TOMPOROWSKI, Paul Peter 1917 – 1995

PAUL PETER TOMPOROWSKI OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JULY 21, 1995 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.

PAUL WAS BORN JULY I, 1917 AT HOLBEIN, SASKATCHEWAN WERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT AGE ELEVEN HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE A PORTION OF HIS LEG WHICH MADE IT SHORTER THAN THE OTHER. PAUL BEGAN WORKING ON THE FAMILY FARM IN THE CRAVEN AREA AND AT AGE SIXTEEN FOR LOCAL FARMERS.

HE CAME TO ARROWWOOD IN 1939 TO WORK FOR A FARMER. HOWEVER WHEN HE ARRIVED THE CROP WAS NOT READY SO HE WENT ON TO WORK FOR ANOTHER FARMER IN THE AREA, WHERE HE MET BESSIE MAE MILLER. THEY WERE MARRIED IN CALGARY IN 1941. PAUL LATER WENT TO WORK ON A FARM NEAR ROCKYFORD. HE RETURNED TO ARROWWOOD WHERE THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE. IN 1955 PAUL BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COUNTY OF VULCAN OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND FOR MANY YEARS HE RAN A MAINTAINER IN THE ARROWWOOD AREA UNTIL RETIRING IN 1977 AFTER TWENTY TWO YEARS WITH THE COUNTY.

PAUL LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND TALKING TO THEM FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS CAR OR IN HIS HOME, HE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED TIME WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. HE REALLY ENJOYED THE TIMES HE WOULD HOST BIBLE STUDIES AT HIS HOME, WHICH USUALLY ENCOMPASSED A DISCUSSION ABOUT HIS OWN EXPERIENCES. PAUL ENJOYED READING AND TALKING ABOUT STORIES FROM THE BIBLE. HE ENJOYED LISTENING TO GOOD COUNTRY AND WESTERN AND GOSPEL MUSIC ON THE RADIO AND GOSPEL RADIO SHOWS. HE ENJOYED GARDENING, YARD WORK AND HELPING OTHERS WITH THERE YARD WORK, WATCHING THE BIRDS, WHICH HE PREPARED BREAD FOR. HE HAD A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR AND ALWAYS TEASING. ALTHOUGH PAUL HAD MANY THINGS TO BE DISSATISFIED WITH IN HIS LIFE, HE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. HE WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT OTHERS. PAUL WAS SO THANKFUL FOR ALL HIS BLESSINGS THAT UPON EACH DEPARTURE FROM HIS HOME HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR THE LORD TO GUIDE AND KEEP HIM SAFE.

PAUL IS SURVIVED BY A SON DALE OF ARROWWOOD, SPECIAL FRIEND DEBBIE STEWART AND HER CHILDREN JOHN AND JOSHUA, WHOM PAUL FELT AS CLOSE AS FAMILY, A BROTHER JOHN AND HIS WIFE EILEEN OF HOLBEIN, SASKATCHEWAN, TWO SISTERS ANNIE SUNDERLAND OF CALGARY AND AGNES GILLESPIE OF SASKATOON AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS TWO PET CATS MISSY AND CANDY.

PAUL WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS WIFE BESSIE IN 1993, THREE SISTERS MARY SCOTT, MARTHA TUFF AND ROSE WALLBRIDGE, SEVEN BROTHERS STANLEY, BRONIS, MARTIN, FRANK, JOE, EDWARD AND PAUL AND HIS PARENTS.

FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY JULY 25, 1995 AT 1:30 P.M. AT ARROWWOOD COMMUNITY HALL WITH REV. LEN EICHLER OFFICIATING.

INTERMENT ARROWWOOD CEMETERY.

CASKET BEARERS ERIC ELSON, JIM WILLIAMS, LARRY SHUPENIO, DARWIN MILLER, TED BURGER AND DARRELL GASS.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.