ROY CARL JACOBSON PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL IN CARMANGAY, ALBERTA ON MARCH I8, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
ROY WAS BORN IN RAMSEY COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA ON MARCH 29, 1906. HE CAME TO THE VULCAN AREA WITH HIS FATHER OLE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER CHRISTINA IN 1913. THEY CAME TO JOIN OLE’S FATHER ANDREW, WHO WAS HOMESTEADING NORTH OF VULCAN. OLE WAS KILLED BY A RUN-AWAY TEAM OF HORSES IN THE SPRING OF 1922.
ROY WORKED AS A FARMER FOR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AROUND THE AREA. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS NORWEGIAN AND AMERICAN HERITAGE, BUT WAS EVEN PROUDER OF LIVING IN CANADA. A BACHELOR WHO WAS WELL INFORMED, HE ENJOYED OLD-TIME MUSIC, THE HISTORY OF CARS AND WAS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN ASTRONOMY. AS A RESULT, THE LETHBRIDGE ASTRONOMY SOCIETY MADE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION IN CARMANGAY THIS PAST FEBRUARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
ROY WAS A SHY, GENTLE AND INDEPENDENT MAN WHO ENJOYED THE COMPANY AND FRIENDSHIP OF MANY, BUT DID NOT IMPOSE NOR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE BONDS. BECAUSE OF THE EXPERT PROFESSIONAL AND LOVING CARE, TENDERNESS AND RESPECT HE RECEIVED FROM THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT CARMANGAY’S LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, HE FELT “AT HOME” WHEN HE DIED PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
ROY IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW ANGELA JACOBSON AND LILLY FLOCK, BOTH OF CALGARY, A BROTHER-IN-LAW BILL LITTLE OF RED DEER, THREE NEPHEWS CLARK LITTLE OF BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, DORAN JACOBSON OF CALGARY AND RON JACOBSON OF LETHBRIDGE, NUMEROUS COUSINS, GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY TWO BROTHERS ALVIN, JOHN (JACK), A SISTER CLARA LITTLE, ALVIN AND ANGELA’S TWIN CHILDREN, NORMAN AND CLARA AND NIECE KAREN PATRIQUIN.
FUNERAL SERVICES FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1991 AT 2:00 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE VULCAN CEMETERY.
PALLBEARERS ARE ED MARTIN, WILLIAM DICK, DELBERT GRAHAM, BARRY CAMPBELL, JACK DEANS AND ED RICHARDSON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE LETHBRIDGE ASTRONOMY SOCIETY, BOX 1104, LETHBRIDGE, T1J 4A2. (CHARITABLE REGISTERED SOCIETY) WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.