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Memorable Manitobans: 2017
The following Memorable Manitobans died in 2017:
Helen Allison
Calvin James “Jim” Alward (1923-2017)
Barry Anderson
Helga Anderson
Lorna Anderson
Malcolm Graham Anderson (1945-2017)
Leonard “Len” Andree (1930-2017)
Johann Arnason
Willie Arnason
Edgar Arnold (1947-2017)
Ralph Bagley
Raymond Matthew Bates (1941-2017)
Anne Charlotte Bawden (c1939-2017)
Aaron Berg
Martin Bergen (1927-2017)
Herman Ivan Berkowitz (1936-2017)
Madeleine Bernier (1920-2017)
Alan Bernstein
David James Bertnick (1947-2017)
William John Birtles (?-2017)
Robert Theodore Bockstael (1923-2017)
Walter Morris Bohonos (1930-2017)
Anne Bowden
Tony Bowden
Jerry Brasko
Charles Roland Brawn (1923-2017)
Ruth Mary Breckman (1932-2017)
Doug Brown
Walter Bushuk (1929-2017)
Juliette Augustina Sysak Cavazzi (1927-2017)
Alice Mary Elizabeth Cheatley (1918-2017)
Eugene Cherwick (c1937-2017)
Donald Collins
Robert Dickson “Robin” Connor (1922-2017)
Barbara Cook
Roberta Cramer
Delmore C. W. “Del” Crewson (1942-2017)
John Cumming
Wallace Michael Darichuk (1938-2017)
Raymond Cleave “Ray” Davis (?-2017)
John Debroni (1930-2017)
Andre Doumbe
Joseph N. H. “Joe” Du (1933-2017)
Andrew Duncan
Armand Dureault (?-2017)
Henry Trevor “Harry” Edwards (1921-2017)
Kenneth Robert Elliott (1932-2017)
Herbert Saratchandra “Herb” Embuldeniya (1931-2017)
Jane Evans
Ronald William Fewchuk (1941-2017)
Roy Finnen
Brian Flye
Shirley Free
Corey Gaspur
Ernie Gaudreau
Jim Gibbons
Eleanor Dorothy Albright Elliott Gibson (1918-2017)
Brian Gilhuly
Orest Gingera (1936-2017)
Alfred George Goebel (c1925-2017)
Nora Grenfell
Marilyn Hall
Monte R. Halparin [Monty Hall] (1921-2017)
Johann “John” Hamm (1925-2017)
Murray Gibson Hannah (1925-2017)
Leonard Harris
Glen Harrison
Kerry Lloyd Hawkins (1940-2017)
Benjamin Hewak (1935-2017)
Guy Hobman
Ted Augustine Homenuik (c1934-2017)
Charles Horvath
Kenneth Gilbert “Ken” Howard (1925-2017)
Gerry Ilchyna
Eric Irwin
James Chilles “Jim” Jamieson (1939-2017)
Gudbjorg “Dorothy” Johnson
John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)
Bill Kay
Andy Kaye
Allen Richard Kear (1929-2017)
Céline Marie Power Kear (?-2017)
Daniel Patrick “Dan” Kennedy (1939-2017)
Ed Keryluk
Wally Kiryluk
Jacob Kleinsasser (c1922-2017)
Rose Kondra
Ken Kronson
Norman Garrod “Norm” Larsen (1935-2017)
David Clayton William “Dave” Lee (1946-2017)
Linda Lee
Larry Nicholas Licharson (1949-2017)
Ronald Edward “Ron” Littlejohn (1935-2017)
Norman Linklater
Greg Lowe (1957-2017)
Susan Margaret Macdonald (1955-2017)
Bill MacKenzie
Peter Maendel (1924-2017)
Keith Edward Malcolm (1930-2017)
Victor Martens
Carl Mattson
Orville Mayor
Verne McComas
Mary Jane McIntyre
Bob Menzies
Dmytro “Metro” Michalchuk (1931-2017)
Mel Peaslee Michener (1930-2017)
Jim Mitchell
Kim Monson
Donald Alexander Morrison (1926-2017)
William Grant Paterson Munro (1923-2017)
James Adrian “Jim” Mutcheson (1925-2017)
Jack Oatway
Christopher Shaughnessy O’Grady (1939-2017)
Jim Ogston
Charlotte Louise Kingdon Oleson (1932-2017)
Michael M. Park (1946-2017)
Cecille Paterson
Peter Pidskalny (1945-2017)
Richard Joseph “Rick” Plaisier (1948-2017)
Jack Raber
Laird Forbes Rankin (1940-2017)
Bruce Rathbone
Joseph John Rebizant (1936-2017)
William H. “Binx” Remnant (1927-2017)
William Hugo Rentz (1926-2017)
Viola Robertson
Walter Romaniw
Robert T. Ross (1924-2017)
Allen “Al” Rouse (1925-2017)
Dunc Rousseau
Eugene Rudachek
Jack Rubin
Jocelyn Samson
Leonard Anthony “Len” Sandeman (1923-2017)
Darren Sawchuk
Reid Schindle
Mendel Schnitzer
George B. Schreyer (1920-2017)
Frederick William “Wick” Sellers (1930-2017)
Dave Semenko
Frank Steve Senkow (1926-2017)
Kenneth Wayne “Kenny” Shields (1947-2017)
Derek Smith
Harvey Smith (1936-2017)
William Paul Solypa (1930-2017)
Archie Speers
Nastia Kolodzinski “Nettie” Stadnyk (?-2017)
Linda Joyce Fairfield Stechesen (1939-2017)
Curtis Steiman
Allan Stern
John Romeo Stroppa (1926-2017)
Eva Stubbs (1925-2017)
Bill Sutherland
Donna Gail Sutherland (1961-2017)
Alice Frances “Fran” Thompson (1927-2017)
Raymond Charles William “Moosie” Turnbull (1939-2017)
William Leslie “Les” Wardrop (1915-2017)
William Reid Waters
William “Bill” Welsh (1936-2017)
Lorraine West
Larry Whitney (1942-2017)
Pat Wightman
Claude Hooper Wilson (1931-2017)
Richard Wilson
Hersh Wolch (1940-2017)
Wally Woo
Michael Woroby
Teofil Zabawski
If you know a noteworthy Manitoban who died in 2017, whose biography should be added to the Memorable Manitobans collection, please submit their information here.
Sources:
“Sports greats we lost in 2017” by T. Kent Morgan, [Headingley] The Headliner, 3 January 2018, page 11.
“Lives lived” by Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 2018, pages D6-D10.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 April 2018
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