Memorial bench honours Kindersley resident

By Joan Janzen

This summer a memorial bench was placed near the Kindersley Library in Baker Park. The bench is a tribute to a beloved Kindersley resident, Chester Dobni who passed away in 2022.

Chester took his early school years in Kindersley, and after obtaining his teaching degree in Saskatoon, taught high school in both Alberta and Saskatchewan schools. The inscription on the bench reads as follows:

“To have made even one person’s life a little better, that is to succeed.” Henry David Thoreau. Chester M.W. Dobni - English Teacher, 1965-2022 - Loved - Never Forgotten. The bench is a reminder of all the lives he touched.