Kevin is a National Newspaper Award winning journalist at the Free Press in Winnipeg who is always on the lookout for stories which interest and inform readershttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mkbg2nkxmk2rGloria Camp was a teacher who was a founding member of the confluence education movement and led workshops in North America and Japan. The province hired her to create support services for students with autism entering school #RIP @WinnipegNews https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336343/VAN%20CAMP_GLORIA%20ALYCE24 Apr 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbg2nkxmk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mk6zh5fa322pGreg Pester was a local music legend. He was owner, operator and the driving force behind the Royal George Hotel in Transcona, giving musicians a stage to play on. He also played with several bands including The Chaparrals and Sassy Jack https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336372/PESTER_GREGORY23 Apr 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6zh5fa322phttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjzrhmjhmc2pMargery Forgay helped to protect your teeth - here and nationally. She received her dental hygiene diploma in Rochester, New York and later was the founding director of the University of Manitoba’s School of Dental Hygiene from 1963-76 #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336338/FORGAY_MARGERY%20GRACE%20ELAINE21 Apr 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzrhmjhmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjufrzhssc2hLouise Nichols volunteered with the Red Cross and helped after the Los Angeles earthquake, floods in St Louis, and 9/11 in New York. She also was president of the Grace Hospital Auxiliary and received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336378/NICHOLS_LOUISE19 Apr 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjufrzhssc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjsbtzufck2jSheldon Bowles flunked Grade 11 and had to take it again - but that’s how he met his wife. The son of a Lt.-Gov., he went on to be business editor at the Free Press, a New York Times best selling author, and president of Domo Gasoline #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336389/BOWLES_SHELDON%20MANLY18 Apr 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsbtzufck2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjqb3slwwk26Robert Fallis was known in two sports. He volunteered with Golf Manitoba, serving as rules chair, referee and board member. He also was a long time basketball referee in the Winnipeg School Division and as Winnipeg Invitational Tournament convener #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335537/FALLIS_ROBERT18 Apr 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqb3slwwk26https://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjnny762ac2xEugenia Ellie was a realtor who always told her family “Dad made the bread and butter and she made the jam.” Perhaps it is apt then that after the kids left home, and she retired, she opened Ellie’s Bed and Breakfast #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336184/ELLIE_EUGENIA%20MARY17 Apr 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnny762ac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjkzcindzc24Colleen Drew’s career included Winnipeg Photo and CNIB, but at Manitoba Hydro she was payroll manager. She was so good at it that she went on to teach payroll classes at Red River College and after retiring had several payroll contracts #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336277/DREW_COLLEEN15 Apr 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkzcindzc24https://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjiiec7wns2nThe matriarch of the Richardson family - Tannis Richardson - has died. Here is my story on her long life, philanthropy, volunteerism - and tragedy - which touched not just Winnipeg, but the nation and beyond #RIP @WinnipegNews https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/04/14/matriarch-of-richardson-family-dies-at-9914 Apr 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjiiec7wns2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjihyivuk22oLorraine Oughton was always up for Scrabble - and her family had an extra 10 years to play with her. That’s because three “angels” performed CPR on her and it’s why the family is asking for donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336232/OUGHTON_LORRAINE14 Apr 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjihyivuk22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjez7pkxdc2eKarl (Rolly) Karlsson worked with copper and sheet metal in Sweden. He came to Canada and was well known across the country for his work including restoring the copper on the Manitoba Legislature dome and a church dome in Dauphin #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336250/KARLSSON_KARL%20ROLAND%20%28ROLLY%2913 Apr 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjez7pkxdc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjd3ny7lvs2hKeith Tinsley would have been busy today playing a pipe organ in days past. He was a music teacher before becoming a civil servant, but also a pipe organist at local churches including St John’s. He also played at several English cathedrals #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336086/TINSLEY_KEITH12 Apr 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd3ny7lvs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mjauthrfwk2aLorraine Hercus and her husband loved camping in a tent with their kids. What they didn’t like was the cold and wet weather. She was happier when she and her husband developed a trailer they could go in - and the boler trailer was born #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336190/HERCUS_LORRAINE%20ANNE11 Apr 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjauthrfwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mj6hn4yyic2kSandra Swystun was on the Dean’s list for commerce before switching to law. She articled here and then worked with the federal government in Ottawa and then a Toronto law firm. After retiring, she worked a term at the human rights museum #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336102/SWYSTUN_SANDRA%20CAROLE10 Apr 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6hn4yyic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mj3x5fjd622yPeter Maruca cut a lot of hair - a lot. Peter lived to 102 and for most of those years he was a barber. He worked in Transcona, cut hair for both men and women, and was the oldest practicing barber both by age and seniority #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336127/MARUCA_PETER%20GUY%20ANTHONY09 Apr 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3x5fjd622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3miwulwazys27Marion McNabb operated a grain farm with her husband near Minnedosa. She was president of the Manitoba Women’s Institute, sat on its provincial board for years starting in 1974, and served as chair of the Farmlands Ownership Board #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336068/MCNABB_MARION07 Apr 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwulwazys27https://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3miubz2lgik2kLionel Desmarais’ dad invented a knife to cut through Manitoba gumbo for construction. Lionel himself invented a way to lay fibre optic lines quicker beside railway lines and then helped create the world’s largest fibre optic network #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336112/DESMARAIS_LIONEL06 Apr 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miubz2lgik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3miorzs4tvc22Dr John Wade was an anesthesiologist who advocated for patient safety. He was the U of M’s Dean of Medicine, deputy minister of health and founding chair of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute. He was inducted into the Order of Canada #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336078/WADE_DR.%20JOHN%20G.04 Apr 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miorzs4tvc22https://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mimzt6nq6k2rMarilyn Tkach loved to cook - Sunday roast beef and Yorkshire pudding were fixtures. That’s probably why she wrote and designed her own cookbook with her favourite recipes. She also wrote Meandering with Marilyn #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336004/TKACH_MARILYN%20ANN04 Apr 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimzt6nq6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mik6vedkns2sDave Wawryk was a baker at Safeway and a baking and patisserie instructor at Red River College. He was also a volunteer with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Museum and Archives and spent many hours organizing its collection and database #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336035/WAWRYK_JOHN02 Apr 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik6vedkns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mif2c5fw7s2aSusan Bethune was interested in history - at work and home. While working in the Dean’s office at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine she reorganized and computerized its archives. She also traced her ancestors back to 1567 #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335999/BETHUNE_SUSAN%20CECILIA%20JANE31 Mar 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif2c5fw7s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3micr26hc722nDon Anderson graduated from clinical psychology and worked as a forensic psychologist with the Youth Court here. He later became self employed, seeing patients and writing forensic reports for the province’s justice system #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-336014/ANDERSON_DR.%20DONALD%20%28DON%29%20GRANT30 Mar 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3micr26hc722nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mi7juk7pl222Helen Guzman was a doctor in the Philippines before coming to Winnipeg in 1966. She completed an internship here and then went on to have a long career at the Municipal Hospitals, now Riverview, doing palliative and oncology care #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335898/GUZMAN_HELEN%20ROQUE#:~:text=We%20are%20heartbroken%20to%20share,the%20age%20of%2091%20years.29 Mar 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7juk7pl222https://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mhyhwrxlks2iJudith Johnson had a career varying from being a flight attendant to poetry editor at Herizons magazine. She also founded Leatherleaf Books, illustrated children’s stories, and sold her paintings #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335885/JOHNSON_JUDITH%20ANN26 Mar 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyhwrxlks2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mhr6vxt2ys2hRalph Cantafio was a tailor - and the father of modern soccer in Canada. He founded the Winnipeg Fury, was a leader of the Manitoba and Canadian Soccer Associations, was inducted into Halls of Fame, and has a soccer complex named for him #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335725/CANTAFIO_RALPH23 Mar 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhr6vxt2ys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mhoa4k7vhs2kSteve “Vita Steve” Derewianchuk is still the only NDP MLA elected in southern Manitoba and that was way back in 1973. He was Reeve and councillor in the LGD of Stuartburn, a staunch volunteer, and is in the MB Baseball Hall of Fame for his skill #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335923/DEREWIANCHUK_STEVE22 Mar 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhoa4k7vhs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mhmhjg6m4k24Lena (Fung Ha) Yee was born in China and joined her husband here to make tofu at a relative’s grocery. The couple opened Yee’s Grocery in Chinatown in 1979 and she later helped her kids at their 4 Seasons Chinese Food restaurant #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335883/LENA%20%28FUNG%20HA%29%20YEE_LENA%20%28FUNG%20HA%29%20YEE22 Mar 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhmhjg6m4k24https://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mhlgdm7cvk2fAlexandra Mason wasn’t a teacher but she taught hundreds of elementary students how to fight climate change during her too short of life. Read about her life - and others - in my latest free Passages newsletter https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/educator-for-climate-change21 Mar 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlgdm7cvk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/fpkevinrollason.bsky.social/post/3mhjqcwtil22oWhile living in Alberta, Barb Pink’s job with an architectural firm was on the Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump centre. In Winnipeg, she worked at James Richardson and would take great pics of sunsets from the top floor of the building #RIP https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-335822/PINK_BARBARA%20JOAN21 Mar 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:57xzhwelf4cpuzgrmpsu2uo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjqcwtil22o