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WILLIAM (BILL) KOCHAN
Born: Dec 23, 1934
Date of Passing: Jul 17, 2007
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryWILLIAM (BILL) KOCHAN William (Bill) Kochan of Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba (formerly of Poplarfield, MB). Born December 23, 1934, passed away July 17, 2007, at Pinawa Hospital. Bill is survived by three brothers, Nick, Joe and wife Della, Eddie; and five sisters, Mary, Ann, Kay and husband Jeffery, Helen, and Elizabeth, along with numerous nieces and nephews. Bill was predeceased by his parents Pauline and John Kochan, sister Pearl, brother Alex and nephew Wally. Bill was an avid outdoorsman with great reverence for nature and wildlife. Bill owned and operated the Gold Arrow Hunting and Fishing Lodge in Ontario for many years before selling and moving to Lac Du Bonnet. He was a devoted brother, uncle and son. Bill enjoyed a lakefront lifestyle for many years, at his home which he built in Lac Du Bonnet. Bill will be remembered for his generosity, fun and loving spirit and his dedication to family and friends. We love you, we will carry you with us to the end of our days. A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Notre Dame du Lac Roman Catholic Church in Lac du Bonnet, MB, with Rev. Fr. Mirek Szynal presiding.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 20, 2007
Condolences & Memories (2 entries)
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As we approach your birthday, you are still on our hearts and on our minds. No one knows the heartache behind our smiles. We love you and miss you - Posted by: Elizabeth Kochan - McKenzie (Sister) on: Dec 07, 2014
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Death is nothing at all. ~ Canon Henry Scott Holland of St. Paul's Cathedral Death is nothing at all. You have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of you, pray for you. Your name is ever the household word that it always was, it's spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it. Your Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity. [There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident?] Why should you be out of mind because you are out of sight? You are waiting for us, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well. Love you uncle Bill, -always Shannon - Posted by: Shannon Kochan - McKenzie (Niece) on: Aug 23, 2012