Amanda Judith Barber      The family of Amanda Barber (Mandi) regretfully announce her passing on June 25, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer.      Amanda was born in Neepawa where she attended elementary school.  She went to high school in Ottawa but graduated from Portage la Prairie in 1997.  She worked at various sales and waitressing jobs.  Amanda attended nursing at Assiniboine Community College in Winnipeg, graduating in 2006....

Ruth Catherine Boyachek      Peacefully on March 31st, 2022 at the Lion’s Prairie Manor, Ruth Catherine Boyachek, beloved wife of the late Fred, passed away at the age of 99 years.       Ruth was born on January 21st, 1923 and raised on the Lee Tully farm at Curtis Siding with four sisters and three brothers.  She was a bookkeeper at the Portage la Prairie Co-op until she met Fred and they married, moved to the Wingham Community where they...

Clive Morgan      Clive Morgan, 84, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, finished his journey in this world shortly before midnight on June 11, 2022. His devoted wife, Agnes, and adoring daughters, Shaunna and Sherri, were all by his side to comfort him as he took his final breaths and plunged into eternal rest.      Born in Toronto, Ontario (1937), Clive’s earliest years were in an unauthorized orphanage. This was followed by a period of time spent bouncing...

Rita Yvonne Seidel (nee Pepin)      Rita Seidel entered into eternal rest at Action Marguerite Saint Boniface Nursing Home (Taché Center) on June 8th, 2022.      She is lovingly remembered by her step-daughter, Cheryl (Art) Windsor, her step-granddaughter Raquel Bloch (Noah, Arielle), her sisters; Irene Pépin, Adèle Pépin and Edna Coe (John Korell), Her sisters-in-law; Janice Pépin, Shirley Sabovitch, Mary Johnson,...

Russell Edwin Ferris      Russell Edwin Ferris, of Portage la Prairie, MB, passed away in his sleep on May 31st, 2022 at the Portage & District General Hospital at the age of 86 years.       He was predeceased by his father William Ferris, his mother Ellen Ferris, his brothers and their wives; Douglas & Sheila Ferris, Clifford & Betty Ferris, half-sisters, half-brother, father-in-law, mother-in-law and numerous brothers-in-law.   ...

Lenard Robert McLaughlin      Peacefully entered into rest in the early hours of May 28th, 2022 at Third Crossing Manor, Gladstone, MB at the age of 91 years.       The first son of Walter Mack and Margaret (Bales) McLaughlin on August 21st. 1930, Lenard was born at Edrans, MB.  At age seven the family moved to Amaranth to homestead where he lived all the rest of his life.      Leonard married Eleanor (Gibbs), June 10th,...

NOTICE A Graveside Service for Jean Mellen will be held on  Friday, May 27th, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Hillside Cemetery Fellowship and lunch to follow at Omega Funeral Home 83 Royal Rd. S, Portage la Prairie FAMILY REQUESTS THAT MASKS BE WORN   Jean Isabel Mellen (Wilton)      It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend Jean Isabel Mellen on June 15th, 2021 at the Douglas Campbell...

Marie Dorothee Yvette Gregoire      Yvette was born in the parish of St. Leon, Manitoba, November 13, 1924, and passed away in Winnipeg,  May 12, 2022.      In 1940, the family moved from the Somerset area to the Reaburn/Poplar Point district, and then to St. Marks.  In her teens, she moved to Winnipeg, and was employed by the firm of Dowse Sash and Door, the company for which she worked until she retired at the age of 70.  Her great...

Christopher Lee Charles Arbeau 1963 ~ 2022   It is with the greatest sadness that we inform you of the passing of Christopher Lee Charles Arbeau. Chris was a dedicated Seventh-day Adventist Pastor of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference since 2012 and will be missed by all of us in the organization.  Pastor Chris passed away on May 11, 2022, at 1:50 pm CDT in Portage la Prairie, MB from heart and kidney failure.  Ministry was an incredibly significant part of Pastor...

Mary Eileen Beddome      Peacefully and surrounded by love, it is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Eileen Beddome, beloved wife of Glen Beddome on May 6th, 2022 at the age of 81 years.        Eileen was born on October 22nd, 1940 in Portage la Prairie, daughter of the late David and Mary Wood.  She received her education in Portage la Prairie, with a career later at the Portage Mutual.        Eileen married Ron...