Kenneth Olinyk

Ken passed away in the presence of our Lord and Savior after a battle with pancreatic cancer.  Ken was 83 years of age.

Ken is lovingly remembered by his wife, Marlene Hunter; his sisters, Olga Kozniuk, Lillian Olinyk and Caroline (Bill) Harcott; his three children, Kent Olinyk, Barbara (David) Gresham and Kathy (John) Mikulcik; 9 grandchildren, Sheridan (Alex) McLeod, Brett (Emma), Olivia (Olinyk), Courtney, Cole, Sydney (Gresham) and Grace, Jayden, Joey (Mikulcik); Marlene's daughters, Cheryl (Mark) Hunter Loewen and Rhonda (Dwayne) Blume and grandchildren, Carmen Blume, Dixon Blume and Nicole Loewen.  Ken is predeceased by his parents, George and Doris Olinyk; wife, Donna Olinyk; sisters, Eunice Wilkinson and Paulette Kurylo; and daughter-in-law, Maria Olinyk.

Ken was born in Willingdon, Alberta, and spent most of his childhood and young adult life in Edmonton.  He joined the Bank of Montreal and worked in various roles in various locations across Canada including Canadian Forces Bases in Europe as an auditor.  The Bank of Montreal was also the place where he met Donna. Ken and Donna married and were together for 48 years until she passed away in 2012.  He decided to change roles and move into the financial services and insurance industry in personal sales and management where he earned and qualified as a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table and became a Chartered Financial Planner.  He loved working in this industry helping people and building a business that allowed him to retire at 55.  This allowed Ken and Donna to spend 12 winters in Arizona and summers in Carefree Resort on Glennifer Lake.  Prior to retirement, many weekends were spent camping and holidays were spent enjoying Mara Lake, BC.  Ken married in 2014 and spent the last 9 ½ years enjoying life and the things they had in common including travelling, family time, card games and singing with the Drifters.

A Funeral Service will be held at The Rock Community Church, 215 10 Avenue, Carstairs, AB, on December 20, 2023 at 1:00PM.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association https://www.diabetes.ca/ or Canadian Cancer Society https://cancer.ca/en/ways-to-give/personal-donation