MAISEY, ALBERT WILLIAM “BERT” PASSED AWAY AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA ON AUGUST 1, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
BERT WAS BORN MAY 4, 1908 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA. HE GREW UP IN CRANBROOK, PAWKOKI THEN CAME TO KIRKCALDY IN 1924. HE MARRIED FREEDA DUNBAR IN 1928. BERT WORKED FOR THE SEVERAL GRAIN COMPANIES AS SECOND MAN BEFORE PURCHASING A FARM IN 1929 IN THE KIRKCALDY AREA. THEY CELEBRATED SIXTY-FOUR YEARS OF MARRIAGE LAST DECEMBER AND HAD RESIDED IN KIRKCALDY FOR ALL BUT ONE YEAR.
BERT LOVED HIS FAMILY. HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. FARMING WAS SOMETHING HE ALWAYS LOVED TO DO. HE COULD USUALLY FIX MOST MACHINERY HIMSELF AND HE REALLY ENJOYED FISHING.
BERT WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE KIRKCALDY COMMUNITY CLUB FOR TWELVE YEARS, A LIFE MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE A.F AND A.M., ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, FERRODALE CHAPTER #65 VULCAN AND CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE FREEDA AND SON DARREL (MAY), TWO GRANDCHILDREN MURRAY (SHERRY) AND SUZANNE, A BROTHER LORNE (ANNA), FOUR NIECES GAIL (FRANK) LEWIS, SHARON (MONTY) SOUTHGATE, LORNA (JACK) SCHMALTZ AND MARGE (BILL) CHALMERS A NEPHEW LARRY (CAROL ANN) MAISEY AND THEIR FAMILIES.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4, 1993 AT 2 P.M. AT CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INURNMENT IN THE FAMILY PLOT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO EITHER ALBERTA SHOCK TRAUMA AIR RESCUE SOCIETY (STARS) 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E. BOX 570 CALGARY, T2E 8M7 OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.