CLIFFORD VERNON “CLIFF” SCHULER, OF LETHBRIDGE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT CALGARY, ALBERTA APRIL 16, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 63 YEARS.
CLIFF WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 2, 1935 IN BIG RIVER, SASKATCHEWAN TO FRED AND GWEN SCHULER. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN SASKATCHEWAN, RED CROSS SCHOOL NEAR VULCAN AND LATER ATTENDED SAIT TO BEGIN HIS CAREER IN CARPENTRY. IN 1955 HE APPRENTICED WITH HIS UNCLE CARL IN HAWAII STAYING FOR SEVEN YEARS. FOLLOWING HAWAII, HE WORKED AS A CARPENTER FOR THREE YEARS IN AUSTRALIA. RETURNING TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1965, CLIFF HAD HIS OWN BUSINESS UNTIL 1975 THEN WORKED FOR THE PROVINCIAL PARKS IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN THE SUMMER OF 1992. CLIFF MARRIED ISOBEL NEUFELD IN 1986 AND THEY HAVE RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE.
CLIFF LOVED HIS FAMILY ESPECIALLY THE GRANDCHILDREN AND THEY ADORED HIM. HE SPENT LOTS OF TIME WITH THEM GOLFING, FISHING AND CAMPING. CLIFF ENJOYED GARAGE SALES, WHERE HE WOULD PURCHASE THINGS AND THEN RESTORE THEM. CLIFF SHOPPED ALL YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS, HIS FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR. HE LOVED TO GIVE OUT HIS SPECIAL GOOFY GIFTS, JUST TO SEE THE REACTION OF THE RECIPIENT. HE ENJOYED GARDENING, BEING ESPECIALLY PROUD OF HIS ROSES AND SWEETPEAS, COOKING, CANNING PICKLES AND BEETS, WHICH WERE ENJOYED BY MANY. CLIFF PLAYED CRIB WELL AND TAUGHT ALL THE CHILDREN HOW TO PLAY. HE ALSO ENJOYED COMPUTER CARD GAMES. VACATIONING WAS ALSO ENJOYED AND THE CRUISE HE AND ISOBEL TOOK TO ALASKA WAS HIS FAVORITE.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. ISOBEL SCHULER OF LETHBRIDGE, LOVING FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS BERNARDINE (GARRY) NELSON OF VULCAN, BRENDA DANSIE OF AIRDRIE, STEP DAUGHTER COLLEEN WOELDERS OF COURTENAY B.C., AND STEP SON ROBERT (MARGARET) NEUFELD OF LETHBRIDGE. CLIFF WILL ALSO BE MISSED BY EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN CHRIS, DALE, GARRETT, BRIDGETT, SCOTT, RYAN, TREVOR AND KENNY, HIS MOTHER GWEN SCHULER OF VULCAN, THREE BROTHERS BOB (MERELYN) OF CANAL FLATS, B.C., RICHARD (BRENDA) OF VULCAN AND DENIS (CONNIE) OF KIMBERLEY, FIVE SISTERS JEAN (NORMAN) RICHARDS, HAZEL (DENNIS) CARLSON ALL OF LETHBRIDGE, DORA SCHULER OF VULCAN, GRACE (ALBERT) DOUCETTE AND IRENE TARDIFF ALL OF BIG RIVER, SASKATCHEWAN, BROTHER-IN-LAW GORDON (NORA) WILL OF MORTLACH, SASKATCHEWAN, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
CLIFF WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS INFANT SISTER, NANCY, HIS FATHER FRED SCHULER AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW LEO TARDIFF.
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY APRIL 21, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M,. AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIS, 716 23 ST N., LETHBRIDGE WITH PASTOR DAVID HOCKLEY AND PASTOR JIM CHAPMAN OFFICIATING.
CASKET BEARERS WERE GORD GOLDHAWK, JOHN LISKA, FOUR NEPHEWS VAUGHN SCHULER, KEN DOUCETTE, CRAIG TOWNSEND AND DARYL SAGAR.
INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN CLIFF’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633.