Funeral Mass: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 2:00 p.m. Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. In lieu of flowers, donation's in memory of Verna may be made to the Foam Lake Fire Department, Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, or a charity of one's choice. Interment to follow in the Foam Lake Cemetery, Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. The epitomey of strength and determination Veronica (Verna)(Paley) Antonishyn was born on the family farm near Theodore to George and Sophie Paley. She was 1 of 18 brothers and sisters growing up and working on the family farm. She attended Westbrooke school to grade eight and took grade nine by correspondense. In 1957 Verna married her partner and love of her life Andrew Antonishyn and on May 21, 1959 they were blessed with their one and only child, Janet. In her earlier years Verna worked at the Western Hotel and at Tommy's Cleaners and for a few years roomed and boarded RCMP members who would chase her around the yard with the garden hose. She then became Andy's right hand man and devoted her life to working with and beside Andy either in the body shop sanding or at the auto wrecking yard cleaning and finding parts. Her mind was like a living parts book, she knew the numbers, the applications, what they fit and most of all where Andy had put them. There's no way you could miss Verna, a slight build of a lady with the strength of a man, in her coveralls and toque, cleaning transmissions and motor parts till they were as good as new. She didn't have much time for hobbies but one of her biggest joys were her trips to the land of lights, yes you guessed it, Las Vegas. She made numerous trips in the earlier years and enjoyed it tremendously, never a big winner but never a sore loser, it was the trip that counted. She enjoyed talking to customers and sharing some funny stories about herself and Andy, and about the trips they had made together, amost always on business. As the years passed Verna's health took a turn for the worse, cancer was to be her battle. She had told us I am only 68, I am too young to die. The doctors had given her 22 months to live, even with the chemo treatments, it was obvious they didn't know Verna well. With a little humor and the ability to laugh Mom battled her way through one and a half years of treatments and was finally told, we don't need to see you any more, the cancer is gone. By this time Andy's business had moved to Norm and Janet's garage next door to their house. It made life easier and Verna could spend more time at home and in the yard wandering to the garage to see if Andy needed help, coming for coffee, helping Norm make Sunday breakfast on the fire pit and enjoying camp fire coffee. It didn't matter what came her way, she was always up for the challenge; some harder than others but she always confronted it, never to give up: that was her strength. Verna's memory for details, where things were, and numbers were one of her greatest assets. Why that was taken from her with the onset of alzheimers we will never know but again she battled that in her own way; a way only an alzheimers patient would understand. She stood tall and stood fast to her beliefs and tried the best she could to cope with what was happening. Janet and Andy could no longer care for her and reluctantly agreed the nursing home in Theodore would be the most comfortable for her. She settled in and after a short bout of home sickness she was soon trying her best to help out the staff and making a few new friends along the way. Everyone there cared for her and appreciated her sense of humour, often laughing at her quick wit and smart remarks. Never a dull moment with Verna around. Eventually alzheimers took away her ability to move around on her own and for the next year and a half kept her bed ridden, but she would not give up, always something to say to Janet on her weekly visits, not always making sense but, in her own language certainly trying to communicate. Finally on October 25 with Janet by her side her strenth and determination withered, she succumbed to God's calling to join Andy. She will be surely missed, never forgotten and always loved. Strength and determination are her legacy. Verna was prececeased by her father George in 1956, her mother Sophie in 1980, two brothers in infancy. Brothers George, John, Nich, Fred, Bill and Alex. Sisters Katrina Koshman, Victoria Kucheran, Alice Stefanyshyn, Lillian Watt, Dora Stadnyk and Mary Kytyko. As well as numerous sisters and brothers in law. Left to mourn are daughter Janet (Norm); Sisters Lena (Al Mier), Portage La Prairie, MB., Elsie Warcomika, Yorkton, SK., Suzy Sokorkoff, Saskatoon, SK; Brothers Harry (Sylvia) Paley, Yorkton, SK., Steve (Shirley) Paley, Yorkton, SK; and 2 step grandchildren Danyel (Fjellstrom) Diamond, Petawawa, ON, Kelly Fjellstrom, St. Albert, AB. As well as numerous sisters and brothers in law, nieces and nephews.