Fernandel Kelly Omeasoo, Jr, 17, a senior at Erminskin Jr-Sr High School and Browning High School, died April 22, 2005 at Northern Rockies medical Center in Cut Bank.  His wake is in progress at the Glacier Homes Community Center.  Rosary will be at the Little Flower Parish in Browning at 7 pm, Wednesday.  Funeral Mass is 2 pm Thursday at the Little Flower Parish in Browning with burial to follow in the Holy Family Mission Cemetery in Two Medicine.  Whitted Funeral Chapel of Cut Bank is in charge of arrangements.  Condolences may be sent to the family at www.whittedfuneralchapel.com.

Fernandel is survived by his parents, Johnell Renee (Grant) Omeasoo and Fernandel Omeasoo, Sr of Hobbema, Alberta, Canada and his brother, Larance Lee Omeasoo.  He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Fay A Hale Grant and his paternal grandparents, Ferdinand Omeasoo and Maybelle Kicking Woman Omeasoo of Hobbema, Alberta.   Fernandel was preceded in death by his grandfather Robert R Grant and grandmother Violet Cobell, great-grandparents George & Molly Kicking Woman of Browning and Simon and Helen Omeasoo of Hobbema, Alberta.

Fernandel attended school at Ermineskin Jr-Sr High School in Hobbema, Alberta, Browning Junior High School and Browning High School respectively until the 11^th grade when he returned to Hobbema for his senior year.  While attending BHS he was a member of the Jr Varsity basketball team for the 2003-04 school year.

He is remembered for both his academic and athletic achievements such as his BHS letter for basketball.  While at the Ermineskin School District, Fernandel was awarded “All Star” for the Senior High Boys Basketball Invitational for a high degree of skill within the spirit of good sportsmanship” and as part of the All-Star team, the Male Athlete of the Year Plaque for 2000-01, NBS/WNBA Sportsmanship Award, the prodigious Academic Accomplishment Award from Ermineskin Trust Award, several Outstanding Sportsmanship awards, Blue Ribbons and medals for his exceptional running ability.

Mostly he will be remembered as a loving son, brother, grandson, nephew, and cousin because he took time to show his affection, the hard work he did for others, and his dedication to always do his best in any endeavor he chose.

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