Obituary of Sevir Lipkovsky

SEVIR LIPKOVSKY Sevir passed away peacefully on April 22, 2011 at the Charleswood Care Centre. Sevir was born in Turkey on February 28, 1921.He was predeceased by his first wife Eleanor (Nellie) in 1967 and wife Sylvia in 2009. He will be sadly missed by his son Sasha, his wife Lucy and his grandchildren Nicholai and Kiralyn. Sevir emigrated to Kingdom of Serbs, Croatians and Slovenians in 1922. After graduating high school in 1939, Sevir joined the technical faculty in Belgrade (Serbia) civil engineering department. In 1941 the Germans occupied the country and converted the technical facility to a hospital for German soldiers. To help support the family, Sevir had to work with his father as a surveyor until 1945, then he continued his studies at the Engineering faculty and successfully graduated in 1950. Soon after graduation, Sevir with his parents emigrated to Italy where he stayed with the International Refugee Organization in Trieste until 1951, after which he immigrated to Canada. After working for many construction companies, Sevir joined the City of Winnipeg engineering department in 1959. After working 24 years for the City of Winnipeg he decided to retire in 1982, in a capacity of professional projects engineer on a variety of different construction projects like enclosed swimming pools, indoor hockey arenas, fire halls, new police stations, city libraries and many other projects. During his retirement, Sevir enjoyed numerous fishing, hunting and mushroom gathering adventures with Sylvia and friends. He also enjoyed his time at his cottage at Victoria Beach. He loved entertaining and hosting large and frequent dinner parties where he would accompany his musician friends on his drums or accordion. His happiest moments were spending time with his grandchildren and bragging about them to all that would listen. We would like to thank staff on Unit 1 at Charleswood Care Centre for wonderful and compassionate care Sevir received while he was a resident. Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m. at Cropo Funeral Chapel, 1442 Main Street. Interment to follow in Brookside Cemetery, 3001 Notre Dame Avenue. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sevir's memory to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, Canadian Diabetes Association or the Winnipeg Humane Society. Cropo Funeral Chapel 1442 Main Street 586-8044