Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Poor Jack never stood a chance. In fact, Gen. Custer faced better odds at the Little Big Horn. Jack Tynan, as some of you may know, is leaving Fort Frances for a reporting job in Missouri and, as is tradition here at the Times, there was a going away party […]
As Canada sends our soldiers to war again, I’d recommend that they should be given opportunity to meet Albert Carrier, a great Fort Frances fighter. Coffeeing with Albert here a week ago, I gained fresh respect for him as a survivor as well as a very unique personality. Know anyone […]
Anyone wanting advance tickets to the Borderland Thunder games in Fort Frances, you can now get them at Variety Village here in Emo. It is better than standing in line at the Memorial Sports Centre. What would you do if you received a car for your birthday? Well, without mentioning […]
I love to walk barefoot in the summertime and feel the grass tickle my toes. And I love to walk barefoot in the winter and feel the softness and the warmth of the rug on the bottoms of my feet. I love to let my dishes go without washing while […]
Kathryn Adele Meyers, loving wife of Gordon, beloved mother of Grant (Lucinda) and Kim (Geoff), and sister-in-law of Bernice, passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2001 after a long struggle with emphysema. Adele was born in Emo, Ont. to Grant and Vera Littlefield (nee Reid). She was predeceased by her parents; […]
In loving memory of Felix Seguin, 84, of Pinewood, Ont., who passed away peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001 at the Rainy River Hospital in Rainy River, Ont. Felix was born Nov. 12, 1916 in Nelles Township, Ont. to the late Francois Xavier and Emelie Seguin. He grew up in the […]
Willmar Hendrickson, 68, of Dawson Township, Ont., passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001 at the Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. He was born May 12, 1933 in Wilson Creek, Atwood Township, Ont. to the late Charles and Bertha Hendrickson. Willmar spent most […]
Mrs. Rosie Ka-toke Bob (nee Madden) passed away peacefully at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Friday, Oct. 26, 2001. She was born in 1915 in the Lake of the Woods area before making her home and raising her family on the Sabaskong Reserve near Nestor Falls, Ont. […]
Alfreda Christina Nadon, 89, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Feb. 11, 1912 in Virginia, Mn. to the late Frederick and Anna Haglund. Mrs. Nadon moved at […]
Vera Mary “Budd” Perkins, 85 years young, slipped away quietly and peacefully Sunday, October 21, 2001, to be with her special angels, Milt and Bonnie. Mother was surrounded by her family and much love. She is now finally “bright eyed and bushy tailed” once again and on her way home. […]
