The time has come.

Elaine Mary Remesoff (Obrigewitsch) was born on May 14, 1936 on the farm near  Vibank, Saskatchewan.    She grew up on the prairies of Saskatchewan.  Elaine spent her childhood both enduring the hardship and enjoying the bounties of farm life and community.  In 1958 she married James Arthurs and together they had two sons, Douglas and David.  Elaine and Jim lived in both Alberta and Saskatchewan before later divorcing.  Being a single mother, Elaine went back to her roots in Saskatchewan  and returned to school to get a better education.  There she met Peter Remesoff and in 1968 they were married and later that year had their daughter, Lisa.   Eventually Elaine and Peter moved  the family to  Canmore, Alberta where they resided for  over 30 years.   

Elaine enjoyed many things in her life.  She loved to curl, watch baseball and the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  She was a talented seamstress who also enjoying knitting and was well known for her incredible pie making.  Elaine travelled a lot having seen many parts of Europe, South East Asia, Australia and Central America.  She loved her family, she loved her children and she loved doting on her grandchildren.  She retired from Canada Cement Lafarge in 1998 after 25 years of employment and eventually her and Peter left the mountain community they loved, settling in Cochrane, Alberta in 2008.

Elaine was predeceased by her father Jakob Obrigewitsch, step-father Harry Reinhardt and her mother Agnes Reinhardt (Deck)  She was also predeceased by her older  brother Gerald Obrigewitsch, her younger sister Jacqueline Cross (Obrigewitsch) and her nephew  Lyndon Cross.

She is survived by her devoted husband of 45 years, Peter Remesoff , her sons Douglas Arthurs, David (Sandra) Arthurs and daughter Lisa Remesoff as well as her grandchildren Danielle Arthurs, Shayne Arthurs, Dylan Bardwell and Ryley Sadorsky.    Her brothers Eugene Obrigewitsch and Reg (Clara) Reinhardt are also left mourning her as are many  nephews, nieces, grand-nephews, a grand-niece and numerous dear friends in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

A celebration of Elaine’s life will take place at Our Lady of the Rockies Church, 810-7^th Street, Canmore, Alberta on August 12, 2013 at 11:00 am. 

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Elaine’s name to the Bethany Care Centre, Cochrane, Alberta.  Funeral arrangements by Bow Valley Funeral Service, Canmore, Alberta.