When Katherine Olshafski was born on 18 January 1891, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, her father, Michael Olshafski, was 38 and her mother, Anna Sophie Zuback, was 36. She married Steve Pinchak on 25 July 1910. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1901. She died on 24 June 1928, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 37, and was buried in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.