It is with great sadness that Donnie & Myron announce the passing of their beloved mother, grandmother & great grandmother, Muriel Tkatchuk on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Muriel's father Petro Kotyk settled on a farm in the Whitkow area. He married Anna Yawarski where they were blessed with four children, one son & three daughters. Mary (Nick) Fryz who resided in Saskatoon. Two daughters & one son. (Helen, Slayvia & Ernie). Muriel (Peter) Tkatchuk lived in North Battleford. They had two sons (Donnie & Myron). Olga (Leslie) Martin lived on a farm in rural North Battleford. They have three daughters (Shirley, Linda, Cathy). Fred (Anne) Kotyk lived on the farm until 1961 and moved to Whitkow where they had a General Store & Post Office. They had two sons (Ron & Boris). Muriel married Peter Tkatchuk and moved to a farmsite in the Ranger District on highway 40 to start a new life. It was hard work breaking land & raising a family. In 1955 they moved to the Battlefords. Now she had two houses to look after. If you knew Muriel, everything had to be tidy. She even had time to sing in the church choir & do little needle point. You knew she loved the outdoors, because she would be working in the garden, cutting grass, sweeping the sidewalks & even the road. "Everybody said she should be working for the City." (ha ha), shoveling snow in winter and a lot of walking in her later life. She enjoyed her sports from hockey, curling and tennis just to get her blood pressure up. When everything was all done she made dad take her to the City. "You guessed it", to get her hair done, that was very important. When dad passed away she had to make new friends in the apartments in Kildeer! I think that's when she found her addiction to Tim Horton's. If we showed up empty handed to visit her we were in trouble. She lived at Harwood Manor for the remaining years. We are all going to miss that beautiful smile you always had! Special thanks to Dr. Jeffery Hesselson & staff and to the Harwood Manor & staff for all their help.
