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The Leader-Post from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada • 5

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The Leader-Posti
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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FEBRUARY 2, 1972. CLNLIt tL 5 THE LLADLItOSI. ELGINA, SASK. Provincial obituaries Rescue unit formed Stocking pays off in good fish catch Gam'. all of Toronto, and Daniel of Clemenceau; two daughters, 'Airs.

Olga Davis of Saskatoon and MN. Lillian Shako of Toronto; three brothers; two sisters and 12 grandchildren. LAMB WISHART (Special) Fu. neral service for Colin Lamb, 79, was held here recently. Mr.

Lamb was born in England and came to Canada with his parents in 1907. They homesteaded in the Kutawa district, and he later moved to the Round Plain district. lie served overseas with the 53rd Battalion during the First World War. Mr. Lamb is survive(' by his wife, Lucy: a son, Frank of Wishart, and four grand.

children. PESIIKO CANNA (Special)Funerat service for Gregory Peshko, 82 was held here recently. Born in the Western Ukraine, he attended school there and in 1920 married Anna Nialkusz. Ile served in the Austrian Army (cavalry) for about eight years and in 1921 they vame to the Invermay dis trict. They farmed until 1959.

when they retired to live at Invermay. Mr. Peshko is survived by his wife; six sons. John of liwermay, Leslie of St. Catharines, Michael of Milden, Vladimir of Yorkton, Theodore of Calgary and 'Myron of Margo; two daughters, Airs.

Nellie Babchishin of Sturgis and Mrs. Mildred of Yorkton; two sisters and 24 grandchildren. Evelyn; a daughter, Mrs. Ian Icllurchy of Saskatoon; a brother; a sister, and two grandchildren. BAKRUI) SWIFT CURRENT (Stall) Funeral service for Mrs.

Lola Beryl Bakrud, 64, of Regina, was held here. Born at Rouleau. Mrs. Bakrud moved to Neville with her parents 7n 1908. settling on a homestead there.

She received public and high school education in Neville. attended Normal school in Moose Jaw, and taught school in the Pambrun and Neville districts. Mrs. Bakrud had resided in Regina for the past seven years. She is survived by her husband, Ivor; a son, Gale of Hamilton, a daughter, Mrs.

S. Kirby of Regina; a sister and two grandchildren. BALCARRES (Special) The Balcarres Sno-Drifters Motor Toboggan Club recently organized a search and rescue unit in conjunction with the Emergency Measures Organization. The unit consists of three teams of five men each, with back-up operators and personnel. Two teams will operate from Balcarres, and one front the Tullymet area.

The unit's function will be the removal of persons from stranded automobiles and school buses. emergency patient-to-hospital transportation, and emergency drug Judging from results of 109 commercial fishermen on Redberry Lake, 50 miles north of Saskatoon, the efforts of the department of natural resources fisheries personnel in their fish stocking program have proved successful. Redberry is one of Saskatchewan's saline lakes and as such natural reproduction of fish is non-existent. how. ever, fisheries managers following extensive stud les found that lake conditions could support a whitefish population, Once they were stocked.

productions in Saskatchem an, the whitefish taken at Red-berry ate sold at the local level for domestic consumption. The gross return to the fishermen is estimated at $12.000. In view of the growing recreational demands for sport fishing in the area, fisheries mangers are presently attempting to establish a walleye population. In mid-lune, 1970, million walleye were stocked. Test-netting the following year indicated that the walleye were established.

The lake was initially stocked in 1911 and each year since 1965 a commercial vhilefish season with a poundage limit in the neighborhood of 50.000 was opened. At the time of harvest, fish are generally five to eight years of age and roughtly 15 to 20 inches in size. Redberry is being stocked with about to three million whitefish on an alternate year basis. This year the season opened Dec. 15 and fishermen took the allowed 50,000 pound limit within three days.

Unlike many commercial fish NUGENT ROCANV1LLE (Special) Funeral service was held recently for Stanley Nugent, 64. Mr. Nugent came to Canada from England in 1925 to Major, where he worked for several months. Ile then went to Manitoba, where he worked at Beresford and Moore Park, coming to Rocanville in 1925. Ile worked for various farmers until 1939, when he joined the armed forces.

In 1945 he returned to Rocanville. Mr. Nugent is survived by his wife, Nellie: two sons. Bob of Lynn Lake and Bill at home, and a sister. BBOWATZKEWOLSELEY (Special)--Funeral service was held here recently for llollis Carl Browatzke.

54. Mr. Browatzke was born at Warm ley and had been a dock worker and longshoreman at Vancouver since 1954. He is survived by his moflier. Mrs.

G. Browatzke of Regina: five brothers and five sisters. II I OBERDERFER MOOSE JAW (S a I f) Funeral vic for Carl Oberderfer, 62, of Clay bank was held in this city. Born in Russia, Mr. Oberderfer moved to the Clay bank district in 1929 and ranched and farmed until moving into town in 1961.

Hes survived by a brother and a sister. LACKEY WEYBURN (Staff) Funeral service was held recently for Clifford W. Lackey, 67, of Weyburn and formerly of Creelman. A resident of Saskatchewan since 1904, Mr. Lackey farm.

ed in the Creelman district until he retired to Weyburn in 1966. He served as an adjuster with the Municipal Hail Association for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Stella of Weyburn; three sons, Glen, Herman and Darwin; his mother, Mrs. Mary Lackey of Weyburn and a brother. LANGLOIS WOLSELEY (Special) Funeral service for Mrs.

Clairina Adele Lang lois, 77, was held in this community. Born at Bedford, Maine, she married Gedeon Joseph Lang lois at St. -Ferdinand, in 1914. They came to the Wolseley district in 1918 and retired to town 10 years ago. Besides her husband she is survived by seven sons.

Maurice of Indian Head, Valers of North Battleford, Paul of Bethune, Armand and Law. ranee, both of Wolseley, nel of Thetford Mines. Que. and Raymond of Vancouver; seven daughters, Airs. Irene Dubey, Mrs.

Marie Zaba and Alice, all of Wolseley, Mrs. Rose Tourigny of Storthoaks, Mrs. Rita Winter and Mrs. Theresa Warner, both of Indian Head and Mrs. Cecile Kraushar of three brothers; three sisters; 88 grandchildren and 18 great.

grandchildren. PERRIS MONTMARTRE (Special) Funeral service for Harvey H. Perras, 59, of Regina, a longtime resident of this community, was held here. Born at Montmartre, he lived in that community until eight years ago when he moved to Regina. He is survived by his wife; six sons, Hercule of Mouse Jaw, Armand and Antoine, both of Regina, and Jean Adrien and Jerome, all of Montmartre; a daughter, Mrs.

Dale Hipiner of Regina; four brothers; two sisters and six HENDERSON MEYRONNE (Special) Funeral service for Robert Henderson, 69, was held centlY Mr. Henderson was born in Ireland and came to Canada in 1927. He farmed in the Meyronne and Woodrow dis Diets. He is survived by a brother. IJESILK CANORA (Special) Funeral service for John Hesiuk, 81, was held recently at Stenen.

Born in the Western Ukraine, he attended school there. He served in the Austrian army for six years, mwried in 1922 and in 1928 came to Canada, settling in the Stenen district. He and his wife retired to live at Stenen in 1958. Mr. Hesiuk is survived by his wife, Tekla.

DEMOFSKY CANORA (Special) Funeral service for Mrs. Pearl Demofsky, 81, was held here recently. Born in Russia, Pearl Hrooshkin came to Canada with her parents in 1898 to settle in the Veregin district In 1908 'she married Peter Demotsky. They lived in the community until 1914, when they moved to a homestead in the same district. They retired in 1930 and moved to Canora.

Besides her husband, she is survived by four sons, Peter and Fred, both of Kelowna, B.C., William of Calgary and Mike of Whitewood: a daughter, Mrs. Mary Krukoff of Canora; a sister, 11 grand. children and a 1 I VP 4t) VI 1 itt WI g9 1 44t' os 11 fult CI; NU ek 16.7 ipaffotosaM-15 I t4 14, '11 vaw Aw V.41ki, 1.. 141 4 ilt.4. '7 ....1 i 0 3:.

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Mrs. Crook was born in Poland, married Alexander Crook in 1907, and came to the Little Woody district, where her husband had homesteaded, in 1912. She resided on the farm until 1965 when she moved to Regina. She is survived by two sons, Stanley of Moose Jaw and Frank of Lisieux: four daughters, Anne of Calgary, Vicki of Regina, Mrs. A.

W. Kratts of Qu'Appelle and Mrs. Errol Young of Springfield, and 10 grandchildren. BARNSLEY ASSINIBOIA (Special)Funeral service for William Hubert Barnsley, 85, was held recently. Mr.

Barnsley was born in South Africa and was raised here, continuing his educalion in England. In 1906 he came to Canada and homesteaded in the Congress district, farming until 1947 when he retired to Reddiff. Alta. lie is survived by his wife, Aimie; a son, 1Villiam of Congress; a daughter, Mrs. Glen Coby of Avon lea; five brothers; two sisters, and our grandchildren.

ELVILLE ASSINIBOIA (Special)---Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Melville, 81, was held here recently. Mrs. Melve, aformer resident of Assinibola; and recently of Grande Prairie, was born in Scotland. and married there in 1919 to John Martin Melville.

They came to Canada in 1924, residing at Fleming and Moose Jaw before 'settling in Assiniboia in 1926. In 1963, following the death of her husband, Mrs. Melville moved to Revelstoke, B.C., residing there for about a year, and then moved to Grande Prairie. She is survived by a son, Martin of Valley View, a daughter, Mrs. James Burn of Revelstoke; two sisters, and five grandchildren.

CAMPAGNE WILLOW BUNCH (Special) Funeral. service for Pierre Campagne, 88, was held here recently. Mr. Campagne was born in France and came with his parents to the Willow Bunch dis. trict in 1907, where they home' steaded.

Ile married Marie Anne Gaudet in 1915 at Wauchope and they farmed and ranched at Willow Bunch un1946, when he retired to town, He is survived by his wife; seven sons, Raymond of Bauch, Henri of St. Marcel and John, both of Vancouver, Charles of Louis of and George of Calgary; daughters, Mrs. Charles of Wauchope, Mrs. Marshall of Flin Hon Mrs. George Young of 35 and two eour Iv WARNER KENNEDY (Special) Funeral service for Mrs.

Vera Victoria Warner, 74, was held here recently. Mrs. Warner was born at Pierson, and moved to Winnipeg with her parents. She completed her education there, and worked for nine years as a secretary and translator for a French firm in Winnipeg. She married Willie Warner in 1927 and they moved to a farm in the i3elleville district near Kennedy.

In 1971 she moved to Lakeside Home at Wolseley. Mrs. Warner is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Tom Muir and Mrs. George Berglund.

both of Kennedy; three sisters, and three grandchildren. GRAVES McCORD (Special) Funeral service for Charles Graves, 76, was held in this community. Mr. Graves as born in England. He moved to Quebec when he was four years old.

He came to the AlcCord district in 1910 to farm. In 1971 he retired to Lafleche. He is survived by a son, Arthur of Lafleche and two sisters. I. I I (1)0k Cilli riles! CHAN LARECHE (Special) Ftineral service for George 39, was held recently.

Mr. Chan was born in China, 'and came to Canada in 1951. was married to Tarn in 1961 in Hong Kong, and returned to Latleche, operating the Snack Bar Cafe with his father. lie is survived by his wife; Ave sons, Ricky, Steven, Kenny and Johnny, all of 7.Lafleche; his father, Wing 7Chan of Lafleche, and a in Hong Kong. VAREY IVOLSELEY (Special) Funeral service for Mrs.

Muriel Lenora Varey, 19, was held here recently. Born at IVolseley, she marred Delbert Varcy at Wo Iseley in 1922. Mrs. Varey was a member of the United Church Women and the Homemakers' club. Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs.

Harry Barnettof WolseIcy, Mrs. J. W. Rumpel of Regina, Mrs. Vernon Sch lamp of Grenfell and Mrs.

Murray Brown of Winnipeg; two sisters; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. JONES ED ELE (Special) Funeral service for David Charles Jones, retired farmer, was recently held at Indian' Head. Born in Wales in 1883, Mr. Jones came to Toronto in 1901 and moved to the Balcarres-Abernethy area in 1910. Ile married Alma Colton in 1922 following service in the First World War and they farmed in the Edgeley district.

They retired to the village in 1966. Besides his wife he is survived by four sons, Mervin of Edgeley, Lloyd of Indian Head and Eldon and Kenneth, both of Regina; three daughters, Mrs. Audrey Williamson of A vonhurst, Mrs. Phyllis Came- ron of Arcola and Miss Gwen Jones of Regina: a brother and 17 grandchildren. DEMCHENKO MAPLE CREEK (Special) Funeral service for Ann Dcmchenko, of the Saskatchewan Training School at Moose Jaw.

was held in this community. Born in North Dakota, Miss Demchenko moved to the Arbana district in'1913, with her parents, and later lived in Maple Creek. She had been in the school at Moose Jaw since the early 1940s. She is survived by a brother and six sisters. THOMPSON MAPLE CREEK (Special) Funeral service for Nets Andrew Thompson, 75, a retired farmer of Robsart, was held at Maple Creek.

Born in Denmark, he moved, with his parents. to North Dakota, at an early age. Following his marriage at Valley City. N.D., he moved to Robsart district in 1928. lie is survived by three suns, Marvin of Fernie.

B.C., Arlo of Maple Creek, and Leslie James of Edmonton; a daughter, Meldinger of Edmonton; a sister and 13 grandchildren. MeCORMICK WOLSELEY (SpeciahFu'tend service for Airs. Gladys Anne McCormick, 77, was held in this community. Born at Burford. she married Frank William McCormick at Winnipeg in 1031 und they moved to farm in the Carr district.

They retired to Wolseley in 1962. Mrs. McCormick was active in the United Church Women and the Poplar Grove Club. Besides her husband 811e. is survived by a daughter, Mrs.

Don Edgar of IVolseley and three grandchildren. SKIRINSKY CANNA (Special) Fa-twill service for Mike Skibinsky. 99, was held at Canora. Born near Donwell, Mr. Skihinsky attended East Scalat School and farmed, u'ith his parents.

lie married Nellie Wrona at Donwell in 1921 and they settled on it farm near Burgis. He is survived by his wife: four sons, Carl, Donald and Now, new Chic lets are bursting with co. lour! And more flavour too! Spearmint green, cherry pink, pepsin blue, cinnamon red and extra flavour in every Chiclet. So have yourself some Chiclets; it's a whole new gum! ANDERSON KINCAID (Special)Funeral. service for Harold Philo Anderson, 85, was held here recently.

Mr. Anderson, one of the pioneers of the Kincaid district, was born at Pleasington, N.B.. and homesteaded in 1909 at Kincaid. along with two brothers. He was active in community affairs, and retired from farming in 1957, when he moved to the village.

YUNKER LANGENBURG (Special) Funeral service for Henry Yunker, 88, was held here recently. Mr. Yunker was born in Germany and came to Canada in 1907. Ile married Molly Resler in 1916 and they farmed for a number of years in Manitoba, later moving to the Beresina district near Langenburg. They retired in 1958.

Ile is survived by his wife; four sons. Erwin and Walter, both of Langenburg, Henry of Dauphi and 'Rudolph of Toronto: I daughters, Kaye and Mrs. Winnie Scherloski, both of Langenburg, Wilma of Regina, Mary of Winnipeg, Caroline Davies of Vancouver and Mrs. Margaret Stanwood of MOntebello, Cali a brother: 12 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. SISCO MOOSE JAW Olaf) Faneral service for Harold Law-Fence Sisco.

47. of 39 Grand. iew St. E. was held Friday, A member of the local fire department.

Mr. SisA vas born in Stewart Valley and at-limited King George School in moose Jaw, From 1941 to 1945, he served with the armed forces and had been a member of the fire department since 1952. A gradtiate of the Jet plane rescue program. Mr. Sisco also held certificates in mu nicipal hit administration and the St.

John Ambulance first aid course. Predeceased by his father. Gordon, who vas also member of the fire department in the early 1920s, and one brother. he is survived bY his Phyllis, a son, Larry, and a daughter, Nancy, all of Moose Jaw: two sisters, Nh's La brie or Portage la tonic, and NIrs. Ann Xyello of Invermere, two brothers, Gerald of Los Angeles and Gordon of Prince George, and his mother, Edna, of Calgary.

URION ROCKGLEN (Special) Fa. neral service I'as held here for Ralph Waldo Urton, 82. Mr. Urton was born at Tref'. ton, Mo.

and in 1913 came to Assiniboia, where he worked as a carpenter. He married Anna Far land in 1918 and they homesteaded in the Bordervale School district. They moved to Rockglen 18 years ago. Mr. Urton served as a trust.

ye on Bordervale School dis. trict for a number of years. lie is survived by his rife, Anna, and a sister. VAXIX CANORA (Special) Fu. neral service for GregorS Vanin, 97, of Canora was held at Kainsack.

Born in Russia, Vanin attended school there and in 1893 married Barbara Cheren. lion They farmed in Russia and in 1905 settle(' in the ly area. They returned to Russia for a few years and came back to Canada in 1913. They came to the Kamsack area in 1928 to farm. Ile rc tired to C111101.8.

lie is survived by a son, James of Winnipeg: two daughters, Mrs. Anne Born. koff of San Francisco and Mrs. Margaret Chernoff of Canorat seven grandchildren and 10 great.grandchildrcn, k0ImMe tt NC min CURRENT (Staff) Funeral service for Duane Oliver 09, retired hain er, or 377 211d Ave. was held here, Born at Devil's Lake, N.1)-.

Dailey Iffillligrated to Canada with his parents in 1911, Following his marriage in 1940, he settled on a farm in the Vesper district until retirement in 1904, when lily. and Airs, Dancy moved to Swift Current. Ile is survived by his wife, ROSS SWIFT CURRENT (Staff). I Funeral service for NI S. Ross, 84, of Antelope, Was hell at Gull Lake.

alorn at Wessington, S.D., i Mrs. Ross came to Canada in :1911 following her marriage, settling on a homestead in the district until retireonent in 1971. She is survived by two sons, 'Albert and Harold, both of the 1 Antelope district: a daughter, Alary Miller of Gull a brother; a sister; six and a BEGLAt: SWIFT CURRENT (Stall) service for Artimr fleglau. 51. of 79Sth Ave.

N.V.., held here. Born in Halton, NB Beg lau at Ernto Id, later mot. to Nloose Jaw in 1942, aid Swift Current in 1966. lie a member of the St. Olaf Church in Swift lie is survived by his wife.

two sons, Edward of 1MaNialion and Gerald of Leth. two brothers: a sis 'ter and four grandchildren, MIEN SWIFT CURRENT (Staf0 iFuneral service. for Mrs. Mar. Olive Nlodien.

39, of- Ad! mind, was held here. Born at Shit UtIM'on, 'Mrs. had resided on a farm In the Admiral district since. in 1951. Site is survived by her Edwin: two sons.

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