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Idabel Grayston

Idabel Lola Grayston passed away in St. Martha's Place,

Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff at the age of 92.

Idabel was born in Moose Jaw, Sk. to William King and Lola King

(nee Grose). She finished high school in Newdale, Manitoba, and attended Winnipeg Business College where she learned secretarial

&...

Anita Casale

Anita (Nana) Casale, 91, passed away in the Canmore Hospital, after a relentless battle with cancer. Given her diagnosis at the end of Sept. 2019, the doctors took a chance and gave her the option of chemo since she was in such great health at the age of 90. She fought it aggressively extending her odds for almost a...

Kathleen Hargreaves

Kathleen Hargreaves died after more than a month in and out of Canmore hospital, battling pneumonia. She was 91 and will be remembered for her inspiring example of family support to move

our lives forward.

Born in Burnley, Lancashire, England, Kathleen was the only child of Herbert Berry who worked at the local Co-op for...

Anne Cipollone

Anne Christine Cipollone (née: Hippisley), passed away in the Rocky Mountains of Canmore, sitting in the sun with her son, amongst the flowers in the long-term-care garden of the Canmore hospital.

Anne was born in England months before the advent of the second world war and after completing her teacher's training in Reading, emigrated to Canada with...

Anne Cipollone

Philippe Delesalle

It is with sadness that the Delesalle family announces the peaceful passing of Philippe Delesalle in Canmore, Alberta, with his family

at his side.

Philippe will be fondly remembered by his wife of 60 years, Mireille,

and children, Nathalie, Bruno (Janet), Marco (Kelly) and his two grandchildren, Amélie and Nicolas. Philippe was the...

Hilda Straw

Hilda Margaret Straw (née Bridge), born in Warrington, England, died peacefully in her sleep at the Canmore Hospital following a short stay at the age of 96 years. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer about 6 months previous. Fortunately, this had not deterred her from daily walks (sometimes 2 or 3) with her good friend and companion Lindsay....

Mabel Mckenzie

Mabel Rosina McKenzie passed peacefully at the age of 96 years, at the Canmore Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Mabel lived a full and active life in the Bow Valley including many years as a Girl Guide Leader, as well as managing the Exshaw branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. After moving to the Bow River Lodge in...

Jim Quinn

James Eldridge Quinn passed away at Banff Mineral Springs hospital at the age of 82 years, after a long battle with cancer and congestive heart failure. Due to the strict hospital policies in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19, sadly Jim's wife Ruth and sister Irene could not be present with him when he passed.

Jim...

Melanie Reilly

The family of Melanie Dee Reilly (neé Lindsay) is saddened to announce her passing after a short, courageously and gallantly

fought battle against cancer.

Melanie was a proud Albertan. Born in Calgary to Charles and

Irene (Pat) Lindsay, Melanie felt most at home in the outdoors and found any opportunity to visit the...

Jacques Pujos-Michel

Jacques Claude Pujos-Michel, age 83, passed away at his home in Banff, Alberta. He was born in Bordeaux, France to Jacques Jules and Irène (Pérez) Pujos-Michel, being the third youngest of nine children. After serving his country in the French Army for three years, he went on to attend culinary school in Bordeaux.

Jacques then voyaged by...

Don Simpson

Donald Wilfred Simpson was born in Saskatoon and moved to Calgary as an infant. His father was in the army in Europe at the time and they never met until after the war when Don was 4 years old. Don graduated from St. Mary's high school in 1959. He worked for a major oil company as an accounting clerk...

Bill Hunt

I wish to announce that William Earl "Bill'' Hunt has passed away at the age of 94 years leaving Lois, his loving wife of 74 years, his daughter Cheryl (Chuck) and his sons William jr.(Terri) and Craig eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his son Terry.

Bill is believed to be...

Lindsay Deeprose

It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Lindsay Howard Deeprose at the age of 91 to his eternal rest with his Savior in heaven. Survived by his brother Donald Deeprose, daughter Kathryn Worthingham (Robert), son Ken Deeprose (Martelle) and grandson Jason. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 62 years, Ruby Deeprose, his parents Fred...

Rachel Goulet

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing

of Rachel Goulet (nee Primeau) at the age of 98 years.

Rachel was born in Montreal and lived most of her life in Quebec,

Ohio and Florida, before coming to Banff in 2000 to live closer to

her three sons and...

Dallas E. Maynard

It is with heavy hearts that Judy, Shayne and Leigh Ann announce the passing of our beloved husband and father after a short illness. He is survived by his loving family, Judy, his wife of 46 years, son Shayne (Carrie), grandsons Aubrey and Rowan, daughter Leigh Ann (Denton), grandson Parker. We will forever remember our wonderful husband, father and...

Art Dube

Art and Estelle Dubé welcomed their first son Arthur Joseph Donat Dube to the beautiful mountains of Banff, where he grew up enjoying the outdoors and skiing the slopes of Mt. Norquay

Art was an active member of the Legion in both Banff and Canmore, where he enjoyed playing pool with family and friends.

The...

Gunnar Lindberg

He was quite a guy, our Gunnar. This intrepid Swede left everything behind and moved to Canada 4 years ago at the age of 91. His wife of 58 years had recently passed away and he had no living relatives in Sweden. However, he did have a stepson and daughter-in-law in Canmore who had invited him to come for...

Rick Crosby

Brewster Sightseeing driver Rick Crosby has a story for every stop on his tours.

At Deer Lodge, where the tour stops, Rick's roots run deep. His grandparents founded the lodge in 1923 and Rick spent much of his youth working here with his family, doing everything from bus boy to pot washer, and exploring all the nearby...