Obituary of Barry Schemenauer

   Barry was born in Nipawin, SK to William and Vera Schemenauer.  He attended the Snowden Elementary School and then attended William Mason School, graduating in 1970.

   After high school he worked in the bush cutting logs.  He started electrical trade school in 1972 and graduated in 1976, receiving his Red Seal Interprovincial Electrical Certificate.

   Barry worked for several electrical companies throughout his career, starting in Nipawin for Dyer-Nelson Electrical and finishing with Montreal Lake Band Electrical.  During this time, he also helped his dad farm and his mom with the garden (digging potatoes was his favorite).  Barry also found time to install and repair satellite systems for friends and neighbors. 

   Many people will be missing his daily calls.  He took the time and was genuinely interested in what everyone was doing.  Barry was especially helpful when his oldest nephew, Clint, started farming.  He had the knowledge that Clint needed and never missed a day to call and check on how Clint was making out.

   Over the years he would travel to Saskatoon and run one of the cutters during the hay season.  He did this even after he had a mild stroke.  Sometimes he would cut a bit wide, but he didn’t care.  He said he just left a bit for the deer.

   In 2008 he eagerly joined his brother Morley in Mexico to see the condo project he had started there.  His first impression and comments were regarding the electrical work.  He said it was not good.

   Barry managed to spend several weeks for many winters in Mexico.  He helped out with whatever needed to be done and if he wasn’t there, he called every day to check the progress.  He was instrumental in laying out the electrical distribution system when Morley started a new building in 2022.  By the end of 2025, when the building was finished, Barry knew every new condo owner and any work that still needed to be completed.  He had an amazing memory.  Even after several rounds of radiation on his head, where normally one would lose memory, it did not affect Barry’s memory.

   Barry loved to go fishing, especially ice fishing.  He would usually just use a single prong hook, a minnow, weight and a bunch of tangled line.  He would set up his line, head back to the ice shack for a sandwich and out-fished a lot of us on most trips.

   Barry is survived by his brother Morley and sister-in-law Patty; his nephew Clinton (Shayla); great nephews Eli and James; great niece Madilyn; his niece Jaclyn; his nephew Matthew (Jennifer); great nephew Kaden and great niece Lily.  His is also survived by uncles, aunts and cousins.

Barry thank you for the memories. 

They will become treasures in our hearts.