JOHN LOCKEN, PASSED AWAY MAY 18, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
JOHN WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 25, 1907 AT PALARMO, NORTH DAKOTA THE SECOND OF NINE CHILDREN BORN TO HANS AND RAGNA LOCKEN. AT AN EARLY AGE HE CAME TO BEAR BERRY AREA NEAR SUNDRE, ALBERTA WITH HIS PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. IN NOVEMBER 1942 HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, HE SERVED IN CANADA, NORTH AFRICA AND WAS WOUNDED IN ORTONA, SICILY AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND. JOHN RETURNED TO CALGARY IN DECEMBER 1944 AND WAS DISCHARGED.
HE BEGAN WORKING FOR A SEISMIC COMPANY. HE MARRIED ALBERTA SCHENK IN AUGUST 1946. HIS CAREER ALLOWED THEM TO LIVE IN MANY TOWNS IN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN. THEY MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1960. JOHN FIRST WORKED FOR MASSEY FERGUSON SETTING UP FARM EQUIPMENT AND THEN AT THE SKATING RINK FOR SEVERAL WINTERS. IN 1962 JOHN WAS HIRED BY THE TOWN OF VULCAN AND CONTINUED TO WORK FOR THEM UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1979.
JOHN WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #21 FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.
LOVING HUSBAND OF ALBERTA LOCKEN OF VULCAN, BELOVED FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS PAM BOOMER OF 100MILE HOUSE AND MERILEE OF CALGARY, A SON JOHN “TERRY” (GEORGINA) OF CALGARY, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN SHANNON (GERRY) FOX, SHANE, ERIKA AND KRISTAFER, A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER CANDICE, TWO BROTHERS OSBORN “HAP” LOCKEN OF OREGON AND OLAF (RUTH) LOCKEN OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, A SISTER MABLE CROUCH OF INNISFAIL, A SISTER-IN-LAW GLADYS LOCKEN OF SUNDRE, BROTHER-IN-LAW IVO LOVE, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
JOHN WAS PREDECEASED BY TWO BROTHERS , THREE SISTERS AND HIS PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY MAY 22, 1998 AT THE VULCAN LEGION HALL AT 2 P.M. WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
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