Date of Birth: October 20, 1920
Date of Death: September 27, 2017
Mak was born on Oct. 7, 1920 in Guangdong, China. Sam passed away 10 days short of his 97th birthday in his own home in Regina on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.
He had immigrated to Canada in 1958 and owned restaurants in Melville and Neudorf; his latest was the Gateway Drive Inn which was later renamed Mak’s Restaurant till 1990.
That is when they decided to retire to Regina to be closer to their son, Donnie and his family.
Sam was always a quiet man and never wanted to cause trouble for anyone. He taught his children and grandchildren what hard work was and that we needed to do that to succeed in life.
He lived his life simply and never wasted. He spent many hours tending to the yard or simply just sitting in a lawn chair watching the fish swim in the pond. His greatest joy was eating out and listening to the chatter.
Sam is survived by his wife, Bow of nearly 70 years of marriage, daughter, Sherry (Daryl) Bell and their daughters, Madisyn and Jordyn; son, Larry Mak (Lori Machiskinic) and his daughter, Kayla; and daughter-in-law, Alice Mak and her children, Michael Mak (Heena); and their son, Greyson who was born four days prior to Sam’s passing and Cindy Mak. Grandchildren, May Chan, Myra Chan (Tim Drobot), Anna Moore (David), Deanna Chan (Marc Smith), Tim Chan, Gina Dumalge (Terry) and their children Kameron and Ava and David Chan.
Sam is predeceased by his son, Donnie; daughter, Kay; son-in-law, Kam and granddaughter, Taylor.
Private graveside service was held on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 at the Melville Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Bailey’s Funeral Home, Melville.
