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Veteran Barbara Webster was far too busy living to worry about housekeeping

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Post published:November 12, 2024
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Barbara Louise Webster: Athlete. Matriarch. Veteran. Fashionista. Born Aug. 1, 1919, in Toronto; died June 18, 2024, in Guelph, Ont., from natural causes; aged 104.Open this photo in gallery:Barbara WebsterCourtesy…

Artist Sheena Fraser McGoogan loved to create in her backyard ‘she-shed’

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Post published:November 6, 2024
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Sheena Fraser McGoogan: Artist. Teacher. Amateur Genealogist. Wanderer. Born Feb. 7, 1947, in Montreal; died Aug. 4, 2024, in Kitchener, Ont., of mantle-cell cancer; aged 77.Open this photo in gallery:Sheena…

Family was everything for Anka Konjevic – but there was no way the kids were getting a pet

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Post published:October 29, 2024
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Anka Konjevic: Baba. Cook. Immigrant. Matriarch. Born Oct. 25, 1926, in Brlog, Lika; died June 21, 2024, in Wallaceburg, Ont., of dementia; aged 97.Open this photo in gallery:Anka KonjevicCourtesy of…

Lawrence MacEachern taught himself the fiddle, something his kids didn’t always appreciate

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Post published:October 24, 2024
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Lawrence MacEachern: Fisherman. Handyman. Leader. Fiddler. Born July 16, 1935, in Creignish, N.S.; died July 14, in Antigonish, N.S., after a stroke; aged 88.Open this photo in gallery:Lawrence MacEachernCourtesy of…

Daniel Mackie loved a good story and lived a life worthy of an adventure novel

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Post published:October 14, 2024
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Daniel Arthur Mackie: Pilot. Writer. Inventor. Grandpa. Born Feb. 10, 1937, in Kimberley, B.C.; died March 15, 2024, in North Vancouver, B.C., from diabetes-related kidney failure; aged 87.Open this photo…