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Tom Murphy (1932-2021)
The two things Tom Murphy was best known for happened within three months of each other: fighting Nelson’s deadliest fire and an epic swim.
Greg Nesteroff
Apr 28, 20214 min read
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Last living link to Ymir hospital lost
Longtime Ymir and Salmo resident Evelyn Murray died on April 9 in Castlegar at 96. While she was not the last person born in the old Ymir...
Greg Nesteroff
Apr 17, 20192 min read
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Last of the Phoenicians
Betty Ridge, who died in Nelson on Dec. 23 at age 98, was probably the last surviving person born in the mining town of Phoenix, BC. She...
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 5, 20193 min read
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Larry Kwong (1923-2018)
You heard it here last: Larry Kwong, the NHL’s first player of Asian descent and the oldest Trail Smoke Eaters alumnus, died on March 15,...
Greg Nesteroff
Nov 8, 20182 min read
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Sandon centenarians
An obituary appeared in the Vancouver Sun for Norma Evelyn Schiller of Mission, who died Aug. 9, 2018 at age 100. She was born in Sandon....
Greg Nesteroff
Aug 19, 20182 min read
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Last of the LA Ramblers
The last surviving members of what was probably the strangest hockey team ever to play in the Kootenay have died. Terry Cavanagh...
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 28, 20185 min read
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Art Waldie (1923-2017)
The man who carved the signs seen below (or at least their original iteration) has died at 94. According to his obituary, Art Waldie was...
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 5, 20183 min read
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Lois Arnesen (1928-2017)
I was sorry to hear of the passing of Nelson’s Lois Arnesen (pictured below) on New Year’s Eve. I wrote a profile of Lois in 2012 for the...
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 3, 20181 min read
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