Overview

• Joe Monteith died on May 12 at age 75 after months of treatment in the palliative care unit at Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital.
• Ann Marie McGregor died on June 18 at age 74 following long-term illness treatment at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon.
• Both obituaries expressed gratitude to doctors, nurses and palliative care staff for their compassion and care in the weeks before their deaths.
• Joe and Ann divorced in 1989 and Joe remained largely estranged from Cory until a brief reunion in 2011.
• Their consecutive deaths have revived public and family reflections on the legacy of their son Cory, who died in 2013 from mixed drug toxicity.