Vernon passed away peacefully at Overlander Extended Care Trinity Hospice Unit on July 20, 2018 with his loving family by his side. He was born July 21, 1945 to the late Elmer and Pearl Costain. He is the beloved husband of Dianne, his Angel and true love, loving Father to Kevin Costain (Cindy Semeniuk) and Trena (Dean) Todd, cherished grandfather to Cameron, Kyle, Landen, Wyatt, and Wade and great grandfather to Callie, dear brother to Goldie Brennan, Lucina Costain (Joe Hogan), Brenda (Bill) Wedge, Hedley (Priscilla) Costain, Gary (Bernice) Costain, Darryl Costain, and Darris Costain; brother-in-law to Noelle Costain, Francis Costain and Donna (Bob) Workman. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by brothers and sisters: Jarvis, Emmerson, Everett, Tom, Major, Nelder, Aletha, and Velda, brother in-law Bill Midford, sister in-law Charlene Midford and Mother and Father in-law Chris and Ranny Midford.

A final thank you to the many family and friends that have been by our side the last couple of years as Dad’s health started to decline.  A special thank you to Dr. Kip, Dr. Prystawa, Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Inegbedion and the staff at Trinity Lane for your compassionate care.

Our family requests your continued prayer for Dad as we believe continued prayer helps the soul to reach its final destination in Heaven.

 Dad, you fought a long hard battle and you are now free to reap the rewards that heaven has to offer you.  Rest peacefully Dad.  We love and miss you.

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Theodorus (Ted) Saat was born, in Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland on September 6, 1930, the youngest of 8 children..  He passed away in Kamloops on July 15^th 2018.  The ever-present twinkle in his eye spoke of his sense of fun and adventure.  One of his greatest adventures was the immigration to Canada in 1966 with his wife Paula and young family.

Ted worked as a shovel operator at Bethlehem Copper and Highland Valley Copper until his retirement in 1990 and continued to work in construction even after that.

He was a master finishing carpenter and skilled craftsman, and with this gift he built treasured toy chests for each of his grandchildren.  His craftsmanship and contribution are noted on a number of commemorative plaques in various buildings in Kamloops.   For the rest of his family and friends he has left us with many treasured memories.

Ted enjoyed sports, he coached a gymnastics club in the Netherlands, loved his football (soccer) and later became an avid Blazers hockey fan although this“ appreciation” did not always extend to the referees.

Ted is predeceased by his parents and seven siblings.  He will be remembered for a life well lived and will be missed by his wife Paula, children Michael (Agnese), Jozef (Jos) (Karen), Kimberly (Don Thompson), grandchildren Katharyn (Les Stevens), Renata (Drew Bonthoux), Stephen (Justine), Nicole (Travis Backmeyer), Danielle (Robert Sutton) and great grandchildren Madelynn and Stanley.  He also leaves behind numerous nieces and nephews throughout Canada, Europe and Australia. Ted will be greatly missed by his very dear friend Dan Roth and by his faithful companion Gizmo. A Memorial Mass will be held at OLPH church (635 Tranquille Rd. in Kamloops) on Monday July 23^rd at 11:00am with Father Paul Simms officiating

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Alzheimers Society of BC at http://alzheimer.ca/en/bc

On July 16, 2018 Rose Marie Denomey (nee Ofukany)  passed away after a brief illness. She was born in ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Tisdale, Saskatchewan in May of 1938.  Rose grew up on the farm, the only girl amongst five brothers.  It was in Tisdale that she fell in love with a local boy, Jim Denomey.  Rose and Jim married and moved to BC where they settled in Kamloops and raised their three children. Family was always first with Rose. She loved to watch her family having fun and would happily sit on the beach and watch them waterski or swim.  She would pack up all the food and gear and camp with the family even though she despised mosquitos because she knew how much the family loved it. Rose was a very independent and athletic woman.  She studied hard and received her Boiler Makers Certificate, the only woman in an all male class.  Certificate in hand she eventually owned and operated her own business, Roses Dry Cleaners.  She was proud to form Roses’ Ball team which brought together her love for family and ball.  She loved playing ball, curling with her “Brunch Bunch” and golfing with her golf group.  Rose was an avid Blue Jays fan.

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