HEALY, ARTHUR LORNE OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AUGUST 27, 1991 AT THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
LORNE WAS BORN MAY 11, 1903 AT TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO. HE WORKED IN THE LUMBER CAMPS IN ONTARIO AND CAME OUT TO BELLEPLANE, SASKATCHEWAN ON A HARVEST EXCURSION IN 1921 FROM GLANWORTH, ONTARIO, THEN VISITED WITH HIS UNCLES JOHN AND JIM MCROBERTS BEFORE RETURNING HOME. IN 1924 HE CAME BACK OUT TO VULCAN TO WORK FOR JOHN AND IN 1925 PURCHASED LAND ALONGSIDE HIS LAND, IN THE SUNNY GLEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH THEY FARMED TOGETHER.
HE RETURNED TO GLANWORTH TO MARRY BEATRICE BAGNALL ON JANUARY 12, 1929. THEY MOVED TO VULCAN IN THE SPRING OF THE SAME YEAR AND PURCHASED ANOTHER QUARTER OF LAND WHERE THEY FIRST LIVED. IN 1946 THEY MOVED INTO THEIR HOUSE ON THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAND THAT HE HAD PURCHASED AND CONTINUED TO RESIDE THERE UNTIL 1989 WHEN HE HAD A STROKE. HE THEN MOVED TO THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAS BEEN SINCE.
LORNE ENJOYED HORSE RACES, WHERE HE HAD MANY FRIENDS. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS HE ENJOYED TRAVEL, BASEBALL, HOCKEY AND FARMING. HE WAS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF I.0.0.F LODGE, WHERE HAD RECEIVED HIS FIFTY YEAR JEWEL.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. BEATRICE HEALY AND FATHER OF THREE SONS AND THEIR WIVES, ROBERT (DOROTHY), KEITH (MARILYN) AND LORNE Jr.(MARLENE) ALL OF VULCAN, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER (ALL IN ONTARIO), NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY A SON DONALD IN 1935, A BROTHER RUSSELL IN 1956 AND HIS PARENTS ARTHUR AND FLORENCE.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 2 P.M. AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE SALVATION ARMY #203, 501-18 AVE. S.E. CALGARY T2S OC7 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME 403- 485-2633.