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Obituary of Lillian Arvay
The family of Lillian Arvay, of Yorkton, sadly announce her passing on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. She was 96 years of age.
A Private Family Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 10th at the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Doreen Day officiating.
The interment will follow in the Yorkton City Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Preeceville Hospital Auxillary as gifts of remembrance.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Bailey’s Funeral Home, Yorkton.
Lillian was born on December 26, 1927 in Grove Park near Esterhazy Sask, to parents James and Antoinette (Teeny ) Styrvoky. Lillian was the fifth of 10 children, she had 5 brothers-Joseph , Stanley, Arthur, Harry , Ernie and she had 4 sisters – Agnes, Margaret, Clara and Dorothy.
Lillian attended school in Grove Park until grade eight and then helped out on the family farm. She loved horses and was quite a prankster sometimes tying calves tails together and enjoying the commotion caused. Lillian left home at age 16 and worked as a housekeeper before leaving with a friend for Regina at age eighteen to work in the big city. She returned to Esterhazy and worked at a restaurant where she met her future husband Rudy Arvay. They were married on February 3, 1954 and remained in Esterhazy a short time before moving to Yorkton Sask. where she worked as a janitor for a local photographer .
Rudy and Lillian raised 10 children at 324 Betts ave. in Yorkton. Lillian loved her flowers and kept busy in the summer with a large garden which she started with her bedding plants in the house ( especially tomato and cabbage plants ) every spring the window sills were full of these bedding plants. She was also kept busy baking several loaves of bread every 3 days for her family, and when the garden came in she kept busy doing a lot of canning.
Lillian was predeceased by her parents, her husband Rudy, her siblings Joe, Stanley, Arthur, Harry, Agnes, Margaret, Clara and Dorothy, her son Ivan, grandsons Dustin Arvay, Scott Coulter and great grandson Christian Arvay.
Her memory is cherished by her one surviving brother Ernie, her children Valerie (Terry), Greg (Shelley), Ken (Grace), Mabel (John), Emil (Janice), Barbara (Barry ), Wayne (Gerri ), Gloria, and Alonzo (Lorraine).
Her grandchildren James (Natalie ), Kristy (Mike), Austin (Nicole), Cole (Faye), Dylan (Nicole), Kendra (Trey), Melissa (Phil), Ryan (Justina), Tyson, Jeremy (Brittney), Cory (Carissa ), Misty (Craig ), Chad (Diana ), Chantel (Clay ), Christine (Kirk) Linton, Mike, Mitch ( Brooklyn ), and Mercedes.
Great grandchildren Jayden, Julia, Joseph, Joshua, Ryann, Ryker, Dausyn, Ava, Liam, Logan, Sage, Braxton, Jace, Aubree, Shayna, Mikayla, Raelyn, Lily, Kale, Kaden, Kenzie, Levadya, Abigail and Jasmine.
Flowers gratefully declined, donations can be made in her memory to the Preeceville Hospital Auxillary. The family gratefully appreciate the care given to their mother by the staff and Nurse Practitioner at the Preeceville Hospital.
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1927 2024
Death notice for the town of: Yorkton, Province: Saskatchewan
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Arvay 1927 2024
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