OBITUARY
Edward Philip Hudek
December 5, 1916 – July 25, 2018
Peacefully at the Grace Hospital on July 25, 2018, Edward Hudek departed this life in his 102nd year. Ed was predeceased by his wife Christine Louise (Chamard), his son William Michael, his brothers Henry Joseph and John Francis, and granddaughter-in-law Carole, and is survived by his two sisters Margaret Lommer of Regina and Jane Mooney of Burnaby.
He is also survived and lovingly remembered by his children: Mary Forster (Ken), John (Irene), Joan Embleton (Dwight), Henry (Vivian), Gordon (Cleo), Christine Hudek and Philip (Kim); as well as grandchildren Scott McConnell, Rowland Forster (Jan), Andrew Forster (Line), Michael Hudek, David Embleton (Kim), Jeanne Hudek, Margaret Coish (Christian), Katherine Van Mierlo (Steven), Monica Burfoot (Krisjan), Lisa Vieweg (Michael), Kate Turner (Dan), Timothy Hudek (Vivian), Sara Berger (Kurt), Matthew Hudek, Richard Vieweg (Renee), Thomas Hudek (Tessa), Laura Hudek (Cam), Carolyn Hudek and Natasha Hudek (Mustafa). There are also 19 and 3/4 great grandchildren, Tobie, Mason, Parker, Benjamin, Ruby, Sophia, Carter, Ryder, Michael, Aaron, Emmett, Orrin, Ada, Minerva, Brielle, Will, Cosima, Brereton, Finn and baby boy Turner arriving in September.
Ed was born Dec 5, 1916 in Hafford, Saskatchewan and grew up on his father’s homestead in Hafford before attending the University of Saskatchewan where he received a Bachelor of Agriculture degree in 1940. He met the love of his life and his future wife, Christine Louise Chamard at St. Thomas More College at the University. After spending some months doing Extension Services (short courses) in Interior BC for the BC Dept of Agriculture, Ed returned home to work the family farm and associated research station and to lecture and run laboratories in Agric. Engineering at the U of S.
In 1956 Ed was recruited by the Government of Manitoba to initiate an agricultural extension program for farmers throughout the province and he moved his family to Winnipeg where they resided in Riverview for four decades. Ed started the Agric Engineering branch of the department of Agriculture, was instrumental in establishing Rural Water Services and the Prairie Agriculture Machinery Institute as well as being a founding member of the Canadian Society of Agrologists. He was active in the design of vegetable storages, hay handling equipment, and hog-raising facilities in the Manitoba climate as well as coaching and managing teams in the Canadian and World Plowing Championships. Other skillsets included loose livestock housing, farm safety, farm drainage and rural water systems. He chaired The Manitoba Water Services Board, the Farm Machinery Board, the Milk Control Board and the Crown Lands Appeal Board and guided several programs and pieces of legislation forward. He retired from the provincial government in 1981 after serving as Chief Agricultural Engineer, Director of Technical Services, Associate Deputy, Assistant Deputy and finally Deputy Minister of the Department of Agriculture.
During this time he was also active on the Parish Council of Our Lady of Victory Parish (OLV) and OLV School Board, and became the Manitoba representative on the Board of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP); this in conjunction with raising eight children, building a new home in Winnipeg and cottage at Albert Beach, restoring an antique tractor for the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin and innumerable projects and services for extended family and friends.
After retiring, Ed and Chris were contracted to manage an agricultural project at Sim-Sim, Sudan for thirty months and Ed learned how sorghum was grown in a desert with one rainy season. He could still give a turn on a wrench after it had been tightened by a staff person. His two and a half years with the project were its most successful and he and Chris developed close friendships with several Sudanese families. He also performed an assessment of a CIDA project in Tanzania in 1988.
Ed has been honoured with a Distinguished Alumni Achievement award from the University of Saskatchewan, is a member of the Manitoba Agriculture Hall of Fame, a fellow of several professional societies, and in 1971 was given the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal from Pope Paul VI.
Dad spent the last 11 ½ years at Dakota House and the family is most appreciative of the care and attention he received there from both staff and residents.
If so desired, donations in Edward’s memory may be made to the St. Boniface Hospital Research Foundation.
Prayers will be held at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, August 7 at Green Acres Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 8 at Christ The King Parish, 847 St. Mary’s Road. Interment will be beside Christine and Bill at Ste. Solange Cemetery in Hafford, SK.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Edward Philip Hudek 2018.source
Décès pour la Ville: winnipeg, Province: Manitoba
