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MARGARET JANE OLSZOWIEC
Date of Passing: Dec 30, 2017
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryMARGARET JANE OLSZOWIEC Aged 70, departed this earth peacefully to join her late husband, ancestors and her Creator, with her children by her side, on December 30, 2017. Margaret was a well-loved and respected sister, mother and Elder of the Nisichawayasi Asiniskaw Nehethowuk; the Cree people who live on the lands where Three Rivers Meet in northern Manitoba. A survivor of the Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School, she went on to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. After marrying a young mining engineer, David Brian Olszowiec, Margaret raised their family in mining communities in Zambia and across Canada. She retired as Head Nurse in 2015 from the George Colon Memorial Care Home in Bunibonibee Cree Nation (Oxford House). Margaret is survived by her brothers: Jimmy Spence and Clifford (Flora) Spence; her cousins/best friends: Emma (Alec) Gossfeld, Florence (Lorne) Keeper, Izzy (Earl) Duncan and Rose Marie (Frank) Nevin; her children: Jack (Norma) Ainley, Christopher (Joanne) Olszowiec, Scott (Pamela) Olszowiec and Laurelee (Clayton) Bennett; her grandchildren: Christopher Jr., Julia, David, Emma, Hannah, Hunter, Chase and John Ainley IV. Margaret was predeceased by her parents: Robinson and Dinah (Wood) Spence; husband David Olszowiec; brothers: Sandy, Simon, John and Roy; sister Mary; granddaughter Tatyana, and great-granddaughter Lorraine. A Celebration of Life will be January 20, 2018 in Forest Grove, BC with another in February in Nelson House, MB. Service and burial will be in the spring in Nova Scotia. Donations in Margaret's name to the 100 Mile Hospice Society.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jan 13, 2018
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My thoughts and prayers are with all Margaret's family at this difficult time. I met Margaret while teaching in Oxford House from 2011 to 2014 and we became good friends, had many chats and meals together. She was a wonderful and very caring person which made her a great friend as she was to everyone she met. My time in Oxford House was made so much better by having known her. May she rest in peace. God Bless you all as you mourn! - Posted by: Carolyn Colbourne (Friend) on: Jan 13, 2018