FRANCES OLGA PENNER
(nee YAGILASHEK)
Peacefully, on Tuesday,
November 20, 2012, after a lengthy struggle with cancer and Alzheimer's disease,
Frances Olga Penner, went home to be with Jesus.
Left to forever cherish Frances’
memory are her loving husband, Jaxon Penner of 58 years of marriage; 6
children: son Kerry (Donna) of North Carolina; daughter Jodeen (Jim Stewart) of
Winnipeg; son Darrell (Connie) of Devon, AB; daughter Cathy (Roland LaFleche)
of Saskatoon, SK; daughter Lisa (Mike Wells) of Calgary, AB; and son Jim of
Brisbane, Australia. Also grieving are her many grand and great grandchildren;
Mikayla Penner, Shaun Stewart (Laura) and children Sam, Hannah and Thomas;
Rebecca (Jason Gietz) and children Brooklynn, Liam and Charlotte; Brendan
Stewart (Sarah) and son James; Mary, Patrick and Robert Stewart; Callie, Lauren
and Cameron Penner and Kevin McPherson; Edmund, Vanessa and Annie LaFleche;
Mitchell, Jeremy and Madelyn Wells; and Charlotte, Zachariah and Olivia Penner.
Frances was born in The Pas, MB in 1932 to Peter
and Helen Yagilashek. She was predeceased by her parents and her sister,
Elizabeth Sawiak. She is survived by her brothers Edward (Marianne) and Leonard
(Margaret).
Frances
loved life. Her enthusiasm and humour enlivened everyone she met. She cherished
her faith and her family in equal measure, wholeheartedly. She inspired so many
with her fervent love for her Saviour, Jesus Christ. Frances relished her
career as an RN. She graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of
Nursing in 1953 and worked in a variety of positions throughout her career;
reaching her pinnacle as Director of Nursing at Pinaow Wachi Seniors Complex in
Norway House, MB before retiring.
Together, Frances and
Jaxon spent their retirement travelling the world, visiting their far afield
descendants and working with orphans in Mexico before illness grounded her.
When Frances was 70, they walked a significant part of the Camino de Santiago
in Spain as a pilgrimage for the intentions of all their family members.
Frances had an irrepressible spirit of adventure, a desire to serve and an
infectious joy.
Funeral
Liturgy will be Celebrated on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in St.
Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 2400 Portage Avenue, with Rev. Fr. José
Eduardo Medeiros, presiding. Interment will follow in Assumption Roman Catholic
Cemetery, 3990 Portage Avenue.
We wish to especially
acknowledge Jodeen Stewart and her family for their dedicated, loving care of
Mom for all those months in their home, and thank the staff of 3 South at the
Grace Hospital for their kindness and exemplary treatment of Frances in the
months before her death.
Wojcik’s Funeral Chapel
in care of arrangements.
“Her children rise up to
praise her”
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