WILLIAM ARTHUR “ART” JONES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2000 FOLLOWING SEVERAL YEARS OF DECLINING HEALTH.
ARTHUR WAS BORN MAY 22, 1921 AND SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THE VULCAN AREA .HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE VULCAN LIONS CLUB WHERE HE RECEIVED THE “MELVIN JONES FELLOW”, VULCAN MASONIC LODGE #74 AF&AM, LETHBRIDGE LODGE OF PERFECTION (SCOTTISH RITE), VULCAN UNITED CHURCH, VULCAN CURLING CLUB, VULCAN AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE WEATHER MODIFICATION BOARD OF THE ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL. HE FREELY SHARED HIS GIFT OF MUSIC BY DIRECTING THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH JUNIOR CHOIR AND SINGING IN THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH SENIOR CHOIR FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. HE ALSO SANG WITH THE VULCAN COMMUNITY CHOIR AND MOST RECENTLY WITH THE FOOTHILLS REGIONAL CHOIR.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF FREDA JONES OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS LORNA THOMSON (GERRY GOODRIDGE) OF CALGARY AND MARJ (ROY) KNIVE OF SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, GRANDCHILDREN LORIN KNIVE OF OTTAWA, MELISSA KNIVE (MICHAEL ZEZULKA) OF CALGARY, GRAHAM THOMSON OF CALGARY AND RAE ELLEN GOODRIDGE OF VANCOUVER, EIGHT COUSINS AND THEIR FAMILIES, MARION KETTLESON OF CALGARY, GWYNETH POERSCH OF NANTON, PHYLLIS JONES OF KELOWNA, EVAN WILLIAMS OF LETHBRIDGE, EDITH WARREN OF CHAMPION, BOB WILLIAMS OF LETHBRIDGE, GRACE MacLEOD OF CALGARY AND GLEN WILLIAMS OF NANTON AND SPECIAL FRIEND ROSE (MUNRO) GRAHAM.
ARTHUR WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS COUSIN AND BEST FRIEND EVAN MUNRO IN NOVEMBER 1991.
MEMORIAL SERVICE TUESDAY JULY 4, 2000 AT 2 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. SUSAN LAUZON MacDONALD OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT TO TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE.
THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO DR. WADE AND THE STAFF OF THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE FOR THEIR CARE AND COMPASSION.
FLOWERS ARE GRATEFULLY DECLINED.
“THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE.”
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. PHONE 485-2633. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com.