Category Archives: Obituary

Davidson, Elbow, Obituary

LOCKWOOD, Hazel Eileen

October 29, 1919 – February 2, 2018

Hazel Lockwood passed away on February 2, 2018 after living 98 happy years. She was ever grateful for her many blessings. Hazel was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Hudson of Ogema Sask. She had twin brothers, Morley and Mervin. She taught school at Truax, Pangman and Chamberlain. She met farmer Donald Lockwood at a dance at the Davidson airport. They were happily married for 62 years; proud parents of three children – Laurie, Lee and Morley. Don and Hazel lived in Regina for 13 years when Don was Vice-President of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and returned to Davidson to retire. They were fortunate to travel extensively over the years and live as “snowbirds” for 20 winters in California. Hazel actively enjoyed volunteer work, music, china painting, curling, bridge, golf and writing family history. She moved to Saskatoon after Donald’s death in 2006. Hazel was also predeceased by her son Laurie in 2010 and son-in-law Dale Bristow in 1986. Her loving family survivors are Lee Bristow (Lorence Peterson), Morley (Jeannie) Lockwood and Valerie Lockwood (mother of Todd and Sheri) and grandchildren: Todd (Erin) Lockwood and daughter Norah; Sheri (Brian) Erickson and their sons Avery, Easton and Zachary; Mark (Charmaine) Bristow and their daughters Teryn, Denae and Eden; Ian (Stacey) Bristow and their children Maya, Mason and Sophia; Kimberly Bristow; Cara (Mark) Burton and their children Taytem and Trysten; Logan Lockwood; Ashley (Riley) Hart and daughter Oaklyn; and Drew Lockwood. Hazel is also survived by Glennys McNabb (Laurie’s partner) and numerous nieces and nephews. At Hazel’s request, there will be no funeral. For those so wishing, memorial donations in memory of Hazel may be directed to a charity of choice. Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson in care of arrangements.

Davidson, Obituary

Puckett, Lynn

We deeply regret to announce the passing of Lynn Puckett on Jan 30, 2018 at the age of 66. Lynn was born March 12, 1951 in Coronation, AB, the oldest of 6 children, and spent her school years in the Major and Kerrobert area. She moved to Saskatoon after finishing high school and achieved her degree as a Registered Nurse, a career which was lifelong. While living in Saskatoon she met, and then married her life partner, Dwight. Together they raised 3 children while farming and nursing in the Davidson area.
Lynn’s work was always focused around health care. She was an ambulance attendant, home care nurse, and spent many years working at the Craik Health Care Center, where she met many lifelong friends. Her passions included gardening, crafting, watching curling and the Toronto Blue Jays, and attending as many of her 4 grandchildren’s functions as possible. Lynn was fondly known for her cooking and baking, always supplying the treats for hunting trips and shooting events that Dwight was involved in. She was a tremendously reliable and respected caregiver, who was always there to lend a hand to anyone who needed.
Lynn was predeceased by her grandson Allen Nelson; brother Ron Balanoff; parents-in-law Neil and Margaret Puckett; and recently her husband, Dwight.
She will be deeply missed by her sons, Bob and Michael (Kim), and daughter Michele (Gilbert) Nelson; grandchildren Trevor and Travis Nelson, Haylie and Hayden Puckett; parents Bob and Phyllis Balanoff; sisters Penny Anderson, Pat (Kevin) Mackrell, Susan (Dave) Rodzen, and Robin (Toby) Hok; sister-in-law Tammy Balanoff; brothers-in-law Jim (Fay) Puckett, Merritt Puckett; Step-grandchildren Jeff (Sandy) Nelson, Jeremy (Nicole) Nelson; step great-grandchildren Shayla, Makayla, and Jaxon Nelson.

A United Church funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 3, 2018 at Sacred Heart Parish in Davidson Sask, with Rev. Mathias Ross presiding. A family interment will take place at a later date.

For those so wishing, memorial donations in memory of Lynn may be directed to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency or a charity of choice.

Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson in care of arrangements.

Obituary

John Westwood Smith, 1927-2018

John passed away peacefully in Davidson on January 22, 2018 at the age of 90.

John was predeceased by his brothers Robert Smith and Thomas Smith, his sisters-in-law Alta Smith and Gail Smith and his brother-in-law Lewis Smale. He is survived by his sister Ethel Smale, his brothers Charlie Smith and Walter Smith, his sister-in-law Gina Folk and numerous nieces and nephews.

John was born in Bladworth and the family moved to the farm in Davidson in 1937. He was a hard-working farmer, an accomplished gardener, a cut-throat card player, a curler, a well-known Tractor Puller and he could fix anything.

A memorial luncheon was held at the Davidson Parish Hall on Saturday January 27, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Davidson Health Trust Fund or the Davidson Seniors – cheques payable to the Town of Davidson, or donations may be directed to a charity of one’s choice.

Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson in care of arrangements.

Aylesbury, Craik, Obituary

Obituary: Amundrud, Cletus

Amundrud, Cletus Erling 

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Cletus Erling Amundrud on Friday, December 15, 2017 at the Dr. F. H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in Moose Jaw. We felt comfort in knowing that he knew all of his immediate family had gathered by his bedside for his final journey just before his passing. 

He was the youngest of seven children born into the Joseph and Ada (Pratt) Amundrud family. He was born on NE-8-23-27 W2nd at Aylesbury, Saskatchewan on October 5, 1930. He always said he didn’t grow to be a big man because it was the beginning of the Dirty Thirties and he had to fight to get his food from his older siblings. He attended school in Aylesbury and then helped his father on the farm. 

Later he went to Calgary, Alta., and got a job putting up ice into boxcars that was shipped for refrigeration purposes. After that, he got a job working for an electrician and wired the main post office in Calgary. Later on, he came back to the Craik area and worked for Bert Wildfong on his farm, followed up with delivering fuel for the Craik Co-op.

It was at work where he met the love of his life, Celestina (Sal) Krassman, as she was the Co-op grocery store cashier. They got married on a beautiful, warm day on November 15, 1954. In the spring of ’56, they rented the Stevens’ farm, which is 1.5 miles west of Aylesbury, and where their large home still stands. He served on the local farm club executive, the snowplow club and the local Co-op board. 

He was one of the founding members of the Palliser Wheat Growers’ Association and the Canadian Custom Combiners’ Association. They worked very hard on their mixed farm with their three sons and their farm grew to a substantial size. They went custom combining in the U.S. for several years. 

Cletus continued to actively farm until 2007, which was the year he was very honoured to receive the Century Farm Award. Cletus and Sal enjoyed retirement on the farm and grew a large garden every year and looked after their beautiful yard. They loved entertaining their friends and family in their comfortable home. They also enjoyed their weekly trips to Moose Jaw to do some shopping and some relaxation at the casino.

He was predeceased by his parents Joseph and Ada Amundrud; brothers Addis, Ellwyn and Dale; sister Lela McInnes; parents-in-law Louis and Agatha Krassman; brothers-in-law John Vopni, John Kunkel, Ron McInnes, Albert Mills, Vic Krassman, Garry Krassman, and Doug Simpson; sisters-in-law Mary Amundrud and Daisy Amundrud. 

He is survived by his sisters Leona Kunkel of Davidson and Phyllis Mills of Bengough. He is also survived by sisters-in-law Dorothy Amundrud of Melville, Irene Krassman of Davidson, and Monica Simpson of Red Deer, Alta. He is survived by numerous nephews, nieces, loving friends and neighbours who thought the world of him. 

Cletus is survived by his loving family: Celestina (Sal), three sons: Guy Cletus (Janice) of Saskatoon, Alan Russell of Craik, and Brian John of Kobe, Japan; seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren. 

As per his wishes, Cletus’ memorial service will be held on July 26, 2018 in Aylesbury Hall when it is easier for his family and numerous friends to be together to celebrate his life. Funeral services will be provided by Hanson’s Funeral Services of Davidson, Sask.

Craik, Obituary

Obituary: Linfoot, Ed

Ed Linfoot

Ed died a peaceful death December 11, 2017. He was born September 25, 1931. Predeceased by his first wife, one son and one son-in-law. Survived by his wife, eight children, 24 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Ed at the age of 39 decided to go back to university for his pharmacy degree. Ed and his family moved to Leader, Sask., and purchased the pharmacy, naming it Leader Pharmacy. He enjoyed raising his family in Leader. Ed was very devout in his Catholic faith, enjoyed participating in the mass, and loved to sing. Ed worked as a pharmacist for 25 years. He was a man of technology, writing a pharmacy program in the 1980s, for which he took great pride. Computer work was very easy for him. His spiritual GPS was always set on God. As a pilot Ed initiated the construction of the Leader Airport. As one of the founders Ed enjoyed witnessing its completion, and having it named after him, “Linfoot Field.” Ed was active in all community life, as a Knight of Columbus, on town council and the recreation board. Ed also coached many sporting events. Ed retired to Mexico, where he loved to play tennis, problem-solved for the elderly in the TV business, and loved to dance, making many real good friends in the time in Mexico. Ed moved back to Canada to the theme of the Eco-Village in the RM of Craik. In the Eco-Village he enjoyed building a new home and lived there for nine years. Ed lived with many blessings in his long-lived life and he was a true Roughriders fan. Football was his passion, and “Green is the Colour!”

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Craik on December 19, 2017.

For those so wishing, memorial donations in memory of Ed may be directed to the Midlakes Pro Life Association, St. Joseph’s Church or the Craik Lions Club.

Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson was in charge of arrangements.

Davidson, Obituary

Obituary: Read, Sydney

Sydney Read

It is with mixed emotions and sadness we announce the passing of Sydney Read, cherished father, grandfather, great-grandfather, papa and best friend! He passed away on December 12, 2017 at the young-looking age of, in his words, 95 1/2 years, having had a fulfilling and blessed life.

Syd was born on June 2, 1922 on the farm at Section 22, Township 19, Range 16, West of the 2nd to William and Edith Read, who had immigrated from England quite a few years prior to his arrival. Dad was the eighth of nine siblings and some time after this, his dad and oldest brother Harold each homesteaded a quarter of land in the Snowden or Choiceland area of northern Saskatchewan. Dad often said he was born into a family that didn’t have a lot of wealth but there was always enough food to eat and lots of love.

In November of 1942 at the age of 20 years, Dad went to Edmonton and on the 16th of the month enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. From Edmonton six weeks later he was sent to Lethbridge for further training. Then from there he was sent to the East Coast and to England on the QE Ship. He celebrated his 21st birthday near Southhampton where he was in the 6th Group Bomber Command. “D” Day took place on June 6, 1944 and on June 30th Dad’s unit went to Normandy and then on into France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. After the war ended he spent some time in Germany and then back to England where he sailed from Southhampton on the Ile-de-France to New York and then train to Halifax. Finally after two weeks in Halifax he headed back home to Saskatchewan and on the 31st day of May 1946 was formally discharged in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

On February 15, 1947 he married the sweetheart who waited for him to come home from overseas! Dad said his brother Stan came with them to Prince Albert to witness the wedding. They had very little cash and no job but the very next morning a stranger stopped Dad on the street and asked him if he was looking for work. In turn that job led to a career with the provincial and federal governments working in Natural Resources and Northern Development! There was never a doubt in Dad’s mind that God blessed him then and throughout his life.

In March of 1948 they were blessed with a son and again in 1954 with a daughter. Shortly after Arlene was born Dad tried his hand at farming for about three years, but with the persuasion of several Northern Development co-workers he returned to the federal government until retirement in 1979.

In 1979 they moved to the farm east of Davidson where they lived until 1995 when they moved to Regina. There Dad and Mom were blessed to spend time getting to know Arlene and Rick’s two children, Brittany and Aaron, plus we were blessed that our youngest daughter Chelsea lived with them for four years as she attended the U of R.

In 2000 they moved back to Davidson and Dad and Mom enjoyed 10 years travelling, camping and their favourite, fishing up north!

Then in February 2010 Mom had to move into the long-term care facility in Davidson and until her passing on December 20, 2013 Dad was still her constant companion. Dad was amazing as, although legally blind, he continued to live on his own in the Elks units by the Davidson hospital. He was so blessed by friends Art and Emma Shaw, Marcella Strange, Frances Haugerud, Francis and Valda Cool and many others who took time to touch his life!

Family was so important to Dad and he is survived by his son Dale (Ruth) Read of Davidson and daughter Arlene (Rick) Kyle of Cochrane, Alta.

He is also survived by his grandchildren Kimberly (Darren) Bull, Troy (Leanne) Read, Chelsea (Jason) Craig, Brittany and Joe Dijker (Kyle) and Aaron Kyle; great-grandchildren Courtney (Braeden Lang), Brooklyn, Andrew and Emily Read, Samuel, Tucker and Isabella Bull and River Craig; also step great-grandson, Tyler Bull.

Syd was predeceased by his parents, all of his siblings and his wife Helen.

The interment took place on January 4, 2018 at Family Plot, Crockin Hill Cemetery, Choiceland, Sask.

Arrangements entrusted to Hanson’s Funeral Home, Davidson.

A celebration of Syd’s life was held on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at 2 p.m. at New Life Pentecostal Assembly in Davidson with Rev. John Slemming and Rev. Scott Crawford officiating.