Obituary for Anna Maria Dymczak (Danilow)
DYMCZAK, Anna
February 22, 1921 - May 28, 2022
We are saddened to announce that our beloved Mother and Grandmother peacefully passed away in her 102nd year, on Saturday, May 28th, 2022 at the United Mennonite Home in Vineland, Ontario.
Mom lived a very long life. She was born on a family farm near Lviv, Ukraine on Feb 22, 1921. She was an identical twin, one of six children. Anna was raised in the aftermath of The Spanish Flu and WW I. She endured the Russian Revolution, the Ukrainian Famine, The Great Depression and WWII where she was sent to Germany as a young woman to work in a sewing factory. She met Ignacy Dymczak and fell in love and planned her future with him. After the war, she was advised by her father to not come back home to Lviv, Ukraine as he was worried that if she returned, she may not be safe & the Russians would send her to Siberia. As Ignacy did not want to go back to Poland they both decided to come to Canada. They immigrated to Canada in 1948 for a one-year work contract to pay for the voyage over. Ignacy left first & got a job on a farm, near Belleville, and then Anna went to Montreal to work as a Nanny/housemaid. She came over with little more than the clothes on her back.
After their work term was over Anna & Ignacy came to Hamilton in 1949 where there was a strong Polish community. They married in August 1950. Dad was a steelworker and mom was a homemaker and a gifted seamstress. They had two children, Stanley and Stefanie and eventually two granddaughters, Nicole and Raquel. Mom was a hard worker all her long life, always working, sewing or mending clothes, doing needlepoint, painting, cooking delicious meals like cabbage rolls, pierogies for family dinners, gardening and she NEVER sat still.
Throughout her life there were always ladies around her & the house was never empty!
Anna & Ignacy both lived out their lives in the house on Greenford Drive. Ignacy pre-deceased Anna in 1998 at the age of 85.
Mom worked hard and overcame several major health ailments, but managed to keep up the family home well into her early 90’s, but after a health scare she finally agreed to go live with Stefanie on her peach farm. She finally accepted that she was unable to care for herself safely in her own home. She was happy & settled in for a few years on the farm. She enjoyed all the action in a busy household. She loved having people & pets around her before her mobility issues, then a hip fracture and dementia took over.
She has been a resident at United Mennonite Home since 2014. We cannot thank the PSW’s, nurses and staff there enough for the excellent care they gave Mom in her final years. We have a profound appreciation for the hard and important work these people do, taking care of those who can no longer take care of themselves.
Memorial donations to UMH so that they may continue their valuable work would be appreciated by Anna’s family.
Cremation will be followed by a private family entombment service.
Arrangements entrusted to Considerate Cremation & Burial Services, 26 Nihan Drive, St. Catharines (between Lake Street & Scott Street), 289-362-1144. Online condolences may be made at CCBSCares.ca
February 22, 1921 - May 28, 2022
We are saddened to announce that our beloved Mother and Grandmother peacefully passed away in her 102nd year, on Saturday, May 28th, 2022 at the United Mennonite Home in Vineland, Ontario.
Mom lived a very long life. She was born on a family farm near Lviv, Ukraine on Feb 22, 1921. She was an identical twin, one of six children. Anna was raised in the aftermath of The Spanish Flu and WW I. She endured the Russian Revolution, the Ukrainian Famine, The Great Depression and WWII where she was sent to Germany as a young woman to work in a sewing factory. She met Ignacy Dymczak and fell in love and planned her future with him. After the war, she was advised by her father to not come back home to Lviv, Ukraine as he was worried that if she returned, she may not be safe & the Russians would send her to Siberia. As Ignacy did not want to go back to Poland they both decided to come to Canada. They immigrated to Canada in 1948 for a one-year work contract to pay for the voyage over. Ignacy left first & got a job on a farm, near Belleville, and then Anna went to Montreal to work as a Nanny/housemaid. She came over with little more than the clothes on her back.
After their work term was over Anna & Ignacy came to Hamilton in 1949 where there was a strong Polish community. They married in August 1950. Dad was a steelworker and mom was a homemaker and a gifted seamstress. They had two children, Stanley and Stefanie and eventually two granddaughters, Nicole and Raquel. Mom was a hard worker all her long life, always working, sewing or mending clothes, doing needlepoint, painting, cooking delicious meals like cabbage rolls, pierogies for family dinners, gardening and she NEVER sat still.
Throughout her life there were always ladies around her & the house was never empty!
Anna & Ignacy both lived out their lives in the house on Greenford Drive. Ignacy pre-deceased Anna in 1998 at the age of 85.
Mom worked hard and overcame several major health ailments, but managed to keep up the family home well into her early 90’s, but after a health scare she finally agreed to go live with Stefanie on her peach farm. She finally accepted that she was unable to care for herself safely in her own home. She was happy & settled in for a few years on the farm. She enjoyed all the action in a busy household. She loved having people & pets around her before her mobility issues, then a hip fracture and dementia took over.
She has been a resident at United Mennonite Home since 2014. We cannot thank the PSW’s, nurses and staff there enough for the excellent care they gave Mom in her final years. We have a profound appreciation for the hard and important work these people do, taking care of those who can no longer take care of themselves.
Memorial donations to UMH so that they may continue their valuable work would be appreciated by Anna’s family.
Cremation will be followed by a private family entombment service.
Arrangements entrusted to Considerate Cremation & Burial Services, 26 Nihan Drive, St. Catharines (between Lake Street & Scott Street), 289-362-1144. Online condolences may be made at CCBSCares.ca