A multiple medal winner at Seniors’ and Veterans Games’, Marta was so very well known, and loved within the Table Tennis Community, and she will be missed by so many of us.
We sadly learned of her passing earlier today, and wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to her family & many friends.
The following was posted by the family on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/dav.nyk/p/C0cMvVCpE6u/
“With family and friends in close attendance, Marta Marie Nykl, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, matron of the Nykl / Deckert clan in BC, passed away peacefully December 1st, after a stroke suffered while attending a czech theatre performance six days prior. She was two weeks shy of her 88th birthday.
Words don’t convey the loss and heartbreak it is to lose our mom, particularly the kind of mom she was. There are many stories to share and we will be collecting them for a Memorial which will be held at a later date in the new year. There will be more words by then.
For now, please hold her in your thoughts and raise to her a private toast and prayer. We will have a chance to do so collectively at a later date.”
Dobrou noc, mami.
“Hope is the deep orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times.”
-Vaclav Havel