Radcliffe, Gerald
January 21, 1948 – November 27, 2024
at the age of 76 years
Smith, Virginia Gertrude
September 2, 1939 – November 25, 2024
at the age of 85 years
Virginia passed away at home in Salmon Arm on November 25, 2024 at the age of 85 years. She was born Sept. 2, 1939 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
She was predeceased by husband Robert Bunyan, sister Linda McMurtry, brothers Herb and Chris McArthur. Left to mourn are grieving family members: daughters Shawn L’Henaff (John Barrow), Cheryl West, son Darryl Smith. Grandchildren Nicole Clark (Travis), Drell L’Henaff (Amanda), Travis L’Henaff, April Smith, Emma Piercey (Niko).
Great grandchildren Eve Clark and Brooklyn L’Henaff, sister Irene Domokos and several nephews, nieces and cousins.
Mom loved to spend her time E-biking the Okanagan rail trail, float down the Shuswap River, fish and spend time exploring trails and parks across B.C. She loved to craft – many family members received her works of art. She also enjoyed writing and gardening.
She had many career changes throughout, but the highlight was her final years working captaining the commercial fishing boat that her husband Bob built – they spent many years fishing for prawns and salmon off the coast of B.C. In the winters they would go to the home they built near Palm Desert California and later travelling the Baja of Mexico in their RV. She loved to travel and immerse herself in different cultures.
Mom was an active climate change advocate- doing her part to make this world a better place for her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She also loved wildlife and nature and contributed financially to the Canadian Wildlife Federation, Nature Trust of B.C. and Greenpeace Canada Education charities. As such -a donation to one of these charities would be appreciated in lieu of flowers.
A celebration of life will be held in late summer 2025.
Graham, Judy Lorraine
November 11, 1956 – November 24, 2024
at the age of 68 years
Tisdale, Sharron Anne
January 6, 1941 – November 24, 2024
at the age of 83 years
Conklin, Tyler James
December 22, 1982 – November 20, 2024
at the age of 41 years:
Dear Tyler, we walk this less traveled path without you by our sides not knowing what each corner will bring. On November 20th, 2024, you were taken from us too soon; your journey began December 22nd, 1982, in Vancouver, BC to Don and Brenda Conklin. You lived and grew in Vancouver until you were 12 years old, then moved to Lytton, BC. There you explored your interest of vehicles driving all different ones around Gladwin property learning how things ran and how to fix it when needed. You were always so good at figuring out what was wrong and giving it that special touch.
Tyler graduated from Kumsheen High School in Lytton, BC then moved onward to the Vernon and Armstrong area where he started his journey at Kohler. Tyler worked there for 20 plus years, always enjoyed working there, enjoying all the people and had some close friends from there. They recognized him as a kind easy going family guy, always willing to teach people the tricks he knew, hard worker and an all-around quality guy.
Nineteen years ago, we met, and you changed my world; you were my rock, my star, my light in dark times, the one man I could trust. You became my everything and nothing has changed, I will always love you to the moon and back and one day I know we will be together again. You gave me 3 wonderful children that love you so much and miss you dearly. You had your special nick names and those will never be the same coming from me. Tyler always loved to get out on the lake early to enjoy the fishing, he enjoyed dirt bike riding with his son and making jumps for them to take and share special moments, working on vehicles, camping, and loved looking at the holiday lights each year with his family. He had recently gotten into landscaping with the dozer we just bought, he was eager to learn new things all the time. Tyler and his kids also share a strong love for German Sheperds and an overall love for all dogs. He is surrounded by our beloved dogs that passed that day with him; we know they are up there taking care of him side by side.
Tyler was an amazing partner and father, he was kind, sweet, gentle, honest, and strong willed; he was an amazing son and brother that would do anything for his
family. Tyler was an amazing friend that was always there no matter what; he would help those that needed it at any given time. He was one of the good ones!
You live on through your children Isabella, Tamira, and Tristan, spouse Kristina Riggs, mother Brenda Conklin, father Donald Conklin, siblings Randy and Rick Conklin Shannon and Christina Stanford, nieces, nephews and extended family in Nova Scotia who are missing you deeply and will always hold you close. You are our hero in this world and that will never change. Thus, we will never forget such an amazing soul.
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets their wings.”
Reimer, Norman Carl “Norm”
May 3, 1942 – November 18, 2024
at the age of 82 years:
It is with much sadness that that we announce the passing of Norm Reimer, who died peacefully at 4:30 PM on November 18th, surrounded by loved ones at VJH.
Norm was born to Julia and Michael Reimer on May 3, 1942 in Melville, Saskatchewan and moved with his family to a small farm in Armstrong a year later. Norm did his schooling in the old brick school house in Armstrong, but left early to begin his career in the heavy equipment industry, supporting farming, logging, and construction. He got his start as a mechanic then progressed to parts, service and sales. With his wife Jan, he started and ran NorJan Equipment Sales until 2006 when he retired.
Norm was one of the original members of the Cam Jammers Custom Car Club. He played hockey with the Armstrong Cougars and refereed for other teams. He served as Auxiliary RCMP in Salmon Arm.
His interests in later years were RVing from Alaska to Mazatlan, Mexico and west to east coasts and back across Canada and the USA, Australia and New Zealand and 5 weeks in South Africa. Going on international cruises was a favourite. He also enjoyed may years of boating and golf and was a Snowbird for 30 years. Norm loved to visit and share memories of his travels.
In 1976, Norm married the love of his life Jan MacKay Assaly. Together they ran their businesses and were never apart for 48 wonderful and exciting years. Norm had son Craig from his first marriage to Wendy Wallace and Jan brought her son Troy into the family. Troy has since added three wonderful grandchildren to the family.
Norm is survived by his loving wife Jan, his two sons Craig (Tracy) and Troy. Norm also cherished his 3 grandchildren Isaac, Mikah, and Angelica and many nieces and nephews.
There will be no service by request. A family Celebration of Life will be held on the Shuswap in next summer.
Maria Otting
22:14 01 Dec 19
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Denise Ramsay
22:00 06 Dec 18
Recently, my mom passed away suddenly in Palm Springs, California. My dad was devastated with grief, but he had some amazing friends nearby who helped him thru the process.In order to start that process, they needed the name of a funeral service in Salmon Arm that the people in the states could be in contact with about the handling of the remains. One of the friends recommended Fischer's Funeral Services, so they were called and They were amazing..they handled all the paperwork and kept in close contact with both the funeral homes and the people dealing with certificates and such. They will also help the spouse with some paperwork regarding taxes if necessary.When my father and I went to see them regarding my mother's wishes, they were so accommodating and did not hesitate to do everything they could to make this as pleasant as they possibly could. We even changed our minds a few times about things at the last minute, and they made it all happen just the way we wanted.My mother didn't have the usual service and it was the best choice we could have made for her and Fischer's did everything to make the day absolutely beautiful from the room setup to the layout of the flowers and urn. They also supplied all the little stuff that you don't even think about in a time like that( paper plates, cutlery, coffee, tea, etc...) and it took a giant load off of my mind so I could concentrate on making this the best send off I could for my mom and for that, I will be forever grateful.I am quite bad to judge how much food and such to get for events , we had way, way too much leftover, but I felt happy about it because I knew it wouldn't go to waste. It gets donated to the local Women's shelter and so I feel that even though my mom is gone, she is still giving to others, and that is the best feeling.I was amazed at the cost of the service. I have heard horror stories about the thousands and thousands of dollars it can cost and I was concerned because of the situation in dealing with the US that the cost would be one of those stories, but that was the most reasonable cost I have ever seen, and a house will not have to be mortgaged to pay for it ... 😊A BIG shout out to Fischer's for all you did for me and my father and may the Heavens bless you both!
