SIDNEY DONALD,”SID” HARTUNG, LOVING HUSBAND OF NAOMI (nee TKACH) AND FATHER TO ABBY WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR AT CALGARY, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 22, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 28 YEARS.
SID WAS BORN JULY 7, 1971 TO DON AND FAITH HARTUNG. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CHAMPION AND VULCAN AND LATER LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLAGE WHERE HE TOOK MECHANICS. HE LATER APPRENTICED WITH PINCHER CREEK FARM CENTRE, BILL SCHMEELKE AND STETTLER FARM EQUIPMENT. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE FARM. ON JULY 22, 1995 SID MARRIED NAOMI TKACH OF CORONATION AND THEY MOVED TO THE TOWN OF CHAMPION. IN 1998 THEY MOVED TO THE FAMILY FARM TEN MILES EAST OF CHAMPION. SID WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN FARMING AND ALSO RAN A PUREBRED CATTLE OPERATION KNOWN AS LITTLE BOW CHAROLAIS. IN 1994 SID BEGAN WORKING AS A LOCATION MANAGER OF PIONEER GRAIN COMPANY IN CHAMPION. TOGETHER SID AND NAOMI LOVED TO TRAVEL AND SPENT HOURS ON THE ROAD. IN JUNE 1998 THEY WERE BLESSED WITH ABIGAIL LEE.
SID LOVED TO RODEO IN HIS SPARE TIME. HE RODE BAREBACK IN SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FCA AND CHINOOK RODEO ASSOCIATION WHERE HE SERVED AS BAREBACK DIRECTOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE LOVED TO RAISE HIS CHARLOAIS CATTLE AND HAS SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE ALBERTA CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION, HE LOVED PEOPLE AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP ANYONE WITH WHATEVER THEY NEEDED. HE ALWAYS FIGURED OTHERS CAME FIRST AND WOULD ALWAYS CONSIDER THEIR NEEDS BEFORE HIS OWN. SID WAS A COMPASSIONATE CARING AND SENSITIVE PERSON. SID WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN 4-H; MOST RECENTLY SERVING AS A LEADER OF THE CHAMPION MULTI CLUB. HE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR THE KIDS AND WAS WILLING TO SHOW THEM JUST HOW TO GET THAT LAST HAIR IN PLACE. HAD A GOOD EYE FOR DETAIL AND IT WAS EVIDENT IN ALL AREAS OF HIS LIFE.
SID CAME TO KNOW THE LORD IN A VERY REAL WAY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE HIS TESTIMONY WITH THOSE WHO WERE INTERESTED. HE KNEW THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
SID WAS A BELOVED HUSBAND TO NAOMI HARTUNG AND A LOVING FATHER TO DAUGHTER ABIGAIL LEE. SID LEAVES TO MOURN HIS LOVING PARENTS DON AND FAITH HARTUNG OF CHAMPION, A SISTER LINDA (BERNARD) BEXTE THEIR CHILDREN BRENT, AMANDA AND LISA OF VULCAN, FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW MARVIN AND CAROLE TKACH, BROTHER-IN-LAW DOUG TKACH AND HIS SPECIAL FRIEND SHERRY BROWN ALL OF CORONATION, SISTER-IN-LAW GLENDA TKACH OF WETASKIWIN, GRANDPARENTS LYDIA JACOBSEN OF CALGARY, GEORGE AND RUTH TWA AND EDITH TKACH ALL OF CORONATION, MANY AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.
SID WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS CONRAD AND MOLLY HARTUNG AND ART AND MADGE JACOBSEN.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE MONDAY DECEMBER 27, 1999 AT 1:00 P.M. AT VULCAN CULTURAL RECREATIONAL CENTER WITH PASTOR FRANK HARRIS OFFICIATING.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE ALL OF SID’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE ARENA OF HIS LIFE.
CASKET BEARERS WERE MARVIN VAAGE, ROD RUARK, DEAN CRUIKSHANK, DARRELL JONES, TREVOR ORSTEN AND SCOTT NEALE.
SID WAS LAID TO REST IN THE CHAMPION CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, A MEMORIAL FUND HAS BEEN CREATED IN SID’S NAME TO PROVIDE FOR HIS DAUGHTER ABBY AND SUPPORT TO THE CHRISTIAN COWBOYS ASSOCIATION AND S.T.A.R.S. TRIBUTES MAY BE SENT TO THE SID HARTUNG MEMORIAL FUND c/o ROD RUARK BOX 1093 VULCAN, ALBERTA TOL 2BO.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. PHONE 1-403- 485-2633.