Author of the article: Cindy Stephen • for the Calgary Herald
Publishing date: Jun 04, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read • Ralf and Lynn Schroeder love the custom touches they were able to put in their new home by Trico Homes in D Arcy, Okotoks. Photo by Christina Ryan /Postmedia
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Building a home from the ground up was a bittersweet experience for Lynn Schroeter and her German-born husband, Ralf, who live in the D’Arcy community of Okotoks.
Lynn had suffered the sudden and very public loss of her 23-year-old son, Nakehko Lamoth, following a hockey game in January of 2019 between MacEwan University and SAIT. The process of building a home beginning that summer and into 2020 was a welcome distraction.
Raymond Botha and his wife Rose, the owner of Upstairs at Rosie s in Sedgefield.
MOTORING NEWS - During a moving ceremony at LifeConnect in George on Saturday 9 January, heart-broken family members, friends and colleagues said goodbye to an icon of the local motoring industry, Raymond Botha.
Botha, the dealer principal of Lynn Schroeder BMW in George, passed away at the age of 64 on Saturday 19 December due to Covid-19 complications. Two of his colleagues at Lynn Schroeder, Stanley Williams and John Baloyi, also passed away after a number of employees at their workplace contracted the virus.
His wife Rose, whom Botha adored, was admitted to Mediclinic with Covid-19 a week after her husband was taken ill, and put on oxygen in high-care, but has since been discharged.
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GEORGE NEWS - Local car dealership, Lynn Schroeder BMW suffered a great loss with the recent death of three employees.
George Herald reported this week that the dealership’s principal, Raymond Botha (64) passed away on Saturday 19 December after contracting Covid-19 two weeks ago. It has since become known that two other employees also passed away after contracting the virus.
According to informed persons, several employees of the dealership are currently hospitalised due to the virus.
Comment from Dealer Principal Motus Select, Etienne van Blerk: It is with sadness that BMW George learnt of the passing of our colleagues. Our hearts and thoughts are with their loved ones and family during this extremely difficult time.