DERSCH, MARTIN HENRY PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA MARCH 26, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
MARTIN WAS BORN APRIL 2|, 1904 ON THE FAMILY RANCH WEST OF FORT MACLEOD, ALBERTA AND WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SISTERS AND FOUR BROTHERS. HE ATTENDED DAILY CREEK SCHOOL UNTIL 1918 WHEN A FLU EPIDEMIC STRUCK. MARTIN CONTINUED TO WORK THE FAMILY RANCH UNTIL IT WAS SOLD IN I945. MARTIN MOVED INTO FORT MACLEOD AND BEGAN WORKING FOR THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BRIGHT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS ON A ROAD CONSTRUCTION CREW. IN I953 A YEAR AFTER THE COUNTY OF VULCAN WAS FORMED, HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COUNTY. HE WAS CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN THEN A SUPERVISOR, FIRST COMMUTING FROM FORT MACLEOD THEN IN I958 HE MOVED INTO VULCAN. IN 1963 MARTIN’S FIRST WIFE NORA PASSED AWAY. LATER IN 1970 HE MARRIED MARGUERITE BROWN KING, WHO’S HUSBAND HAROLD HAD PASSED AWAY IN 1959. MARTIN CONTINUED WITH THE COUNTY AS ROAD CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT UNTIL RETIRING FIRST IN 1970, HE RETURNED TO HELP OUT IN 1972 AND AGAIN TO FULLY RETIRE IN 1974.
MARTIN ENJOYED GARDENING, HE TRAVELLED SOUTH TO THE DESERT EACH WINTER WITH A TRAILER. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN WHEELERS CAMPING CLUB. HE ALSO ENJOYED CAMPING, FISHING AND WAS VERY HANDY AROUND THE HOUSE TO FIX THINGS. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY ESPECIALLY THE GRANDCHILDREN.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARGUERITE OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF A DAUGHTER FAY DERSCH OF CALGARY, STEP FATHER OF THREE SONS BRYAN KING AND JIM KING BOTH OF CALGARY AND DES (SHEILA) KING OF STONY PLAIN, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
MARTIN WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FIRST WIFE NORA, THREE SISTERS LIDIA, ADELINE AND STELLA, FOUR BROTHERS PAUL, WALTER, ARTHUR AND LEONARD, HIS FATHER OTTO AND MOTHER MARY.
A SERVICE IN MARTIN’S MEMORY WAS HELD SATURDAY MARCH 30, 1996 AT 1:30 P.M. AT BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, VULCAN WITH PASTOR MICHAEL COLBECK OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT FORT MACLEOD CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, TRIBUTES MAY BE MADE TO S.T.A.R.S 1441 AVIATION PARK NE. CALGARY T2E 8M7 OR TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.