STEWART CARL DOUGLASS, OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 30, 1998 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
STEWART WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1927 IN VULCAN AND RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR BERRYWATER. DURING THE THIRTIES THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE PHELAN PLACE IN THE BUFFALO HILLS AND THEN RETURNED TO BERRYWATER. HE ATTENDED BOTH THOSE SCHOOLS AND VULCAN FROM GRADE TEN ON. HE FURTHERED HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA. THE STEWART WE ALL KNOW WAS VERY ACCEPTING OF OTHER PEOPLES VALUES, RELIGIONS AND BACKGROUNDS.
HIS TENACITY SHOWED IN HIS RODEO INTERESTS, BOXING, FARMING AND HIS GENERAL ZEST FOR LIFE. HE MARRIED DONNA DITTO IN 1954 AND THEY RAISED A FAMILY, GRAIN FARMED AND RAN A FEEDLOT FOR MANY YEARS. STEWART’S GOALS AND INTERESTS CHANGED AND HE LEFT THE FARM TO PURSUE OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES. STEWART ALWAYS CONSIDERED VULCAN HIS HOME, HE WAS GLAD HE MOVED INTO PETER DAWSON LODGE IN 1995. HERE HE REALIZED A DREAM TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR WITH BOTH HIS BOOK AND THE COLUMN HE CO-WROTE IN THE VULCAN ADVOCATE. THE LODGE ENABLED HIM TO RENEW OLD FRIENDSHIPS AND ESTABLISH NEW FRIENDS BOTH OF WHICH WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO STEWART.
STEWART WILL BE, NOT SADLY, BUT HAPPILY REMEMBERED AND MISSED BY TWO DAUGHTERS LESLEY (PAT)BAROTT OF VULCAN, DARLENE (RICK) HAUTALA OF GOLDEN, B.C., A SON CASEY (DOROTHY) OF RUSSIA, THEIR MOTHER DONNA PALMER OF CALGARY, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN CHELLA BAROTT, PATRICIA BAROTT, JORDAN HAUTALA, SHELBY HAUTALA AND ABIGAIL DOUGLASS, A SISTER MARY HAGA OF VULCAN.
STEWART WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER HARRY IN 1954, MOTHER OLIVE IN 1992 AND RECENTLY HIS BROTHER, JIM AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW VERNAL.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE WAS HELD SUNDAY JANUARY 3, 1999 AT 2 P.M. AT THE VULCAN LEGION HALL WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE MORRIS DITTO, FLORENCE DITTO, TERRY WHITE, SHIRLEY WHITE, SAM MOGENSEN, BARB NICHOLS AND ELSIE TOMPKINS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN STEWART’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO VULCAN AND DISTRICT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BOX 299, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
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