MAIN, JOSEPH REGINALD GEORGE “JOE” PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 14, 1989. THE LORD HAS CALLED HIM HOME AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. BETTY MAIN OF KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS – WENDY OF VICTORIA, BC AND DIANE AND HER SPECIAL FRIEND TIM DEAR OF CALGARY, A SON DAVID AND HIS WIFE VAL OF CRANBROOK, BC, TWO GRANDCHILDREN – GWEN AND JOSEPH, THREE SISTERS EDE (BILL) CAMERON, GLAD CARTER, ALL OF KELOWNA AND PHIL (ELBERT) BROOKS OF CALGARY, A SISTER-IN-LAW NINA MAIN OF LANGLEY, BC, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
JOE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, A BROTHER ART, A SISTER FLORENCE AND HER HUSBAND ELMER MERCER.
JOE WAS BORN AT PONTLLOUFRAITH, SOUTH WALES, UK ON NOVEMBER 9, 1919. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS ALBERT AND EMMA MAIN TO THE CARSTAIRS AREA IN 1926 AND HELPED OUT WITH THE FAMILY FARM. HE JOINED THE ARMED FORCES IN 1941, 29TH ARMOURER RECCI SOUTH ALBERTA REGIMENT AND OPERATED A TANK OVERSEAS FOR FOUR YEARS. WHILE THERE, HE MET AND MARRIED ELIZABETH “BETTY” MIDDLETON OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND. HE RETURNED TO CARSTAIRS IN 1946 WHERE THEY WERE REUNITED. IN 1947, THEY FIRST CAME TO KIRKCALDY THEN IN 1964 MOVED TO VULCAN, WHERE JOE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE PARRISH AND HEIMBECKER GRAIN COMPANY UNTIL RETIRING IN 1984. THEY RETURNED TO KIRKCALDY IN EARLY 1985 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
JOE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND MEETING PEOPLE. HE ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING, TARGET SHOOTING AND MOST OF ALL, WALKING. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ALBERTA FISH AND WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION, BOTH NANTON AND VULCAN GUN CLUBS, THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION #21, VULCAN AND THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. HE LIVED HIS LIFE AS A TESTIMONY OF HIS FAITH IN GOD.
FUNERAL SERVICES SATURDAY, MARCH 18 AT 1:30 P.M. AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
HONOR GUARDS WERE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #21
VULCAN. PALLBEARERS WERE JOHN ROEBUCK, HARRY STODDARD, JOHN MCKENZIE, BOB CUTLER, DON MALLORY AND BILL SMITH.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO EITHER THE CHURCH OF CHRIST MEMORIAL FUND OR THE KIRKCALDY COMMUNITY HALL, c/0 MR. BILL ROEBUCK, CHAMPION, T0L 0R0 .
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.