Obituary of Bonnie Kalk

A memorial folder from the funeral service can be printed under the "Memories" tab, then choose "Memorial Program". KALK - Myra Alice "Bonnie" Kalk was born on November 23, 1929 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan to Melvin Leroy (Rick) and Ruby Alice Carlisle. Bonnie's only sister Myrna was born in April 1931. Myrna and her family now reside in Santa Rosa, California. Growing up in Weyburn, Bonnie was an ardent member of the Weyburn Winter Club where she enjoyed teaching figure skating. After high school she worked at the Weyburn Co-op Creamery and later the Weyburn Mental Hospital. In the fall of 1952 Bonnie joined Fantasy on Ice, skating professionally for two years, touring Canada and the northern United States from coast to coast. In January 1956 Bonnie married Lyle Kalk of Indian Head, Saskatchewan. Her twins Kenneth and Kathleen were born in November of 1956. In 1961 Bonnie completed her training as a Psychiatric Nurse. She worked at the General Hospital in Regina for seventeen years rising to the position of Associate Director of Nursing for Psychiatry, and raising her children in Regina as a single parent. In 1978, at the age of 49, Bonnie moved north to Buffalo Narrows where she worked as the Community Mental Health Nurse for that region until 1987. During those years she developed a deep appreciation of the wilderness and people of the north, and in her words, "learned a lot about spirituality and acceptance." Her first granddaughter, Kennedy Warren, was born in 1984. Her grandson Joseph Warren was born in 1986 and granddaughters Megan Kalk in 1990 and Sheenah Kalk in 1993. Her grandchildren were a great source of joy to her, particularly in the latter years of her life spent in Regina on Leopold Crescent. In 1987, discontent with early retirement from the north, Bonnie re-entered the work force, this time teaching a two-year diploma program for chemical dependency workers at the Regional College in Yorkton. Later she was hired to write and deliver several personal development programs in Kamsack, Fort Qu'Appelle, Canora and Estevan. In 2002 Bonnie acted as a key advisor and player in The Weyburn Project, an innovative site-specific performance at the Weyburn Mental Hospital. Bonnie's contributions were varied and many and she touched the lives of countless people in both her personal and professional lives. She will be fondly remembered for her warm generous spirit and independent forthright personality. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. The family gratefully acknowledges the compassionate care given by the staff of the Intensive Care Unit at the Yorkton Regional Hospital during the final days of Bonnie's life. Bonnie passed away on Sunday March 15, 2009 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. Bonnie leaves to celebrate her life her two children and their families: son, Ken (Eva) Kalk of Yorkton, SK and daughter, Kathleen Carlisle (Garry Walsh) of Bethune, SK one sister Myrna Stager, as well as numerous nieces, nephews relatives and friends.