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Memorable Manitobans: 2012

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The following Memorable Manitobans died in 2012:

Hugo Acuna

Ercole Albo

Herbert Allen

Murray Anderson

Mary Andree

Richard Appleby

John Arondeus

Ruby Ashdown

Harold Backman

Michael Baragar

Michael Baron

Bruce Barr

Eric Barthel

Bill Benson

Liz Bevis

John “Errol” Black (1939-2012)

Albert Blake

Ted Bloomer

Gordon Bragg

Gary Thomas Brazzell (c1934-2012)

Bernard Brown

Rachel Browne (1934-2012)

William Burch

Paul Buteux

Michael Byrne

Michael Bzdel

Allan Barrie Campbell (c1923-2012)

Gladys Carefoot

William Glenn Carlson (?-2012)

Dennis H. Carter (1920-2012)

Frederick George Chafe (1929-2012)

Henry Champ (c1937-2012)

Louise Charette

Elbert Chartrand

Joyce Christie

Paul Chyzzy

Ivan Ciaputa

Roland Emmerson “Rollie” Clegg (1911-2012)

Leatrice Cohen

Kenn Collier

John Donald “Don” Comstock (1927-2012)

Jeff Connery

Helen Cook

Thora Gudrun Sigurdson Cooke (c1925-2012)

Lucien Cote

John Thomas “Jack” Coulter (1921-2012)

James Elliott Coyne (1910-2012)

Eric Cox

Rhoda Cummings

Mel Dagg

George Dalgleish

Constance May “Connie” Davidson (1925-2012)

Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)

Robert de von Flindt

Mona Dixon

George Douglas

Robert Oliver “Bob” Douglas (1932-2012)

Peter Dyck (1946-2012)

Douglas Earl Edmondson (1933-2012)

Ralph William Eisbrenner (1918-2012)

Ian Elkin

Bertha May Blackburn “Birdie” Ellison (1921-2012)

Bona Emeruwa

Margaret Rose Barkley “Marnie” Erb (1937-2012)

Bill Ezinicki

Catherine Farmer [Sister du Sacre-Coeur-je-Jesus] (1916-2012)

Mervin Farmer

Leslie Few

Sister Olivine Fiola

Bill Fisher

Pat Flynn

Elizabeth Fontaine

Thelma Bessie Forbes (1910-2012)

Art Foster

Bud Foster

Robert Arnott Gillespie “Bob” Fraser (1922-2012)

Trent Gardiner Frayne (1918-2012)

Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (1917-2012)

John Friesen

Lydia Rose Giesbrecht (1922-2012)

David A. Golden (1920-2012)

Leonard Harvey Goldsborough (1931-2012)

Olive Gory

David Grant

Margaret McCrea Philpott “Marg” Grant (1922-2012)

Donna Grescoe (1927-2012)

Maara Haas (c1920-2012)

Marshall Ernest Haid (1937-2012)

Bill Hanson

George William Harbottle (1939-2012)

Wesley Hart

Margaret Annie Witty Hassett (1914-2012)

Joe Haywood

David Henderson

John K. “Jack” Henderson (1927-2012)

Thomas Best “Tom” Hendry (1929-2012)

Dave Hrechkosy

Ike Hussain

Dmytro Jakymeczko

Cor Janson

Joyce Jaworsky

Lary Jocelyn

Russell Johnstone

Bob Jones

Ann Kaprowy

Wanda Karwacki

Tobasonakwut Kinew

Stanley Kolt

Olga Kowalchuk

George Peter Krahn (c1933-2012)

Norma Kristjansson

Jerry Kruk (1940-2012)

Doug Lamb

Odilon Larochelle

Hugh Laughlin

Leonard Anthony “Len” LeBoldus (1940-2012)

Peter Edward Lewis (1919-2012)

Orest William “Bill” Lewycky (?-2012)

Alice Boulden Little (1929-2012)

Elden R. Loeppky (1928-2012)

Allan Henry “Al” Lougheed (1935-2012)

Justin Lysack

Doug MacIver

Allan Mackenzie

David Mackling

Charles Marshall

William “Bill” Martin-Viscount (1940-2012)

Florence Antoinette Matthews (c1930-2012)

Bruce McDonald

Donald Taylor McKinnon (1926-2012)

David McClelland (1940-2012)

Bill McLeod

Glenn “Keeper” McWhinney (1930-2012)

Nick Mikos

Clement George Minaker (1937-2012)

Randy Minuk

Ruth Mitchell

Thomas Lloyd Moist (1922-2012)

Ron Morin

Ernest Edward Mulcahy (1923-2012)

George Mulligan

Cal Murphy

Violet Nelson

Herbert Lawrence Walter “Herb” Nemish (c1923-2012)

William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)

Maurice Oakes

Shaunna O’Brien-Moran

Laurie Oleson

Thomas Tryggvi “Tom” Oleson (1946-2012)

Aaron Orlikow

Richard Osicki

Gordon Peter Osler (1922-2012)

Yolande Thérèse Millier Paquin (1922-2012)

Joyce Patterson

Jacob David “Jake” Pauls (1919-2012)

Marcel Pelletier (1922-2012)

Izzy Peltz

Walter Perepeluk

Mary Isabelle Brewster Perfect (1919-2012)

Peter Jacob Peters (1914-2012)

Vic Pinchin

John Pitcairn

Paul Platz

Allan Poapst

Sharon Pollack

Gary Pollard

Edward Arthur “Art” Poole (1923-2012)

Oram Joseph Donat Proulx (1930-2012)

Sheila Rabinovitch

George Charles Rafter (1922-2012)

Jayantilal Raichura

Don Raleigh

Averno Milton Rempel (1919-2012)

Dale Rempel

Bud Riley

Garry Robertson

May Rodway

Andre Roziere

Judy Sawatzky

Christine Schuhmann

Alexandra Schultz

Samuel Segev

Kathleen Selci

Hugh Shirley

Harold Bjorn “Hal” Sigurdson (1932-2012)

Robert Sizeland

Carol Smith

George Smith

Ross Smith

Garth Somers

Alvin Sprintz (1922-2012)

Donald George “Don” Starkell (1932-2012)

Lynn Stephen

John Martin Stewart (1936-2012)

Armin Stojke

Richard Stovel

Norm Sundstrom

Alan Travers Sweatman (1920-2012)

Ken Tacium

Kjell Talgoy

Richard Tapper

John Lawrence Thistlethwaite (1916-2012)

Marcel Thompson

Clarence I. Tillenius (1913-2012)

Americo Tome

Robert C. Turner (1920-2012)

Leon Gaston Vandekerckhove (1923-2012)

Ben Van Ruiten

William Dexter Wade (c1939-2012)

Peter Ward (1920-2012)

Felicite Mary Adeline Warner (1924-2012)

Vera Watowich

Byron Watt

Jack Weiss

Wade Kojo Williams

Keith Wilson (1929-2012)

Gordon Woligrocky

Nicholas Yarish (1924-2012)

Michael Yarmie (1931-2012)

If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 2012, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here.

Sources:

“An indelible mark: From leaders, both in politics and sports, to artists and adventurers -- Manitoba lost many who made a difference for others” by Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 2013, page J2.

“Memorable Manitobans who passed away in 2012,” Winnipeg Sun, 30 December 2012.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 May 2019

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