"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." Gary Snyder Terry loved the outdoors and being one with nature. It didn't matter if he was hunting or fishing with the boys, splitting wood, or on a road trip with Anne, if he was surrounded by nature, he was at...
Elaine was born at home, on the farm, in Sullivan Township on August 4, 1944 to parents Gordon and Hilda (Krueger) Albright. Unfortunately, older brother Carl (1942) passed away prior to her birth but before long the Albright home was filling up with the arrivals of...
"Gardening is like everything else in life, you get out of it as much as you put in. No one can make a garden by buying a few packets of seeds or doing an afternoon's weeding. You must love it, and then your love will be repaid a thousandfold, as every gardener...
The family announces with sadness the passing of a loving husband and father, Herbert "Larry" Witzke, peacefully on Monday, December 7th, 2020 at Health Sciences North. He was 77 years old; born in the Kitchener Hospital to Herbert and Lillian (Scheifele), both...
June 13, 1992 – November 27, 2020 Bradley Johnson passed away on November 27, 2020 at the age of 28 years. Brad was born in Brampton Ontario but moved to the small town of Chesley Ontario in grade 6. Brad had to quickly adjust to small-town living where he...
Eleanor (Knapp) Showell June 13, 1944 – November 18, 2020 After a courageous 9 month battle with cancer, passing peacefully at home with her family by her side holding her tight. It is with great sadness in our hearts we announce the passing of our amazing,...
Madeline "Madge" Elizabeth was born at home, on the family farm in Brant Township, on February 20, 1924, to parents Herman and Helena "Lena" (Adolff) Lorenz. She was one of six children, along with siblings Ellie, Edna, Rene, Mel, and Eldon. In her teenage years,...
Donald Marvin Knechtel of Peabody, formerly of Wellington County, passed away at Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound on Monday, November 23, 2020 in his 64th year. Beloved father of Tanith McCarthy of Peabody. Loving grandfather of Tyrelle Rafferty, Devonte Nicely,...
Lloyd Henry was born at home, in the kitchen, on the 8th of Elderslie, on January 6, 1938, during a snowstorm, to parents George and Essie (Dailey) Mannerow. What an entrance! 🙂 He joined older siblings Isabelle (1932) and Ken (1934). When Lloyd was 2, the Mannerow...
Paulina Gertrude was born in Hoek, Holland on September 12, 1932 to parents Marinus and Maria Johanna (vanHoeve) Dieleman. Her younger brother Abe was born in 1934 before the family immigrated by boat to Canada in 1935. The Dieleman family soon settled on a tobacco...
