OLIVE NEGRICH SANDERS

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OLIVE NEGRICH SANDERS It is with great sadness that we face the sudden break from a person who has been,...forever for many of us..., within our midst, ....and who has been an integral part of our evolving presence. So it is, with our beloved mother and grandmother, sister, and aunt, Olive Negrich Sanders, who left her earthly bounds on April 6, 2000. Olives immediate family was by her side at the time of her passing. She was in her 80th year Olive was born in Venlaw, Man. On January 22, 1921, the youngest of seven children of Justyna Dzumaga Negrich and Andrew Samuel Negrich. She attended school in Dauphin, Man. where she played the violin for four years and the school orchestra won local and international acclaim. After graduation from the Dauphin Collegiate, and subsequently, Littles Business School in Dauphin, she sought and obtained employment at the newly constructed Number 10 "Commonwealth Service Flying School" located at the Dauphin Airport during the Second World War. This exposure opened up new vistas for Olive, and prompted her to enlist in the Canadian Air Force where she trained as a "cryptographer" involved in handling confidential coded messages during the war. In time, she became Sargent Olive Negrich, RCAF. Olive married James Oscar Sanders, an officer with the United States Air Force, in 1951. In 1962 she returned to her hometown of Dauphin, where she raised and educated her three children. Olive is survived by sons, James Michael Sanders and wife Kathleen of Duluth, Minnesota, Mark David Sanders of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and daughter Sage Justyna Waters and husband Christopher of Fredericton, New Brunswick, and grandchildren, Jeremy Michael Waters, Gillian Olivia Justyna Waters, and Robin Stuart Waters. She is also survived by sisters, Nell McLean of Dauphin, and Eugenie Lodge of Winnipeg, and by brother Michael Negrich, also of Winnipeg. Olive was predeceased by brothers, John Negrich and Harvey Nelson, and sister Marion (Smielski) Tanoski. Funeral service was held on Thursday, April 13 at 10:30 a.m. from the Sneath Strilchuk Funeral Chapel, Dauphin, Man. Rev. Freda Rajotte officiated and organist Sandra Dowhan led the congregation in the hymns "Amazing Grace" and "In the Garden". Interment followed in the Dauphin Riverside Cemetery. All of Ollies friends were asked to consider themselves honorary pallbearers. Should friends so desire, contributions in memory of Ollie may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba. The family would like to express their sincere thanks to the staff of the Dauphin Regional Health Centre and the MICU staff of the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. Sneath Strilchuk Funeral Service had care of arrangements. "Mom will be sadly missed; We dearly cherish our memories of her. We will love you Always.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 25, 2000