Left to greatly miss and lovingly remember Joanna are her sons Leonard (Krystyna), Ronald (Joyce), Melvin (Mary); grandchildren Caroline, David, Lea, Shannon and Cory; great-grandchildren Torrie, Tristan, Wyatt, Brooklyn and Phoenix; sister Alice Kosie; brothers Tim (Therese) and Herb (Rose); and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband Clifford; son Gordon; and grandson Dalen.
Joanna was born and raised in Fisher Branch. She always said how much she enjoyed growing up on the farm and how she missed it. She spoke with great fondness of all her relatives and friends. She always looked forward to visits with them.
Joanna was a very proud and encouraging mother, grandmother and great- grandmother. She treasured many dear friends in her life who she drew strength from in different ways. She will be forever missed.
On Monday, November 12, 2012 a Service of Remembrance will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel of Memories in Wojcik's Funeral Chapel, 1020 Main Street at Manitoba Avenue. Interment will take place in Assumption Roman Catholic Cemetery at a later date.
Our family thanks the management and friends at Amber Meadows and Seven Oaks Hospital care givers for their support.
Wojcik's Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements.
-- As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 10, 2012
Further:
MB Birth Registration #1917,020196
An account of her childhood and that of her family as pioneers in the Marble Ridge / Fisher Branch area of Manitoba is available in the local history captured in the book "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch and surrounding towns" (1982), pp 387 to 390
Left to greatly miss and lovingly remember Joanna are her sons Leonard (Krystyna), Ronald (Joyce), Melvin (Mary); grandchildren Caroline, David, Lea, Shannon and Cory; great-grandchildren Torrie, Tristan, Wyatt, Brooklyn and Phoenix; sister Alice Kosie; brothers Tim (Therese) and Herb (Rose); and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband Clifford; son Gordon; and grandson Dalen.
Joanna was born and raised in Fisher Branch. She always said how much she enjoyed growing up on the farm and how she missed it. She spoke with great fondness of all her relatives and friends. She always looked forward to visits with them.
Joanna was a very proud and encouraging mother, grandmother and great- grandmother. She treasured many dear friends in her life who she drew strength from in different ways. She will be forever missed.
On Monday, November 12, 2012 a Service of Remembrance will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel of Memories in Wojcik's Funeral Chapel, 1020 Main Street at Manitoba Avenue. Interment will take place in Assumption Roman Catholic Cemetery at a later date.
Our family thanks the management and friends at Amber Meadows and Seven Oaks Hospital care givers for their support.
Wojcik's Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements.
-- As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 10, 2012
Further:
MB Birth Registration #1917,020196
An account of her childhood and that of her family as pioneers in the Marble Ridge / Fisher Branch area of Manitoba is available in the local history captured in the book "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch and surrounding towns" (1982), pp 387 to 390
Family Members
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Alida Cornelia "Ali" Vandersteen Toonstra
1909–1980
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Cornelia Johanna "Cora" Vandersteen Braun Rebiffe
1911–2008
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Cornelius Vandersteen
1912–1912
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Mary Vandersteen Hope
1913–1980
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Cornelius John "Case" Vandersteen Jr
1915–1999
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Paul Johannes Paulus Vandersteen
1919–1985
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John Vandersteen
1921–2006
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Tim Mathias "Timothy" Vandersteen
1923–2022
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Alice Mary Vandersteen Kosie
1928–2019
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Gerards "Gerry" Vandersteen
1929–1930
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