DEER LAKE FIRST NATION RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF OUR ELDER,
LEADER, HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, GREAT-GREAT
GRANDFATHER AND A GREAT FRIEND, MR. FRED MEEKIS.

FRED MEEKIS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HIS HOME WITH SURROUNDING FAMILY AND
FRIENDS IN DEER LAKE, ONTARIO ON FEBRUARY 5, 2015.

HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 64 YEARS, SALADIA MEEKIS. HE WAS
PRE-DECEASED BY HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS: SAMUEL MEEKIS, EDITH LINKLATER,
DAVID MEEKIS, DOUGLAS MEEKIS, MORLEY MEEKIS AND MARGARET SAWANAS.

CHILDREN: RHODA MEEKIS, JOHNNY MEEKIS, ROSIE FIDDLER, JEANNIE MEEKIS
(DECEASED), NICK MEEKIS, ARETTA MEEKIS, ANITA MEEKIS, TIMMY MEEKIS, IAN MEEKIS, BEVERLY
KAKEGAMIC AND WILLIAM MEEKIS.

FRED MEEKIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING GUIDE. HE WORKED ON
THE COUNCIL FOR THE PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AS CHIEF AND COUNCILLOR
FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO AN AVID HUNTER & TRAPPER, TEACHER, ADVISOR
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST- A STORY TELLER.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: DEER LAKE UNITED CHURCH AT 12 PM ON FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REV SOLOMON MEEKIS WILL BE OFFICIATING