Ida Lena (Colbow) Gurskey

She was born 10th October 1921 at the family farm at Khedive, Sk.

Ida was predeceased by her Mother and Father, Fred and Mabel Colbow; all of her seven siblings and their spouses, her husband, Herman in 1990, infant son in 1942, grandson, Randy Shaver in 2013, daughter, Marlene Shaver in 2020 and son, Donald Gurskey in 2021.

She is survived by her daughter, Joyce (Lloyd) Scott; daughter, Myrna Hunter and daughter in law, Kay Gurskey. She is also survived by the following descendants: Joyce and Lloyd’s Scott’s; son, Leon (Karen) Scott and children, Karlynn (Marc) Schoene and their children, Conor, Rylan and Emily; Kendyl (Eric) Whiskin and their children, Caleb, Harper and Travis; and Kyle (Amy) Scott and their son, Grayson; daughter, Angela Scott and her children, Nathaniel Scott and Alyssa Hay. Don and Kay Gurskey’s daughter, Wendy (John) Colbow and children, Justin (Nicole) and daughter, Rosemarie, Chantel; Brittany and Elizabeth; son, Bill Gurskey; and son, Wes (Patti) Gurskey and children, Carter, Dakota (Johny Frieson), Rebecca and Cooper. Marlene Shaver’s daughter, Amy (Tim Hayes); son, Nathan and his children, Brooklyn Landry and Sierra Buhler; daughter, Beccy (Roger) Mycroft and children, Stella and Cohen; daughter, Charity (Doug Greenley) and children, Eryn and Robert; daughter, Sara (Desmond Parkinson) and children, Danny and Judah; son, Logan (Rose) and children, Owen and Jolene; son, Jordan. Myrna Hunter’s daughter, Stephanie (Matt) Phipps and children, Abbigail Wilson, Cora and Olivia Phipps.

Ida attended school in Khedive, Sk., loved to play ball and went out working as a housekeeper and caregiver at the age of 16. She married Herman Gurskey Nov 26,1940 and they settled into farm life until 1974 when they retired to Ogema. She worked hard as all farm women do, always had a big garden and canning to do, raised chickens, sewed most of our clothes, picked rocks alongside Dad, took meals to the field and hauled grain. (An interesting thing about that is that she could catch the grain “on the fly” and one time when her son in law Lloyd was helping she was amazed that he had never done that!). The move to Ogema still meant a large garden and her famous raspberry bushes that she supplied everyone in the family with berries and jam. She belonged to TOPS for many years and enjoyed going to the conventions with the other members. Mom and Dad belonged to the Senior Center, bowled in a few leagues, took some bus trips, went to Hawaii and she went to Expo in 1986. There was never a missed Christmas with whatever family could attend and most Easter and Thanksgiving family meals. She finally surrendered her driver license when she was about 95 and moved to the Pangman Deep South Care Home in the fall 2019. She so wanted to reach her 100th birthday and was able to celebrate with almost all the family in attendance. She will be missed by all her family, extended family and friend Edna Morrison who also resided at the Care Home.

The family would like to thank the Deep South Personal Care Home caregivers and the Home Care nurse Janelle for the excellent care Mom received while living there.

A Celebration of Ida's Life took place on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 1:30 PM at the Khedive Hall, Khedive, Saskatchewan. Interment followed in Amulet Cemetery, Amulet, Saskatchewan.

Donations may be made to Deep South Personal Care Home, Box 150, Pangman Saskatchewan., S0C 2C0