Obituaries

MELVIN THOMAS SALMON beloved husband of the late Patricia Salmon (née Coppieters) passed away peacefully on October 9, 2025, at the Raymond Health Centre at the age of 87.

VICTOR WILLIAM SMAILES, of Coaldale, beloved husband of Deanna Smailes, passed away at home on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at the age of 68 years.

Edward Shelton Ririe passed away on September 4, 2025 in Lethbridge, Alberta.

STUART MATHIESON FLEMING of Lethbridge, AB, passed away at St. Michael’s Health Centre – Palliative Care Unit, on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at the age of 59.

JANET GIRVAN, of Lethbridge, beloved wife of the late Samuel Girvan, passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Monday, October 6, 2025 at the age of 96 years.

With gratitude for a life well lived and hearts full of love, the family of William “Dee” Hershmiller shares news of his passing on Friday, October 3, 2025, in Lethbridge, Alberta, at the age of 85.

RAMIN LAHIJI, much beloved husband of Beate Lahiji passed away on October 3, 2025 after a brief illness at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary.

JØRGEN GRØNDAHL, of Lethbridge, beloved husband of Liz Grøndahl, passed away suddenly at home, surrounded by family on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at the age of 72 years.

TINA DENISE CONSTANT, of Lethbridge, AB, was welcomed into heaven by her father Denis Constant, on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.

AVIS HOPE HUNTER was born in a country hospital in Turner Valley, the second child of six children born to Dorothy (née Nichols) and Harold Hunter. She arrived just 16 months after her older sister, Sue, and later joined by four brothers; Bill, Ken, Gary and Kevin.