Peter George Szott
(August 15, 1921 – July 7, 2017)
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Mr. Peter George Szott of Daysland , passed away on Friday July 7, 2017 at the age of 95 years.
Peter George Szott was born on August 15, 1921, to his parents, August and Annie Szott, on the farm at Daysland, Alberta. Peter was the third oldest child of sixteen children. Peter attended Quarrel School until grade six, when he had to quit to help his mother with the farm and raise his siblings, after his father got ill and later passed on at a young age. Like everyone, times were tough for the young Szott family growing up in the depression era. Maybe even a little harder for Peter trying to help put food on the table for a large family and doing a man’s work as a teenager. Peter met the love of his life, Annie Tkaczyk, in 1946 and they were later married August 21, 1947. This August would have made 70 years of marriage for them. To this union, seven children were born; Rita, Dennis, Bonnie, Terry, Rick, Allan, and Tracy. Life was all about raising his children to be providers of the land and farming six days of the week. On Sundays it was church, Sunday dinner, a visit to other family, or as his family grew bigger, ball games, or hockey on the dugout with all of his kids involved. Peter loved this a lot and was probably the biggest kid of all when it came to sports or other activities with his kids. He always wore rubber boots while playing hockey and played his last game at the age of 78 when Annie made him retire from playing. Peter always taught his kids about life in general. Whether it involved using a piece of equipment, shingling a house or how to pull a calf, it didn’t matter if you were a boy or girl. He treated everyone as an equal and was happy to do it. He taught his kids everything they needed to know and was a good and patient teacher. Farming wasn’t just a hobby or treated as a business for Peter. It truly was in his blood and he had a passion for it, more than anyone we have ever known. He loved harvest time and was always the first on the combine waiting for everyone else to finish their dinner, or up at 5am getting the combine greased up. He was still combining at the age of 88 years, and still carrying 40 lb chop pails for the cows until last summer at the age of 95. Peter was always a positive person. He lived life to its fullest and enjoyed living his life. He was often heard telling people 20 or 30 years younger, “you have to keep moving, not sit around, that’s what keeps you healthy and living,” and that’s what he did right until the very end. He was tough as nails. After his passing the nurses told his family if it wasn’t for his dementia, he would have lived well into his hundreds. His body was in that good of shape. Peter was suffering from dementia and was sadly placed in the Tofield Care Center just before this past Christmas. He was moved to the Rosehaven Care Center just before Easter. He passed away on July 7, 2017, at the age of 95 years in Rosehaven.
He is lovingly remembered and survived by his children Dennis (Lyndon) Szott, Bonnie Szott, Terry Banack, Rick (Linda) Szott, Allan Szott (Ammabel Bocalan) and Tracy (Steve) Kushnerik; eleven grand children and fourteen great-grandchildren; brothers August (Barbara) Szott, Martin (Gerry) Szott; sisters Angie Roberge, Francis Tandberg, Annette Fitzpatrick, Alice Bliid , Josie Scherrens, and Olga (Ron MacMillan); numerous nieces and nephews; many friends and acquaintances. He was predeceased by his loving wife Annie and infant daughter Rita; his parents August and Annie Szott; six brothers Mike, Frank, Joe, Edward, Rudolph, infant brother Joseph; sisters Helen Beattie and Victoria Peart. If Dad were to comment on his passing he would say, “What are you crying for? I lived a good life!”
A Prayer Vigil was held on Wednesday July 12, 2017 at 7:00pm from the Burgar Memorial Chapel in Camrose.
A Funeral Service with Mass was celebrated on Thursday July 13, 2017 at 10:30 am from Our Lady of the Prairies Roman Catholic Church in Daysland. Interment has taken place in the Daysland Cemetery.
Memorial contributions are gratefully accepted to the charity of one’s choice.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Peter George Szott – (August 15, 1921 – July 7, 2017).source

Décès pour la Ville: Camrose, Province: Alberta

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