WALTER CARL MIX BELOVED HUSBAND OF JEAN, WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR OCTOBER 1, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
WALTER WAS BORN ON A FARM NEAR LOMOND, ALBERTA ON FEBRUARY 6, 1922. HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT IN 1924. HE TOOK ALL HIS SCHOOLING AT THE MARSHALL SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A MILE SOUTH WEST OF THE MIX FARM. WALTER WORKED AS A FARM HAND ON NUMEROUS FARMS IN THE VULCAN DISTRICT. HE ALSO WORKED AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHEN THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMED FORCES TRAINING SCHOOL WAS BEING BUILT SOUTH WEST OF VULCAN. HE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER’S FARM IN 1948 AND IN 1967 MOVED TWO MILES WEST WHERE HE PURCHASED THE LIND FARM, WHICH WAS HOME UNTIL HIS PASSING.
WALTER ENJOYED FARMING AND HAD A KEEN INTEREST AND LOVE OF CATTLE. HE WAS ALWAYS ACTIVE IN THE FARM OPERATION. FAMILY WAS VERY IMPORTANT AS HE TOOK INTEREST IN HIS CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. HE FELT BLESSED TO SEE HIS GRANDCHILDREN GROW UP AND SEE FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN COME INTO HIS LIFE. WALTER WAS A MEMBER OF THE LOMOND LIONS CLUB, AN ACTIVE GOLFER , ENJOYED TRAVELLING AND PLAYING DUPLICATE BRIDGE FOR MANY YEARS.
BESIDES HIS WIFE JEAN, WALTER WILL ALSO BE LOVING REMEMBERED BY HIS THREE CHILDREN, KEN (MARION), LOLA, DUANE (JANICE), HIS SIX GRANDCHILDREN PAULA, KARSON (SUSAN), KELLY, CARL, JEFFREY (JENNIFER), CARLA (KEVIN) FULTON, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, GARRETT, KELSEY, TRENNA AND JESSICA. WALTER WILL ALSO BE SADLY MISSED BY HIS BROTHER ORVAL, FOUR SISTERS ERMA (WALTER) SPRACKLIN, EILEEN CHURCHLAND, OPAL(GEORGE) DUTHIE, AND SHIRLEY ERTMOED, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
WALTER WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS CARL AND MINETTA MIX AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW HARRY ERTMOED.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, I997 AT 1 P.M. AT THE VULCAN EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH, WITH PASTOR FRANK HARRIS OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
HONOURARY BEARERS GRANDCHILDREN KARSON MIX, KELLY MIX, JEFF MIX, CARL MIX, PAULA MIX, AND CARLA FULTON.
CASKET BEARERS DOUG MCINTYRE, JIM PATTERSON, LYALL NASH, JACK FULTON, GORDIE SMITH AND VANCE ERTMOED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.