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FR. STAN O.F.M. FRYTEK
Born: Mar 31, 1915
Date of Passing: Jul 20, 2016
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryFR. STAN (LADISLAUS) O.F.M. FRYTEK March 31, 1915 - July 20, 2016 Father Stan Frytek, a Catholic priest in the Religious Order of Franciscans, or Friars Minor, of Western Canada, was born in Alberta, spent his youth in British Columbia, entered the Franciscans Friars at the age of 22, and died peacefully in his sleep in the Franciscan Friary in Victoria at the age of 101. Fr. Stan's initial years of religious formation were spent in Quebec, but from the age of 30 up to the time of his passing on to the Lord, he ministered to the people of God throughout western Canada. He served as pastor in Lac du Bonnet and Red Lake, Manitoba for seven years; then, following a year of relief ministry in BC, he was pastor at St. Francis Parish in Edmonton, Alberta, for six years; from where he returned to St. Charles and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, to serve as pastor for a combined term of eighteen years. He returned to the interior of British Columbia (Trail, Rossland, and Warfield) as parish priest for three years; and then in 1982, at the age of 67, he came back to his beloved parish of Our Lady of Lourdes in Maillardville-Coquitlam, where he had spent a brief time during his youth, and where he happily served the French-speaking Catholic community for another twenty-five years. The last eight years of Fr. Stan's life were spent with his Franciscan brothers in Victoria, BC, where until his death, he was keen of mind and a gracious presence to all. We thank God for the many years Fr. Stan was among us; and we are grateful that he was able to touch the lives of so many people. Fr. Stan is survived by his sister Isabel Ferguson; and his niece Janice Ferguson, and their families; as well as by many friends, especially from Maillardville, who accompanied him and faithfully supported him during what must have been the happiest years of his life; and, of course, he is fondly remembered by his many Franciscan brothers. Friends, relatives and his Franciscan family are invited to a Funeral Mass Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church (828 Laval Square, Coquitlam, BC, V3K 2E6) on Wednesday July 27 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will be held at Ocean View Memorial Park, in Burnaby. Arrangements in care of Columbia Bowell Funeral Chapel, 219 Sixth St., New Westminster, BC V3L 3A3.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 25, 2016