LUCAS, PHILIP LEIGHTON, DIED ACCIDENTALLY AS A RESULT OF A FIREARMS MISHAP NEAR SANDPOINT, IDAHO, ON MAY 27, 1990, AT THE AGE OF 46 YEARS.
LEIGHTON WAS BORN AT EDMONTON, ALBERTA ON AUGUST 15, 1943, THE THIRD CHILD OF PHIL AND ALTHEA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN AND RECEIVED HIS PRIVATE PILOTS LICENCE IN 1962. HE CONTINUED ON TO COLLEGE AT ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON WHERE HE TOOK BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. HE RETURNED TO THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL 1967 WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING AS A FARM EQUIPMENT MANAGER. IN 1970, HE WAS INVOLVED IN ENGINEERED BUILDING SALES AND CONSTRUCTION. THEN IN 1978, LEIGHTON AND HIS BROTHER JACK BOUGHT A CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DEALERSHIP IN RENO, NEVADA OF WHICH LEIGHTON DID ALL THE COMPANY FLYING. IN 1981, THEY SOLD THAT COMPANY AND HE DESIGNED AN AIRCRAFT HANGER WHICH HE SET UP MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION FOR THE HANGER.
FLYING WAS HIS WHOLE LIFE AND HE HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED ALL OF HIS COMMERCIAL LICENCE REQUIREMENTS AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A CAREER CHANGE TO DO WHAT HE HAS WANTED TO DO ALL OF HIS LIFE – FLY. LEIGHTON ALSO ENJOYED SAILING AND WAS AN AVID SKIER.
HE IS SURVIVED BY A SPECIAL FRIEND, MARGARET BJORNSON OF VANCOUVER, HIS FATHER PHIL LUCAS OF OKOTOKS, A BROTHER JACK, TWO SISTERS LESLIE (DON) WALKER AND LEAH, THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW JOYCE, JACQUIE AND AUDREY, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS MOTHER ALTHEA IN 1986 AND A BROTHER LIONEL IN 1963.
MEMORIAL SERVICES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1990 AT 2:00 PM AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEV HILL OFFICIATING. INURNMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION, 1825 PARK ROAD SE, CALGARY, AB, T2G 3Y6.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.