GORZITZA, DARRELL EDWARD, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AS THE RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON JANUARY 7, 1990 NEAR VULCAN, ALBERTA, AT THE AGE OF 36 YEARS.
DARRELL WAS BORN AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA ON FEBRUARY 11, 1953. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MILO AND IN 1968 CAME TO CCHS VULCAN WHERE AT THE TIME WAS THE ONLY MALE TO ENROLL IN THE HOME ECONOMICS CLASS. HE WENT ON TO ATTEND LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
A CARPENTER BY TRADE, HE WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS THROUGHOUT ALBERTA INCLUDING CP RAIL, A SEISMIC COMPANY, THE COUNTY OF VULCAN AND ELDORADO TRAILER SALES IN LETHBRIDGE. HE ALSO WAS A MANAGER AT THE KING EDDIE HOTEL IN BANFF AND THE VULCAN HOTEL. HE OPERATED HIS OWN BUSINESS, DG BUILDERS FOR A FEW YEARS, AND HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH ALBERTA PARKS AND RECREATION SINCE JUNE 1989. HE MARRIED CAROL LYNN COCHRANE ON JULY 30, 1988 AT DUTCH CREEK, ALBERTA AND HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN THE VULCAN AREA.
DARRELL ENJOYED FAMILY GET-TOGETHERS, AS MOST WERE HELD AT A CAMP SITE WHERE HE TRULY ENJOYED BEING. HE WAS ALWAYS WILING TO HELP SOMEONE IN NEED, USUALLY SINGLE AND WITHOUT FAMILY CLOSE BY. HE WOULD TAKE THEM INTO HIS CARE. ONE CHRISTMAS, HE INVITED SOME OF THE SINGLE MEN IN TOWN TO HIS PLACE AND COOKED THEM UP A HOT TURKEY SUPPER COMPLETE WITH FRESH BAKED BREAD.
DARRELL WAS A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN AND DISTRICT FISH AND WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION AND THE VULCAN GUN CLUB. HE ENJOYED BIG GAME HUNTING BUT HIS GREATEST PASSION WAS TO CAMP OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, AND A PAST MEMBER OF THE VULCAN FIRE DEPARTMENT. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, HE PLAYED HOCKEY FROM THE TIME HE COULD SKATE UNTIL HIS LAST GAME WITH THE VULCAN WHEAT KINGS. HE ALSO ENJOYED SKI-DOOING.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF CAROL LYNN GORZITZA. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS FAITHFUL DOG MCGREGOR, HIS PARENTS WALTER AND LAURA GORZITZA, TWO BROTHERS ALAN (YVONNE) AND KEN (KAYLENE), ALL OF VULCAN, TWO SISTERS SHARON (DARRELL) MCINTOSH OF CALGARY AND ELAINE GORZITZA OF BOW ISLAND, NUMEROUS UNCLES, AUNTS AND COUSINS, AS WELL AS HIS MOTHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW PAULETTE AND KEITH COCHRANE OF ARROWWOOD, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW – MARG SCHWEER AND HER SON FRANKIE AND JOYCE (GORDON) ROE, ALL OF VULCAN AND NINE NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DARRELL WILL BE FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 1:30 PM AT THE VULCAN CULTURAL RECREATION CENTRE WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE AND REV. DENNIS PAPP OFFICIATING.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES MAY BE MADE TO S.T.A.R.S. (AIR AMBULANCE), #164, 1312 – 53 AVE. NE, CALGARY, AB, T2M 2L7.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.