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Obituaries

Brenda Battershill

May 29th, 2021

Brenda Helen Leonard (nee Wilson)

May 25th, 2021

David Russel Gunner

May 10th, 2021

David William Soules

May 9th, 2021

Hans Otto Brezina

Apr 23rd, 2021

Juanita Irene Cassidy (nee Kortzman)

Apr 17th, 2021

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