TUESDAY, May 15, 2018

Katherine Tymburksi

1926 – 2018

Mrs. Katherine Frances (Wiens) Tymburski, beloved wife of the late Mr. Peter Tymburski, was taken into the Lord’s presence with Pastor and family by her side at St. Michael’s Palliative Care Centre, after a brief illness, on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the age of 92 years.

Katherine (Wiens) Tymburski was born in Stepanovka, Russia and together with her parents, Helena (Friesen) Wiens and Franz Wiens emigrated to Canada in 1926 at the age of six months.

Katherine was the eldest of eight siblings. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Peter Tymburski; her parents Franz (Dad, Opa) and Helena (Mom, Oma) Wiens; three brothers Abram and wife Helena and their two sons, Frank, and Neil; three sisters Ellen Hildebrand and her son, Lucille Wiens and Mary Tymburski as well as her brother-in-law, Ralph Wyton.

She leaves to mourn Peter’s four children and their spouses, Gloria (Ron) Dueck, Diane (Peter) Starrenburg, William (Janet) Tymburski, Calvin (Anita) Tymburski, their children and grandchildren; her sister Ruth; sisters-in-law Olive Wiens, Erma Rieper, Mary Insley, Rose Zgurski, Sandra (Alfred) Ebner and Leslie (Melvin) Barton; brother-in-law John Hildebrand, and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews whom she could all name and cherished deeply.

Her life of service included being a missionary with the Mennonite Brethren Foreign Missions in both the Congo and Brazil. After coming back home she, together with her sister Lucille, were the caregivers for their elderly parents. Her love of gardening and cooking was a wonderful gift to her and to all of us. This continued after she moved to Lethbridge creating showpieces of her ‘green thumb’ abilities, and her cooking expertise.

In 2002, she married Peter Tymburski and together they enjoyed their garden and church lives, some travel and hosting family and friends with good food.

In 2010, her beloved Peter suffered a stroke and was cared for at Park Meadows Good Samaritans while Katherine moved to The Blue Sky Lodge. The Lord took Peter home in 2013 and Katherine continued to reside at The Blue Sky Lodge until she was hospitalized in early April of this year.

Family and friends are invited to pay their respects between 5:00pm and 7:00pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610 – 4 Street South, Lethbridge, AB.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00am on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at COALDALE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH, 2114 – 18 Street, Coaldale, AB., with Pastor Lorne Willms officiating.

A Graveside Service will take place at 10:00am on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in the Coaldale Mennonite Cemetery.

For those who wish, memorial donations in Katherine’s name may be made to the Gideon’s Lethbridge Camp, c/o John Regier, 2225 – 27 Avenue S., Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 6K5.

Visit http://www.mbfunerals.com to send a private condolence.

Valerie Anne Griffin

25 January 1955 – 7 May, 2018

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3

Valerie Griffin passed away 7 May, 2018, aged 63. She will be lovingly remembered by her family. She leaves behind two sons, Laurence Griffin (with his wife Lyndsay, and their sons Ashton and Lyric) and Mark Griffin; two sisters, Beverley Rayner and Annette Lanoue, and their families. She was predeceased by her parents Gordon and Fernley Rayner, and her brother Lawrence.

Valerie was born in England and immigrated to Canada in 1979. She lived in Sicamous BC where she had her family, later moving to Vernon BC and then to Lethbridge.

Valerie was a committed Christian. She loved the Lord, and her faith was the firm foundation of all she did. She was loving, generous, and kind to all who knew her. Despite her own limited resources she found ways to bless others she knew, giving without reservation.

She’ll be missed and lovingly remembered.