Alex Joseph Pingrenon was born in a log cabin in Wapah, Manitoba at the Pingrenon Ranch on Lake Ebb and Flow on June 9th, 1924. Alex weighed only 2 pounds and spent the first part of his life in a shoe box on the oven door of the kitchen wood stove. At the age of 14 he survived Anthrax. His sister and only sibling died of tuberculosis as a teenager in the Dauphin Hospital.
In 1955 Alex married Mildred Lepla and they moved to BC. Mildred passed away in July 2009 at age 77 after their 54 years of marriage. Alex passed away at the age of 85 in the Cascades Hospice after a lengthy battle with Cancer. He is survived by his son an only child as well as his two grandsons.
Alex will always be remembered as a generous and gentle family man.
Alex ran Bargain House Antiques on Fairfield Island for 42 years. It was likely the first home based retail business in Chilliwack.
In 1955 Alex married Mildred Lepla and they moved to BC. Mildred passed away in July 2009 at age 77 after their 54 years of marriage. Alex passed away at the age of 85 in the Cascades Hospice after a lengthy battle with Cancer. He is survived by his son an only child as well as his two grandsons.
Alex will always be remembered as a generous and gentle family man.
Alex ran Bargain House Antiques on Fairfield Island for 42 years. It was likely the first home based retail business in Chilliwack.
Alex Joseph Pingrenon was born in a log cabin in Wapah, Manitoba at the Pingrenon Ranch on Lake Ebb and Flow on June 9th, 1924. Alex weighed only 2 pounds and spent the first part of his life in a shoe box on the oven door of the kitchen wood stove. At the age of 14 he survived Anthrax. His sister and only sibling died of tuberculosis as a teenager in the Dauphin Hospital.
In 1955 Alex married Mildred Lepla and they moved to BC. Mildred passed away in July 2009 at age 77 after their 54 years of marriage. Alex passed away at the age of 85 in the Cascades Hospice after a lengthy battle with Cancer. He is survived by his son an only child as well as his two grandsons.
Alex will always be remembered as a generous and gentle family man.
Alex ran Bargain House Antiques on Fairfield Island for 42 years. It was likely the first home based retail business in Chilliwack.
In 1955 Alex married Mildred Lepla and they moved to BC. Mildred passed away in July 2009 at age 77 after their 54 years of marriage. Alex passed away at the age of 85 in the Cascades Hospice after a lengthy battle with Cancer. He is survived by his son an only child as well as his two grandsons.
Alex will always be remembered as a generous and gentle family man.
Alex ran Bargain House Antiques on Fairfield Island for 42 years. It was likely the first home based retail business in Chilliwack.
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