Janko Krotec

You have been there for many of the firsts in my life, offering guidance, support and your unconditional love.

Let me begin with one of our first encounters. I believe it was 1969 and it was the first (and last time) I ran away from home. I vividly [...]

Somewhere a star shines…

For Dad:

Quiet visits with thoughts of life

Your lessons remembered

Retold to me

To show

What is important -

To love, to be open, to live lightly, to nourish the Self

And most –

To be [...]

me and my dad on Mt. Kilimanjaro

Always my hero, your hands became mine. Our thumbs, the same, our temperament, equally intense. We always do it the “right way”.

Your discovery and mastery of elegance and grace, a legacy I can only hope to improve upon. Such an [...]

My darling husband and I

There are many things in life that I am uncertain about but I am certain that I was meant to be with Janko. I was overjoyed that he felt the same about me!  We shared 3 days shy of 17 years together. It’s too [...]

May 24, 1946 – September 6, 2009

Janko Krotec died peacefully at home in Vancouver on September 6, 2009, after living gallantly with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma since his diagnosis in 1996. This gentle heart will be profoundly missed by his wife, Donna Mandelkau Krotec, son John Krotez (Julie), [...]