Long-time Saskatchewan actress and writer Jean Freeman has passed away. Known by many for her role as Fitzy’s grandma in the hit Saskatchewan sitcom Corner Gas – the role was just one achievement in a long and storied career. A career which involved theatre productions, creating children’s books and co-authoring a brief which preserved Government House in Regina. In her self-authored obituary, Freeman referred to herself as one of the luckiest people in the world. “I've been a friend, a writer, a performer, a teacher and mentor, a daughter, sister, mother, aunt and grandmother. I've enjoyed life but welcome death as my next great adventure,” she wrote. “Who knows what might be waiting on the other side?” Freeman was 89.
