It is with sadness we announce that William (Bill) Rodwin passed away peacefully on November 27^th, 2022 in his home at Shellbrook Long Term Care Nursing Home.  Bill was born in Prongua, Saskatchewan on May 5, 1924. His family eventually moved to a farm by Lac La Peche, SK. He married Leona Yourkowski in 1951 and they settled into their farming life in the same area, north-west of Blaine Lake.

Bill was very involved in sports in his younger years, and enjoyed going out to watch the sports games as he grew older.  He was a very hard-working man from a young age and farmed his entire life.  He enjoyed going out in the community with friends to the socials, the dances and playing cards with the neighbors. Bill had called square dancing in his younger years. Bill worked in various different jobs while tending to the family farm. He worked on building the highway North of Blaine Lake and had worked for various farmers in the area over the years.  Family and friends would join Bill every spring and fall for the cattle drive to the pasture.  This made for many memories, always with a LARGE picnic, cold beer and many laughs. Bill always opened his arms and his heart to anyone that came to the farm, he loved children and always made them laugh.  You’d often see him picking berries and driving around on his quad.

The farm was a place of gatherings all their lives, right from when they had a young family. His kids would gather with friends at the farm, nieces and nephews would stay at the farm more often than not. Many memories were made. Friends loved stopping in at the farm when going on quadding or snowmobile outings. Bill always had drinks ready, Leona always had lunch on the table. The door was always open and you always felt their warm welcome. You heard Bill too!  He’d be hollering out the door to ensure you stopped in.

He loved celebrating his birthdays. He always wanted to make sure you were coming over to celebrate with him. If you were a week late, all the better to have another cheers for his birthday! He never missed family birthdays either, he always made sure it was celebrated.

Bill was predeceased by his wife, Leona, his daughter, Elaine and his son, Randy.  Bill was also predeceased by his mom and dad, Polly and Peter Rodwin, brothers-in-law Mike Kulyk, Paul Bazarkiewicz, Nick Zadorozny, sister Annie Troobitscoff (John Troobitscoff), and brother Bob Rodwin

Bill is survived by son in law, Les Pollard; Grandson Chris (Lynn) Pollard, Great grandchildren, Edrie and Jase Pollard; Granddaughter Jess (Calvin) Cox, great-grandchildren Deklan, Carter and Callie Cox; daughter in law, Debbie Rodwin; grandson Will Rodwin, great-grandchildren Jayden and Caisten Rodwin; grandson Jason Eide, granddaughter Alicia (Bevan) Eide. Bill is also survived by his sisters Mary Kulyk of Blaine Lake, Helen Bazarkiewicz of Prince Albert, Jean Zadorozny of Laird, sister-in-law Stella Rodwin, as ell as many nieces and nephews whom he loved visiting with over the years.

The family would like to thank the staff at Shellbrook Long Term Care for all their genuine care they gave Bill over the last two years. In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to Shellbrook Foundation, Box 670, Shellbrook, SK S0J 2E0

A Graveside Service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery Saskatoon, SK.

To view full obituary or to leave a condolence, please visit www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium – Trevor Watts Funeral Director.

• Date : 2022-11-29
• Location : Shellbrook, SK