GADZALOFF, Tsanko 'Sam' - It's with a heavy heart Tsanko on his 81st year, passed peacefully the evening of Monday, January 18, 2021 at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Adventurer, survivor, risk taker, trailblazer, independent, charming, intellectual, gifted linguist, handsome, sociable, polite and eccentric are just a few of the ways that Tsanko is described by his family and friends and those whom his life has touched.
Tsanko will be fondly remembered by his loving daughter Valentina Gadjaloff, son Peter Gadjaloff, Grandson Aleksandor Revi, his son in law to be Andrew Heinemann and his family and friends in Canada, Mexico, Sweden and Bulgaria.
Tsanko was born on September 17th, 1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria during the time of the 2nd World War and Communist regime which he escaped. Son of Petkoff Gadjaloff from Sofia, Bulgaria and Bozana Antoshova Gadjalova from Prague, Czech Republic.
Having lived and grown up through the war and Communism, Tsanko was tenacious about life and determined not to let anything or anyone stand in his way. He set out to do whatever he desired. He escaped the Communist regime in Bulgaria to Turkey where he lived for a year, then to Sweden and eventually to Canada where he met and fell in love at the time to his ex wife Maria Margarida Bettencourt where they became parents to Valentina and Peter Gadjaloff.
Cremation was his choice and a 'Celebration of Tsanko's Life' will be held at a later date.
Tsanko known as Sam to some will remain forever in our hearts and minds. May he rest in peace and find solace at his reunion reconnecting with his long lost family and friends in the after life. May God bless his soul. He will be missed by his loved ones.
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