OLGA IRENE TOTH, beloved wife of the late Leslie Toth of Lethbridge, passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at the age of 91 years.
Olga was born in Jedburgh, Saskatchewan on November 8, 1923, where she was raised on the family farm. On October 27, 1948, Olga married Leslie Toth, moving to Lethbridge in 1951 where they raised their daughter Janice. In 1954 they started farming east of Warner until they retired in 1974.
Olga loved to cook and garden and spent many hours tending her flowers and vegetables.
She will be deeply missed and forever remembered by her daughter Janice (David) Elliott; two very special loving grandsons, Todd (Stephanie) and Scott (Jessica); and great-granddaughters Makayla and Avery. She is also survived by her sister Elizabeth Salamon and brother Robert (Ada) Toth of Lethbridge as well as numerous nieces and nephews and their families.
Olga was predeceased by her husband Leslie on January 31, 2002, her parents John and Julia Toth, brothers Albert (in infancy) and Gordon, sisters Margaret Molnar and Lillian Gorchynski, brothers-in-law Gustave Molnar, Edward Gorchynski and Andrew Salamon, sister-in-law Margaret Toth and niece Betty Nakaska.
A Celebration of Life will be held at CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME, 2800 Mayor Magrath Drive South, Lethbridge, Alberta on Friday, June 12, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. with Reverend Hugh Jack officiating.
Inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in the Family Plot.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society, 402, 740-4th Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB. T1J 0N9 (www.alzheimer.ca/ab).
Special thanks to the staff of St. Therese Villa - your care and compassion was greatly appreciated.