DYKSTRA–Born to Ed and Reta, nee Kamerman, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Julia Sydney, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on January 26, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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HELEN LABATCH On Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at the Riverside Health Care Facility in Emo, Ont., Helen Labatch, 81, peacefully passed away with her daughter, Judy Labatch, by her side. Funeral service and interment will be held at a later date. A complete obituary to follow. If desired, in memoriam […]
Dear editor: We want to extend our thanks to the producers, crew, and cast of the VALA Variety Show. The production was so entertaining—lots of local talent. We laughed so hard we cried. The time and devotion this production took is really appreciated. I know I will never hear the […]
Dear editor: We write on behalf of the Right Relations Circle of Rainy River District—a group seeking to improve relationships between First Nations and the descendants of non-aboriginal settlers—to express our support for Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation and our dismay at the positions being taken by Platinex Inc. (a […]
Everyone involved with “A Wacky River Cruise,” this year’s version of the VALA Variety Show, deserves a standing ovation—not just for staging three enjoyable performances on the weekend, but for showing the rest of us how important it is to just have fun. Judging from all the pictures in today’s […]
JACK CALVERT Jack Calvert was born Sept. 19, 1916 and raised by his mother, Gertrude, and father, Ernie, with help from his older sisters, Phyllis and Irene, in Rainy River, Ont. As he was growing up, he spent time with his dad like all boys, doing typical guy stuff. At […]
SIGNEY OLGA JORDAN Signey Olga Jordan, 86, of Fort Frances, ONT., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Oct. 5, 1921 to the late Paul and Nellie Strand in Blackhawk, Ont. Signey was a homebody who enjoyed the company of […]
WENZEL KEPES It is with great sadness that the family of Wenzel Kepes announces his passing on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 in Fort Frances, Ont. Wenzel was born Oct. 30, 1920 in Kislod, Hungary to Antal and Rosalia Kepes. He was united in marriage to Frances Marosi on Feb. 8, […]
Lillian Phyllis Morrisseau, 49, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Lillian was born Feb. 8, 1958 in Atikokan, Ont. She was raised in International Falls, Mn., where she met Richard at an early age and later […]
It is with broken hearts we announce the sudden passing of Robert W. (Buba) Carlson at the age of 48. Dear husband, father, son, brother, and uncle, Rob was a family man who enjoyed hunting but had no patience for fishing. He had a passion in finding anything mechanical that […]
Its not that many Fort Frances residents have a bad memory; just a short one. Less than three years ago, in September, 2005, the town council of the day did not simply appoint John Albanese—the first runner-up in the previous municipal election—to fill the seat vacated by the sudden passing […]
