Category: Stories

1).  My Dad –  too many funny stories to tell!  But I really just want to say that we all still miss him very much.  And we are always greatful for the love of music that our Father instilled in us.  Every Christmas was and still is a favorite with our family.    Listening to him…

There is a very special member of the Petz family that we would like to both honor and remember – Victoria – daughter of Alex and Rose Petz. Although her birth and short life are recalled by many, the circumstances and timing of her passing were not. With the assistance of my cousin Geraldine Hooper…

  1.  Mother and I would make homebrew in the bush and creek many many times.  I wish I would have watched how she made it now as she didn’t use a recipe and it was the best home brew.  I always had home brew to take with me when there was a dance or…

KAY’S MEMORIES The first place I remember living at was located by a river near Shell Valley and I was about 7 years old. I’m not sure how long we lived at any place but I do remember the last winter we lived at this place, we got snowed in. We had to build a…

      (Inserted Pam’s memories) Mother and Dad: Mother and Dad’s house was always open to relatives and friends.  Should it be meal time, they were welcome to stay and share what there was to eat. (As a young child, I remember that grandpa called all the grandchildren “guys” ( I always thought there must have…

Uncle Bill called all girls Katrina and all boys Frank; no matter what your name was. Sweet! He was fun to be with and he loved to joke around. He would chase his great grandkids with the leaf blower and they would be running, laughing and screaming. He was a good Ukrainian … making perogies,…

Aunty Mary was a godsend when our family needed her the most … when our Dad was sick in the hospital in Yorkton. Our Mom and the 3 of us were able to stay with her and Harold in their quaint home for a quite a long period of time. We are forever grateful for…

Every summer, our family (especially my little brother, Travis, and I) looked forward to our annual summer get together with David, Carol, and their daughter Keri Petz. It was LITERALLY our summer highlight each year!! The one year (’86 or ’87??) we managed to convince them to visit us up in Cranberry Portage (MB). Always…

Margaret  Petz- When I was a little guy, I spent a fair but of time at Granny and Grampa’s. I had met most of the family but not Margaret. If memory serves me correct, she was in Hamilton and then came back home to Shellmouth. When I first met her, i thought see must be…

Story from Steve Petz. In 1962, James Zitaruk was starting out and didn’t yet qualify for a car loan. He wanted a new Ford Fairlane. David went to Winnipeg, purchased, licensed, and insured James’ car in David’s name. I had just returned from Hamilton. We had a party at the Zitaruk house in Shellmouth. About…