BERNARD HENRY BEXTE, (BETTER KNOWN AS BENY) OF ARROWWOOD , AB, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 30,1996 AT MOSSLEIGH, AB, FIVE DAYS AFTER HIS 59TH BIRTHDAY.
BENY WAS BORN AUGUST 25TH,1937, IN DAMMER, EAST GERMANY. HE CAME TO CANADA IN MAY OF 1953 WITH HIS PARENTS BY BOAT, LANDING IN MONTREAL, AND FINALLY THEY ARRIVED IN PICTURE BUTTE.
IN 1959 HE MOVED TO ARROWWOOD AND WORKED FOR THE P.F.R.A. HE MARRIED EDNA HUFF IN 1961. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY MOVED EAST OF VULCAN WHERE HE FARMED FOR TWENTY YEARS UNTIL MOVING BACK TO ARROWWOOD TO WORK FOR THE P.F.R.A, ALSO KNOWN AS ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT WERE HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL HIS PASSING.
BENY LOVED PEOPLE AND VISITING WITH EVERYONE. HE ALSO ENJOYED WORKING THE LAND. HE WORKED PART-TIME WITH TED BURGER AND ART BIRD. HE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO HIS FAVOURITE TIME OF YEAR, THE HARVEST, AND WORKING WITH CATTLE ESPECIALLY AT CALVING TIME. HE ALSO ENJOYED WATCHING WRESTLING, LISTENING AND TELLING JOKES, BUT MOST OF ALL HE LOVED BEING WITH HIS FAMILY. BENY WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS MILITIA IN VULCAN.
HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE EDNA BEXTE OF ARROWWOOD, HIS DAUGHTER MRS. GLENNA POVEY AND STEPHEN SCHAPANSKY, SON-IN-LAW LYLE POVEY ALL OF CHAMPION AND SON BERNARD Jr., DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LINDA OF VULCAN, 6 GRANDCHILDREN BRENT, AMANDA AND LISA BEXTE, JESSICA, TAMARA AND KRYSTAL POVEY, HIS MOTHER MRS. ANNA “OMA” BEXTE OF BROOKS, 5 BROTHERS HUGO OF PICTURE BUTTE, ADOLPH AND HUBERT OF ARROWWOOD, CLEM OF VAUXHAUL AND RENO OF MOSSLEIGH, AND A SISTER SYLVIA VOGT OF BROOKS.
BENY WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER “OPA” BERNHARD, A BROTHER, A NEPHEW AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE ARROWWOOD COMMUNITY HALL ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1996 AT 2 P.M. WITH REV. LEN EICHLER OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT IN THE ARROWWOOD CEMETERY.
HONORARY BEARERS TED BURGER, JOHN ENGEN, ALVIN LARKINS, ARNOLD POBST, ALLAN INGRAHAM AND NORMAN JACOBSEN.
CASKET BEARERS DARREL TARASOFF, RICHARD BOGSTIE, ART BIRD, KEITH McINTYRE, DAVE HARPER AND BRAD LARKINS.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.