Obituaries

1939 – 2025 Bryan Laverne Dowell was born in Trochu, AB on May 29, 1939 to Myron and Ada Dowell. Bryan’s grandparents arrived in the area with their family from Oklahoma in 1914.

1937 - 2025 Shirley Ritcher (Retzer, Pollock) life began with a surprise—she was one of the first twins ever born at Kelowna General Hospital on March 1st, 1937.

1928 – 2025 Mr. Stanley Peter Hergert of Innisfail, Alberta passed away at the Innisfail Health Centre on Sunday, March 16, 2025 at the age of 96 years. Stanley was born on March 29, 1928 in Calgary, Alberta.

1930 – 2025 It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Jackson, who left us on March 17, 2025, at the age of 94 years. Betty was born on April 19, 1930, in Port Colborne, Ontario.

1940-2025 Shirley Marie Thomas of Olds, AB., born September 7, 1940, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Olds Auxiliary Hospital on March 1, 2025, at the age of 84 years of age.

1940 – 2025 Mr. Harold Eldon Kemtrup was born in Innisfail July 25, 1942 and passed away on March 21, 2025 at the age of 82 years. He completed grade twelve at Red Deer Composite High School.

March 11, 1950 – March 13, 2025 With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Joseph Albert Bigelow, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend.

May 13, 1936 - March 14, 2025 Shirley Mae Hill, 88, of Olds, Alberta, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2025, in Calgary, Alberta. She was born on May 13, 1936 to Margaret Eleanor MacLeod and Charles Purdy Blair in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

1925 – 2025 On Sunday, March 9, 2025, Mrs.

1952 – 2025 It is with saddened hearts that we announce the passing of Norm Bailey at the Red Deer Hospice on March 12, 2025 at the age of 73 years, following a lengthy and very courageous battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis.