Stella Yasinowski

Funeral Service

Private Family Service

Stella Emily Yasinowski was born on September 24, 1929, in the Birch Creek district to Mike and Ann Bachewich. She is survived by her remaining brother Andy Bachewich of Yorkton. Stella married the love of her life Pete Yasinowski on November 6, 1948. Their marriage was blessed with the birth of four boys: Gary, Murray, Dave (Connie) and Bernie (Angie). Stella also had 11 grandchildren: Brandey, Bobby, Billie-Jo, Daniel, Karl, Kyle, Kimberly, Samantha, Kaci, Joseph, and Andrew. She also had five great- grandchildren: Camry, Chloe, Olivia, Olena and Jackson. All these kids meant the world to her as she enjoyed the visits from all. After Mom and Dad were married, they started farming on a small farm north of Lestock. They moved to Saskatoon for a time in 1959 due to Pete's health needs, but as soon as the doctor approved in 1964 they returned to the farm. In 1967 they bought more land and moved to where Dave and Connie are now living. Stella worked at the Farmers' General Store in Lestock as well as upgrading her education. In 1979 they retired from farming and became pretty much full-time campers. They quite often took Brandey and Bobby with them to their lake destinations and we never really knew when they would return. Some of Stella's most memorable accomplishments were the handmade quilts and knitted slippers which she made for each of her grandchildren. In 1989 Stella lost the love of her life and had some tough, lonely times alone on the farm. These times changed for her when Dave moved to the farm and she moved into town - then she really started getting a social life. She was always quick to give a friend a ride to Regina to see a doctor as long as they had time to stop at the casino. She always had a can of nickels in her car ready in case they had a chance to play. She became active in the community and participated on some of the local boards. During these years, she was able to take a couple bus tours and a trip to Vegas, of which she said it was good but she would never go back. Stella was always quick to help her boys when they asked and sometimes when they didn't. If it was going to a farm to care for grandchildren during harvest or travelling to Saskatoon to help there, all she needed was a call and she was on her way. In July of 2007 she began probably her biggest struggle (even harder than raising four boys) when she had a stroke following surgery. This left her with no use of her right side and she also lost her ability to speak. Stella spent some time at Wascana trying to gain some of this back but even with her stubbornness and hard work, she experienced little gain. She tried to live on her own in her home, but later had to move to the Villa in Lestock as it was wheelchair accessible. After some time there, she could not live on her own and had to go into long-term care. She stayed one month in Wolseley after which we got lucky and a room came open in Lestock, which is where she wanted to be. The staff in Lestock was awesome, as they treated her as their own family, bringing homemade cookies at coffee time and just making small talk with her. We are extremely grateful to them for the care they gave her while she was there. We all have our memories of Mom and now is a time to reflect on those memories. We would like to thank the staff of St. Joe's for their excellent care for Mom while she was there as well as Dr. Vaseghi and the staff of the All Nations Hospital in Fort Qu'Appelle for making her last days as comfortable as possible. The family would also like to thank everyone for attending today and for their support and comfort in this time of grief