DOREEN TYLER

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DOREEN TYLER Peacefully on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at her residence, Doreen Tyler of Portage la Prairie, beloved wife of Duane Tyler passed away at the age of 81 years. Funeral service will be held in the Portage Alliance Church, Portage la Prairie on Saturday, November 13 at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Ray Willms officiating. The service will terminate at the church with cremation to follow and interment of the cremated remains will take place at a later date in the family plot in Oakville Cemetery. Doreen was born on April 16, 1923 daughter of Ernest and Edith Moxham at Plumas. The family moved to the Oakville district where she was raised and attended the Ingleside school. In 1949 she married Duane Tyler and they farmed in the Ingleside district for 10 years before moving into Oakville in 1959. Here they raised their family of four children and together they established Tyler Electrical and Insurance where Doreen helped out in the Oakville office while Duane established N.D. Tyler Insurance in Portage la Prairie in 1968. They resided in Oakville until 1988 when they moved into Portage la Prairie. Doreen was a longtime and very active member of the Alliance Church at Oakville and Portage. She was an active member of the Oakville Home and School and the Oakville Skating Club where she was always there to help out. She was also a member in the Oakville Village Committee where she served as secretary for a number of years. Predeceased by her parents Ernest and Edith and one brother; Dwight Moxham in 1995, she leaves to mourn her passing, her husband of 55 years, Duane; daughter Wanda (Jerry) Weselowski of Portage la Prairie and grandson; Mark (Laura) and great-grandson, Kyan; grandson Michael (Tracy) son Bob (Laurel) of Winnipeg and grandchildren, Drew, Brock and Andrea; daughter Faith (Dan) Bartmanovich of Winnipeg and grandchildren, Alex and Andrew and son Ross (Cindy) of Edmonton, AB and grandchildren, Justin, Kyle and Jayden. Also surviving is one sister, Erna Van Waggoner of Toronto and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Omega Funeral Home, Portage la Prairie for visitation on Friday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Should friends so desire memorial donations may be made in Doreens name to the Portage Alliance Memorial Fund, Box 91, Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 3B2 or a charity of your choice. Friends may leave a message of sympathy on our web site www.omegafuneralhome.com "Dedicated to those we serve."

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 12, 2004