Obituaries

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 Agnes Wiebe on March 23, 1936 in Steinbach, Manitoba. He had a happy childhood growing up with 5 brothers and 5 sisters. Dad attended grade school in Greenland. He w

FRERE – Maurice Andrew 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) and children Hayden, Ben, Charlie; Marnie (Jason) and children Morgan (Austin), Kale and Joeli. Maurice was born in Trochu, Alberta on April 24, 1944, th

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 Paget family farm, east of Swalwell, and not in a hospital. The trend continued, as there was never a dull moment with farm life: catching frogs, horseback-riding,

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 Centre in Linden, AB. Pauline grew up on a homestead in the Peace River Country and attended Northern Lights Christian School, a little two roomed building. She took on various jobs, helping neighbors with livestock chores, babysitting,