EUGENE PATRICK “GENE” GARYK PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 6, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 58 YEARS.
GENE WAS BORN AUGUST 3, 1938 AT CANORA, SASKATCHEWAN. HE ATTENDED MEADOWDALE SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE EIGHT THEN MOVED TO ROBLIN, MANITOBA TO COMPLETE HIS GRADE TWELVE. GENE BEGAN WORKING FOR SCOTT NATIONAL IN WINNIPEG, HE WORKED IN THE BUSH AND DURING THE 1960’S HE WAS A PAINT CONTRACTOR. HE MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1972 TO OWN AND OPERATE THE MACLEODS STORE UNTIL 1984. FOLLOWING A YEAR OFF GENE BEGAN WORKING AS THE MAINTENANCE MAN FOR THE PETER DAWSON LODGE WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL 1995. GENE WAS A VERY HARD WORKER AND CONTINUED TO WORK AS A FURNACE MAINTENANCE AND AIR CONDITIONING TECHNICIAN UNTIL HIS PASSING.
GENE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE B.P.O. ELKS LODGE #121, VULCAN FOR THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR YEARS WHERE HE SERVED AS PAST EXALTED RULER. HE ENJOYED TRIPS TO PALM SPRINGS FOR THE PAST ELEVEN WINTERS AND CAMPING IN THE FOOTHILLS CLOSE TO A STREAM TEEMING WITH TROUT, AWAITING THIS VERY SKILLED FISHERMAN. HE WAS THE ORIGINAL GOOD SAMARITAN , ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP THOSE IN NEED AND A SINCERE FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF AUDREY OF VULCAN AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS BRENDA (DAVE) EAGLESHAM OF LETHBRIDGE AND HOLLY (DICK) MCCLUSKEY OF LACOMBE, A GRAND DAUGHTER MICHELLE EAGLESHAM OF LETHBRIDGE, HIS MOTHER PAULINE GUSPODARYK OF REDCLIFF, THREE BROTHERS, A MOTHER-IN-LAW VERA McCOY OF LETHBRIDGE AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. GENE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER PETER IN JANUARY 1996.
PRAYERS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1996 AT 7 P.M. AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN.
FUNERAL MASS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1996 AT 1:30 P.M., ALSO AT ST. ANDREW’S WITH FR. LONG VU CELEBRANT.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN GENE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO S.T.A.R.S AIR AMBULANCE, 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E., BOX 570, CALGARY, AB, T2E 8M7.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.