Winnipeg widower in grief after wedding rings stolen

WINNIPEG — An Elmwood resident is searching for answers after his late wife’s wedding rings were stolen last Friday.

Josh Dusk Koslowsky, whose wife Ginger passed away last month at the age of 33, stated that he had originally placed her engagement and wedding rings on his own finger until they began causing discomfort. He then put the rings in the cup holder of the family’s van last week and accidentally forgot about them. He woke up Friday morning to find the vehicle had been broken into, with an iPad as well as the rings missing.

“When I realized they [the rings] were gone my heart sank,” Dusk Koslowsky said.

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“I sat in the van and wept. The kids were with me and watched me. I think they knew why.”

In an attempt to reclaim the irreplaceable items, Dusk Koslowsky made posters to be put up in pawn shops. He also taped a poster, along with an envelope to the van for discrete deposit, with the hope that the thief might return the items to their rightful owner.

According to Dusk Koslowsky, the ring’s sentimental value “exceeds what is imaginable.” He had promised his wife that they would be passed down to their three children as a form of remembrance.

“I made a promise to my wife before she died that I’d look after them and do something special with them. This is not what we had in mind,” Dusk Koslowsky said. “I feel like I let her down. We’re sad. I miss her, and the kids really miss mommy.”