Yvette Jeanne Balkwill

Born in Gravelbourg and raised in Leoville, the importance of family, hard work and a sense of humour were instilled in Yvette by her loving parents, Ed and Germaine Belhumeur. Yvette was a successful business executive with a 25 year career in radio with CFMC and CJWW, becoming the first female station manager in Canada. The last 10 years of her career she enjoyed with Glen Hoff Collision Centre. Time spent with family and friends at Aquadeo Beach and Meeting Lake in the summers and Mesa, Arizona in the winters were always filled with laughter and fun times creating many wonderful memories. Horse racing brought Yvette and Dennis together and provided hours of enjoyment training, caring and racing their horses. Yvette’s strength, dignity, and selfless ways, always concerned with others before herself, did not waver as she bravely lived her last year with lung cancer. Her family will cherish her fond memories including husband, Dennis Schmidt; sons Darrell (Mary Lou) and Roy (Karlene) Balkwill; daughter Tami (Kim) Golding; 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. We celebrated Yvette’s life on Saturday, June 2, 2018, 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 222 Willow St., Saskatoon. Donations in memory of Yvette can be made to Prairie Hospice Society, prairiehospice.org.