100 Mile Funeral Service
225 Cedar Ave V0K 2E0 One Hundred Mile House, BC, Canada

Hospice will hold a Hospice Winter Walk, In Memory of Your Loved One along the one-kilometre trail at 100 Mile Marsh, this Friday, Jan. 29. The self-guided walk lit by lanterns and inspirational pamphlets will allow people to walk alone or within their small social circles and remember those they have lost. The event runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and participants are encouraged to come later in the evening and bring flashlights.

Some of you may be wishing you could go out for a romantic Valentines' Dinner this February to the one and only Happy Landing, a local gem that brought a true f...ine dining experience to our little town for many years. The 100 Mile District Hospice Palliative Care Society would like to bring you the next best thing this Valentines' Day: an instructional cooking video featuring our very own Bereavement Coordinator, Sarah Smith, and well known local Swiss Chef Robert Zimmermann. Join Sarah and Chef Robert as they prepare Tomato Salad with fresh Mozzarella, Sliced Pork in White Wine Mushroom Cream Sauce, Roesti Potatoes, and Apple in Puff Pastry. Make it a fun evening of cooking together with your Valentine or simply spoil yourself to this delicious Swiss meal. Please note: This video was filmed several months ago to celebrate our local Hospice's 35th anniversary. This was prior to the COVID-19 related mandatory mask regulations. Were it filmed recently, Sarah and Chef Robert would be of course wearing masks. 100 Mile District Hospice Palliative Care Society is a 'not for profit' local charity and all of our services are provided at no cost to community members thanks to generous donations and local fundraising efforts. If you enjoyed our cooking video and are able to donate to our local society, please see the link below. We'd also be grateful if you gave our video a "like". https://100miledistricthospice.org/100-mile-hospice-online/

Hospice Winter Walk 100 Mile Marsh Trail Friday, January 29th 2-6pm COVID19 PROTOCOLS

Remembrance Day

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and ...the Somme. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why. The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag. Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied. A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight. On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside. On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed: "A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country". On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside. There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard. Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals. A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London. He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey. The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin. It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son... THIS is the reason we wear poppies. We do not glorify war. We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted. Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

Update Dec 6th: The Memory Tree Event has always been an opportunity to take a moment to slow down, take time out of our busy schedules and remember our family,... loved ones and friends who have passed away. It is great honor to put together an Annual event that brings our community together, to gather for mutual support and to find comfort among family and friends. We hope that this year, even though it is presented differently, that you find some comfort in viewing this recording and know that our thoughts are with you. Please click on the links below to view our virtual ‘Memory Tree Event’. http://blackpress.tv/video.php?id=46418 https://www.wltribune.com//video-25th-annual-memory-tree-/ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4227295667285770&id=232460703435973 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Dec 5: Our Event has been recorded and will be made available tomorrow, Dec 6th, (which would have been the scheduled day to gather). Please see other posts for the announcement of the draw winners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Nov 30: Just a reminder, Tuesday, December 1st will be the last day our 'In Memory' Book will be at City Hall. We will be collecting the book to prepare the names for our reading. Unfortunately we will not be able to add new names after we pick the book up. Thank you so much for your support and we will post when the recording is available to view. Update Nov 13: We are all set up at City Hall. We invite you to visit our Memory Tree to put your loved ones name into our 'In Memory' book, that will be read out at the recording of our Service of Remembrance and Healing. We are virtually reaching out to you for this year's 25th Annual Memory Tree Celebration. ***Unfortunately, There will not be a public gathering this year, and our volunteers will not be at Save-On)*** This event is going to be pre-recorded and made available for viewing on Sunday, December 6th.

Obituary Clint Miner Clinton Aberhart Miner was born on November 6, 1935 in Olds, Alberta and passed away on September 18, 2020 in 100 Mile House, BC at the age of 84. Clint is survived by his wife, Marcia, his brothers, Harvey (Diane), Dave (Marilyn), and his sister, Helen (Cliff). Also surviving him are his children, Monica Regimbald (Darrell), Orville (Wendy), Valerie Bieganek (Patrick), Phillip (Roxanne), Wayne (Rita), Tymbre (Miranda) and Tyler (Joy). He took great ...pride in his 14 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents Leon and Mildred; brothers, Alvin, Ernie, Dwight (baby brother); and his third wife, Doreen Jackson. Clint was an avid outdoorsman and hunter, a common thread throughout his life and he passed his passion for the outdoors onto his children and grandchildren. While he had a number of professions, painting was his main life’s work, culminating in a position for 20 years as Industrial Paint Instructor at Mountain Institution, from where he retired. His favourite retirement activities were garage sales, visiting the Share Shed and framing pictures of animals from National Geographic magazines. A private memorial service will take place on September 30, 2020 at Pine Lake, Alberta. See more