November 1-30, 2017 Susan Moxley Cote has been an x-ray technologist at Deer Lodge Centre for 15 years—and a quilter for 12. She recently presented an exquisite work of art to the Deer Lodge Centre Foundation: the Poppy Mosaic Quilt. The Foundation will auction off the quilt through an online auction this November. You can place your bid at www.32auctions.com/poppymosaicquilt » …
Thomas George Prince, war hero and Indigenous advocate, is easily one of Deer Lodge Centre’s most famous residents. He spent his last years living here until his death in 1977 at age 62. Throughout his military career he earned 11 medals, making him Canada’s most decorated Indigenous war veteran. Born in 1915 as a member of the Brokenhead Band of …
George Semperins (St. Pierre) Brooks was another memorable Deer Lodge veteran. He died at Deer Lodge Hospital in 1948 at age 105. At the time, he was Canada’s oldest soldier. He apparently served in no less than six conflicts, including the American Civil War, the Spanish-American and Cuban wars, and the First World War. In an interview with the Winnipeg …
Second World War veteran Ian Wilson moved into Deer Lodge in 2015. He needs long-term physiotherapy following a serious health issue. His wife Betty still lives independently and comes to visit him three times a week. When she can no longer look after herself, she’ll join Ian in the centre. Both in their nineties, Ian and Betty have shared an …
Helen Harper These two are synonymous with Second World War: Vera, a young singer from Britain, singing for the troops, lifting their spirits in the gloomiest days of the war – and Deer Lodge, a hospital for veterans of that same war, healing their broken bodies and souls. They both have reached their 100th birthdays and have celebrated countless achievements …