Gerald James Engel
May 2nd, 2023
Gerald James Engel
March 7, 1940 – May 2, 2023
Jerry passed away suddenly after a brief illness, on May 2, 2023. He was predeceased by his wife Jennifer Engel, parents John and Thelma Engel, brother Allan Engel and sister Carol Giesbrecht; brother-in-laws David O’Brien and Allen McKenzie.
Jerry is survived by his daughter Raianne Engel and his son Michael Engel (Shelley); his grandchildren Devin Engel, Terry Flavel, Amelia Engel, Maria Engel; his great grandchildren, Amaya Engel, Kobie Flavel, Kingsley and Sofia Redman; his stepsons Jeff Krafchuck (Patti) and Corey Krafchuk (Renee) and step grandchildren Carver, Rhett and Aiden Krafchuk; Whitney and Jilissa Schiefner and Kiana Krafchuk; and step great grandchildren Kyden and Brysen. Jerry is also survived by his siblings Judy O’Brien, Marge McKenzie, Merle Mason (Gerry), Donald Engel, Cathy Marzolf, and Audrey Engel.
Jerry attended school in Herbert, Saskatchewan. At 21 he joined the Canadian Armed Forces where he served 13 years with the Canadian Signal Corp from 1961 to 1974. While in the Army, he qualified for paratrooper training at Jump School at Rivers, Manitoba in 1963. He served three overseas tours: UNEF Egypt 1964 – 1965; NATO Germany 1968 – 1971; and UNEF Cyprus 1972.
After his retirement from the Army, Jerry owned and operated the IGA store in Indian Head for three years and then hotels in Scott, Lang and Raddison for 13 years combined. He then worked as a publishing consultant with Wheel & Deal for 15 years until his retirement in 2009.
Jerry and Jenni then traveled throughout the USA in a fifth wheel until Jenni became ill with cancer and passed away in 2012.
After Jenni’s death, Jerry enjoyed traveling south every winter spending time in California with family. He also spent a lot of his time helping his daughter with her numerous renovations which he was so proud of.
Graveside service to be announced at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, Jerry would appreciate donations to the Regina Humane Society.
Messages:
Jerry has been a long time friend of ours. Both of us are so saddened to hear that he has passed away. Always such a healthy kind of guy. So you just never know. We will miss his phone calls to see if he could come spend a day or two helping with whatever project we had going on. Spent many times helping with our Garage sales and selling many of his items as well. We camped together before Jenny passed away and had such great times. We will sure miss his great visits here and often meeting for lunch in Regina. We know you will feel his presence in the years to come Rainne and family. God Bless.
Our Sadness in the news of Gerald's passing. A Fellow Member of Lakewood Manor Senior Housing in Regina. We are missing you! Don and Marcia Shalley
Raianne, I am sorry to learn of your loss. Warm thoughts always.