Obituaries

RUTH MARIE PAETZ, beloved educator, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully at home in Lethbridge, Alberta, surrounded by her loving family, on Friday, April 19th, 2024. She was 90 years old.

In Loving Memory of STANISLAUS “STAN” RACH  July 21, 1931 – April 13, 2024  It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Stan, our “Sonnenschein,” beloved husband, Papa, Opa, brother, uncle, and, friend, who left us on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at the age of 92.

JOYCE FRASER SARSFIELD (née PATTERSON), of Lethbridge, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at the age of 93 years. Her husband of 70 years, Leslie Sarsfield, had died three days earlier.

BERNARD “BERNIE” KLEIN passed away in St. Michael’s Palliative Care Unit on April 17, 2024 after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Leask, Saskatchewan on June 11, 1935.

JAMES “JIM” G. HOFER, of Welling, husband of the late Esther Hofer, passed away surrounded by family in Raymond, Alberta, on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the age of 75 years.

KATHERINE LUCILLE WILSON, of Lethbridge, AB, passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at the age of 61 years.  

KENNETH CYRIL MOORE, beloved husband of the late Phyllis Moore, of Lethbridge, AB, passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital, surrounded by loving family on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the age of 97 years.  

Pookiitsitapiakii/Little IndianGirl  Margaret Marie Taypotat (Spear Chief) passed away peacefully on April 12, 2024 in Lethbridge Alberta at the age of 63. She was better known as Marie to everyone. She was born at the Blood Indian Hospital in Cardston, Alberta, to the late Allen and Isabel Spear Chief on February 24, 1961. 

LESLIE IRVINE SARSFIELD, of Lethbridge, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024 at the age of 93 years. 

Our sweet mother WILLEMYNTJE (MEINY) VELDHUIZEN passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at the age of 90 to meet her Lord and Savior.