Obituary for Merle Williams
WILLIAMS: Merle R.
October 15, 1944 - October 21, 2022
Merle Raymond Williams of Nokomis, SK passed away October 21, 2022 at the Nokomis Health Center. He had just celebrated his 78 birthday. Merle was born Oct.15 1944 to Raymond and Joan Williams at Regina Sask. Merle was the oldest of 4 children. As a farming family Merle spent most of his youth doing farming chores and later
helped with the seeding and harvest. Merle went to Semans school by bus and in the winter by bombardier. He was on the high school football team. After school he took a course on electronics and worked
repairing TV and radios from home and then for a company in Regina. Merle later started working for the department of highways and he worked there until he retired. Merle was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He had a seasonal site at Little Bear where he spent a great deal of time camping and fishing over the years. Merle was a long time member of the Strasbourg Eastshore Wildlife Federation. He was a member of the Nokomis gun club. Merle taught firearm safety for many years. There's many people in the surrounding communities that have received their hunters' safety from Merle. Merle traveled all over North America competing in air rifle and rifle marksman competitions and came home with many medals and
trophies. Merle was a member of the Nokomis fire department and served as fire chief. Merle had a stroke on July 28, 2010. This stroke changed his life incredibly. Merle got his motor skills back but left him without speech. Even with this difficulty he was still able to do the things he loved camping and fishing at Little Bear, and rifle competitions. Merle had a passion for forging knives. Even with his loss of speech this did not
hold him back from taking knife building classes in Regina. He put many hours into creating some beautiful knives. Merle also enjoyed astronomy, spending many hours looking at the stars.
Merle will be missed by his partner Betty Hanes of 22 years and his step family Robert Cardinal (Angela) and sons ,Regan, and Colton Teresa Cardinal and sons Shane, Logan and Robert Albert Cardinal (Sandra) son Caydin and daughters Tristan and Kiera Rod Cardinal (Meghan) and son Bronson Kieth Cardinal (Jodi) and sons Ty and Jadyn Merle’s Sister Diane (Albert) Lahaie and her 2 children and her 3 grandchildren, Merle’s brother Blaine (Danna) Williams.
The Funeral Service will take place at Nokomis Baptist Church on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Interment will take place in Semans Cemetery.
For online condolences, tributes or to make a donation to Heart & Stroke Foundation 1738 Quebec Ave, Unit 26, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1V9 or East Shore Wildlife Federation at 123 Assiniboia Ave, Strasbourg, SK, S0G 4V0 in Merle's memory, please visit: https://fotheringham-mcdougall.com/
October 15, 1944 - October 21, 2022
Merle Raymond Williams of Nokomis, SK passed away October 21, 2022 at the Nokomis Health Center. He had just celebrated his 78 birthday. Merle was born Oct.15 1944 to Raymond and Joan Williams at Regina Sask. Merle was the oldest of 4 children. As a farming family Merle spent most of his youth doing farming chores and later
helped with the seeding and harvest. Merle went to Semans school by bus and in the winter by bombardier. He was on the high school football team. After school he took a course on electronics and worked
repairing TV and radios from home and then for a company in Regina. Merle later started working for the department of highways and he worked there until he retired. Merle was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He had a seasonal site at Little Bear where he spent a great deal of time camping and fishing over the years. Merle was a long time member of the Strasbourg Eastshore Wildlife Federation. He was a member of the Nokomis gun club. Merle taught firearm safety for many years. There's many people in the surrounding communities that have received their hunters' safety from Merle. Merle traveled all over North America competing in air rifle and rifle marksman competitions and came home with many medals and
trophies. Merle was a member of the Nokomis fire department and served as fire chief. Merle had a stroke on July 28, 2010. This stroke changed his life incredibly. Merle got his motor skills back but left him without speech. Even with this difficulty he was still able to do the things he loved camping and fishing at Little Bear, and rifle competitions. Merle had a passion for forging knives. Even with his loss of speech this did not
hold him back from taking knife building classes in Regina. He put many hours into creating some beautiful knives. Merle also enjoyed astronomy, spending many hours looking at the stars.
Merle will be missed by his partner Betty Hanes of 22 years and his step family Robert Cardinal (Angela) and sons ,Regan, and Colton Teresa Cardinal and sons Shane, Logan and Robert Albert Cardinal (Sandra) son Caydin and daughters Tristan and Kiera Rod Cardinal (Meghan) and son Bronson Kieth Cardinal (Jodi) and sons Ty and Jadyn Merle’s Sister Diane (Albert) Lahaie and her 2 children and her 3 grandchildren, Merle’s brother Blaine (Danna) Williams.
The Funeral Service will take place at Nokomis Baptist Church on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Interment will take place in Semans Cemetery.
For online condolences, tributes or to make a donation to Heart & Stroke Foundation 1738 Quebec Ave, Unit 26, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1V9 or East Shore Wildlife Federation at 123 Assiniboia Ave, Strasbourg, SK, S0G 4V0 in Merle's memory, please visit: https://fotheringham-mcdougall.com/