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The Canora Courier 30 March 2005
BREZINSKI BUGERA DONG HOLOBOFF KALENCHUK LUDBA PARK SOPKOW
Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page 3 PARK: Funeral service for Earle Marvin Park, 88, of Yorkton, who died Mar. 13 at Regina General Hospital, was held Mar. 18 at St. Andrew’s United Church in Yorkton with Rev. Adel Compton officiating. Burial was at Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Bailey’s Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born in Russell, Man., on Nov. 23, 1916 to Norman and Mayme (nee Kell) Park, he moved with his family to Yorkton in 1928. He attended school in Russell, Cranbrook, B.C. and Yorkton, graduating from Grade 12 in 1934. He worked with the International Harvester Company until 1940 when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Discharged in 1942, he worked at International Harvester for a year until joining his father in the jewellery business. He operated N.R. Park and Sons in Yorkton from 1950 until retiring in 1980. He was a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows and the Yorkton Rotary club. He began a self-taught square-dance-calling career in 1950 and called for square dancers locally and nationally. Involved with square dancing for 50 years, he hosted his own weekly television show Square Dance party from 1958 to 1960, appeared on national television programs from 1958 to 1960, appeared on national television programs Country Hoedown in 1959 and Don Messer’s Jubilee in 1968 and recorded several square dance records in the 1960s. On Oct. 14, 1939, he married Jean (nee Large) and Idella Large (nee Thomas) n Oct. 24, 1987. Predeceased by his first wife in 1987, his father in 1950, mother in 1986, and two brothers, Jack in 1995 and Neil in 1999, he is survived by his wife, Idella of Yorkton; one son, Jack (Bevelyn) of Calgary; one daughter, Dawna Park (Gary Laurence) of Saskatoon; three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page 10 BUGERA: Funeral service for Mike J. Bugera, 80, of Canora, who died Mar. 6 at Canora Hospital, was held Mar. 26 at Leson’s Funeral Home with pastor Greg Bright officiating. Burial will take place at a later date with Leson’s Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born on Jan. 1, 1925, on the family farm in the Stenen district to Anton and Mary (Bitchkowski) Bugera, he attended the Goodhue School in the Stenen district. Among the various places he lived were Stenen, Mikado, Veregin and Canora. He married Ollie June Savenkoff on Nov. 5, 1966. He worked for farmers in the area and was the greenskeeper at Crystal Lake Golf Course. Predeceased by his parents, Anton and Mary Bugera, two brothers, Pete and Joseph, a sister, Anne, and a step-sister, Jean, he is survived by his wife, June of Canora; two sons, Alexander of Kipling and Darcy of Calgary; two daughters, Valerie of Canora and Georgina of Tokyo, Japan; a brother, Samuel of Canora; two sisters, Mary Prekaski of Canora and Rosie Perpeluk of Crystal City, man.; and two grandchildren. Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page B1 – In memory of: HOLOBOFF: In loving memory of Lena Holoboff, who passed away March 29, 2002. If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affections flow. Love me now While I am living, Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me, Please tell me now. If you wait until I am sleeping, Never to awaken, There will be death between us, And I won’t hear you then. So, if you love me, even a little bit Let me know it while I am living So I can treasure it. - Sadly missed by son Wayne (Bobbie), son Chris (Teresa), grandsons Colin and Curtis, her family and many friends. Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page B1 – In memory of: LUDBA, Ollie: In loving memory of our dear wife, mother, and Grammy, who passed away on April 1, 2004. It’s only one year ago, Since God called you away; But those of us who love you most, Miss you more each day. Our lives go on without you, But nothing is the same; We have to hide our heartaches, When someone speaks your name. Sad are the hearts that love you, Silent are the tears that fall; Living our lives without you, Is the hardest part of all. You did so many things for us, Your heart was kind and true; And when we needed someone, We could always count on you. The special days will not return, When we were all together; But with the love inside our hearts, You will walk with us forever. - Forever loved and deeply missed Bob, Robin, Rhetta, Geno, Barb, Chris, Richard, Amie, Cort, Lindsay, Clayton, Lucas, Ethan, Taylor and Jacob. Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page B1 – In memory of: SOPKOW, Mike: Passed away April 1, 1980. We think of you, dear father, And our hearts are filled with pain; This world would be a heaven, Could we hear your voice again. Years have swiftly passed, But still we don’t forget; For in the hearts that loved you best, Your memory lingers yet. - Always remembered and sadly missed by children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page B6 DONG: Yuke Lun (nee Chan), born Sept. 27, 1910 in China, passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on Mar. 15, surrounded by her loving family. Pre-deceased in 2000 by Peter, her loving husband of 71 years, she is remembered and deeply missed by her four children, Donald of Vancouver, King (Lynda) of Mississauga, Leeme (Joe) and Meelie (Christian) of Vancouver; her nine grandchildren, Bob (Josie), Ron, Brian (tara), Jennifer, Jeffrey, Graeme, Sarah, Gabrielle and Isabelle; and her four great-grandchildren, Stephanie, Anthony, T’ea, and Matthew. In 1953 she and her three children came from China to join Peter in Saskatchewan, where the extended Dong family operated several incarnations of the ubiquitous Chinese Canadian Café in Melville, Canora and Wilkie. Soon after the birth of Meelie, her fourth child, she was stricken by tuberculosis and spent almost a year at the sanatorium in Fort Qu’Appelle. When she was discharged, she resumed her family duties, and worked in the kitchen of the Maple Leaf Café washing dishes and peeling potatoes, six days a week. On Sundays, when the café was closed, a large family dinner was attended by friends of the couple and the children. She and Peter retired to Vancouver in 1970. Here were people who spoke her language and shops that carried food and things she wanted to buy. She never returned to China although she could have accompanied Peter on his numerous trips to the homeland. She was fortunate to live independently n the same house for 35 years until her hospitalization in February, and could still take the bus to Chinatown until the summer of 2004. A viewing was held Tuesday, Mar. 22 and a service to celebrate her life at 2 p.m., Wednesday Mar. 23 in the chapel at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 3789 Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, 178-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 1Y6 for the Heart Department. Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page B6 KALENCHUK: A memorial service for Michael (Mike) Kalenchuk, 86, of Sturgis, who died Mar. 21 at the Kamsack Hospital/Nursing Home, will be held at a later time. Interment of the cremains will take place at the Dnipro Cemetery, near Hyas, with Leson’s Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born on Oct. 9, 1918, at Annie Laurie Lake to Andrew and Katie Kalenchuk, he attended Kopje School after the family moved to Sturgis. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1940-1944. On Nov. 5, 1944, he married Anne Danyluk of Hyas and together they farmed the original Kalenchuk homestead, northeast of Sturgis. He helped his son, Cameron, to continue to farm the land until the end of the 2004 harvest. Predeceased by his parents, Andrew and Katie, three sisters, Helen Melnechuk, Mary Kadischuk and Anne Trebick and one brother, George, he is survived by his wife, Anne; two daughters; Sharon (Ron) Kelln of Regina and Kimberly (Randy) Gilmour of Little Britain, Ont. and one son, Cameron (Joanne Barber) of Swan River; two brothers, John of Sturgis and Tom of Victoria, B.C.; three sisters, Sophie Lord of Topanga, California, Alice (Ernie) Amatto of Lacey, Washington, and Phyllis MacAndrew of Chilliwack, B.C., and eight grandchildren. Canora Courier March 30, 2005 Page B12 BREZINSKI: Funeral service for Stanley Bernard Brezinski, 72, of Yorkton, and formerly of Hazel Dell, who died Mar. 14, was held Mar. 17 at St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Basil Chomos officiating. Burial was in Yorkton City Cemetery with Christie-Hill Funeral Chapel and Crematorium in care of arrangements. Born in Hazel Dell to Michael and Anna (nee Nazar) Brezinski on Jan. 8, 1933, he was raised in the Invermay district and attended Lone Spruce School, Croydon School and St. Joseph’s College. After graduating in 1951, he taught school in Tompkins and worked at the Dominion Bank in Atikokan, Ont. In 1955, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force where he trained as a communications technician. In Oct., 1957, he married Eileen Petryshen and the couple lived in Whitehorse until 1961, when they were transferred to Centralia Ont., where they stayed for two years before he was transferred to Metz, France. In 1967, they returned to Canada and he taught electronics at RCAF Clinton. They moved to Roblin in 1970 and he worked as a television technician. In 1983, he began working as a maintenance technician for the Roblin and District health Centre. He retired in 1998. Predeceased by his parents, six brothers, Peter, Edward, John, Zigmund, Walter and Louie, and one sister, Josephine, he is survived by his wife; one son, Greg (Brenda) of Winnipeg; one daughter, Cynthia (Rocky) of Saskatoon; three brothers, Carl (Anne), Marion (Betty) and Tony (Colleen); two sisters, Mary and Adele (Lorne), and two grandchildren. |
