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MARY PETRYCIA
Born: Jul 03, 1948
Date of Passing: Nov 06, 2020
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MARY PETRYCIA
July 3, 1948 – November 6, 2020
Mary leaves in mourning her husband of twenty years, Ed Langevin; sister, Lil Urichen of Dauphin; brother, Borden Petrycia of Brandon; sister, Irene Petrycia (Jake Kosior) of Winnipeg; sister, Alice Petrycia of Brandon; nephew, Greg Urichen (Jennifer) of Dauphin; nephew, Stefan Kosior of Regina; niece, Kathleen Kosior of Winnipeg; and grandnephew, Garret Urichen of Dauphin.
Mary was born in a displaced persons camp in Rosenheim, Germany, after the Second World War. With her parents and her sister Lil, she immigrated to Canada in January 1949. The family lived in various communities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, settling in Brandon in 1962, where Mary attended Brandon Collegiate Institute and Brandon University.
Independent, resourceful, with a teaching certificate in hand, Mary took a position with the Winnipeg School Division. Working full-time and relying on public transit, Mary took night classes and summer school to earn the requisite degrees to improve her opportunities. Mary's entire teaching career was spent with the Winnipeg School Division, where colleagues say she ran her classroom with fairness, good humour, and common-sense discipline, always mindful to the differences and abilities of her students.
Mary made many lifelong and new friendships, because she understood that to have a friend, you had to be a friend. Mary was generous to friends and family with her time and energy, quick to do a favour or to offer help - just many everyday acts of human kindness. The family thanks all her friends from far and wide who wrote her numerous cards and letters and sent gifts and photographs of her from times gone by, to cheer and support her.
With an athletic aptitude, Mary participated in many sports over her lifetime and when it became clear her bad knee would no longer tolerate squash, cycling, running or skiing, she joined the Reh-fit Centre, and took up walking, almost daily for one or two hours, in all kinds of weather, at Fort Whyte and weekly with a walking group. When Mary golfed, it had to be without a cart or score keeping, because it was an opportunity to walk and the score was secondary to the camaraderie.
Mary had an adventurous spirit, coupled with a "what's the worst thing that could happen" attitude. She travelled to impoverished Guyana and Soviet-ruled Ukraine for several summers, as a member of a CIDA-sponsored program to train local teachers. When the Soviet bloc fell, she travelled with her mother to meet her parents' families in Ukraine in 1984 and 1992. She continued to visit Ukraine periodically after her mother's death, and along with Borden and Lil, maintained connections with family there. Mary and Ed spent a couple of winter months in Palm Springs for several years and went on Alaskan and Mediterranean cruises. Mary joined a travel group, seeing places in Italy, Portugal, Turkey, South Africa, China, Chile and other countries. In typical Mary style, she came back from these trips with gifts for everybody and shoes for herself. As one friend said, Mary could always find a great place to buy shoes before her travel companions had unpacked their luggage.
Cremation has taken place and a private family service for Mary was held on Friday, November 13, 2020.
Mary's family kindly requests that all of her friends take a few minutes to honour her memory by visiting her tribute page at EthicalDeathCare.com where memories and stories, published by those who knew her, are available.
In memory of Mary, please consider a donation to the Winnipeg Humane Society or the Lubov Foundation, which funds a safe house for endangered homeless and orphaned young women in Lviv, Ukraine (1085 Main Street, Winnipeg, R2W 3S1).
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Publish Date: Nov 14, 2020
MARY PETRYCIA
July 3, 1948 - November 6, 2020
Arrangements are pending and a longer obituary will follow.
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Simple Cremation & Life Celebrations
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As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 07, 2020, Nov 14, 2020
Condolences & Memories (7 entries)
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Memories that will never be forgotten - Posted by: Walter serediuk (Longtime relationship ) on: Nov 07, 2023
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Memories never forgotten and always remembered forever - Posted by: Walter Serediuk () on: Nov 06, 2023
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Heartfelt condolences to Irene and all the family. 💔 - Posted by: Wendy Eade (Friend of the family) on: Nov 14, 2020
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I taught with Mary at Shaughnessy Park School. Mary was a great teacher and fun colleague. She had quite the sense of humour and was a smart dresser. I especially recall an orangey parka that she purchased one winter, so fashionable! My sincere condolences to her family. - Posted by: June Pospishell (school friend) on: Nov 14, 2020
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Mary and I worked together at John M. King school. She was a caring and dedicated inner-city teacher and a loyal friend. - Posted by: Jim Patterson (friend) on: Nov 14, 2020
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Mary and I worked together at John M. King school. She was a caring and dedicated inner-city teacher and a loyal friend. - Posted by: Jim Patterson (friend) on: Nov 14, 2020
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Mary was a true friend, a kind and helpful person with an adventurous spirit and great sense of fun and liveliness. I will miss her deeply. - Posted by: MARGARET BERTULLI (Friend) on: Nov 09, 2020
