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The Canora Courier

10 April 2002

BLEWETT  DOZOREC  KOZMECH  PRODANUK  REDIGER  SIRNEUK

Canora Courier, April 10, 2002

BLEWETT:  Funeral service for John (Jack) Douglas Blewett, 96, of KamsacK, who died Mar. 27 in the Kamsack Hospital, was held Apr. 1 from the chapel of Andrychuk Funeral Home with Kamsack Royal Canadian Legion branch padre, Rev. Stephen Ruten and Kamsack Legion president Ray Muir officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery in Kamsack with E. Andrychuk Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born Jan. 5, 1906 in Stony Plain, Alta., to W. G. and Evelena Blewett, he attended public and high school in Kamsack, then worked for the Canadian National Railway, at lumber camps in British Columbia and construction of grain elevators. He joined the Royal Canadian Air force in 1939, then returned to the railway after his discharge in 1945. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, the United Transportation Union, and the RCAF Ex-Prisoner of War Association. On June 6, 1946, he marred Ada Alice Clark in Duncan, B.C.

Predeceased by his wife in 1937, four sisters, Ethel Carss, Jean Hunter, Marjorie Murray and Irene Davidson, and two brothers, Delbert (Deb) and Harold, he is survived by one son, Clark (Diana) of Saskatoon, and one brother, Wilfred (Jean) of Ottawa.

Canora Courier, April 10, 2002

PRODANUK:  Funeral service for Madeline Prodanuk, 93, of Kamsack, and formerly of Rhein, who died Mar. 30 at the Kamsack and District Nursing Home, was held Apr. 2 from the chapel of Andrychuk Funeral Home with Pastor Carl Rushton officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery in Kamsack with E. Andrychuk Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born Feb. 19, 1909 in Rhein to Wasyl and Paraska Palmarick, she attended a country school in the Rhein district, then farmed and worked at the Saskatchewan Dairies egg candling plant in Saskatoon. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church. On Dec. 17, 1951, she married Mathew Prodanuk in Kamsack.

Predeceased by her husband, parents, two brothers, Peter and John Palmarick, a sister, Martha Achtemichuk, and a stepdaughter, Kathleen Morozoff, she is survived by three stepsons, John (Diane) of Regina, Tom (Lillian) of Abbotsford, B.C., and Rodger (Faithe) of Saskatoon; three step­daughters, Carrie Chypyha of Kamsack, Emilie (Bill) Johnston of Edmonton and Bella Corewyn of Burnaby, B.C.; one sister, Sophia Hlukman of Prince Albert, and numerous step-grandchildren.

Canora Courier, April 10, 2002

KOZMECH: Funeral service for Fred Kozmech, 80, of Saskatoon and formerly of the Hamton district, who died Mar. 27 in the Sunnyside Nursing Home in Saskatoon, was hold Apr. 1 from St. Andrew's United Church in Yorkton with Rev. Art Cross officiating. Burial was in Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Bailey's Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born May 15, 1921 in the Hamton district to Nicholai and Katrina (nee Zvizinski), he attended Mannafeld School in Hamton and worked for farmers in the Tonkin area. During the Second World War, he trained with the Royal Canadian Army at Victoria, but received a pardon to begin farming. He farmed in the Yorkton and Tonkin district until 2001. On Oct. 25, 1947, he married Alvina Kshanowski at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Yorkton. He was the janitor and school trustee of the Anemone School and was a member of the Ukrainian Business Men's Association, the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the Hereford Association and a founding member of the Tonkin Curling rink.

Predeceased by his parents, six sisters, Lena and Domka in infancy, Polly Filipchuk, Helen Achtymichuk, Sadie Homanchuk and Mary Kozmech, and four brothers, John, William, Steve and Dan, he is survived by his wife; one son, Larry of Yorkton; three daughters, Carol (Bob) Kaschi of Saskatoon, Carla (Ken) Cadrain of Saskatoon and Valerie (Garry) Matechuk of Regina; one brother, George Kozmech of Yorkton; 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandson

Canora Courier, April 10, 2002

DOZOREC:  Funeral service for Steve Dozorec, 85, of Yorkton and formerly of the Stornoway-Calder district, who died Mar. 22 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre, was held Mar. 27 from St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yorkton with Rev. Dmytro Dnistrian officiating. Burial was in the St. Vladimir and Olga Cemetery in Wroxton with Bailey's Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Born Jan. 10, 1917 to Dmytro and Nancy (nee Zelaney) in the Stornoway district, he attended McGillivery School and school at Kamsack He worked at a Massey-Harris dealership in Kamsack as a mechanic and in 1940 purchased the area's first rubber-tired tractor. On Aug. 6, 1944, he married Anne Yasinsky, and in 1949 the couple purchased their own land in the Calder district where they farmed until moving to Yorkton in 1958. At Yorkton, he worked at Hluchanek's Turkey Farms, the City of Yorkton, the Metropolitan Store and with Kursch Construction. He served as a trustee for Golden Jubilee School in the Calder district and was a member of the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood and of the New Horizons. In 1983, he moved to the West coast, returning four years later. After the death of his wife, he married Helen Velechka in 1989, and the couple moved to Invermay. He returned to Yorkton after his wife's death.

Predeceased by both wives, Anne in 1987 and Helen in 1990, his father in 1927, mother in 1984 and a sister, Katie Ogrodnick, he is survived by two sons, Henry (Lorraine) of Wroxton and James of Regina; one brother, John (Adella) of Yorkton; one sister, Anne Wlasichuk of Kamsack; his step­father, Nick Fedoras; four grandchildren; nine great-grand­children; two great-stepchildren, and one great-great-step­child.

Canora Courier, April 10, 2002

REDIGER: Memorial service for Arnold Gordon Rediger, 70, of Minnedosa, Man., and formerly of Margo and Wadena, who died Mar. 20, will be hold June 18 at Margo, with interment in the Margo Cemetery.

Born at Wadena to Herman and Kate Rediger, he was raised and educated at Margo and married Edna Mary EberIe of Spalding and worked as a mechanical supervisor. He moved to the Minnedosa district in 1986.

Predeceased by a brother Wilbur, and his father, he is survived by his wife; two sons, Keith (Yvonne) and Philip (Sandra); one daughter, Jacqueline (Brent) Elliott; two brothers, Norman of Preeceville and Reuben of Wadena, and seven grandchildren.

Canora Courier, April 10, 2002