Doris Sowa

Doris Sowa passed away peacefully on January 31, 2024 at her home at Extendicare Michener Hill.

Doris was born to Anna and Emil Fischer in Hodgeville, Saskatchewan. She was the 7th of 8 children who grew up on the family farm. Doris married Chester Sowa in Sept 1950 and they made their home on the farm alongside her brother Ray Fischer and his family. 

Besides working hard on the farm while raising her family of 5 girls, she was involved in coaching and playing girls softball and coaching figure skating.

The family moved to Calgary in 1970 where she began working as a bookkeeper and managing a company for many years. 

Later, she and Chester enjoyed spending their winters in Arizona where they made many friends and were involved with community activities such as shuffleboard, cards, golfing, and socializing. They enjoyed traveling around North America and camping with friends and family. 

Doris had many talents such as sewing, painting, gardening, cooking. She also loved playing cards and games and continued to do so until her final days. Doris had great joy in spending  time with her 7 grandchildren and later 6 great grandchildren.

Doris lived her last years at Extendicare Michener Hill. Special thanks to the care team there for all the kind and compassionate care they gave her.

Doris was predeceased by her husband Chester, sons-in-law Cam Hamman, Jim Baxter and Garry Anderson, her parents Anna and Emil, her siblings Albert, Clara, Ella, Ray, Hilda, Elsa, and Felix, her parents-in-law Phyllis and John and brother-in-law Kasper Sowa.

She will be lovingly remembered by her daughters Margaret, Elaine, Susan (Darrell) Cathy (David), and Anna (Jamie),  grandchildren Krista, Steven, Karina, Jennifer, Brendan, Nikolas, Felicia, great grandchildren Jocelyn, Avery, Jo, Eli, Penny, Josephine, sisters-in-law Eleanor Fischer, Lillian Sowa, Mary (Ivan) Muri, Dianne (Bernd) Gruetzner,, as well as many extended family members and friends. 

Doris will always be remembered as a resourceful, strong, honest and kind woman, and a wonderful mother and grandmother.