Dean Garnet Brandhagen

Dean Garnet Brandhagen 64, Victoria BC, died in the early morning hours, Saturday April 2, 2016, at his home, after a blessedly short battle with cancer. He was completely surrounded by love and passed peacefully in the presence of his life companion of 15 years Vanessa von Schellwitz, his daughter Krista Brandhagen, and stepson Roland von Schellwitz, to whom he was like a father. Dean was born May 27, 1951, in Swift Current, SK, the eldest child to Derald and Catherine (Cudmore) Brandhagen. He lived in Regina, SK from 1963 until 2001, then moved to Victoria, BC. Dean was loved and liked by too many people to record here. Memories and stories can be left at Dean's memorial site www.deanbrandhagen.ca. He is survived by his life companion Waltraud "Vanessa" von Schellwitz and her son Roland von Schellwitz, with whom he shared the last 15 years of his life; his children from his first marriage to Gloria Malcolm (Eberle), Cory Brandhagen, Randi Brandhagen, and Krista Brandhagen, with whom he maintained active and generous relationships until his dying day; sister Faith "Coleen" Lalonde; grandchildren by order of age, Skylar Brandhagen, Zachary Brown, Zoe Brandhagen, and Rodney Ruberry Junior; great-grandchild Allan Bird; nieces and nephews Clinton Brandhagen, Amber Lalonde, Melissa Lalonde, and Katrina Brandhagen; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. With Dean dies the patriarch of the family. He will be missed beyond imagination.