Donald Kingdon March 18, 1930 - May 25, 2012 Donald Kingdon, late of Estevan, Sask. and formerly of Bienfait, Sask., passed away in Estevan on Friday, May 25, 2012 at the age of 82 years. Don will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 56 years, Valerie Kingdon; children, Kenneth of Valleyview, Alta. (children: Kaitlin, Wesley); Raymond (Cori) of Vernon, B.C. (children: Christopher, Cody); Louise (Howard) of Edmonton, Alta. (children: Michael (Heather), James) and Lorne (Margaret) of Valleyview, Alta. (children: Jacquelin, Kimberly); his brothers, Stanley (Olga) of Estevan and Leslie (Lois) of Armstrong, B.C.; and sister-in-law, Helen of Estevan, as well as several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, Leslie and Margaret Kingdon; his brothers, Barry (Faye) Kingdon and Kenneth Kingdon. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church, Bienfait, by Rev. Peter Nijssen. Interment followed in the Bienfait Cemetery. If friends so desire, donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan or the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home in Don's memory. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. Thank You The family of Donald Kingdon would like to give a heartfelt thank you for all the support, cards, food, prayers and any donations received. Thank you to the Estevan Fire Dept., EMS, City Police and a special thanks to Danielle Stephany for her calming influence and much needed additional support. To Lawrence and Linda Stephany, who live next door, and were an invaluable aid to Valerie from beginning to end. The family takes much comfort in knowing you were here. To Dr. Christie and the nursing staff at emergency who did everything they could. To Hall Funeral Services for their support and counselling and for helping to make a stressful time less stressful. We would like to thank Father Peter for the funeral mass, and the choir, as well as Dustin Hall for his singing and piano playing, Don has always enjoyed your excellent singing voice. To the Bienfait CWL for the lovely lunch provided on short notice. Special thanks to Don's brother Stan and sisters-in-law, Olga and Helen, and nephews, Greg and George Kingdon who never left us alone and were there when we needed them. To Don's brother Les who travelled from Armstrong, B.C., Don's good friends, George and Sylvia Astleford, of Duffield, Alta., Don's good friends, Jim and Bev Langen, of Regina for the effort you made to be here. The many family and friends from out of town would like to thank those who opened up their homes and beds to help with lodging. Special thanks to the residents at Hillside Estate for their concern, offers to help, for putting up with the extra traffic coming and going, and for giving up their "common room" for the days that extra family and friends were visiting. - Valerie Kingdon & family
