BARNES, WILLIAM “BILL” PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON JULY 20, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. EDITH BARNES AND LOVING FATHER OF A SON RON AND HIS WIFE JOYCE AND THEIR CHILDREN JIM AND RHONDA, ALL OF VULCAN, A BROTHER CHARLES AND HIS WIFE JEAN OF GRANUM AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS AND FOUR BROTHERS.
BILL WAS BORN IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND ON NOVEMBER 18, 1900 AND CAME WITH HIS PIONEER PARENTS JOHN AND MARY BARNES TO GRANUM IN 1904. HE BEGAN FARMING WITH HIS BROTHER, STAMPER AT BINDLOSS IN 1919. BILL MARRIED MARY EDITH STEVENSON IN 1938. THEY CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE AREA UNTIL MOVING TO CLARESHOLM IN 1968 THEN TO VULCAN IN 1978 WHERE THEY HAVE RESIDED SINCE.
BILL WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE ALBERTA WHEAT POOL AND A MEMBER OF THE UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA.
IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, BILL WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE BINDLOSS COMMUNITY. HE HELPED BUILD THE FIRST UNITED CHURCH THERE. HE ENJOYED GARDENING, LANDSCAPING AND HOUSE PLANTS, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN VIOLETS. HE COULD MAKE ALMOST ANY PLANT GROW AND FLOURISH. HE WAS ALSO VERY HANDY WORKING WITH WOOD. BILL REALLY ENJOYED THE TIMES AT THE VULCAN DROP IN CENTRE.
FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY, JULY 23, 1990 AT 1:00 PM AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. DENNIS PAAP OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
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