March 9, 1947 – October 28, 2026
The family of Fenton Yeo sadly announce his passing on Wednesday October 28, 2026, at the Provost Hospital following an extended stay in Palliative Care.
James Fenton Yeo was born on March 9, 1947, to Sherman Yeo and Ruby (Gordon) Yeo at the Western Hospital in Alberton, Prince Edward Island.
The family moved to Saint John, New Brunswick in 1948.
Fenton loved sports, he enjoyed playing ball as a teen and young adult. As he became older, he enjoyed curling and golf along with ball. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was an avid reader and enjoyed different kinds of music.
Fenton worked at many jobs during his youth and finally settled on being an orderly at the Saint John General Hospital. It was here he met Margaret Nichol, a student in the RNA course in 1972, and they have been together for 54 years. They lived in Albert County from 1973 – 1987 at which time he worked at the Albert County Hospital and took an online hospital administration course through the U of S in Saskatoon while the children were little. In 1987 we moved to Leader, Saskatchewan where he become administrator of Western Senior Citizens Home until 1996 when we moved to Macklin, Saskatchewan to run St. Joseph’s Health Care Facility under the leadership of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth until he retired in 2011. He was an important part of the original committee that formed The Macklin & District Health Foundation. Then he worked part time at the Provost, Alberta PCN for seven years until he fully retired.
His first son Christopher was born in February 1973, followed by daughter Beverly in November 1975, and son James in April of 1979. His greatest joy was to be a grandfather and was so happy when Claire was born in 2006 and Evalyn in 2008. He always said it was a joy having your own children, with the extra blessing being grandchildren.
Fenton is survived by his wife Margaret, son Christopher Yeo, daughter in law Simone (de Rosemond), daughter Beverly Yeo, son James Yeo, and granddaughters Claire Yeo and Evalyn Yeo; brothers Barry Yeo of Saint John, New Brunswick and Dean (Cheryl Atkinson) Smith of Ingomar, Nova Scotia; brother in law James Oakes of Penticton, British Columbia and sister in law Roberta Yeo of Saint John, New Brunswick; along with numerous nieces, nephews and lifetime friends.
Fenton was predeceased by his father Sherman Yeo; mother Ruby (Gordon) (Yeo) Smith; stepfather Albert Smith; brother Ralph Yeo; sisters Trudy Yeo, Ann Marie Smith and Cindy (Smith) Perry; his grandparents James & Empress (McNeill) Gordon; father in law & mother in law Bill & Joyce (Hamilton) Nichol; sisters in law Brenda Nichol and Barbara (Nichol) Oakes; along with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
The family would like to thank Dr. Shah from the Saskatoon Kidney Clinic for his care over the past years, Dr Erasmus, Dr. Malan, and all the doctors and nursing staff at the Provost Hospital for their excellent care. We would also like to thank all our family and friends for your love, phone calls, emails and messages of care, prayers, food and hugs during this extended time of Fenton’s illness.
A memorial service for Fenton will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at the Grace United Church in Macklin, Saskatchewan. With Pastor Paul McCormick to officiate. For those who are unable to attend, a livestream of the funeral will be available through the Gregory’s Funeral Home Inc. website. https://gregorysfuneralhomes.com/tribute/details/1248/Fenton-Yeo/obituary.html#content-start
In lieu of flowers please give a donation to St. Joseph’s Park Project, Box 721, Macklin, SK S0L 2C0, Provost Hospital Palliative Care Unit in care of either Provost Ladies Auxiliary Box 330 Provost AB T0B 3S0 or Provost Health Foundation Box 252 Provost, AB T0B 3S0 or the charity of your choice.
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