It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Rose Diawol on December 13, 2020 at the age of 82 due to complications from COVID 19.
She will be lovingly remembered by her son Danny and daughter Janet (Scott), her four grandchildren Adam, Nicole, Joshua and Charlotte, as well as her sister Molly Panko, nieces and nephews, and very close family friends Marian and Louis Dufault, along with countless people whose lives she has touched.
She is predeceased by her parents Maryina and Anthony, her brother Bill (Wasil), sisters Eva and Olga Sabo, her husband Stanley who passed away in 1996, and her daughter-in-law Wendy Harlos who passed away in 2014.
Rose was born on November 7th near Hamilton, Ontario and at a very young age, her family moved to a farm in Stuartburn, Manitoba. She had many stories to tell about her time on the farm with her parents and brother and sisters, and she also loved talking about her horses and how she used to ride them across the Roseau River regularly. Farm life was difficult at times and her family worked hard, but she has fond memories of that time of her life. Shortly before she graduated, because there was a shortage of schools and teachers in the area, she was asked to teach at a school built near town for one school year. She wanted to graduate, so she moved to Winnipeg to finish up her education.
She met Stan in Winnipeg, and in 1961 and they married and bought a house together in the west end shortly after where she resided for the rest of her life. They had many get togethers with Stan’s old school mates throughout the years and they have become lifelong friends of hers.
A number of years after Danny was born, Rose went to work at the Pancake House at Polo Park. She worked there until Janet was born, and then stayed at home to care for her children, as well as babysitting the neighbours Marian and Louis’s children Lisa and Brent before and after school. Rose got to know all the neighbours very well and spent plenty of time talking to them and looked after the daily requirements of the seniors that were living nearby. Over a decade later, she found work at Opinion Place and later Dimark Marketing Research, where she met many lifetime friends and later retired to care for her first grandson Adam so that Janet could work . She continued to care for Nicole, Joshua, and Charlotte after they were born and developed a very strong bond to them. She loved her grandchildren immensely and would often call to ask what they were doing, what kind of pie they wanted, or to let them know she made perogies or some other delicious meal for everyone. In the past few years Nicole has often gone over to help her baba make perogies, or help with the gardening.
Holiday dinners were always held at her house with the dining table done up often with chocolate santas or bunnies on everyone’s plate and plenty of food to eat and later pack up to take home. She was well known for her perogies, cabbage rolls, bosrsht, and pies and made sure everyone got to have some.
Rose had a very close relationship with her sister Molly and although they didn’t live close to each other, the saw each other as often as possible and phoned each other regularly. They would often interchange speaking english and ukarainian in their conversations so that they could share something private, knowing very few could understand. Despite being 7 years apart Rose was as close to her older sister as any sisters could be. It was very important for them to connect near the end, and with the help of the nurses in Saskatoon and Winnipeg, her daughter Janet and Rose’s nephew Tony, they were able to talk to each other one last time.
Rose will be remembered as a very generous and caring person, who dedicated much of her life caring for other people, loved children, her family, baking, and gardening. She will never be forgotten in the hearts of those who knew her. She was irreplaceable and will missed by all.
Rose has been cremated and due to restrictions, a small private graveside service will take place at Brookside Cemetery.
Donations can be made to The Heart and Stroke Foundation or Cancercare Manitoba.
Vichnaya Pam ‘yat
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Rose Diawol Sunday December 13th 2020..
Death notice for the town of: Winnipeg, Province: Manitoba