Obituary of Emelia Petrukovich

B I O G R A P H Y PETRUKOVICH: Emelia "Millie" Petrukovich passed away in the Lloydminster Hospital on Sunday, October 17, 2004 at the age of 79 years. Millie is survived by: her loving husband Lloyd; one son Robert and his wife Debbie; two grandchildren Chris and Brandi; six brothers and five sisters. The funeral service for Millie was conducted from St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Lloydminster on Friday, October 22, 2004 at 10:00 A.M. with Father Adam Lech officiating. Marlene Risling sang two solos "The 23rd Psalm," and recessional "Bringing in The Sheaves," accompanied on the organ by Donna Weston. Honorary pallbearers were all of Millie's brothers and sisters, her grandchildren Chris and Brandi, and all her nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were: Wally Gooch, Peter Kuzyk, Wayne Johnson, Ernie Brazunas, Glen Enzenauer, Edwin Sand and Vern Holland. Interment followed in the Lloydminster City Cemetery. McCaw Funeral Service Ltd., of Lloydminster administered the funeral arrangements. Card of Thanks In lieu of thank you cards, a donation will be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Millie’s family would like to thank all her friends and relatives who were present at the service, those who sent flowers, cards and brought food, phoned and visited. Thank you to the persons that attended to Millie, 911, ambulance personnel, emergency room staff, Dr. Rogers, air ambulance from Lac La Biche, Father Adam Lech for officiating the service, Glenn McCaw and staff, our most sincere thank you for your efficiency and dedication to your work. Thank you. Brandi, Christopher, Debbie, Robert, Lloyd Eulogy Pastor Frank Johnson, Debbie’s father, did us the honour of conducting the eulogy preceding the service. Thank you. Excerpts from the eulogy are From Brandi Unlike a lot of kids who see their grandparents only on holidays, I was lucky to live right across the road from Grandma. So I got to see her most every day. Thus I have millions of memories that I shall cherish. As a growing child I was always hungry and Grandma was such a good cook, everything she made tasted great, so, often I would stop by before we had dinner or supper at our house and “taste” what Grandma was cooking. Even if normally I didn’t like it, everything was good at grandmas’. She had a special talent. Most of all I will remember how good my Grandma made me feel when I was around her. She was everything any grandchild could ever ask or dream for. She has made me a better person and I thank her for that. Just like that poem about the rose behind the wall, I know she is blooming and shining bright on the other side. I’ll see you again Grandma, until then you shall live in my spirit forever. Thank you Grandma and I love you. From Christopher I would like to thank you for just being you. The Grandma who went out of her way to spoil her grandkids, the mother who never ceased to look after her son and daughter-in-law, and the wife who constantly supported and nurtured her husband for more than 50 years. I love you, Grandma, and I just want you to know that the work I did for you never needed rewarding as working for you was the greatest reward I can imagine. Love Always “Your favoritist little boy” Christopher From Lloyd, Robert & Debbie Emilia - Millie - was a true lady! Words like compassion, dedication, faithful, loving, appreciative, must be used to describe Millie. As the oldest girl of a family of 15 brothers and sisters, she seemed to bring the feeling of stability and togetherness for them. Her love of life extended to her husband, son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Plants and animals also got a good measure of her attention. She would stand in her garden and just look at a plant and see the beauty of it and the plant replied by growing more beautiful and healthy. Millie’s gardens responded by always being very bountiful. Millie’s outlook on life can best be described by a little story on digging potatoes. Long rows of potatoes would have intimidated most people to dig them up, but Millie would dig one hill, see how many were there and think ‘I wonder how many are under the next hill’ and soon all the potatoes would have received her attention. Millie’s prowess in the kitchen was another major accomplishment. Good wholesome meals came from the stove tops and ovens. Bread, pies, stews such as Hungarian Goulash, were placed on the table for one and all. Millie loved cooking, and was very good at that. One of Millie’s pastimes was shopping. Millie would say ‘take me to Zellers.’ There she would wander down the aisles, looking for nothing, but looking at everything. Finding a bargain of some shoes or a sweater would really make her day! Millie was always very neat and clean. This extended to her home. Floors you could eat off, walls received her attention, dust did not dare to enter our home and if it did, it was soon history. Before Millie left to go anywhere, tables were cleared, dishes washed, beds made and any other thing that wasn’t in the right place was soon there. Millie had a passion for cleanliness. Millie excelled as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Millie was # one. One of my co-workers, a welder, and I were talking about life in general, marriage in particular, he had a saying that I thought was very fitting, “I make a living and my wife makes it worthwhile.” For more than fifty years this has been very true. Thank you Millie for life’s work well done. We love you! Lloyd, Robert & Debbie