IVAR JOSEPH IVARSON, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY ON MAY 5, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARGUERITE IVARSON AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO SONS KARL (MONICA) ALL OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA AND HARLAN OF BROOKS, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN KORIN, KYLE, ALYCIA AND TRAVIS AND A BROTHER KARL OF CHAMPION.
IVAR WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER KARL IVARSON, MOTHER CHRISTIAN KOST, TWO HALF BROTHERS DAN SULLIVAN AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN AND A HALF SISTER CECILIA NELSON.
IVAR WAS BORN JULY 28, 1922 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH ALSTON AND HIAWATHA.
IVAR MARRIED MARGUERITE BECKER OCTOBER 25, 1951 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE CHAMPION AREA.
IVAR WAS A 50 YEAR MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND A MEMBER OF THE SONS OF NORWAY.
FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO MEET FOR PRAYERS AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHAMPION WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1996 AT 8 P.M. FUNERAL MASS ALSO AT ST. MARY’S IN CHAMPION ON THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1996 AT 10:30 A.M. WITH FR. EMANUEL C. BUTTIGLEG CELEBRANT.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IN IVAR’S MEMORY DONATIONS COULD BE MADE TO S.T.A.R.S, 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E. BOX 570, CALGARY T2P 1A8.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.