Donald Edwin Court

Don attended Haig School and went on to graduate at Weyburn Collegiate. He held various jobs before attending Kelsey Institute in Saskatoon to become a Heavy Duty Mechanic.

He became a parent in 1984 with the birth of Stephanie and then Steven in 1987. In March of 2001, he married the love of his life, Judy and his family expanded. Don took on the role of Dad for Amy & Kim, and his family has since grown further with 6 grandchildren, Ethan, August, Ty, Wyatt, Pacey and Kaylee. He was a very proud Dad and Grandpa.

Don was also very involved in numerous community groups in Weyburn. Don met many long time friends during his involvement with the Young Fellows. He also played darts at the Legion regularly and enjoyed golfing and riding his motorbike with friends.

He worked at various places in Weyburn including Case Power and Equipment, Auto Electric, Barber Motors, the School Bus Shop, RP Automotive, Hillview Sales and after retiring as a mechanic, he decided to try his hand at a new endeavor, working at Leguee Farms.

His shop skills were second to none and he came to realize that running tractors and equipment was something he could do. He progressed from going out to work nervous of what new machine he would be running that day, to excited of what piece of equipment he’d get to run next. He tried his hand at everything and learned many new skills. His short list of duties included but was not limited to seeding, combining, disking, harrowing, rolling, salfording, swathing, moving snow, hauling water, shooting gophers, cutting grass, trimming trees, land leveling, overseeing and doing shop repairs, house renos, and the list goes on.

Don always found work to keep him busy on the farm, even in the winter. He spent many hours on the heated seat of the Quadtrac, pushing snow and clearing bin yards so we could continue to haul grain. You could always tell if he was in a truck or tractor before you, the seat was pulled all the way forward and the classic rock station was blasting on the radio.

Music is something that will forever remind us of Don. No matter where he was or what he was doing, he always had his ipod and mini speaker in tow. He had everything from Garth Brooks to Led Zepplin on there. Of course, for anyone who spent much time with him would know that classic rock was his first choice.

Don really loved to cook and BBQ, and was very good at it.

Every morning at work, Don would bring out the parts needed in the shop, fill everyone in on what was happening at “coffee row”, and discuss who the “jackass” of the day was on the highway. There was always someone! His big red toolbox and well used tools found a home in the shop at the farm and it will always be known as “Uncle Don’s toolbox” no matter how many years it stays in that spot.

While Don learned many new things working out at the farm, he was also so willing to share his knowledge. He really embraced the farm operation and passion. We worked hard, had some fun and learned a lot from each other.

He was someone to respect, a say-what-you-mean and mean-what-you-say kind of guy. He worried little about what other people thought. The measure of a person is not “what” you accumulate in your life, but “who” you accumulate, which made Don a very rich man. He gave a lot and expected little.

We feel very fortunate that he has been at the farm these past three years because we really got the chance to know him that much better and appreciate the great man that he was. It’s brought us all that much closer as a family, and for that, we are grateful.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Chapel, Weyburn, SK (306)842-5432