IVERS, ANTHONY GORDON PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON FEBRUARY 8, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. TRILBY IVERS OF VULCAN, FORMERLY OF MILO, FOUR SISTERS-IN-LAW AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY TWO SISTERS – FLORENCE AND EDNA, A BROTHER LEWIS AND HIS PARENTS.
GORDON WAS BORN IN GODERICH, ONTARIO ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1907 AND CAME TO THE MILO DISTRICT IN 1912. HE BEGAN FARMING IN THE AREA, GROWING MOSTLY WHEAT, IN 1932. HE MARRIED TRILBY LEWIS OF ENCHANT IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1935. GORDON WAS VERY MECHANICALLY INCLINED, WORKING ON ALL OF HIS OWN EQUIPMENT AND MANY OF HIS NEIGHBOURS WOULD BRING THEIR CARS OVER TO WORK ON THEM TOO. HE CONTINUED TO FARM UNTIL RETIRING IN 1971. THEY LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE ON THE FARM FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS WHERE MANY RENOVATIONS TOOK PLACE TO THEIR HOME.
AFTER RETIRING FROM FARMING, THEY TRAVELLED WITH THE BUFFALO HILLS CAMPER CLUB ON SHORT WEEKEND TRIPS, WHICH GAVE HIM MORE TIME FOR PLAYING CARDS AND SOCIALIZING WITH THE PEOPLE HE ENJOYED BEING WITH. GORDON ENJOYED FLOWERS AND GARDENING AND MOST OF ALL, BEING OUTDOORS WITH NATURE.
HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MILO LIONS CLUB, WHICH HE WAS ACTIVE IN FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS AND WAS PAST NOBLE GRAND OF THE I.O.O.F. LODGE.
FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1989 AT THE MILO COMMUNITY HALL AT 11 AM WITH REV. ERNIE ROBERTS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, CALGARY, AB AT 3:30 PM.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES MAY BE MADE TO THE MILO UNITED CHURCH, MILO, AB T0L 1L0 OR THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, #200, 1609-14 ST. SW, CALGARY, AB, T3C 1E4.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.