AHOF Members archive

Robert (Bob) Gilmore Roehle grew up on a grain and dairy farm at Blackdale, Manitoba. Following his education at Irwinton, West St. Paul and Stonewall Collegiate, he attended the University of Manitoba where he earned a BSA in 1968 and a MSc. in Agricultural Economics in 1971. In 1968, he married Judith McKillop, a business education teacher; she has been his constant support and advisor. They raised their children, Candace and Kenton, in St Norbert where they have resided since 1971. They have five grandchildren. Bob worked for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) in market analysis and development and public relations for 29 years, including two years in Japan developing Asian markets. He was seconded to the Grain Marketing Office...

The youngest of eight children, Roslyn Morris Deveson was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, on February 1, 1933. He was raised on a mixed farm at Arden and attended Inkerman elementary school. Following high school in Neepawa, Morris attended the University of Manitoba from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA) in 1956. In 1958 he married Joyce Adams, with whom he raised three children: a daughter, Arlie, who became a nurse like her mother, and two sons, Grant and Ross, both of whom have BSAs, like their father, from the University of Manitoba. Morris and Joyce have three granddaughters and one grandson. Morris’ involvement in 4-H as a youth was the beginning of his life-long appreciation...