Alex Geletchuk

Alex Geletchuk of Erickson, MB passed away peacefully on November 9, 2024 at the Sandy Lake Personal Care Home. He was 85 years old. Alex was predeceased by his parents, brothers Bill, John, Terry, Mike and sister Edna. Alex is survived by his wife Charlene (Charlie) Geletchuk, sister-in-law Dorothy Geletchuk, sister-in-law Kaye Tiller, brother-in-law Donald Brewer (Mabel), brother-in-law Mervyn Brewer (Dorothy) and many nieces, nephews and their children. Alex was born March 8, 1939 to parents Harry and Anna Geletchuk, at the family farm in Rama, SK. He moved to the Erickson area in 1959. Charlene and Alex were married on July 13, 1974. In May 1973 they purchased Bill Prosak’s farm, NE 9-18-18, which is hay and grain land. Alex continued to live at the family farm and then travelled north to work as a Heavy Duty Mechanic for Midwest Drilling in Rankin Inlet, NWT. After many years working up north in a part of the country he loved, he drove trucks for Ken Beatty Construction, even after his retirement with friend Raymond. Alex was a life member of the Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church in Erickson, until it was given new life as the Good Street Hall in Erickson, Manitoba, Built in 1953, the former Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church in Erickson,is listed as an historic site in Manitoba, though it no longer functions as a working place of worship. Onanole residents Steve and Reghan Langston purchased it in 2021, so that the former church will have new life as an event space for weddings, concerts and other events such as Alex’s private family gathering to celebrate his life on November 23, 2024. Alex loved horses and loved riding with his neighbours for several years in his retirement. He also enjoyed snow shoeing with his dog Angel. Alex could fix anything and was always willing to lend a hand and had every tool imaginable. He also loved to help his neighbours in later years and each spring load up his 26 HP Massy Ferguson tractor with the tiller attachment and travelled around the municipality to his friends’ places and till up their garden plots. Alex and Charlie also drove around to all the neighbours having coffee and sharing the news with each other, checking in on their neighbours too. Alex will be missed and came to be a softer and gentler soul in his later years.