We Remember
KVAMME, Ingvald “Bernie”
January 15, 1941 — February 2, 2021
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ingvald Bernhard (Bernie) Kvamme on February 2, 2021 at home, surrounded by his family.
Bernie is survived by his loving wife Johanne Kvamme; daughters Shelley Kvamme MacDonald (Bob), Trudy Benson (Brian) and Melissa Radomske (Jarret); grandchildren Cassidy (Indy), Evan, Bethany, Cassandra, Rasmus and Magnus; sisters Phyllis Pearson, Carol (Ken) Spenser, Kathy McFadyen, Linda (John) Arnot, and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
Bernie was born in Creelman, Sask on January 15, 1941. He lived and worked in many Canadian provinces including Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and finally British Columbia. He was always extremely hardworking and busy with multiple projects, usually all at the same time, from farming, gardening, cooking, renovating, building and designing homes and commercial projects, teaching, being a mechanic, inventing, real estate and being a landlord. He enjoyed spending time with his family, travelling, gardening and fishing in his free time.
He will be missed deeply.
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THIS SERVICE WILL BE LIVESTREAMED/BROADCAST ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 AT 10:00 AM
Service
Monday February 8 2021 at 10:00am
Location
Springfield Funeral Home
Dear Johanne, Shelley, Trudy and Melissa,
I am very sorry to hear of your loss. We have not seen each other for many years, but I want you to know that my thoughts are with you.
Sincerely Yours,
Jon Arnot (Toronto)
Aunt Joanne, Shelley, Trudy and Melissa and families
I am not able to attend today, but please know I am thinking of you call and sending love and prayers.
Michelle
Lisa and I would like to give you or sincere condolences on the passing of Uncle Bernie. I have fond memories of him that will live on. We want to wish your family well in the days and years to come. Love, Mike and Lisa
We are really sorry we have lost a dear friend.
Grandpa was, as my fiance puts it, a legend. He was always on the go and when he slowed down, I enjoyed being able to sit down and have a visit with him (once I moved away, those visits became phone calls). I remember when I first told Grandpa I was moving to Prince Rupert and he was telling me about the town and how he used to fish there and the cute little areas by the waterfront. I told him “Oh Grandpa, that was such a long time ago and the town will have changed”. I called him shortly after settling in to let him know he was right and that little town had not changed one bit since he fished up there. I remember when he’d come back from his fishing trips and we would go over to Grandma and Grandpa’s house to unload the freezer full of fish and seafood in the driveway. My brother and I used to eat our weight in crab back then. Interestingly enough, I don’t eat fish or seafood anymore, guess I met my lifetime quota of seafood back then! Eventually I was able to call Grandpa and tell him my own tales of going fishing and crabbing on the ocean. In his last week, I was honoured and thankful that he let me come in and care for him as he got sicker. Grandpa always did things on his own terms, right up until the end. I called my mom and told her Grandpa only had a few hours left. Well, he must have heard me make that call to my mom and thought to himself that he would have to prove me wrong and he stuck around for another day. But every day that he stuck around during that week was one more day that he allowed us to all be together as a family; reminiscing as we looked through photo albums (I never knew Grandpa used to rock a goatee!), reflecting on going to hockey games with Grandpa as we played reruns of hockey games for him, and just being able to say “I love you” and “goodbye” to Grandpa. That was the most wonderful gift he could have left us with. I love you so much and I’ll always miss you Grandpa Kvamme.
I just watched the funeral and was thinking about all of you, it was very nice.
Just listened to the funeral with mom, it was very nice. Hope you are all doing as well as you can.
So sorry Johanne & family to read of your loss!
Hugs to all!! Helen
Dear Joanne and family. We are very sorry to hear about the passing of Bernie. Know that our prayers are with all of you.
I just learned of the obituary today after a long discussion with Bernies sister Carol.
What a nice tribute to my school friend. We moved our separate ways in the late 50s when we left school and I think I only saw Bernie once after that at a school reunion in Kisbey. We were good friends in school and spent much of ourr time out hunting gophers and birds on the prairie. We would have long discussions about what we would do after we left the little villlage of Kisbey and endeavour to be successful. He was successful and I can tell from the comments his family meant everything to him RIP my buddy……. Bob Riviere