Alice Eleanor Popoff of Yorkton and formerly of the Mikado/Canora area passed away at the age of 84 years on October 29, 2016 at the Yorkton and District Nursing Home. Prayers were held on Friday, November 4, 2016 from St. Andrew's United Church in Canora, SK. A funeral service was held on Saturday, November 5, 2016 also from St. Andrew's United Church in Canora, SK. A private family interment followed. Alice Eleanor Popoff was born on March 27, 1932 on a farm North of Veregin to Gottlieb and Mary (Hnyoway) Joss. She had one sister Gladys (Chutskoff) Daum. She lived with her parents on the farm and went to school at Pretty View School, completing grade 9. Alice married William (Bill) Allan Popoff in 1951 at Westminster United Church in Kamsack. They farmed for three years north of Veregin and then moved to the Mikado district in 1955 where they farmed until 2006. Alice and Bill were blessed with two children - Donna in 1956 and Daryl in 1958. For most of her married life Alice was a stay at home mom and farmer's wife. She was busy from the moment she got out of bed at 6 am until she finally laid her head down at 10 pm. Alice's chores included; looking after the house, four gardens, helping Bill with harvest, butchering chickens, baking bread, canning, milking cows, picking eggs, cutting grass, looking after her amazing flowers, grandparenting and cooking everyone's favourite dishes. Since this didn't keep her busy enough - Alice went to work for Home care and later with the housekeeping department at the Canora Hospital. She worked there until 1992 when she retired to stay in Yorkton with Donna's children, while Donna attended school for nine months. Alice was a member of St. Andrew's United Church in Canora and the UCWL and thoroughly enjoyed the plays they hosted. Alice and Bill loved dancing. They took dancing lessons and attended many dances held in Canora and surrounding communities. Alice also loved to travel. Her first trip was to Switzerland with her dad in 1972. She went back to Switzerland a few times and also ventured to Russia, Alaska, Las Vegas, Florida, Maritimes, Churchill, Nashville and British Columbia. After retirement, Alice's grandchildren became her life. Grandma made quilts for each of the grandchildren when they were born and when they 'graduated' to a bigger bed. She also crocheted table clothes as a wedding gift. Grandma knew everyone's favourite food and had all of the recipes mastered - homemade bread, cabbage rolls, Russian borscht and Valentine's cookies. She went to hockey games, Christmas concerts, graduations, competitions and many other events in which her grandchildren participated - if it was important to them, Alice was there! After years of hard work Alice and Bill decided to sell the farm in 2006 and move to Canora. They lived there until 2010 when they decided to move to Queen Elizabeth Court in Yorkton. Alice lived there until last fall when she was moved to the Yorkton and District Nursing Home. Alice was predeceased by her husband William; parents Gottlieb and Mary; sister Gladys; mother-in-law Anna Popoff and brothers-in-law Philip Daum, Mike Chutskoff, Fred and Pete Popoff. Alice will be sadly missed by her children Donna (Wes) Uhryn and Daryl (Karen) Popoff; grandchildren who were dear to her, Jaimie (Tyler) Husulak, Jason (Laura) Uhryn, Twyla (Jeff) Froese, Jenna and Eric Popoff. She also had three great-grandchildren that made her smile Adam and Hannah Husulak and Emily Uhryn. Arrangements have been entrusted to Andrychuk Funeral Home.
