Obituary of Lloyd "Orland" Potter

POTTER: Lloyd "Orland" Potter of Brandon, MB passed away at the Brandon Regional Health Centre on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the age of 96 years. Orland was born on November 9, 1922 in Deloraine, MB to John and Eleanor Potter. After completing his education at Hazeldean School in Deloraine, he worked on the family farm with his father. While on the farm, he met and married Thelma Doris Chandler on May 3, 1947. Orland and Thelma had their first home on the family homestead south of Deloraine. Here they worked a small acreage and had four children. They moved to Brandon in 1955 and had five more children. His first job in Brandon was working for McArthurs delivering milk and cream. In 1956, he started working at the B.M.H.C. where he also took his Psychiatric Nursing training while employed there. He continued to work there until his retirement in 1987. He was also an officer of the B.M.H.C. Credit Union for 17 years. Orland was predeceased by his father John, his mother Eleanor, his brother Howard, his wife Thelma, his eldest son Ron, his granddaughter Angela and his niece Barb. He leaves to mourn his passing his sisters Dorothy and Ruth, his daughters Sharon (Bruce), Patricia (Brian), Debbie, Sandra and Heather, his sons Jack (Darlene), Bob and Bill, his 22 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. A funeral service will held at Brockie Donovan Chapel, 332 8th Street, Brandon, MB on Friday, March 8, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. A private family interment will take place at Del-Win Cemetery. Donations in memory of Orland may be made to the Cancer Society, 415-1st Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 2W8. "A true friend we could turn to When times were good or bad One of our greatest blessings The man that we called DAD"