MAE RAKAI

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MAE RAKAI (nee LIGHT) July 13, 1927 - Janowka, Volhynia, Poland July 19, 2016 - Taber, Alberta Mae Rakai, aged 89, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 in Taber, Alberta. Mae was born on July 13, 1927 in Janowka, Volhynia, Poland, the daughter of Gustav and Paulina Light. She immigrated as an infant with family to Canada in 1929. Mae was predeceased by her husband Joseph Michael Rakai; her parents; three brothers, Robert in infancy, Henry, George; three sisters and three brothers-in-law, Erma and Ralph Jonasson, Erna and Al Wenzel, Elizabeth and James Finzel; and daughter-in-law, Catherine Rakai. Mae is survived by children, Robert (Janice Wilkinson), James, John (Penny), Kathryn Klym, and Kenneth; her sister, Ruth (Ted) Grimm; two sisters-in-law, Pearl Light and Loretta Light; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mae often fondly recalled being raised on the family farm in East Selkirk, Manitoba, raising her children in Arborg, Manitoba and enjoying retirement in Enderby, British Columbia and Medicine Hat, Alberta. A special thank you to the staff of Linden View in Taber, Alberta. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, July 22, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at THE PATTISON CHAPEL with Life Celebrant, David Townsend. Interment will follow in the Hillside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society, Alberta and Northwest Territories, 547 4 St. SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 0K7. To e-mail an expression of sympathy, please direct it to: pattfh@telusplanet.net subject heading: Mae Rakai, or you may visit www.pattisonfuneralhome.com and leave a message of condolence. Arrangements are by the PATTISON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM, 540 South Railway St. SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 2V6, 1-866-526-2214

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 22, 2016