Stella’s father – Michael Irla. Born Sept. 16, 1893, in Radgosczcz, Poland. 1930
Stella’s mother – Veronica Wawzonek. Born May 7, 1903, in Radgosczcz, Poland. 1970
Passport photo of Irla family. Back row, left to right: Veronica (age 29) & John (age 9). Front, left to right: Michael Jr. (age 4) and Stella (age 6). 1932
Canadian Pacific S.S. “Duchess of Bedford”
aura School class picture – Stella (Irla) is in the 2nd row from the back, 4th from the left. Sebastian is in the same row, 1st one on the right. 1938
Stella (Irla). 1940
Irla family - Left to right: Stella, John & Mary. 1940
Stella (Irla) playing a guitar. 1940
Sebastian’s father – Marion Wolak. 1930
Sebastian’s mother – Annie (nee Niemasik). 1980
Sebastian – Age 9. 1936
Sebastian at his trapping cabin. 1945
Sebastian riding a bicycle. 1945. A 1935 Ford Coupe can be seen behind him
Sebastian’s Aunt & Uncle, Joanne & Walter Gasiorek. 1948
Sebastian playing a guitar. 1949
Sebastian beside a motorcycle. 1949
Dressed in traditional Polish clothing. Left to right: Stella (Irla), unknown, Mary Irla (Stella’s sister) & Joanne Gasiorek (Sebastian’s Aunt). 1950
Sebastian & Stella’s wedding day. July 28, 1951
Sebastian & Stella’s wedding party. Left to right: Steve Kotyk (friend), Mike Irla (Stella’s brother), John Irla (Stella’s brother), Sebastian, Stella, Ema Harsulla (friend), Etta (Wawzonek) Smerychinski (Stella’s cousin) and Mary (Irla) Shewchuk (Stella’s sister). July 28, 1951
Opening of the Athabasca Bridge. June 1952
Wearing traditional Polish clothing. Back row, left to right: Annie (Wolak) Meroniuk (Sebastian’s mother) & Metro Meroniuk. Front row, left to right: Stan & Walter Gasiorek (Sebastian’s cousins). 1960
Back row, left to right: Stella holding youngest daughter, Marcia & Annie (Wolak) Meroniuk (Sebastian’s mother). Middle row, left to right: Richard, Philip & Marion Wolak. Front row, left to right: Bertha & Grace Wolak. 1966
Wolak family. Left to right: Bertha, Grace holding Marcia, Philip, Richard & Marion. 1967
Stella & Sebastian’s house on their homestead in the Pleasant View District, north of Athabasca. 1970
Farmyard of Stella & Sebastian’s homestead. 1970
Sebastian – 1994
Windmill that Sebastian built. 1996
Stella playing her violin. 2001
Wolak home in the town of Athabasca. 2004
Garden in back yard. 2004
Stella’s greenhouse. 2004
Ice fishing at Calling Lake. Left to right: Derrick & Tyler Woytovicz (Marcia & Greg’s sons) and Sebastian. 2005
Celebrating Stella’s 80th and Grace’s 50th. Left to right: Stella & Grace. 2006
Sebastian celebrating his 80th Birthday. 2007
Sebastian playing his guitar. 2009
Left to right: Mary (Irla) Shewchuk (Stella’s sister) & Joanna Gasiorek (Sebastian’s Aunt). 2010
Christmas Eve 2010. Standing, left to right: Marcia, Marion, Grace, Bertha & Philip. Sitting: Stella & Sebastian
Left to right: Steve Wawzonek (Stella’s cousin), Mary (Irla) Shewchuk (Stella’s sister) & Ed Wawzonek (Stella’s cousin). 2015
Marion Wolak (oldest son) married to Linda (Bulas). 2017
Marion’s son Vance Wolak. Left to right: Hannah (Moye), Vance, Zerrick & Kayden. 2021
Philip Wolak (2nd oldest son). 2010
Greg Wolak, Philip’s oldest child. 2011
Philip’s 2nd oldest child, Jennifer (Wolak) Gott. Left to right: Zackary, Jennifer holding Alexandra, Landon holding Wyatt. 2021
Christopher Wolak, Philip’s 2nd youngest child. 2019
Philip’s youngest child, Melissa Wolak (right) with other daughter, Jennifer (left). 2008
Richard Wolak. 1970
Grace Wolak (oldest daughter). 2019
Grace’s oldest son, Marty Gorski. Back row, left to right: Marty & Cheryl (Manns). Front row, left to right: Brenden & Alana. 2019
Grace’s youngest son, Daryl Gorski. Left to right: Daryl and his son Donavon Stapley. 2020
Bertha (Wolak) Botten (middle daughter). Left to right: Les & Bertha. 2022
Bertha’s children. Left to right: Jason Marcoux, Kevin Marcoux (oldest child), Robyn (Marcoux) Jackson & Jeffrey Marcoux (2nd oldest child). 2018
Bertha’s 2nd youngest child, Jason Marcoux. Back row, left to right: Jennifer (Pysyk) & Jason. Front row, left to right: Heidi & Cash. 2021
Bertha’s youngest child, Robyn (Marcoux) Jackson. Back row, left to right: Michael, Robyn holding Novah. Front: Lenoxx. 2021
Marcia (Wolak) Woytovicz (youngest child). Left to right: Marcia & Greg. 2018
Marcia’s oldest son Derrick Woytovicz. Left to right: Derrick & Rebecca (Lawson). 2022
Marcia’s youngest son, Tyler Woytovicz. Left to right: Tyler holding Maya & Larissa (Struski). 2021
Left to right: Bertha, Grace, Marcia, Philip & Marion. 2018
Christmas Eve 2018. Back row, left to right: Greg, Linda, Michael, Les, Bertha, Larissa, Vance, Jeffrey, Derrick, Grace, Marion, Ron, Jennifer, Landon (behind Jennifer), Marcia & Greg. Middle row, left to right: Hannah, Robyn holding Lenoxx, Tammy, Tyler, Cheryl, Marty & Philip. Front row, left to right: Zerrick, Kevin, Alana, Kayden, Brenden & Zachary.
Christmas Eve 2021. Back row, left to right: Marion, Jeffrey, Linda, Derrick, Vance, Bertha, Les, Grace, Greg, Marcia, Marty & Greg. Middle row, left to right: Brenden, Hannah, Rebecca, Cheryl, Robyn, Novah & Michael. Front row, left to right: Alana, Zerrick & Lenoxx.
Top photo taken in 1967. Left to right: Bertha, Grace, Marcia, Philip, Richard & Marion. Bottom photo taken in 2018 – 51 years later. Left to right: Bertha, Grace, Marcia, Philip & Marion.