Obituary of Kelly Therrien

<p style="text-align: justify;">Kelly was born in Winnipeg, MB at St. Bonafice Hospital on March 16, 1976, to Larry and Yvonne Therrien. Most of his younger years were spent in Winnipeg, MB and North Battleford, SK. Kelly moved to Yorkton, SK in 1994 where he spent the remainder of his life.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kelly&rsquo;s first job in Yorkton was at Bonanza Restaurant where he met the love of his life Charleen. &ldquo;Love at first sight&rdquo; is how you can explain their story, as Charleen fell in love with his curly hair. Kelly decided to be creative and put together a scavenger hunt leading up to his proposal to Charleen. Kelly and Charleen were united in marriage on October 7, 2000, and on their 5th wedding anniversary they welcomed their wonderful son Ashton into their lives.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout his life in Yorkton, Kelly worked for Coca-Cola for 20 years and then found his forever job as a sales consultant at SYSCO. For those who knew Kelly well, knew that his family always came first but his customers were never too far behind. His hard work shone through as he received many awards throughout the years for exceptional sales performance, dedication, service and professionalism.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kelly enjoyed vacationing with his family, golfing, skidooing, playing retro video games with Ashton, playing poker with friends, expanding his coin collection and of course cheering on his favorite football team, the Green Bay Packers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sadly, Kelly suffered a massive stroke on December 31, 2022. He was rushed to the RUH in Saskatoon and was taken way too soon at the young age of 46, on January 4, 2023, peacefully in the loving arms of Charleen and Ashton.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kelly leaves behind many to celebrate his life, his loving wife Charleen and their wonderful son Ashton, his father Larry Therrien (Shelley), his mother Yvonne Messner-Shaw (Jack), his sisters Terry (Shane) Kosar and Melissa Therrien (Jay), his grandmother Lucy Gregorchuk, his in-laws Lawrence and Sylvia Grodzinski and his brother-in-law Chad Grodzinski, as well as many nephews, nieces, great nieces and friends.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Visitation was held on Friday, January 13, 2023 from Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre,Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, January 14, 2023 from Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Crystal Bailey, Certified Celebrant officiating.Tributes and words of remembrance were given by Shane Kosar, brother-in-law and John Camilleri, mentor in life and work. Musical selections shared was &ldquo;Play This When I&rsquo;m Gone&rdquo; by Machine Gun Kelly and &ldquo;Welcome to The Black Parade&rdquo; by My Chemical Romance. The Honorary casket bearers were Brendan Honke, Breanna Honke, Clarissa Therrien, Jennifer Gristwood, Hanna Gristwood and Yinka Famuyibo. The casket bearers were Ashton Therrien, Jordan Gristwood, Shane Kosar, Chad Grodzinski, Craig Oliver and Peter Park.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>&ldquo;Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.&rdquo;</em></p>