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Young Isaac Joyce is seen enjoying a cool down from the weekend’s high temperatures on Sunday, at Kingston Park’s splash pad. Splash pads were given the go-ahead from the provincial government to open last Friday, just in time for kids and families to enjoy some outdoor fun in the sun.

Barbara Maryann Riley isn’t her real name.

That’s what appears on the Walpole Island elder’s birth certificate, but she was originally called Waubano Kwe. The Anishinaabe name means ‘one who is born on the cusp of dawn.’

But nearly a century ago, officials told her parents they couldn’t use it, so they opted for the Barba-

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The 89-year-old woman, the eldest of 13 children descending from the Potawatomie and Ojibwa tribes, is a residential school survivor. She attended the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie from age 12 to 16. It wasn’t a choice.

“The Indian agent decided,” Riley said, adding she, was plucked from her family.

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Local project up for Suzuki award

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

A proposed small house community development on Chatham’s Taylor Avenue has been nominated for a prestigious award from the David Suzuki Foundation.

Billed as ‘The Brickworks Community,’ the volunteer-driven initiative is one of 15 finalists chosen from among 135 entries

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The Brickworks project, part of the Opportunity Villages Community Land Trust, is eligible for two prizes. It is entered in the overall juried grand prize, as well as the People’s Choice prize, determined by the number of votes the development receives online.

“We’re keeping our fingers crossed,” said Chatham Coun.

Karen Kirkwood-Whyte, who is part of the volunteer organizing committee.

She said there is still a lot of work to do.

“The reality is, we’re still working out details given the fact the challenges the construction industry is currently facing.”

Putting the development together requires a lot of behindthe-scenes paperwork, Kirkwood-Whyte said, adding there are environmental and zoning issues that still need to be addressed.

A zoning amendment for the property will be coming before Chatham-Kent council in July.

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‘We were obedient’ First Nation elder speaks out about treatment at residential school Continued from page 1

Like scores of other Indigenous children from across Canada, she was transported to a strange and hostile existence far from home.

Riley, along with other survivors, was among the mourners who gathered Friday to honour the 215 Indigenous children discovered in a mass grave at a residential school in Kamloops B.C. Organized by community member Tina Aquash, whose father is also a residential school survivor, the event saw an orange wave of hundreds march in tribute from Walpole Island’s elementary school to the residential school survivors’ monument.

Dozens wore T-shirts emblazoned with the message “Every Child Matters.”

In her message, Riley encouraged her community to learn about and draw from the richness of their culture, and to share the knowledge with the children.

“Whatever we do as adults is important,” Riley told the gathering.

“What we do, our children do. We are their primary teachers.”

Riley doesn’t share many details about her harsh experience at Shingwauk, except to say it was abu-

sive. Boys and girls were separated, and even if you had brothers or cousins on the other side of the school, you weren’t allowed to talk to them.

Children were punished at every turn, isolated, made to work like adults, and forbidden to speak their language.

“We were obedient,” Riley said. “We got in line and marched like soldiers. Once in a while we got to play.”

Before being taken from the reserve, Riley was a tomboy who loved the outdoors.

Raised by her paternal grandmother after her mother died, Riley absorbed the teachings and traditional ways.

At seven, Riley started her government education at a school on Walpole. Classes were taught in English, but she didn’t speak it at all. She remembers having to learn words one by one, saying them out loud and writing them on a chalkboard.

At the time, Walpole was a natural paradise. There were only five vehicles on the Island, and, with the exception of government officials, no white people.

“There were only native people here; just us,” she said. “They (whites) were afraid to come here.”

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She remembers going with her grandmother to a Wallaceburg shoe store and being refused service.

“I never met a kind Caucasian person for years and years,” she said.

At 12, she and her sister were taken to Shingwauk.

The boarding school was one of 130 Canadian residential schools. It was operated by the Anglican Church of Canada and the Canadian government from 1873 to 1970.

Riley was more fortunate than others. Her father Russell Riley was a successful businessman building docks and boathouses on the American side of the St. Clair River.

Because the family had money, he was able to bring Riley back and forth from the residential school for holidays and assist her in leaving Shingwauk when she was 16.

At 17, she left Walpole Island and moved to Detroit to make her fortune.

But the scars of residential school ran deep. When

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Barbara Riley, a Walpole Island elder and residential school survivor, speaks to a gathering Friday to honour the 215 Indigenous children discovered in a mass grave at a residential school in Kamloops B.C. recently.

she was introduced to drinking liquor, a long period of alcoholism began.

Although she worked, got married and had four children while living in Michigan, alcohol was her daily companion.

When her son Mike was in high school, he told his mother she needed help.

Riley sobered up in 1973 and never looked back.

She began working as a

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secretary for a supportive boss she met through recovery. Eventually, she went to school part-time, obtaining a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Wayne State University.

She returned to Walpole from the U.S., where she served as a counsellor, and she also set up employment services for First Nation people.

Riley’s star continued to

rise as she worked on her career and her healing.

She went on to become a tenured Professor of Social Work at Laurentian University, the first Indigenous person in Canada to do so, and has taught Indigenous studies at many Canadian universities.

She was also a Lambton College faculty member.

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Gas leak in Wheatley

By Mark Ribble The Southpoint Sun

As of Monday morning, emergency crews were still on scene in downtown Wheatley trying to source a gas leak.

What started with a local resident calling in a strong rotten egg odour June 2 eventually became a state of emergency for the village.

As many as 27 residents were displaced as officials worked toward a solution.

The leak appears to be underneath and directly behind the Pogue Irish Pub. Erie Street North was blocked off from Talbot Street to Elm Street and several residences on Elm Street were cordoned off.

Officials from the Ministry of the Environment were on site Friday and a special provincial HAZMAT team was brought in to further investigate.

The gas in question is hydrogen sulphide, which is highly toxic and flammable. It has the smell of

rotten eggs and may have reached the surface from a long-forgotten underground well.

Hydro to the area was shut off last Tuesday evening and was not restored as of Monday morning.

Businesses affected included the Car Barn Tavern, MJ’s Pizza, Legion Branch 324, the new Wheatley Hotel and the Wheatley Subway location.

Car Barn owner Barry Broadbent was on scene Thursday trying to salvage some of the perishables within his tavern.

“It’s just another knock on the forehead after dealing with COVID,” he said.

Broadbent and several volunteers were able to get into the building after firefighters swept the premises and took gas level readings. Once they gave the thumbs up, Broadbent was able to empty the freezers and coolers to trucks waiting outside.

Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff declared a State-of-Emergency in Wheatley on June 2.

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Playing Encore paid off big time for Wallaceburg’s Brenda Foster.

She matched the last six of the seven Encore numbers in exact order April 9 to win $100,000.

“I’m a regular lottery player,” Foster, 64, said in a media release. “I like

playing instant tickets, but I always switch it up.”

She plans to pay some bills, help her family, and complete some home renovations with her winnings.

The winning ticket was purchased at Jimmy G’s Variety on Murray Street in Wallaceburg.

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“I’m almost 90 and I have lived a long, good life,” Riley said. “But I didn’t realize the wealth of my culture until I got sober.”

As a survivor and social worker, Riley is well acquainted with the problems inflicted on First Nation people by colonialism and residential schools.

The fact that Christian European colonial values were thrust upon North America’s Indigenous people amounted to genocide, Riley said.

The effects of sexual,

physical and emotional abuse from residential schools are far reaching, she added, breaking and scarring families, but she believes the tragic discovery in Kamloops will lead to change.

“We’ve got to begin to look at the truth,” she said, noting history books need to reflect what really happened to Canada’s Indigenous people.

“We’ve been living too long in a fallacy and a dysfunctional system. It’s a big lie. It’s no good for anybody. It haunts us to this day.”

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Hiking for shelter Local realtor trekking in B.C. to raise coin and awareness for C-K Women’s Shelter

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Amber Pinsonneault is challenging herself, while at the same time raising awareness and funds for a local cause.

Pinsonneault, broker of record for Royal LePage Peifer Realty in Chatham, is to take part in the Purcell Mountains Challenge for Shelter in August.

She’ll be hiking 100 kilometres through the mountains in British Columbia, and is raising money for the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre in the process.

Pinsonneault said for years she’s donated to support the women’s centre, but this is taking things one step, or hundreds of thousands of steps, further.

“With the women’s centre, I donate a portion of my commissions,” she said. “I heard about the hike through Royal LePage Canada. This is the biggest fundraiser they have. This makes me step out of my comfort zone to benefit someone else and raise awareness about domestic violence. It’s on the rise. People are being forced to stay at home and that’s not always a safe haven. When suffering with mental

health issues, and stuck at home, it can turn the best person into a really bad person.”

Pinsonneault said typical support systems that people turn to in normal times just aren’t there during the pandemic.

“You’re not supposed to hang out with family or friends to get away and clear your head.

Domestic violence calls across Chatham-Kent are on the rise as a result,” she said.

Karen Hunter, executive director of the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre, said Pinsonneault’s efforts are commendable.

“I think what Amber’s doing is truly inspirational. We have so many women and children struggling with so many barriers and roadblocks,” she said.

“The walk Amber is going on clearly sends a message; a message of hope that says, ‘No matter what roadblocks you come up against, we’re here for you.’”

Getting ready for the Aug. 11 trek has been a challenge. A tough thing is finding changes in elevation. It’s just too flat around Chatham.

However, Pinsonneault said she’s always been active.

“I’ve done a lot of travelling.

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My husband and I are not sit-onthe-beach kind of people. We’ve hiked through Germany and Iceland,” she said. “We move on our vacations.”

Still, that won’t prepare her for what lies ahead.

“I will be six days without a shower or bathroom facilities.

I’ll be sleeping in a tent. I’m carrying everything on my back,” Pinsonneault said. “That’s all my food, clothes and my sleeping bag.”

To simulate that weight, she’s been training with a 30-lb. backpack, and walking up and down the hill at Kingston Park in Chatham.

“It’s the incline and the elevation that will be the challenges,” Contributed image she said of hiking in the moun- Amber Pinsonneault, broker of record for Royal LePage Peifer Realty, will tains in thinner air and in con- be hiking through the mountains of British Columbia later this summer as ditions you just can’t simulate a fundraising effort for the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre. around Chatham-Kent.

Pinsonneault said she had set a fundraising goal of $5,000, but she’s encountering a problem, and it’s a good one.

“I’m near my goal and now I’m hoping to exceed it,” she said.

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Respect reopening On Friday, hopefully we can start breathing a little easier, albeit through a mask.

The provincial government accelerated its Roadmap to Reopen slightly, moving its Step One reopening to Friday. It was supposed to occur early next week, but high vaccination rates – 72 per cent of Ontarians 18 and over have received a first dose as of Monday – led to the faster pace.

As a result, some outdoor dining, some non-essential business traffic, will be allowed as of Friday. Ditto for increased numbers for outdoor gatherings and limited numbers for indoor religious ceremonies.

Premier Doug Ford has said each stage is dependent on seeing how things develop from the previous stage’s impact on COVID-19 numbers as well as rising vaccination rates.

Well, the vaccination rate is where it needs to be, so now it’s up to people to maintain social distancing and continue to wear masks when social distancing is not possible.

We’ve been masked up in Chatham-Kent for nearly a year now.

Live within the guidelines, respect the concerns of others, and support local businesses.

It’s a simple formula to get through the rest of the pandemic, get our second doses of the vaccine, and hopefully put COVID in our rearview mirror later this summer or early this fall.

Unfortunately, some folks were a bit too eager to react. This past weekend saw hundreds of people show up to farmers’ markets, town-wide yard sales and outdoor markets. Our economy could use the boost, but reports indicate too few masks were observed, with too many people attending, at some of the yard sales.

A fair bit of planning went into outdoor markets.

Fortunately, the Armoury Market in Chatham, which saw an estimated 1,700 people attend, seemed to go off without any problems. Organizers juggled vendors to address concerns by municipal officials. Still, people lined up and gathered in large numbers to attend.

Perhaps in the short term, opening up sidewalk sales for non-essential businesses is the intelligent thing to do. Keep as much business in the open air as possible as vaccination numbers rise.

Mother Nature, however, will decide how effective that strategy would be.

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Duty to accommodate Osaka Editor: The tennis world is buzzing with the news of Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from the French Open.

As part of her contract, she was to appear in the media interviews, which are considered to be a part of marketing and promotion of games.

Osaka could not meet with this part of her contract. She was fined first.

Then she was threatened with future disciplinary actions. Considering the challenges of her mental health, eventually she decided that it was in her best interest to withdraw from these games.

She had already disclosed about her depression and anxiety previously.

Depression/anxiety is a form of mental illness and it can be debilitating.

Such challenges are exacerbated when confronted

with insensitive, cynical, sensationalizing and predatory type interviews.

For Osaka, her mental health was more important than her career. Despite her depression and anxiety, she has continued to give outstanding performances in an admirable manner, demonstrating to be an exceptional athlete.

I understand the issue of contractual obligations. If breeched, one must face the consequences. But this particular case is not that simple. Why was Osaka put in a position of choosing her mental health over her career? Why couldn’t the tennis authorities try to find a creative solution to her problem?

With one in five struggling with mental health issues, one can imagine how many athletes

may be struggling with their mental health issues today.

Depression and anxiety are illnesses. They can be treated through medical and psychosocial interventions. There is nothing wrong with athletes if they can’t meet their contractual obligations due to an illness.

Osaka’s apparent career sacrifice from tennis could have been avoided if the tennis authorities had found an imaginative and a creative way to solve the problem. The magic strategy is accommodation. Only if the tennis bosses could have accommodated Osaka’s disability, there would have been a win-win outcome.

Accommodation means finding creative ways to augment a disability/illness while still expecting

and maintaining exceptional performance.

Every sports event affords medical and paramedical personnel with their professional assistance. Why do they not include professionals with expertise in providing emotional supports?

Osaka has been a source of inspiration for many.

She is not just an exceptional player, she was also a role model for the girls of colour and mixed races. No one won.

To fine Osaka and to threaten her with future disciplinary action reflects not on Osaka but on the ignorance of the powerful people of the tennis world concerning the challenges of mental illness. It’s about time they learn some facts about mental illness and update themselves.

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Saturday’s Chatham Armoury Outdoor Spring Market by Four Diamond Events was well attended by visitors looking to support the participating food and non-food vendors during the local event. Originally slated for early May, the full-day event was postponed to a later date due to provincial COVID regulations. It took place despite the urgings of municipal officials to organizers to not run it just yet.

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Someone killed a 35-year-old Chatham man Thursday afternoon on St. George Street in Chatham. Police say they

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News

Provincial reopening begins Friday

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

The first step towards a new normal begins Friday when Ontario moves into Stage One of the Roadmap to Reopen at 12:01 a.m.

The move, originally slated for June 14, is tied directly to high COVID-19 vaccination rates.

Currently, 72 per cent of Ontarians over the age of 18 have received a first dose of the vaccine.

The first phase of the reopening focuses on resuming outdoor activities with smaller crowds, where the risk of trans-

mission is low.

Dining on patios, where up to four people are allowed, is again permitted. Indoor religious ceremonies are at 15-per-cent capacity, and the sale of non-essential items will also be allowed with a 15-per-cent store capacity.

Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 10 people will be given the green light.

The province originally announced that 60 per cent of adults needed to have at least one dose of vaccine for a two-week period before the government would consider lifting restrictions.

Chatham-Kent Mayor ing very well and I hope Canniff said. “Let’s get Darrin Canniff said he’s we continue with that,” fully vaccinated and look hopeful the current lockdown is the final one.

“The last 16 at the months have been brutal for everyone,” he said, but noted Chatham-Kent has “come together.”

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In 2020, CMHA Lambton Kent provided care for more than 7,500 people from all walks of life with recovery based programs and services.

With funds raised through events and generous donations from people like you, we are able to continue this important work.

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Fun Stuff

Community Events Friday, June 11, 2021: • The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 11:00 a.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Bacon Cheeseburger with fries or Fish & Chips. $10.00 plus tax. Please phone 519-351-8733 or 519-3515639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome.

• Friday night pickup supper at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St. will be a Lasagna dinner with a Caesar salad and a bun for $10.

Please call daily from 1 to 4 P.M. at 519-352-8291 to place your order.

Saturday, June 12, 2021: • Saturday Morning Breakfast Program at First Presbyterian Church (corner of Fifth St. and Wellington). A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge from 9:30am-11:00am.

This will be a TAKE OUT only.

Sunday, June 13, 2021: • 10 am-2pm, the Chatham Lions Club is hosting a Document Shredding Event at Maple City Mini Storage at 7690 Queen’s Line Chatham. Bring boxes and bags of documents that need to be shredded for your protection. Iron Mountain Document Shredding Service will securely shred your documents. The catch? Banker Boxes and similar size boxes will cost you a donation of $10 per box; regular grocery bag is a $5 donation each and large bags is a donation of $7. All the money raised is ready for local community needs doing what Lions always do – “We Serve”.

For further info please call 519354-1836 or email at info@chathamlionsclub. ca Completely contactless, curbside drop off. Check out the Chatham Lions Club at https://e-clubhouse.org/sites/ chathamon/ Tuesday, June 15, 2021: • Wallaceburg Blood Donor Clinic - UAW Local - 251, 88 Elm Drive South, Wallaceburg.

2:00pm - 7:00pm. By appointment. Book now @blood. ca. Call 1-888-2-Donate or 1-888-236-6283. Help Save a Life - Donate Blood.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021: • Victoria Avenue United Church’s Food Shopping Card & Pantry Programs will be restarting at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden Entrance - Wellington Street) 9:00 to 10:30 am. COVID-19 PROVISIONS / CONTACT TRACING IN PLACE. MASKS REQUIRED / HAND SANITIZER PROVIDED. Friday, June 18, 2021: • Friday night pickup supper at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St. will be a roast pork dinner with potatoes, vegetables, salad and a bun for $10. Please call daily from 1 to 4 P.M. at 519-3528291 to place your order.

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• The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 11:00 a.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Ham & Scallop Potato & Veggies or Fish & Chips. All meals include coleslaw and dinner roll. $10.00 plus tax.

Please phone 519-351-8733 or 519-351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only.

Everyone Welcome.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021: • Tilbury Blood Donor Clinic Tilbury Arena, Ryder Hall, 49 Bond Ave. 1:00pm - 7:00pm.

By appointment. Book now @ blood.ca. Call 1-888-2-Donate or 1-888-236-6283. Help Save a Life - Donate Blood.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021: • Victoria Avenue United Church’s Food Shopping Card & Pantry Programs will be restarting at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden Entrance - Wellington Street) 9:00 to 10:30 am. COVID-19 PROVISIONS / CONTACT TRACING IN PLACE. MASKS REQUIRED / HAND SANITIZER PROVIDED. Friday, June 25, 2021: • The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 11:00 a.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Liver & Onions, potato & veggies or Fish & Chips. All meals include coleslaw and dinner roll. $10.00 plus tax.

Please phone 519-351-8733 or 519-351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only.

Everyone Welcome.

Saturday, June 26, 2021: • Saturday Morning Breakfast Program at First Presbyterian Church (corner of Fifth St. and Wellington). A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge from 9:30am-11:00am.

This will be a TAKE OUT only.

Sunday, June 27, 2021: • One-A-Chord with Rev. Terry Clyne performing at Dresden Christian Concerts, 1233 North St., Dresden. 6:30pm. Drive-in concert featuring 50 minutes of live music and a 10 minute message from a local pastor.

The concerts are free but an offering will be taken.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021: • Chatham Blood Donor Clinic - Retro Suites Hotel - Derby Events Ctr - 2 King St West, Chatham. 1:00pm - 7:00pm.

By appointment. Book now @ blood.ca. Call 1-888-2-Donate or 1-888-236-6283. Help Save a Life - Donate Blood.

• Victoria Avenue United Church’s Food Shopping Card & Pantry Programs will be restarting at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden Entrance - Wellington Street) 9:00 to 10:30 am. COVID-19 PROVISIONS / CONTACT TRACING IN PLACE. MASKS REQUIRED / HAND SANITIZER PROVIDED. Send events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com

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Classifieds

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Monday, May 31st travelling on Riverview Drive, a mishap happened . . . (a flat tire) This very kind lady noticed that one of the hubcaps had fallen off.

Unbeknown to me, she followed me to Canadian Tire and returned the hubcap to a mechanic in the Auto Centre. She did not leave her name. Hope she reads this and know I appreciate your kindness.

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Joshua Neufeld Woelke 11, Sunday, May 30, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home

Joan Bulbeck Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Kendrick Funeral Home

Thomas “Harry” Ellis 70, Monday, May 31, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home

Roland “Ron” Armstrong 78, Monday, May 31, 2021 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Marilyn Armstrong 87, Monday, May 31, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home

John Gander 86, Monday, May 31, 2021 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

George Juzkiw 67, Tuesday, June 1, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home

Shirley Sheik 79, Monday, May 31, 2021 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

William Bailey Sunday, June 6, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home

Sister Irene Meloche Saturday, June 5, 2021 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Mr. Ronald Hancock 69, Friday, May 7, 2021 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Colette Denise Bertrand Sunday, May 30, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home

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