Winkler city councillors death a shock for community: mayor [Video]

Winkler has lost a ten-year veteran of its city council and a lifelong community champion.

Coun. Don Fehr died Saturday of an apparent heart attack, Winkler Mayor Henry Siemens confirmed to CTV News Winnipeg.

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He was 62 years old.

Siemens last saw Fehr the night before he died at a rehearsal for a charity fashion show.

“I’m just completely shocked. It’s difficult to wrap your head around.”

Fehr served as a city councillor since 2014, though Siemens said they were acquaintances far before that. In their years working together, they grew a deep friendship.

The late councillor was the current board chair of the MSTW Planning District, sat on the city’s internal planning and transportation and infrastructure committees, and chaired the fire committee.

Siemens said Fehr will be remembered as a man of endless optimism, with a passion for the …