KUZYK - It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Alice Thelma Kuzyk who died peacefully in her sleep on June 23, 2015 in Calgary Alberta at 95 years of age. Alice was born September 20, 1919 to Alexander and Pauline (Moroz) Wilgosh.
They resided on a farm south of Stenen where Alice was raised with her siblings - four brothers: Laddie, Dan, Mike and Willie and sisters, Ann and Nellie. Alice attended Moss Lake School. She left home at twenty two years ofage to search for work in Windsor, Ontario. She gained employment with an affluent family as a maid and governess. Windsor is also where she met her first husband, Mike Novakowski, who was from Rama, Saskatchewan. They came home for their wedding and were married in 1945. They resided in Stenen for a short while and then moved to Norquay. Alice decided to take a hairdressing course in Winnipeg so the couple relocated there for a year.
They then returned to Norquay where Alice started hairdressing in the Norquay Hotel while Mike continued trucking. They soon built a home in Norquay on Main Street where Alice set up her shop. They were blessed with two daughters, Donalda and Debra. Mike opened a Cockshutt Farm Equipment Dealership next door to their home. Tragically Mike was killed in a car accident in 1965. Alice continued to hairdress and raise herdaughters.
In 1970 she was remarried to John Kuzyk and they moved to his farm south of Norquay. They happily shared their lives together until John’s passing in 1990. Alice continued to live on her own in Norquay until January 2014 when she had a short stay at the Kamsack Lodge and then moved to Calgary in February to be close to her daughters. She resided at Beaverdam Lodge for a year and was then moved to Southwood Care Centre where she continued to reside until her passing. Alice was a loving and compassionate woman who loved family, communityand church. She enjoyed entertaining and socializing.
She especially liked playing cards, gardening, baking and cooking.
Her greatest joy was seeing your plate empty at the dinnertable. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Alice has left behind her loving daughters: Donalda Cooper and Debra and (Clive) Kitto; her six grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren: Tyler (Lori) Cooper and great-grandson Benjamin, Ryan (Christina) Cooper and great-grandsons, Jack and Levi, Jared Cooper, Jenelle Kitto (Jeremy Dow) and greatgrandson, Kashus Kitto-Dow, Jauvonne Kitto (Nick Zuniga) and great-grandchildren, Thalia and Lucius Zuniga, and Jonathan (Magda) Kitto and great-granddaughter, Olive Kitto.
She is also survived by her brother, Willie, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Vigil of Prayer was held on Thursday, July 2, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Liturgy was celebrated on Friday, July 3, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. both from Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church, Norquay, SK with Rev. Fr. Ivan Derkach, as Celebrant. Rite of Committal followed in the Canora Cemetery. Those wishing to make expressions of sympathy may make donations to a Charity of Donor’s Choice, in memory of Alice Kuzyk. Family and friends unable to attend are invited to sign an on-line guest
book for Alice at www.lesonsfuneralhome.ca.
Arrangements were entrusted to LESON’S FUNERAL HOME, Canora.
