Obituary

Makayla Renee Lavery passed away on Jan. 26, 2025 at the age of 24.

Longtime Standardbred industry participant Patricia "Pat" Twaddle passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in her 98th year.

Peter “Pete” Michael Medhurst, a 20-year resident of Churchton, Maryland, passed away on Jan. 20, 2025 following a three-month battle with brain cancer. The lifelong resident of southern Anne Arundel ...

Anne Jane Phillips (formerly Law, nee Armstrong) passed away peacefully on Jan. 14, 2025 in London, Ont., at the age of 83.

Longtime harness racing industry participant John David 'John' Sheldon of Kemptville, Ont. passed away peacefully in the Brockville General Hospital ICU after a short illness on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 20...

Walter Petersen, a California mainstay for decades as both a horseman and a racing official at Cal Expo, passed away last month at the age of 78. 

William Gordon “Jesse” James passed away on Dec. 3, 2024 at the age of 84.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Clément Nadeau of Plessisville, Que. passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 at the Hôtel-Dieu d'Arthabaska, just shy of his 99th birthday.

Longtime horseman Antonio 'Tony' Valente of Laval, Que. passed away on Jan. 7, 2025, at the age of 82.

Keith David Wilson passed away on Dec. 31, 2024 at Strathmere Lodge in Strathroy, Ont. A lifelong resident of Katesville Drive near Kerwood, Ont., he was in his 91st year.

Rodney Allums Sr., 59, of Crown Point, Ind., passed away on Jan. 1, 2025, at Hospice of the Calumet Area, in Munster, Ind., of natural causes.

Standardbred trainer Robert (Bob) Marshall of Sweaburg, Ont. passed away suddenly at home on Dec. 11, 2024 in his 85th year.