Former Cooperative Commonwealth Federation leader Lloyd Stinson once described Rebchuk as "the most experienced man around City Hall and certainly the hardest worker [...] warm-hearted, rambunctious, garrulous and illogical much of the time", while fellow councillor Bernie Wolfe once said "he has a heart like a hotel and is generous to a fault". Rebchuk was also known for his colourful verbal gaffes, some of which were reprinted by Reader's Digest. Lloyd Stinson attributes the phrase "A verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" to Rebchuk, although others have attributed it to Sam Goldwyn. Slaw Rebchuk left behind three children: Brian, Noelle and Chris Rebchuk. All of them have died except for Chris Rebchuk, who has two children: Jacqueline and Alexander Rebchuk. Noelle is survived by her husband, Gordon De Wolfe, and their son, Brian De Wolfe. References Some information is taken from Rebchuk's obituary notice in the 21 January 1996 edition of the Ukrainian Weekly, written by Christopher Guly and available here. 1907 births 1996 deaths Winnipeg city councillors Canadian people of Ukrainian descent