Rose, one of 8 children born to Mary and John Eliuk, was born on February 10, 1925. She is the last surviving member of the Eliuk family. She grew up on the farms between Hairy Hill and Kaleland Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Rose met her future husband George at school (on the ball diamond) and they were married on May 2, 1943 on George’s 21st birthday. Son Gerald was born on 1946, during these years they farmed next to the Kaleland church. Rose and George moved into the hamlet of Kaleland to help George’s dad run the Kaleland store, pool hall and post office. At the same time George also worked as a mechanic in Two Hills for Metro Iftody’s, Cockshutt dealership. After a few years there, Rose and George moved to Hairy Hill where they set up Olynyk’s Transport. Rose worked at the Hairy Hill Co-op for many years. Rose and George had 2 more children, Reg in 1952 (deceased 2018) and Wendy in 1954. In 1971 Rose and George decided to try something different, they purchased Sam’s Drive Inn in Two Hills. Rose and George changed the name to GO’s Drive Inn as it remains today. They operated the Drive Inn until 1978 when their son Gerald and his wife Lorraine (deceased 2012) moved to Two Hills from Lethbridge to help and take-over the business. During the winter months when the business was closed Rose and George enjoyed travelling to Arizona for some warmth and golf. If you see, or talk to Rose ask her about the “Bird Strike” story during one of her games down south. 2021 will be the 50th anniversary that the Olynyk family owned and have operated GO’s Drive Inn. After Rose and George retired from working at the Drive Inn, during the summer months they were very active members of the Two Hills Golf and Country Club. They golfed almost every day. During the winter you could usually find them on a local lake ice fishing. Rose was a master at filleting perch without even the slightest tiny bone present. When George passed away in August 2016, Rose sold her home and moved into the Eventide homes here in Two Hills where she still resides. Rose continued to remain active. She golfed on a regular basis and did so until her late 80’s. Rose also enjoyed gardening. She planted, maintained and harvested her own vegetables until a couple of years ago. In the summer Rose still looks after her beautiful, colorful flower pots which she keeps on her patio. Another one of Rose’s pastimes is bingo. When the bingo halls were open, she was a regular participant at the Two Hills Senior Centre bingos plus the St. Paul bingo hall. She attended with her friends, chauffer Olga Chrapko and friend Margaret Darda. The 3 of them were affectionately known to the other players as the “Golden Girls”. Rose also enjoys visiting a casino when possible. During these cold winter months Rose passes the time by doing jigsaw puzzles and also word search puzzles. Helping Rose enjoy and celebrate this special 96th year are son Gerald, daughter Wendy and husband Jim Darda and at a distance daughter-in-law Cecile, grandsons Randy & wife Kim and Justin & fiancée Nicole. We are all hoping things get back to normal soon so we can visit and participate in these activities again. We love you Mom/Baba and wish you many more years of good health and happiness..