IvanJoseph Szlapetis

Ivan Joseph Szlapetis
August 8, 1968 – June 9, 2017

On June 9, 2017, Ivan Szlapetis passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga Ontario. He lost his courageous fight with cancer but he fought hard against it to the very end.

Everyone knew Ivan as a kind, considerate, generous and loving individual who would go out of his way to help someone in need. He always put himself behind other people’s needs.

Ivan Szlapetis was born in Belarus and immigrated to Canada in 1973. He obtained a degree in Kinesiology from University of Waterloo and worked as a Consulting Services Manager at Work Place Safety and Prevention Services.

He married Kim Cicione on August 9th, 2003 at Hockley Highlands. He coached Basketball at Brampton Minor Basketball Association.

Ivan Szlapetis is preceded in death by his father Ignacy Szlapetis. He is survived by his wife,
Kim Cicione-Szlapetis, his twins Alena and Ryan Szlapetis, his mother Janina Szlapetis, his sister Galina Szlapetis, his brother Stan (Patricia) Szlapetis, his nieces Natasha and Vanessa and his Inlaws Felice and Thea Cicione and brother-in-law Ben (Anna) Cicione and nephew Francesco.

Visitations will be held at Andrews Community Funeral Centre, 8190 Dixie Road, Brampton, ON, L6T-5N9. Visitation times will be at 2-4 pm and 6-9 pm on Monday June 12, 2017 with Prayers at 7:00 pm.

Funeral services will be held at 11;00 am on June 13, 2017 at St. Anthony Church, 940 North Park Drive, Brampton, ON, L6S-3L5. Interment will follow at Glendale Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 1810 Albion Road, Etobicoke, ON, M9W-5T1.
Arrangements made by Andrews Community Funeral Centre.

The Szlapetis family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to all medical staff at Credit Valley Hospital. In lieu of flowers, the family would request donations to Canadian Cancer Society or Credit Valley Hospital.