ERESMAN, ROY, FORMERLY OF THE ARROWWOOD AREA, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 20, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
ROY WAS BORN JANUARY 3, 1918 AT FOX VALLEY, SASKATCHEWAN. IN HIS EARLY YEARS HE DROVE TRUCK. DURING WORLD WAR II, HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AND SERVED FOR A SHORT TIME IN CANADA. HE CAME TO THE ARROWWOOD AND HERRONTON AREA’S WHERE HE BEGAN FARMING AND TRUCKING. AFTER MANY YEARS ROY SOLD THE LAND AND BEGAN TRAINING THOROUGHBRED RACE HORSES FULL TIME, MOSTLY IN ALBERTA AND VARIOUS UNITED STATES TRACKS, INCLUDING ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA, UNTIL HAVING A STROKE IN 1985. HE CAME TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AND LATER IN 1992 HE MOVED TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE.
ROY WAS REMEMBERED AS A VERY KIND, GENEROUS PERSON, WHO HAD A KEEN SENSE OF HUMOUR AND ENJOYED HELPING PEOPLE. HE LOVED THE HORSES AND PLAYING WHIST.
LOVING BROTHER OF FOUR SISTERS CAROLINE, LAUDIE, IDA AND FRANCES, FIVE SISTERS-IN-LAW AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ROY WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER MATTHEW, MOTHER CAROLINE (nee: SOLWINE), A SISTER AND FIVE BROTHERS.
AT ROY’S REQUEST, A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE WAS HELD TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1993 AT THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. LEN EICHLER OF ARROWWOOD GOSPEL CHURCH OFFICIATING.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO S.T.A.R.S, 1441 AVIATION PK. N.E. BOX 570 CALGARY, T2E 8M7 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
CREMATION AND FUNERAL SERVICE IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 1-485-2633.