Obituaries

PETER “PETE” NELSON SCHIKOWSKY, beloved partner of Michelle Tatel, passed away at home in Lethbridge, on Friday, May 2, 2025 at the age of 47 years.

RANDY EDWARD DRAKE, of Picture Butte, beloved husband of Florence Drake, passed away peacefully at the St. Michael’s Health Centre – Palliative Care Unit, on Monday, May 5, 2025 at the age of 72 years.

It is with deep sadness we announce the loss of our beloved husband, son, father and grandfather, Darren Duane Schan. Loving husband of Rhonda Schan for 34 years, Darren passed away peacefully at home, on April 29, 2025, at the age of 62 years.

SHERI-LYNNE SOUTER, of Lethbridge, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully at St. Michael’s Health Centre, on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at the age of 57 years.

JAMES “JIM” ALBERT ARLETT, beloved husband of Mable Arlett, of Raymond, AB, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, at the Raymond Health Centre on Monday, April 28, 2025 at the age of 79 years.

JEAN JESSIE McCULLEY, of Picture Butte, passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at the age of 77 years.

JENNIFER HANSEN, of Lethbridge, beloved wife of Neil Hansen, passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Friday, March 14, 2025 at the age of 79 years. 

We celebrate the life of an amazing, father, husband and friend, VLADIMIR BORIS MEIC, who passed away at St. Michael’s Health Centre, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at the age of 89 years.

We regretfully announce the passing of WILLIAM (BILL) D. HENDERSON (III) on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Our sadness is only tempered by our gratefulness to have shared almost 91 years of life with him and we accept his gentle passing to a long-deserved rest and “happier forever life”. Bill was a much beloved patriarch of the local Henderson group of families that have called Lethbridge home since the late 1800’s. Bill was predeceased by his loving mother Jean and father William S. Henderson (II) who fought valiantly in WWI, and also his grandfather William Henderson (I) and grandmother (Margaret) who immigrated from Scotland in 1879 and settled in Lethbridge in 1885. William Henderson (I) was a prominent local business man and a former Mayor of Lethbridge (1908-1909).

DOREEN ISABELLA FORD, of Milk River, AB, formerly of Coutts, AB, beloved wife of the late DeWayne Ford, passed away peacefully at the Milk River Health Centre, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at the age of 91 years.