{"id":791009,"date":"2026-07-09T17:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791009\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:48:13","slug":"celebration-of-life-mcmillan-dennis-wayne-obituary-sault-ste-marie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791009\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Life: McMILLAN, Dennis Wayne &#8211; Obituary &#8211; Sault Ste. Marie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is with heavy hearts that the family announces the peaceful passing of Dennis at Extendicare Maple View on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at the age of 77.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis is now reunited with his wife Valerie McMillan. Proud father of Sean (Sian) and Heather Beckett. Much loved Papa of Sarah and Edward Beckett. Predeceased by his parents Annie and Hector McMillan. Son-in-law of the late Clifford and June Gutcher. He will be deeply missed by his furry companion, Dayz.<\/p>\n<p>A come-and-go Celebration of Life will be held at the Delta Hotel (208 St Mary&#8217;s River Dr.), Simpson Room on Saturday, July 18, 2026, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Please drop by to share a memory and enjoy light refreshments with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Dress is casual. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations (made payable by cheque or online) to a charity of choice would be greatly appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Arthur Funeral Home &#8211; Barton &amp; Kiteley Chapel (492 Wellington Street East, 705-759-2522).<\/p>\n<p>Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be made at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthurfuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.arthurfuneralhome.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is with heavy hearts that the family announces the peaceful passing of Dennis at Extendicare Maple View&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-791009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}