KEMAL (KEMO) HSPAHIC

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KEMAL (KEMO) HSPAHIC

In memory of Kemal (Kemo) Hspahic who passed away peacefully on February 25, 2026, at Seven Oaks Hospital at the age of 83.

Kemo was born in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia (former Yugoslavia) on June 25,1942. He immigrated to Canada in the mid 1960s. He was a journeyman and machinist who worked up north in Churchill and Gillam and worked for several years of his life at CN Transcona yards in Winnipeg.

Kemo loved his family and community of friends. He was a kind man who trusted in God in his own way, but he was not devout in the conventional sense. He enjoyed soccer, tennis and cross-country skiing. He was always helping others. When he was younger, he loved taking his family camping, fishing and to the parks, being outdoors in nature was his place.

He is predeceased by his parents, Safija and Ibrahim Huseinspahic; his brother Mustafa; sister Vahida; and niece Zlata. Kemal is survived by his sisters, Nura and Beba; children, Kennan (Kiera) Melissa (Andrew), Troy (Jenn); former wife Elaine Harder (Ed); grandchildren, Jasmine, Damien, Destiny, Aiyana, Isara, Victoria and Jasper and his nephews, Vlaiko (Sanja), Dragan (Emma), Damir, Zlatko, Kemal, niece Jadranka (Mario) and Srebrinka.

We would like to thank the staff at Seven Oaks hospital for caring for our Dad and the loving support of family and friends during his time in hospital.

His funeral will take place on Saturday March 7, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Wojcik’s Funeral Chapel, 2157 Portage Avenue.

Tribute Link: www.wojciksfuneralchapel.com

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 28, 2026