Mark Hopkins, 39, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Sunday, June 24, 2001. Mark was born in Iroquois Falls, Ont. on Aug. 11, 1961. He currently was working at Lakeland Personnel. He was an avid sports lover who enjoyed hockey, baseball, fishing, and golf. Mark was married to Sandy […]
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Rachel Violet Ducharme, 95, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Monday, July 2, 2001. She was born Jan. 3, 1906 in Sleeman, Ont. to the late Lionel George and Rachel Jane Armstrong. Violet attended high school in Rainy River. […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
As George Armstrong slipped into eternity here last week, it could be imagined, as suggested in this space, that Atlantis truly was being reborn. Such a celebration as never before seen at this end of the Causeway that George created occurred all week. It was as if it had awaited […]
Milt Guba
this Week In Emo
this Week In Emo
Albert and Carolyn (nee Kaemingh) Strydhorst and their children, Jessica, Andrea, and Kristin, who are missionaries to Nigeria, have been in the community for the past two weeks as guests of her parents, Henry and Thea Kaemingh. They will be leaving shortly for British Columbia. During coffee hour at the […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Did you know consumers are fuelling a 20 percent annual growth rate in pharmaceuticals in North America? If you have stocks, you may have benefited from that. But natural products have been edged out of the media spotlight, and languish on the shelves. After a decade of double-digit growth, vitamin, […]
When I chose to retire several years ago, I ended a 25-year career in the same institution, but I was not given the traditional gold watch. What I was given, instead, was all the time in the world and very little money. In the beginning, I never meant to retire. […]
In loving memory of Dorothy Biggs, 71, of Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2001 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Dorothy was predeceased by her husband, Bob; father; Cliff; son, Robbie; special friend, Jim Donovan; brother, Bud; brother-in-law, Barry; and nephew, Dana. She will […]
With great sadness and regret the family wishes to announce that local business man and legend George Armstrong passed away peacefully al LaVerendrye Hospital on Thursday, June 28, 2001, with his family at his side. George Ansley Armstrong was born to Sarah and Edward Armstrong on November 27, 1915, on […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Marcel Joseph Lavigne announce his sudden passing on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He leaves behind his spouse, Irene Bobczynski; son, Jody Lavigne and wife, Renee; daughter, Marcelle and husband, David Crosley, of Vancouver, […]
