Bernardine (Dean)’s Obituary
With sadness, the family of the late Bernardine (Dean) Kseniuk announce her passing, in the comfort of her own home, in Canora, SK, on July 2, 2021, at the age of 63 years.
Bernardine was born on January 19, 1958, in Kamsack, SK, to Arnold and Eleanor (Kabatoff) Stepberger. She attended school in Pelly, SK, where she met her husband, Victor. They dated for several years, graduated, and later married on November 10, 1979. They were blessed with two beautiful children, Rachel (1983) and Dustin (1985).
After graduation, Dean, as she liked to be called, went to Regina, SK, to attend secretarial school and worked there for a while. After the kids were off to school, Dean accepted employment with SaskPower as a customer service representative in Canora, SK, and then in Yorkton, SK, where she continued to work until her health declined and she could no longer work.
Dean was all about family. She baked and decorated extravagant cakes for the kid’s birthdays and sewed all their Halloween costumes. She was over the moon at Christmas time to hear that Dustin and Lisa were expecting; her first grandchild!
She enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, word searches, jigsaw puzzles, and crocheting; anything that kept her mind sharp. Dean also loved camping, travelling, and visiting many campgrounds across Canada and the United States. She was afraid of heights, but she had the courage to go zip lining on Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, BC.
Wolves were her favorite animal, as you would know if you ever entered her home. She even went to Golden, BC, where she had the opportunity to “Walk with the Wolves.”
Dean was an inspiration to a lot of people and showed her strength in fighting her disease, with never a complaint. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Dean was predeceased by her father, Arnold and her grandmother, Cassie Kabatoff, whose 100th birthday she helped celebrate.
She is survived by her husband, Victor; daughter, Rachel of Regina, SK; son, Dustin (Lisa) of Courtney, BC; mother, Eleanor Van Wyngarden of Stoney Plain, AB; brother, Brian Stepberger of Spruce Grove, AB; and her two step-grandchildren, Brianna and James; as well as many extended family and friends.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held and livestreamed at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 13, 2021, from the Chapel of Leson’s Funeral Home, Canora, SK, with Shawna Leson as Certified Celebrant. Cremation Committal will follow at a later date. Those wishing to make expressions of sympathy may make donations to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency or to a Charity of Donor’s Choice, as tokens of remembrance, in memory of Bernardine (Dean) Kseniuk.
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Death notice for the town of: Canora, Province: Saskatchewan