RUSSELL HODGINS PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN CHAMPION, ALBERTA ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
RUSSELL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 27, 1927 AT ST. BONIFACE, MANITOBA. HE WORKED AS A CHEF FOR MANY HOTELS AND WORK CREWS. HE MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1977 AND WORKED FROM THERE. HE MOVED TO CHAMPION IN 1991. THE LAST KITCHEN HE WORKED IN BEFORE RETIRING WAS AT THE CEDAR VISTA IN VULCAN WERE HE WORKED FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
RUSSELL WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY HIS FAITHFUL COMPANION, PET AND FRIEND MOZIE, A STEP-SON DAVID AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY WELSH A GRANDDAUGHTER TERESA WELSH, TWO GRANDSONS DAVID RUSSELL WELSH, HIS WIFE TANYA AND RANDY WELSH ALL OF CALGARY, GREAT GRANDSON DAVID WELSH III, A SISTER PHYLLIS HELSON OF LONDON, ONTARIO, HIS MOTHER MARIE HODGINS IN LONDON, ONTARIO.
RUSSELL WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS CECIL HODGINS, TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER.
‘IN MEMORIES AND SPIRITS’
“THOSE WE LOVE ARE ALWAYS WITHIN OUR SPIRIT- THEIR LAUGHTER AND THEIR WISDOM, THEIR ADVICE AND THOUGHTFULNESS ARE GIFTS OF LOVE THAT ARE OURS TO KEEP. NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE MISS YOU, BUT OURSELVES. NO ONE KNOWS THE BITTER PAIN BUT US. YOU WORKED SO HARD TO GIVE US THE THINGS YOU NEVER HAD. BUT WHAT WE CHERISH MOST OF ALL ARE OUR MEMORIES OF YOU, DAD. THERE WILL NOT BE A DAY, THAT WE WILL NOT THINK OF YOU DEAR DAD AND GRANDPA.”
FUNERAL SERVICE AT THE CHAPEL OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1996 AT 1 P.M. WITH PASTOR KEITH BLACKMORE OFFICIATING. CREMATION TO FOLLOW.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES COULD BE MADE TO THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA, 1825 PARK ROAD S.E., CALGARY, T2G 3Y6.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.