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Portage la Prairie Obituary and Community Notes
Mrs Howard Roberts of Elsmith SD received word last week of the passing of her mother Mrs Rhoda Porter of Vernon BC after a short illness. Born in Ivanhoe Ontario she moved to Elm Creek District in the 1890s and married in 1902. Funeral services were held in Vernon with interment there. Survived by three daughters Florence Kate and Bess and three sons James Cecil and Allan, fourteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, plus sisters and a brother. Community notices honor recent travels, camping trips, visits, and local events including a farewell party for Mr Mrs M W Burch and various social activities across the district.
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Howard Roberts
Elsmith SD
Rhoda Porter
Vernon
B.C
Vernon Jubilee Hospital
Porter
Ivanhoe
Ontario
Em Creek
Holmes Lidster
McLean
Elm Creek
Cemetry
Florence
H. Roberts
Bagot
Kate
N. Saunders
Bess
J. Kilgour
Kitimat
James
Chilliwack
Cecil
Allan
Alusian Island
Bill Wiebe
Sandra Helen
Winnipeg
Marjorie
Barbara Bodie
Myrna
Lynda Nichol
Hidden Valley
Walter Kalberg
Marge
Jim Lamont
Bill Bodie
Macolm Coubrough
Glen Nichol
Betty Stewart
Clarence
Portage
Marie Bodie
Audrrey Coubrough
Viola Stewart
Stan
Vern Ritchie
Bobby Smith
Reg Burch
Denny Thompson
Gerry Nichol
United Church
Delta
C. Rau
Currie SD
Mavns
Portage la Prairie
K. Arnold
Brandon
Calgary
Reta Owens
Harry Richardson
Howard Richardson
M. W. Burch
Bobby Loewen
Pete Loewen
Near St. Catherines
Ont
J. J. Loewen
G. Remple
Austin
G. Streich
Clarence Hildebrand
Hildebrand
E. Reece
Baskier
Delta Beach
H. N. Basler
Rossendale
J. Arnold
H. Korstrom
Richard Clancy
A. Pogue
Brian Nichol
Balmoral
Bagot News
C. Rupp
J. H. Adams