Joe Sandulak
On Sunday, June 20, 2021, Joseph Alexander Sandulak, aged 86 years, beloved husband of Carol Sandulak, nee Worden, of Carman, MB, passed away at the Carman Memorial Hospital.Joe is survived by his two children Alexander and Terry, sister-in-law Betty Sandulak, along with many extended relatives on both sides of the family. He was predeceased two days prior by his wife Carol Sandulak (passed June 18, 2021), parents Alex and Yustyna; three infant sisters, Marika, Pearl and Cecilia; brothers, Peter, John, William (Bill), and Stanley; sisters, Marie, Anne, Doreen and Olga; brothers-in-law, Roy Bausman, Garth Pickell and Frances Ribordy, sisters-in-law Joyce, Wilma, and Irma (Terry) Sandulak.Joe was born at a hospital in Winnipeg on June 29, 1934 to Alex and Yustyna (nee Lewco), the second youngest of the nine living children. He grew up on the family farm, first near Mollard and then near Sperling. He farmed with his dad and eventually took over the farm.Joe tried a variety of jobs in the winter season over his many years: bakers assistant in Winnipeg, on a crew maintaining telegraph posts for the railway, ran a school bus route in the Sperling area where he used a team of horses to pull a sleigh in winter, pulling up cross arms for the assembly of high voltage hydro lines for Manitoba Hydro, delivering fuel to farms for CO-OP, helping build grain cleaning equipment at Simon-Day in Winnipeg, and care taker for Sperling Arena, just to name a few.Retired from farming in 1990 and moved to a beautifully treed river bottom yard on the outskirts of Carman. Started his second run as a bus driver for the Roseisle and Stephenfield area delivering the kids to schools in Carman, retiring Aug 3, 2004, after 10 years. He enjoyed the daily interactions with the kids and will be fondly remembered for spoiling them the last day before Christmas break and the last day of school each summer, with treats.Special thanks to the wonderful medical staff at the Carman Memorial Hospital and Boundary Trails Health Centre for their care.