Forward of Earl Moberg’s celebration of life, Brenda Moberg requested family and friends for phrases that described her husband.
Light. Pleasant. Useful. Loving.
Sort.
“Lots of people mentioned sort,” she mentioned. “That was the phrase that was repeated time and again.”
Greater than 100 of Earl Moberg’s pals, household, and neighborhood members gathered at Rowandale Baptist Church Saturday to recollect him. Earl Moberg was 81 and dwelling with dementia when he disappeared on Dec. 12, 2023 after leaving residence for a stroll. He has by no means been discovered, however is presumed deceased.
“It’s nice to listen to different folks’s reminiscences of my dad and assist actually preserve him alive,” mentioned Britt Moberg, Earl’s daughter. “It was actually, actually therapeutic to have this time right this moment. I’m so glad that we had been in a position to try this.”
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Britt shared reminiscences of his ardour for health and journey, his satisfaction in his Swedish heritage, and his unwavering assist for his 4 kids. As an educator, he taught in distant communities for a lot of his profession.
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“He made me really feel secure on the earth,” Britt mentioned.
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Brenda felt the identical; she and her “knight in shining armour” would have celebrated their fiftieth marriage ceremony anniversary this yr.
Within the later years of his life, Earl Moberg was recognized to wander as a consequence of his dementia. The Winnipeg Regional Well being Authority (WRHA) deemed his disappearance a important incident in June 2024 following a evaluation spurred by a letter Britt penned to the WRHA and well being minister Uzoma Asagwara. A important incident is an unintended occasion that happens as the results of the availability of well being providers. The evaluation discovered Earl and his caregivers didn’t obtain the well being helps wanted to maintain him secure.
“We are able to’t change what occurred to my dad, and all I can do is attempt to advocate to attempt to do what I can to stop this from taking place to another person,” mentioned Britt.
“When Earl went lacking, the very first thing I mentioned was, to the police, “Is there a silver alert issued?” and so they mentioned sure, however at the moment I didn’t comprehend it was simply to the media,” Brenda Moberg mentioned.
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The Moberg household is working to alter how the general public is notified of lacking adults. A petition to the Home of Commons, sponsored by Kildonan-St. Paul MP Raquel Dancho, calls on the Authorities of Canada to develop a Nationwide Silver Alert System, which might alert cell gadgets and broadcasts within the space the place a lacking susceptible grownup was final seen, very similar to AMBER Alerts. It’s their second time amassing signatures: The 2025 federal election and dissolution of parliament nullified their earlier petition, which had collected 4,672 signatures.
Whereas amassing signatures at Backyard Metropolis Mall, Brenda Moberg hears from folks whose lives have additionally been affected by a dementia prognosis.
“They’ve kin… which have dementia which have wandered, or they’re anxious that they’ll wander,” she mentioned.
“We simply need to get extra signatures on the petition so then if different folks, seniors or folks with dementia get lacking that they are going to be discovered.”
The Mobergs thanked everybody who signed the petition thus far, and who helped seek for Earl since his disappearance.
“To us, he’s our father, our husband, he’s our beloved one and there’s simply a lot extra past him than being the lacking individual in North Kildonan,” Britt mentioned. “He was a really beloved individual, and a father, and a instructor, and I hope that he’s remembered for these qualities as nicely, not only for being the one that is lacking.”
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The Silver Alert petition is amassing on-line signatures till Oct. 2, 2025.
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