Obituary
With great sadness, the family of the late Nellie Wasylyniuk announce her passing at the Yorkton and District Nursing Home, Yorkton, SK, on May 31, 2022, just two months short of her 103rd birthday.
Nellie was born on August 6, 1919, in the Arran District, SK, to Paul and Mary (nee Babiuk) Dykun. The fourth of seven children, Nellie attended Evadale School.
On November 24, 1939, she married Stephen ‘Steve’ Wasylyniuk at Arran, SK. The couple farmed in the Swan Plain District, where they raised their family of six sons and seven daughters.
Dedicated to her faith, Nellie was a member of St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Swan Plain for many years. Upon her husband’s passing, she moved to Yorkton, SK, where she then attended the Yorkton Orthodox Church.
She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Vichnaya Pamyat – Memory Eternal.
Nellie was predeceased by her husband, Steve, in 1988; sons, Ernie in 1990 and Lawrence in 2015; granddaughters: Patricia Ann in 1964, Cara and Cheryl in 2018; grandson, Conrad in 2022; and by her six sisters: Annie Nayko, Katie Olenick, Bessie Stasiuk, Emily Kowch, Jennie Tomenchuk, and Mary Kinaschuk.
She is survived by her sons: Mervin (Nancy) of New Brunswick, Percy (Fay) of Calgary, AB, Stan (Gloria) of Yorkton, SK, and Wayne of Norquay, SK; her daughters: Iris Hryhoryshen of Yorkton, SK, Minnie (Norman) Homeniuk of Regina, SK, Jeanette Baker of Calgary, AB, Gloria (Lorne) Ludba of Winnipeg, MB, Olga (Larry) Happy of Comox, BC, Lorraine (Darcy) Bennett of Yorkton, SK, and Lorrette (Wayne) Remanda of Yorkton, SK; and her 31 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 8, 2022, from the Chapel of Leson’s Funeral Home, Canora, SK, with Rev. Fr. Andrew Piasta officiating and Zenovia Duch, as cantor. Interment will follow in the Canora Cemetery, Canora, SK. Those wishing to make expressions of sympathy may make donations to Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Swan Plain, SK, or to the Yorkton & District Nursing Home – Country Meadows Recreation Centre, as tokens of remembrance, in memory of Nellie Wasylyniuk.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Nellie Wasylyniuk 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Canora, Province: Saskatchewan