It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bea Stevenson. She passed away at the Esterhazy hospital on December 13, 2025. Bea was born on May 22, 1932; a daughter to Johanus Jacobus Marinus Roggeveen and Ethel Clare Olson in the Galahad Hospital in Alberta. Bea was the third child of seven children. Bea grew up on a farm about twelve miles southeast of Sedgewick, Alberta. She learned to do chores at an early age; feeding chickens and pigs and milking cows before attending ...

Valerie Ferne Soltys of Erickson, MB passed away April 25th, 2026, at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, MB at the age of 71. Valerie was born on June 17th, 1954, in Erickson, MB. She was the only daughter of Roger and Leona Larson. Her baby brother Maurice Verne was born in 1959. He was, in her mind, her first baby. Valerie was raised on the family farm in Hilltop and lived there until she married Alan Soltys on October 14, 1972. Alan and Valerie started their family in 1978 with the birth ...

Bea (Beatrice Howie) Huber (Mom) was born in Tantallon, Sask., October 4, 1932.  She was the 3rd oldest of the 9 children born to Cecil and Ellen Howie.  Mom grew up in Tantallon and on the Irvine farm 6 miles west of Tantallon and on the Ormiston farm just northwest of Tantallon. She attended a rural school and the Tantallon school.  When Mom was 17, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis.  She entered Fort San in 1949 and came out in 1952.  During her stay they had to ...

Jodi is predeceased by grandparents Debbie Bearbull and Kirk Williams, paternal grandfather Fred Sittingbull and great grandfather Mason Williams, and Brother Leonidas Bear. She is survived by her children Kridance and Shawnti, mother Tara Bearbull, father Wendell Bunn, children’s father Josh Elk, siblings Julio Bearbull, Christine Bunn, Kaycee Bunn, Trinity and Sirus Clark, Paris, Sia, and Phoenix Bear, Great Kunshi  Margaret Williams, Grandparents Janice and Yvonne Bearbull, ...

Armand (Elmer) Boucher passed away peacefully on May 31, 2026, at the Brandon Hospital. He was surrounded with love and support from his wife and family. Elmer was born at Ste. Madeleine, in 1935, the third child of Joseph and Agnes (Cote) Boucher. When the family moved to the Bittner Place, Elmer attended Gambler School. In 1942, the family moved to the Binscarth area and Elmer attended Baldwin School. He worked with Russell Johnston Construction and then started farming with his father. ...

Phillip Otto Duchek was born in Esterhazy, SK. On October 25, 1955. He passed away suddenly at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre on May 26, 2026 at the age of 70. Phillip was predeceased by his loving wife Linda (Bolen), both of his parents Hans and Linda Duchek and his in-laws Alec and Helen Bolen. He is survived by his sons Kyle and Chanse Duchek, his daughter Stephanie (Mark) Briggs and his grandchildren Phyllicia, JR, Luke, Ezra, Bronwynn, Astrid, and Orion. Also left to mourn are his ...