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WIWCHAR: Julia Wiwchar of Canora, SK, passed away peacefully on August 25. Born near Gorlitz, SK in 1925, Julia enjoyed a hard-working and busy farming childhood. Unusual for women of her generation, she went on to become a lifelong career woman. After working at a wartime Toronto munitions factory, she invested her earnings in cosmetology school in Winnipeg. From there she moved onto a long career as operator and manager of the NuFashion beauty parlour and apartment block on Rosser Avenue in Brandon. A very active volunteer and business leader for over 40 years, she was greatly celebrated upon her retirement. She then moved back to the farm where she continued a busy with projects on the home quarter. She is predeceased by her parents Nick and Kate, her sister Martha (and brother-in-law Bob) and her brother Orest. At her request, and in her own understated way, there will be no service. Her family thanks everyone for their well wishes and joins you in cherished memories of a remarkable woman. Friends so wishing may make donations in Julia’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association or to Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer.
As published in Brandon Sun on Sep 20, 2014