HOWELL, EDWARD “ED” PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN LOMOND, AB ON JANUARY 31, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
ED IS SURVIVED BY DIANA HOWELL AND HER SON ZAC COUPLAND OF CALGARY, CECELIA AND ROB VAILE OF LOMOND, TWO BROTHERS RON (BETTY) OF LETHBRIDGE AND HARVEY (MOLLY) OF CALGARY.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS WIFE MARION IN 1970, A DAUGHTER BEVERLY IN 1966, TWO SISTERS – GRACE GAIN AND ADA KUNKEL AND HIS PARENTS.
ED WAS BORN IN THE REID HILL DISTRICT ON DECEMBER 23, 1913 AND IN 1917, HE MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY ACROSS LAKE MCGREGOR TO THE ARMADA STORE. HE ATTENDED SUNNY PLAIN SCHOOL AND HELPED WITH THE FAMILY STORE UNTIL 1944 WHEN HE MARRIED MARION HONESS. THEY FARMED IN THE ARMADA AREA UNTIL MOVING TO LOMOND IN 1966. HE CONTINUED TO FARM NORTH OF LOMOND. ED WAS A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN AND WIRED MANY HOMES AND WORKED WITH MANY FARMERS IN THE AREA. HE WAS ABLE TO LIVE ON HIS OWN WITH A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR IN SPITE OF HIS HANDICAP. HE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO HIS FAMILY. IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS, HE WAS KNOWN TO BE MISCHIEVOUS AT TIMES. HE PLAYED BANJO AND DRUMS IN A BAND THAT PLAYED IN THE AREA. HE ENJOYED FAMILY JAM SESSIONS AND IN THE LATER YEARS, HE ENJOYED LISTENING TO THE FAMILY PLAY.
ED WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN AND WAS ACTIVE FROM THE BEGINNING. HE SERVED AS DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF FROM 1959 UNTIL 1966 THEN AS FIRE CHIEF FOR TWO YEARS AND IN 1969, HIS LAST YEAR, HE WAS THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF. HE ENJOYED GARDENING, RUG HOOKING, WHICH EARNED HIM THE NICKNAME OF “THE HAPPY HOOKER”. HE ALWAYS ENJOYED GOOD JOKES OR FUNNY STORIES. HE WAS A TWENTY FIVE YEAR MEMBER OF THE LOMOND LIONS CLUB.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1989 AT 1 PM AT THE BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND, AB, WITH PASTOR LEWIS BOOTH OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY PLOT, VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE LOMOND PLAYGROUND DEVELOPMENT FUND C/O VILLAGE OF LOMOND, SECRETARY OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
PALLBEARERS WERE DARREL HOWELL, DAN ENGEL, GARRET RYAN, BOB MCCORD, ROB MCCORD AND ALLAN MACGREGOR.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.