SATURDAY, August 27, 2022

By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on August 27, 2022.

Norman Bertil Atamanchuk

July 27, 1955 – August 11, 2022

Norman Atamanchuk passed away peacefully at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, AB, on August 11, 2022. He was 67 years old.

His memory will be cherished by his son, Andrew Atamanchuk; grandson, Andrew Jr. Atamanchuk; brother, Bob Atamanchuk; sister, Connie LePine as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Norman was predeceased by his parents, Elsie & John Atamanchuk; as well as his lovely sister, Arlene Potvin.

A cremation has taken place, and a private family gathering will be held at a later date.

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BIRCH

SHIRLEY JOY BIRCH, nee McKay, the beloved wife of the late Dennis Birch, passed away peacefully at Fairmont Extendicare on Monday, August 22^nd, 2022, at the age of 92 years.

   She was born September 27^th, 1929, in Scott, Saskatchewan to Thomas & Perry McKay.  At the age of six months, they moved to Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, where she received her high school education.

   Shirley worked at Eaton’s in Prince Albert from 1950 to 1958.  After that, they moved to Calgary, Alberta, and worked at Eaton’s from 1958 to 1971.  On August 21^st, 1971, she married her husband Dennis, and they moved to Ponoka, Alberta until 1973.  They then moved to Victoria, B.C. for six months.  Then they moved to Coronation, Alberta until 1975, when they moved to Coaldale, Alberta.  While there Shirley worked at the grocery store and Robinson’s store, retiring in 1985.  Shirley and Dennis spent many of their winters in Yuma, Arizona.

   Predeceased by her husband Dennis in 2018, she leaves to mourn her step-daughter Patricia (Bernard), step-son Bill, four grandsons, Matthew, Justin, Ryan, and Travis, one granddaughter, Denise, seven great grandchildren, two nephews Myron Brost and Philip Melville and four nieces Debby Gordon, Lu Anne Lautner, Margaret Walberg and Liz McKay. Besides her husband, she was predeceased by her sisters Marie Friesen, Margaret Jelstad, Jean Brost, and her brother Howard McKay, her sister-in-law Phyllis McKay, brother-in-law Ernie Brost and one niece Valerie Brost.

   Shirley requested that in her memory, please donate to your local Humane Society.

   A Funeral Service will be held at CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME, 2825 – 32 Street South, Lethbridge, on Monday, August 29^th, at 1:00 P.M., with Rev. Dr. Carolyn Langford officiating.  Cremation will follow.  A private interment will be held on Tuesday at Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge.

   To send a condolence, please visit http://www.cornerstonefuneralhome.com

FISHER

June 7, 1943 – August 11, 2022

JAMES LOUIS FISHER (“JIM”) passed away peacefully in Lethbridge on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at the age of 79 years, with his wife and daughters by his side.

Born to the late Louis and Olive Fisher on June 7, 1943, Jim was raised in Raymond, Alberta. Brainy and athletic, he played basketball for the Raymond Comets, and was valedictorian of his high school class. At U of A, Jim studied mathematics and played center for the basketball team. When Jim met Beth Conrad, he was quickly smitten. They married in 1964.

Jim and Beth headed to Los Angeles, where Jim earned a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1968. The couple’s three children were born in California, Alberta, and England. After a stint as a math professor at U of A, Jim decided to try his hand at farming near Warner.

Life on the farm kept Jim and Beth busy with the million jobs of tending crops and livestock along with kids, while battling the elements and market prices.

In the eighties, Jim’s gift for numbers and analysis led him to start an investment club, the Fisher Private Fund, where he managed the stocks of several dozen members to good effect.

A legendary gamester, Jim often trounced his family and friends at Scrabble, Solitaire, Spoons, and more. He had a special place in his heart for Go, an Asian board game of strategy adored by cerebral number-crunching tacticians.

Jim held callings in his LDS ward and went on a mission to Montreal with Beth. After retirement, Jim and Beth moved to the house of their dreams in Lethbridge; and traveled all over the world, from Alaska, to the Great Barrier Reef, to the Holy Land. They cherished their crop of fair-haired grandchildren, and enjoyed a brisk social schedule. Their happy marriage lasted for more than 50 years, until Beth passed away in 2015.

Jim was lonely without Beth. After a time, he dated Conny Schipper, and the couple was wed in 2016. Conny and Jim shared a lively life, filled with laughter, meals, and outings with family and friends.

Jim is survived by his wife, Conny Schipper; his children, Carolyn Fisher (Steve Arthur), Michael Fisher, and Kathryn (Josh) Molcak; his grandchildren, Geneva (John) Fisher Stout, Kieran Arthur, Riley Molcak, Avery Molcak; his sister, Wylene McConkie; and his step children and step grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Beth Conrad Fisher; his sisters, Shirley Fisher Smith and Connie Fisher Pitcher Shields; and his parents, Lou Fisher and Olive Parkinson Fisher.

Jim was a brilliant mind, a doting grandpa and a kind friend. He loved to tease by taking the opposite point of view in any debate – no matter what his REAL opinion was. We are shedding tears for Jim Fisher, but we are laughing, too, because he was fun, and funny, and fiercely competitive, and smart, and sweet, and generous. He will be greatly missed.

A Memorial Service for Jim will be held at 11:00am on August 31, 2022, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FAIRMONT CHAPEL (205 Fairmont Blvd S, Lethbridge); and interment to follow at the Raymond Temple Hill Cemetery.

Friends are welcome to meet with the family from 10:00 to 10:45am prior to the Service at the church.

The Memorial Service will be livestreamed and recorded to share with those who can’t join in person.

Please make a donation to the charity of your choice in lieu of flowers, if you wish. And we, the family, love to hear stories about Jim, so please share a memory of Jim Fisher to carolynf@telus.net. Thank you for celebrating our beloved Jim Fisher!

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Evelyn Lodermeier

1923 – 2022

Mrs. Evelyn Anna Lodermeier passed away on August 23, 2022, in Milk River, Alberta at the age of 98 years.

Evelyn was born at home in the Allerston district on December 30, 1923, to Peter and Rose Thielen. After attending school at different one-room schoolhouses in the 1930s, Evelyn ended her formal education. In January 1948, she married Leo Lodermeier and they began their life together in an old wooden farmhouse on land at Masinasin, east of Milk River, Alberta. Leo and Evelyn had a mixed farm of dry-land cropping and a few cows and chickens. It was a wonderful time in the 1950s when they built their lovely new home and had their two children, Teresa, born in 1955 and Darrell, born in 1957. Evelyn was a devoted mother and homemaker. She enjoyed many fibre arts including knitting, sewing, and embroidery. Evelyn was also an accomplished baker and wedding cake decorator. In 1981 Evelyn and Leo retired to Lethbridge where she spent many happy years baking buns, making clothes, and babysitting her granddaughters. After Leo’s death, Evelyn moved to Martha’s House where she spent her sunset years.

Evelyn was predeceased by her daughter Teresa in 2008, her son Darrell in 2012, and her husband Leo in 2015.

She is survived by her son-in-law, Peter McAdam, and daughter-in-law, Rita Lodermeier. She is also survived by her five granddaughters, Suzanne Lodermeier (Steven Sibley), Kelly McAdam, Marina (Brad) Balog, Kristina McAdam (Mike Storry-Robertson) and Vanessa Lodermeier (Robert Rolfe), as well as six great-grandchildren: Jordan Lodermeier & Riley Sibley-Lodermeier, Braxton Balog & Camden Balog, Josephine Robertson, and Violet Rolfe-Lodermeier.

A Graveside Service will be held at 9:40 AM, at Allerston Cemetery on Sunday, August 28, 2022. Followed by a memorial reception at Allerston Hall.”

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Dorothy Wauters

1931 – 2022

Mrs. Dorothy Wauters (née Morton) of Lethbridge County, wife of the late Mr. Ettienne “H” Wauters, passed away on her farm of 68 years on Friday, August 19, 2022 at the age of 91.

Dorothy was born on her parents’ farm in the Crystal Lake area on July 24, 1931 to Allan and Ivy Morton. As her father used to say, she was born in the raspberry patch. She received her education at Crystal Lake and Hardieville Schools. She attended Garbutt Business College and then found employment with Bodard Adjustment Bureau where she remained until she married H on April 19, 1954 and lived on their farm until her passing. She helped with the Sunnyside Area history book and enjoyed gardening, reading and needle work.

She is survived by her children Joan (Warren), Jim, Donna (Jed), Christine (Art), Robert (Cynthia) and Patricia (Murray), grandchildren Pamela, Melanie, Amanda, Hope and Noah, great grandchildren Desi, Mason, Brennah, Isabelle, Hunter and Gage, sister Reta (George), brothers and sisters-in-law Eugene (Virgina), Terry (Judy) and Lorraine (George), cousins in England and Scotland and their families. She was predeceased by her brother Ron (Jean), brother-in-law Jerrald and nephew Gregory.

The family is grateful to Patricia who made it possible for her to live the last years of her life on the farm.

She taught us you didn’t need to have it all to have it all. While her life wasn’t always easy she would say she had a good life. Her generosity was not for display but everywhere you looked. She was kind, patient, a hard worker and always there for her family. She will be sadly missed.

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm, on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at ST. AUGUSTINE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, 411, 11 STREET SOUTH, Lethbridge, Alberta with Reverend Steve Bateman, officiating.

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