Elizabeth Petronela Fedorowich
ELIZABETH PETRONELA (PAT) McNAB (nee FEDOROWICH)
February 15, 1945 - December 16, 2025
After a brief battle with cancer, it is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth (Pat) McNab on December 16th, 2025, at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Pat was born in Winnipeg on February 15, 1945 and was the youngest child of a family of five children. She told us the story of how if she were born on Valentine’s Day, the day before, her sister Mary insisted that her name would be Valentine. She also told stories of how she was “Daddy’s girl” and was very spoiled by him. Being the youngest, her brothers were also very protective of her.
She was predeceased by her father, Stephan Fedorowich; mother, Anna Taras; brothers, Edward Fedorowich and Dennis Fedorowich; sisters Julie Henderson and Mary Connolly; nephews Terrence Connolly, James Fedorowich and Fredrick Fedorowich; and brother-in-law Bernie Connolly. She is survived by her only daughter, Catherine (Cathy) Hildebrand, son-in-law Grant, her granddaughters Stephanie Fast (Tim) and Alexandria (Alyx) O’Neill (Dan); great-grandsons Lucious Fast and Rowan O’Neill, several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, who fondly called her “Aunty Patsy” and sister-in-law, Rose Fedorowich. She is also survived by relatives in Ukraine.
Her greatest joy and love was her family and she loved being with them. She also loved to entertain and cook and was very good at it. She was a born-again Christian and brought her close family along. She loved Church and serving at Church, always smiling, always cheerful and lending a hand when and where she could. She also volunteered for her granddaughter's dance school and volunteered at her apartment as a welcoming person. She also loved to travel in her life and travelled a lot in her younger years. The most memorable place she visited was her Mom’s homeland in Western Ukraine, visiting the relatives there and seeing the village where her Mother was born. She also travelled to Egypt, Jerusalem, Hawaii, and New York City. She made friends easily and was always the life of the party. She lived life to her fullest, until her health started to fail. She was a very strong and independent woman and had a lot of spunk! I always admired her positive, cheerful and outgoing personality. She had several career positions, such as a nurse, administrative clerical and accounting positions and went back to school to become a legal adminstrative assistant. In her last years of work she started her own cleaning business called “White Glove”.
We want to thank the wonderful doctors, nurses, aides and staff of Ward 5B of the St. Boniface Hospital. You were kind, caring and extremely helpful for my Mom and our family. You helped us through a very difficult time in our lives and we are grateful. We would like to thank all family and friends that came to visit my Mom, had telephone and video chats and sent their well wishes. I know she really appreciated that. We couldn’t have done it without you.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, January 2nd, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at Springs Church, 725 Lagimodiere Blvd., Winnipeg, Manitoba. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to “Build the Future” (New Buiding Campaign), through Springs Church.
Arrangements entrusted to:
Rock Fontaine Funeral Director
Honour-Respect-Dignity
(204) 223-2576 or Toll Free (866) 499-2601
