Date de Décès: 2009-04-13
Date de Parution: 2009-04-16
Source: The Chronicle-Journal, Thunder Bay, ON
BAK, Maria 2009-04-16 Mrs. Maria Bak, age 88 years, of Pine Street, passed away peacefully in the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Monday, April 13, 2009. Born in Poland in 1920, Maria came to Canada in the late 1950‘s on her own to join her family that had come years before. While here, Maria met and married Joseph Bak and they shared many happy years together until his passing in 1996. Maria was a very religious person and attended church faithfully. Maria will be lovingly remembered by her two sisters in Poland; sister-in-law Elsie Swatek; and her dear friend Jean Tabak. Numerous other relatives also survive in Canada and Poland. She was predeceased by her husband, Joe; her parents; two brothers; and two sisters. Funeral Services for the late Maria Bak will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2009, leaving the Harbourview Funeral Centre at 9:30 a.m. for the Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary‘s, Our Lady Queen of Poland Roman Catholic Church, 292 Red River Road,. celebrated by Rev. Ireneusz Stadler. Interment will follow in St. Andrew‘s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Friday, April 17th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with Vigil Prayers at 7:15 p.m. the same evening in the Chapel of Harbourview Funeral Centre, 499 North Cumberland Street. If friends so desire, donations may be made in Maria‘s memory to St. Mary‘s Roman Catholic Church, or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. On-Line-Condolences may be offered at www.harbourviewfuneral.ca