Memorable Manitobans: 2011

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The following Memorable Manitobans died in 2011:

Louise Marguerite Bernier Adams (1925-2011)

Reginald Bygott Alcock (1948-2011)

Leslie Galbraith Archibald (1926-2011)

Abraham J. Arnold (c1923-2011)

Allan Victor Arnott (1924-2011)

Ruth Miriam “Babs” Asper (1933-2011)

Stephen David Bahry (1914-2011)

Thomas Roy Bailey (1915-2011)

Frank Baldwin (1934-2011)

Alice Beatrice Balsillie (1929-2011)

Jacob G. Banman (1918-2011)

Elfriede Leopoldine Geier Berger (1916-2011)

Martin A. E. “Marty” Bergmann (c1956-2011)

Joseph Edward Reesor Bingeman (1919-2011)

Lilian Ethel Brewer Bird (1920-2011)

Kenneth “Ken” Bishop (1937-2011)

Haldor Robert “Dori” Bjarnarson (1923-2011)

Edward “Ed” Blackman (1933-2011)

Ralph Borger (1930-2011)

Lionel Bouvier (1927-2011)

William David “Bill” Bowman (1925-2011)

Sheri Lee Telke Breland (1973-2011)

Alice Evelyn Brown (1916-2011)

Melvin “Mel” Bruce (1919-2011)

Alma Elaine [Eileen] Newton Carnochan (1922-2011)

Martin Dmytro Chalaturnyk (1920-2011)

Albert W. H. “Bert” Cheffins (1924-2011)

Albert Diamond Cohen (1914-2011)

Hyacinth Colomb (1916-2011) - Order of Manitoba

William “Bill” Comaskey (1945-2011)

Doug Connery (1955-2011)

George Stuart Grenfell Ironside Cotter (1915-2011)

Henry William Dadson (1914-2011)

Hendrik “Henk” DeBruyn (1935-2011)

Anna Jane Denby (c1930-2011)

Marjorie Ann Dewar (1916-2011)

Olive Patricia Dickason (1920-2011)

Merv Dillabough (1937-2011)

George Edward Dow (1929-2011)

Albert Driedger (1936-2011)

Jocelyn Adele Saul Dubienski (1922-2011)

Theo Dubois (1911-2011)

Walter Dubowec (1932-2011)

Stanley Kenneth “Stan” Dudeck (1927-2011)

Mary Isobel Gilchrist Eady (1926-2011)

Norman Bruce Edie (1926-2011)

George William Elliott (1933-2011)

Gerhard Ens (1922-2011)

Russell Gordon Farrell (1936-2011)

Kurt L. Flett (1956-2011)

John Guthrie “Jack” Forsyth (1941-2011)

Alan George Gardiner (1931-2011)

Esther Gertrude Moscovitch Genser (1916-2011)

Thomas Patrick “Pat” Gill (1939-2011)

Lionel Travers Glaser (1922-2011)

William Charles “Bill” Gorrie (1950-2011)

Peter Edwin Gould (c1920-2011)

Charles Leslie “Chuck” Green (c1957-2011)

Joseph Grodecki (1925-2011)

Russell Clarence “The Singing Farmer” Gurr (1918-2011)

John R. “Jack” Guthrie (c1924-2011)

John M. “Jack” Hanlin (1920-2011)

Brian William Hansell (1942-2011)

James Julian “Jim” Harris (1923-2011)

Richard Drew Harris (1948-2011)

Knut Eide Haugsoen (1935-2011)

Roma Zenovea Hawirko (1919-2011)

Charles Robert “Bob” Hazell (c1934-2011)

Jane Sayler Heffelfinger (?-2011)

Grant Heinrichs (c1951-2011)

Marjorie Helen Johnston “Marge” Hemsworth (1915-2011)

Paul Alfred Herriot (1930-2011)

Kenneth Allan “Ken” Hildahl (1950-2011)

Emily Whyte “Ruth” Holliday (1914-2011)

John E. Holtmann (1950-2011)

Albert Jacob Horch (1917-2011)

Ross M. Houston (1944-2011)

Lorne Huff (1938-2011)

Donald Clifford “Don” Johnson (1930-2011)

Michael David Kiedyk (1933-2011)

Peter A. Kondra (1911-2011)

Ken Kostick (c1954-2011)

Joseph Kozak (1936-2011)

Peter Kramarchuk (1925-2011)

Lloyd “Doc” Kreamer (1921-2011)

Edward Kuiper (1919-2011)

Frederick Andrew Lang (1910-2011)

George Lawrence (1922-2011)

Joseph Lenkewich (1928-2011)

Howard Levine (1924-2011)

Lucy Barbara Applebee Lindell (1911-2011)

Donald Alexander “Don” Livingston (1925-2011)

Ivan Hugh Lounsbury (1923-2011)

Herbert Allan “Bert” Luckhurst (1923-2011)

Peyton Vaughan Lyon (1921-2011)

Jean Alexandra Hembroff MacDonald (1908-2011)

John A. MacDonell (1918-2011)

John “Jack” Matheson (1924-2011)

Michael John Mazur (1913-2011)

Eileen May McFadden (1930-2011)

Frederick George McGuinness (1921-2011)

Robert Leslie McIntosh (1925-2011)

Lloyd Henry McKay (1943-2011)

Beatrice “Bea” McKenzie (1914-2011) - SHOF

John Christopher “Jack” McKinnon (1922-2011)

John Crawford McMillan (1915-2011)

John Donald McNairnay (1925-2011)

James Roy “Jim” McPherson (1931-2011)

Margaret McRitchie (1928-2011)

Olga Memrick (1910-2011)

Mickey Militaire (?-2011)

Elstan Glorydd “E. G. / Wick” Morris (1923-2011)

Winston Washington Moxam (1963-2011)

Eddy Bryce Munroe (1961-2011)

Norman “Norm” Neuman (1916-2011)

Winston Ewart “Wynn” Norton (?-2011)

Gino Nucci (1938-2011)

Peter Jacob Olchowecki (1911-2011)

Cornelio Gumayon “Neil” Parado (1934-2011)

Anthony Edwin Fraser “Ted” Paterson (c1923-2011)

John Whitmore “Jack” Peach (?-2011)

Leo Joseph Peloquin (1934-2011)

Ken Peter (?-2011)

Elisabeth Dyck Peters (1915-2011)

Margaret Ann Pidlaski (?-2011)

James Raymond “Jim” Platt (1939-2011)

Frederick A. “Fred” Post (1942-2011)

Wesley Reimer (1932-2011)

Lorne Anthony Reznowski (1929-2011)

Nirmal Singh Rihal (1929-2011)

Daniel Anthony Ritchie (1924-2011)

Walter Legget Ritchie (1928-2011)

Dolphie Constantine Roberts (c1933-2011)

H. John P. Schaffter (1926-2011)

Henry Schmidt (1929-2011)

Violet Beryl Seeman (1911-2011)

Betty Darling Field Sobkowich (1925-2011)

Michael “Mike” Spack (1922-2011)

Arthur Bambridge “Art” Sparling (1930-2011)

Donalda Ruth Stewart “Donna” Stanbra (1925-2011)

Peter Anthony “Tony” Stefaniec [Stephens] (1913-2011)

Kenneth William “Ken” Stewart (1936-2011)

Jean Isobel Strath (1930-2011)

Iraida Gerus Tarnawecky (1924-2011)

Clarissa May Joyce “Chriss” Tetlock (1941-2011)

Ralph Lucas Thompson (1920-2011)

Ronald Frederick “Ron” Thompson (1943-2011)

Robert Henry Thorlakson (1923-2011)

Robert Porter “Buddy” Tinsley (1924-2011)

Barry Alexander Ursell (1917-2011)

Samuel Uskiw (1933-2011)

Verna Van Roon (1920-2011)

Michael Neelak Van Rooy (1968-2011)

John Wachniak (1922-2011)

James C. Wakefield (1918-2011)

Peter Oliver Walker (1939-2011)

Norma E. Walmsley (1920-2011)

Harry Walsh (1913-2011)

John “Jack” Warwick (1927-2011)

William “Bill” Werbeniuk (1924-2011)

John Thomas Wherrett (1932-2011)

Gerry Joseph Wilson (?-2011)

Dianne Woods (?-2011)

Marian Francis Yeo (1925-2011)

Myrtle I. Zimmerman (1921-2011)

Zelma Zitzerman (1935-2011)

Larry Zolf (1934-2011)

If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 2011, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here. Criteria for inclusion in the collection are given here.

Sources:

“They shall not be forgotten: Manitobans who made a difference” by Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 2011.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 April 2023

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