Rita M. Czarnecki
December 7, 1928 – June 2, 2025
CZARNECKI, Rita M. passed away peacefully at the Cold Lake Healthcare Center on June 2, 2025 at 1:15 p.m. with Racheal, her youngest daughter at her side. Rita was born to August P. Yeretch and Anastasia Yeretch (nee Golka) on December 7, 1928 in Barry’s Bay, Renfrew County, ON. She had one brother, Edward Yeretch. Rita met Chester P. Czarnecki in Toronto, ON and married him on April 30, 1949. They made their home in the Hamlet of Alticane, SK where they had four daughters: Christina, Veronica, Lorraine, and Racheal. They raised their daughters and then in 1985 they moved to retire in Saskatoon. After Rita’s husband’s passing in 1993, Rita moved to Cold Lake to be near family. There she resided until her passing.
Rita lived a quiet life, mostly reading and watching the news in her last years with us on Earth. She left to treasure her memories her daughters, Christine (Roland) Rehmann, Veronica Messmer, Lorraine Pelletier (Curtis Carpenter), and Racheal Traa (Ryan Samuel); grandsons Cole Rehmann (Joanna Boyes), Wade (Carmen) Rehmann, Niles Rehmann (Amanda Stevens), Ryland Pelletier (Abbie Bergan); granddaughters Janelle (Nevin) Andreas, Amanda Pelletier (Nelson Suarez), Nancy (Steve) Grzyb; great-grandchildren Shaelyn Rehmann, Quentin Rehmann, Alexis Rehmann, Zack Rehmann, Rydal Rehmann, Landon Rehmann, Hailey Rehmann, Chloe Tso, Clytie Pelletier, Charlie Pelletier, Kohyn Andreas, Brylin Andreas, Kale Grzyb, and Tayten Grzyb.
Prayers for Rita will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. and Funeral Mass will be Friday, June 13, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Both services will be held at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 18 33rd St E, Saskatoon, SK. To share condolences and memories visit www.parkfuneral.ca. Arrangements are in the care of Keith Carey, Park Funeral Home, 306-244-2103.