Mr. Alan Charles Bielaszka

1963-2010

It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I write this obituary for my brother Alan.

He was an amazing young man with piercing blue eyes and beautiful blond curls.

Some say that joy is greater than sorrow and others say that sorrow is the greater, but I believe that they are inseparable…

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being

The more joy you can contain.

Alan passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 6 with his family and his teaching staff by his side.

Alan’s joy was summers spent at our cottage at Royal Lake Ontario, golfing with his buddies at St. Charles Country Club, and winters at our home in Phoenix, Arizona.

Alan was a wonderful son for Rose and Ed. Alan and his mother were truly best friends. The last little while when Alan was unable to teach, he and our mother would go every morning for coffee and then to shop. They both had a love for shopping…of any kind!

Alan and our dad had a great relationship too. They were always fixing up something and doing repairs on some property or another. They would always search together for the best flax straw to lay on the water pipes at our cottage. They always argued and yelled about who was right; much to the chagrin of my mother who just couldn’t understand such behaviour.

My brother was very dear to me even though I was probably a tough sister on him. We had fabulous times together going on numerous family trips. The big joke at the border was always “do you have anything that you’ll be leaving behind in the United States?” and my father would always answer “yes…those two in the back!”

Alan and I would scream NOOOOO!!!

As we got older, our lives got busier but we always spoke as a family every day to each other. That is what I’m sure my mother will miss the most…those 8am morning calls just to say have a great day!

Alan loved his niece Jessica with such entirety that I was almost the outsider at times.

Jessica and Alan always had a plan and were truly inseparable. He was her guiding light and her rock. Jessica loved him with all her heart.

Alan found love late in his life but what a love and what a family!

Michelle and Megan his bonus daughter were the light in his life. Some people don’t have a love like they had their entire lives, but Alan and Michelle had an incredible and full two years together.

Alan was so happy when he met Michelle. They were inseparable and if there is such a thing ..they were truly ..Soul Mates.

Alan was especially proud of his daughter Megan. He spent countless hours with great pride teaching her how to golf in the hopes that he would have another partner to be on his side. He was so proud that he had the opportunity to teach Megan how to ride a bike , but his proudest moment was when Megan began calling him “Tata”.

I had the privilege and honour to perform their marriage ceremony in Santa Clara, Cuba two years ago. It was a family vacation that Alan had only dreamed of having with his new wife and daughter. Jessica and I, Alan, Michelle and Megan had the time of our lives and these are memories that we all will cherish forever.

My brother loved his life with all his heart and it is so sad that he didn’t have more of it, but whatever he did and whomever he met will always have his memory and his smile and his truly kind heart to remember him by.

A celebration of Alan’s life will be held at Green Acres on Sunday October 10 at 11:00 am

Flowers are gratefully declined but Alan would truly appreciate a donation made in his name at Cancer Care Manitoba to help battle this horrible disease that took him from us much too soon.

GREEN ACRES

Funeral Home and Cemetery

1 Green Acres Lane, Springfield (204) 222-3241

Hwy #1 East inside the Perimeter at Winnipeg

Condolences may be sent to:

www.greenacresfuneralhome.com