ROBERT JAMES “BOB” SMALL PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY JUNE 11, 1993 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 54 YEARS.
BOB WAS BORN JUNE 20, 1938 AT PRESTON, ONTARIO. HE WORKED FOR THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. IN 1971 HE CAME TO CALGARY WHERE HE MANAGED MCCOOK SPORTING GOODS STORE FOR FOUR YEARS. IN 1975 HE WAS EMPLOYED BY CORAB AND NEONIX MOBILE HOMES FOR TEN YEARS. HE MOVED TO CHAMPION IN 1981 AND WORKED AS TOWN FOREMAN FOR A YEAR AND HAS RESIDED THERE SINCE.
BOB LOVED HIS FAMILY, THE OUTDOORS ESPECIALLY HORSES, ATTENDING HORSE ACTION SALES, TRAIL RIDING, HUNTING AND FISHING, HE HAD THE GIFT OF BEING ABLE TO READ A STREAM TO FIND WHERE THE FISH WERE. HE ALWAYS CAUGHT FISH AND HE LOVED SHARING WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND FRIENDS HIS PASTIME OF FISHING.
BOB WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMPION ROPING AND RIDING CLUB. HE HELPED TO PLANT TREES, INSTALL IRRIGATION AND HELP GET THE ARENA READY FOR UP COMING EVENTS THIS SUMMER. HE WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN FOR THE PAST TWELVE YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN CHAMPION.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. FRANCES SMALL OF CHAMPION, LOVING FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS SUE (GLEN) SCHMEELKE OF VULCAN AND CATHY SUE SMALL AT HOME, TWO SONS JIM (DEE) AND ROBERT ALL OF CALGARY, NINE GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS ELLEN (ALBERT) ARIS OF STRATHROY, ONTARIO AND VIOLET (GEORGE) SIDDONS OF CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
BOB WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS JAMES AND ELLEN SMALL AND A GRANDSON JAMES CARL SMALL.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1993 AT 2 P.M. AT THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, CHAMPION WITH PASTOR ANDY BLACK OFFICIATING. INTERMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO EITHER CHAMPION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING FUND, GEN. DELIVERY CHAMPION, AB. T0L 0R0 OR VULCAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, VULCAN, AB. T0L 2B0 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.