Alice Varjassy (nee Daku)
October 25, 1928 - July 19, 2014
As published in the September 8, 2014 World-Spectator
On Saturday, July 19, 2014, Alice Varjassy, widow of Louis Varjassy, formerly from Kipling, Sask. and late of Wawota, Sask., passed away at the Moosomin hospital.
A private family funeral service was held on Thursday, July 24 at the Tubman Funeral Home, Kipling, Sask. with interment in Bekevar Cemetery.
Alice was predeceased by her parents John and Isabel Daku; her husband Louis; her sisters and brother: Jolanda Beresh (Andy), Isabel Revesz (Joe), Ida Sanford, and John Daku (Edith).
She is survived by her children: Jim (Elaine), Jack (Marilyn), Louise (Dennis) Cowan and Leonard; daughters-in law Fairleen and Patsy; her grandchildren Jason (Candace), Jonathan, Cara (Rob), Jared (Tanis), Justin (Karlee), Rebecca (Michael), Jill, Robert (Janel), Kim (Will), Amy (Aaron), Joel and Clayton; her great-grandchildren Dean, Sean, Kaden, Kale, Nathan, Owen, Joey, Molly, Ben and Liam; her sister Margaret Shoemaker; brother-in-law John Sanford; sisters-in-law Irene Varjassy and Adeline Demyen and numerous nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors.
Mom was born in the Kipling district on October 25, 1928, daughter of John and Isabel Daku. She took Grades 1 to 8 at Little Mountain School in the Bekevar area. She completed her Grades 9 and 10 at home by correspondence and then took Grade 11 in Kipling while boarding with her good friend Rose Beresh.
Mom and dad were married on November 12, 1947 and resided on the family farm until the summer of 1948 when they purchased their own farm in the Brookside district. Together they raised their four children and operated a mixed farm. Mom enjoyed being outdoors and worked alongside her husband in the operation of the family farm. She milked cows, raised chickens (both for the eggs and for the freezer), and had a large garden. Mom also hauled a lot of grain off the fields, both for dad and for their neighbor.
Mom did enjoy some "down time" as well. She loved watching her "soaps" but she always had darning or embroidery on the go. Her hands were never idle.
Mom was a great cook and baker. Her bread was the best and her cabbage rolls were talked about by many. Mom loved going to auction sales. We were all recipients of some of her great buys. Mom enjoyed having company, both on the farm and once she moved into Rudyard Manor in Kipling. She was always ready for a game ofCanasta or Cribbage with her friends on the farm or shuffleboard and bingo with her friends in the Rudyard Manor.
She lived a full life and we, her children, are blessed because of that. May the memory you hold of Alice bring a smile to you every time you think of her.
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