Obituaries

September 16, 1941 – October 30, 2022

The Benedict family invites you to join us on Sunday, June 4, at 2:00 pm, at the Wimborne Community Centre for a Celebration of Life honouring our late mom, Sharon Benedict. Following a short service there will be sweet snacks and a time for fellowship and sharing of memories. If you can, wear mom’s favourite colour--anything blue! Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium are entrusted with the care and arrangements, 403-742-3422.

July 6, 1936 - May 6, 2023

Arnold Olver of Three Hills, Alberta passed away peacefully into the presence of his Lord and Savior on May 6th 2023, at the age of 86. Arnold was born in Peterborough, Ontario on July 6, 1936 to Laurence and Louise Olver. Arnold was the second of 9 children so it’s no surprise he had to drop out of High School to work on the family farm. At the age of 18, Arnold gave his life to Christ and a year later hitchhiked to Three Hills, Alberta to attend Prairie Bible

Anne Maria Brosinsky Baronet was born in Cosine, Saskatchewan on May 21, 1928 and passed just two weeks and two days short of her 95th on May 5, 2023, in Simi Valley, California. She lived in Denzil, SK, until she was sixteen, when she moved out of her parents’ home to work for her aunt and uncle, to help raise a family of eight. Annie, as known to friends, moved to Calgary in 1950 where she worked at the General Hospital, for over a year, until she met John Baronet. She married John Baro

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Edward J. Loponen on March 16th, 2023 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital following illness and pneumonia. Ed was born and raised in Longlac, Ontario, and later went to University of Waterloo. He was an engineer with Northern Telecom first in Ontario then in Calgary. Ed was married to Fran and had two sons. They lived in Airdrie till 2008 when they retired to Linden, Alberta. He loved building furniture and bird houses and in later ye