Kevin Rollason

Sr. Helene Poiron helped many during her 97 years of life. Known as Sister Genevieve to her students, she joined what is now the Sisters of the Saviour in 1948 and taught for almost 30 years before doing mission work in Haiti from 1982 to 2002 #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Gaelan de Wolf had a word for everything. Born in St Boniface, she received a PhD in Canadian English at the University of Victoria. She was co-author of the Gage Abridged Canadian Dictionary and authored a book studying Canadian English #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

As her family says, Saratha Joseph blazed through obstacles to help others. She was a veteran teacher at St Mary’s Academy, a president of the Tamil Cultural Society of MB, and member of the province’s ethnocultural and advocacy council #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Gilbert Nadeau was a farmer but he also was a tinkerer. He was always looking for ways to improve the farm and he would create machinery which didn’t exist. He founded Nadeau Seeds and then invented the Rotary Ditcher #RIP @winnipegfreepress.com passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Peter Frejuk and his family were honoured with the naming of Frejuk Park in 2016. He and his brother were two of the founders of the Transcona Kinsmen and helped develop the Kinsmen Centennial Pool and Crocus Park sports fields cropo.com/tribute/deta...

Royce “TBone” Anderson helped many have happy wedding memories. He was a plumber for more than 35 years when he and his wife decided to transform the homestead in Grosse Isle into the Hitch ‘n Post Country BBQ banquet facility in 1984 #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

You can always change careers - Roger Druwe did. He was working in the offices of CN Rail and had a young family when he decided to go back to school. He went on to be a principal including at Marion School, College Louis-Riel and Ecole Lacerte #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Chuck Henry was a volunteer member of the East St Paul Fire Department for 33 years. He was a gas fitter who also had an active political life - he helped former Premier and later Gov General Ed Schreyer get elected as a MLA #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

That present turned out to be a ring from Mary, sized from the wire he had sent a few months before.

Sarson said that while her dad opened the present, “he leaned back to sit down on a pail just as a shell came over and beheaded several of his men.”

It's a wonderful tradition. My Uncle's lake is in Duck Mountain PP.

One of Manitoba's greatest traditions is honouring their fallen by naming lakes after them.
Proud to say there is a Makichuk Lake in the northwestern part of the province, commemorating my Uncle Mike, a Portage la Prairie boy KIA landing on Juno Beach with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
#RememberThem

Nov 2014: Letters from the trenches Stanley Evan Bowen was just 20, and a few months from going to war, when he became smitten with 19-year-old Mary Irene McNair at a local church. Little did the couple know those brief months of courts...

On Remembrance Day, read about the experiences of one First World War soldier through the many letters he wrote to his sweetheart - later his wife - back home @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war Tucked at the end of a walkway, which dead-ends between the University Centre and the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the University of Manitoba campus, stands a monument in memory of students who n...

ICYMI: here is my Remembrance Day feature about the province’s monuments to past wars - including our living monuments @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Hal Mauthe played varsity basketball at Isaac Newton School while coaching the girls’ teams. He later coached basketball and football teams to championships. He played for the Blue Bombers and is in both the MB Basketball and Sports Halls of Fame #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Ellen Vanstone played volleyball at the University of Winnipeg before taking journalism. She became an editor and award winning writer before writing for TV. She was a co-creator of the hit show Rookie Blue and worked on other shows #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Betty Gyles was married to former chief provincial court Judge Harold, but she held her own in life. She was a nurse, a curler who was president of Highlander Curling Club’s womens’ league, and was known as the Pie Lady for her business #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

David MacDonald died from complications of being bitten by a radioactive spider and then being a crime fighter battling with the criminal known as heart disease. When not Spider-Man, he was a mental health professional, artist and actor #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Sometimes life deals you a bad hand and Kim Burtney got one. She was diagnosed with Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, which is fatal within 4 months to a year. The family thanks the medical and research teams for her complex diagnosis and care #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta....

John Prentice was a legend in folk music here. He volunteered for 50 years at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, helped other folk festivals, hosted Planet MainStage on UMFM, and helped create the documentary “When We Became Folk Fest” #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Susan Hoplock’s happy childhood was marked with tragedy - her dad died when his Trans-Canada Air Lines flight crashed into a mountain when she was 10. She later worked in senior government positions and served two provincial premiers #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

I followed him as a writer when I lived in Winnipeg. Later I followed him on Twitter as had a new life on the Island. He was always so positive and so active. I was very sorry to hear of his Parkinson's but he maintained his fitness in spite of it for a long time. RIP.

Also an avid soccer ref!

Marion Lewis got the Order of Canada for co-founding the Rh Lab and making a huge discovery: a treatment for Rh disease to reduce the mortality rate of babies with it from 50 per cent in the 1940s to almost zero in the developed world #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Nick Martin was at both the London Free Press and Winnipeg Free Press - but it’s a whodunnit if he ever retired. It’s because, after being the education and legislature reporter, he continued to write a mystery book column until he died #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

John Damianakos’ obit says he will be remembered for his honesty and hard work - and he also helped many people have Greek dinners. That’s because he was the J in the J&H Restaurant- his wife Helen was the H - formerly in St James #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Lyle Wilcox had a looong retirement. He worked at the CPR for 42 years and then was retired for 43 - “That can’t be right,” he said. Along the way he created the Railway Memories video series for Shaw Cable and was mayor of Lac du Bonnet #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Christina Henderson went to residential schools in Camperville and Winnipeg. She was proud she was able to retain the Swampy Cree dialect - her first language - despite the efforts of the church and state to eradicate it #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Gerald Levin played the Sport of Kings. He was a skilled polo player internationally ranked for years. He was a founding member of the Royal Winnipeg Polo Club, played in international tournaments and was treasurer of the Canadian Polo Association #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Ray Allan helped sell bread. He began working for McGavin’s Bakery in Winnipeg and rose to be its western regional sales manager for the Prairies. He then founded a distribution company for Mrs. Willman’s Bakery in Calgary until retiring #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Frank Czajka came here due to a bikini bottom. He worked at a club in Chicago when a Canadian dropped it leaving a change room - he picked it up, married her and later was a passionate volunteer who received the King’s Coronation medal #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...