Obituary
Dennis T.
DEER
St-Francis-Xavier mission
Kahnawake
It is with heavy heart that I announce the death of my father, Dennis Teho’nikonhráthe Deer on Tuesday February 21, 2023, at the age of eighty-seven years at the Kateri Memorial Hospital in Kahnawake. He was born October 29, 1935.
He was predeceased by his wife Rosaline (Kane) Deer, his parents Matthew Deer and Louisa Leborgne, his siblings Stanley, Hilda, Norma, Elmer-Sonny, Louis, Paul, and Evelyn, as well as his sister-in-law, Maureen, and his brothers-in-law Mike Whyte, Richard Kennedy, and Sam Walker.
Dennis leaves behind his loving son Reynold, and his youngest brother Marty, and nephews Jimmy and Matty Whyte. Also, his sisters-in-law Kateri, Nancy, Linda, Carole, Jennifer, and Paulina, as well as bothers-in-law Robert Bingham and Francis White, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
He is entrusted to the Poissant and Deer Funeral Home on Old Malone Road in Kahnawake.
Visitation will begin Sunday, February 26, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. until midnight. Then on Monday, February 27 from 11:00 a.m. to midnight, and on Tuesday, February 28, from 9:00 a.m., followed by the funeral mass at 2:30 p.m. in the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Kahnawake.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, The Canadian Cancer Society, and/or the Kateri Memorial Hospital Foundation would be appreciated.
Special thanks to the staff of the Emergency and Internal Medicine departments of the Royal Victoria Hospital and to the Palliative Care staff at the Kateri Memorial Hospital, for the excellent care they have provided. Also, thank you to his home-care nurse, Neda, who took such great care of my father over the past few years.
Sincerely,
Reynold Deer
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