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canada65.bsky.social @canada65.bsky.social · 4h

Kevin he truly was a man of great compassion, caring, loving....he helped thousands and thousands of people in the world......the world is not a better place without him.....he will be greatly missed!!!!!!!!!!!

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

There are a lot of accomplished, really good people in Manitoba that we don't hear about. RIP Dr. Maier. It sounds like you were one of them.

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Ron Maier was thrilled to follow his sister into medicine. He was an emergency doctor at Seven Oaks General Hospital, then HSC, and was also medical director at Keewatin Air. He helped with disaster relief in Haiti in 2010 and 2011 #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10h

Ruby Ingram excelled in softball. She began at 13 in a commercial league and then joined the Elmwood Pats, being named MVP three times. She played for the CUAC Blues which became Western Cdn champs. She is in the MB Softball Hall of Fame #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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TheCheapSeats @thecheapseats.bsky.social · 2d

"Frank Lloyd Wrong" lmao

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 2d

Jerry Gray was called Frank Lloyd Wrong in architecture school so he switched to management. He taught in business at the University of Manitoba and later became Dean. After retiring, he was chair of the WRHA and Friends of Upper Fort Garry #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta....

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Ron Maier was thrilled to follow his sister into medicine. He was an emergency doctor at Seven Oaks General Hospital, then HSC, and was also medical director at Keewatin Air. He helped with disaster relief in Haiti in 2010 and 2011 #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 2d

Jerry Gray was called Frank Lloyd Wrong in architecture school so he switched to management. He taught in business at the University of Manitoba and later became Dean. After retiring, he was chair of the WRHA and Friends of Upper Fort Garry #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta....

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 3d

Margie Fallis’ service to kids began at the Children’s Home in 1966. After being fired in 1973, she said due to her strong personal beliefs, she worked for Children’s Aid in Portage la Prairie before helping develop the Quest Group Home there #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 4d

Eveline Lagace was a pillar of LaSalle. She volunteered in both her community and her church and served as a councillor for the town from 1980 to 1986 #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 5d

John Lyons was managing St Andrews Place’s housing complex in 1976 when other groups asked for help. The non-profit S.A.M Management was created to manage housing for singles, seniors and families and he was its GM for 25 years #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 7d

It doesn’t say it here, but Dr Jeff Bews helped many with and without cancer. He was director of medical physics with CancerCare Manitoba and not only assisted people with cancer, but helped monitor dental X ray machines for safety #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 8d

Lil Atamanchuk put herself through St Mary’s Academy by delivering the Free Press and working as a bowling pin setter. She was secretary of bowling leagues and later touched the lives of 6,000+ kids by volunteering at a school and soccer #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Oly Backstrom @olybackstrom.bsky.social · 10d

I had no idea that Ted Longbottom had passed away until I came upon his grave site during a walk through Balsam Bay Cemetery on Lake Winnipeg. I remember him as a very gifted songwriter and storyteller. Rest in peace.
I figured @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social would have posted about him.

graveside flower arrangement shaped like a guitar, blue sky in background

modest grave label stuck in the ground: "Ted Longbottom 1963 -2025"

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10d

Alan Pakarnyk was an animator who also worked on other films. He created Terra and Carried Away for the National Film Board, did visual effects for Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary and did props for The Arrow mini-series #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta... @winnipegfreepress.com

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 11d

Allan Holm worked in insurance. He worked first with Sovereign Life and then bought the Powerview insurance agency and later the Lac du Bonnet one. He was one of the first to earn the Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker designation #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 12d

Lawrence Johnson was taking fluid mechanics in university when he left school to join Atomic Energy of Canada in Pinawa. There he did nuclear waste research, did the same in Switzerland, and wrote 120-plus articles on it #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta... @winnipegfreepress.com

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 13d

Guyanne Chaddock was Madame to generations of French students. She was a parent and activist with Canadian Parents for French who, after launching a French immersion program in Thompson, went on to teach 100s of students #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta... @winnipegfreepress.com

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 14d

Sorry - Peter was Perry’s dad

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 14d

Donald Marshall worked at the Winnipeg Water Works Company as a supervisor before deciding to own his own businesses. He went on to own several including the Patricia and Bell Hotels and ABC Temporary Help #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 15d

Born in Greece, Peter Ginakes came to Winnipeg to reunite with his siblings. He went on to own restaurants with them as well as with his family. Some he was part of include the Thunderbird, Town and Country, the Rib Shack, and Perry’s. #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 17d

Diane Maryk spent many years in the restaurant and hospitality industry, rising to become manager at one of the city’s past iconic restaurants: the Valley Room at Eatons. She then worked for Miracle Janitor Services and went on to own it #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 20d

Julie Lyons spent her career in nursing and worked mostly in the operating room at the HSC’s Woman’s Centre. But, after retiring, she was integral in creating and operating the family business, Time Lapse Escape Rooms #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 21d

Susan Kackenhoff loved family and plants. She and her husband were able to combine the two by founding Kackenhoff Nurseries. They worked together for decades building the company and now their two children are part of it #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 22d

Jim Draper said the reasons for him being ordained in the Anglican Church were a mystery even to him. His 40 years of religious life saw his service include being Dean of Theology at St John’s College and rector at All Saints’ Church #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 23d

Lee Luetkehoelter graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1955. He served congregations in Saskatchewan, Philadelphia, BC and Alberta before becoming Bishop of Manitoba and president of the church’s Central Canada Synod #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

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Oly Backstrom @olybackstrom.bsky.social · 24d

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