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The Canora Courier 20 February 2002
Canora Courier, February 20, 2002 KOS:
Funeral service for Edward Kos, 86, of Rama, who died Feb. 13 at his
residence, was held Feb. 16 at St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Rama
with Rev. Andrew Sowa officiating. Burial was in St. Anthony's Parish Cemetery
with Leson's Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born
on Apr. 23, 1915, in Rama to Mike and Angela (Fullawka) Kos, he attended Rama
School. He drove a truck for a number of years and, in between, he worked in
Thunder Bay, Sudbury and Vancouver. Upon returning to Rama, he became the
postmaster, a position he held until his retirement in 1980. In his younger
years, he played the saxophone in a local band for weddings and dances. He was
active on the Rama recreation board, on the executive committee of the Golden
Age Club and he was a member of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Rama.
He did a lot of travelling throughout Canada and the United States. Predeceased by his parents, Mike and Angela, a daughter Bernice Maroniuk, a brother Mike Jr., and two sisters Jean Lane and Alda Standell, he is survived by his wife, Nettle; two daughters, Shirley (Mike) Rome of Surrey, B.C., and Sharon (Roger) Vallee of Ponteix, Sask.; a brother, Tony (Trudy) of Vernon, B.C.; three sisters, Helen Yaworski of Rama, Trudy Karl of Vancouver and Florence Gabrych of Vancouver, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Canora Courier, February 20, 2002 MELNYK:
Funeral service for Tony Melnyk, 93, of the Yorkton and District
Nursing Home, who died Feb. 16 at his residence, was held Feb. 19 at Holy
Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canora with Rev. Peter Wasylenko
officiating. Burial was in the Canora Cemetery with Leson's Funeral Home in
care of arrangements. Born
on Oct. 9, 1908, in Ukraine to John and Irene (Tokarus) Melnyk he immigrated
to Canada with his family in 1921. He worked in several provinces but it was
while working for a sawmill in The Pas that he met Elizabeth Rudachyk and they
married on Aug. 19, 1937. They had a homestead in the Arabella district, he
sang with the choir at the Swan Plain Greek Orthodox Church. In 1994, they
retired to Yorkton and in 1997, he became a resident of the nursing home. Predeceased by his parents, John and Irene, three sons, Percy, Bernard and Russell, and a great-grandson, Taylor Pollen, he is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a son, Fred (Eileen) of Yorkton; a daughter, Diane (Dwight) Hayden of Kamloops; 13 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Canora Courier, February 20, 2002 YURKIW:
Funeral services for Paul Yurkiw, 96, of the Anderson Lodge in Yorkton,
and formerly of Canora, who died Feb. 10 at the Lodge, was held Feb. 14 at St.
Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yorkton with Rev. Dmytro Dnistrian
officiating. Burial was in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Baileys Funeral Home
in cane of arrangements. Born
to Gabriel and Barbara Yurkiw in the Mazeppa area, he attended Mazeppa School.
He worked on the family farm and on Nov. 1, 1931, he married Lena Yurkowski.
They continued to lived on the family farm. To supplement their farm, they
raised turkeys and he had a collection route for the Canora Co-op Creamery. He
was the chairman of the Mazeppa school board. In 1949, they sold the farm and
purchased a house and garage in Mikado. They continued to raise turkeys. In
1955, they sold the garage and he began driving a school bus to Canora. At the
same time, he also worked at Canora Beverages as the plant superintendent. In
1965, they moved to Yorkton and for about six years, he worked for the Yorkton
Co-op Creamery turkey barns. In 1970, he retired but turned to beekeeping to
keep busy, producing honey and beeswax candles. He was widowed in 1981 and
after becoming ill, he became a resident of the Anderson Lodge in November of
2001. Predeceased
by his parents, Gabriel and Barbara, and a daughter, Stella Krepakevich, he is
survived by three daughters, Lorna (Orest) Sackney, Florence (Paul) Lukash and
Annette (Stanley) Popowich; 11 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Canora Courier, February 20, 2002 MARCHINKO: Funeral service for Ann Marchinko, 86, of Yorkton, and formerly of Mikado, who died Feb. 8 at her residence, was held Feb. 15 at Leson's Funeral Home with Rev. Wesley Cwieka officiating. Burial was in the Canora Cemetery with Leson's Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born on Dec. 19, 1915, in Mikado to Harry and Katherine (Chomnikowich) Zelinski, she attended Verdant Valley School. On Nov. 25, 1931, she married Allan Marchinko in Mikado. In 1951, they moved to Winnipeg and in 1960, they moved to Yorkton. She enjoyed travelling and, in 1982, she visited Hawaii. She was a member of the Polish National Apostolic Church in Mikado for many years. Predeceased by her parents, Harry and Katherine, and three sisters, Ann, Rose and Kay, she is survived by her husband, Allan; a brother, Harry Zielinski of Riondel, B.C.; two sisters, Mary Melnyk of North Battleford and Lena Zavislake of Calgary and a step-brother, Stanley Gallant of Lacombe, Alta. |
