Thursday, January 16, 2020
Dear John, Sheldon, Keith and families,
Greg and I are very sorry for the loss of your dear Mum and family matriarch. Edna was beautiful, devoted to her family, her pupils, church and to my hometown of Transcona, Manitoba. My siblings (Peter and Susan) and I lived in our first childhood home just two doors away from your family on Regent Avenue East. In those days, those "doors" were just empty lots and gosh, did we have fun running back and forth to play. Such memorable high jinks ! Edna's wonderful memoir, A Prairie Girl's Life: The Story of The Reverend Edna Lenora Perry, says it all. Sadly, when our father, Peter Bachinsky, died of leukaemia at the age of 37 on August 8, 1953, Jack and Edna helped our mother and Ukrainian-immigrant grandparents enormously. Plus as an added bonus, years before I met my husband, Greg, Edna had taught him Science at Lord Selkirk School in Elmwood. To this day, our family friendship endures and your parents' good influence upon us remains profound. Our family is blessed to have known Edna.
Vichnaya pamyat ("forever remembered"),
Greg & Evelyn (nee Bachinsky) Kozoriz
