelsea Pharmacy and Dan Murphy, who interned under Vince in the mid-1950s.Vince, with his wife Shirley, enjoyed traveling by camper and R.V. throughout the United States and Canada with his family as they were growing up, and bicycling with Shirley and friends, Jeannie and Andy Ford, through Austria, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands in retirement. Vince was a lifelong deer hunter and lover of the outdoors, relishing the days spent at the family hunting camp in Northern Michigan. He was an avid reader in later years and was a frequent participant in local history events at the Chelsea District Library. Vince also enjoyed working out weekly at the Chelsea Wellness Center. Vince was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Mary Jane Lanning-Morey, Lou Guirey, Angeline Foster, Gretchen Spaulding, Virginia Rowe.Vince is survived by his wife, Shirley; his children Gregg (Laurie) Burg, Diane (Fernando) Nieves, David Burg, Brian Burg, Kristi (Gary) Ragland, and Rob Burg; grandchildren, Arielle and Jacob Bur...
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Nanaimo remembers educator, activist and elder 'Auntie Ellen' - Nanaimo News Bulletin

Auntie Ellen.' Ellen White, Kwulasulwut, died Tuesday at age 95, and her funeral was held Saturday morning at the Beban Park Social Centre. White was a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia and her obituary remembers her as an "educator, cultural knowledge keeper, author, linguist, herbalist, healer, traditional midwife, and political activist and advocate." She was one of the founders of the Tillicum Haus Aboriginal Friendship Centre and was an elder-in-residence in Vancouver Island University's First Nations studies program. "She possessed a pure, kind and radiant heart," said Les Malbon, who described himself as one of White's adopted grandchildren as he delivered her eulogy Saturday. White's name, Kwulasulwut, translates to ‘many stars' and Malbon alluded to that as he addressed the people gathered in the social centre. "I look out now and I see the many stars," he said. "I see how she impacted the community. I see how much she loved her family and I appreciated, personally, how much that love changed me and how it's changed all of us to be better people and behoove us to be kind to one another and to work towards a world of unity." Malbon said the White home was always filled with visitors, and Ellen White also travelled to meet people and sh...
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Dozens of bikers attend funeral for Hells Angels member gunned down in Peel - Yahoo News Canada

Saturday afternoon for the funeral of a Hells Angels motorcycle gang member shot to death in Mississauga earlier this month.Motorcycle club members from across Ontario and as far away as Quebec and British Columbia attended a service for Michael Deabaitua-Schulde at the Vescio Funeral Home in Woodbridge.Deabaitua-Schulde, 32, was described by police as a "well-entrenched" member of the notorious motorcycle gang's Niagara chapter. He was gunned down in the parking lot of HUF Boxing Gym on March 11, in what investigators called a targeted hit.Police have arrested four men from Montreal in connection with the daylight slaying.View photosPaul Smith/CBCMoreMany Hells Angels, along with members of allied outlaw motorcycle clubs - commonly called "support clubs" - were seen milling about outside the funeral home before the service began. There was also a heavy police presence, with officers from the OPP and York keeping a close eye on those in attendance.Funerals for club members often offer police a rare opportunity to keep tabs on the who's who of the biker underworld.The Hells Angels have hundreds of members in Canada. The gang first moved into Ontario in 2000, after they emerged victorious in a bloody biker war ...
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