Obituary of Helga Kohutt

KOHUTT - Helga Kohutt, resident of the Yorkton and District Nursing Home, passed away on Friday, April 2, 2010 with her daughter by her side. She was 90 years of age. Helga Odessa Kohutt was the fourth child of eight born to Harold and Sarah (nee Webster) Opdahl. She was born on September 10, 1919 in the Tompkins district of Saskatchewan. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith. She maintained a quiet confidence in God throughout her lifetime. The family moved from that area and eventually took up a homestead in the Choiceland district, where Helga obtained most of her schooling at Blue Fox School. She began to work at the age of 15 as a house-keeper, but in her late teens she started a life-long career as a cook, beginning at the Choiceland Hotel Café. On April 21, 1941 she married Nels Oman. A daughter was born in 1943. After various moves, the family settled in Edson, AB in 1949. Nels died in 1969 and Helga remained in Edson until 1977, when she moved to Yorkton to be near her daughter and family. On July 1, 1978 she married George Kohutt. They lived in Regina until George's passing in 1993, at which time Helga moved back to Yorkton. She lived in her house on Wellington Park Road until 2004 when declining health made it necessary to move into a suite in her daughter's house on Assiniboia Ave. In January of 2009 she became a resident of the Yorkton and District Nursing Home, where she remained until her death. Helga was predeceased by her first husband, Nels Oman, her second husband, George Kohutt, her son-in-law, Walter Pedde, her parents, Harold & Sarah Opdahl, her brothers, Minard, Helmer and Douglas, her sisters, Meryl Opdahl, Mafie Robertson, and Lita Opdahl. She leaves to cherish her memory, her daughter, Elin Pedde of Yorkton, her grandson Kevin Pedde (fiancé Sue Holland) of Vancouver, BC, her sister, IIamae Webster (Lloyd) of Fort St. John, BC, sisters-in-law, Rose Kaminsky (Orest) of Yorkton, Mary Mostaway of Calder, and Elsie Kohutt of Stoney Creek, ON, as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. The family gratefully acknowledges the kind and compassionate care by Dr. Groenewald, the nursing staff, and all the care aides at North 1 YDNH. We would also like to thank all the home care workers who attended her twice daily for two years before she entered hospital. Following cremation a family graveside service will take place, according to Helga's wishes. Arrangements were entrusted to Bailey's Funeral Home.