Weir Blanche

Blanche Evelyn Weir was born February 24, 1920 and passed away October 22, 2016. She is lovingly remembered by her two sons Scott (Margo) of Perdue and Bruce (Vickie) of Edmonton. She will be dearly missed by her grandchildren Clayton Weir (Sylvia Fugel) of Vancouver and Claire Weir of Moose Jaw; Lindsay Weir (Matt Hogen) of Leduc, Katelyn (Ryan) Hansen of Edmonton and Courtney (Mark) Hiller of Millet as well as great-grandchildren Ryder and Nash Hogan, Griffin Hansen and Jordyn Hiller. She is also survived by her sister Lavina Eilertson and sisters-in-law Gwen Weir and Thirza Weir. She was predeceased by Cameron, her husband of 53 years on March 31, 2005. Blanche was born to Ralph and Mary Ellen Racine and grew up and received her early schooling in the Radisson District. She attended Saskatoon Normal School from 1938-1939 and also took classes at the University of Saskatchewan to obtain her permanent teacher's certificate. Her teaching career took her to the following communities; Halcyonia (near Borden), Eatonia (near Richard), Vanscoy, Leney and Saskatoon. While teaching at Leney she met her future husband Cameron. She worked part time at the family business, FD Weir & Sons, while raising her family. She continued to work and manage Weir's Hardware until it was sold in 1998. Blanche was very active in her community and served on many boards and organizations including IODE, Canadian Foresters, Donor's Choice, Community Bowl and New Horizons as well as the Perdue Library, Arena and Curling Club. Blanche was recognized by the Provincial Government for her 30 years of service with the Perdue Housing Authority. Softball was a very important part of her early life and she played and coached into her thirties. Blanche and Cameron enjoyed traveling together and over the years they visited 16 different countries. In her later years, she spent countless hours knitting and was able to donate more than 1200 pairs of mittens to a variety of organizations including Caswell and Princess Alexandra Schools where she had once taught. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Perdue New Horizons (Box 183, Perdue, SK S0K 3C0)