Edward Eugene Nagy

Edward Eugene Nagy

November 30, 1934 – November 30, 2025

Dashing through the snow, on a two-horse open sleigh, Geza and Elizabeth Nagy chased to the hospital to give birth to their son who was coming into the world prematurely. As the story goes, he was delivered just a few blocks from the hospital, and ever-practical Geza just turned the sleigh around and went back to the homestead two miles from the town of Wakaw.

The third child in his family, Edward was lovingly nurtured by his mother, and great-Granny Kutasi who lived with them. Granny was known as a woman of great faith, and influenced Edward significantly, teaching him to say the Lord’s Prayer in Hungarian well before he could read. That seed of faith marked the life of Edward as he grew and thrived to become the man of deep faith that he was.

Life on the farm in those days was hard work, and Edward was no stranger to it. As a young man, he ventured off the farm to try a few other jobs – a desk job at the Cudworth Municipal Office, and as an orderly at the Mental Institute in North Battleford. He even enlisted in the army reserve, but his true calling was to the farm.

Along the way he met a lovely lady named Patricia Diakiw who worked at her parents’ café in Cudworth. They married, and had their first child, Colleen, who was born prematurely and lived only a few days. The sadness of losing his first born had Edward mad at God, and the R.C. Church they attended. But one must still go to church, he felt, and the invitation from a Baptist lady who also suffered the loss of a child pulled them to their fellowship. The handshake of Reverend Rabuka and solicitation to see him next week had Edward and Pat returning, and ultimately calling the Wakaw Baptist Church their spiritual home for years to come.

The sadness of loss turned to joy as they had three children – Karen Lynn, Kevin Edward and Sandra Lois. Farm life was busy with grain, cattle, pigs, and chickens – there was lots of life to care for. Edward worked closely with his father Geza to work the land, and eventually bought the farm operation as his own.

Edward’s farming career came to an abrupt end when he suffered a serious car accident in the fall of 1993 that left him unable to continue the heavy labour and long hours required. He made the difficult decision to rent the land, and auction the implements. It was a hard loss. Following this loss was another loss that left him single, and alone.

The next chapter of Edward’s life was marked by another lovely lady, Gloria Stobbe. A farm girl herself, she shared that same strong work ethic, and together they made a home in Saskatoon. They complemented each other, doing all kinds of projects and hobbies such as gardening and golfing, and Ed could typically be found tinkering in his garage doing woodworking (making many, many frames for Gloria’s paintings) and fabricating all kinds of things like weathervanes, bird houses, lighthouses and airplanes. During the cold winters, he was known to be an avid reader and loved his crossword and sudoku puzzles. Ed and Gloria recently celebrated 25 years together, and their family and friends knew Ed for his wit, his curious intellect and deep faith.

Ed loved hymns and every night before bed he would sing through a hymn, making the sing-song his daily prayer. He often said that the Lord would have to tune his crow-song to that of a lark.

Edward was a beloved grandson, son, brother, husband and father, and he extended great love and care in his later years to make a blended family work. He had a particularly fond connection with his new daughters Linda Bowron and Wendy Boychuck and granddaughters Jasmine Boychuk and Jensen Burdett.

Edward passed away on the day of his birth, 91 years later. He was predeceased by his siblings Lorraine Tokey, William and Evangeline who both died very young, Olga Osterlund and Richard Nagy. He is survived by his wife Gloria Nagy, stepchildren Linda (Wayne) Bowron, Dave Burdett, Steve Burdett, Wendy (Rob) Boychuk, Susan Burdett, Gloria Burdett, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as his daughter Karen (Mark) Winters, son Kevin (Kathi) Nagy, and daughter Sandra (Dale) Kary, 9 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

We will miss you – Ed, Dad, Grandpa – and will look forward to seeing you again in heaven.

A public viewing will take place on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at Dalmeny Funeral Home, 139 3^rd Street, Dalmeny. The Funeral will take place on Friday, December 5, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Westside Pentecostal Church, 3488 Fairlight Drive, Saskatoon, SK. To watch the live stream please click on the link below.

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Memorial donations can be made to World Vision.

Arrangements entrusted to Dalmeny Funeral Home 306-254-2022.