The family of Corey “Baby Corey” Cordell Jona Kahpoonapit of Big Island Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan are saddened to announce his passing on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at the age of 25 years.

Corey is lovingly survived by his father: Corey Cordell Jonas Singer; mother of his child: Reena Chatalaine; daughter: Rachauna Frances Kahpoonapit; brother: Riley Kahpoonapit; sisters: Cher Singer, Claire Singer; siblings: Kiescha Durocher, Rushinie Partridge, River Singer, Tye Singer, Valen Fineblanket, Tyson Partridge, Chance Ben, Houston Checkosis, Liam Dufresne, Lotus Cheenanow, Taren Wolfe; grandmothers: Jean Singer, Bertha Singer; grandfather: Joseph Edward Dufresne; step-grandmother: Dorothy Mitsuing, aunties: Regina, Lara, Lindsay Mitsuing, Linda, Jeanette, Beatrice, Judy Kahpoonapit, Ramona Singer; uncles: Joey, Shawn, Louis, Lorne Mitsuing, Conrad, Nolan, Virgil, Jackson, Ricky Singer, Maurice, Glen Kahpoonapit.

Corey is going into the arms of his mother: Marina Frances Kahpoonapit; grandfather: Jim Kahpoonapit; grandmothers: Theresa Dorothy Singer, Marie Kahpoonapit.

Wake, Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Saskatchewan time (12:00 p.m. Alberta time), Big Island Lake School, Big Island Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, leaving Memento Funeral Chapel, Cold Lake, Alberta at 11:00 a.m. Alberta time. Funeral Service, Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Saskatchewan time, Big Island Lake School, Big Island Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan with Band Elders officiating. Pallbearers: Eldon Dufresne, Lukie Dillon, Jamie Chamakese, Tyrone Sandfly, Laurie Polsom, Rocco Chatalaine. Final Resting Place, Big Island Lake Cemetery, Big Island Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan.