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Note: Sr. Victoria of SSMI Toronto CN 2003 **************************************** It seems to me that the Sisters writing the Chronicle are all referring to the same person because of the surname. These are the only instances this surname is used. Because the Sisters were not fluent in English, they may have "translated" her baptismal name into English -- however, it is noteworthy that when the Sister writes re her death she uses her correct name "Joanna". Also they refer to her consistently as being over a hundred!
I e-mailed you before I had found the reference to her actual death in the Chronicle. Because she was "mortally" ill in 1953 -- at 104, I (mistakenly) assumed she must have died! So I e-mailed you. But I searched further and this led me to October 05, 1955 -- that date of her death. Again, the death certificate would verify this. If she received an "Old Age" pension from the federal government -- and she likely did -- then your can perhaps get a record of this from the website of the Government of Canada. I will try to e-mail this site to you. Re her burial -- likely it was in the cemetery of the Ukr. Catholic Church in Komarno. The current pastor is Rev. Peter Chorney, 14 Balsam Bay, Winnipeg, MB, R2G 1J7. Tel (204) 237-1300.
Sept. 16, 1940: Miss Youliasha "Joanna" Slish (Slisz) , Bishop Nykytas housekeeper for 16 years, came to reside in our home. She had been staying with Maydanyks.
April 19, 1941: On Holy Saturday the lights for chapel that Youliasha Slish (Slisz) had funded arrived. She rejoiced that they came in time for Easter. In gratitude we offered a Divine Liturgy for Gods Blessing upon her on April 23 may the Lord accept her sacrifice of love and reward her in the Heavenly Kingdom.
Feb. 15, 1953: Mrs. Evhasia Slisz has been seriously ill for the paast several months. Dr. Goodwin, our physician, visits her frequently, and has told us that she has cancer in two places. She is 104 years old and has no close relatives.
Feb. 17, 1953: Evhasia became mortally ill. She recieved the last rites the Last Anointing.
Oct. 05, 1955: Joanna Sliz died. She was with us 15 years. For three years she was bed-ridden, unable to get up. She was very pious, prayed much and received the Eucharist frequently. The Requiem services were celebrated by Father Volodymyr Luchkiw. The Sisters sang the responses. She lived 105 years.
From her death certificate we know she was a resident of Canada for 43 years (1912) and was the housekeeper at St Basils home for at least 15 years(1940). Her estate was left to the SSMI order at St Basils and was probated in South Bend IN 2-25-1957. I suspect her estate was the bequest of her brother Anton my Great Grand Father who's date of death and burial remain a mystery.
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