Olga Maybuck passed away peacefully on August 29, 2024, at the Invermere, BC hospital at the wonderful age of 92.
Olga was born on June 1, 1932 in Biggar, Saskatchewan, the youngest of 5 children. Olga’s father, Egnat Levchenko immigrated from the Ukraine in 1913 and her mother, Maria followed 10 years later. They renewed their lives together in Cando, Saskatchewan where they took up homestead and began their lives as farmers.
Although Olga loved her childhood on the farm, it was a difficult hard life, so after graduation she was ready to leave the farm. Olga swore she would never marry a farmer. But life took a different curve when she met Eddie Maybuck, a young man from a farm not too far from where Olga grew up. Eddie and Olga were married in 1951 and it was not long after before they ended up back on the farm in Cando and began a life of farming together.
Eddie and Olga worked hard and played hard. They had many travels with friends and family. One of Olga’s favorite sayings was “the world is a book and those who do not travel only read one page”.
Olga was a huge community member, sitting on boards and volunteering at numerous fundraising events. Olga was a talented artist and donated numerous paintings for auction events.
Family, friends and faith were Olga’s passion. She lived her life holding true to all 3 of these. She was a surrogate mother and grandmother to many, and she supported, inspired and unconditionally loved all the special people in her life. She will be missed dearly by son Barry (Cheryl), granddaughters, Carli and Tori, numerous nieces and nephews and many dear friends.
The family would like to thank all the dedicated people who cared for Olga during her final years in Invermere; Dr. Gareth Mannheimer’s outstanding medical care and connection with Olga, the hospital staff in Invermere, who provided compassionate care; the amazing home care team in Invermere and Columbia Gardens, and all the staff at Columbia Gardens. Olga loved her home there and spoke so fondly of all of them every day. The family would also like to thank the staff at Lambert Kipp Pharmacy and all the wonderful people in Invermere that welcomed Olga into this community. She truly built an amazing home for herself here and had wonderful friendships.
Olga’s service was held on Friday September 6th at Saint John The Baptist Orthodox Church in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, where her final resting place is with her family.
