LOVE, WILLARD CARSON, PASSED AWAY ON MAY 5, 1993 AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, AT 59 YEARS OF AGE.
CARSON WAS A FARMER! HE LOVED THE SMELL OF FRESHLY WORKED GROUND. FALL WAS CARSON’S FAVORITE SEASON AND HE COULD HARDLY WAIT TO START SWATHING.
IN THE EARLY YEARS, CARSON’S ZEAL FOR FARMING WAS A PRIORITY IN HIS LIFE AND ESTABLISHING PROVISION FOR FAMILY WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM. HE FOUND SATISFACTION IN A JOB WELL DONE.
CARSON LOVED AND WAS PROUD OF HIS FAMILY. CARSON WAS A FAITHFUL HUSBAND, A GREAT DAD AND A WONDERFUL GRAMPA. HE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF OTHERS BEFORE HIMSELF AND WAS GLAD TO HELP PEOPLE WHERE HE COULD. CARSON WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT DOING RIGHT BY PEOPLE AND HAD PAINFUL MEMORIES OF INSTANCES THAT DIDN’T TURN OUT THE WAY HE WOULD HAD LIKED, BUT WAS ABLE TO LET THESE GO.
CARSON WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TERRY FOX RUN AT THE MILO SCHOOL LAST YEAR BUT HIS OWN BATTLE WITH CANCER PREVENTED HIM FROM TAKING PART. CARSON HAD A GREAT OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND HAD A SENSE OF FAIRNESS THAT GOVERNED HOW HE DEALT WITH OTHERS. HE LOVE LIFE AND TRIED EVERYHTHING HE COULD TO LIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. CARSON COMFORTED HIS OWN FAMILY AS HE QUIETLY SUFFERED HIS OWN PAIN.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MANY PREAYERS FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH THAT WERE NOT ALL ANSWERED, WE KNOW HE IS AT PEACE.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF RITA (NEE: MARTIN) LOVE, CARSON IS ALSO SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER PATTY (TERRY) SHENHER OF BONNYVILLE, SON DAN (EVELYN) LOVE OF TABER, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN CLAYTON AND MEGAN SHENHER AND KIT, SHANNON AND NATHAN LOVE, SISTERS SHIRLEY LOVE AND ELAINE (WALLY) HOWLETT, SISTER-IN-LAW MARG (ROGER) MIDDLETON AND BROTHER-IN-LAW STAN (GLADYS) MARTIN AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD MAY 8, 1993 AT 2:00 PM AT VULCAN CHURCH OF CHRIST, WITH REV. GEORGE AYRES OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF SO DESIRED, MAY BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.