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Donald Bradshaw,
age 95, of Herbert, passed away peacefully in his sleep on
Thursday, July 6, 2006. Don was born at Caron,
SK, on December 12, 1910, to David and Ann Bradshaw, the oldest in a
family of 10. He lost his mother in the flu epidemic of 1919, so
he had a lot of responsibility in helping with farm work and
caring for the younger children. His sister remembers him making
them pies! His Dad later married his wife's younger sister who had
come from
Scotland
to care for the children. Don’s dad worked for the C.P.R. so
they moved from Parkbeg to Chaplin and then to Milden, where Don
began driving a school van while attending school himself, and
also worked for farmers. He worked at garages and farms, drove
truck, and worked at road building and construction over the
years. The family moved to Elrose for a few years, then to Herbert
in 1962, where Don again worked for the town, doing everything
from sewer and water installation to acting as town police. He
stayed there until retirement and continued to plow snow for
several more years after. As a young man he played baseball and
hockey and loved curling. He refereed hundreds of hockey games,
and continued to do so even after he moved to Herbert. He and two
friends had season tickets and for many years never missed a
Broncos game. After the children were grown up, he and Edith took
many trips to B.C., the U.S.A, and one big trip all the way to Newfoundland
with Doug, Carolyn and Keith. He helped at the sales at Neufeld
Auctions until he was in his late 80's, and he and his friend Vic
Schwean attended hundreds of farm sales around the countryside.
Don loved children and always had suckers for them. After he
started to lose his eyesight and began to travel by scooter, he
became known as “the Candyman". He eventually ended up
giving suckers to a second generation of kids. The hardest thing
in the past year was not being able to get out and about on his
scooter. Don was predeceased by his parents, David and Ann, his
stepmother Isabell, his beloved wife Edith, brothers John and Jim,
and sister Barbara. He is survived by his sisters Ina Atkinson,
Betty (Jim Mckenzie), Pat (Cliff Head), Margaret (Jack Lefaivre);
his brothers Hugh and Bill (Sandy), his children, Margaret Myers,
Lorraine (Stan Leadley), Barbara (Allen Berting), Marie (Mike
Waselyshen), Ken (Joan) and Doug (Carolyn), 13 grandchildren, 13
great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-granddaughter, and many nieces
and nephews. The
Funeral Service was held at the
Lutheran Church
in Herbert on Wednesday July 12, 2006, with interment at Morse
Cemetery, Reverend Terry Simonson officiating. Pallbearers were grandsons
and great-grandsons Keith Bradshaw, Miles Myers, David Waselyshen,
Jason Myers, B.J. Stusrud, and Brent Stusrud.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations
to the Herbert Health Care Auxiliary, c/o Esther Sigurdson,
Herbert, SON 2AO. In living memory of Don, a tree will be
planted in Wakamow
Valley
by Prairie Memorial Funeral Home, Chaplin,
Saskatchewan
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