Vreeman, Lil (Heidebrecht) (nee Kary): was born on July 1st, 1925 at Hemaruka, Alberta and was called Home to be with her Lord on June 26th, 2015 at the age of 89 years. She peacefully left this world in her sleep at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, Clearwater, B.C. Lil will be lovingly remembered by her husband John, to whom she was married for 44 years; her daughter, Sheila (Byron) Anderson of Little Fort, B.C.; her son, Kerry (Phyllis) Heidebrecht of Vernon, B.C.; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Peter Heidebrecht on February 13th, 1964; her parents, Chris and Emily Kary; two sisters, Martha Burtis and Paulina Rennich; and four brothers, Adolph Kary, Robert Kary, George Kary and Gus Kary. Lil moved to Kelowna as a young widow with two children and she always said that was her Centennial project, coming to the land of milk and honey in July of 1967, from Lacombe, Alberta. She found jobs in a couple of different stores for a short time. Then she was offered a job as a sales clerk to work along side Walter and Kay Krumm who owned Thomson Jewellers on Bernard Avenue. This was a job she not only loved but one in which she became very close friends with Walter and Kay, a friendship which lasted for the remainder of their lives. In April, 1971, Lil married John Vreeman in the Kelowna Alliance Church and later that year left Kelowna and moved up to Clearwater, B.C. where John was living and employed with Clearwater Timber Products. After his retirement in 1989, they moved back to Kelowna, living in the Lutheran Manor until health challenges forced them to move back up to the Clearwater area in the latter part of 2007. A private Graveside Service at the Clearwater Cemetery will precede a Celebration of Lil's Life which will take place at North Thompson Funeral Services on the day of her 90th birthday, Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. Condolences may be forwarded to bethelchapel@uniserve.com or Bethel Funeral Chapel Ltd., 5605-27th Street, Vernon, B.C. V1T 8Z5 250-542-1187
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