Ted and Lois Hole's Deaths
During his wife's term in office, Ted Hole died of cancer in April 2003. She herself had been diagnosed with abdominal cancer in 2002, making a public announcement the following year when she began treatment in early 2003. Her health improved, temporarily, but by late 2004, her case was terminal. Her illness prevented her from making several scheduled public appearances. She died in office at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton on January 6, 2005, aged 75.
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