CHARLES POLCYN Obituary

CHARLES POLCYN was faculty at Sisler High School in Winnipeg, MB. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Charles Polcyn.

School Role	Faculty
Date of Passing	Dec 04, 2018
About	CHARLES POLCYN 1939 - 2018 Charles Polcyn, apiarist, alpinist, educator, volunteer and world traveller, left us for his final voyage on December 4, 2018. During his 79 years he climbed many mountains, spent a decade teaching mathematics and travelling in East and West Africa, and three decades teaching in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He met Verna in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She became his wife and partner in love, travel and business. He volunteered with school sports teams, youth programs and apiarist organizations in Canada. After "retirement", he worked as a volunteer consultant helping beekeepers in Armenia, Honduras, Cameroon, Columbia and the Philippines. Charles leaves behind his beloved wife Verna Polcyn (née VanJoff); daughters, Asmara Polcyn, Erin Polcyn Sailer (Frantisek) of Winnipeg and Tania Polcyn (Grigori Axenov) of Ottawa; sister Mary Ann Arbeiter (Richard) of Florida; three granddaughters; and other family members in Wisconsin, Saskatchewan and Alberta. A celebration of his life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 29, 2018 in the First Unitarian Universalist Church located at 603 Wellington Crescent at Academy Road. Friends and relatives are encouraged to share in a photo-tribute, stories, and condolences by visiting Charles' memorial page at IntegrityDeathCare.com INTEGRITY Cremation & Funeral Planning 204-295-5408 - IntegrityDeathCare.com As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 15, 2018