LONG, JOHN BARRIE “JACK”, PASSED AWAY AT ALBERTA HOSPITAL, PONOKA, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 14, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 64 YEARS.
JACK WAS BORN JANUARY 5, 1929 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER ROBERT. THEY RESIDED IN CHAMPION ON THE FARM WHERE THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS INTRODUCED TO FLYING. JACK MARRIED JEAN CAMPBELL THEN THEY MOVED VANCOUVER WHERE HE WORKED AS A REALTOR FOR MANY YEARS. IN 1969 JACK REMARRIED DORIS COX AND FARMED WITH HIS BROTHER BOB. JACK HAS BEEN IN ALBERTA HOSPITAL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
BELOVED FATHER OF A DAUGHTER CARRIE (DAVID) JOHNSON. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER RETA LONG, TWO BROTHERS GLEN (DORIS) ALL OF CALGARY AND HIS TWIN BROTHER BOB (EVELYN) OF CHAMPION, A SISTER YVONNE (DON) CHARLESON OF BILLINGS, MONTANA, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1993 AT 2 P.M. AT CHAMPION UNITED CHURCH WITH FRANK JOHNSON L.M. OFFICIATING. INURNMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO EITHER THE ALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA #612, 1701 CENTRE ST. N.W. CALGARY T2E 9Z9 OR CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION #114, 1212 – 1 ST. S.E. CALGARY T2G 0G8.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.