Joseph David Masich
February 25, 1928 – March 1, 2014

Joe Masich, a long time farmer in the Bladworth and Davidson districts, passed away in Davidson on Saturday, March 1 at the age of eighty-six.
Joe’s parents Joseph and Mary (Balen) Masich homesteaded near Bladworth in 1914. After a tornado in 1948 destroyed the Bladworth farmstead, the family moved southwest of Davidson to the Herb Stewart farm. The early years were filled with hard work, neighbours helping neighbours and strong family values.
Joe was predeceased by his parents and two sisters, Kathleen (Kay) Meints and Josephine (Jo) Duchscher. Joe is survived by his sister Emilie Dougans, three brothers Dan (Elaine), John (Ivy) and Larry; as well as many nephews and nieces and their children.
We are deeply grateful to the staff at the Davidson Health Centre and to Dr. Lang for the exceptional care given to Joe. For friends so wishing memorials in memory of Joe may be directed to the Davidson and District Health Foundation or to a charity of choice.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Hanson’s Funeral Service Ltd.

Patricia (PAT) Anne (Russell) Pavelich
August 9, 1936 – February 15, 2014
The family is saddened to announce the peaceful passing of Mother and Grandmother Pat Pavelich on February 15, 2014 at Davidson Health Centre.
Pat was survived by her husband of 54 years Vincent Pavelich; daughters: Anne (Wayne) Willner, Sonia (Les) Howells, and Trudy (Shawn) Smith; eight granddaughters: Crystal (Josh) Inwood, Cassandra (Randy) Cerniuk, Cayla (Art) Grasby, Candice Howells, Chelsey Willner, Aleah Willner, Jasmine Smith and Bailey Smith; great-grandchildren: Madyson, Matt, Brooklyn and Mason Cerniuk, and Cole Inwood; sister, Linda (Dennis) Huck; brothers, Gene (Joyce) Thompson and Lynn (Catherine Thompson); aunts, Joan (Leroy) Arnst and Patricia Wilson; life time friend Ruth Book as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and in-laws. Pat was predeceased by mother Anne Russell, father Fred Russell, stepmother Joyce Russell, sister Sandy Siemens, brother Kenneth Thompson and special aunt Eva Schiller as well as many other family members and in-laws.
The Mass of Christian Burial was held on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 2 p.m. at Saint Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, Kenaston, Sask. Celebrant was Rev. Fr. Joseph Gyim-Austin. Music was provided by organist Mary Jane Morrison and the St. Andrew’s Choir directed by Patti Hertz. Active pallbearers were Pat’s granddaughters, urn bearers Crystal Inwood and Bailey Smith. Pallbearers were Cassandra Cerniuk, Cayla Grasby, Candice Howells, Chelsey Willner, Aleah Willner and Jasmine Smith. Interment was at the Family Plot, St. Andrew’s Cemetery, Kenaston, Sask.
The following is the tribute presented by Susan Anholt:
Patricia Anne Russell was born to Fred and Anne Russell in 1936 in Rouleau, Sask. Pat’s mom, Anne Russell was a school teacher and her career had taken her to Cactus Lake where she met Fred Russell.
Fred joined the army in 1939 and served until the end of the war. Fred and Anne were divorced in 1942, only to reunite and remarry in 1946. Anne Russell died in 1952 shortly after the birth of Pat’s only sibling Sandra. As a widower with a tiny infant, Fred later married Joyce, a widow and mother of four, Gene, Lynn, Linda and Ken. Joyce assumed the role of mothering baby Sandra. Pat was 15 and soon was away from home to finish her grade 12 in Francis Sask., living with her Aunt Eva and Tony Schiller. Clearly these formative years were to have a great influence over Pat.
Following the completion of high school, Pat was hired as a study supervisor at Kerrobert School. Pat worked in this capacity for one year until the time of her eighteenth birthday, when she joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Pat was stationed in St. Jean, Quebec for basic training from November 1954 to February 1955. After training she was stationed in Ottawa and worked in the army dental corp. as a dental assistant. Pat was discharged in 1957, ready to move on to a new career.
Pat then attended Teacher’s College in Saskatoon; at that time a one year program. Upon graduation she immediately accepted a teaching position at Briggs School east of Kenaston. This rural school held familiarity for Pat as she had experienced living in a teacherage with her mother. Pat taught at Briggs School from 1958 to 1960.
Now in 1958 when a new, young, single teacher arrived to a farming community, the young farmers were quick to check out the new teacher. This was true for Vincent Pavelich and in 1959 Pat and Vincent were married. Apparently that charming Croatian won her heart!
Their first daughter Anne was born in 1960, followed by Sonia in 1962. The family was completed by the birth of Trudy in 1967.
During her time in the Kenaston community Pat has been a homemaker, a farmer’s wife with all that entails, a very competitive pitcher with the Kenaston Kuties, teacher, long-serving bus driver, bartender and co-manager of Traveller’s Service from 1986 – 1994.
Through these years Pat and her accordion were a familiar team at a house warming, birthday party, Christmas carolling, trail ride or ladies bonspiel. We could always count on Pat to lead a singsong long into the evening; many of us have fond memories of “Oh Me, Oh My”, “Oh Good Bye Blues” or my favorite “When Moses Was”. Over the years Pat’s repertoire evolved to Praise choruses and she used her gifts to entertain at the Seniors Center, Prairie View Lodge and AGlow events along with Idelle Westman and Connie Chomyshen. Pat enjoyed this so much she had her favourite choruses printed onto overhead transparencies so everyone could take part…
In 1993 Pat opted for the peaceful existence of town; moving first into the low rental units on Central Avenue then in 1994 purchasing her home at 609 – 4th Street. This residence was easily recognized due to the “Pat’s Reflexology” shingle hanging at the front of the house. For Pat, reflexology was another form of healing and whether it was the deep massage or the prayer that went along with it, clearly she was successful!
In recent years Pat has been a member of Kenaston Seniors and she was happy to spend time visiting and laughing with her peers.
Pat was a Christian who worshipped in the Roman Catholic tradition. She felt that she was fortunate to have the opportunity to study with various faith groups and Christian denominations. This experience gave her a working knowledge of the Bible and a living faith. Pat’s love of music has extended into this church as over the years it has been a rare sight to see her usual spot in the choir empty.
Pat wanted to have the miracles of her life acknowledged to you, her friends and family today.
• Her first miracle was seeing each of her beautiful girls for the first time.
• Pat experienced the miracle of sobriety in 1980 when she joined AA; through this affiliation she finally addressed her lifelong anger at God for the loss of her mother during her teenage years.
• The 1986 miracle of receiving Christ as her personal Saviour, and it was very important to Pat to acknowledge that she received the gift of the Holy Spirit when a Catholic priest anointed her with oil.
• The 1988 miracle of the complete healing of an aneurism on her aorta through prayer and laying on of hands.
• The miracle of seeing each of her grandchildren for the first time; experiencing all of the joy and none of the pain. Each grandchild was so important to Pat; you had only to watch her face in their presence to see her pride, joy and love!
• The miracle of seeing her sister Sandy experience a remission from cancer in order to receive Christ as her personal Saviour before a recurrence finally ended Sandy’s life.
• The miracle of completing Lay Formation training at the age of 63 to 65.
She was very thankful to AA for giving her God, her dear friend Ruth for leading her to Christ, Patti for teaching confirmation, Bishop Halpin for confirming her, Father Peter Couglin for baptizing her in the Holy Spirit and Margaret Ann, Lawrence and Bea for witnessing her baptism, Kathy and Ivan Hitchings and George Rolheiser for lay formation, and to Sparky, Connie and Angie for nourishing her love of music.
Pat was very proud of Anne, Sonia and Trudy, each with their own achievement and gifts. Vincent remained her good friend and love of her life to the end.
Memories of the grandchildren:
• Candice remembers grandma riding her bike to their house and having grandma singing the “Going to the Garden to eat Worms” song.
• Cayla remembers grandma always giving thoughtful Christmas gifts and telling her that she was proud of her for becoming a teacher.
• Crystal remembers watching question period on CPAC with grandma along with Blue Jays baseball, and specifically their favorite short stop, the hunky Alex Gonzalez. Maybe 2014 will be their year!
• Chelsey and Aleah remember hot dogs for two weeks during swimming lessons, her amazing driving skills, grace, Cowboy Church in the shop at the family reunion, playing piano with her and singing “God loves You”.
• Bailey remembers asking Grandma to share her pink lipstick and finally Grandma Pat saying you might as well just have that lipstick!
• Jasmine reflected that Grandma’s faith and relationship with God was a beautiful thing. Jasmine stated “She never pushed her feelings on me, but would be the first to pray for me. She taught me that God loves me and she loves me and that’s the way it should be…Hallelujah!”
• Cassandra remembers that Grandma Pat instilled a love of music in all of her granddaughters, they all have memories of singing along as she played the accordion or piano with grandpa backing her up on the spoons and the kids with shaker eggs.
Pat was true to those who she counted as friends and would come to their defense in any circumstance. If you knew Pat at all you knew she was a character. You will also know that Pat did not leave much to chance. Pat asked me to do her eulogy many years ago. In true Pat style she concluded the request with the words “you know, you weren’t my first choice but Ruth said she wouldn’t do it!” I laughed at the time and have laughed about that statement so many times since!” We all need a friend like Pat, they keep you honest!
I will close with Pat’s message to you all, “I want everyone here to know I am happy in eternity. And thanks for coming.”
For friends so wishing memorials in memory of Pat may be directed to the St. Andrew’s Church Fund, Kenaston Sask.; Saskatchewan Heart and Stroke Fund or to the Saskatchewan Diabetic Association.
Hanson’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Crabbe
Marjorie Ann Crabbe, widow of Jim Crabbe of Bladworth was found deceased on Feb. 14. “Slim” was the youngest child of Walter and Elva Millard. She was predeceased by her loving husband Jim and her parents.
She leaves to mourn her brothers, Glen and George Millard and her sister Joyce Semenchuck as well as numerous friends.
It was Marj’s request that no funeral be held and in lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Alzheimers Society or the Davidson Golf Course.

Bernice Jaremicki
March 8, 1952 – February 23, 2014
Bernice passed away suddenly in Craik on Feb. 23, 2014 at the age of 61. She is predeceased by her parents Arthur and Julia Mehalicz. She is survived by her daughters Cindy Jaremicki (Stephen Andreas) and Donna Jaremicki (Jason Hay); grandchildren Paige and Jaden; brothers George and David (Sandy) and niece Kennedi. A funeral service was held on Friday, February 28, 2014 at 2 p.m. from St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Craik, Sask. Hanson’s Funeral home of Davidson in care of arrangements.

Frier
On February 4, 2014, Hilda Rosalinda Frier (nee Schmiedge) passed peacefully into God’s arms at the age of 87 years. Hilda was predeceased by her loving husband Lorne in 1997 and by all of their brothers and sisters as well. She is survived by her children: Connie (Wayne) Townsend, Debbie (Don) Crabbe and Kelly Frier; grandchildren: Shane (Trina) Townsend, Dawn (Cory) Harsch, Tyler Crabbe, Meagan (Craig) Oudot, Dillon (Jamie) Crabbe, Kevin Frier and Corey Frier; ten great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law Jean Schmiedge, Emma (Art) Schmiedge Shaw and Irene Frier, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.
Hilda was born in Davidson on August 28, 1926 to Adolph and Rosalinda Schmiedge – the youngest of seven siblings: Rudy, Harold, Ted, Herb, Erma and Art. Later in life, she gained two step-siblings, Otto and Emma Schmiedge. On October 8, 1949 she married Lorne and they settled on the Frier farm east of Davidson. Through the 1950’s their family grew when Connie, Debbie and Kelly were born. Hilda and Lorne enjoyed the farming way of life – while Lorne looked after the fields and livestock, Hilda looked after the kids, the home and her large vegetable and flower gardens. Though Lorne’s health forced them to sell the farm in 1967 and move into town, they were always farmers at heart. They loved to tend to their garden and yard, which was admired for years by many. Hilda was a wonderful homemaker and excellent cook and her family was the most important thing in the world to her.
Hilda spent her whole life in the Davidson area and was an active member of the community and participated in many organizations throughout the years. Hilda and Lorne were very active members of the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs and were instrumental in the building of Davidson’s first swimming pool in 1967. Hilda was very proud to work at the pool in its early years and knew the names of nearly every child in town back then! Hilda’s faith was strong and she was very active in the Lutheran church. She and Lorne enjoyed leading the church youth groups and were especially proud to chaperone two groups of teens on trips to eastern Canada through the Young Voyageur program.
In 1972 Lorne and Hilda purchased the local SGI Insurance business and they worked together in Frier Agencies for many years. Adding the travel agency services was catalyst to them enjoying many vacations to various Mexican, Caribbean and US destinations. They loved meeting and visiting with people and made many friends along the way. They loved to host friends and family at their home, play cards and dance!
A funeral service in celebration of Hilda’s life was held on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Davidson with Pastor Sonje Finnestad presiding and interment followed at the Davidson Community Cemetery. Hilda’s nephews Everett Johnson and Gary Schmiedge were ushers and niece Arlene McCreary and Terry Sanderson attended the register. Active Pallbearers were Hilda’s Grandchildren and honorary pallbearers were all Staff of Davidson and District Health Care Centre and all Relatives and Friends who shared in Hilda’s life journey.
This is an excerpt from some family memories shared by Hilda’s Granddaughter, Dawn: “I found a basic definition stating that “The Good Life” is simply a life that one would want to live or having happiness. I think you’ll agree that Grandma was very fortunate to have lived a Good Life.
She was a dedicated wife, mother and community leader. She was tough and she was proud. Grandma was a lady that was always put together! And Grandma could cook! It started out on the farm, with the gourmet meals taken to the field, sometimes with a card table! The smell of a cooking turkey will forever remind us of Christmas dinners at Grandma and Grandpa’s…and walking into that house as the steam poured out the back door because of all the cooking! As we got older and children and grandchildren grew up and moved away, Christmas at Grandma’s house became more special as it was one of the few times that we would put our busy lives on hold and all get together. Grandma was the glue of the family.
She was an excellent hostess, a supportive mother and dedicated member of her community. She was steadfast in her beliefs…she knew her mind and spoke it. Some may say she was even a little stubborn! To some she was just “Mom”, to some she was Grandma. She was awesome and she was “there”…she was just always there for us…for a game of cards, chicken dumplings, family gatherings or simply to stop and visit.
After Grandpa died in 1997, Grandma continued to play cards with the ladies in town. She enjoyed trips to the casino and spa and continued to enjoy her family! As a family we are so grateful to the Davidson Health-Care Centre for giving Grandma a new home in 2008. In the last few years, she may not have always remembered the names of all her great-grandchildren, or “who belonged to who”, but she knew we were family, she knew she was loved and she always had a smile on her face.
Whether Grandma was your mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister-in-law, aunt or friend, she will be sorely missed. But greater than the sorrow in her death is the joy that she spread in her life and the lessons she taught us. And her lessons are plentiful. They are lessons that will live on forever. Grandma taught us to be proud, generous, and caring, to love your family without judgment, to be supportive of your community and your church. She taught us how to garden, how to gamble and how to have fun!
Hers was a Good Life – a Great Life – and we are so grateful to have been a part of it for so long. People die, but memories live on forever. Grandma left this world better than it was when she entered it…she made a difference. Her contributions are plentiful, but her legacy is her family. Her wisdom and love will continue to guide each of her three children and their families through their lives. Grandma had a solid 87 years. She lived a ‘Good Life’.”
For friends so wishing, donations in memory of Hilda may be directed to the Davidson Swimming Pool Fund, the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation or Sask. Heart and Stroke Foundation. Arrangements were entrusted to Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson.

Bohrson, Leslie
Leslie loved the land. Raised on the family farm in the “Gumbo Centre” district southwest of Hanley, he was the first child born on August 26, 1947 to Tom and Gladys Bohrson. Leslie’s childhood was filled with sports, especially softball, and being an active member in the 4-H Club with a special interest in the beef, grain and potato projects. Leslie’s passion for knowledge took him to the University of SK where in graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1971.
Leslie entered into the provincial public service and retired in 2006 from SK Agriculture and Food after 35 years of service. In 1998 he received the “Distinguished Agrologist Award” and his name was added to the “Wall of Honour” at the U of S. The award was presented for “integrity, breadth of knowledge, leadership, experience and recognition by his peers.” In 2006 he received the SK Centennial Medal for his contributions made to the community and province.
Leslie’s devotion to the community was rooted in his love for his family. Leslie met Barbara Dukart while working in his first job and his life was changed forever! They were married on April 20, 1974 in Estevan and lived in Outlook until moving to Swift Current in 1988. During that time the family grew (and grew) with six boys: Mark, Raymond, Stephen, Brian, Adrian and Eric. Les was involved with the Scouts, soap box racing and the SK branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Always arriving in the trademark Bohrson van that held the whole family (and sometimes a second car), they spent summers camping with friends and family and when the temperature dipped they adventured south! Les and Barb’s great joy was when AnnaMarie married Stephen and—finally—there was another girl in the family. Their joy multiplied with the arrival of granddaughters Lilaina and Paige.
Less than two years ago Leslie was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. It became his mission to raise men’s awareness of their PSA numbers. He died in Swift Current on February 20, 2014. He was the glue that kept many circles and histories connected. His family, friends and colleagues will remember him as a kind and loving man and will be profoundly missed.
Leslie’s funeral will take place on Feb 25th at 1:00 pm at the Hanley Lutheran Church, Hanley, with his sister, Pastor Kristin Soveran presiding.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Leslie’s memory may be made to “Friends of Cypress Hills Park” for a bench on the trails he loved.
Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson in care of arrangements.