Lorraine Iris Radke of Camrose, Alberta passed away on August 11, 2024 at the age of 84 years.

Lorraine was born in Camrose on November 16th, 1939 to John and Mildred Nelson. She passed away on August 11th at the age of 84years.

Lorraine with her mom and dad and older sisters Kathleen and Linea lived at a lumber camp near Campbell River, BC where John had employment. In 1943 the family moved to their farm in the Heatherbrae district, and this became Lorraine's growing up home. Younger brothers Glen and Gordon were born after the family returned to Alberta.

When Lorraine was sixteen years old she began working at the Bethany Sunset Home in Camrose, and this was the beginning of a life long career. Her dream had been to become a nurse. In 1991 she graduated from Alberta Vocational College as a Personal Care Aide, after completing their Program of Studies. This was a proud achievement in Lorraine's life. Until retirement she worked at Rose Haven.

On November 16th, 1956 Lorraine married Leroy Linden. Three children were born to them: Cheryl, Becky, and Tim. The family was living in Bittern Lake when Leroy died in 1979 from a heart attack. This was a hard blow for Lorraine and for their children.

On May 11th, 1996 Lorraine married Dwayne Radke, and this began a new chapter. These were happy years, with many wonderful family gatherings. Lorraine loved her family very much. Lorraine and Dwayne lived on their farm in the East Bittern Lake District until their move to Camrose in June 2019. Lorraine enjoyed returning to Camrose. Lorraine really liked Main Street Camrose and she enjoyed shopping, and she walked uptown many times to visit her favorite stores and visit with the store clerks, who often became her friends.

Dementia made the last few years very hard for Lorraine and her family. Dementia took the sparkle from her life. This was a hard time and a hard road to walk.

Lorraine is survived by her husband Dwayne, her daughters Cheryl Linden (Ken Wood) and Becky Vandersluis, her son Tim (Janice) Linden, and five grandchildren: Nathan (Alaina), Kyla, Derek (Sue), Nicole, and Ashley (Corey). She is also survived by three great grandchildren, Reagan, Jacob, and Kendra, her sister Linea (Pete) Wittich, her brother Gordon (Gail) Nelson, her in law's Melody (Dave) Brager, Wendy (Bruce) Enarson, Gloria Potter, Mark (Jane) Radke, and many other family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 29, 2024 at Weber's Mount Pleasant Chapel in Camrose, Alberta. Cremation has taken place.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Society.