All Obituaries

ANDERSON - Margaret "Helen" Anderson nee Campbell passed away on March 23, 2021 in Leader, Saskatchewan. She was born July 4, 1927 in Empress, Alberta. Helen met her husband, Arthur "Bill" Anderson and later married him in October of 1951. Helen and Bill lived on their farm in Sceptre for many years, working hard and raising their family. Helen is survived by her daughter Jill (Bob) Jensen, son Bert (Heather) Anderson, and grandchildren Ashley and Sarah Anderson,...

STETAR, Louis 1931 – 2021 Louis Stetar was born in the Consul area, 1931. At the precious age of 90, he sadly passed away in his sleep at the Southwest Integrated Healthcare Facility in Maple Creek on March 13, 2021.   Louis was the son of Thomas and Anna Stetar from Slovakia who established their family farm in1912 south of Consul.  Following in his dad’s footsteps Louis was a hard-working farmer/rancher.   Looking after cows, which he had...

Flora Lillian Retterath 1922-2021   Flora Retterath passed away in her own home in Maple Creek on Sunday, March 7, 2021 at the age of 98, one week before her 99th birthday.   She is survived by her daughter Loretta Briggs, her son Vern (Sandra) Retterath and their children Travis (Jenean) Retterath & Nicole (Greg) Moyer, her daughter Brenda (Harold) Moorhead and their children Kristina Moorhead & Jody (Jared) Metz, her daughter Roxanne (Jim) Feil and their children Skye...

Vera Barbara Gold (nee Rezansoff) passed away on Friday March 6, 2021 at the age of 85 years, beloved wife of the late Robert (Bob) Gold. Left to cherish her memory her children, Jane Klug (David) of Medicine Hat Alberta, Donna Rodin of Medicine Hat Alberta, Janet (Ken) Dillabaugh of Swift Current Saskatchewan, Debbie Christian of Regina Saskatchewan, Jim Gold of Medicine Hat Alberta, Barb Tisnic (Garry) of Medicine Hat Alberta, Marcie (David) Holderness of Strathmore Alberta and Jeff...

Lela Leora Schmidt, 90, of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of February 28, 2021. She was proud to be the wife of Arnold Schmidt, founder of Schmidt Flour Inc., whom she married at age 79. Leora was born on a farm in Ridgetown, Ontario. She attended Ridgetown District High, Oshawa Missionary College, Atlantic Union College, and Andrews University, where she received a Bachelors Degree in Education. She had many talents and...

Clare was born in Eastend, Saskatchewan, on April 30, 1949 the blue eyed baby boy of Lewie and Edie Backman. He grew up on the Backman homestead quarter, SE 4-6-26 W 3rd just north of Vidora near Cypress Lake. His world was full with an extended family of cousins, nephews and nieces and even an old bachelor uncle, Arthur Backman that as an adult, Clare realized he tormented more than he should have. From the start he had no time for livestock and gravitated towards the mechanical. As the...

Oscar Bernhard Hammer October 11, 1926 to February 11, 2021 Passed away at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan after a short hospital stay. Oscar was born at the NW-35-13-27-W3 to Clemens and Meta (Schmidt) Hammer, along with his twin brother, Oswald.  He was raised in the Thunder Hill District, south of Golden Prairie, Saskatchewan.    He, along with his brother, farmed with their father on the original homestead where he lived until he retired to Maple Creek in the fall of...

Nancy passed away peacefully at the Regina General Hospital on Monday, February 8th, 2021. Nancy was born and raised on the White Bear First Nation moved to Nekaneet F.N. and later moved to Regina. She is survived by her 2 daughters Yvonne (John), and Phyllis (Mike), her sister Jean, 13 grandchildren, and 31 great grandchildren. She is welcomed into Heaven by her partner Carl, her mother Isabel Bigstone (Peltier), her father John Baptiste Peltier, her brothers Johnny, Raymond,...