THOMAS JOSEPH “TOM” HOLOBOFF PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN CALGARY ON AUGUST 7, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 40 YEARS.
TOM WAS BORN ON AUGUST 10, 1949 AT BASSANO, AB. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ARROWWOOD, CCHS IN VULCAN AND TO CALGARY FOR HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT MASSEY FERGUSON IN HIGH RIVER. HE MARRIED KAREN TARASOFF IN JULY 1972 AND IN 1973, THEY MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF CALGARY, FIRST AS A DIESEL MECHANIC AND LATER AS AN ELECTRICAL VEHICLE MECHANIC FOREMAN ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.
TOM WAS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN INCLUDING HIS LOVE FOR HORSES, FISHING AND CAMPING. HE WAS VERY METICULOUS WITH EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO WOODWORKING.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE KAREN OF CALGARY, TWO LOVING DAUGHTERS JODY OF RED DEER AND DAWN OF CALGARY, HIS PARENTS JOSEPH AND ANN HOLOBOFF, A BROTHER JOSEPH JR AND HIS WIFE DARBRA, ALL OF SHOULDICE, A SISTER RUTH (TOM) WILLIAMS OF ARROWWOOD, AB AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
FUNERAL SERVICE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1990 AT 1 PM AT THE ARROWWOOD COMMUNITY HALL WITH REV. ERNIE ROBERTS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT IN SHOULDICE CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO S.T.A.R.S., CALGARY, AB.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.