BLOUSE

Description: SIZE 13. 5 BUTTON FRONT. SATIN PEPLUM SKIRT. LONG SATIN SLEEVES. CREPE SHOULDERS, PADDED. MANY SMALL STAINS. BUTTONS ARE MISSING.

History: REF TO P19710217000-GA. DONOR, MRS. M. VASELENAK HAS PROVIDED NO HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BLOUSE DONATED BY M. VASELENAK. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND AN OBITUARY FROM MARTIN BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME. THE CERTIFICATE OF GIFT ASSOCIATED WITH DONATION P19710217 PROVIDES A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO NARROW DOWN WHO MRS. M. VASELENAK IS. THE CERTIFICATE OF GIFT LISTS SEVERAL ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO MRS. MIKE VASELENAK IN COALDALE. BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DONOR IS LEONARD MICHAEL “MIKE” VASELENAK AND FRANCES VASELENAK (NEE BOGUSKI). LEONARD MICHAEL “MIKE” VASELENAK WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 2, 1913, IN LETHBRIDGE, THE SON OF STAFAN AND MARY VASELENAK (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). MIKE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM OUTSIDE OF COALDALE. HE WAS MARRIED TO FRANCES VASELENAK. MIKE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 90 ON DECEMBER 26, 2003. FRANCES VASELENAK WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1915, IN LETHBRIDGE, THE DAUGHTER OF ADOLF AND ANNA BOGUSKI (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). SHE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM JUST NORTH ON THE BROXBURN ROAD. SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 31, 2015 AT THE AGE OF 99. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND AN OBITUARY FROM MARTIN BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME.