Natalie Rauckman

Natalie was born July 21, 1930 in Norquay, SK., she passed away on October 3, 2022 at age of 92  at the Kamsack District Nursing Home.  She was the youngest of nice children born to Nick and Pearl Cherewryk (Nee Andrusiak). 

Mom grew up on the family farm south of Norquay.  She finished high school in Yorkton at Sacred Heart and went on to teachers college or normal school they called it back then.  She started teaching in the country school system, ending at Doyle school which is when and where she met Dad, she married Donald Rauckman in 1954. They went on to farm and raise five sons before she went back teaching in 1969.

Mom liked her garden, loved her flowers so the yard and house were always full of them.  She really enjoyed family gatherings when they would start singing and telling jokes in Ukrainian.

After mom and dad moved to Kamsack she spent her retirement years visiting and enjoying life and taking care of us grown up kids and her grandkids.

She leaves to mourn her passing her sons Keith (Lori), Tim, Howard (Nikki), Wayne, Russell, grandchildren Kelsey, Michelle, Natalie, Mandee, Bobbie, Mathew, Brandon, Scott, Jason, Jon and Pat.  sister-in-law Pat (Ray) Galye, and many nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by her parents, brothers and sister-in-laws Steve and Mary Cherewryk, Andrew and Ida Cherewryk, sisters and brothers-in-law Olga and Bill Sweystun, Mary and Mike Stychyshyn, Anne (Sister Onysima), Angela and Lawrence (Bud) McMullen, Julia and Joe LeVerne, Matilda and Sam Kyba daughter-in-law Annette, brother and sister in laws Glen and Florence Rauckman and Wes and Aylmer Rauckman.

Funeral Service was held October 8, 2022 from the chapel of Wolkowski Funeral Service, Kamsack with Father Joakim Rac officiating.  Interment followed at Riverview Cemetery.  Donations in memory of Natalie may be to Kamsack Nursing Home Auxiliary.  To leave a note of condolence for the family please visit wolkowski.ca

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