CUTLER, GEORGE ROBERT “BOB” OF KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA DIED SUDDENLY JANUARY 13, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN MARCH 26, 1917 AT ROSEMEAD, ALBERTA EAST OF TRAVERS, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. HE WORKED ON VARIOUS RANCHES EAST OF THE TRAVERS AREA INCLUDING THE WILLIAMS RANCH AND TRAPPED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. IN 1939 HE MOVED TO BARONS WHERE HE MET AND IN APRIL 1944, MARRIED MURIEL EVA CUTFORTH IN CALGARY.
GEORGE AND MURIEL RENTED A FARM IN THE BARONS AREA FOR THREE YEARS UNTIL THEY BOUGHT THEIR OWN FARM IN 1946 NEAR KIRKCALDY, WHERE HE HAS LIVED SINCE.
GEORGE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE 4-H BEEF AND HORSE CLUB WHERE HE WAS A LEADER FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. HE REALLY ENJOYED TRAIL RIDING, AND MANY SUMMERS WERE SPENT AT ELK VALLEY WITH HIS SON AND GRANDSON. GEORGE ALSO ENJOYED READING ABOUT THE OLD WEST HISTORY, CARVING SOAP STONE, AND DOING MACRAME. GEORGE THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS THE SON OF A FRONTIERSMAN, PIONEER AND HOMESTEADER. HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP AND WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MURIEL AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO SONS FRANK (HELEN) ALL OF KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA AND ROBERT (JILL) OF CRANBROOK, B.C., SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN VICTOR, KENDALL, NADINE, JODI, CLARK, LEIGH AND TODD, HIS STEP-MOTHER, A HALF BROTHER CHUCK CUTLER OF CLARESHOLM, TWO HALF SISTERS LEOLA (DR. PETER) IRLAM OF QUALICUM BEACH,B.C. AND GRACE GIESBRICHT OF PINCHER CREEK, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
BOB WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER LEO, MOTHER MARGARET, SISTER ELIZABETH, AN INFANT BROTHER, AND TWO HALF BROTHERS JIM AND CARL.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY JANUARY 17, 1994 AT 2:00 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH, VULCAN WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS FRED SELLAND, JACK DeBOER, BRUCE DANIELLS, HAROLD CUTFORTH, ART CUTFORTH AND VICTOR CUTLER.
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