Joseph Starecki
October 24, 1924 – April 29, 2018
It is with great sadness the family of the late Joseph (Joe) Michael Starecki, announce the passing of their beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and great-great grandfather, with family by his side, at the Yorkton Hospital on April 29, 2018, at the age of 93 years.
Joe was born on October 24, 1924, to Mike and Julia (Macala) Starecki in the Rama district, SK. He attended school at Dobrowody completing his grade eight education. He worked in Sudbury, ON for a period of time prior to joining the armed forces in 1943. While serving overseas, he met the love of his life and married Florence Pamela Wragg in 1946.
After his discharge from the army, Joe returned to Canada and worked a few years in Toronto, ON at the Veteran’s Hospital and then for Canada Foils in Toronto.
While living in Toronto, Joe and Florence started their family, welcoming two daughters, Julie and Pamela. They then decided to return to Joe’s home in Saskatchewan and settled on a farm near Rama in 1949. During their time at the farm they had seven more children, four sons and three daughters: Elizabeth, Michael, Robert, Angela, Terrence, David and Sheryl. While living and working the farm, between seeding and harvest, Joe worked at Dickstone Mine near Snow Lake, MB. In 1973, the family moved and made their home in Canora, SK. Joe worked for Wilson Construction in Buchanan, and for Kirsch Construction out of Meadow Lake. Joe was blessed with 24 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren. He loved spending time with family and friends, playing cards, bingo, fishing, listening to country music especially ‘Saturday Night Get Together,’ picking hazelnuts and saskatoons and occasionally pulling out his harmonica and playing a tune or two. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him. He was predeceased by his parents, Mike and Julia (Macala) Starecki; sisters: Polly, Helen, Mary, Janet, Nellie and Elsie; brother, Frank; and his sons, Michael and Terrence. He leaves to mourn, his wife, Florence; daughters: Julie (Raymond) Korchinski of Canora, SK, Pamela (Michael) Wiwcharuk of Snow Lake, MB, Elizabeth (Larry) Chalupiak of Canora, SK, Angela (Blair) Morgan of Telkwa, BC and Sheryl (Brad) Toffan of Canora, SK; sons: Robert (Dagny) Starecki of Calgary, AB and David Starecki of Canora, SK; brothers, Walter Starecki of Thunder Bay, ON and Edward (Janet) Starecki of Saskatoon, SK and his sisters, Adella Purcha of Surrey, BC and Bernice (Orest) Stinka of Alliston, ON; as well as many grandchildren, nieces, nephews and extended family. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 5:00 p.m., Sunday, May 6, 2018, from the Chapel of Leson’s Funeral Home, with Shawna Leson as Celebrant. Cremation will follow the service with interment to take place at a later date. Those wishing to make expressions of sympathy may make
Born: October 24, 1924 Place of Birth: Rama District, SK Death: April 29, 2018 Place of Death: Yorkton, SK
donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, as tokens of remembrance, in memory of Joe Starecki.
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Joseph Starecki 2018.source
Décès pour la Ville: Canora, Province: Saskatchewan
