Johanna "Joan" Chorney

Our beloved mother and grandmother, Joan Chorney, 97, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 at her home in Saskatoon.

A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. from the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church Glaslyn, SK with Father Greg Elder officiating. Interment will follow the service at the Glaslyn Cemetery, Glaslyn, SK

Joan was born in Oberdorf, Austria and came to the Glaslyn area (Midnight Lake) of Saskatchewan with her family. Joan and Peter Chorney were married July 21, 1944 in Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fairholme, SK. 

Joan is survived by her twin sister, Julie Phillips of Saskatoon, SK; daughter, Linda Summers of Calgary, AB; son, Elton (Jan) of Butte, Montana; grandchildren: Monica (John) Vettergreen, and Ryan (Gay) Summers of Calgary AB, Laura (Kevin) Taylor of Strathmore, AB, Maureen Chorney and Collette Chorney of Butte, Montana; great grandchildren: Haley and Quinn Taylor of Strathmore, AB; sister-in-law, Jenny Kuhmayer of Glaslyn, SK, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was predeceased in death by her husband, Peter; her brother, Karl, her parents: Johanna and Johann; step-father, Leo; brother-in-law, Elton and son-in-law, Richard.

We are especially grateful to Jean (Terry) Elliott, Wayne (Janell) Phillips, and Darlene (Terry) Hogg, who helped her so much these last few years.

The family requests memorial donations be made to Holy Cross Catholic Church in Glaslyn, SK or to a Charity of the Donor’s Choice.  Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Vanessa Macnab of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.