STELLA KEAST

(Way-u-Beek-Moose Dodamin)
It is with sadness that the family of Stella Keast (nee Nash), 62, announces her passing on Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Man.
Stella was a member of Northwest Angle 37 First Nation and lived in Fort Frances, Ont.
Born Jan. 22, 1943 to Peterson and Evelyn Nash, Stella developed a passion for learning. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont. in the late 1990s and completed two years of Law School at Ottawa University before being stricken with liver disease in 1998.
Her family was everything to Stella.
She is survived by her husband, Eric Robert, and son, Eric Christian, both of Fort Frances, Ont.; and daughters, Shawna Lynn and Georgette Holly of Ottawa, Ont.
Also surviving are her sister and brother-in-law, Irene and Paul Cowley, and sister, Dorothy, and their children and grandchildren, all of their children; her uncle, Charlie Nash and aunt, Nora Nash, all of Northwest Angle 37, Ont.; brother- and sister-in-law, Carl and Lynn Hutman and their children; brother-in-law, Claire Hutman; her father and mother-in-law, Charlie and Jan Hutman; and brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Mary Anne Keast and their children.
Stella was predeceased by her father, Peterson; mother, Evelyn; paternal grandparents, John Nash and Annie Hunter; maternal grandparents, Charlie Oshie and Mrs. Copenace-Oshie; sisters, Eva, Baby, Adeline, Linda, Nancy, and Peggy; cousins, Clara Namaypoke and Mavis Paypompee; uncles, Walter Oshie and Jimmy Oshie; aunt Mary Major; niece, Jennifer Melody Cameron; and her mother and father-in-law, Edith Hutman and George Keast.
A wake with be held Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at noon at the Northwest Angle 37 Community Complex on Regina Bay near Whitefish Bay. A traditional service will take place there on Thursday, March 2, 2006 at noon.
Is so desired, in memoriam donations may be made to the Liver Foundation of Canada, 2235 Sheppard Ave. E., Toronto, Ont., M2J 5B5.