DIMNIK, Frances

Frances Dimnik

1926 – 2021

Frances Dimnik of Lethbridge, Alberta passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 4th at the age of 95. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph as well as her parents and siblings.

Frances was born on February 3rd, 1926, in Vevce, Slovenia. She completed her vocational schooling in 1943 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With world war in progress and communist forces advancing, Frances and her family fled Slovenia for Austria. It was there that she met and married her husband Joseph in 1948. A year later, they immigrated to Canada arriving in Raymond Alberta where she completed a two-year farm labour contract. Upon moving to Lethbridge, she began working for St. Michael’s hospital where she worked for 33 years.

Frances was committed and devoted to her faith and sang for the Resurrection Choir for years. She was loved and cared for by many family members and is survived by her brother-in-law Steve Dimnik and his wife Ann Dimnik, her sister-in-law Marie Dimnik as well as numerous nieces and nephews in Canada, Argentina and Slovenia.

Prayers will be held at 6:00 PM on Monday, August 9, 2021 at MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610- 4th St. South, Lethbridge.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Tuesday August 10 at ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH (All Saints Parish), 2405 – 12th Ave. South, Lethbridge. Interment to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery.

Flowers are gratefully declined. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the St. Vincent De Paul Society/All Saints Parish, 2405 12 Avenue S. Lethbridge, AB, T1K 0P4.

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