Alta passed away peacefully at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, SK on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at the age of 95 years.
Alta was born to Cornell and Gladys Ashem, and her memory will live on in those who knew and loved her. Left with those memories are her sons, Clifford Sovdi and Richard (Beverly) Sovdi; daughters, Olive (Dave) Walls, Linda (Dennis) Davenport, Judy Goodwill and Marilyn (Mark) Audet; 20 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren; in-laws, Ruben Sovdi, Ardeen and Hilda Sovdi, Audrey Sovdi, Hazel Sovdi, Dorothy Sovdi, as well as the Daae and Halvorson families.
She was predeceased by her first husband Marvel Sovdi; second husband Fred Peterman; son and daughter in infancy; daughter Susan Sovdi; grandchildren, Darren and Darwin Sovdi; daughter-in-law Shirley Sovdi; sisters, Thelma (Lloyd) Mitchell and Lenora (Bob) Tompkins; brother Dick in infancy; parents, Cornell and Gladys Ashem; parents-in-law, Holly and Mary Sovdi; brothers-in-law, Earl (Mabel) Sovdi, Lloyd Sovdi and Ardin Sovdi; sisters-in-law, Elsie (George) Erickson, Lenora (Ed) Rosenthal and Florence Sovdi.
A Funeral Service was held on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Pastor Walter Engel officiating. A private family interment followed at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan.
Donations in Alta’s memory may be made to a charity of choice.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
