Bernd Friedrich Kiesewetter: Meticulous. Father. Husband. Fan. Born Nov. 19, 1941, in Rudolstadt, Germany; died March 20, 2022, in Edmonton, with medical assistance in dying; aged 80
Meticulous. Father. Husband. Fan. Born Nov. 19, 1941, in Rudolstadt, Germany; died March 20, 2022, in Edmonton, with medical assistance in dying; aged 80
When Bernie Kiesewetter was young, one of his teachers told him to write down all the things he dreamed of doing in life. Bernie told few people what he wrote but his many adventures in life reveal the most important things on that list.Meet a good woman and make a great family. When Bernie immigrated to Canada in 1964, he found his way to Calgary, where he began his apprenticeship as a pipe fitter. But here he also met Winifred Mary Brown, the lovely English lass who stole his heart.
Bernie and Wyn were planning an Italian cruise when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. But other than family and a few friends, he kept that diagnosis to himself. Near the end, Bernie’s impish sense of humour never waned: He’d have liked to be in Qatar for his 13th World Cup, but said the soccer Gods didn’t want him to cheer against the Germans if they were to face Canada.Lives Lived celebrates the everyday, extraordinary, unheralded lives of Canadians who have recently passed.