Our Staff

“Oki, Nistooakook Matsi’namahka. Niisto nohto’to Kainai, Siksikatsitapii.”

My name is Pretty Weapon/ Goodstriker, and I am from Kainai Nation, one of four nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy.” I am the great-grandson of Rufus Goodstriker, and was raised by my mom, Chrissy Goodstriker, and my late grandma, Joyce Goodstriker – partly making me a kipitaipokaa. Growing up with my traditions, it had taught me my strongest values, Kimmapiiyipitssini ki Inakootsiiyssini (compassion and respect), which has helped with my desire to always care for those in need.

Growing up, I primarily attended school in Kainai, graduating in 2014. From there I attended Lethbridge College for my Business Management Diploma and continued my athletics with the Lethbridge College Kodiaks. While going through my Lethbridge College graduating year of 2018-2019, I also began my studies with Mount Royal University for my Funeral Services Diploma.

I entered the funeral profession in late 2018, and have since become a licensed Funeral Director, graduating from Mount Royal University in 2022. I started working with Eden’s Funeral Home in late 2021, and this transition gave me the opportunity to serve the communities I grew up in and around, such as Kainai, Piikani, Fort Macleod, and Pincher Creek.

I have since been honored to serve every family that comes into our care, and I will continue to do so throughout the years.

Brad shares his life with his beloved wife Kelly, and they were blessed with their beautiful daughter Quinn in 2016. He considers it a privilege to assist families during their time of need, providing support and guidance with heartfelt dedication.

Brad was born and raised in Vauxhall, AB., and has over 20 years of experience in the oil & gas industry before entering the funeral profession in 2016. After completing an apprenticeship with Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels, Brad graduated from the Canadian College of Funeral Service in 2018 as a Funeral Director & Embalmer.

Folks from Coaldale, Fort Macleod, and Pincher Creek will recognize Brad’s face. He was manager of all three locations from 2022 until recently when he was able to focus his efforts exclusively in the community of Coaldale, where he has lived for the past 8 years.

For all of Eden’s Funeral Home, Brad continues to play a crucial role in ensuring that every family is treated with the utmost respect and care, honouring their traditions and needs across all our Eden’s locations. Throughout his time with the company, Brad’s meticulous attention to detail and commitment to excellence have only elevated the standards of Eden’s Funeral Home.

I was born and raised in Manitoba in the Neepawa area. Began my career in Funeral Service in 1966 at White’s Funeral Home in Neepawa. I became licensed as an Embalmer/Funeral Director in 1971. The following year along with my wife Linda and our first born son Jason moved to Calgary, where I joined the staff of Jacques Funeral Home. In the spring of 1973, I challenged the Alberta Exams and received my Embalmer/ Funeral Director’s License for the province of Alberta. The same year Frank Eden offered me a position with Eden’s Funeral Home, I accepted the offer and moved to Pincher Creek and have been here ever since.

Following our move to Pincher Creek, two more children were added to our family, our second son Kyle and daughter Amy.

I have never regretted choosing Pincher Creek as a community to work and live in. Over the many years I was fortunate to have developed a good rapport with the families I have served and with many of those families I have had the honour of serving several times.

We attend St. Michael’s Catholic Church and over the years I have served on Parish Council as well as Lector and Eucharistic Minister. I am also a member of the Pincher Creek Lions Club and have filled many positions there as well.

I have experienced many changes in Funeral Service, both in trends and attitudes. I also believe that even though early in my career I was being complimentd by families for a job well done, I really wasn’t a good Funeral Director until I experienced the loss of a close family member. At that point you are able to empathize instead of imagine how that other person feels.

As I approach retirement my responsibilities have diminished allowing more time to spend with family and enjoy some travelling.

Jes was born and raised in the cozy mountain town of Crowsnest Pass. She grew up exploring the natural world with her three siblings and neighborhood friends, surrounded by a warm community that taught her acceptance and trust.

She was born into a lineage of women who were passionate about caregiving. Her grandmother Glenda Zuk (nee Jensen) managed the York Creek Lodge in Blairmore throughout Jes’s childhood and her mother Loretta Knoop (nee Wall) worked with seniors in her role as a healthcare provider all across Southern Alberta. It was their commitment and passion that gave Jes a compassion and tenderness that still motivates her today.

After moving to Lethbridge and becoming a single mother to her first son, Shade, Jes began her studies at the University of Lethbridge. She was passionate about her studies and focused her studies on how religion serves as a coping system for those going through loss, grief, or trauma. Upon graduation in 2019, she obtained a Bachelors of Arts, with minors in both Asian Studies and Anthropology, she received her undergraduate thesis designation for her SSHRC grant research at the Lethbridge Buddhist Temple, and she obtained Great Distinction for her academic achievement.

She gave birth to her second son, Alder, one week before she finished her degree. After taking time off to raise her newest family member, she began her studies at Mount Royal University, obtaining her Diploma in Funeral Services and both her Funeral Director and Embalming licenses in 2022. While her apprenticeship was divided between two very busy city funeral homes, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels, she ultimately sought a career in a small town, missing the closeknit community spirit.

She began work as a Funeral Director and Embalmer at Eden’s Funeral Home in Fort Macleod and Pincher Creek in March of 2023 and has flourished in her role as a third generation caregiver, albeit through a different role than what her mother and grandmother served as health care workers.

Jes loves the families she serves and puts her whole heart into providing a safe space, a sense of comfort and familiarity, and an indefinite welcome to anyone who needs help as they walk along their grief journey. She has a great passion in caring for the elderly and for mothers who have lost a child, and goes to great lengths to ensure they are supported throughout the whole process.

Jes has now set her sights on grief therapy and is working diligently to bring grief support resources to communities that need it most.