Mabel "Ilien" Boyachek (nee Vinek)

Peacefully on December 24, 2025, Ilien Boyachek passed away with family by her side at the Westview Lodge in Boissevain, MB at the age of 88 years.

Ilien Boyachek will be lovingly remembered by her children, Debbie Gallant (Ken), Patty White (Brad), Danny McInnes, and David McInnes (Valerie), daughter-in-law Edith Kovacs; 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; as well as numerous relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Robert “Bob” Boyachek.

Full obituary to follow.

Funeral Service will take place at McKenzies Portage Funeral Chapel on Friday, January 9, 2026 at 1:00 pm. Burial to follow at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. The service will be livestreamed, to register and view click below.

As expressions of sympathy, donations can be made in Ilien’s memory to Trinity United Church, 15 Tupper Street South, Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 1W7 or Boissevain Palliative Care, Box 899 Boissevain, MB R0K 0E0.

A tree will be planted in memory and cared for by McKenzies Portage Funeral Chapel. www.mckenziesportagefuneralchapel.com