KNIVE, ANDREW JOHANSON KRISTIAN “ANDY”, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE VULCAN AREA, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL IN CALGARY ON FEBRUARY 24, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. RUBY KNIVE OF VULCAN AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS – KATHLEEN INGRAHAM OF CALGARY AND MARION FLANDERS OF BANFF, A SON ROY AND HIS WIFE MARJ OF CALGARY, SEVEN GRANDCHILREN, A GREAT GRANDCHILD, A SISTER MRS. JONNA NEILSEN IN NORWAY AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY FOUR BROTHERS, A SISTER AND HIS PARENTS.
ANDY WAS BORN AT SKOTSELV, NORWAY ON AUGUST 15, 1905 AND CAME TO MELFORT, SASKATCHEWAN IN 1926. IN 1930, HE CAME TO THE VULCAN AREA TO FARM. HE MARRIED RUBY SULLIVAN IN 1942 AND THEY CONTINUED TO FARM UNTIL RETIRING IN 1976 WHEN THEY MOVED INTO VULCAN.
ANDY WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE I.O.O.F. LODGE, ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #21 VULCAN, VULCAN DROP-IN CENTRE, VULCAN CURLING CLUB AND THE UFA. HE SERVED ON THE 1969 WALK-A-THON COMMITTEE WHICH WAS ORGANIZED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL ICE ARENA. HE TOOK HIS TURN DELIVERING MEALS ON WHEELS TO THE ELDERLY AND WAS ACTIVE ON CHURCH COMMITTEE BOARDS. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND MEETING NEW FRIENDS. HE LOVED TO “WIZIT”, LOOK AFTER ANIMALS AND TEASE THE KIDS. HE ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS AND LISTENING TO OLD TIME DANCE MUSIC. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, ANDY ENJOYED SNOW SKIING AND SKI JUMPING, A SPORT IN WHICH HE WON A FEW TROPHIES IN NORWAY.
FUNERAL SERVICES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1989 AT 11 AM AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH PASTOR DOUG ASTLE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES MAY BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CALGARY, #201, 640 – 12 AVE. SW, CALGARY, AB, T2R 0H5 OR THE CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION, 1207 – 11 AVE. SW, CALGARY, AB, T3C 0M5.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.