Mrs. Adele Kereliuk

Obituary

Adele was born Adela Koropatniski on September 28, 1925, the first child of Fred

and Katie (nee Dumanski) Koropatniski in Sheho, Saskatchewan. Twelve years

later, Adele was blessed with a sister Emily.

When Adele was born, more birds started to sing and flowers continued to

bloom. She was a beautiful young girl whose beauty continued to flourish.

In her late teens, Adele taught at a few one room, country schools. She loved to

share her appreciation of nature and life with young minds, at all times with an

emphasis on arithmitic, reading and writing – she fulfilled all these.

Then she met Bill (William) Kereliuk, a charming young man in an Air Force

uniform. Bill and Adele married in the summer of 1946, Bill in his uniform.

They lived on various military bases in Canada: Dawson Creek BC,

WInnipeg MB and Summerside PEI. Eventually, they settled in Aylmer PQ where

they operated a small hotel. They played many fun games of Hola with the

Zaparyniuk family when they came to visit from Montreal.

When they moved to Toronto, Adele resumed her teaching , first taking

additional teaching courses, and then back to the classroom. Bill was the long

time Executive Director of St. Volodymyr Institute.

She loved to paint as a hobby, then it became her passion. Adele loved plants,

flowers, interesting architecture and the human figure. She saw so much beauty

in nature and the world around her.

Adele also exhumed beauty – she was graceful, vibrant, interesting, kind and

had a great sense of humour. She had such ‘joie de vivre’.

Bill and Adele retired to Mississauga ON where Bill passed away in 2008.

Adele moved on with her life, continuing to paint, volunteering at the Ukrainian

Museum of Canada (ON Branch) and the Ukrainian Womens’ Association, Long

Branch. She enjoyed her Widows and Widowers events, her 10-pin bowling

league, dancing engagements, travel and entertaining at home.

Many of us have great memories of Adele – a beautiful person who shared her

love of life, always with a positive attitude and warm smile.

Adele is survived by her sister, Emily Korpatnicki of Toronto and many in the

Dumanski, Korpatnicki and Kereliuk families, as well as her dear loving friend

Trevor.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Adele’s choice of charities:

Ukrainian Museum of Canada (ON Branch), Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Sheho

SK, St. Demetrius Orthodox Church, Etobicoke ON, St. Volodymyr Institute,

Toronto ON, All Saints Chapel, Oakville ON, Sleeping Children Around the

World, Canada, Canada Ukraine Foundation, Doctors Without Borders and

Covenant House.

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