Olga Switenky (nee Kowalchuk) left this world on Sunday January 26th, 2025, at the age of 95 after a long and hard-fought battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born May 12, 1929, in Hafford, Saskatchewan.

She didn’t wear the uniform of the IDF (though I suspect she’d have been honored to). Olga Meshoe Washington was a dynamic young South African native, a devout Christian, who put Israel’s ...

“Olga (Marlin) is already in heaven. What an intercessor we have! Let us offer many Masses for her.” The forwarded message from my sister, Victoria Amulega, landed in my WhatsApp inbox at 5.59pm on ...