CLIFFORD JOSEPH “CLIFF” FATH, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 23, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 64 YEARS.
CLIFF WAS BORN FEBRUARY 4, 1930 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL, THE YOUNGEST OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO GREGORY AND SABINA FATH.
CLIFF BEGAN WORKING AT AN EARLY AGE FOR LOCAL FARMERS, INCLUDING ED LUNDBERG, LEONARD VOISEY AND RAY NOWLIN. IN 1951 HE WAS EMPLOYED BY HOWARD SPAETH WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL DECEMBER 1954, WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE UNITED OIL CO. AT FORT ST. JOHN, B.C.. IN 1956, HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE MASSEY HARRIS AGENT MAXWELL MORRISON, AND THEN THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER AGENT BOB WILLARD. IN 1957 CLIFF MARRIED RUTH RUBY HANNA IN CALGARY AND THEY PURCHASED THE LAND WHERE THEIR PRESENT HOME IS.
IN 1965, HOWARD SPAETH PASSED AWAY AND CLIFF RETURNED TO ASSIST JIM SPAETH AT THE FARM. IN 1969 CLIFF ALSO DROVE FUEL TRUCK FOR THE VULCAN IMPERIAL ESSO AGENT, NORM BUCHOLTZ, WHICH GAVE CLIFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL THE COUNTY OF VULCAN, MAKING DELIVERIES UNTIL 1971. CLIFF CONTINUED TO HELP JIM SPAETH FARMING UNTIL CLIFF’S SEMI-RETIREMENT.
CLIFF LOVED HIS FAMILY OF BROTHERS, SISTERS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE ENJOYED MEETING AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE, FARMING AND ESPECIALLY WORKING AROUND HIS OWN YARD IN THE “ORCHARD” ON HIS TRACTOR.
CLIFF IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS, RUTH OF VULCAN, FIVE SISTERS MELITA (HOWARD) WEBB OF WETASKIWIN, MILDRED (ERNIE) STARLING OF NANAIMO, B.C., MARIE FERGUSON OF PONOKA, TILLIE STAPLES AND MAXINE (GORDON) JOHNSON ALL OF CALGARY, TWO BROTHERS BENNO (STELLA) FATH OF INNISFAIL AND KENNETH (GEORGINA) FATH OF KELOWNA, A SISTER-IN-LAW JEAN FATH OF LETHBRIDGE, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
CLIFF WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER GREGORY IN 1969, MOTHER SABINA IN 1976, TWO BROTHERS GEORGE IN 1984 AND STANLEY IN 1989.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD TUESDAY APRIL 26, 1994 AT 3:30 P.M. AT VULCAN CEMETERY WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
NO FLOWERS PLEASE. IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO EITHER THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN OR THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL MEMORIAL FUND, WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.