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LILLIAN DOROTHY SOKAL
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LILLIAN DOROTHY SOKAL
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lil Sokal of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, at 86 years of age. She passed after a short illness with family and friends by her side during her journey.
She is survived by her daughter, Kim Link (husband Greg), son Grant Sokal (wife Donna); grandchildren, Rachel (Matty), Mitchell (Emilia), Grace (Jaden), great-grandchildren, Charlotte and Lincoln, and brothers, Wes (Sylvia), Les (Muriel) and Garry (Kathy) Jeske and brother-in-law Ervin Sagert. She was predeceased by her husband Paul, grandson Michael Link, parents, Bill and Della Jeske, and sisters, Sarah Knispel, Ann Higgs, and Ruth Sagert.
She was born in Minitonas, Manitoba where she spent her early years helping on the family farm and helping raise her young brothers.
She moved to Winnipeg as a teenager where she found employment in the Valley Room at Eaton’s downtown. In 1961 she caught the eye of a striking young man after a baseball game. A year later Paul and Lil were married and in 1963 they started their family. They made their first family home on Belmont Avenue and soon moved to beautiful East St. Paul in 1967. They were a formidable pair raising their children side by side, working alongside each other at their trailer making business of Sokal Industries and building their dream cabin in Lac du Bonnet in 1979.
She loved her kids and their friends from Rebeck Road, her plentiful garden, and their yearly camping trips from Montreal to the Rockies in dad’s homemade motorhomes. She curled at the East St. Paul Curling Club for over 40 years dating back to when Kim and Grant were young enough to be babysat at the club while she curled.
After Paul’s passing, she fulfilled the dream they had together, and moved to the cabin in Lac du Bonnet in 2010.
She was a great mom, grandma, great-grandma and friend. We will miss her famous quilts that are cherished by many, and her always present potato salad and carrot cake.
We would like to thank the staff of the hospitals of Health Sciences Centre, Pinawa, St. Boniface, Selkirk and Seven Oaks. She had quite a journey the past five months and there are many in the health care system that we are very thankful for. If you wish to donate, please consider a contribution to the St. Boniface Foundation (specifying Registered Nurses Alumni) at www.stbhf.ca
A celebration of Lil’s life will be held on Thursday, September 28 at 2:00 p./m., at Glen Eden, 4477 Main Street, West St. Paul, MB. Interment and reception to follow.
Friends and family are invited to visit Lil’s memorial page at www.interlakecremation.ca, where memories and condolences may be shared.
Publish Date: Sep 23, 2023
LILLIAN DOROTHY SOKAL
Peacefully in the early morning hours of September 13, 2023, Lillian passed away at the St. Boniface Hospital at the age of 86 years.
A celebration of Lil’s life will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Glen Eden Funeral Home, 4477 Main Street, West St. Paul, MB.
Complete obituary to appear in next Saturday’s edition.
Arrangements entrusted to Interlake Cremation & Memorial Services.
Publish Date: Sep 16, 2023
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Sep 16, 2023, Sep 23, 2023
Condolences & Memories (6 entries)
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Love & hugs to you all. My favorite sister in law is gone 💔 to be with my favorite brother who left us way too early. Thinking of you, may you know Gods comfort. Love, John & Jean deGroot - Posted by: Jean deGroot & john deGroot (Sister in law) on: Sep 30, 2023
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We would like to extend our sincerest condolences to the Sokal family on the passing of Lil. Wayne, Patricia, Ryan and Eryn Butterfield - Posted by: Butterfield Family (Friend) on: Sep 28, 2023
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Offering my special condolences from the Tom Lester family to the Sokal families and their family and friends. LiL was soft spoken full of knowledge for her family, recreation passions, and work but always worth listening to and you came away that engaging in conversation was always worthwhile. God bless and rest in peace. - Posted by: Dan Lester & Tom Lester family, Alice, Lisa, & Curtis (Friend) on: Sep 27, 2023
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I'm so sad to hear of Lil's passing. She was my fave patient at the LDB Health Centre. She always brought me in her homemade dish clothes. We'd always talk about curling and her daughter's senior champ curling team!! I can't believe she is gone, I'm gonna miss our little chats so much!! Condolences to the whole family!! 😢 - Posted by: Alex Dancyt (Friend) on: Sep 25, 2023
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WE WISH TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO KIM (GREG), GRANT (DONNA) & FAMILIES WIH THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER. MAY THE FOND MEMORIES YOU HAVE HELP YOU IN THIS TIME OF SORROW! DURING MY EMPLOYMENT W/SOKAL INDUSTRIES, LIL WAS ALWAYS KIND TO ME! GEOFF NATYNA & NANCY VOOGT - Posted by: GEOFFREY NATYNA (EMPLOYEE OF SOKAL INDUSTRIES) on: Sep 25, 2023
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My heartfelt condolences. I feel so privileged to have known Lil and shared in so many family gatherings with her. Her quilts, her dish clothes and scrubbies are a staple in my home. There is no one in the world like your Mom, she was a very generous and kind soul. I hope you find peace and joy in the many wonderful memories you have shared. Love to you all. Laurie B. - Posted by: Laurie Barthels (family friend) on: Sep 23, 2023