Obituaries

Our dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth (Herbst) Allen went to be with her saviour on Nov. 23, 2025 in her 98th year.

Gloria Jean McWhirter (Glazier) of Brussels passed away peacefully with family by her side at Wingham District Hospital, Nov. 28, 2025 at the age of 81.

Johanna (Joan) Wilhelmina Maria (Van Osch) Middegaal of Clinton passed away peacefully, with loved ones by her side, at Huronview on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 in her 92nd year.

Dolinda "Dinny" Betty (Magee) Huether of Listowel passed away peacefully at Listowel Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in her 72nd year.

Margaret "Dianne" (née Nethery) Siertsema courageously passed away on Nov. 27 at Jessica's House Hospice in Exeter in her 60th year.

Ronald Snowden, of St. Helens, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025 at the age of 72. He was born in Wingham on Oct. 26, 1953, the son of the late Caroline (Humphrey) and Ernest Snowden.

Originally from Brussels, Ken "Rat" Rutledge passed away in his 76th year, during the first week of November, 2025.

At Listowel Memorial Hospital on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, Allan Nicholson of Wingham passed away peacefully at the age of 89.

Peacefully, at Clinton Public Hospital, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, Lloyd Reid Howatt of Clinton passed away in his 92nd year.

Neil Lowe Hemingway, 72, of Stratford, and formerly of Brussels, passed away peacefully at Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth with family by his side, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.

At Hanover District Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, Mike Toth of Bluevale passed away at the age of 84.

It is with love and sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Aaltje "Alie"(Strijker) Hakkers (Mom, Oma) at Jessica's House, Exeter, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.

Mrs. Irene Lucinda (nèe Mahood) (Smyth) Kempel of Goderich, and formerly of Kincardine, Teeswater and Wingham, passed away at the age of 93 at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 surrounded by her family.

After a courageous journey with cancer, Gerry Godin of Egmondville passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 at the age of 62.

Glenn Bridge passed away peacefully on Nov. 6, 2025, at Huronlea Home for the Aged in his 90th year.

Lois Lorraine (née Vick) Dobson of Listowel passed away peacefully at Listowel Memorial Hospital, with her family by her side, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 in her 75th year.

Margaret Ann LeSouder, age 90, of Stratford, passed away peacefully with family by her side at Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth on Oct. 23, 2025.

Suddenly at St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Betty Moon of Londesborough passed away at the age of 82.

At Wingham and District Hospital on Monday, Oct. 20, Margaret Lillian (née Gardiner) Willis of Wingham passed away peacefully at the age of 82.

Janice Gail Taylor née Morgan passed away peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 16 at Huronlea Home for the Aged in her 81st year.

Peacefully at home, surrounded by family, Isobel Gibson was welcomed to heaven with open arms by her brown eyed angel Joe (2020) on Saturday, Oct. 18, in her 96th year.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Rosemary Dianne Wheeler on Oct. 8, 2025, at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich. Rosemary was in her 78th year, born on March 6, 1947, in Brussels.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dustin MacMillan of Brussels, who passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at the Listowel Memorial Hospital on Oct. 10, 2025.

Kenneth "Higgi" Douglas Higgins of Brussels passed away suddenly on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025 at the age of 62.