It is with profound sadness the family of Mrs. Dorothy Prince (Farkas) announce her passing on Sunday, December 1, 2024.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at  Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 1:00 P.M. and a viewing will take place at 12:00 P.M. both held at St. Joseph Calasanctius Roman Catholic Church in North Battleford.  Interment at the North Battleford City Cemetery and reception to follow.

Left to Cherish Dorothy’s Memory are:

Son DARWIN & Rachel and children: Dienne and Island,

LYNN Farkas & Shane and family: McKenna, Dawson and Anisten

ERNIE & Michelle Degenhardt: JOE & Cindy Degenhardt and children: Matthew and Mackenzie, ROB & Kristi Degenhardt and children: Joshua, Janessa and Aaron.

EMIL & Linda Degenhardt: SHERILEE & Doug Schmitz and sons: Denys and Carter, BONNIE & Evan and her son, Presley, ANDREW & Renee Degenhardt and sons: Liam and Wesley, DANYEL & Ashley Degenhardt and their family: Felix and Leo. DON & Colette Degenhardt, RYAN & Jayne Degenhardt and their daughter, Lena, SARAH & Jason Moellenbeck and family, Heidi and Jeremy.

THERESA and Jerry Duchscher: ADAM & Val Duchscher and son, Aiden, AMANDA & Alex Osadchuk and son, Keegan, and ANTHONY Duchscher, Anita & Darby Smith.

JAMES Degenhardt: EVAN & Desiree Degenhardt and children: Jack, Beau and Luke, KAILEY & Tim Darwent and family: Madeleine, William, Winifred, and Bridget. DWAYNE & Reanne Usselman & family: LORENA & Chris Friesen & family.

SHARMON & Stewart Martin, AMBER Breault, CHRISTINA Morgan and children: WAYNE & Suzanne Morgan and Family, DON Morgan and Son William, LINDA Morgan, Grant and Little Boo. DANIEL & Ellie Farkas, FRANKIE Farkas, the Prince Family and many other extended Family.

Dorothy is predeceased by her Husbands: Zoltan Farkas, Gilbert Prince; Parents: Adam & Annie Degenhardt; Step-father: Vern McConnell, Oliver Degenhardt, Rodney & Lillian Usselman, Elizabeth

& Frank, Alfred, Robert & Edward Farkas, Prince; brother and sisters-in-law and many other family members.

Our beautiful Mother, Dorothy, was born to Anne and Adam Degenhardt on July 30th, 1950 in Goodsoil, Saskatchewan.  She was the eldest daughter, and new sister to older brothers Ernie and Emil.  15 months later, another brother, Don was born.  Dorothy the only girl for 9 years until her sister Theresa came along, and last but not least, James rounded out the family as the youngest.

Mom loved growing up on the farm, and it is where she got her strong work ethic: milking cows and gathering eggs before school, helping her Mom with the cooking and gardening happily doing whatever needed to be done.  She loved all the farm animals, playing on the bails and getting her Dad and brothers to teach her how to drive the equipment.  She had a very close bond with her Dad and loved spending time outdoors with him.  She was a true farm girl and was always the hardest worker.

There was never a dull moment growing up with brothers, and they can tell you that she showed her feisty spirit a few times!  One incident that Don might remember was Dorothy throwing a fork and having it get stuck in his arm, then being so angry with him because he was going to tell on her, she threw a pot lid like a dart and hit him in the head!  When Theresa came along, despite their age difference, they were partners in crime, especially when Theresa and her family moved to North Battleford and lived only a block away!  Their families became so close, doing many activities together.

Mom embarked on a journey to BC with her auntie Jeanie and soon after decided to try nursing school in Saskatoon, but she moved home to help at the farm and take care of her father, Adam, when he got sick without finishing the course.

So, Mom found herself back in Goodsoil, for a Sadie Hawkins Valentines Day Dance, where she met her future husband, Zoltan Farkas, a teacher new to the area.  They were married on July 2nd, 1971, and blessed with two children, Darwin, in 1973 and Lynn-Marie in 1978.  July was an important month!

Our young family moved often for Dad’s teaching opportunities, covering most of Saskatchewan.   Mom and Dad spent their free time playing cards with friends (Kaiser was the game), curling and playing ball, or even just an evening of coffee and of course treats!  In 1986 they set down permanent roots in North Battleford.

Mom was so very proud of her children: Darwin started out working as a surveyor and has become a site project coordinator and foreman.  He met his forever partner, Rachel, in 2001.  They were married a few years later and they live in Leduc County with their daughters. The happiest and brightest lights in Mom’s world were her two granddaughters: Dienne, born in 2010 and Island born in 2019.  She was beyond proud of them, even talking about them to her Sobeys customers.  She loved teaching them about the value of family, hard work, and about the importance of faith.  She had so much love for them, something you could see by the way her eyes danced whenever she saw them.

Lynn went to Lab Tech school and convocated in 2001 when she moved to Regina, where she still works as a Supervisor in Flow Cytometry. When Lynn finally met someone she wanted to bring home, she made sure he was a good one.  Mom instantly loved Shane and appreciated his care for her Lynn.  Soon enough her special treat cupboard was featuring all of Shane’s favorites and Lynn felt like chopped liver when her treat stash got cut in half.  Not only did she gain a wonderful son-in-law in Shane, but she also gained 3 more grandchildren: Shane’s children Mckenna, Anisten and Dawson.

Mom worked at various different places over the years, including Vanguard and Dragon Palace, and she retired from Sobeys in 2015 after working there for 14 years.  No matter where she worked, she made friends, many of whom became life-long friends, like her “adopted daughter” Sharman.  They became close when they worked at Dragon Palace together and even more so when Sharman got pregnant with her daughter, Amber.  She took them both under her wing and treated them like family, doing anything she could to support them. Amber has always called her Grandma.

Life changed for Mom in 2001 when she lost our Dad, Zoltan.  Being a widow at 49 was very lonely and hard on her, but she always found strength in her faith.  Then, in 2003, at a minus one dance, Mom met a shy man named Gilbert Prince.  It may have taken a few dances for Gilbert to get up the courage to ask her out, but I’m sure that her last name makes it obvious to see how that worked out!  He welcomed our large, loud family and the Prince family welcomed Mom into their family as well.  They were married in 2004, and they truly loved each other and loved their faith together.  They were lucky to find love at this point in their lives, and they really took care of each other.  Living on the acreage, she was able to grow all of the plants and flowers her heart desired, and where no weed dared to show its face.  She started canning and pickling again, and her green thumb was able to thrive.  The pride they took in their home and yard was evident, and they welcomed all.  During the winter months, Mom and Gilbert started making rosaries together to keep busy.  They made enough rosaries to be able to give one to anyone that wanted to pray.  Sadly, On October 3rd, 2016, Gilbert passed away.  In losing him, Mom said she lost her best friend.

Mom always had strong faith- volunteering her time with the church doing anything and everything to help from being a proud member of the Catholic Women’s League for many years to singing in the church choir and looking after linens to running the alter server program.

Mom never did things halfheartedly… Quite the opposite actually!  So much so that the family has made up a word to describe her zest:  Dorothy’d.  If something is Dorothy’d it is over the top, abundant, passionate and extreme.

Baking and cooking supper for your family- Cooking Christmas Dinner for 30 people?  DOROTHY’D

Thinking that 10 flowerpots should be enough?  How about 165?  DOROTHY’D

Need a container of raspberries picked?  Try 80 ice cream pails in a summer!  Yep, DOROTHY’D!

Doing some fall canning and expect to get 50 jars…  Then you get 600- DOROTHY’D!!!!

Some people put out a Christmas tree and a few other things… If it looks like Santa Threw Up, DOROTHY’D!

People learn to make rosaries for 10-20 people… unless it’s DOROTHY’D and 10,000 rosaries are made and sent all around the world

Join the CWL?  How about become CWL Diocesan Spiritual Convenor, President, AND receive your 50-year pin?  DOROTHY’D!!

Being in a ceramics club usually means you will make a few pieces.  Unless you’re DOROTHY’D- in which case each of your siblings gets a full set of ceramic cannisters and ceramic cats and owls!

If this eulogy seems long? ….. Dorothy’d!

She loved and IS so loved!

Mom was the strongest, hardest-working person I have ever known.  Anyone that knew her will agree this is not an exaggeration.  She has had a rough go with her health and not being able to do all of the things she used to do and not being able to DOROTHY things anymore.  It was very hard on her. Living with chronic pain really took a toll on her in the last few years.

Everyone should be so lucky and would hope to find something in their lives to be Dorothy’d.  We feel that she is at peace and her struggle is over.  It gives us strength and comfort knowing she can do what she did- all of the things she loved and was passionate about.  We know she is now happy again.  Like her license plate said: “I’m Busy”.  I hope heaven is ready to be Dorothy’d!!!!

Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium Tessa Bell – Apprentice funeral Director.

• Date : 2024-12-03
• Location : North Battleford