The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 297 LUEPKE, Lester Abe “Les” PEACETIME Les was born on March 21, 1931 in Swift Current, SK. He served two years in the Canadian Army, then as a cook in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1955 to 1975. He married Agnes Friesen of Rosthern, SK, and they had three children: Norma Lynn, Timothy Chris and Paul Beth. His many postings took him and his family to Penhold, AB, Centralia, ON, Gander, NL, Sydney, NS, Zweibrucken and Lahr, Germany and Yorkton, SK. His medals included the CD and Clasp and the Canadian Centennial Medal (1967). He retired as a Sergeant in 1976 after which he and his family moved to Saskatoon, SK where he became a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Nutana Branch 362. He passed away in 1985. LUNDAHL, Len WWII Len was born in Estevan, SK in 1921. In January 1942, with the encouragement of his father who was left to farm alone, Len enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at Moose Jaw and in the spring, he went to Calgary to train for the Navy. He completed his training to be an Engine Room Artificer in Halifax and served aboard the corvette HMCS Quesnel for two years. Len spent those years in the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic, escorting convoys carrying supplies to the Allies. He made trips to Murmansk, Russia, to Bermuda and the Quesnel was to dock a number of times in American harbours. Len was lucky to be able to celebrate the end of the war in New York City. In November 1945, he married Jean McGregor of Hitchcock, SK who had worked in a munitions plant in Ajax, ON. Len and Jean farmed until 1972, retired to Estevan and raised two daughters: Beverley and Carol. Jean passed away in 1982 and Len lived in Regina, SK, passing in January 2010. LUNQUIST, Arnold F. WWII Arnold enlisted in the Army in 1943 and served as a Trooper in the Canadian Armored Corps in England and France. He was wounded and taken as a Prisoner of War. He returned home in June 1945. Arnold passed away on September 22, 1945 at the age of twenty-one.
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