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Ukrainian Pioneer Memorial Fund Reaches 40 Percent of Goal
The Parkland Ukrainian Pioneer Association reports donations toward a 1991 memorial for settlers who faced famine and disease in 1899. Funds total about $20,000 of $50,000 target as of November 1990 with local and outside donors including churches, banks, and businesses. A bronze life size tribute will stand 12 feet high at a granite base with inscriptions.
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Strathclair
Patterson Lake
Oakburn
Olha
Rossburn Town Hall
Larry Sherman
Winnipeg
John Luhowy
Neepawa
Lachkowsky
Portage la Prairie
Kevin Nakonechny
Elphinstone
Helen Burtnick
Heather Shew
Selkirk
Peter and
Ann Kowal
Royal Bank of Canada
Shoal Lake
Tony Demchuk
Sandy Lake
Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League
Ann Shwaluk
Oakburn Credit Union
Koltusky
Mike N. Mallation
Anne P. Shwaluk
Steve
Marion Koltusky
Marion Kreshewski
John Swereda
Tony
Mae Chwaluk
Olga Yarish
Paul Sicinski
Mike Pinuta
Nick Pinuta
Henderson's Pharmacy
Peter
Lena Zenchyshyn
Walter
Pat Maduke
Naddia Swereda
Strathclair Credit Union
Joe
Mary Starzuk
Lionel Wasilka
Margaret Yanyk
Lorne Hrysak
Catherine Zurbyk
Blaine Lazaruk
Adolph Sheeshka
Grieve’s Hardware
Pahl’s
Larry Huston
Wm. Belbas
Louis Starczuk
Peter S. Nychek
Mary Susinski
Joe C. Rozdeba
Mary Chegus
Stan Rozdeba
Jessie Yanyk
Stan Maryniuk
John Baydak
Gordon Myhill
St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Parish
Parkland Ukrainian Pioneer Association