All Obituaries

It is with sadness the family of Robert Gordon Farquharson announce his peaceful passing on April 11, 2019 at the Rosetown & District Health Centre at the age of 77 years. Bob was born Feb 22, 1942 in Rosetown, the youngest of six children born to Jim & Jessie Farquharson. He attended Dublin School, Zealandia Public School and Rosetown Composite High School. He won the Seager Wheeler Trophy for hard spring wheat and was a charter member of the Eagle Hill 4H Grain Club. Bob was also...

Andreas “Andy” Peter Pankratz passed away peacefully in his 96th year on April 15, 2019 at Rose Villa in Rosetown. He was born on August 16, 1923 in Zentral, Russia and he emigrated to Canada with his parents and older brother in 1926. They arrived in Milden, Saskatchewan and established a farm in the Fiske area the next year. Growing up, Andy was very mechanically minded. He enjoyed working with his hands and had a gift for fixing any machinery that was broken. He gradually...

Vivian Isabel Ahrens (née Burt) passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 13th, 2019 at the Elrose Health Centre in Elrose, SK. Vivian was born to Jim and Isabel Burt in Rosetown, SK on April 11, 1924. She met the love of her life when she was 15 and four years later, she married Donald William Ahrens on July 7, 1943. They moved to the family farm ‘north of the creek’ in the Camberley District where they settled and began their family. They soon moved into the...

Clive Emerson Hough was born in Stranraer, SK on March 28, 1923, the only child of Ray & Rose Hough.  He passed away at Rose Villa on March the 28, 2019 on his birthday at the age of 96. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 67 years, Betty; son Derril (Karen) Hough and family Melissa (David) children Asher and Aria, Tanya (Bevan) children Ella and Grace; daughter Sandra (Murray) Cordes and family Ryan (Jane) children Lucy and Eve, Todd (Alisha), Derek (Elena) children Garren...

Muriel Alenna Wilson passed away on Friday, April 5, 2019 at the Rosetown & District Health Centre at the age of 72 years. A Celebration of Muriel's Life was held on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Rosetown Calvary Tabernacle, 116 5th Avenue East, Rosetown, SK with Mr. Vern Dale officiating. Donations in memory of Muriel may be made to the Saskatoon Cancer Centre, 20 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 4H4.

Sandra Elizabeth Winny (née Bell) passed away on April 7, 2019 at Heritage Manor in Kindersley, SK at the age of 74 years. Sandra’s greatest joy was her children and grandchildren: George (Terri), Mariah and Hannah; Jim (Joanne), Thomas, Jocelyn, Amanda, Kurt and Kendra; Trevor (Danielle), Marisa, Taia, Scott and Matthew. She is also survived by her siblings Donald, Beatrice, Mamie and Archie. She was predeceased by her parents Norma and Harry and her siblings John,...

The family of Robert William Fisher (Bob) are saddened to announce his death on April 6, 2019 at the Rosetown Health Centre.  He was born October 2, 1925 in Rosetown to Jacob and Amelia (Molly) Fisher. He attended school in the Springville area south west of Rosetown and then moved to McGee district and attended Bellnamoon School.  His schooling was limited to a small country school as he had to help at home a lot. He worked on farms in the Rosetown area and then began farming...

Ross was born March 24, 1938 in Eatonia, SK and was 81 years old at the time of his passing on April 4, 2019 at Rose Villa in Rosetown, SK. Ross is lovingly remembered by his sisters Thelma MacDonald, Florence Jackson, Dorothy Robertson (Ken) and Alice Youngs; 24 nieces and nephews; numerous great-nieces and nephews and many dear friends. He was predeceased by his parents Maurice and Lilah; his sister Margaret Palmer; brothers Gordon, Bill, Dick and Percy. Brothers and sisters-in-law John...

Bernhard Gerhard Wiens April 13, 1927 – March 29, 2019 Bernhard Gerhard Wiens, age 91, passed into the presence of his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, surrounded by his family on March 29, 2019 at the Elrose Health Centre. Bernhard was born on the home farm at Herschel, Sask., on April 13, 1927. He attended school in Herschel and continued on with Bible College in Rosthern.  Bernhard worked at various jobs through the years including building telephone lines, hauling fuel,...

Ruth Estella Wickett (formerly of Saskatoon, Sk) passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family on March 31, 2019 at Rose Villa, Rosetown, Sk. Ruth will be remembered with love by her daughter, Darlene and Don Aitken of Rosetown, their children Deborah and David Mark of Nokomis and their children Elih and Cameron; Heather and Mathew Speir of Brock and their children Jane, Sonny and William; Cameron and Carley Aitken of Brock and their children Eva and John; her daughter-in-law...