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It is with broken hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved father, grandfather and husband John Wazny at the age of 75 with loved ones by his side.
John will be lovingly remembered and cherished by his wife and best friend Eileen whom he met at the snowmobile turf races in Beausejour, fell in love and was blessed to share 50 Years of Marriage. They took on the world together standing side by side since their young love began. Travelling, building, and gardening are just a few activities they spent doing together. One thing John absolutely loved to do was cooking, and what a great cook he was. John and Eileen would make the most amazing meals together and they were an amazing team in so many ways. Together they spent their lives filled with love, laughter, and adventures with their children Peggy (Tim), Mike (Helga) and their grandchild Rylan, and step-grandchildren Jorja and Hayden.
John was also known as Johnny by his brothers and sisters and leaves great memories for them to hold. He also had many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews to remember him. John was pre-deceased by his parents John and Rose Wazny and his siblings Jackie, Delores, Donald, Lorne, and Ralph.
John had the most amazing smile that would light up the room when he entered. He always loved to see others happy and always had a way to make you laugh. He was such a kind hearted person with so much love to share and always helped you to feel like you could do anything that you tried. He was so patient and encouraging. He was definitely a man of endurance. When something didn’t work out he would keep trying and working at it till it did. He never gave up and gave life everything he had right until his last breath.
John was born on the farm on 1949. He attended Springfield Collegiate Institute and broke records competing in Track & Field, particularly Cross Country, a race of endurance. An event he took great pride and honor in was competing at the International Peace Gardens.
John had worked at a canning factory for a record 2 days which he had a great story to go along with it. He worked at Polaris Industries in Beausejour loading the snowmobiles onto the trucks. John held a long career at The Canadian National Railway (CNR) as a highly skilled Carman and retired after 35 Years of Service. He had many lifelong friends that he met and worked with at CNR. The work stories he would come home with were always so interesting.
He was incredibly soft spoken until he would start a story. John was the most amazing story teller. He had a gift to tell a descriptive narrative with such animation that you could feel yourself immersing into the story as if you were there. No matter if it was a recount of his day or creating an imaginative story. He was great at adding humor to his tales. He could make you laugh till tears flowed and your belly hurt. Everyone that had the privilege of hearing them was always enthralled and wanting him to tell more.
John was a jack of all trades which included building his family home together with his family from the ground up. He had his children by his side helping right from young holding boards, measuring, shingling and everything in between. He taught them so much.
John spent countless hours in the garage working on vehicles, teaching and reminding his children not to come home with steel belts bulging out of tires, not to drag hay bales under cars home and not to jump fiords. Needless to say he spent more time in the garage than he should have but he loved it just the same as he was able to pass on his skills and knowledge. John passed so many of his mechanical skills onto Michael and worked side by side with him for countless hours. In all of the life lessons John taught his children to be independent and that they needed to learn how to do things for themselves.
John was an outdoor rink master. He made some grand rinks that his children never wanted to come off of. John had skills on the ice like no other. He was so fast & could skate circles around anyone. One winter his daughter’s figure skating team came out to practice on the rink he made and that year the team won a gold medal. John always took great pride in that he had a part in helping the team succeed.
He loved to see how much everyone that would come out enjoyed skating on the rinks he made. He taught his daughter and son how to skate on them. They both grew to love skating with a passion. John was able to share his rink building knowledge with his children and because of this and his guidance his grandson was also able to learn to skate on an impressive outdoor rink.
John always got a kick out of how Tim would come to pick up is daughter, music booming so loud that you could hear across the bush from the highway. “Here comes your boyfriend” John would say and smirk. John and Tim had a great bond. John would break out in a big grin when Tim would give Peggy a hard time.
John loved how he could talk to Helga and she could joke around with him. He divulged one of his master chef secrets with her that anything could be cooked in a frying pan. John also loved what a great cook and baker Helga was. John loved her lemon meringue pie she made for his 75th birthday.
John loved when his grandson Rylan was around. They had a very close relationship. Both were interested in so many of the same things. John shared his love of history with Rylan who absorbed everything he shared with him. They shared a great interest in world war and the old west history. John always had the energy to play multiple sports with Rylan such as riding bikes, baseball, tennis, basketball, hockey and badminton. He loved showing Rylan how to build things and their last project they started was the barn staircase. John loved watching westerns, telling stories, drawing, picking fruits and vegetables with Rylan. John was so happy he was able to spend so much time with his grandson, especially the year he and Eileen helped to homeschool Rylan. John’s quick wit rubbed off on Rylan. They had a special saying that they shared, “We’re Sophisticated” and would always giggle after.
John was so proud to know his step-grandchildren Jorja and Hayden and the direction they are taking in their lives. Even as new as their relationship was, he loved them very much and couldn’t wait to hear about everything new they were doing.
John loved to dance whenever he could. He loved dancing with his wife Eileen and holding her in his arms. John always danced with his children Peggy & Michael when they asked him to. When he would hear the song “Johnny Be Good”, no matter where he was, a smile would spread across his face & he would jump up on a table or whatever he could and play air guitar and perform. John loved spending Saturday mornings wrestling with his kids when they were young. He had so many interests, fishing, hunting, camping, archery, racing and so much more. Speaking of racing, John never let anything pass that GM Sierra with the 455 engine. He always had to beat them off the line. John was always competitive; he would never let you win, even against the young kids. You had to earn that win. He was always so fun and loved having a great time and never turned down a good race.
Well John, Dad, Grandpa your race is won. You beat us there. We will catch up to you one day at the finish line. We love you forever.
The family would like to encourage anyone who played sports, worked with John or had the privilege to know him as a friend or family member to share stories or pictures about your time with him. They would love to hear and see these memories.
Private viewing and cremation has taken place and a private celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Condolences and memories may be left by clicking on John’s Memory Wall
Tuesday September 10th 2024
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We offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of John Albert Wazny Tuesday September 10th 2024 and hope that their memory may be a source of comfort during this difficult time. Your thoughts and kind words are greatly appreciated.
