All Obituaries

With great sadness the family announces the passing of Alfred (Fred) Robert  Betcher on Monday, July 12, 2021 at the age of 89 years. Graveside service will be held Saturday, July 31, 2021 at Birchwood Cemetery, Swan River, Mb Beginning at 11:00 am.   If friends so desire, donations may be made to Community Foundation of Swan Valley - Box 1509 Swan River, Mb R0L 1Z0 or Alzheimer Society of Manitoba 10-120 Donald Street, Winnipeg, Mb R3C 4G2.  

Darrell Ewen Playford passed away on July 20th at the age of 64 years. Darrell was born on May 2, 1957 in Port Colborne, ON to Jim and Edith Playford.  He was a rambunctious child with an odd habit of banging his leg like a rabbit that earned him the lifelong nickname, Thumper.  When he was 2 the family moved to Cranberry Portage, MB. The change in lifestyle was stark as they went from city-style to roughing it with an outdoor biffy and hauling water but the nature scene they woke...

In keeping with Gordon's wishes, cremation has taken place and a family graveside service will be held at a later date.

After a brief battle with cancer and with his family by his side, Douglas Ervin Wagner passed away on July 18, 2021 at the Swan Valley Health Centre at the age of 78. Left to cherish his precious memory are his daughter Gale, son Trevor, granddaughters Catlyn (Jeremy), Cortny and Jordyn (Jordan), grandson Travis, great grandsons Aiden, Bentley, Cruz and Dayson, sister Lily Conway and brothers Tony and George (Sharon) Wagner. Doug was born on May 22, 1943 at the Swan River Hospital. He was...

In keeping with Anna's wishes, cremation has taken place and a family graveside service will be held at a later date.  

In keeping with Brian's wishes, a private family service will be held.

On July 6, 2021, Don Schure of Benito, formerly of Durban, passed away at the age of 94 years.  Don was born in Swan Plain, SK to the late John and Pauline Szczur (Schure).  He attended school in Swan Plain SK.  At the age of 18, his family bought land at Durban and with the Ford 8N tractor, and a hay rack, they packed all their belongings and moved to their new home (almost lost the load on the Norquay Hill).  Don worked cutting wood in Ontario during the winter and...

In keeping with Covid 19 Regulations. A private service will be held

In loving memory of Arthur Nicholas Halushka. Art was born on April 29, 1939 in Whitebeech, Saskatchewan and passed away on July 5, 2021 in Benito, Manitoba. Art was an avid fisherman, hunter, a craftsman carpenter and spent a large part of his life in the logging industry. Art retired in 2010 and moved to Benito, Manitoba in 2016. In 2019 Art became ill and was hospitalized in Swan River and lived at the Swan River Valley Personal Care Home before moving to the Benito Health Centre until...

Bernadine AKA “Bernie, Deena, Deedee, Dick” Bernie was born in Swan River, MB on July 2, 1961. (If you asked her though, she would say 1962; she had Dad fooled for years.) As a child, Bernie had a passion for horse back riding and gymnastics. She always told us she walked on her hands more than her feet: Bernie loved helping at the family auto-wrecking business. She would hold tools for her dad, help tear motors apart and even painted dandelions and used them to stamp the nice...