Kevin Rollason

Diane Vanderzande was a physiotherapist who went to Kenora to work for a year - but then life happened. She worked at the hospital and the Child Development Centre, mentored many physio students, and volunteered in the community #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/TjXhbyFvk2 https://t.co/a6VM1390bV

When Dave Corbett’s dad began selling snowmobiles, Dave began to race on them. He won a world championship class at Eagle River, was Manitoba champ several times, and competed in the Winnipeg to St Paul race #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/WY7WbQ9djZ https://t.co/k4Jg6fWWr5

Clara Durston, then Clara Love, was a Rosie the Riveter during the Second World War and one of the last living women who helped the war effort on the home front. She worked at Canada Car when it was converted to make airplane parts. #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/P1p66OXKdD https://t.co/6RTOqvJZ9h

Charlie Mayer was a farmer when elected Tory MP for Portage-Marquette in 1979. He was re-elected three times, was in several positions including Agriculture Minister in the Mulroney and Campbell governments, and advocated for farmers #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/yIvGFDpqoX https://t.co/4XZxnhcQ9b

Sally Narr left Winnipeg at 18 to pursue a career in Hollywood. She landed her dream job at Capital Records and often partied with famous celebrities - don’t know who but Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Nat King Cole were on the label #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/pviIpOqiNU https://t.co/SbLgQqJHud

Robert Corne was 18 when he began medical school at the University of Manitoba. He later became a cardiologist, evaluated PM Menachem Begin’s heart while working in Israel, was co-director of HSC’s nuclear cardiology, and a U of M prof #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/agYRj0eftz https://t.co/P38sBRL2Jb

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Dorothy Hardy spent more than 30 years with Age and Opportunity serving as personal services director and acting director. She also helped found the Manitoba Association of Gerontology and was president of St Ivan’s for 25 years #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/dr0ycr3nnP https://t.co/W6BGkLL8TJ

We should all be as lucky as Helen Gregresh. Her lucky streak included winning trips and cruises - Hawaii, the Panama Canal - and even a motor home and inboard boat. But she always said she was lucky in love too - with Ken for 34 years #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/z5xEb8QucX https://t.co/aGOLfzRy0A

Garin Burbank joked he and Amelia Earhart were the most famous to come from Atchison, Kansas. He worked almost four decades as a history professor at the University of Winnipeg and was known for always wearing a coat and tie to class #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/OChZc9w8K9 https://t.co/ZoinF3Z8QF

Steve Vogelsang was a sports anchor and journalism teacher here - whose depression led to robbing banks. Now a documentary about him will air on Amazon Prime next month. I talk to him about it - and his hopes for the next chapter of his Iife @WinnipegNews https://t.co/f92vEcOKhL

Loni Bettcher was a child when she lost her parents and was raised by relatives in Poland before WW2. She was only 22 when she moved here for a new future and later reunited with her childhood friend. They were married for 30 years #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/QroXe3fyDl https://t.co/Kjsm7PCwFk

Ian Lancashire specialized in Tudor drama and theatre history. He was a longtime English professor at the University of Toronto and, with the help of computers, analyzed the works of Agatha Christie to determine when she got dementia #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/kDmLMJQZqO https://t.co/HLdB5l6p3v

Ed Maddock volunteered with many organizations in Morden: the Lions Club, the curling club, the Anglican Church, Boy Scouts, fire department, and beach committee. For all that he did, he was honoured as its Citizen of Distinction in 1990 #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/79BCR9eYOq https://t.co/AbSafSGTgG

John Collins taught at schools in Nigeria and here before working at the Manitoba Teachers’ Society for 23 years. He also wrote book reviews for the Free Press and was on the boards of Prairie Fire Magazine and Prairie Theatre Exchange #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/lTb7tiiCUI https://t.co/pAOB1vIUQW

Joel Shefrin was a fighter. He fought to remain active through life, while struggling with Crohn’s disease, and later became the first national president of what is now Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. He was also president of Hockey Winnipeg #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/WkGSxWvO90 https://t.co/JKMFPJZwUt

Bill Worb spent decades working with furs. He was a teen when he began working as a fur auctioneer and grader before founding Winnipeg Fur Exchange in 1970. He ran it until 1994 when he opened Bill Worb Furs, working there into his 80s #RIP @WinnipegNews https://t.co/HF2Ck1YqC1 https://t.co/qbpvWc0JJL