JACK GARFIELD FISHER OF CALGARY, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY JANUARY 1, 1999 AT THE PETER LOUGHEED CENTRE, CALGARY AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
JACK WAS BORN DECEMBER 27, 1927 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO ALLAN AND MARGARET FISHER. HE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM WEST OF VULCAN. HE MARRIED MARIAN IRWIN, THEY FARMED WEST OF VULCAN AND THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. JACK MOVED TO FARM AT CRESTON, B.C. IN 1964, HE MARRIED JENNIE HOOD AND THEY HAD A DAUGHTER. JACK WAS INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES INCLUDING TRUCKING IN CRESTON, THEN TO NOBLEFORD HAULING FOR NOBLE BLADE IN 1973. THEN TO LETHBRIDGE FOR BURNS PACKERS, WHILE IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1981 HE STARTED LETHBRIDGE CAB WHICH HE SOLD IN 1985. HE RETURNED TO TRUCKING, PAVING AND GRAVEL IN LETHBRIDGE AND NORTHERN ALBERTA. JACK RETIRED IN 1992 TO CALGARY WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
JACK ENJOYED WORKING WITH HORSES, LIVESTOCK, DOGS, FISHING AND HUNTING. HE ENJOYED HIS COFFEE SHOP FRIENDSHIPS, PLAYING CRIBBAGE, COUNTRY MUSIC AND A DANCE. HE WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION.
HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS TRUDIE (ARNOLD) SPENGLER OF NANTON, MARGO (BRIAN) ULLY OF VULCAN, BETTY MESTON (LEE) OF EDMONTON AND JACQUI (JIM) RYCKMAN OF CRESTON, TWO SONS BROCK (EV) OF NANTON AND DWIGHT (KATHI) OF KAMLOOPS, FOUR BROTHERS FORD (ALMA) OF CRANBROOK, KEITH (MARGARET) OF NANTON, GLEN (KAY) OF CALGARY AND MURRAY (ROSE) OF PARKSVILLE, B.C., ONE SISTER THELMA VIAN OF CALGARY, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
JACK WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER ALLAN IN 1956, HIS MOTHER MARGARET IN 1976 AND A SISTER FAY MARKERT IN 1967.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY JANUARY 5, 1999 AT 2 P.M. AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. LORRAINE POWELL OFFICIATING.
CASKET BEARERS WERE JEFF ULLY, DEREK ULLY, BROCK FISHER JR., VAUGN SPENGLER, AARON SPENGLER, RYAN FISHER AND CODY FISHER.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN JACK’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA LUNG ASSOCIATION BOX 4500 STN. “S” EDMONTON, ALBERTA T6E 9Z2.
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