JAMES ALLEN BARR, OF STRATHMORE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY DECEMBER 10, 1998 AT STRATHMORE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 28 YEARS.
JAMES WAS BORN OCTOBER 30, 1970 AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL IN CALGARY TO ALLEN AND CHRISS BARR. HE GREW UP ON THE FARM LOCATED BETWEEN ARROWWOOD AND MOSSLEIGH. JAMES WAS AN ACTIVE 4-H MEMBER AND HIS EARLY YEARS WERE FILLED WITH HOCKEY AND BASEBALL. JAMES TOOK HIS FIRST NINE YEARS OF SCHOOLING AT MOSSLEIGH AND HIS HIGH SCHOOL AT C.C.H.S. IN VULCAN. HE GRADUATED WITH HIS MATRICULATION IN 1988. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION S.A.I.T IN CALGARY AND GRADUATED FROM PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN 1990. HE TOOK COURSES IN HOUSTON, TEXAS AND WAS CERTIFIED FOR OFFSHORE WORK IN ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND. JAMES WAS EMPLOYED WITH NOWSCO WELL SERVICE IN CALGARY UNTIL THE CUTBACKS OF THE EARLY 90’S. HE THEN WORKED FOR JOHN KING OILFIELD SERVICES OF ARROWWOOD, SCIENTIFIC DRILLING IN CALGARY AND WAS EMPLOYED WITH GYRODATA OF CALGARY AS A FIELD SUPERVISOR AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. JAMES’ YEARS IN THE WORKFORCE HAD TAKEN HIM ALL OVER ALBERTA, PARTS OF B.C., SASKATCHEWAN AND ONTARIO AS WELL AS TRINIDAD, TOBAGO AND NOVA SCOTIA. JAMES HAD TAKEN UP GOLF AND ENJOYED A DAY ON THE LINKS ANYTIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT AT THE FARM AND ENJOYED WORKING WITH CATTLE WITH HIS MOM AND DAD.
JAMES MARRIED DANNEE LEE FRASER IN MOSSLEIGH ON AUGUST 9, 1997 AND THEY RESIDED IN STRATHMORE. JAMES WAS A LOVING HUSBAND AND A DEVOTED FATHER TO HIS SON LEVI AND WAS AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR NEW BABY, DUE IN FEBRUARY.
JAMES HAD A KIND HEART AND A SMILE FOR EVERYONE AND WILL SADLY MISSED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE DANNEE LEE, HIS SON LEVI JAMES BARR, BOTH OF STRATHMORE, HIS PARENTS ALLEN AND CHRISS BARR OF ARROWWOOD, HIS BROTHER WADE BARR AND PARTNER TRACY BOMFORD AND THEIR DAUGHTER JAYDE OF VULCAN, GRANDPARENTS LOUISE “NANA” BARR OF ARROWWOOD, ROY (MARJ) McLENNAN OF VULCAN, FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW IRA AND JACKIE FRASER OF MOSSLEIGH, GRANDMOTHER-IN-LAW EILEEN HEWLETT OF DAYSLAND, TWO UNCLES BOB (BEV) BARR OF COWLEY AND ALLEN (SHERYL) McLENNAN OF MAYERTHORPE, TWO AUNTS LAURIE (DON) GOTTENBERG OF VULCAN AND GAIL (PETE) McNIVEN OF CESSFORD, THREE BROTHERS-IN-LAW MICHAEL (FIANCEE’ SANDRA) FRASER AND JASON FRASER ALL OF FORT ST. JOHN, B.C AND PATRICK FRASER AND HIS PARTNER RENEE DERBECKER OF MOSSLEIGH, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW JODDI (HENRY) GOERTZEN AND SHANNON (ORAN) HALL ALL OF FORT ST.JOHN, B.C., NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
JAMES WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS GRANDFATHER TOM BARR IN 1967, AND AN UNCLE RICHARD FRANKLIN BARR IN 1944.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY DECEMBER 14, 1998 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. LORRAINE POWELL AND NELLIE SPICER D.M. OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS WERE TOM WYLIE, TODD ANTON, JOE BELISLE, PATRICK FRASER, GREG HEISLER AND STEVE SPINDLER.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN JAMES MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS).
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