Obituary of John Peter SLAVIK

John Slavik of Calgary passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at the age of 83 years. Mr. John Slavik was well known to many staff and clientele of the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre Society where he had been employed for several years. John also enjoyed a career as a travelling sales representative for the Firestone Tire Company for many years. John will be remembered for his dry and low-key humour, for his love of fine music, impeccable memory of professional sport statistics and his keen interest in the select games of chance. He was generous and timely in his advice, an unfailing supporter of his work colleagues. He was a patient man when it came to teaching those whom he recruited to assist him in the humble kitchen of the old Drop-In Centre. His talent for creative and sustaining meal preparation was very much admired and respected. He made sure that all who were hungry were fed, no matter how thin his supplies and or stock may have been. After his retirement from full-time employment, health challenges limited his engagements, but not his mainstay diet of daily Tim Horton's breakfast or his occasional billiards game with friends. John Peter Slavik leaves a distinct trail of self-effacing and diligent stewardship, a role model indeed. Funeral Services will be held at HERITAGE FUNERAL HOME, 1708 - 16th Avenue N.W. (across from the North Hill Shopping Centre, Calgary) on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Graveside Service to follow at Queens Park Cemetery.