KLIPPERT, HOWARD BEVERLY “HOWIE”, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 20, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS, FOLLOWING A BRIEF BATTLE WITH CANCER.
HOWIE WAS BORN MAY 7, 1925 AT KINDERSLEY, SASKATCHEWAN. DURING WWII, HOWIE SERVED IN THE NAVY ON THE HMCS “ONTARIO”. HOWIE WAS EMPLOYED WITH TRANSALTA UTILITIES FROM 1948 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1984. MOST OF HIS CAREER WAS SPENT IN VULCAN WHERE HE WAS AN ACTIVE LIONS CLUB AND ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION MEMBER. HE ALSO SERVED ONE TERM ON TOWN COUNCIL.
HOWIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE LILL OF VULCAN, TWO SONS TOM (LEILA) OF LETHBRIDGE AND RICK (LOUISE) OF EDMONTON, TWO DAUGHTERS BEVERLEY IN NORWAY AND LORIE (RICK) LITMAN OF CALGARY, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, SHAWN, GREG AND RANDALL, FOUR BROTHERS ELMER (ESTELLE), MERT (BETTY), FRED (ALICE), WALT (PHYLLIS) ALL OF CALGARY AND GEORGE (DOROTHY) OF SHERWOOD PARK, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW DOT OF VANCOUVER AND PHYLLIS OF CALGARY.
HOWIE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER MERTON AND MOTHER LYDIA (nee: BAKER), SISTER LEAH AND HER HUSBAND DAVE STARR, AND TWO BROTHERS JACK AND BILL.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1993 AT 2 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. CREMATION AND INURNMENT TO FOLLOW AT A LATER DATE IN THE VULCAN CEMETERY.
HONOURARY BEARERS WERE GEORGE RICHARDSON, MEL JORDAN, DICK HAMMER, DONALD MITCHELL, DAVID MITCHELL, HARRY STODDARD, KEN GRANT, BILL HENDERSON, DON HOULTON AND IRENE GREENWOOD-MADSEN.
CASKET BEARERS DENNIS LEASAK, LYNDEN MITCHELL, SCOTT MITCHELL, WES RICHARDSON, BARRY GORE AND TOM GRANT.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT C/O VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, BOX 299, VULCAN, AB. T0L 2B0.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.