Jack Edward Hiebert

It is with profound sadness that we announce that Jack Edward Hiebert passed away peacefully in his sleep in the very early hours on June 3, 2026, at the Grandview personal care home.

Jack was born on the Hiebert (Friesen) homestead in the happy lake district in Manitoba on February 4, 1934, to Alvina (Lilley) and Cornelius Hiebert.

He attended happy lake school up until grade eight. The older siblings had moved away, so he stayed home to help his father work the farm, looking after the livestock, working the fields, repairing machinery and engaging with his younger siblings. Jack left happy lake in his early twenties to go to work for CN rail in British Columbia on the telegraph line. When he got home, he worked various jobs and ended up at the Roblin forest products for a few years. Jack started his job with Manitoba natural resources in the late seventies as a park attendant at Childs Lake campground and then at Blue Lakes campground. He enjoyed it immensely. He loved talking to and meeting people from all over the world. He worked there until he retired in 1999. He did go back to visit the campground with his family when the yurts were built at Childs Lake.

Jack’s closest friend throughout the years was Skip Sanders. Back in the 1960s, they had their own business where Jack was the producer and Skip was the salesman. When Skip moved back to Boggy Creek, they visited daily. He missed Uncle Skip deeply when he passed.

“Jack of all trades, master of none but oftentimes better than master of one” is the most appropriate phrase to describe Jack. When he retired from MNR, he taught himself to weld, to play violin, to crochet, to knit, to speak German and to cook the perfect pork chop.

He was a great advocate of learning. In the 1980s, he had completed his grade twelve GED and also earned a diploma in electronics through correspondence. He even applied for and received a prospector’s licence because he wanted to pan for gold in the Shell River.  Books like the Bible (Old and New Testament), Paradise Lost (Milton), Heaven and Hell (Swedenborg) and Louis Lamour could be found beside his armchair with a can of ginger ale and a jar of peanuts.

Jack was part of the group of Metis people who lobbied for and built the Metis centre in San Clara. He was part of the small group of elders who were involved in starting a new Metis local in Boggy Creek and building a centre there as well. He had become a mason and was very proud to be a part of that organization.

In the late 1960s, Jack lived in a small two room house that he had built himself on lot 6 in Boggy Creek with his first family. In the early 1980s, he had a second family and built the cabin with logs he had hauled from the Duck Mountain forest reserve. He lived there until late 2022 when he moved to the Roblin residence where he could still enjoy his own space while receiving care and being safe. The last place was the care home in Grandview in early 2024 when his medical needs escalated.

Predeceased by son Joseph Jack Hiebert, mother Alvina and father Cornelius, brothers Gordon, Lenard, Carl, Frank, and Abraham and by sisters Rena Rolfson, Joan Brisby, Anne Bordula and Betty Sanders.

Left to mourn the loss of Jack are his daughter Kelly Hiebert, grandchildren Alexander Marshall and Ashley Marshall, sister Eydie Hiebert and brothers William Hiebert (Jackie) and Randolph Hiebert.

In accordance with Jack’s wishes, cremation has taken place.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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