Obituaries

William Bruce Scott BRUCE The day is soft and warm. A bit of a breeze brings the scent of lilac through my kitchen window. Returning swallow families rush back and forth in furious argument over housing, and a single humming bird has come to the window to remind me to fill the feeder. I’ll sit on the deck with my coffee, but...

Barbara Dawn Hascarl (nee Anderson) Barbara was born May 2, 1937 in Vancouver BC. She suddenly passed away on the 2nd of May, the day of her 78th birthday, after complications following a successful hip replacement. Dawn had been living with her husband of 61 years, Louis Hascarl, at the Seal Bay RV Park in Courtenay BC....

  Roberta Wickens Wickens, Roberta (nee Shenfield) passed away in Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson, BC on March 17th, 2015 after several years of escalating health problems. As Roberta requested, cremation followed without a service.  To celebrate her life, her family has been having informal visits and welcome these at any...

  With sadness we announce the passing of Colin Thomas Champion on April 17, 2015. Colin passed away in Kootenay Lake Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Jean, stepchildren Sandra McCall, Jim (Joan) Tedesco, Terri Tedesco, Linda (Dave) Weaving, Grandchildren  Jamie (Marlo) Tedesco, Tyler ...

  Keith Angus West August 3, 1927 – April 19, 2015 Keith was born in Girvan Saskatchewan at the beginning of the depression in 1927 and it affected his whole life. He was recycling and repurposing long before that became popular. His early life was an apprenticeship for a vast array of skills: farming, gardening, building, ...

Dorothy Nora Bayoff   Dorothy Nora Bayoff passed away on April 9th, 2015 at Mt. Lakes Seniors Community. Dorothy was born in 1914 and would have celebrated her 101st birthday on May 29th. She was born in Grand Forks to Nellie and Alex Chernoff and later resided in the Thrums area where she met and married Walter Bayoff in...

Piercey, Florence Loretta (nee Rideout) April 10, 1926 – March 14, 2015 Florence passed away unexpectedly but peacefully in her home early morning March 14. Florence retried next door to her daughter and grandchildren in New Denver 25 years ago after her 28 year career as a psychiatric nurse in Ontario. She was a Hospice...

Peter passed away peacefully on April 1, 2015. He is survived by his loving wife and best friend Lorelei, his two sons Mike and Kevin, sister Irene, nephews Christopher (Jennie) and Jason and great niece Ava. He is also survived by his mother in law & father in law and countless relatives who lovingly welcomed him into ...

We are saddened to announce the passing of Anna Jacoba Smienk (Sprenger) on March 7, 2015 at Nelson General Hospital. Anna was born in Amsterdam on August 15, 1931 to Anna and Johannes Sprenger and was one of five children. She married the love of her life, Geurt on October 29, 1953 in Putten, the Netherlands. Three children...

Wilford Elroy Sand September 15, 1930 – February 27, 2015 “A man of few words, but when he spoke his words were always worth listening to.” Dad passed peacefully, surrounded by his family, at his home in Mountain Lake Seniors Community in Nelson, BC. He was the oldest of three children born to Bill and Elsie Sand (nee Bird)...