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Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press. Mike Turko, a volunteer with Palliative Manitoba, spends his retirement counselling people disoriented, lost and completely overwhelmed by grief. Less than a year after his wife Memory Pond died following a short battle with terminal lung cancer, the 59 year old signed up to be a companion to others who are approaching death, serving as a “witness to their life” and to provide a healthier perspective on dying, one he learned the hard way. April 25, 2020.