ALDER, BRUCE OF CHAMPION, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY, AB ON APRIL 16, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. MURIEL ALDER OF CHAMPION, LOVING FATHER OF THREE SONS – FRED (VERNA) OF LETHBRIDGE, DELBERT (BEV) OF KAMLOOPS AND GERALD (DIANNE) OF CHAMPION, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, A GREAT GRANDSON, A SISTER MRS. JEAN MCDONALD OF CHAMPION, A HALF BROTHER LAWRENCE OF VANCOUVER, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
BRUCE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS FRED AND ETTA ALDER, A SISTER RUBY, TWO BROTHERS – TOM AND KEN AND HIS FIRST WIFE MYRTLE.
BRUCE WAS BORN AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA ON JUNE 6, 1918. IN DECEMBER OF 1939, HE MARRIED MYRTLE QUIGLEY. THEY FARMED IN THE CHAMPION AREA UNTIL HER PASSING IN 1960. IN 1961, BRUCE MARRIED MURIEL JACHSON AND SHORTLY AFTER, THEY MOVED TO BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN 1969, THEY RETURNED TO CHAMPION WHERE THEY’VE RESIDED SINCE. BRUCE ENJOYED BEING PART OF THE FAMILY FARMING OPERATION WITH HIS SON GERALD AND GRANDCHILDREN.
FUNERAL SERVICES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1989 AT 11 AM AT THE VULCAN CULTURAL & RECREATION CENTRE WITH MERLYN HOWLETT AND WILLIS PROPP OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN CHAMPION CEMETERY.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.