JULIA EMILY WOLFE

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JULIA EMILY WOLFE December 26, 1906 - August 26, 2003 Peacefully on August 26, 2003 with her family by her side, Julia passed away at the Vita Personal Care Home. Mom came to Canada from Austria with her parents, John and Josephine Yanitski, and siblings, at the age of seven years. Julia married Kazmir Wolfe in 1929. They farmed and raised their family in Vita. Later in life, she lived in Winnipeg with her son Walter and Marge, Shady Oak Lodge in Vita and in March of 2002 she moved into the Vita Personal Care Home. Mom leaves to mourn her passing, one daughter Helen Sawka; sons, Joe (Ann), Frank (Doris), John (Olga), and Stanley (Rita) 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; and two sisters. She was predeceased by her parents, John and Josephine Yanitski; and loving husband Kazmir in 1974. Two daughters, Antoinette in infancy, Mary in 1969; one son Walter in 1998; daughter-in-law Elizabeth in 1965; one son-in-law Dan in 1990; and one granddaughter Angela in 2000. Prayers will be said on Friday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m.; viewing from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., with the funeral service taking place at 11:00 a.m. at St. Isodore Roman Catholic Church, Vita. Interment will take place in the churchyard cemetery. Honorary pallbearers at the service will be Claude Wolfe and Todd Wolfe. Active pallbearers will be George Sawka, Douglas Sawka, Darren Wolfe, Perry Sokolyk, Terry Sokolyk, Grant Wolfe. Flowers are gratefully declined. If one so desires, donations may be made in Julias memory to the Vita Personal Care Home, Vita, MB. Thank-you to Dr. Smith and the staff at the Vita Personal Care Home in Vita for your kindness in caring for Mom. The Family

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Aug 28, 2003