Obituary of Freda McCann

Freda McCann of the Gladstone Senior's Residence in Yorkton, widow of Joe McCann, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at the Regina General Hospital. She was 97 years of age.Freda was born in the Stornoway area on December 9, 1922, to Katharine (nee Guenther) and Conrad Schwartz. She received her education in Stornoway, then moved to Yorkton for work. She married Francis (Joe) McCann on February 12, 1946. They had two children, Thomas (Tom) in 1948 and Theresa (Terry) in 1950. Joe and Freda lived on the farm until 1958, then moved to Yorkton. Joe continued to farm and worked at City Dairy and Freda worked a variety of jobs until she retired from Croll's Department Store. Freda is predeceased by her husband Joe in 1983, her parents, brothers Conrad, Bill, and Edward, son in law Dennis Rompain, and many sisters and brothers in law. She leaves to celebrate her life and mourn her passing: her son Tom (Sheral) McCann, daughter Terry Rompain, her grandchildren; Chris Fortner, Kelly Rompain (Jon Parker) and Craig Rompain, her great grandchildren; Cody, Shaylen, Mackenzie, Carlin, Mason, Gabe and Sidney, and her sister-in-law Florence Schwartz. Freda also leaves many nieces nephews and friends to mourn her passing. The family would like to thank Father Louis, Coleen Haider and the management and staff at Gladstone Seniors Residence for the wonderful care and friendship they provided to Mom over the past several years. A Prayer Vigil was held on Friday, December 11, 2020 from St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church, Yorkton, SK with Mary Bybliw presiding. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, December 12, 2020 from St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. Louis Kim Nguyen as Celebrant. The organist was Juliana Ubongen. The eulogy was given by Freda's son Tom McCann. The Catholic Women's League served as Honour Guard. Honorary casket bearers were Freda's Grandchildren & Great - Grandchildren; Craig Rompain, Kelly Rompain, Gabe Rompain, Mason Rompain, Cody Fortner, Chris Fortner, Mackenzie Fortner, Shaylen Fortner and Jon Parker. The interment followed in the Garden of Crucifixion, Yorkton Memorial Gardens with the Knights of Columbus Council # 2031; Rejean Houle, Wayne Exner, Gary Colbow, Greg Dubois, Henry Kweens and Jeff Krasowski serving as casket bearers. Memorials in memory of Freda may be made to St. Gerard's Church as gifts of remembrance. Service Details. Prayers Friday, December 11th, 2020 | 7:00pm When: Friday, December 11th, 2020 7:00pm Location: St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church Address: 125 Third Ave. N. YORKTON, SK S3N 1C4 Funeral Service When: Saturday, December 12th, 2020 11:00am Location: St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church Address: 125 Third Ave. N. YORKTON, SK S3N 1C4 Interment Location: Yorkton Memorial Gardens Address: Highway #10 East YORKTON, SK Online Memory & Photo Sharing Event Ongoing Online Event About this event In Loving Memory Of Freda McCann December 9, 1922 - December 5, 2020 Look inside to read what others have shared Family and friends are coming together online to create a special keepsake. Every memory left on the online obituary will be automatically included in this book. View Tribute Book