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KAKOSCHKE, Rita Wells
Saturday, 25 Dec 2010
Loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to so many, has gone to be with the Lord on December 25, 2010, after a long and courageous battle with brain cancer.
She is predeceased by her first husband, Harry Wells, sisters and brother.
Rita had such an impact on so many people and she will be sadly missed by her husband, Garry, her four daughters, Laura, Denise (George), Brenda and Heather (Chris), her six granddaughters and one great-grandson, as well as her extended family and many friends.
Rita was born in Swan River, Manitoba, on November 11, 1938.
She and her family moved to the Okanagan, when she was a child and has made her home in Kelowna, ever since, raising her four daughters, as well as many of her daughter’s friends.
When Rita married her second husband in 2009, their time spent together was filled with much travel, plenty of laughter and many joyous occasions, which we thank Garry for.
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, December 31st at 11:00 am, at Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive, Kelowna, B.C.
Rita’s family would like to give much thanks and appreciation to all the staff at the Hospice House, for making such a difficult time seem much easier.
You are all wonderful.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Central Okanagan Hospice House, 2235 Ethel Street, Kelowna, B.C., V1Y 2Z6.
Cathy Whitfield (Crawford)
November 28, 1953 – October 16, 2011
Cathy was born in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on November 28, 1953 and passed away in Campbell River, B.C., on October 16, 2011.
Cathy is survived by her husband, Brian Whitfield and her daughter, Kari (Matthew) Trethway and son, Adam, grandchildren, Ethan and Marie Catherine, sisters, Diane McNamara (Kevin), Sally Wagg (Ron), Judy Hynes (Greg) and brother, Freddy Crawford (Dorothy), as well as many nieces and nephews.
Cathy worked for the banking industry in various places through B.C.
Unfortunately in 2003, Cathy was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and throughout her illness, never lost her faith, her kindness to others and never complained.
A service to remember the life of Cathy Whitfield will be held at Yucalta Lodge on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 2.00 pm.
Cremation private.
Cathy’s ashes will be returned to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where she will be buried with her parents in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
If friends so desire, donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C., 200-1585 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, B.C. V9S 1G4 1-800-462-2833.
Sutton’s Campbell River Funeral Home, 250-287-4812
Wayne Arthur Simms
June 17, 1946 – October 16, 2011
The insidious beast named cancer claimed the life of Wayne Arthur Simms on Sunday, October 16, 2011.
The B.C. Cancer Agency and Campbell River Hospital (Chemo Unit) gave us unexpected time to spend with our Wayne this fall.
We will be forever grateful for the additional sunny days and laughter.
Born in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, he attended Shatford Memorial School and then on to St. Mary’s University in Halifax.
With his lifelong friend, Paul Harnish, they spent their time hunting and fishing together at Timber Lake and the Mercer Road area, something that began with their fathers’ love of those activities.
He left St. Mary’s University 1969 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a lasting friendship with Peter Young.
He then followed his brother, Rod, to North Bay, Ontario, where he joined the Bank of Nova Scotia.
His career, the Pacific Ocean and 52 weekends of golf per year, called him to B.C.
He moved through the bank in progressively more senior roles, with his final position as Deputy Center Manager and Senior Credit Manager at the B.C. DFC in Richmond. Here, he spent the next 15 years, until retirement.
By this time, Wayne’s family had grown to include 2 sons, his wife, Dale and 2 step-daughters.
In 2005, Wayne and Dale set off on an adventure to Campbell River.
The next 6-and-a-half years brought days of golfing, trolling for salmon and watching the market.
Wayne was never without a deck of cards, constantly dealing 4 bridge hands.
He enjoyed his time as treasurer at Storey Creek Golf Club, golfing with Bob and the boys, fishing the river with George & fighting Sailor for a warm sunny spot.
Wayne’s pride and joy were his sons, step-daughters, their spouses and even "more importantly", his 5 grandchildren.
Predeceased by his father, Roderick Keith Simms (1985) & brother, Rhodrick Harold Simms (2006).
Survived by his heartbroken family: In Nova Scotia - his mother, Frances; brothers, Gary (Sandra), Greg (Carol); sister, Judy Hopkins (Paul) and numerous nieces and nephews.
In B.C., his loving and devoted wife, Dale, sons, Chris (Eva-Maria) and Steve (Carolyn), step-daughters, Sherri Dawson (Pat) and Shanna Lachance (Terry), grandchildren, (in order of age) Jacob, Christopher, Sydney, Alexandra, Victoria.
A memorial gathering will be held at 2:00 pm Friday, October 21st, 2011 at Maritime Heritage Centre, 621 Island Highway, Campbell River, B.C.
The family encourages everyone to bring a "Wayne" story to share.
In lieu of flowers, donations to The B.C Cancer Agency or Campbell River Hospital are requested.
Sutton’s Campbell River Funeral Home, 250-287-4812
MOSEANKO, Samuel
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
Samuel Moseanko, a long-time resident of Ryder Lake, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2011, in Chilliwack General Hospital, age 87 years.
Sam was born at Lonesome Butte, Saskatchewan, May 25, 1924.
At a young age, Sam’s family moved to Killdeer, Sask.
He set up trap lines from home to school and would sometimes catch skunks and weasels.
At age 14, Sam finished grade 9 and set out to get a job.
He went to his sister, Lena’s place at Viceroy.
In 1938, worked at the college, his older brother, Andy, was attending, in Lacombe.
Sam worked for a year at Ostukamp’s farm, about one mile east of CTC.
Later, left for Vancouver in the fall and worked in the shipyards over the winter with Paul Panko.
Paul and Sam went back to Moose Jaw, where he worked at Swift Packers, and Robin Hood Mills, where cousin Ed Kineshanko worked.
Together, Ed and Sam put in a wheat crop that sustained some hail damage, on a farm at Weyburn, Sask.
After that farming experience, decided to go to B.C., with two horses, which they traded his sister, Lena and Norman, for two cows.
Arrived in Enderby, and worked at Ed’s uncle’s garage, Kineshanko Motors, with cousin Luke, in Vernon, for about a year.
Sam traveled to Vancouver Island, in 1946.
He was a mechanic with Commonwealth Construction, building equipment used for paving roads around Port Alberni, Parksville, Chilliwack, Boston Bar, Abbotsford, and Cultus Lake.
In 1949, Sam married Verna Quast, of Chilliwack.
He carried on as a heavy duty mechanic, with Katz Logging Company.
They moved to a farm west of Chilliwack, where Diane and Wayne were born.
At this time, he helped build the oil pipeline from Hope to Coquihalla.
The family moved to Ryder Lake, on a 40-acre farm, renting for seven years, (which was eventually bought and he built the homestead).
Over the next forty years, Sam worked at Harrison, (with several logging companies).
Sam farmed on weekends, during fire season and was home during the winters.
Verna and his children helped to work the farm in his absence.
In 1978, after back surgery, he retired to look after the cattle and enjoyed making cedar shakes, making smoked sausage, fishing (with the grandchildren), and hunting.
Sam was a long-time member of the Farmer’s Institute.
Honourary bearers: Diane Rodger, Wayne Moseanko, Robert Moseanko, Donna Moseanko, Debra Piluk, and David Moseanko.
He is survived by sons: Wayne (Beryl); Robert (Sherry); David (Judy); all of Ryder Lake; daughters: Diane Rodger, Kelowna; Donna Moseanko, Ryder Lake; Debra (Randy) Piluk, Vernon; 12 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; brothers, Terry (Inga), Wally; sisters, Ruth (Sylvester) Riffin; Lena Grange; Ethel Thomas; Cathy McTavish; Irene (Reg) Neal; also uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews and many dear friends and neighbors.
He was predeceased by his father, William; mother, Pauline; wife, Verna; brothers, Andy and Philip; brothers-in-law Norman Grange, John McTavish, Don Thomas; sister-in-law Wyonne and adopted son Gary.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Salvation Army, may be made, or to a charity of your choice.
Funeral service will be held at Henderson’s Funeral Home, Chilliwack, 2 pm Saturday, Oct. 22nd, with viewing held Friday, Oct. 21st, 6-8 pm and Sat. 1-2 pm.
Lee, Sandra
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011
Friends and well wishers of Sandra Lee, please take note of her passing.
She died Sunday, October 16th, 2011, after brief illness.
There will be a gathering to celebrate her life.
If you would like to be included in it, please contact me, her friend, Melissa Grace Kodaly, so that you can be invited, as this will be at home.
The date is not yet determined.
John Gertzen
April 29, 1928 - October 16, 2011
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John Gertzen, formerly of Williams Lake.
John "Went to Sleep in Jesus" October 16, in Vernon, B.C.
John is survived by his devoted wife, Jennifer, three sons - Rick, Rob and Randy, five grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
His extended family of 4 children, 9 grandchildren & 7 great-grandchildren, all of whom were a large part of his life, also mourn his passing.
John was pre-deceased by his wife Bernice in 1990.
Funeral services for John will be held on Friday, Oct 21 at the Grandview Flats Seventh Day Adventist Church at Armstrong, B.C. at 2:00. Interment to follow at the Williams Lake Cemetery on Monday, Oct. 24.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the North Okanagan Junior Academy, 4699 Grandview Flats, Armstrong, B.C., or the Adventist Disaster Relief Agency - www.adra.ca.
Friends may also send condolence messages and prayers to: karengertzen@wlake.com
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death.
Neither sorrow nor crying. Neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away". Revelation 21:4
Shapiro, Roberta K.
1937-2011
We regret to announce Roberta’s passing at Lady Minto Hospital on Saturday night, October 15th.
Roberta loved living on Salt Spring, though, in recent years, severe COPD kept her from enjoying all the Island had to offer.
Salt Spring was her West Coast Martha’s Vineyard, an island she had frequently visited while growing up in Massachusetts.
Roberta and Stan purchased a retirement home on Salt Spring, on the second day of a brief visit in 1992.
"The Island chooses its people and it doesn’t take long", she would say.
Roberta grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated with a BA in English from Boston University.
She then completed two years at Boston University’s Law School, before transferring to Temple Law School in Philadelphia, when she and Stan got married.
After four-and-a-half years in Philadelphia, they moved to Montreal, where Roberta worked, in turn, as an Assistant General Counsel in the Law Department of Sun Life of Canada, as a U.S. tax specialist for an international accounting firm, and as an Assistant Vice-President, in charge of Bell Canada’s Tax Department.
In 1980, a one-year stay in Vancouver led, long before the year was over, to a decision to relocate.
Roberta began her career in Vancouver, by passing the B.C. Bar, thus becoming one of the very few lawyers in British Columbia qualified to practice in both the U.S. and Canada.
She then spent the final fifteen years of her career, first with another international accounting firm and then, in private practice.
She retired in 1996, and a year later, she and Stan moved permanently to their Salt Spring home.
Until her health interfered, Roberta pursued long deferred interests in tai chi and painting.
Roberta leaves behind, in addition to her husband, Stanley, her sister, Barbara Stone and her brother-in-law, Richard Stone; their two daughters, Julie and Donna; her brother-in-law, Abe Porter and his three children, Matthew, Philip and Lesley Porter; Matthew’s wife, Kathy and Phil’s wife, Sue; and five grand-nieces and nephews.
Roberta was most grateful to all those who cared for her over the last few years — Dr. Bobbie Creighton, always both able and understanding, for all he did, the "on call" physicians and dedicated nursing staff in Lady Minto’s Emergency Unit, and the wonderful and caring members of Salt Spring’s Ambulance Service.
Thanks as well to the SSI Fire Department, for first responder assistance when needed and for always being there to help with transfers, and to all the homecare workers from Beacon Community Services who visited Roberta.
At Roberta’s request, there will be no service.
Also, no flowers please.
Instead, if you are so inclined, please make a contribution in Roberta’s name, either to the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation, or to the charity of your choice.
