DOUGLAS GORDON PRUDEN

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DOUGLAS GORDON PRUDEN April 18, 1960 Tragically, on May 22, 2011 on the Little Saskatchewan First Nation Reserve, Douglas Gordon Pruden, our beloved son, brother, father, uncle, grandfather, nephew, cousin, our friend, aged 51 years was found deceased. Doug was last seen alive on April 30, 2011, found deceased on May 22, 2011. Doug was a kind man, when asked for help he did it, he had a name for everyone he knew. Doug will be deeply missed by his parents Oliver and Clara Pruden; his wife Lisa; his three children Amber, Mina (Zebediah) and Jimmy; his grandsons O'Shea and Deshaun; his brothers Karl (Meredith), Melvin and Micheal; his sisters Norma Thompson, Katy Pruden, Delma Brass (Earl), Sharon Audy (Terry Lavesuer), Marge Pruden (Gordon Choken), Denise Pruden and Marilyn Cook; aunt Jane Jopp along with numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. Doug was predeceased by his grandparents Lydia Mclean and George Mclean; baby boy Thomas Pruden; mother-in-law Mina Cook; sister-in-law Rose Genaille; grandparents Christina and Phillip Pruden; aunts Irma Sanderson, Eva Pruden, Lillian Traverse and Marlene Maytwayashing; uncles, Donald Pruden, (Christina) James Mclean, Johnny Sanderson; brother-in-law Felix Thompson; grand nephew Conor Audy; Baby grandchild; great-grandparents Johnny and Ida Mclean, Noel and Ida Mclean, Walter and Teresa Mclean, Lillian Mclean, Rosemary Mclean; cousins Stuart Mclean, George Mclean, Micheal Mclean, Gladys Mclean, Corey and George Moar, Arnold Spence, and Danny Spence and uncle William Jopp. Wake services will be held on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 28, 2011 8:00 p.m. both held at Delma and Earl Brass residence at Little Saskatchewan Reserve. A Memorial graveside service and celebration of his life will be held on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in the Little Saskatchewan First Nation Cemetery. The Pallbearers will be everyone that knew him. Thank you to Gypsumville RCMP Forensics, Forestry's, Pinaymootang Chief and Council, Little Saskatchewan Chief and Council, Lake Manitoba Chief and Council. Special thanks to Rose Anderson, Edward (Grover) and Sherry Woodhouse, Lorna Anderson, Adeline and Wayne Hunter, Ethel Woodhouse who was with us throughout this whole ordeal, and to all the searchers, to all the people that donated food, wood, rubber boots, canoes, and money, the fire keepers, the elders and everyone who prayed for and with us, all the phone calls and the kind words, all the visitors. Special mention goes out to his favourite uncles Gordon and Allan Mclean, who took care of him throughout his hard times and who he worked as an Iron Worker Sandbagger with them. It Breaks Our Hearts It breaks our hearts to lose you But you did not go alone, For part of us went with you The day the creator called you home. Though your smile is gone forever, And your hand we cannot touch. We will never lose the memory Of one we loved so much. Thanks for the loving years you gave us, The happy times we shared. We all pray that when you left us, You knew how much we cared. Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as the Creator calls us one by one, The chain will link again. Arrangements by: ARNASON FUNERAL HOME Ashern - Lundar 1-204-768-2072 1-866-323-3593

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 27, 2011