George Edward Bogdanski was born March 15, 1944 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan and died on May 26, 2016 in Victoria, BC after a brief battle with cancer. George like many Prairie boys headed west at a young age during the 1960s. After dabbling with logging on Vancouver Island he finally found his trade in auto repair working in Cowichan Lake, Langford and finally in Victoria. George had a passion for cars, country music, and the outdoors. He was also a true Saskatchewan Roughrider football fan who never wavered through the team’s ups and downs. He was a proud father and grandfather and a loyal friend with a generous character. With a stoic personality on the outside he was caring and kind in the inside. He was a true example of how you can take the boy from the Prairies but you can’t take the Prairies out of the boy, traveling from BC to his hometown on most years to visit his mother, Jenny, and reunite with other family and friends. George is survived by his son Bryan (Maira), granddaughter Sabrina, daughter Erin, brothers Morris, Vic (Paulette), sister Irene (John), nephews Wes (Tammy), Jim, Jack, and Denis and nieces Carol, Sarah and Lisa and cousin Stella and many other cousins. He is predeceased by his mother Jenny Bogdanski and her partner Morris Kowalski and his father John Bogdanski. The family thanks the many doctors and nurses at the Victoria General Hospital who cared for George in his last few weeks. God rest his soul.
