Dhaliwal-Sumra, Mandy
Mandy Dhaliwal-Sumra December 4, 1982 – November 4, 2012 It’s been a year since you’ve been gone and it feels like yesterday you were here. They say time heals all wounds, but time doesn’t heal, it just gives you a chance to get stronger to deal with reality. Born December 4, 1982 in Kamloops, she […]
Longdo, Dorothy
1928~2012 Dorothy Genevieve Longdo born Ribstone Alberta. Dorothy was an outstanding teacher and taught in five different provinces as she and her husband Vern moved about following his mining engineering profession. Education was her passion, and she was a very effective and respected teacher. Dorothy was dedicated to her family and found the time and […]
Wood, Betty Anne
was born in Toronto. She, and her husband Fred, were transferred to Winnipeg, where she assisted with a ‘Brownie” group as a ‘Brown Owl”. They retired to Tappen in 1978. Betty, as she was known, volunteered with the Salmon Arm Food Bank. She was a people person and soon became the manager, retiring after fifteen […]
Wayslow, John
was born in Saskatchewan. He worked at Kodak Canada for 15 years at the coast then moved to Salmon Arm where he was employed at Mainline Co‐Op and Revelstoke Building Supplies. John and wife June operated the Glen‐Echo resort. John will be remembered by friends as ‘Mr Fix It’. His love for family and generous […]
Walton, Ronald Bertram
was a British Columbian by birth. He served his country in WWII serving in the R.C.A. during that conflict. Spent his working life after the service in the lumber industry. Ron loved gardening, making wine, and spending time alone fishing on Shuswap Lake. He was a proficient fisherman winning several fishing derbies.
Wainwright, James Ross ‘Jim’
was born in Toronto but moved to Victoria to attend Royal Roads Military College. He met his wife Ramona there and he entered the life insurance profession. He moved through his career and eventually retired to Salmon Arm. Jim loved to spend time at the cottage, sailing, boating, woodworking and visiting with neighbours. He enjoyed […]
Villeneuve, Emile
was a prairie boy that had a deep love for the sea. Emile who was affectionately known as “Captain” by friends and neighbours of the Gardom Lake area where he retired. He earned his title after many years at sea visiting many parts of the world. In 1986 he qualified for his pilot’s license and […]
Stroulger, Robert Arthur (Bob)
was born in the Enderby area. He spent most of his life in the Shuswap farming with the exception of 10 years in the Kamloops area. Bob loved the land, his family, his friends, and life in general. He loved fishing, camping and baseball games. He was an accomplished beer maker and enjoyed sharing his […]
Strilchuk, Julian
was a Saskatchewan boy who found his way to BC in depression days to find what ever work he could. He worked picking fruit and on a ranch. He eventually joined a CPR section gang. In the late 30’s he homesteaded in the Grindrod area where he farmed until retirement, interrupted only by service in […]
Sneve, Diana
was born in Vancouver. She and her husband Ray lived in the Sorrento area for many years. Though she had no family of her own she very much enjoyed her nieces and nephews and numerous other relatives and friends. She was taken much to soon with cancer and passed in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.