Hazel “Alice” Elizabeth Sedman (nee Lynds)
Beloved sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Hazel Alice Elizabeth Sedman passed away on October 29, 2020 at the age of 84. Alice took pride in keeping meticulous records and was a great support to her husband Reg when he started his electrical business in 1954. She started keeping his books and continued doing the books for Reg and their three sons as the business grew under the Big K umbrella until her passing. She kept a home and raised six children, finding time to sew clothes, garden and crochet baby outfits for grandchildren. She kept a careful record of birthdays, phone numbers and addresses as her family expanded and grew with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a great role model to the dedication it takes to be a mother and work full time also. Alice was the third child born of ten children to Henry Archie Lynds and Bessie Jean Lynds (nee Hartley). She was born on June 18, 1936 at Elizabeth Rozel’s in Moose Jaw and shortly transferred to Moose Jaw Hospital. Alice’s first home was a house on the Jimmy Gere’s farm close to Lake School and Blue Hill Church. Alice started Sunday School at Blue Hill Church and regularly attended every Sunday. Later the family moved to the Gadd farm where Alice started school at Lake School. In 1946, the family moved to the Camalachie District on a farm where there was a larger house, formerly the Leakville Post Office. The Camalachie School was re-opened as there were enough farm children with the Lynds children and neighbours for a school again. Here, Alice completed her Grade 8 and Grade 9 by correspondence to enable her to attend Peacock High School in Moose Jaw. She completed grades 10 and 11 before she married the love of her life, Reg Sedman. Alice met Reg Sedman at a Quincy School dance in the early 1950’s. They enjoyed many country dances and Reg proposed to her at Temple Gardens on March 10, 1954. The orchestra played “Harbour Lights” for their engagement dance. They were married at St. Andrews United Church on June 26, 1954. They started their married life and family in Buttress. They moved to Moose Jaw in 1957, where the family grew from two to six children. They moved into three new homes in Moose Jaw which they built together, along with a family cabin at Buffalo Pound Lake. They did this all, while maintaining his electrical contracting business, building the Big K Car and Truck wash, and finally at age 70 and mom at age 63, building the 18-Wheeler Semi Wash on the north service road. Alice is predeceased by her parents Archie and Jean Lynds, father and mother-in-law Wilfred and Virginia Sedman; her loving husband of 56 years, Reg; brother-in-law Arnold Field; brother Kenneth Lynds; sister Mary Ellen Powell and brother-in-law Duane Powell; sister Mabel Howes and brother-in-law Gerald Howes; brother Ron Lynds; sister-in-law Marilyn Donison and brother-in-law Danny Donison; granddaughter Ashley Luther; two nieces and a nephew. She leaves to treasure her memory her six children, Constance (David) Dyck, Alicia and Leighton; Debra (Clifford) Luther, Dallas (Audrey), Dustin, Clinton; Greg Sedman, Justin (Lisa), (great-grandson Liam), Wayne, (great-granddaughters Kanisha and Bella); Beverly Shepley-Sedman, Ryan (Courtney),(great-granddaughter Luna), Virginia (Nick), (great-granddaughter Alexis, great-grandsons Zackary, Kieran, and Nolan); James Sedman (Tina), Colton, Jordan, Desiree (great-granddaughter Makiyla), Colby, Cassidy Tarrant; and Curtis Sedman; Sisters Ruby Elaine Field; Bette-Jean Lynds; brothers Elwood Lynds; Melvin (Eleanor); Vernon Lynds. A Private Family Ceremony will be held on Friday, November 6th, 2020 with Interment at Rosedale Cemetery. Donations in memory of Alice Sedman are welcomed for the following charities: Diabetes Association; Heart & Stroke Foundation; or The Kidney Foundation of Canada. In living memory of Alice, a memorial planting will be made by Jones - Parkview Funeral Services. Please sign the memorial register at website: www.wjjonesandson.com or www.parkviewfuneralchapel.ca (Obituaries). Blake Seebach - Funeral Director.
