PETER ETHIER

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PETER ETHIER Suddenly on Thursday, May 23, 2002 at Portage District General Hospital, Peter Ethier of Portage la Prairie, beloved husband of Margaret Ethier passed away at the age of 72 years. Prayers will be held in the Chapel of the Omega Funeral Home, Portage la Prairie on Sunday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. Funeral service will be held in the Chapel of the Omega Funeral Home on Monday, June 3 at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Father Wayne Morrissey officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot at Waverly Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Peter was born on June 26, 1929 son of Telesphore and Stephanie Ethier at Somerset, Manitoba. In 1976 he married Margaret Strutt and they made their home in Winnipeg before moving to Portage in 1980. While at Portage they operated Chus-A-Treat ice cream parlor as well Peter drove bus for Eagle bus Lines and later with Beaver bus Lines until his retirement in 1992. Predeceased by his parents, one daughter, Jeanette in 1980; one great-granddaughter, Jewel in 2001; one brother, Patrick in 1978; and two sisters, Margaret Schwab in 2001 and Rita Obelnicky in 1963. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Margaret, his children, Brian and Dorothy (Dot) of Winnipeg, Theresa Ethier of Ashern, Lorna Ethier of Kamloops, B.C., Colette McIvor, Marcel Ethier, both of Duncan, B.C., and Carla Ethier of Kamloops, B.C. ten grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Also surviving is one brother, Xavier of Vancouver, B.C., and several cousins. Should friends desire memorial donations may be made to the Manitoba Lung Association, 629 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1P6. Friends may leave message and sign the register book at our web www.omegafuneralhome.com "Where life stories live on". Funeral arrangements are in care of the Omega Funeral Home.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 30, 2002