BOYD, WILLIAM FRANCIS “FRANK”, FORMERLY OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JUNE 4, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS.
FRANK WAS BORN AUGUST 15, 1901. AT YORK COUNTY, ONTARIO. HE CAME OUT WEST IN 1918. FRANK WAS A BUTCHER BY TRADE AND IN THE EARLY YEARS HE BUTCHERED AS WELL AS ODD JOBS ON FARMS. FRANK LEARNED OF A JOB TAKING SEVERAL CAR LOADS OF CATTLE DOWN EAST AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS TRIP TO VISIT HIS FAMILY IN ONTARIO IN 1924. WHILE THERE HE MET THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS. HE RETURNED TO ARMADA IN THE SPRING OF 1925. HE RETURNED TO ONTARIO IN 1926 TO MARRY ALICE ELIZABETH STONEHOUSE IN ONTARIO. THEY RETURNED TO ARMADA TO FARM AND FRANK DROVE SCHOOL VAN FOR TEN YEARS DURING THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES BEFORE THE ROADS WERE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS FARM, RANCH AND SOMETIMES FISHED. HE RETIRED IN 1962 AND THEY MOVED INTO LOMOND UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1993.
FRANK WAS A COWBOY IN HIS EARLY YEARS, THAT MEANT ROUNDING UP WILD CATTLE ON FOOT. FRANK WAS A FAST RUNNER. HE ENJOYED CALLING SQUARE DANCES AND TELLING STORIES, ESPECIALLY GHOST STORIES. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, A MEMBER OF UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA, SUNSHINE DROP-IN-CENTRE AND THE UNITED GRAIN GROWERS. FRANK LOVED HIS FAMILY AND SPENDING TIME TELLING THEM STORIES.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. ALICE BOYD OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF FIVE DAUGHTERS VERNA SANDS OF VANCOUVER, RUTH (DICK) RITTENHOUSE OF LETHBRIDGE, EILEEN (FRANK) WIEDEMAN OF VICTORIA , VAL (DON) FREDLEY OF SALT LAKE CITY AND BONNIE (ART) REED OF COALDALE, TWO SONS GORDON (DOROTHY) OF HANNA AND HARVEY (SYLVIA) OF LOMOND, TWENTY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, THIRTY ONE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS DOROTHY STUART OF SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO. AND RUTH JOHNSON OF NIAGRA FALLS, NEW YORK.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY JUNE 8 AT 2 PM. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. CHRISTINE SELBSTAED OFFICIATING.
HONORARY BEARERS HARRY REPP, LEONARD BIRKENES, MAURICE HENRICKSON, STAN HENRICKSON, CLIFF BOOTH AND FLOYD SANDE.
CASKET BEARERS OWEN BOYD, ROBERT BOYD, JIM. BOYD, ROY BOYD, DENNIS BOYD AND DALE BOYD.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
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