September 21, 1932 – November 22, 2018

The family of Bernie are sorry to announce her passing quietly at Hospice in Kamloops of a heart related condition. With her children in attendance, the Lord offered her his hand and she gracefully slipped away to join her loved ones in heaven. She is survived by her youngest sister Lauretta Gauthier, oldest son Michel (Jann), youngest son Brian (Luz Elena) and daughter Suzan (Harold) as well as four grandsons: Curran, Paul, Fernando and Mateo. She also has one great grandson Cian.

Born in Kimberley during the depression, she was the 13^th child in a family of 14. Several years after some of the family moved to the coast, she married Paul Bouthillier and had 3 sons, Michel, Daniel and Brian. Sadly, Paul passed due to a work related injury and shortly after that, she lost her middle son Danny to a brain tumour. With the love and support of some family members, especially the Bouthillier side, she persevered.  She started square dancing where she met her second husband, Tom Gardner and later had her last child, Suzan.

Shortly thereafter, the family moved to the interior of the province to a remote area west of Quesnel called Nazko and lived on a sizeable acreage. They enjoyed hunting, fishing, raising several different types of livestock and living off the land.

In the early 1990s, Bernie and Tom moved to the outskirts of Quesnel where they lived until Tom’s passing in 2010. After living for a short time in Prince George with Suzan and Harold, she moved to Kamloops to be closer to her son Brian and family as a well as sister Lauretta.

Bernie was passionate about her Catholic Faith and her children. She also enjoyed painting, reading, riding horse-back and the outdoors.

Prayers will be recited at 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 29th and the Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, November 30th. Both are to take place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 635 Tranquille Rd., Kamloops. Father Paul Simms, Celebrant.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Catholic School System.

   August 2, 1928 – November 18, 1928

We all have heavy hearts at the passing of our loving father, Thomas Alexander (TA) Fraser on November 18, 2018 but as sad as it is to say goodbye, our hearts are happier knowing that he is no longer in pain and that he has gone to be with his beloved wife Adeline (Addy) Fraser who left us on April 10, 2018.

Thomas is survived by daughter Diane Sanford, sons Robert Fraser, Ronald Fraser, and David Fraser; by son-in-law Donald Sanford; by daughters-in-law Francis Fraser, Sherry Fraser, and Trisha Fraser; by granddaughter Shawna Gip; grandsons Scott Fraser, Jeff Fraser, Brian Fraser, Terry Fraser and Quinn Fraser; by great grandsons Alexander Fraser and Rylan Fraser and by his brother, Patrick Fraser.

Tom drove Greyhound for 10 years out of Penticton, BC then went to work as a Fish and Wildlife Officer and Superintendent for 26 years in Golden, BC and Smithers, BC. Tom had belonged to Kinsmen and Masons; and refereed hockey and umpired fast ball.  Tom spent lots of time in the outdoors often fishing and hunting with his sons and his friends. Family time was spent at mountain cabins rowing peacefully around the lake, hiking and roasting wieners and marshmallows on outdoor fires.

After Tom retired, he and Adeline spent 4 years on their boat on the west coast where Tom worked for the Federal Fisheries; a job that he simply loved. After the coast job was finished, Tom and Adeline spent 16 winters in Yuma, Arizona where they participated in the RV park events, golfed, swam, walked and biked in the park. They made many friends and thoroughly enjoyed their time in the sunshine.

Due to health issues, Tom and Adeline moved into the Hamlets at Westsyde Care Facility in 2013, then moved to the Active Care Senior Services in 2015 and resided the last three years in the Blueberry unit at the Overlander Care Home in Kamloops, BC. The care the staff gave Tom was exemplary and greatly showed after he returned from RIH on November 9^th after spending 3 weeks with a blood infection. Upon returning to Overlander, Tom was moved into Orchard Grove where he received a lot of love, attention and excellent medical care until the very end.

Tom and his family greatly appreciates the care and love he received from the staff in both the Blueberry and Orchard Grove wings of Overlander.  Thank you all so very, very much. You are amazing.

October 22, 1927-November 14, 2018

 Eva Gulliford, 91, passed away peacefully in her sleep the afternoon of Wednesday, November 14^th, 2018 at Kamloops Senior Village. She was born October 22, 1927 in Virovitica, Yugoslavia and immigrated to Canada at 9 months of age with her parents, Adam and Karolina Schimpf on the Empress of Australia in July, 1928.  She grew up on the family farm in Brocklehurst and met her husband, Bill, working at the Whiteway Laundry. They married in June 1948 and built a life together until his death in 2012.

Eva is survived by her brother Tony (Kay); two daughters Carol (Ken) and Jackie; grand-daughters Erin, Leah (Dallas), Nicole, and Shannon (Andre); great grand-children Leslee, Henry, and Dominick; and many nieces and nephews, family friends and neighbors. She is predeceased by her sisters Annie, Elsie, Louise and son-in-law, Chris (Jackie).

Eva was a stay-at-home mother and homemaker. She liked to cook, bake, sew, embroider, knit, and garden. She enjoyed square dancing, playing cards and bowling and enjoyed travelling with her husband to Australia, Cape Breton, Grand Caymans, Hawaii and Mexico.

It is with much sadness that we say good-bye to a wonderful mother, sister, grandma, great grandma, aunt, and friend.

At her request, a public service will not be held.

It is with broken hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Lorine “Rene” Evans on November 8^th 2018 .  Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 15^th 1953, she leaves to mourn her husband Greg of 27 years and step daughter Teneill and granddaughter Erika.  Predeceased by parents Dr. Hugh Robertson,  mother Helen, brother James, and four days later, brother Murray (Candace), she is survived by brother Bryan (Jill) and sister Janice Kirychuk (David} and countless nephews and nieces. Wilma Downing influenced Lorine as she excelled in many sports as a student at Sheldon Williams. Through her high school and university years she developed long lasting relationships with so many she called best friends for life. She would go on to play on championship basketball teams, win provincial tennis titles, run track and later enjoyed a run playing 3 years for Canada’s national volley ball team leading up to the 1976 Olympics. Read More & Leave Condolences »