ROBERT CALLANDER REGER (R.C.R) “BOB” MUNRO FORMERLY OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL JANUARY 31, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
ROBERT WAS BORN IN CALGARY ON APRIL 27, 1915 AND MOVED TO VULCAN WITH HIS PARENTS, HIS BROTHER GEORGE AND HIS SISTER MARGARET IN 1926.
GEORGE & ROBERT ENLISTED IN THE ARMED FORCES IN 1941. ROBERT SERVED AS A COMBAT INFANTRY OFFICER WITH THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS IN FRANCE, BELGIUM & HOLLAND, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN 1944. RETURNING TO CANADA IN 1946, HE MARRIED GLADYS ANDERSON OF CHAMPION WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1976. ROBERT MARRIED HAZEL BROWN OF CALGARY IN 1978 AND THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN VULCAN.
FROM 1940, ROBERT WAS EDITOR-MANAGER OF THE VULCAN ADVOCATE. IN 1946, HE PURCHASED THE BUSINESS FROM CHARLIE CLARK OF HIGH RIVER AND WAS OWNER/PUBLISHER UNTIL HE RETIRED AND SOLD IN 1980. THEY MOVED TO HIGH RIVER IN 1998 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
BOB SERVED AS AN OFFICER COMMANDING VULCAN’S MILITIA UNIT “A” COMPANY, OF THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS FROM 1951 TO 1965. HE WAS ALSO PAST PRESIDENT & LIFE MEMBER OF THE VULCAN BRANCH ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE VULCAN GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB; HONORARY MEMBERS & PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ALBERTA WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOC.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF HAZEL MUNRO OF HIGH RIVER, LOVING STEP-FATHER OF A DAUGHTER CHRISTINE (GREG) PEDERSEN OF TURNER VALLEY, TWO STEP-SONS WILLIAM (CHRISTINA) AND ROBERT (RUTH ANN) ALL OF CALGARY, SIX GRANDCHILDREN: JIM, ERIN, JILL, LAUREN, TYLER AND KATELYNN, A NIECE MARYILN LOW A NEPHEW BILL LOW BOTH OF VANCOUVER.
ROBERT WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FIRST WIFE GLADYS IN 1976, BROTHER GEORGE IN 1943, A SISTER MARGARET LOW AND HIS MOTHER JEAN IN 1976.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1999 AT 1:30 PM AT VULCAN LEGION HALL WITH PADRE DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN FIELD OF HONOR.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, TRIBUTES IN BOB’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE SALVATION ARMY, #200, 1509 CENTRE ST. S.W., CALGARY, AB T2G 2E6.OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633.