District Office

In Memory Of Former Trustee Larry Wasylik

On behalf of the East Central Catholic School Board, we would like to express our deepest sympathies to the family members of Larry Wasylik. He was devoted to Catholic Education, having been a trustee with ECCS for 25 years. Larry also served on the board of directors for the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association for several of those years.

The Most Rev. Raymond Poisson, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), has issued a Pastoral Letter to Young People. The Letter is dated 12 October 2022 in honour of the anniversary of the death of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first beatified millennial. This Pastoral Letter is meant to inspire young Catholics to live their faith in an extraordinary way, encouraging them to strive toward holiness, and assuring them of the steadfast support and accompaniment of their Bishops along their individual journeys of faith.

Peacefully on October 11, 2022, Larry passed away surrounded by family at the Red Deer Regional Hospital at the age of 70 years.
He was predeceased by his parents, Mike and Nellie Wasylik; mother and father-in-law George and Marie Keller, brothers-in-law Ken Keller, Thomas Keller, and George Vilcsak, sisters-in-law Carol Zaharia and Grace Keller; nephew Clayton Wasylik; niece Cindy Zaharia-Sherrington, and numerous special aunts, uncles and relatives.
He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 46 years Patricia Wasylik; son Jonathon (Nancy); daughter Micaela (Jesse Tutt); grandchildren Addison, Olivia and Amelie Wasylik and Everly and Michael Tutt; nieces, nephews and many relatives and friends.
Larry was an engineering technologist with Alberta Power, Alberta Agriculture, and United Farmers of Alberta. He can be credited with many agricultural, residential, and commercial buildings and he loved being of service to all the people he met throughout his career.
He loved woodworking and shared his talent with gifts to family and friends afar. He was devoted to Catholic Education having been a trustee with East Central Catholic Schools for 25 years and serving on the board of directors for Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association for a number of those years. His woodworking can be found in Catholic Schools and offices across the province. Spending time with family and grandchildren was always his delight.
A Celebration of Life will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Ave., Red Deer, AB, on Wednesday, October 19th at 1:00 p.m. A hot lunch will be provided immediately following the service where all of us can remember and share our lived experiences with Larry. Friends and family are welcome to join us for the internment at Horn Hill Cemetery thereafter.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Friends of St. Jerome’s Catholic School in Vermilion, Alberta, as this school was near and dear to Larry.