DONALD ROY “DON”SOMMERS, OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS FARM WEST OF CHAMPION MAY 12, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
DON WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1932 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. DON ATTENDED HIAWATHA, ALSTON AND CHAMPION SCHOOLS. HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE LAND. DON WAS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS FARMER AND NEIGHBOR WHO WAS A KIND AND GENTLE PERSON. A MAN OF FEW WORDS BUT A MAN OF MUCH COMPASSION SAYING MORE WITH ACTIONS THAN WORDS. HE LOVED TO VISIT HIS MANY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. WINTER’S PROJECTS INCLUDED WORKING WITH METAL AND FABRICATING IMPROVEMENTS TO HIS MACHINERY, ALWAYS MAKING THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. DON ENJOYED PLAYING POOL, FISHING AND SOME HUNTING. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION IN VULCAN.
HE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS SISTER MYRNA (GEORGE) LAWRENCE OF VULCAN, A SPECIAL FRIEND MARGARET, FIVE NIECES LOREEN (GARLAND) THIELE OF ABBOTSFORD, B.C., MARJORIE LAWRENCE (HER COMPANION KURT BAUER) OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, JOANNE (NORMAN) LEGGATT OF FORT ST. JAMES, B.C., BONNIE (BERTRAM) GERST OF CALGARY AND LINDA (GORDON) PYE OF PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., NUMEROUS GRAND NIECES, NEPHEWS AND MANY FRIENDS.
DON WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS ORRIE AND CAROLINE SOMMERS AND A SISTER IRENE (WILSON) COOL.
FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY MAY 17, 1999 AT 2 P.M. AT CHAMPION UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. LORRAINE POWELL OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE HARTLEY McDONALD, PAUL DeCLERCQ, STEVE PLYTKA, GORDON MUELLER, AL LIAN AND GLENN AGER.
CASKET BEARERS WERE DUANE MIDDLETON, DICK MIDDLETON, JOHN MIDDLETON, KARL IVARSON, HARLAN IVARSON AND ALLAN POPOVICH.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN DON’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA 1825 PARK RD. SE CALGARY T2G 3Y6 OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633.