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The Canora Courier

25 July 2007

BATIUK  GWILLIAM  KORCHYNOS  KOTYK  KOZUN  LANDSTAD  LAZAROFF

WOLKOWSKI

Canora Courier July 25, 2007 Page 1

Kelvington pilot killed in plane crash

Byron R. Gwilliam, 22, of Kelvington was the pilot killed when a spray plane crashed 14 miles southwest of Wynyard on July 19.

He was flying for Miccar Aerial Applicators, which operates out of the airport in Yorkton.

The crash occurred at about 6:30 a.m. Because the plane was carrying agricultural chemicals, safety precautions were necessary for the initial investigation, said Sgt. Brad Kaeding, an RCMP spokesman.

The body was removed at 2:45 p.m. and the investigation was turned over to the Transportation Safety Board.

Canora Courier July 25, 2007 Page 11 – KUROKI ITEMS Personal items of interest to Kuroki & district readers

On July 18, a funeral service was held for Borden Batiuk, who recently passed away. Lunch was served in the Kuroki Hall. Sympathies are extended to his wife Ellen, their family as well as all other family and friends.

Canora Courier July 25, 2007 Page 13 – Items from Invermay

There was a memorial interment service for Yvonne Elizabeth (Bonnie) Landstad, wife of David Landstad, at the Whitesand Lutheran Church on July 21. She was almost 67 years of age when she passed away on October 6, 2006. There were about 100 people in attendance including her three children; Lorilee

(Randy) Ruygrok, Chris Landstad, and Todd (Laura) Landstad and their two girls. Bonnie's maiden name was Murray and many of her cousins from Whitewood, Chitek Lake, Shell Lake, Hudson Bay and Melfort and this area all came to pay their last respects.

Canora Courier July 25, 2007 Page 15 – In memory of:

LAZAROFF, Mike: In loving memory of our husband, father and grandfather and great- grandfather, who passed away July 19, 2002 at 74 years.

Tis sweet to know we'll meet again,

Where troubles are no more;

And that the one we loved so well,

Has just gone on before.

And while he sleeps a peaceful sleep,

His memory we will always keep.

-Love, wife Pearl, children and families.

Canora Courier July 25, 2007 Page 15 – In memory of:

WOLKOWSKI: In loving memory of Stan Wolkowski, who passed away July 21, 2006.

A year has passed since that sad day,

When one we loved was called away;

God took him home, it was His will,

Within our hearts he liveth still.

-Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by Leona, Carey, Dwayne, Kim and Logan.

Canora Courier July 25, 2007 Page 16

Anne Kozun of Canora passed away peacefully at the Canora Gateway Lodge on July 10th, 2007 at the age of 100 years.

Anne was born on December 8th, 1906 to Carl and Martha (nee Danylchuk) Haskevich. She grew up on the family farm in the Badgerdale area. Anne attended school until grade three as she was needed to help on the family farm. In spite of her limited education, she taught herself to read and write in Ukrainian, Polish and English, in which she was quite proficient. In 1923, Anne married Joe Kozun. They lived and worked in Moose Jaw, SK for a period of time before moving back to the Buchanan-Tiny district. They lived on several homesteads before purchasing a quarter section of land half a mile north of Tiny.

On June 29, 1937, on their way to church, Anne's parents Carl and Martha, her sister Florence (Flossy) and her brother John and his fiancee Alice Pedowski, were all killed in a car/train accident. This left her and her twin sister Mary as sole survivors. Anne looked after the farm while raising their five children, while her husband worked away from home with the CNR. Anne loved to cook and tend to her garden. She loved and took great pride in her flowers. She was a good seamstress and dressmaker. Anne would look in the Eaton's catalogue and when she saw an outfit or dress she wanted, she would just make it on her own without using a pattern. She would also make clothes for her family and neighbours. Anne was also a good barber and hairdresser. Living on the farm entailed a lot of hard work. Besides tending to a large garden, she canned and put up preserves. Anne raised chickens, pigs, cattle and horses, as well as seeding, haying and harvesting using horses. As her children became older, they were able to help with the chores.

Annie and Joe left the farm in 1975 when they moved into a senior's unit in Buchanan. Anne continued to tend to a garden and her flowers. She liked to read and play cards. She kept up with her sewing, still making her own outfits. Anne's largest projects were making patchwork quilts for all her grandchildren and yet some. She was always busy doing something. She enjoyed her weekly outings to the Club 50 Plus where she played cards. She also enjoyed going to play bingo. As her children grew up and had children of their own, Anne looked forward to the summer when her grandchildren would come to visit. They were her pride and joy. After her husband died in 1981, Anne continued to live in Buchanan until 2000 when her health began to fail. When she was 94, she moved to Canora to live with her son Rick and daughter-in-law Phyllis. Anne lived with them until 2003 when she became a resident at the Canora Gateway Lodge until her passing.

Anne will be lovingly remembered by. her two daughters: Ollie Duffin and Iris (Ed) Barabash, both of Winnipeg, MB; her two sons: Ray (Marg) Kozun of Winnipeg, MB and Rick (Phyllis) Kozun of Canora, SK; her two nieces: Olga Rudnitsky of Saskatoon, SK and Ann Penner of B.C.; her two nephews: Mike (Ruth) Yanish of Red Deer, AB and Ernie (Helen) Yanish of Estevan, SK and fourteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Anne was predeceased by her husband Joe; her parents Carl and Martha; her sisters Florence Haskevich and Mary Yanish; her brother John; her son John; her nephew Peter Yanish and her great­granddaughter Anasophia Crivea. The Prayer Service was held on Sunday, July 15th, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. The Funeral Service was held was held on Monday, July 16th, 2007 at 10:00 a.m., both from the Chapel of Leson's Funeral Home with Rev. Fr. Joakim Rac officiating. Interment followed in the Canora Cemetery. Those wishing to make expressions of sympathy may make donations to the Canora Gateway Lodge Auxiliary as tokens of remembrance.

Arrangements have been entrusted to LESON'S FUNERAL HOME, Canora. (563-5671).

Canora Courier July 25, 2007 Page 17

Shirley May Korchynos of Calgary and formerly of Pelly, SK passed away at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, AB on July 15th, 2007 at the age of 66 years.

Shirley was born on August 7th, 1940 in the Stenen district to Mike and Mae (nee Luchenko) Anaka. She was the third of four surviving children and grew up on the farm where she learned to love the outdoors and rural life. She attended elementary school at George Albert in the Stenen district, and later attended high school in Sturgis where she experienced life away from her family for the first time while living in the dormitory. She left school to attend Success College in Winnipeg and later put her secretarial skills to work at the Toronto Dominion Bank in The Pas, Manitoba.

In 1958 Shirley became engaged to Walter Korchynos of Preeceville, whom she had met at a local wedding dance and who would become her dance partner for the next 44 years. They married on August 14th, 1959 in Stenen. That same year they moved to Luzan, a country school southeast of Veregin, where Walter began his career as a teacher, and Shirley hers as a mother and teacher's wife. Their first child, Debora, was born in 1960. After staying in Luzan for three years, the family moved to Brandon School, south of Kamsack, where they lived in a three-room teacherage on the school property. Shirley enjoyed her 3:00 visits with the parents who came to pick up their children, and years after they left the area, they still maintained close friendships with many of the people who called Brandon home.

Their other two daughters were born during the Brandon years; Suzette in 1964 and Beverly in 1969.

At the end of the 1969 school year, the family moved to Pelly for one year (that was the plan), but many friendships and years later saw Walter retire from teaching therein 1991.

During their Pelly years, Shirley continued to enjoy relationships with the local people and was involved in the community through her painting, typing, proofreading, and driving of students to many events. Some of her favourite roles were being the wife of the baseball coach and the surrogate mom to the many young police officers who were stationed in Pelly. She was also active in the Church council and coffee time with her close friends. In 1974, at the age of 34, Shirley was diagnosed with Lupus. Having been told she and her marriage would be lucky to survive five years, Shirley was determined to prove the doctors wrong. Her life changed drastically, and weeks at a time were spent in hospital in Saskatoon or Canora, away from her young family; the time they did spend together created a very strong and special bond. No longer was she able to enjoy the outdoors gardening, camping, and fishing; instead, time was spent inside vehicles and hotels on summer vacations that focussed on family and just enjoying life. The close family relationships Shirley experienced as a child continued all her life with special time being spent playing games on the Yanchuk farm and relaxing around a fire at the Anaka cabin.

Having raised three girls, a new era in the family began when Shirley and Walter were blessed with their first grandson in 1993, the first of six. As the six boys grew, Shirley often commented that as much as she loved her children, there was something special about grandchildren. In 2002, Shirley lost the love of her life when Walter passed away suddenly at home. Her life changed again later that year when she moved to Calgary to live with her daughter Bev and near daughter Suzette and family. Having left her home, friends and doctors behind, Shirley often claimed her grandsons were her best medicine. Her days were filled with colouring, reading, and watching living room hockey games and backyard golf, and many nights were spent on sleepovers. Her greatest enjoyment was playing with the boys in Calgary and talking with those in Austria. She learned to enjoy city life and all of its conveniences, like iced caps and Chinese take-out, and she developed a special bond with her son-in-law Brett, who never failed to make her laugh and feel welcome.

Moving to Calgary didn't dampen her love of travelling, and trips to Banff and Vancouver Island created fond memories and became favourite destinations. Her health started to fail in the spring of 2007, and 33 years after being diagnosed with a disease that was supposed to have beaten her within five, she passed away suddenly at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary on July 15. Shirley was small in stature but huge in spirit, kindness and determination; she lived life to the fullest and never gave up in the face of adversity. She was an inspiration and a treasure to all who knew and loved her, and she will be missed immensely.

Shirley is lovingly remembered by: her three daughters: Debora (Christoph) Scharnagl of Puch, Austria, Suzette (Brett) Thurston of Calgary, AB and Beverly Korchynos of Calgary, AB; her grandsons: Lukas, Stefan, Markus and Thomas Scharnagl, Zachary and Tyler Thurston; her sister: Ilene (late Eugene) Yanchuk of Newton, MB; her brothers: Eugene (Beth) Anaka of Regina, SK and Allan (late Eleanor) Anaka of Norquay, SK. She was predeceased by her husband Walter in 2002; her mother Mae in 1976; her father Mike in 1984 and her twin brothers: John and William in infancy.

The Prayer Service was held on Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. from the Chapel of Leson's Funeral Home, Canora. The Funeral Service was held on Monday, July 23rd, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. from Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Canora with Rev. Fr. Joakim Rac officiating. Interment followed in the Canora Cemetery. Those wishing to make expressions of sympathy may make donations to the Lupus Society or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation as tokens of remembrance.

Arrangements have been entrusted to LESON'S FUNERAL HOME, Canora. (563-5671).

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