CROSS, HARVEY FRANCIS, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA DECEMBER 31, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
HARVEY WAS BORN MAY 6, 1924 AT WILLMAR, SASKATCHEWAN. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LETHBRIDGE, ECKVILLE AND CALGARY WHERE HE ALSO WORKED AT THE CN RAIL YARDS CHECKING CARS. IN 1943 HE JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND SERVED ON MERCHANT SHIPS IN FOUR OCEANS. HE RETURNED HOME IN 1945.
HARVEY MARRIED VERNA JOHNSON IN APRIL OF 1946 IN HIGH RIVER WHERE HE WORKED AS A STUCCO AND PLASTERBOARDER, THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND HE JOINED THE PIPE FITTERS UNION AND SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A PLUMBER AND PIPE FITTER. HE MOVED TO KAMLOOPS IN 1963 AND CONTINUED WORKING INDUSTRIAL PIPE FITTING TO NUMEROUS JOB SITES IN ALBERTA, THE TERRITORIES AND B.C.. IN 1981 HE RETIRED AND MOVED TO CHAMPION WHERE HE HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE SINCE.
HARVEY LOVED HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE ALSO ENJOYED BIG GAME HUNTING, PLAYING POKER WITH HIS FAMILY AND GOLFING.
HARVEY WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE LOCAL #170 PIPE FITTERS UNION FOR 25 YEARS AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION IN BARRIER, KAMLOOPS AND VULCAN. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HIGHWOOD AND LATER VULCAN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUBS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. VERNA CROSS OF CHAMPION AND LOVING FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS SHANNON (JOHN) MERTZ OF NANAIMO, COLLEEN GAGNE AND DONNA CROSS BOTH OF KAMLOOPS, TWO SONS WARREN (JUDY) CROSS OF KAMLOOPS AND JAY OF CHAMPION, SIX GRANDDAUGHTERS MELISSA, SHAREEN, MONIQUE, ANGELA, DEANNA, KRISTY AND A GRANDSON BOB, TWO BROTHERS MORRIE (MARGARET) CROSS OF RIMBEY AND ROBERT CROSS OF CARMANGAY, A SISTER MARCELLA (BILLY) MOORE OF CARMANGAY, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HARVEY WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER MERLIN CROSS AND HIS MOTHER ELIZABETH (NEE: PARRIES).
PRAYERS WILL BE SAID TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1994 AT 7 P.M. AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN, AB. FUNERAL MASS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1994 AT 11 A.M. ALSO AT ST. ANDREW’S WITH FR. CONRADO BELOSO CELEBRANT. INTERMENT WEDNESDAY AT 2:30 P.M. AT HIGHWOOD CEMETERY FIELD OF HONOR, HIGH RIVER.
HONOR GUARD MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH N0. 21, VULCAN.
CASKET BEARERS WAYNE BROWN, BOB GRANT, COLLEEN GAGNE, DONNA CROSS, WARREN CROSS AND JAY CROSS.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. 1-403-485-2633.