Obituaries

It is with profound sadness we announce the sudden passing of our beloved Mother, Barbara Brown (nee Poffenroth) at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary on May 29, 2018 at the age of 76. Barbara was born on October 12, 1941 to Peter & Mina Poffenroth. Barbara attended school in Allingham, then finished high school in Torrington Alberta. She was active in the Trinity Lutheran Church, singing in the choir and teaching Sunday School. After graduation, she worked at the Royal Bank in Didsbury. In

February 14, 1926 - May 24, 2018 - Shirley Irene (Magee) McKibbin passed away quietly at the age of 92 years. Shirley was born and raised in Stettler and she started teaching school in a one room school at age 17. When Shirley came to teach at the Fertile Valley School and the Three Hills Rural School, she met Don McKibbin. They were married July 21, 1951 and moved into Three Hills and later to their farm southwest of Three Hills. Don worked at Shearlaw Brothers Locker and farmed, and Shirley t

Smith - Carolyn Marie (Schneider) beloved wife of Miles A Smith of Trochu, AB passed away May 17, 2018 at the age of 69 years. Carolyn is survived by her husband Miles, her four children Coralee (Jason Moores), Nicole (Micheal Herbert), Scott and Leanne; four grandchildren Journey, Malachi, Emersyn and Axsivier; sisters Elaine, Janet (Gary Lund), mother-in-law Ida Smith and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents Gerhart (1995) and Lydia (2012), nephew Micheal Boese (1991

James Everett Kleven was born at home in Mawer, SK August 7, 1926, the sixth of seven children born to Ole and Ida (Ask) Kleven. He passed away in the Three Hills Continuing Care Centre May 8, 2018, at the age of 91. He was the last surviving member of his family. When Everett was four, the family moved north to the Valecrest district near Tisdale, SK, where Ole and the older boys, now teenagers, worked cutting cordwood by hand and hauling it to town for sale, and Ida could grow a garden and ra