ERTMOED, HARRY BENJAMIN PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, AB MAY 3, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 67 YEARS.
HARRY WAS BORN JULY 27, 1925 AT WARDLOW, AB. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING AT BOTH WARDLOW AND DUCHESS. HE MOVED AROUND WITH HIS PARENTS FRED AND HARRIET ERTMOED, HOMESTEADING IN ATHABASCA, BUT THEY LIVED MOSTLY IN THE PATRICIA AREA. IN 1946, HE WORKED ON A FARM NEAR VULCAN. HE MET AND MARRIED SHIRLEY MIX IN OCTOBER OF 1948. IN 1950, THEY MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE HARRY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY IN THE WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT UNTIL RETIRING IN 1976. THEY THEN CAME TO THE VULCAN AREA AND PURCHASED AN ACREAGE EAST OF TOWN. ABOUT THE SAME TIME, HARRY BEGAN WORKING WITH THORNHILL RANCHING PRODUCTS UNTIL 1989 WHEN HE RETIRED.
HARRY LOVED HIS FAMILY. HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED EACH TIME THEY GOT TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN THE WHOLE FAMILY WOULD MEET AND CAMP OUT AND HAVE FAMILY REUNIONS. HE ALSO ENJOYED FISHING, HUNTING AND GARDENING, HORSE SHOES AND PLAYING CARDS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. SHIRLEY ERTMOED OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF A DAUGHTER JOYCE (JOE) DOIRON OF CLUNY, TWO SONS VANCE (BITTEN) OF TURNER VALLEY AND DANNY (TIBORA) OF PRINCE GEORGE, BC, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, GWEN AND CHAD JAMIESON, KEVIN AND CONNIE ERTMOED, ALL OF CALGARY, AND DILLON ERTMOED OF PRINCE GEORGE, A BROTHER FRED (BERNICE) OF VERNON, BC, THREE SISTERS GRACE (AL) PEDERSEN OF PATRICIA, ETHEL (RAY) ZEER OF BROOKS AND JEAN RICHTER OF CALGARY AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY A SON BENJAMIN, A BROTHER, A SISTER AND HIS PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY MAY 6, 1993 AT 1:30 PM AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS KEITH HENRICKSON, BUTCH ERTMOED, KEVIN ERTMOED, CHAD JAMIESON, DUANE MIX AND JEFF MIX.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION, 1331 – 29 ST. NW, CALGARY, AB T2N 9Z9.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.