FENIA HIRNIAK

1926 - 2013

Fenia Hirniak (nee Moszczyc), beloved wife of the late Andrew Hirniak, passed away in Lethbridge on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at the age of 87 years.
Relatives and friends were invited to Prayers at Southland Funeral Chapel, 5006 - 48 Avenue, Taber on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 7:30 P.M.
The Funeral Mass was concelebrated at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, 5009 - 48 Avenue, Taber on Monday, August 26, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. Burial followed at the Taber Memorial Garden.
Fenia is survived by two sons, Myron (Terralin) Hirniak and their daughter Deanna of Calgary and Steve Hirniak of Taber. She is also survived by son-in-law Dan Solonynko of Oakville, Ontario and his three children, John (Ronda) Solonynko and daughters Lauren and Riley, Tamara (Marco) Scheiwiller and daughters Ava and Alaina and Stephanie Solonynko.
She was predeceased by her husband Andrew Hirniak and their daughter Luba Solonynko.
Fenia was born in Wolosate, Ukraine on January 10, 1926. In the early years, she worked in Germany delivering food to patients at a hospital. Later, she worked in textile, operating a looming machine in Scotland and later in Manchester where she married Andrew Hirniak on November 26, 1949. They welcomed their daughter Luba into their family in Manchester before immigrating to Canada, settling in Taber in 1953 where their sons Myron and Steve were born. Fenia worked as a labourer in the beet fields until 1985 and then as a janitor before retiring in 2000. She loved playing Bingo and loved her flowers and gardening, always sharing the harvest with friends and family.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Fenia’s name may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, Box 2211, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4K7 (www.heartandstroke.ab.ca).