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The Canora Courier

06 February 2002

DEAN  MALLICK  MIKKONEN  OKRAINETZ  STECIUK  YACYSHEN

Canora Courier, February 06, 2002

MALLICK: Funeral service for Catherine Mallick, 85, of the Yorkton and District Nursing Home and formerly of the Hamton district, who died Jan. 19, was held Jan. 24 from Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Rev. Willem van de Wall of Knox Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Bailey's Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born July 25, 1916 in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Andrew and Jessie (nee Price) Dow, she was raised in Scotland and trained as a nurse. While working in London during the Second World War, she met Peter Mallick and the couple were married in London. After the war, the couple came to Canada to the Hamton district, then settled in the Tadmore district. In 1962, she moved to Winnipeg where she completed her nursing career, then returned to Endeavour and Tadmore in 1977 before moving to Yorkton.

Predeceased by her husband in 1996, her parents, two brothers, Andrew and John Dow, and by a granddaughter, she is survived by two daughters, Selina Mori of Maple Ridge, B.C., and Joyce Palagian of Springside; one brother, But (Kathy) of Edinburgh, Scotland; four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Canora Courier, February 06, 2002

DEAN: Funeral service for Grace Ida Dean, 70, of Rama and formerly of Invermay and Kamsack, who died Jan. 30 in the Canora Health Centre, was held Feb. 3 from the Invermay Community hall with Terry Tompkins officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Rama with Tompkins Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born in Invermay on May 9, 1930, to Ralph and Olive Enright, she attended school in Invermay until she was 12 year, of age when the family moved to Kamsack in 1942. After school she worked at Canada Packers in Kamsack for a brief time then in 1948, she returned to Invermay and worked at Pickle's Garage. In 1949, she married Neil Dean and the couple lived on the farm four miles south of Rama. She worked for the Invermay Rural Telephone Company as a switchboard operator and was involved with the Invermay women's baseball learn, local curling leagues and was active on the Rama Sports Club.

Predeceased by her parents and a brother, Dennis, she is survived by her husband; two sisters, Ruth Courchaine and Shirley (Howard) Schooley, and one brother, Allen (Linda) Enright

Canora Courier, February 06, 2002

STECIUK: Funeral service for Mike Steciuk, 98, of Winnipeg and formerly of the Amsterdam area, who died Jan. 24 at Seven Oaks Hospital in Winnipeg, was held Jan. 29 at Leson's Funeral Home with Eugene Bobyk of the Jehovah's Witnesses officiating. Burial was in the Canora Cemetery with Leson's Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born on Oct. 19, 1903, in Galacia, Ukraine, to Peter and Anna (Lutz) Steciuk, he came to Canada with his parents when he was eight years old and they settled in the Amsterdam area. He worked on the farm and then bought a blacksmith shop. In February of 1930, he married Tatianna Chalus. He spent much of his time working in his shop.

Predeceased by his parents, Peter and Anna, and four brothers, John, Bill, Fled and Steve, he is survived by his wife, Teenie; a daughter, Lillian of Winnipeg, a brother, Alex (Doreen) of Roblin; three sisters, Mary, Pauline and Stella; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Canora Courier, February 06, 2002

YACYSHEN: Funeral service for William Yacyshen, 79, of the Norquay area, who died Feb. 1 at his residence, was held Feb. 4 at Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church in Norquay with Rev. Ivan Nahachewsky officiating. Burial was in the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery in Norquay with Leson's Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born on Mar. 4, 1922, on the family farm in the Norquay area to Serveriko and Maria (Romashenko) Yacyshen, he attended North Willow Grove School. He worked in a mine in Flin Flon, at a sawmill in northern Saskatchewan and at a mine in Sudbury. In the early 1940s, he took part in building the road now known as Highway No. 49. In later years, he worked with the department of highways. He married Mildred Holm in 1948 and they farmed in the Norquay area.

Predeceased by his parents Serveriko and Maria, a son Edward in infancy, a grandson Travis Protz, two sisters, Ann Quechok and Lena Antoniuk, and three brothers, John, Metro and Peter, he is survived by his wife, Mildred; a son, Gabriel (Barb) of Canora; five daughters, Barbara (Bjarne) Hoiberg of Calgary, Sharon (Clarence) Protz of Yorkton, Veronica (Fred) Bidding of Dauphin, Joy (Charles) Witwicki of Canora and Kimberly (Arden) Lazorko of Edmonton, a brother, Mike (Bernice) of Chilliwack, B.C.; a sister, Nell (Stan) Noval of Winnipeg, 14 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Canora Courier, February 06, 2002

MIKKONEN: Funeral service for Andrew Matthew Mikkonen, 20, of Invermay, who died Nov. 19, 2001, was held Nov. 23 in Invermay Community Hall with Terry Tompkins officiating. Burial was in the Invermay Cemetery with arrangements by Tompkins Funeral Home of Wadena.

Born Dec. 19, 1981 to Kim and Laurel Mikkonen, he received his schooling in Invermay then worked for Rioch Construction.

He is survived by his parents, a sister, Maria and a brother, Christopher.

Canora Courier, February 06, 2002

OKRAINETZ: Funeral service for George Okrainetz, 76, of Sturgis, who died Jan. 26 at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon was held Jan. 30 at Grace United Church with Rev. Jennifer Lavesty officiating. Burial was in the Green Leaf Cemetery with Preeceville Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born on Nov. 26, 1926, to Metro and Annie Okrainetz on a farm near Sturgis, he received his education in the Brookview district. During the 1950s, he farmed for several years near Sturgis then worked for The Pas Lumber Company as a caterpillar operator. He was a member of the operating engineers organization. In 1957, he married Carolyn Gulka in Preeceville.