GEORGE JAROSLAW MANELUK Obituary

GEORGE JAROSLAW MANELUK attended Sisler High School in Winnipeg, MB. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about George Jaroslaw Maneluk.

Graduation Year	Class of 1963
Date of Passing	Apr 04, 2021
About	GEORGE JAROSLAW MANELUK May 13, 1947 - April 4, 2021 When we were growing up, you were our hero. We admired your strength and intelligence; you rarely answered a Jeopardy question wrong! You were a fixer of everything; a builder of anything and most importantly, you were a mother and father all in one. You instilled the importance of family and love in your children, which we try to emulate today, but you set the bar so high! Raising three children, George Jr, Kristen and Mike, wasn't easy. You spent most of those days driving to all our sporting events. No matter what obstacles life has thrown our way, you've always been our Number One Fan! Dad was a teacher, and a great one at that. Everywhere we went, students past and present, would approach us to say that he was their favourite. Dad taught many years, beginning his career right out of university at Knowles Centre, spending over 30 years in the Transcona Springfield School Division before finishing his incredible tenure in the Sunrise School Division. Dad made many lifelong friends along the way. Some of his favourite times were spent at the cabin in the Whiteshell with "his crew". He loved his "Guys Weekends", filled with fishing, golfing, getting up to no good and endless debauchery - What happens at Dorothy Lake, stays at Dorothy Lake. For those who joined along, you shall remain nameless, you know who you are. If you're reading this and have a smile on your face, you participated. Dad also had a passion for travel, from the East Coast of Canada, to trips to Europe, to sunning on a beach in Cuba with a Corona in hand. He was so proud of the time he was able to use his Ukrainian ways to bamboozle one of many trips there for free! Dad spent the last few years in Gimli fixing up his new place. He enjoyed the peacefulness and serenity it brought to his now laidback life, making new friends and feeding any animal that came by. He enjoyed bird watching and spending time sitting on the deck under his favourite umbrella. He was the self-declared "Mayor" of anywhere he called home. Our Dad was Human, incredibly headstrong, firm but fair and never apologetic for the way he lived his life and the mistakes made along the way. Being loved by this man gave you the sense of being invincible and for that we are forever grateful. He guided his family with love. His heart was as big as his fishing stories and his golf slice. Dad will be sadly missed by his children, daughters-in-law, Lena and Devan, and his grandchildren, Marcus (MacKenzie), Meghan (Andrew), Myah, Lee, Ava and Raeleen. Dad will be deeply missed by Marijka, his Angel on Earth. Thank you Marijka for loving him unconditionally and being by his side until the very end. Predeceased by his mother Stephanie and father Michaylo, he will be joining them in rest, back in his mother's arm, at All Saints Cemetery on Main Street. We would like to send a special thank you to the countless paramedics, nurses and doctors in Gimli, Selkirk and Health Sciences Centre GA4 for all the care they gave to Dad in the last few months. Due to COVID restrictions a private ceremony with immediate family will be held. In lieu of flowers or donations, please raise your glass on May 13, 2021, what would have been his 74th birthday, to toast our Father, Gigi, Friend, an incredible man, George. Diborja! Until we meet again. NEIL BARDAL FUNERAL CENTRE GIMLI 204-642-7124 neilbardalinc.com As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 10, 2021