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THAD AN invitation to join in on
an evening of sharing and a
happy celebration on Monday,
Feb. 7.

The occasion was to mark the
92nd birthday party of Irina
Klukas.
~The ladies gathered al the home
of Erna Schulze (daughter of Mrs.
Klukas) on Robin: Rd.
Remo.

Those present were from a

prayer group and everyone shared
in prayers, hymns and a few
stories with each other.

Later there was a lovely eve-
ning luncheon: served with a
birthday cake for the birthday
lady. —

-. And everyone sang Happy
Birthday to Mrs. Klukas.

And now I'll tell you just a little
about Irina Klukas.

Trina was born on Feb. 16, 1902

_in Romania, as the fifth child of
Samuel and Tatiana Sezonov. She
was one of nine children in her

~ family, six girls and three boys.

Trina was. very aclive al her
school, learning to speak three
languages, belonging to church
youth groups, and singing in the
choir.

When she was older she mei her
husband, Oswald Klukas, and

_ they were married on Oct. 14,
1922.

‘They were blessed with five
children —- Erma, Estella, Emil,
Robert and Luise.

Oswald Kiukas owned and op-
crated a flour mill,

Irina’s: Father was an industri-
alist, dealing in flour, oil mills,
and fabrics.

Irina was a kind woman who

was respected and loved by all

who knew her for her wisdom.”

During the First World War,
they had lo Elec overnight, and
stayed with relatives until it was
safe to return.

During the Second World War,
in the fall of 1940, Irina and her
family left Romania in a hurry.

They came to Austria as
Tefugecs and spent two difficull
years in a camp near Vienna and
then until winter, 1945, they
slayed near Posen, in West Prus-
sia.

Then the Russian army ad-
vanced and they had to flee again.

Oswald had been called and
drafted into the war and Trina and
the three youngest children had a
very hard time during their flight
in the winter time.

During the next two years, the
family members did not hear
from each other and were scat-
tered all over Eastern Europe.

Tt wasn’t until 1947 when QOs-
-wald finally found his family.
They all moved to West
Germany, and then in Sepiember,

1951, the family emigrated to
Canada, living first in Morris,
Manitoba,
“They worked on the farm and
then went to Calgary. Since Sep-
tember 1955, they have lived in
Remo.

Irina and Oswald Klukas ar-
rived here with their youngest
daughter, Luise, followed by their
son Roberl a few months later.

Also arriving at the same time
were Jacob Rauschenberger, his
wife Elizabeth and their three
children Ewald, Gerhard and
Karin, as well as John and
Gertrude Bahr.

The three families occupied the
Froeses” abandoned house which
was once Dick Carr's old
homestead. ©
“The three families worked to-
gether very hard building their
homes, clearing lands, raising
chickens and cows, making their
own butter, and planting berries
and all kinds of vegetables.

~Gradvally the road was im-
proved and in Oct, 1960, they got
electricity and telephone service.
This was indeed a very happy day
forall.

-Trina’s eldest daughter — Erna
— and Klaus Schulze have now
purchased land from an oldtimer,

Emil Jopp, and settled down here
with their daughter,

- Trina’s: husband Oswald passed
~ away in 1977.

- Trina’s eyesight is becoming

very weak but her health is rela-

tively good for her'92 years and

in Old.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: That's. irina Kiukas and her. daughter Ema (both seated) along with many
friends and family members on hand to celebrate her 92nd birthday.

her grandchildren come lo see her 7

every day.

From her own family, there’s
only one brother lefl, Jacob, who
lives in Romania.-

Mrs. Klukas is very fortunate as
she has her daughter Erna, who
cares for her very well. She’s
much loved by all her family.

" God bless her with good health
tok tOkOk

Just a bit of news from the Wil-
lows Apartments now:

Only. two residenis are having
birthdays in March —- Charles
Olivier (Mar. 11) and Pearl
Normandy (Mar. 16).

A small party was held on Sun-

day afternoon Mar. 13 at the Wil-
lows for Charlie.

And over at Terraceview
Lodge, happy birthday wishes go
out to Doris Williams (Mar. 5),
Peter Neaves (Mar. 14), Sadie
Gagnier (Mar. 15), Edith Inglis
(Mar. 16), Henry Forlin (Mar.
17), and Marie Da Encarnacao

(Mar. 29),

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