LEST WE FORGET 299 PYLYPUK (DRISCOLL), Louise Ella WWII Louise was born in Ponteix, Saskatchewan on February 8, 1922, to Charles and Ada Driscoll. She grew up on a farm near Gouverneur, SK where she also attended school. On April 17, 1943, Louise enlisted in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in Regina. She took her basic training in Vermillion, Alberta and was then posted to Currie Barracks in Calgary, later becoming chief pastry cook at number 5 kitchen. Louise met Steve, a member of the Royal Canadian Artillery, while stationed in Calgary. The two were married on May 4, 1945, and their first home was in the Kamanatha district near Semans, SK. They had three sons, Percy, Wayne, and Dean. In 1962, the family moved to Raymore and Louise opened a beauty shop in their home. In 1983, she retired her scissors and closed up the shop. The Pylypuks moved to their condo in Regina in 1994. Louise passed away on February 26, 2013. REED, Alexander Harold WWI Corporal Alexander Harold Reed was the son of Alexander and Grace (William) Reed. He was born on September 18, 1887, in Orillia, Ontario. He and Georgina Burchill were married in Regina on Saturday, November 7, 1914. They moved to Outlook where they were living when Alexander enlisted, at the age of 28, with the 128th Overseas Battalion in December 1915. He had previously served with the Mississauga Light Horse Infantry. He was teaching but had plans to study law. Reed fought with the 46th and 229th Battalion in France. At the age of 30, he received his discharge. He rejoined his family in Turtleford. The 1931 Census shows that Alexander was practicing law; he and Georgina had four children: Muriel, John, Phyllis and Aileen. By 1962, he was retired and living in Victoria, BC, with Georgina. Alexander Harold Reed passed away in Victoria on March 6, 1982, at the age of 94. PYLYPUK, Steve WWII Steve was born on August 24, 1920, and raised on the family homestead south of Wynyard, Saskatchewan where he attended the Round Hills School. At the age of fifteen, he went to work on a large mixed farm in the Kamanatha district south-east of Semans. In 1942, Steve enlisted in the Canadian Army, West Coast Defence with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He received his basic training in Regina, then transferred to Calgary to finish training at Currie Barracks, from there to RCA Delbert, Nova Scotia to wait for deployment overseas. He was then transferred back to Calgary where he worked in the Machine Shop. In 1946, he and his wife Louise returned to Kamanatha resuming a position on the Silver Crown Farm. Steve started Steve Pylypuk Construction in 1961 in Raymore. A couple of churches and many homes exhibit his carpentry skills. In 1994, they purchased a condo in Regina where they enjoyed each other’s companionship until Louise’s passing in 2013. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Semans Branch 108. Steve passed away on January 24, 2019, at the age of 98.
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