Eva Regina Klyne, 1914 -2010

Eva Regina (Czelenski) Klyne was born Sept. 19, 1914 at 12 Mile Lake, near Assiniboia, Sask. and passed away in Prince Albert, Sask. May 19, 2010, at the age of 95.
Eva grew up farming with her four sisters and four brothers. She married and moved to Kinuso Nov. 27, 1948 in a canvas covered grain truck with her sister, Mary, and George Armitage family of seven, where the youngest of her four children was born. The nine children ages 3-13 rode in the back with potatoes and quilts. Eva and her husband, Donat Klyne, homesteaded a quarter north of town.
Eva participated in community events, playing broomball, curling and loved dancing. She was a member of the Women’s Institute and the Royal Purple. She was an active volunteer in community events. She operated the old hotel, worked at Boisvert’s store and cooked for boarders. She was a generous, hard-working pioneer; a role model for her family, highly respected and loved by many. She never judged anyone, emulating such values as generosity, honesty, tolerance and forgiveness, selflessness and a great sense of humour right to the end. She plowed straight into life and reaped all of its benefits.
Eva travelled to many countries throughout her life and visited across Canada well into her nineties. Her life’s journey ended in the province of her birth.
Left to cherish Eva’s memories are: her children David (Beatrice), Catherine, Lois (Yvan), and Albert (Norma); her granddaughters Caren (Mark), Richelle, Colleen (William), Colette (Francois) and Melissa (Trevor); her grandsons Todd (Tracy), Scott (Susan), Dion (Yolande), Allan (Janna), Gregoire (Isabelle) and Anthony (Valerie); her sisters Mary and Mary Ann; her brothers Bernard and Peter, 28 great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by: her husband Donat Klyne; her sisters Theresa and Frances; her brothers John and Joseph; and an infant sister, Agnes.
Eva was “Grandma” or “Aunty Eva” to all who knew her. She was a good friend and neighbour and she had countless numbers of friends around the world.
This is not a time of sadness, but a time to celebrate the 95 years Eva lived.
“My life has been full. Don’t grieve for me. God wanted me now - I am free.”