Feb 16, 1934 – May 17, 2021   After a brief illness our beloved father passed away at Stonewall Hospital on May 17, 2021 at the age of 87 years.

Survived by his daughters Valerie and Arlene (Brad); grandchildren Craig, Kimberley, Sherri and Clay; Joe had 6 greatgrandchildren; brother Norman (Helen).

He was predeceased by his wife Jean, his parents Alec and Rose and brother Glen.

Joe met Jean at Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba. They were married on October 3, 1959 and had two daughters. Joe and Jean then moved to Saskatoon, Sk. in 1969 and settled there. Joe worked at Crown Zellerbach for years until he retired. They eventually moved back to Teulon in 2004. Joe was always beside Jean helping her outside with gardening.

A private family graveside has been held. Thank You to the staff at Stonewall Hospital for taking care of Joe. (Dad)

Irene Dona McCormick was born in Minnedosa, MB on September 4, 1939 to Roy Wilfred and Edith May de Jersey (nee Pittman). Their family included Mum’s older sisters, Ivy (Lloyd Carter) and Yvonne (predeceased, Ernie Ullberg). Grandma and Grandpa raised their family in Erickson and Onanole, MB where Mum developed friendships she valued and maintained throughout her life. At 19, Mum moved to Winnipeg to begin a career in office administration, and sometime soon after she met James McCormick, whom she married in 1960. Together they had two children, a son Darren (Nicki Wilberforce) and daughter Colleen (Penner) whom, they supported together throughout their lives.

Family was priority number one for Mum. She loved spending time with and hearing news about her grandchildren: Brittany (Josh Eason) and Alicia Penner, Wyeth and Niav McCormick, and Maggie Wilberforce. Becoming a great grandmother and spending time with Tage (Eason) brought Mum much joy. Mum was keenly interested in her roots and she enjoyed researching her family’s history, contacting long lost relatives, and keeping up with news of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Mum and Dad shared strong values for hard work and their community, and they both enjoyed the outdoors, camping, and travel. After retiring to a hobby farm near Gunton, MB they spent summers in their large vegetable gardens and shared the bounty of their labour with food shelters in Winnipeg. When spring melting brought threats of flooding to Winnipeg, Mum and Dad pitched in to help within their abilities by transporting sandbags in their pickup truck. Mum enjoyed baking and preserving the produce and berries she and Dad picked. Together they travelled through much of North America, and they were able to visit Europe with Uncle Ernie and Aunt Yvonne, a trip they enjoyed immensely and about which she loved to reminisce. The most recent trip Mum took was to Italy in Fall 2019, accompanied by her daughter and best friend, Colleen.

When Mum and Dad found the farm too much to look after they moved to Stonewall, MB where Mum discovered many ways to integrate herself in the community. Mum attended Stonewall United Church and was a member of the Worship Committee. She made blankets to support Project Linus and spent time with day program clients at the Arris Centre. Mum was a member of the local 55 Plus Centre and Red Hats group, and she enjoyed bowling, stick curling, and line dancing. She shared many laughs, meals, and a few glasses of wine with the friends she made through her escapades in Stonewall, whom she loved dearly.

Mum passed away early in the morning on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Following Mum’s wishes, there will be no funeral. In lieu of flowers, feel welcome to give a donation to the charity of your choice. For the support provided to Mum Colleen and I thank: Reverend Tammy Bleue, Stonewall Seniors’ Resource Centre, South West District Palliative Care staff, CancerCare Manitoba, Stonewall Hospital staff and Dr. Kerr Graham, our Mum’s many friends, and finally Kirsty and Dan Morrison.

April 5, 1927 – May 14, 2021    On May 14th, Jack passed away peacefully at the age of 94 at the Boundary Trails Hospital with family by his side.

Left to cherish his memory are his children Allan (Valerie), Dwayne (Dale), Ryan (Jacquie), Lynda (Brent), daughter-in-law Marlys, his fourteen grandchildren (Daniel, Monica, Bonnie (Dave), Stacey (David), Robert (Braylinn), Jeffrey (Linda), Kristina, Craig, Kristen, Rob, Ashley (Thomas), Brayden, Stephanie and Nicole), and one great grand-daughter, Emmalyn. He is also survived by his brother Ron Schott.

Jack was predeceased by his wife Jona, son Eric (Marlys), his sisters Velma and Hazel and great-grandson Wilson.

Jack was born in 1927 to Martin and Margaret (Hogg) and lived in Warren where his father owned a mechanic shop. At the age of 8, while at the height of the Great Depression, his family moved to the present-day farm located northwest of Warren. Jack bought the farm from his siblings after the passing of their parents in 1953.

In his twenties, Jack went to a dance in Lundar and saw a “good-looking girl” (Jona Erickson) who he hoped would dance with him. She did and they married in 1954. Jack cherished the 65 years they had together while raising five children on the farm. As the family grew so did the farm, growing various grains along with beef cattle and hogs. Jack loved working the land and repairing machinery. He and Jona also had a large garden and enjoyed summer family corn feeds.

Jack was a hard worker and a successful farmer. He was also an avid bird watcher and photographer. He instilled in his children the love of agriculture and nature, along with a strong work ethic and commitment to family. He encouraged and supported his children’s many activities. Jack had a quiet demeanor, but he also had a mischievous side that would occasionally come out!

In later years, Jack and Jona enjoyed traveling to such places as Hawaii, Kenya, Iceland, Australia including a cruise around Cape Horn. They also travelled across Canada, mostly by car, from the Pacific Rim to Newfoundland, and north to Churchill, Inuvik, and Alaska.

In November 2010 they moved to Lions Manor in Stonewall. They continued to spend summers at the farm the following 9 years as their grandson Daniel gradually took over the family farm.

In his last few years, he continued to demonstrate his commitment to family, as he cared for Jona through her declining health.

He will forever be remembered and cherished by his loving family. A private interment was held at the Warren Cemetery. The family wishes to thank homecare and the medical staff of Stonewall and Boundary Trails Hospitals for taking such good care of him.

Gone is the face we loved so dear, Silent is the voice we loved to hear. Too far away for sight or speech, But not too far for thought to reach. Sweet to remember him who once was here, And who, though absent is just as dear.

May 18, 1993 – May 10, 2021   Just days shy of her 28th birthday our beautiful daughter “Jassy” died tragically.

She has left behind her heartbroken parents Norman and Brenda, brother Anders and Melissa, her Aunty Char and Joey, Grandpa Dave Shepell, Grandpa Gordon Normand and Shelly. She also leaves behind numerous family members from all sides of the families as well as many, many friends.

She was recently predeceased by her loving and caring Grandma Shepell who never lost faith in Jassy and loved her unconditionally. Although her life has ended way too soon Grandma will be so happy to see her. She was also predeceased by her Uncle Gerald.

Jassy was a bright and energetic young girl. She had beautiful long flowing hair. She grew up in the country and loved her dolls, riding her bike and the trampoline.

She had lots of school friends and a best buddy that lived next door. She loved books and family vacations, a trip to Valleyfair with Aunty Char, winter holiday to Mexico where she parasailed, swam with the dolphins and rode on the pirate ship.

Jassy loved pottery, music and her cats. She loved her collection of bracelets and her sparkly chandelier over her bed. She was kind and caring. She was quiet but friendly, polite and adventurous.

As a very young teenager we began to notice her slide into a black hole and did not immediately realize what had overtaken her. We frantically and relentlessly sought help for her drug addiction. Nothing succeeded. She tried so many times but a relapse always followed. She was not able to fight the demons that consumed her life for so many years.

Addiction does not discriminate. You just no longer own your life. Although she was taken by the hand of another, the addiction led to her fate.

We will always be thankful of those who knew and loved her unconditionally.

There are too many to mention but they include Karen M. and childhood friend Courtney C.

We are so thankful she can finally rest in peace as she has struggled for so many years. It was a gruelling battle which sadly has come to this end.

Oh Child. Things are gonna get easier. Oh Child. Things’ll get brighter.

*** I destroy homes, I tear families apart. I take your children and that is just the start. I’m more valued than diamonds, more precious that gold. The sorrow I bring is a sight to behold. If you need me remember, I’m easily found. I live all around you, in school and in town. I live with the rich, I live with the poor. I live down the street and maybe next door. I have many names, but there’s one you’ll know best. I’m sure you’ve heard of me, my name is Crystal Meth. My power is awesome, try me and you’ll see. But if you do, you’ll never break free…

A private service will be held where she will be buried with her Grandma.

Dennis Langrell lived from July 28th, 1954 to April 28th, 2021. He will be loved forever by the families of his sister Jennifer Studler, her husband Peri and brother Doug Langrell and his wife Donna Breyfogle, close cousins Shelley McKnight, Kelvin Stewart, Dawne Grenkow and Pam Stewart and their families, Laurie and Shirley Langrell and by a large extended family.

He will be remembered also by the many friends, too numerous to list, whom he held so dear, and especially by Eleanor Adams. Dennis was predeceased by his father Ed and mother Eleanor.

Blessed by a sunny, happy childhood on the family farm, nurtured by loving, gentle parents, he enjoyed the adventurous, free life that such an upbringing affords. In time he grew into a curious, well-travelled and well-read individual, absorbing the varied experiences that came his way, always a keen—and opinionated—observer of the human condition.

Dennis will be remembered by most for his love of golf, a game for which his passion was unlimited and his grasp of detail, at least to the fairway-challenged, essentially infinite. An athlete in his younger years, he enjoyed sports of all kinds, and maintained a keen interest—and an astonishing, encyclopedic knowledge of the sporting world—throughout his life.

He was intensely proud of the achievements of the various communities to which he contributed, from his student council presidency in high school, to his leadership in the Interlake Golf and Country Club and the Manitoba Golf Association, to his more recent volunteer role as a guide at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. His entire working career, from 1975 till 2010, was devoted to one organization, the Grain Research Lab of the Canadian Grain Commission, and to the many, many colleagues and friends he treasured.

On the whole, it was a lonelier life than those who loved him would have preferred. Though the comfort of a single life partner was not fated for him, his bottomless affection for his family and friends anchored him and remained always the strongest current of his life. He lived the way he wanted; he was loved, and his memory will be cherished forever by those who valued his life so deeply.

“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

Due to COVID a private family interment will take place at a later date. If friends so desire, memorial donations can be made to a charity of your choice.

June 17, 1947 to April 28, 2021   Peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer we say farewell to our beloved Cecil. He was a husband, friend, brother, father, uncle, grandpa, and great grandpa that we cherished in our life.

He is headed off to spend his next chapter with his son Dwayne (Duey) and his parents Sydney & Nellie and his brother George.

He will be lovingly remembered by Doreen (wife) Dave (Nichole) Mitchell (Danielle) Nicholas (Carleen) Mackenzie (Chelsi).

He was a well-known citizen of Stonewall. He tried his hand at many things, he coached kid’s baseball, volunteered at various community projects, cooked meals at FACT and curling club dinner events, he served as a member on council and helped many local businesses in anyway he could. He was a generous and giving man, he was known for his strength, humour and kindness to all and he especially loved children and animals. He delighted in a good golf game, whiskey, a steak he likely prepared himself and blowing up the odd elevator. He always enjoyed good company while hunting and fishing. His presence would fill a room and his departure will leave a whole in our hearts. He will be missed by all that had the pleasure to have known him.

A personal graveside service was held on Saturday May 1, 2021.

In lieu of flowers if friends so desire a donation can be made to the South West District Palliative Care Inc., Box 1282, Stonewall, MB., R0C 2Z0, Winnipeg Human Society, 45 Hurst Way, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 0R3 or a charity of your choice.

Our family would like to take this opportunity to thank all the doctors and nurses who assisted in his care. Especially the Stonewall hospital staff who were so kind and made us very comfortable in this trying time.

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of John Halabura, aged 74 years at Arborg Hospital.

He will be greatly missed by the love of his life, Irene and her family. He leaves behind 3 brothers and their spouses, many friends and relatives.

John was a hard worker all of his life right up until the end. He started as a boy working on the family farm as a young man working construction, building highways in western Canada, he helped build the floodway in Winnipeg. One of his favorite pastimes was restoring old cars, he was a great mechanic, self taught, he could unseize a motor and have it going in no time. John would be there when anyone would need help, day or night. If there was a swap meet or auction, you would be sure to see John and Irene there. He loved to dance. Enjoyed going to the casino.

John thank you for a lifetime of memories we made together, you were a wonderful man and I pray one day we will meet again. I will never forget you and love you for the rest of my life. May you rest in peace and God be with you.

Special thanks to Dr. Donnelly and to all the staff at Arborg Hospital, you were all so caring and compassionate to John and me, all the support was amazing. Special thank you to Cindy for caring for John and the support to me.

Cremation has taken place and due to Covid, a Christian burial will be held at a later date.

With great sadness after a lengthy and courageous battle Mae passed away peacefully at her home in Gateway Manor in Teulon, Manitoba on April 21, 2021 with her family at her side.

Mae is survived by her children, Robert Hoey, Lorna Hoey, Neil Hoey and Cathy Lifeso, grandchildren Jay, Maegan, Jordan, Lindsay, Regeena, Caitlin, great grandchildren Sadie and Lincoln. She is survived by her sister Phyllis Harvey of Pipestone Manitoba as well numerous nieces and nephews.

Mae is predeceased by her husband Roger in 2012, her sisters Ruth McDonald, Betty Redlin and Brothers Gerald and William Chudley, her parents Freda and Cleavland Chudley of Brookdale Manitoba.

Mae was born in Neepawa Manitoba on April 23, 1933. She grew up on the family farm in the area of Brookdale, Manitoba. As a young women Mae’s plan was to be a teacher she attended Normal School in Winnipeg in the early 1950’s. Mae and Roger were married in Brookdale on July 25, 1953. In the years that followed Mae and Roger’s family grew. Mae supported Roger in the hardware business and the small family moved from Brookdale to Semans and Bengough in Saskatchewan. The hardware business brought the family to Teulon in 1962. Teulon became home for Mae and her family.

Mae was a loving mother to the four kids, was very active in the community and was a strong supporter and tireless worker for her other love, the United Church in Teulon. She was able to pursue her teaching career In Teulon. Mae and Roger were adventurous types and enjoyed travel, early on it was with the family on many wonderful and memorable summer vacation trips to many parts of Canada. Later on Roger and Mae made use of their growing free time to travel to many parts of the world, including the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia.

Mae (Mom) was a happy, kind and loving soul and was an inspiration to those she touched. She will always be dearly loved by her family and fondly remembered in the community. A private family service will be held at a later date. Interment will be at the Brookdale cemetery.

In lieu flowers if friends so desire donations can be made to Cancer Care Manitoba, flowers are gratefully declined. The Hoey family wish to acknowledge and thank the Doctors and staff at the Teulon hospital, Gateway Manor, staff at the Stonewall hospital and Cancer Care Manitoba for their considerate and compassionate efforts, especially in these trying times.

August 12, 1953 – April 15, 2021          We sadly announce the unexpected passing of Kenneth Nickolas Firman at the age of 67 at the Arborg & District Health Centre. He will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his nephew Nicholas (Kari) of Ottawa, and his niece Tanya of Seattle. He also leaves numerous cousins whom he cherished dearly.

Kenny was predeceased by his parents, Steve and Olive, his brother, Terry and sister-in-law Mary, and his fur baby, Orlie.

Kenny was born and raised in Arborg. After completing High School, he worked at the Arborg Co-op for Bjorn Bjornson, hauling fertilizer. The job entailed driving a large truck for the very first time. Kenny rose to the challenge and quickly mastered that skill. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he framed his very first pay cheque. Kenny attended Red River College taking a commercial cooking course, after which he worked at a number of hospital kitchens. Kenny returned to Red River College, graduated with a hairdressing diploma and secured a job at the T- Eaton’s company, where he worked for several years. Kenny also worked at the Rankin Inlet Hotel, NWT and on the Dew Line as a cook.

Kenny successfully owned and operated, Ken’s Catering Service and catered hundreds of special events in the area. He was most famous for his roast beef dinner topped off with the best gravy. Kenny was also very community minded and volunteered at the Arborg Heritage Village for the past 10 years. He volunteered his catering services and expertise annually, managing and planning the meals for several of the largest fundraisers in the community. Kenny’s “catering girls” were treated like family and once a year Kenny made sure to take them to the city for a special meal and maybe even a stop at the Casino.

For the past 15 years, Kenny was employed at the Arborg Assisted Living. He was passionate, personable, and hardworking employee who took great pride in creating delicious, nutritional and tasty meals. He was mentor to many young staff members at the Assisted Living over the years and a co-worker that everyone looked forward to working with. Kenny was loved and cherished by all the tenants and staff at the Arborg Assisted Living and the feeling was mutual.

Ken was a devoted and loving son and care giver to his Mother in her later years. He was proud of his nephew and niece and often spoke of their accomplishments. Kenny took pride in renovating his house by himself and tending his beautiful yard and flowers. He was well travelled and loved traveling. His last two trips to England, he invited his cousins Alice, Gwen and Hazel to join him to meet relatives there and research family. Kenny was so looking forward to traveling again when restrictions would be lifted.

Another of Kenny’s favourite hobbies was attending auction sales, where he spent the whole day looking for treasures and socializing. We will miss his unmistakable laugh, his big smile and his daily compliments.

Kenny was a kind, caring, companionate, and fun-loving man, a wonderful person who will be missed by everyone who knew him!

We would like to thank the Ambulance Attendants and the e Emergency physicians and staff at the Arborg & District Health Care Centre for their compassionate care.

If so desired, you can make a donation in Kenny’s memory to a charity of your choice. There will be a celebration of Kenny’s life at a later date.

“Til we meet again”