Kryzanowski, Marie Josephine Elizabeth was born July 8, 1933 to Philip & Mary Forest in North Battleford. Marie married Thomas Kryzanowski November 16, 1953. They had 4 children. To Marie her family was first and foremost. When the kids were growing up, she would sew them clothes and winter jackets, quite often making her own patterns. Marie did sewing for other people in the community as well. Many people were also the recipients of her knitted siwash sweaters, crocheted doilies, and tablecloths. When the grandchildren were of school age, Marie crocheted little Christmas stockings and Easter baskets for everyone in their classrooms. One Christmas she crocheted 250 stockings for the whole school. Marie loved Christmas and loved to bake. She especially enjoyed it when the grandchildren would come over and ask to decorate the cookies. Marie loved to be involved in the grandchildren's lives. Their visits even when they became adults and were married were extremely important to her. She was always interested in what they were doing. One of her favourite phrases to them as they would introduce her to new things was " welcome to the 21st century." She loved to feed people, and as soon as you walked in the door for a visit, she would sit you down to the table and put a large meal in front of you. Tom and Marie loved to travel and camp especially in the mountains. They made many trips on Toms Harley Davidson motorcycle. Tom would fondly tell the story of the year that Marie "twiddled her thumbs around the world". She didn't have to look at her work while crocheting, so she figured she should be able to sight see and crochet while being a passenger on the bike. She took along a shoulder bag to put her crochet cotton in & crocheted a lot of items while they travelled that year. Marie was an extremely courageous person that always put others first. She had a great sense of adventure and was also willing to go on solo adventures. She enjoyed touring Vancouver, even when her hearing was failing, she would venture out on her own, walking or taking the bus everywhere that her heart lead her. Marie worked at River Heights Lodge for 26 years as a care aide, retiring in 1996. In the past 15 years, Marie’s hearing started to go. She ended up with profound hearing loss so she did not socialize outside of the immediate family circle. She would go to the Co-op daily for her newspaper and a few groceries but would often avoid people that she knew, just so she would not have to respond to their questions as she was not able to hear them. Tom and Marie had loved each other dearly, so when Tom passed away in August 2013, Marie was broken hearted. In May 2015, Marie moved into River Heights Lodge as a resident. Marie did not disclose to others how much her health had gone downhill. In July, Marie was diagnosed with cancer, but with her heart condition, surgery was not an option, nor was chemo. Marie took this in stride, with comments like, "well, I'm 82 years old" or “there are people who are worse off than me" or " I'm okay, don't worry about me." Marie passed away on November 5, 2015 with several of her family members and pastor Keith Klippenstein with her. “Mom (Grandma), we know you are no longer in pain and we know you are riding with Dad (Grandpa) in Heaven on the Wings of Angels. Mom, We love you lots and we will miss you dearly”. Marie leaves to mourn her passing; four children: Theodore (Nadine MacCumber), Debra (Brian) Southgate, Roy (Connie Jamieson), Kim (Graham ) Henderson; 9 grandchildren: Evelyn (Dustin) Reynolds, Zane (Lani) Southgate, Nancy (Chum) Denis, Anita (Tyson) Blum, Kevin and Sarah Henderson, Mikayla Kryzanowski , Donovin and Jacob MacCumber; Three great grandchildren: Trenton and Timothy Blum, Kylee Reynolds; step granddaughter Jamie Jamieson, step great grandchildren, Kaitlin, Britney and Dawn Jamieson. Marie was predeceased by her husband, Thomas, the love of her life for 60 years; her parents Philip and Mary Forest, brother Joe Forest; father-in-law and mother-in-law Rudolph and Eva Kryzanowski; several brother in laws and sister in laws. Funeral was held on November 14, 2015 at Territorial Drive Alliance Church with Pastor Keith Klippenstein officiating. Donations in memory of Marie Kryzanowski can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Saskatoon or the North Battleford SPCA humane Society. Arrangements for the late Marie Kryzanowski were entrusted to Robert MacKay of Battlefords Funeral Service , North Battleford Saskatchewan.
CARD OF THANKS
A special thank you to Dr. Patricia Campbell for the health care you gave Mom over the past several years. You were so compassionate with her. Thank you to Dr. J. Johnson and the staff of RHL for the health care that you gave Mom while she was in the lodge. Thank you to Pastor Keith Klippenstein for your compassion and visits with Mom. Thank you to all those who took part in the funeral service in honouring Mom. Thank you to everyone who sent flowers, food, cards, it was greatly appreciated. Also a Special Thank you so much to Bob MacKay of Battlefords Funeral Service for your compassion and getting us through this difficult time.
