To Touch the Past, Touch a Rock
To Touch the Present, Touch a Rose
To Touch the Future, Touch a Life
14 October 2007
15 July 2007
Reminder - Things to Bring!!
Please remember to bring the following to the Family Gathering:
1) A Family Bio (or update of your previously printed bio). One half or full page of infomration about your family.
2) Information on your "Family Tree". Any genealogical data which would help linking the branches of the family. You can download the Pitura Family Info Document to help!
3) Family Photos of present family, new additions and of those no longer with us.
4) Any anecdotes/stories of memorable and/or interesting family events.
5) A unique gift (one per family) of approximately $15 to be used as a prize at our Saturday banquet.
6) Your favourite Family Recipes!!
Lastly, your copy of the Pitura Family 2001 Recollections and Family Histories Book (if you have room in your suitcase!).
1) A Family Bio (or update of your previously printed bio). One half or full page of infomration about your family.
2) Information on your "Family Tree". Any genealogical data which would help linking the branches of the family. You can download the Pitura Family Info Document to help!
3) Family Photos of present family, new additions and of those no longer with us.
4) Any anecdotes/stories of memorable and/or interesting family events.
5) A unique gift (one per family) of approximately $15 to be used as a prize at our Saturday banquet.
6) Your favourite Family Recipes!!
Lastly, your copy of the Pitura Family 2001 Recollections and Family Histories Book (if you have room in your suitcase!).
1 July 2007
2007 Reunion Information
Pitura /Petura Family Gathering 2007
July 20, 21 & 22 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Friday, July 20, 2007
Registration, Meet and Greet
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: 27 Portsmouth Avenue, Winnipeg (Pat (Pitura) Reschke's Home)
Spend a relaxing evening reconnecting with family members and meeting new ones. At this time you will receive information concerning Saturday activities. Hot and cold appetizers and refreshments will be served. A time for sharing and story telling!!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Afternoon Activity – Fun in Sunny Manitoba
Evening Dinner
Time: 6:30 pm – refreshments, 7:00 pm – buffet dinner
Location: Kingswood Golf and Country Club, La Salle, Manitoba
Come prepared for an evening of good food, sharing of stories and tales, games, and lots of fun. Bring a unique gift of approximately $15.00 as a prize for a game, raffle.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Church Service & Brunch
Time: tbd
Location: Avonlea United Church & Domain Hall, Domain, Manitoba
Following church, we will travel down the road to the Domain Community Hall for a wonderful brunch cooked up in good style by our Manitoba Men. A time to say our farewells for this Gathering and look toward the future.
Things to Bring (or post on our family website/blog)
- Your copy of the Pitura Family 2001 Gathering Recollections and Family Histories book. (if you have room in your suitcase)
- A unique gift (one per family) of approximately $15 to be used as a prize at our Saturday banquet ( a great idea from 2001 and 2004).
- Family photos – of present family, new additions and of those no longer with us.
- Information on your “family tree”. Any genealogical data which would help linking branches of the Family.
- Any anecdotes/stories of memorable and/or interesting family events.
- A family bio ( or update of your previously printed bio) – one half to a full page of information about your family.
July 20, 21 & 22 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Friday, July 20, 2007
Registration, Meet and Greet
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: 27 Portsmouth Avenue, Winnipeg (Pat (Pitura) Reschke's Home)
Spend a relaxing evening reconnecting with family members and meeting new ones. At this time you will receive information concerning Saturday activities. Hot and cold appetizers and refreshments will be served. A time for sharing and story telling!!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Afternoon Activity – Fun in Sunny Manitoba
Evening Dinner
Time: 6:30 pm – refreshments, 7:00 pm – buffet dinner
Location: Kingswood Golf and Country Club, La Salle, Manitoba
Come prepared for an evening of good food, sharing of stories and tales, games, and lots of fun. Bring a unique gift of approximately $15.00 as a prize for a game, raffle.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Church Service & Brunch
Time: tbd
Location: Avonlea United Church & Domain Hall, Domain, Manitoba
Following church, we will travel down the road to the Domain Community Hall for a wonderful brunch cooked up in good style by our Manitoba Men. A time to say our farewells for this Gathering and look toward the future.
Things to Bring (or post on our family website/blog)
- Your copy of the Pitura Family 2001 Gathering Recollections and Family Histories book. (if you have room in your suitcase)
- A unique gift (one per family) of approximately $15 to be used as a prize at our Saturday banquet ( a great idea from 2001 and 2004).
- Family photos – of present family, new additions and of those no longer with us.
- Information on your “family tree”. Any genealogical data which would help linking branches of the Family.
- Any anecdotes/stories of memorable and/or interesting family events.
- A family bio ( or update of your previously printed bio) – one half to a full page of information about your family.
15 May 2007
5th Family Gathering
Our 5th Family Gathering is fast approaching and our Manitoba committee is busy planning what we hope will be a fun and exciting event. We are very much looking forward to our family and friends joining us in Winnipeg July 20, 21 and 22, 2007 and hope that you will be able to attend.
As we have done every Gathering since we first came together in Winnipeg in 1995, we would like to collect information concerning our family history and roots. We hope that you will send us updated information about your branch of the family tree that we can add to the Pitura Family Gathering 2001 Recollections and Family Histories that was first compiled for us by Ken and Barbara (Pitura) Norton. Updates will be made and distributed during the Gathering. For members who did not order a memory book last time, we will be reprinting this document and making it available to any interested family for $20.00.
New this year is our website/blog/portal. The Pitura Portal is a separate, private, password protected area that is packed with interactive features that will allow our family to stay in touch with each other, to work together to build a lasting tribute to who we are, from where we came, and to honor the memory of those who came before us. On the portal you can share photos, news and stories, exchange messages, and work together to update our online Family Tree. There is an Event Calendar that will populate birthdays, plus Photo Galleries to which we can all upload photos. You can review and print historical reports, or simply enjoy your visit. We would like to thank Alison Pitura Zulyniak and Valerie (Pitura) Harasym for their initiative and work on our family blog and this new means of communication.
We have a variety of activities planned that will enable us to re-connect since our last Gathering in Wisconsin; a time to visit with old family friends and to meet and greet new members. We also hope to give you a “Taste of Manitoba” in the activities which we hope you will enjoy. Since we realize that our group has a variety of interests and physical abilities, we have decided to offer several events from which to choose on Saturday, July 21st. These activities also include different cost amounts that we hope will accommodate all our family members.
Please complete the mailed registration package and return by July 1, 2007 and/or visit our website and register online via our Pitura blog. If we have missed a family member in this mail out, please share this information.
We look forward to seeing you in July.
Sincerely,
Carolynne Pitura
As we have done every Gathering since we first came together in Winnipeg in 1995, we would like to collect information concerning our family history and roots. We hope that you will send us updated information about your branch of the family tree that we can add to the Pitura Family Gathering 2001 Recollections and Family Histories that was first compiled for us by Ken and Barbara (Pitura) Norton. Updates will be made and distributed during the Gathering. For members who did not order a memory book last time, we will be reprinting this document and making it available to any interested family for $20.00.
New this year is our website/blog/portal. The Pitura Portal is a separate, private, password protected area that is packed with interactive features that will allow our family to stay in touch with each other, to work together to build a lasting tribute to who we are, from where we came, and to honor the memory of those who came before us. On the portal you can share photos, news and stories, exchange messages, and work together to update our online Family Tree. There is an Event Calendar that will populate birthdays, plus Photo Galleries to which we can all upload photos. You can review and print historical reports, or simply enjoy your visit. We would like to thank Alison Pitura Zulyniak and Valerie (Pitura) Harasym for their initiative and work on our family blog and this new means of communication.
We have a variety of activities planned that will enable us to re-connect since our last Gathering in Wisconsin; a time to visit with old family friends and to meet and greet new members. We also hope to give you a “Taste of Manitoba” in the activities which we hope you will enjoy. Since we realize that our group has a variety of interests and physical abilities, we have decided to offer several events from which to choose on Saturday, July 21st. These activities also include different cost amounts that we hope will accommodate all our family members.
Please complete the mailed registration package and return by July 1, 2007 and/or visit our website and register online via our Pitura blog. If we have missed a family member in this mail out, please share this information.
We look forward to seeing you in July.
Sincerely,
Carolynne Pitura
7 April 2007
Greetings
Greetings to our Pitura/Petura Relations and Friends!
It is indeed a privilege to write this letter of “Welcome”.
Since our first (pilot project) of trying to discover our Roots and Family Tree in July 1995 in Winnipeg, we have come a fair distance. Our second Gathering was in 1998 in Okotokes, Alberta, our third in 2001 in Cobble Hill, British Columbia and in 2004 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Gatherings have been great for meeting and greeting old and new Family members, the opportunity to tour the city and area and of course to enjoy the hospitality of the host families. We usually explore and add another branch to the Family Tree.
Our common heritage began in Poland – some immigrated in the 1850’s and early 1900’s to establish a new way of life. The pioneer families had to work hard to survive in a new land and learn the language, etc. There was little or no time left for what we are enjoying today.
Each Gathering has carried with it a special uniqueness, character, and fellowship. We are truly blessed to have made the scan across the great country and return to home base in Winnipeg. As I review some of my files of our family Gatherings of past years, it is proper that we take a moment to remember those who have died… our thoughts are with the respective families.
One great accomplishment over the years, was the efforts of Barb (Pitura) and Ken Norton from Cobble Hill, BC in creating and printing a binder called “Recollections & Family Histories” in 2001. Hopefully as time goes on, we can add new “roots” and photos and happenings of our family to this binder.
We now look forward to our Family Gathering in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July 2007 and once again it is my pleasure to Welcome you to come and enjoy this Pitura/Petura party. With this letter, I would like to introduce, Carolynne Pitura, our eldest daughter, who has volunteered along with other family members to bring forth a committee to organize this special event. A comment from a recent TV credit card commercial… “There are things money can buy, and there are things credit cards can buy… but visiting with Family members and reminiscing your heritage and connecting… You cannot buy...it is priceless!!”
Best Wishes and may your planning for your July Holidays lead you to Winnipeg. More information to follow.
We’ll have a candle in the window! With love and warmest regards,
Clara and Carl
It is indeed a privilege to write this letter of “Welcome”.
Since our first (pilot project) of trying to discover our Roots and Family Tree in July 1995 in Winnipeg, we have come a fair distance. Our second Gathering was in 1998 in Okotokes, Alberta, our third in 2001 in Cobble Hill, British Columbia and in 2004 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Gatherings have been great for meeting and greeting old and new Family members, the opportunity to tour the city and area and of course to enjoy the hospitality of the host families. We usually explore and add another branch to the Family Tree.
Our common heritage began in Poland – some immigrated in the 1850’s and early 1900’s to establish a new way of life. The pioneer families had to work hard to survive in a new land and learn the language, etc. There was little or no time left for what we are enjoying today.
Each Gathering has carried with it a special uniqueness, character, and fellowship. We are truly blessed to have made the scan across the great country and return to home base in Winnipeg. As I review some of my files of our family Gatherings of past years, it is proper that we take a moment to remember those who have died… our thoughts are with the respective families.
One great accomplishment over the years, was the efforts of Barb (Pitura) and Ken Norton from Cobble Hill, BC in creating and printing a binder called “Recollections & Family Histories” in 2001. Hopefully as time goes on, we can add new “roots” and photos and happenings of our family to this binder.
We now look forward to our Family Gathering in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July 2007 and once again it is my pleasure to Welcome you to come and enjoy this Pitura/Petura party. With this letter, I would like to introduce, Carolynne Pitura, our eldest daughter, who has volunteered along with other family members to bring forth a committee to organize this special event. A comment from a recent TV credit card commercial… “There are things money can buy, and there are things credit cards can buy… but visiting with Family members and reminiscing your heritage and connecting… You cannot buy...it is priceless!!”
Best Wishes and may your planning for your July Holidays lead you to Winnipeg. More information to follow.
We’ll have a candle in the window! With love and warmest regards,
Clara and Carl
21 February 2006
Frank Petura's Trip to Ukraine & Poland 2005
Below is a brief description of the photos from our 2005 Trip to Ukraine & Poland:
- Our driver and translator on tour in the Ukraine – Volodymyr and Russlan.
- Farm land near ancestral homes.
- Site of my Dad’s original home which was replaced by house shown.
- Land that was farmed by my Dad’s family straight back from their house to trees beyond.
- The following graves and markers of deceased family members.
- Note marker indicating death in 1934 – this is my Dad’s sister.
- Picture of most of our family living in village of Peremiluv. The lady with vertical striped blouse in front row, is my cousin who traveled with us. She spoke Ukrainian.
- Picture of 7 of us with lake behind them came to see off on our last day at Ternopil where we stayed at Hotel.
- From this point on Pictures were taken in the Ottynia area where my mother was born 50 miles or so away. Mom and Dad did not know each other in Galacia but met in Canada by chance.
- Pictures of cemeteries in Ottynia area were so neglected as the trees and forest have encroached on it to prevent one from entering.
- My sister Mildred viewing the land near Ottynia, probably imaging how our family lived there and why they eventually immigrated to Canada.
- Eventually you will see the only Roman Catholic Church in the whole area. The Russians converted it to a granary during the war. You will see upon inspection of structure many bullet and shell damage. I imagine there was more as there was some indication of repairs. The plaque on the church in the following picture commemorates an important victory over the Austrians in an earlier war.
- Here are more Greek Orthodox churches which are predominant in all of Ukraine.
- Some pictures later you will see a stork nest on a pole. This is a common scene.
- Cows walking don one of their better roads.
- Myself (Frank), Lois (my wife), Mildred (my sister) and Stephie (my cousin on Pitura sides of family). Stephie only came along with us on the Village tours in the Ukraine.
- You will note pictures I took of President Vicktor Yushenko on a chance meeting in a flea market in Southern Ukraine in the Carpathian Mountains.
Frank Petura
29 May 2005
'Sow the Seeds of Faith' - Pitura Family Window
'Sow the Seeds of Faith'
Dedicated May 29, 2005
1950-51 - Following the move of the Avonlea United Church to Domain, the Pitura Family became active as new members in attending worship service and supporting the Church Community.
As our families grew, we became more a part and enjoyed the privilege of church fellowship.
We have fond memories of our children through Baptism, Sunday School, Confirmation and yes, Marriage to leave the nest and start their own.
Our daughters, Carolynne, Cheryl and Corie played the organ for a number of years, following Mrs. Haverstick and enjoyed many hours singing in the choir.
Today, we take time out. to pay tribute to the Church Community as recognition of past years.
The dedication of our family window is in some small way to appreciate the fruitful years of Fellowship. Our theme, 'Sow the Seed of Faith' is encompassing and challenging in today's world. Most are not farmers of the field, but the analogy is there, Plant a Seed of Faith today in your home, your place of work or your community about Faith in God to someone!
May those who enter this Sanctuary enjoy this art work in it's design and feel an inspiration in it's message. Only then will the 'Window' fulfill it's purpose and it's challenge to bring forth the message.
Our grateful thanks to our granddaughter, Katie Manness Klassen for exploring the theme and message from Ecclesiastes 11:6. It is also proper to recognize the artistic work of Mr. Ken Potter, Sperling, Man., in physically molding the window. The history composition is window glass from Sperling United Church, Brunkild St. Paul Church and a Jewel from Ireland.
In closing - our Family feels humble for the opportunity to express our thoughts along the Road of Life. May God Bless!
Carl F. Pitura
9 September 2004
1 July 2001
2001 Family Gathering Cobble Hill British Columbia
Agenda for the Gathering:
Thursday, July 19th
Registration - 7:00-9:00 @ St. John's Anglican Church Hall
Pick up your Registration / Information package and make inquiries.
Friday, July 20th
Registration - 9:00-noon @ St. John's Anglican Church Hall
Morning and Afternoon - free time for visiting and getting to know the area. Group tours to local wineries or a round of golf can be arranged. This would be an excellent time to check out Chemainus, famous for its large outdoor murals and the many gift and antique stores there and surrounding communities. Take in Whippletree Junction for more souvenirs and interesting crafts.
5:30-6:00 - Reception to meet and greet before dinner.
6:00 pm - Catered dinner at St. John's Anglican church Hall. Come prepared for some fun and games. Bring a unique gift (one per family) of $10 or less as a prize for the evenings "shenanigans". Musicians, bring your instruments and voices for a sing song.
Saturday, July 21st
Morning and Afternoon - Free Time - An excellent time to take in the many interesting sights of beautiful Victoria - tour the world famous Butchart Gardens or spend a few hours on the ocean looking for whales.
6:00 pm - Barbecue at Ken and Barb's house. Bring your best smiles for family photos and your family write up - these will be compiled into a Pitura Gathering Memories 2001 souvenir booklet.
Sunday, July 22nd
10:00 - Join us for a church service at which members of the family will participate. Bring your best singing voice!
Thursday, July 19th
Registration - 7:00-9:00 @ St. John's Anglican Church Hall
Pick up your Registration / Information package and make inquiries.
Friday, July 20th
Registration - 9:00-noon @ St. John's Anglican Church Hall
Morning and Afternoon - free time for visiting and getting to know the area. Group tours to local wineries or a round of golf can be arranged. This would be an excellent time to check out Chemainus, famous for its large outdoor murals and the many gift and antique stores there and surrounding communities. Take in Whippletree Junction for more souvenirs and interesting crafts.
5:30-6:00 - Reception to meet and greet before dinner.
6:00 pm - Catered dinner at St. John's Anglican church Hall. Come prepared for some fun and games. Bring a unique gift (one per family) of $10 or less as a prize for the evenings "shenanigans". Musicians, bring your instruments and voices for a sing song.
Saturday, July 21st
Morning and Afternoon - Free Time - An excellent time to take in the many interesting sights of beautiful Victoria - tour the world famous Butchart Gardens or spend a few hours on the ocean looking for whales.
6:00 pm - Barbecue at Ken and Barb's house. Bring your best smiles for family photos and your family write up - these will be compiled into a Pitura Gathering Memories 2001 souvenir booklet.
Sunday, July 22nd
10:00 - Join us for a church service at which members of the family will participate. Bring your best singing voice!
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