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The Canora Courier 10 May 2006
BARTESKI CHERNOFF ELDERKIN GIBNEY KASTRUKOFF KOWALCHUK
Canora Courier, May 10, 2006 Page 07 – Personal items of interest to Invermay and district readers Funeral service was held for Sophie Barteski, age 94, in Yorkton on May 6 from St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church. Pallbearers were her children, Ralph Barteski, Lawrence Barteski, Ernie Barteski, Ron Barteski, Louise Pukal and Margaret Palchewich. She and her late husband, Ben, farmed four miles north of Invermay for 40 years and raised a family of two daughters and four sons. They retired to Yorkton in 1974 and celebrated 57 years together before Ben's passing in 1992. Sophie was an excellent cook and homemaker. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting and knitting and was a wiz at playing cards! Sophie will be missed by her family; sons, daughters, spouses, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters, (Ann Lysy and Eleanor Gallent) as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Canora
Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B1 CHERNOFF:
Polly (May 11, 1911 – May 11, 1997) Lovingly
remembered on your birthday and Mother’s Day. May
the Winds of love blow softly, And
whisper so you hear, We
will always love and miss you, And
wish that you were here. -
Joyce, Jean Doris, Nadia, and their families Canora
Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B1 PASLOSKI:
In loving memory of Ignace Pasloski, who passed away May 12, 2003. Happy thoughts
of times together, Held precious memories that will last forever. -
Wife Ann, children and daughters-in-law, and grandchildren. Canora Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B12 KOWALCHUK: Funeral service for Metro (Matt) Kowalchuk, 84, of Kamsack, who died May 1 in Kamsack, was held May 3 at the chapel of Andrychuk Funeral Home in Kamsack. Burial was at Yorkton Memorial Gardens with E. Andrychuk Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born Oct. 15, 1921 in Taziu, Ukraine to Michael and Dora Kowalchuk, he was educated in Ukraine and Buchanan. He farmed for 30 years and worked for the Town of Kamsack as the water plant operator until his retirement in 1986. He served for nine years as a councillor for the RM of Cote, was a member of the Kamsack Credit Union board, the co-op board and Kamsack hospital board and served as a Kamsack alderman for 12 years. On Nov. 22, 1942, he married Pauline Ratynski at Golden Vale church in Rama. Predeceased
by his parents, one brother, John in 1998,
and four sisters, Katherine in 1923, Anne in 1963,
Nellie in 2002 and Kathie in 1976, he is survived by
his wife; three sons, Daniel (Phyllis) and David (Gail),
both of Regina and James (Judith) of Arkona, Ont.; two daughters, Marie (Ray) Dagg of Tisdale and Beverly
Allen of Calgary; two brothers, Peter (Sharon) of
Cambridge, Ont., and Wasyl (Yvonne) of Kitchener, Ont.; two sisters, Mary (Tom)
Dews of London, Ont., and Phyllis (Tom) Gault of North Bay, Ont.; 10 grandchildren,
and five great-grandchildren. Canora
Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B12 ELDERKIN:
Funeral service for Lloyd Elderkin, 88, of Watrous,
and formerly of Canora, who died May 2 at Watrous Hospital, was held
May 6 at the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family
Centre with Faye L. Greer of Westview United
Church officiating. Burial was in the Garden of St. Matthew in Yorkton with
Baileys Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born
on Nov. 7, 1917 to Harvey and Lily Elderkin on the family
farm northwest of Piapot, Sask., he spent his early years in, the Piapot
area At the age of 12, he went to live with
his grandparents, going to school and working for different
farmers. He married Martha Kopotoski. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces and
served overseas in 1942. Upon his
discharge in 1945, he returned to Piapot and worked
at various jobs such as: section man on the CPR, carpenter,
town police officer, mechanic, Imperial Oil employee, and also looked after the town power plant. In 1954,
he bought two sections of land near Piapot, and when grain wasn't
selling, he raised pigs, then cattle, and eventually sheep. In 1976, he sold his
operation and moved to Maple Creek. His wife
died in 1980 and in 1982, he married
Jean Derkach. They moved from Maple Creek to Canora,
and for the last 15 years they lived in Watrous. Predeceased
by his first wife, Martha, two sisters, Edith and
Dorothy, a brother Sam, and a son, Lloyd, and a daughter,
both in infancy, he is survived by his wife, Jean; a son Lorne Elderkin
(Veronica Munter) of Sudbury; two sisters,
Violet (Dan) Berreth and Edna Barker, both of Medicine
Hat; and two grandchildren. From Jean's side of the
family, he is survived by a daughter, Margaret (Bill) Adam
of Hudson Bay, four grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Canora
Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B12 SCHMIDT:
Funeral service for Rose Helen Schmidt, 92, of
the Canora Gateway Lodge, who died Apr. 30 at the lodge,
was held May 4 at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Sturgis with Rev. Antoni Degutis officiating. Burial
was in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Sturgis with Preeceville Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born
on Dec. 14, 1913, in Twinlets, Minn.,
Rose Eischen attended
school in Maryburg, Sask. She worked at housekeeping
until she married Mathias Schmidt on Feb. 14, 1933
at the Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Maryburg. She was a member of the Catholic Women's League. Predeceased by her husband, Mathias, a son, Frank, and two daughters, Isabel Osier and Anna Madarash, she is survived by a son, Anton (Bernice) of Preeceville; three daughters, Pauline Loessl of Pilger, Rosella Derin of Preeceville and Ludwina Yaciw of Maple Ridge, B.C.; two sisters, Ludwina Stockbrugger and Ada Regenwetter, both of Vancouver; 21 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren. Canora Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B12 TYSOWSKI: Funeral service for Mary Tysowski, 83, of the Veregin district, and formerly of the Rhein district, who died May 3 at Canora Gateway Lodge, was held May 10 at St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church in Kamsack with Rev. Vitalis Azike officiating. Burial was at Riverview Cemetery in Kamsack with E. Andrychuk Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Born Oct. 10, 1922 in the Rhein district to Nick and Aksinia (nee Andrychuk) Babiuk, she attended Kitzman Shcool in the Rhein district. On June 13, 1943, she married Paul Tysowski at St. Stephen's church. Predeceased by her parents, husband, a brother, Nick and a sister, Agnus, she is survived by four sons, Joe (Pauline), Arnold (Lavina) and Don, all of Edmonton, and Cliff (Carne) of Yorkton; three daughters, Eleanor (Stephen) Woloschuk of Yorkton, Marianna (Edwin) Manchuk of Kamsack and Leona (Gerrard) Pikula of Amsterdam; one brother, Steve (Rose) of Yorkton; one sister, Anne Feniuk of Yorkton; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Canora Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B12 KASTRUKOFF:
Funeral service
for Walter Kastrukoff, 95, of Yorkton,
and formerly of Hyas, who died Apr. 5 at Yorkton Regional Health Centre,
was held Apr. 8 at Yorkton Memorial Gardens
Family Centre with Faye Greer officiating. Burial was at Memorial Gardens with
Bailey's Funeral Home of Yorkton in care
of arrangements. Born
Nov. 21, 1910 near Benito, Man., to James and Molly
(nee Dubinen) Kastrukoff, he attended school in Benito,
then worked on the farm. In September, 1936, he married Dora Chernenkoff of Pelly. He left the farm to
become a grain buyer for United Grain Growers in Shortdale,
Man., then moved to Hyas and Goodeve, still in
the grain trade. The couple moved to Regina in the late 1960s and managed an apartment block in the city. In 2000, they
moved to Queen Elizabeth Court in Yorkton. Predeceased
by a son, Jack, two sisters, Mary Hunter and
Frances Bodnar, and a step-brother, George Evin, he is survived by his wife; two
sons, Gerry (Helen) of Yorkton and Lorne (Sandra) of Medicine Hat., Alta.; one
daughter, Lorraine of Comox, B.C.; one
brother, John (Ida) of Swan River, Man; eight grandchildren, and eight
great-grandchildren. Canora Courier, May 10, 2006 Page B4 GIBNEY: A memorial service for Edward Gerard Gibney, 90, of Vancouver, and formerly of Canora, who died Mar. 28 in Vancouver, was held Apr. 1 in Vancouver. Born in Canora, on Sept. 10, 1915, he grew up on an area farm. He was introduced to the violin and music at an early age and joined the band program with the Princess Patricia Light Infantry in Winnipeg in the early 1930s. He left the service in the late 1930s and opened a coffee shop in Rossland, B.C. During the Second World Ward he enlisted with the Prince Albert Volunteers to serve overseas with the RC Engineers. He was active as a bandmaster during his military career but had duty as a stretcher bearer on the battlefield. After the war, he returned to Rossland and then moved to Port Alberni, where he taught music privately and was active in a number of orchestras and dance bands. He started the Gibney School of Music in Port Alberni. He was active in the choral music community and with the church. He was a guest conductor with the Nanaimo Symphony Orchestra, and conducted the oldest band in Canada, the Nanaimo City Concert Band. In the 1960s, he published his first book "The Prelude to Brass Playing". In the mid 1960s, he was recruited as a band teacher for a Port Alberni school and in 1970, he took over the music program at Lord Byng Secondary School in Vancouver. He created Space Rite, a proprietary music writing system. He volunteered with the Save the Children Fund. He is survived by six children: Dennis, Bryce, Janis, Lorne, Laura and Shannon; a sister, Alice (Berry) of Edmonton; eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. |
