Rosa Janeczko

On the first day of spring March 20th 2021 at 2pm with her daughter Mary at her side Rose Janeczko said her final farewell. At a very spry age of 104 auntie Rose was called home to be with her loving husband Ed, her Parents, her 6 siblings and her many friends she met along the way. Rose will be deeply missed by her loving children David, Mary (Jim), and Mike, and her grandchildren Mike, Trina, Ali, Jackie, Jamie and Kim and great grandchild Keana. Rose was born July 1, 1916 (there was a little mess up with her birth certificate and her dad put July 2nd lol) raised on a farm in Saskatchewan with her six siblings, Rose loved to be outdoors with the animals or helping her parents. During WW2 Rose was working at Maple Creek hospital and Ed was returing from Europe wounded in action. I was told it was love at first sight and they were married shortly after at the age of 28. Rose then went on to cook in logging camps where she met a new friend. The black bear! lol in today’s standard this is frowned upon, but she started to hand feed this cub. It would come in the morning for breakfast every day then leave until the next day, she claimed it was tame. Rose and Ed then decided to settle down a little more, so they bought a farm in Clemenceau, SK. This is where they spent a majority of their lives. Mary was telling me today that the days they would harvest the chickens Rose would turn the radio on to loud classical music. Nothing like wrangling up chickens and Beethoven playing in the back ground lol. They then sold the farm in 71′ and moved to Hudson Bay. Ed and Rose would then set off on new adventures, Hawaii and to Europe in 78′. Auntie Rose has always had an adventurous side and what we like to call a “little spark”😉. I remember my grandmother Sabina, Rose’s youngest sibling fondly saying “That Rose! goes a mile a minute, but has no idea where she is going!” Lol, and that was her!. Auntie Rose never slowed down, she was often missing for weeks at a time she would pack her things and jump on a greyhound and off she would go on her own adventure with no final destination. It would be days or weeks sometimes before her kids would hear from her. She told me once that she would go to the bus and take the next one out didn’t matter what way it was going she was on it. Rose would often say “my plan is to die on the greyhound”, but plans changed when she cracked her knee in her late 80s and the doctor said no more wandering off. Not to be tamed she decided that playing with her baby sister in Vernon rest home and visiting the casino often with David would do her just fine. Well, she would find a few complaints, the food portions were a little too small, so she was often seen asking for seconds even thirds! If she wanted to fill her hollow leg it didn’t matter what it tasted like, because she always had her trusty seasoning salt to load on it “you can put that stuff on everything!” and she did!! Auntie Rose will be missed by so many and as a family we wanted to thank all the community workers that met her and checked in on her at Vernon rest home, and to the Gateby staff.. I’m speechless and we know that doesn’t happen often lol. There are no words that we can truly say other then thank you!!! From the bottom of our hearts. It gave us great comfort as a family knowing you all were caring for her this past year as we couldn’t be with her and always going above and beyond ❤❤
To Auntie Rose
You will be greatly missed but never forgotten. God bless you❤❤
Arrangements entrusted to Vernon Funeral Home 250-542-0155  condolences may be offered at www.vernonfuneralhome.com