Alvina (Meier) McKenzie
January 2nd 1926 – October 5th 2025
Our beloved mom, grandma, great grandma, great-great grandma, passed away peacefully at Kerrobert Long Term Care Home on October 5th 2025, just 3 months short of her 100th birthday.
Alvina’s parents, John and Amelia Meier with four children immigrated from Kolb, Russia to Canada arriving in the Luseland/Salvador area 100 years ago on Sept 11, 1925. Alvina was born four months later.
Alvina started her schooling in a one-room school in the Aster School District and later a move in 1936 to the Hearts Hill School District she completed Grades six through ten. Alvina was very athletic and enjoyed school sports, especially softball and track and field. Her Grade eleven year she spent in Luseland with Harry and Evelyn Heintz and family, attending school and helping out with their children.
In 1944 Alvina was working for a local farmer, Kelly Campbell, where she met her future husband, Ross McKenzie, who was working as a hired hand there. They were married at St. John Lutheran Church at Hearts Hill on April 19, 1945. Alvina and Ross spent the first few years of their marriage working at ‘The Woman’s Bakery’, in Vancouver, Ross in the bread department and Alvina in the cake decorating department. They saved enough money to return home and bought the farm where Alvina had grown up on.
They were blessed with four children and Alvina dedicated her life to her family, the farm, and all manner of activities and handiwork. Mom was Dad’s right hand woman on the farm; milking cows, hauling bales, driving truck at harvest, managing harvest meals, chasing cows, butchering turkeys and chickens, planting her huge garden which provided vegetables for the winter and still made time for sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, ceramics, embroidery, bunka, hardhanger, cross stich and cake decorating for many weddings and birthdays just to name a few. Many an hour was spent entertaining her grandkids and nothing brought more joy to her than to host big meals for family and friends.
Mom will be remembered for her strength, resilience, being very resourceful, keeping busy and always willing to drop everything to help out when needed.
Alvina is survived by her three sons, Redge (Heather), Bryan (Gail), Rodney (Sheri), and one daughter, Kelly (Dan) 11 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren, and her extended family.
On behalf of the family we want to say Thank You to the staff at Kerrobert Long-term Care Home, for the exceptional care they provided to mom during her time there. We deeply appreciate their compassion, kindness, and unwavering support during this challenging time. It truly brought us comfort and for that we are incredibly grateful.
A private family graveside service will be held for Alvina.
The family invites everyone to a luncheon to share memories of Alvina on Saturday Oct 18th 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at the Luseland Pioneer Club.
Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to Kerrobert Funeral Home.