LARKINS, IRVINE EDMUND PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 13, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 64 YEARS.
BORN FEBRUARY 17, 1930 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA, IRVINE ATTENDED BOTH REID HILL AND VULCAN SCHOOLS. IRVINE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE ALBERTA WHEAT POOL IN 1951 AT LEGEND. HE MOVED TO GRASSY LAKE IN 1954, BARONS IN 1965 AND IN 1969 TO HIGH PRAIRIE TO WORK AS A TRAVELLING SUPERVISOR IN THE PEACE COUNTRY. HE MOVED TO HEAD OFFICE IN CALGARY IN 1974 WHERE HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL RETIRING IN 1985 AFTER 34 YEARS WITH ALBERTA WHEAT POOL.
IRVINE WAS A MEMBER OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING GRASSY LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HIGH PRAIRIE LIONS CLUB AND MOST RECENTLY THE 50 PLUS CLUB IN CALGARY WHERE HE ENJOYED ACTING WITH THE DRAMA GROUP.
IRVINE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND ENJOYED CAMPING, FISHING, GOLF, WALKING, FEEDING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS. IRVINE WAS A TOLERANT POSITIVE PERSON AND COULD SEE GOOD IN ALL PEOPLE. HE WAS A AVID GARDENER, HE LOVED FLOWERS ESPECIALLY BEGONIA’S AND INSIDE THE HOUSE VIOLET’S AND FOLIAGE PLANTS. HE ENJOYED CROSSWORD AND JIGSAW PUZZLE’S, RUG HOOKING AND COLLECTING.
IRVINE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE GOLDIE, DAUGHTER BRENDA (PETER) PETZOLD ALL OF CALGARY, SON PAT (LINDA) OF BALZAC, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN KAREN AND MICHAEL PETZOLD, JEFFERY AND JEN MONK, THREE BROTHERS DON OF CALGARY, ALVIN (JEANETTE) OF VULCAN AND NORMAN OF VANCOUVER, FOUR SISTERS MARLENE SOBY, YULONDE (LYLE) WALTERS ALL OF CALGARY, FLORENCE (BEN) BROWN OF LETHBRIDGE AND MARJORIE (DAVID) SANDE OF LOMOND, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY A SON SIDNEY IN 1967, HIS MOTHER ROSE IN 1983 AND FATHER ED IN 1991.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 AT 2 P.M. AT VULCAN EVANGELICAL MISSION CHURCH WITH REV. FRANK HARRIS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS – BRAD LARKINS, CHRIS SOBY, TIM STEEVES, DOUG MCINTYRE, LES MCINTYRE AND KEITH MCINTYRE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION 1825 PARK RD. S.E. CALGARY TZG 3Y6.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.