GOTTENBERG, (MART) MARTIN, ALFRED, OF LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, BELOVED HUSBAND OF EDYTHE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME ON NOVEMBER 19, 2001 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
MART WAS BORN IN MOSCOW, IDAHO AND MOVED AS AN INFANT WITH HIS PARENTS TO CHAMPION, ALBERTA. HE GREW UP AND FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL THERE. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE BEGAN FARMING, FIRST IN THE CHAMPION AREA, THEN IN VULCAN. HE REMAINED ON THE FARM IN VULCAN UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1976. MANY WILL REMEMBER HIS PROFICIENCY IN ADAPTING NEW IDEAS WITH FARM MACHINERY.
MART AND EDYTHE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY. THEY SPENT MANY WINTERS IN PALM SPRINGS, CA., BROWNSVILLE, TX. AS WELL AS VARIOUS SPOTS IN THEIR MOTORHOME. SOME OF THEIR OTHER TRAVELS INCLUDED EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CENTRAL AMERICA, RUSSIA AND MEXICO.
MART HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC. AT 15 YEARS OF AGE HE TRAVELED BY TRAIN FROM CHAMPION TO LETHBRIDGE FOR VIOLIN LESSONS. AS A YOUNG MAN HE PLAYED IN AN ORCHESTRA FOR DANCES AROUND SOUTHERN ALBERTA. DURING HIS LATER TRAVELS, HE INSTIGATED MANY JAM SESSIONS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE WITH HIS BANJO, MANDOLIN, OR HARMONICA. HE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS DIRECTOR OF THE LETHBRIDGE SHRINE CLUB’S ORIENTAL BAND.
MART WAS ACTIVE IN THE VULCAN COMMUNITY. HE WAS A 50 YEAR MEMBER OF THE LION’S CLUB, LIFE MEMBER OF THE VULCAN MASONIC LODGE, AFFILIATE MEMBER OF THE VULCAN LEGION AND MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE SHRINE CLUB. HE SERVED ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND BOARDS OVER THE YEARS.
MART WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND MAINTAINED A SENSE OF PRIDE IN THE FAMILY FARM. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS GENUINE INTEREST IN PEOPLE DEMONSTRATED BY HIS WARM PERSONALITY AND LOVE OF ENTERTAINING.
MART IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE EDYTHE OF 57 YEARS, THREE CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN: TWO SONS RUSSELL (DOREEN) OF VULCAN, AB AND THEIR CHILDREN, ANGIE (ELIOT) OF PERTH, AUSTRALIA AND JONATHAN OF VULCAN, DON (LAURIE) OF VULCAN AND THEIR CHILDREN DAVID (DAWN) OF CALGARY AND GINA OF TORONTO, A DAUGHTER MARTA (BILL) DIXON AND THEIR CHILDREN JANE AND GREG ALL OF CALGARY, A SISTER KATHERINE (DEAN) ROLFSON OF RAYMOND.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2001 AT 1 P.M. AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH SUE MacDONALD OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES TRIBUTES IN MART’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE SHRINER’S HOSPITAL FUND, BOX 7038 BOWNESS POSTAL OUTLET, CALGARY, AB. T3B 5K3.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com.