DANIEL BOHDAN KRUCIK

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DANIEL BOHDAN KRUCIK Passed on into eternal rest peacefully on February 12, 2001, after a last valiant seven-week fight in Richmond General Hospital. He will be missed and lovingly remembered by his wife of 64 years, Anne; son Grant, (wife Margaret) of Vancouver, grandsons, David (wife Rosalind), Kevin and granddaughter Karen, all of England; son George (wife Bonny), grandsons, David and Bohdan of San Francisco; brothers, Gerald (wife Donna) and Walter; sisters, Lil and Zelma; sisters-in-law, Mildred (husband Michael Kucher) and Phyllis Krucik; brother-in-law Ernie Clack and numerous nieces and nephews. Dan was predeceased by his son David (April 1993) his parents Wasyl and Magdalyna; brothers, Joseph (wife Tillie), Ernie; sisters, Olga, Leona and Anne Clack; in-laws, Daniel and Maria Cholodnuk, sister-in-law Olga (husband John) Musick. Danny, as he was known by all his friends, was born May 9, 1909, in Angusville, Man., where the family stopped for a few years before eventually making their way to their homestead in Lindbergh, Alta., on the banks of the Saskatchewan River. Dan went to school in Vegreville and finished his education in Winnipeg. He started working as a school teacher just north of Brokenhead, Man. After the war, he worked until retirement at the Canadian Pacific Railway. His evenings and weekends were spent at the Ukrainian National Home, initially working in the beverage facility. He was President of the Ukrainian National Home for many years until he retired from all extra activities. He managed to find time for his other love, bowling. Danny loved to be with his children, and to attend all family gatherings. When the grandchildren came he joined his wife in babysitting in Vancouver. He loved to be with children and take them for treats, take them to the park, or to "hoochie, hoochie" them to sleep. Dan and Anne retired to Vancouver in the fall of 1996 to be closer to both their sons and families. Funeral service will be at the Valley View Funeral Home, 14660-72 Ave., Surrey, B.C. (Phone (604)596-8866), at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 17 with Rev. Fr. Joseph Pidskalny, O.S.B.M., from St. Marys Ukrainian Catholic Church, officiating. Interment to follow at Valley View Cemetery. The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks for the excellent care Dan received at Rosewood Manor and the Richmond General Hospital, and the attention by his physician, Dr. Peter Chang. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or to the Alzheimer Society of B.C.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 15, 2001