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The Canora Courier

17 October 2001

BARKER  LEASON

Canora Courier, October 17, 2001

BARKER:  Funeral service for Dora Barker, 88, of Canora, and formerly of Preeceville, who died September 30 at Canora Gateway Lodge, was held October 4 in the chapel of Preeceville Funeral Home with Rev. Miles Russell officiating. Burial was in Rockford Community Cemetery with Preeceville Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born October 1, 1912, in the Mylor district of Manitoba, she attended Mylor School. She worked at housework, babysitting, as a waitress and seamstress. She married Lloyd Barker on April 11, 1946, at the United Church manse in Weyburn and was a member of the women's auxiliary to the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rockford.

Predeceased by her parents, William and Beatrice Bridges, six brothers, Donald in 1920, Forrest in 1981, Lloyd in 1988, Lewis in 1990, Melvin in 1990, and Harold in 1998, and a sister, Stella Dills in 2001, she is survived by her former husband, Lloyd; three sons, Larry (Helen) of Salmon Arm, B.C., Lynden (Marylee) of Prince George, B.C., and Lyle (Bev) of Hudson Bay; a daughter, Donna (Don) Hard of Rockford; a brother, Allan (Frances) Bridges of Cartwright, Man.; a sister, Eva Moore of Winnipeg, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Canora Courier, October 17, 2001

LEASON:  A graveside service for George Leason, 70, of Usherville, who died October 8 at Preeceville Hospital, was held October 13 at St. John's Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery (Usherville) with Pastor Greg Bright officiating. Leson's Funeral Home was in care of arrangements.

Born on April 8, 1931, to Metro and Katie (Strelezki) Leason in Usherville, he attended Cheremosz West School. He worked in Flin Flon and then in Toronto, before returning to Saskatchewan to work in Regina. He worked in a mine at Thompson and then as a heavy equipment operator for highways in the Yukon. He retired to Usherville and was the mayor of the community for several years.