All Obituaries

It is with sadness the family of Jean Elizibeth Wilson (née Sloan) announce her passing on June 17, 2019 at the Rosetown & District Health Centre at the age of 83 years. Arrangements are pending and will be announced when determined. Donations in memory of Jean may be made to a charity of choice.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Betty Jackson of Rosetown, SK on Monday, June 10, 2019 at the age of 87 years.  Betty is survived by her sons Rick (Heather) and Brian (Jean-Anne) and five grandchildren: Chase, Drew, Kendra (Tom Kelly), James and Katherine. Betty is also survived by her brother Herbert, sisters-in-law Thelma Hoffman, Reta King and Linda Jackson as well as many nieces and nephews. Betty was predeceased by her husband Wilfred (Bill), son...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bert Henderson on June 6, 2019 at the age of 95 years. Bert was born on August 14, 1923 in Rosetown, SK.  He was the youngest of three children born to the late Thomas and Rosella Henderson of the Engen District.  Bert was raised on the family farm near Herschel and received his education at the nearby Engen School.  After school, he worked for farmers in the district before starting to farm his own in 1949. He married...

Faye Dowie, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 27th, at the age of 65. Faye Dowie was born on November 7th, 1953 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan to Gordon and Isabel Whitmore. She grew up on a farm near Harris, Saskatchewan.  Faye attended Saskatoon Business College and upon graduation in 1972 was employed at the Royal Bank in Rosetown for several years. In 1973, Faye married to Dale, the love of her life. They lived on a farm outside of Zealandia. Once Dale and Faye had children, Faye...

On May 26, 2019 our beautiful mother, Anna Butala (née Primus) left us to go to heaven to join her husband Louis, parents Frank and Anna Primus (née Schuller) and her brother and six sisters. Anna started her life in Lake Lenore, SK. As a young woman she travelled to BC and worked as a waitress before returning to Lake Lenore to look after her grandparents. While there she spotted her future husband Louis and declared to her grandmother that she was going to marry him. Anna...

Donald Russell Minogue, age 76, passed away suddenly on May 15, 2019 at Cypress Regional Hospital in Swift Current, SK. Don was born at Eston, SK on April 29, 1943 to Russell and Elizabeth Minogue of Lacadena, SK, second eldest of four children. He attended Pleasant District School, a country school one mile east of the farm. Transportation was by foot, bicycle, horseback or horse-drawn cutter in the winter. During the winter, each family would take turns providing hot soup once a week for...

It is with profound sadness, but also much rejoicing that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Thelma Grace MacDonald (née Hayes) from her earthly home to her heavenly home. Mom passed away Friday, May 10, 2019 at the age of 95 years with her family by her side at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, SK. Thelma leaves to cherish her memory her children Betty Mae (Brent) Leavins of Elrose, SK and family Bobby (Courtney), Vayda, Raina and Layla; Rebecka (Boyd) Bergstrom,...

Helen Anna Marie Simpson passed away May 8, 2019 at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. Helen was born February 7, 1929 on the farm at Valley Centre, daughter of the late Granny (Helen) and Peter Bohun. She attended Marriot school until her teens when she moved to Rosetown to attend high school and board at St. Josephs’ Convent. After graduation she enrolled in a stenographer’s class and when finished, got a job with the Department of Highways in Rosetown, which she...

Mary Walker (née Purvis) Mary was born in Kerrobert, SK on June 30, 1935 and lived her early life on the family farm near Broadacres, SK. She attended Normal School in Saskatoon acquiring her teaching certificate, and taught for one year at Prince and two years at Wartime, SK. In Wartime she met Glenn Walker, and they were married in 1957.  She worked alongside Glenn on their family farm near Greenan, SK where they raised their family and lived until 2015.  Every year...

We are saddened to announce the passing of Olive Bernice (Bunny) Goldie (née McIntyre) of Rosetown on April 19, 2019 at Rose Villa.  She was born to Robert and May McIntyre on January 7, 1924 on the family farm north of D’Arcy. Olive is survived by her son-in-law Rick Ebben (Terry), grandchildren Erin (David) Neufeld and Neil Ebben (Andria), great-grandchildren Owen and Corbin Ebben and Lukas and Ava Neufeld, sister Jean MacDonald, brother Robert (Roz) McIntyre and...