Obituaries

Sr. Sylvia Rita Hicks was born June 15, 1943 in St. Jeans, Quebec.  She is the eldest of 13 children born to John and Catherine (nee de Lesseps) Hicks.  After WWII ended, her Dad took a job as an accountant in the oil fields in Colombia. So, the small family moved there. After a few years, they returned to Canada and settled...

There will be a Celebration of Life for Pauline Rutherglen on Saturday, July 22nd from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Balfour Hall on Charles Street in Balfour. See obituary for Pauline Rutherglen here....

Lawrence Edwin Greenlaw was born on April 28, 1936, in the Kaslo Victorian Hospital. He passed away peacefully on April 17, 2023, in the Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson after a ten-year battle with cancer. Larry was born to Malcolm and Mae (Dinney) Greenlaw. He was raised by his mother and stepfather, John Greenlaw, after ...

Bud McKay passed away on April 10, 2023, at home in Balfour, BC.  He was born on April 25, 1941, to William and Blanche McKay (McLain) in Nelson, BC. Bud is survived by his son, Clayton McKay (Charlene) and grandchildren, Cassie and Carissa, as well as his former spouse Valerie McKay (Davidson), nieces and nephews.  Bud was...

Steffany Colins, late of Balfour, BC, passed away the age of 60 in the Trail hospital on April 13, 2023, after a brief illness.  She was predeceased by her mother, Shirley, and sister-in-law Carmen (Frank), father Joseph, and brother Dwaine. Steffany was born in Maple Creek, SK, on August 4, 1962.  Steffany was an active...

Johann Karl Scheer, known as John, passed away in Nelson, BC on April 21,2023. John was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1929. John met and married Ingrid in Germany before coming to Canada in 1958. They started their Canadian life in Calgary, AB, and eventually retired in Nelson which had been their first stop when arriving in...

It is with great sadness that the family of Art Mawer announce his passing on April 13, 2023, with his family by his side. Art was born in Nelson, BC, on December 27, 1937. to Bud (Fred) & Helen Mawer and continued to live in the place he loved for the remainder of his life. In 1962 he married the love of his life Carol...

Fred was born in Nelson BC on July 8, 1932.  His father, David Heddle, died when Fred was only a year old. Raised by his mother, Elizabeth (nee: Miles), he had an abundance of brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles to nourish him with love and care. As a result of these early years family was an important priority and...

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather Al Dawson. Al passed away on April 10th, 2023, at Kootenay Lake Hospital with his family at his bedside. Al was born August 14,1935 in Nelson at KLH to James and Mary Dawson, the youngest of five children....

Robert "Bob" Glenn Messer, 83, passed away peacefully in his sleep at 6:30 p.m., Thursday April 6, 2023.  Bob was born Mother's Day, May 9, 1939, in Trail BC, where in the hospital, the temperature was 40 degrees with no air conditioning. He never did like too warm of weather. He was the second oldest of 4 children - Joan, ...