BOURQUE, LLOYD MELVIN PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 25, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
LLOYD WAS BORN MARCH 3, 1917 AT MORDEN, MANITOBA. MOST OF LLOYD’S EDUCATION WAS RECEIVED IN MELVILLE, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE HE ALSO WORKED AT MANY JOBS. HE JOINING THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY IN JUNE OF 1942, WHERE LLOYD SERVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CENTRAL EUROPE UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE IN JANUARY OF 1946. HE RETURNED HOME AND FARMED, AND WITH HIS BROTHER OPERATED AT A GAS STATION.
IN 1959 LLOYD MOVED TO CARMANGAY WHERE HE WORKED AT THE SEED CLEANING PLANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE THEN HELPED FARM WITH JOHN MCFARLAND. HE WORKED FOR THE TOWN OF CARMANGAY AT THE SCHOOL IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT AND HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE THERE SINCE.
LLOYD WAS A PRIVATE PERSON WITH A CLEVER AND WITTY SENSE OF HUMOUR. HE COULD ALWAYS SEE THE GOOD IN PEOPLE AND WAS A VERY DIRECT PERSON WITH FINESSE. HE ENJOYED READING FROM HIS VAST LIBRARY AND LISTENING TO HIS LARGE SELECTION OF MOSTLY CLASSICAL MUSIC. MOST OF ALL HE LOVED GARDENING. HE HAD THE GIFT TO GROW ALMOST ANY PLANT, INDOORS OR OUT.
HE IS SURVIVED BY A BROTHER EDSEL (IRENE) BOURQUE OF CAMPBELL RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TWO SISTERS MERLE GREENE OF CLARESHOLM AND ERMA STONEHOUSE OF VERDEN, MANITOBA, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW, HIS FATHER JOSEPH AND HIS MOTHER SARAH.
FUNERAL SERVICES SATURDAY OCTOBER 30, 1993 AT 11 A.M. AT THE CARMANGAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH FRANK JOHNSON L.M. OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE CARMANGAY CEMETERY.
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