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January 27, 1925 - November 23, 2018
Ellen Jule (McClure, Sopiwnyk) Hertzke passed away at the age of 93 at the Mayfair Retirement Home, Abbotsford, BC.

She will be sadly missed by her sisters Donna Nygaard and Irene Pawlychyn, nieces, nephews and many friends.

Ellen was predeceased by her first husband Mike Sopiwnyk in 1972 and Maynard Hertzke in 1999, brothers: Wilbert, Hugh, Carl, Orval, Lloyd and sisters: Iris, Esther and Isabelle. 

Ellen was born at home at Pontrilas, SK, the first of 11 children. Ellen worked as a hairstylist for 30 years and loved to cook, play Sudoku and cruise, doing 37 or more cruises with Holland America.

A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 10:30 am at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 2310 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford. Entombment will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby.

Online condolences to the family may be made at www.woodlawnfh-abbotsford.com.
Woodlawn Funeral Home



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