Memorable Manitobans: 2016

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The following Memorable Manitobans died in 2016:

Olie Lasse Alto (1929-2016)

Andrew James “Andy” Arnot (1942-2016)

Raymond Bernard “Ray” Ash (c1937-2016)

Isabel George Hutcheson Auld (1917-2016)

Celia Marsha Baron (1945-2016)

Jaroslaw Barwinsky (1926-2016)

Andy Bathgate (1932-2016)

Emily Lelyk Bazylo (1929-2016)

Jean A. Beaumont (1943-2016)

Arthur M. Blankstein (1945-2016)

Eva Bonkowski (c1920-2016)

Una Frances Arnett Bowles (1913-2016)

Marilyn Boyle (?-2016)

Donalda Eileen “Dona” Brekelmans (1924-2016)

Fred Brick (1935-2016)

Allan Grant Brock (1932-2016)

David Melville Brown (1946-2016)

Margaret Mary Edmond “Marg” Brown (?-2016)

Oscar Cantor (1925-2016)

James “Jim” Cartlidge (1925-2016)

Adeline Zaborniak Chorney (1921-2016)

Norman A. Cuddy (1950-2016)

Frank Louis Cvitovitch (1936-2016)

Edward “Ed” Czarnecki (?-2016)

Joseph Anthony Degen (1929-2016)

Alice Marion Turner Dent (1918-2016)

James Reid Dickie (1949-2016)

Allan George Drysdale (1941-2016)

Josephine Mary Earn (1929-2016)

Laurie Edward Evans (1933-2016)

Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)

Dorothy Marion Faris (1918-2016)

David Favor

Rita Flamand (1931-2016)

Herbert John Fowell [Bert Gordon] (1945-2016)

Jane Arthurs Frain (1927-2016)

Bert Friesen

T. E. “Ted” Friesen (1920-2016)

Robert “Bob” Gannon (?-2016)

George Gershman

Elaine Goldberg

Frank Herbert Gunston (1933-2016)

Ernest Joseph Hafichuk (1928-2016)

Joan Mary Harland (1914-2016)

Raymond Hamilton Harris (1926-2016)

John Harvard (1938-2016)

Bruce Hayles

Keith Ian Munro Heming (1943-2016)

Gerhard “Jerry” Hildebrand (1929-2016)

Garry Hilderman (1940-2016)

Sherry Hobson

A. Rolph Huband (1929-2016)

Bruce MacLean Hudson (1928-2016)

Kenneth Russell Hughes (1933-2016)

Ron James

Peter Janzen (1940-2016)

Frederick Ross Johnson (1931-2016)

Earl Gordon Johnston (1927-2016)

Paul Johnston

Anne Jorowski (1918-2016)

Bob Kabel

John Vincent Macdonald “Jack” Kennedy (1929-2016)

Willis Kieper

Philip Kives (1929-2016)

Louis Kliman (1929-2016)

Nancy Klippenstein

Leslie Wilfred Knight (1923-2016)

Vivien Sysak “Roma” Konyk (1931-2016)

Nadya Kostyshyn-Bailey

Abram William “Abe” Krahn (1923-2016)

Alan Richardson Laing (1937-2016)

John Salmon Lamont (1925-2016)

Kathleen Wilson Leathers (1942-2016)

C. Wilbert “Bert” Loewen

Graham Conrad Lount (1921-2016)

Gerald Doull Macdonald (1930-2016)

Donald Dean Marks (1953-2016)

Geoff Marrin

Paul Emile Martin (1920-2016)

Jerry Maslowsky (1957-2016)

John Francis “Jack” Mavins (1932-2016)

Robert Alfred “Bob” Mayer (1944-2016)

John McKenzie

George McLean (c1924-2016)

Rod McRae

Mary Mercredi

John Mills

William A. “Bill” Milton (1936-2016)

Larry Morrissette

M. V. Naidu (?-2016)

Lois Isabelle Emmond Neabel (1936-2016)

Daphne Odjig (c1919-2016)

Michael O'Rourke

Henry Joseph “Harry” Paine (1933-2016)

Ruth Palmour (c1923-2016)

David Palubeski

William H. N. “Bill” Paton (1944-2016)

Edward “Ed” Peltz (1931-2016)

Victor Lionel Perrin (c1955-2016)

Douglas Dennison “Doug” Peters (1930-2016)

Victor Alvin “Vic” Peters (1955-2016)

Raymond Philippot (1932-2016)

Alice Shewman Poyser (1933-2016)

Edward Hubert “Ted” Purvis (1941-2016)

Nell Angela Ruchkall Ramsay (1925-2016)

William “Bill” Regehr (1931-2016)

Bill Reid

Wilfred Birnie Reid (1928-2016)

Douglas Brian Reynolds (?-2016)

George Reznik (1929-2016)

Walter Oleh Romaniw (1944-2016)

Orest Stephen Roscoe (1932-2016)

Eldon M. Ross (1931-2016)

David McNichol Sanders (1947-2016)

Conrado De Regla “Conrad” Santos (1934-2016)

Arthur Schwartz (1923-2016)

Steven Ronald Scrupa (1942-2016)

Joseph Gordon Shillingford (1960-2016)

Jacqueline “Jackie” Shymanski (1965-2016)

Thomas Walter “Tom” Sidebottom (1929-2016)

Reginald Robert “Reg” Skene (c1934-2016)

Alexander J. “Alex” Smaluk (c1921-2016)

Gary Smith

Robert Joseph Soper (1927-2016)

Stanislao “Stano” Spina (1943-2016)

Sidney Standil (1927-2016)

Kristjan Fredric Stefanson (1944-2016)

Betty Stephen

Herbert Brian Howland Stewart (1928-2016)

Peter Swerhone

Wilfred Remi Taillieu (1948-2016)

Cornelius Van “Neil” Thiessen (1919-2016)

Andrew Crawford “Andy” Tough (1921-2016)

Orysia Paszczak Tracz (1945-2016)

Harry Vickar

Robert Lawrence “Bob” Washington (1934-2016)

Barbara Weselake

Henryk Wiktorowicz

Benson Wincure (c1941-2016)

Ian Gordon Wright (1939-2016)

Donna Yeo

Duane Yerex

Rodney Anthony Allan “Rod” Zimmer (1942-2016)

If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 2016, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here.

Sources:

“The mighty and the colourful” by Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 2016, pages D13-D17.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 February 2021

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