MATT SMANDYCH

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MATT SMANDYCH 1925 - 2002 On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, Matt lost his battle with cancer and passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at the age of 76. Left to cherish his memory is his beloved wife of 54 years Jean; son Ed (Judy) daughter Brenda (Ron) daughter Angie (Jim) son Jody (Brenda). He will be greatly missed by grandsons, Robby, Jeffrey, Jason, Shaun and Adam; granddaughters, Cindy, Sheri, Kristen, Lindsay, Amanda and Chelsea; great-grandsons, David, Joshua and Avery; great-granddaughters, Lauren and Dari-Ann. He is also survived by sisters and brothers, Mike (Nettie) of Yorkton, Nick of Calder, Helen (Sozon) of Canora, Bella (Tommy) of Binscarth, Anne of Calgary; in-laws, Janet (Les) of Winnipeg, Lynda of Winnipeg, Ann of Sudbury, Walt (Jean) of Detroit, Ad (Barry) of Winnipeg, Marion of Creston, Bill of Wininpeg, and Faye of Detroit; many nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and former co-workers. Matt was born August 4, 1925 in Calder, SK. In his early years Matt worked as a farmhand, lumberjack and also worked one day in a coal mine. He met Jean Wasylyshen in Grandview, MB in 1945. They got engaged in October of 1946 and then married in Yorkton, SK on March 22, 1947. Matt went ahead and found a job with Carter Motors in Winnipeg in 1948. He moved Mom and Ed into the city shortly after. He worked for Carter Motors for a total of 49 years until 1997 and then worked for Murray Chev Olds until his retirement in July of 1999. Matt loved his family very much and enjoyed spending time with his grandkids. Past hobbies were baseball, bowling, fishing and golfing. In more recent years you would find him enjoying a game of crib, going to the casino and tending to his garden. We sure enjoyed it when he worked side by side with Mom to help make perogies and meatballs plus make his great headcheese. Visitation will commence at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 3 at the Chapel Lawn Funeral Home, 4000 Portage Ave. Prayers will be said at 7:30 p.m. A service of remembrance will take place on Monday, March 4 at 10:00 a.m. at the Chapel Lawn Funeral Home. Interment and reception will follow. The family would like to thank all the staff at St. Boniface Hospital that took care of Matt, CancerCare Manitoba, and also Home Care. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in his honour to CancerCare Manitoba, ON109-675 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9 or to the St. Boniface General Hospital Foundation, Palliative Care Unit, 409 Tache Ave., Winnipeg, MB R2H 9Z9. VICHNAYA PAMYAT Arrangements entrusted to: CHAPEL LAWN FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM 885-9715

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As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 02, 2002