OST, PAUL GUSTAV ADOLF PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT EXTENDICARE, VULCAN, AB ON JANUARY 15, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
PAUL WAS BORN DECEMBER 11, 1916 AT LOMOND, ALBERTA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING. HE WORKED ON MANY FARMS AROUND THE AREA. HE ALSO WORKED IN THE NORTHERN ALBERTA LUMBER CAMPS NEAR DeBOLT DURING THE WINTER, AND FOR A SHORT TIME IN A STEEL MILL IN CALGARY.
IN 1949 HE MARRIED MARGARET KIEMELE AND THEY FARMED IN THE LOMOND AREA UNTIL RETIRING TO A HOUSE IN TOWN IN 1981. HE MOVED TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE IN 1991 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
PAUL WAS A DEVOUT MEMBER OF THE BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH WHERE HE SERVED ON THE CHURCH BOARD INCLUDING MANY YEARS AS TREASURER. HE LOVED TIMES WITH HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN, HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE LOVED TO TAKE THE TIME EACH SUMMER TO SPEND WITH HIS NEPHEWS, WHO WOULD COME FROM THE CITY TO THE FARM. HE WOULD TAKE THEM FISHING AND SHOW THEM HIS TRICKS TO CATCH FISH IN HIS STOCKED POND OR AT LAKE MCGREGOR.
PAUL ALWAYS PUT THE NEEDS OF OTHERS BEFORE HIMSELF.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. MARGARET OST OF LOMOND. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY THREE BROTHERS CARL OF BROOKS, TIM (LEONA) OF LOMOND AND TINY OF VULCAN, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW ESTELLA KIEMELE, SEVEN BROTHERS-IN-LAW GILBERT VOOYS OF MILO, LEWIS (JOAN) KIEMELE, BILL (EDRA) KIEMELE AND ALFRED (ROSE) ALL OF CARDSTON, DELBERT LAURENE) KIEMELE AND MELVIN (PHYLLIS) OF LETHBRIDGE AND KEITH (LENNEA) KIEMELE OF SHAUGHNESSY, FOUR SISTERS-IN-LAW MABEL VARE OF CARDSTON, HAZEL MCDONALD OF WILLIAMS FT.,ONTARIO, BEATRICE (BOB) HATELY AND JOAN (STEVE) SEMACH ALL OF LETHBRIDGE, NUMEROUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER PAUL IN 1972 AND MOTHER MARGARETA IN 1963, TWO SISTERS GERTRUDE DANA IN 1957 AND ELSIE VOOYS IN 1991, A BROTHER ALBERT IN 1964 AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW W.F.”BILL” KIEMELE IN 1970.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 1993 AT 1:30 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH PASTOR LEWIS BOOTH OFFICIATING. INTERMENT LOMOND CEMETERY.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS RAYMOND BEAGLE, HENRY HUFF, PETE RUPPERT, ALBERT WEST, MELVIN MAGNUSON AND HOWARD ROGERS.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS BRAD CHAMBERS, BOB KUNKEL, MARVIN HENRICKSON, LARRY ROOT, DUANE MIX AND GUY VOOYS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, 1820 RICHMOND RD. S.W. CALGARY, T2T 5T7 OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.