BROWN, ROBERT “BOB” PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 2, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
BOB WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1923 AT GILBERT, ALBERTA NEAR SUNNYNOOK. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN AND SUNNYNOOK. HE RETURNED TO VULCAN IN 1937 AND WORKED AT THE GARAGE FOR HIS BROTHER BILL BROWN. HE MARRIED RUBY JOHNSON IN 1940 AND THEY CONTINUED TO MAKE THEIR HOME IN VULCAN.
IN 1942 BOB JOINED THE LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT AND TRAVELLED TO ENGLAND, NORTH AFRICA THEN TO ITALY WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED IN ITALY THEN RETURNED TO ENGLAND ON A HOSPITAL SHIP WHERE HE SPENT SOME TIME ARRIVING BACK IN CANADA IN MAY OF 1945. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN AUGUST THAT SAME YEAR. HE RETURNED TO VULCAN AND BEGAN WORKING AS A MECHANIC WITH KEITH ALDER FOR A SHORT TIME, BEFORE GOING TO WORK FOR ANOTHER BROTHER CHESTER REA AT REA’S AUTO SHOP UNTIL IT WAS SOLD TO THE COUNTY OF VULCAN. BOB DECIDED TO WORK FOR RICHARDSON AND GOULDS FOR ONE YEAR THEN IN 1953 HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY OF VULCAN UNTIL 1975. THE SAME YEAR HE BEGAN WORKING AT THE REID HILL FERTILIZER PLANT WHERE HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1983, THEN HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HIS SONS.
BOB LOVED HIS FAMILY AND ALL THE SPECIAL TIMES TOGETHER WITH THEM. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION # 21, VULCAN.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF RUBY OF VULCAN, LOVED FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS EDNA MAY (GARY) LOMHEIM OF SONOMA, CALIFORNIA, BEVERLY (DON) DECKER OF CAMROSE AND LINDA (WALTER) VOOYS OF LETHBRIDGE, FOUR SONS WAYNE (GAIL), TERRY (CORETA) AND ROGER ALL OF VULCAN AND KEN (FAYE) OF HUNTER RIVER, P.E.I., FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
BOB WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS ROBERT AND EDITH BROWN, AND SIX BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS.
PRAYERS WILL BE SAID WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5, 1994 AT 7 P.M. AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 1994 AT 11 A.M. ALSO AT ST. ANDREWS WITH FR. STAN LASKO CELEBRANT. INTERMENT FIELD OF HONOUR VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO EITHER THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT C/O VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OR THE HAEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND, ROOM 681, 1403“29 ST. N.W, CALGARY T2N 2T9 OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.