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Russell (Russ) Vernon Browell

Russell Vernon Browell Born March 19, 1929 Passed February 25, 2015 Russ passed away peacefully at Kootenay Lake Hospital on Wednesday February 25, 2015 after a brief illness.  He was born and raised in Canyon BC.  He began his career as a heavy equipment operator for the Department of Highways in 1947.  He met his wife Barb...

Dorothy Kathleen (Rowe) Cote

DOROTHY KATHLEEN (ROWE) COTE Born January 24, 1917 Died February 20, 2015.  Mother, Grandmother, Great and Great Great Grandmother.  Dorothy was born in Rossland to Ethel and Andrew Rowe. Her Mother died when she was 8 months old and she was loved and nurtured by her Grandmother, Ellen Rowe in Nelson. In 1936 she married LeRoi...

Kiraly, Doris Mae

Doris Mae Kiraly (nee Cheveldave) October 19, 1940-February 18, 2015 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Cousin and friend, Doris Mae Kiraly (Bubba). Mom Passed away peacefully surrounded and held by all of her children and extended family at ...

Karen Elizabeth Nelson

Karen Elizabeth Nelson 1944 - 2015 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Karen Elizabeth Nelson (nee Surina) on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, after a short stay at the Kootenay Lake Hospital.  She was born in Nelson, BC on March 5, 1944 to John and Lib Surina, along with big brother Ken.  Karen came from a ...

Melitta Ida Brewster

In Loving MemoryMelitta Brewster March 25, 1908  -  January 19, 2015 Melitta Taube was born, the seventh of nine children, in the beautiful pastoral Silesian area of Germany just north of the RiesenGebirge Mountains on the Czechoslovakian border (now Poland). Her father was a farmer and veterinarian. She grew up in the shadow...

Vivian Iris Perrier

Vivian Iris Perrier   December 4, 1930 – January 12, 2015   It is with great sadness that the family announces Vivian passed away peacefully at Jubilee Manor.   Vivian was born in Innisvail Alberta and moved to Nelson at age 16, where she met Joseph Perrier and they married on June 23rd 1953. After 61 years of a loving marriage,...

Lehrke, Mabel

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on January 13, 2015 of Mabel Lehrke, beloved wife, mother, Oma, Baba, sister, aunt and friend.  Born in Saskatchewan, on January 23rd, 1928, she lived most of her life in British Columbia, between Nelson and Nanaimo.  Mabel is survived by her loving husband Hans Lehrke, ...

Poulin, Raymond Eugene

It is with deep sadness that the family announces the passing of Ray on January 13, 2015 in Vernon B.C. Born in Nelson, B.C. on September 19, 1932, he is predeceased by his parents Eugene and Alma Poulin and his sister Jeanette. He is survived by his sisters Rosella, Lorraine, Delphine, and his brothers Mark, Pat, and Gerry;...

Colin Horwood

Colin Horwood March 5, 1941 - December 21, 2014   Colin was born in England in 1941 in the midst of WW2. Seeking safety, his mother fled from London to Carlisle in northern England where Colin was born. Ten years later, and after the arrival of two sisters, the family immigrated to Canada in 1951. They lived in Lethbridge for...

Agnes Bertha Lavina Pickering

Agnes Bertha Lavina Pickering 1920 - 2014 Long time Granite Road resident Agnes Pickering passed away peacefully December 29, 2014 at Talarico Place in Castlegar, where she resided since September this past year. She was blessed to live 94 happy healthy years.   Agnes was born in Maple Creek, Sask., June 9, 1920.  Her parents...

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