DOUGLAS BRUCE “DOUG” MAISEY PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY APRIL 20, 2000 AT VULCAN AT THE AGE OF 57 YEARS.
DOUG WAS BORN DECEMBER 22, 1942 IN RED DEER, ALBERTA TO ARTHUR AND JANET MAISEY. HE STARTED HIS FARMING CAREER IN VULCAN AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF THIRTEEN, SPENDING EVERY SUMMER ON THE FARM. HE JOINED THE ARMY AT AGE SEVENTEEN AND AFTER HIS RELEASE AT AGE TWENTY-ONE HE MADE VULCAN HIS HOME. DOUG WORKED AS A PLUMBER FOR A FEW YEARS THEN HE TOOK UP HIS FIRST LOVE, FARMING. FROM THE TIME HE COULD TALK HE WANTED TO BE A “BOMBER” (FARMER). AS WELL AS FARMING, DOUG BECAME A REALTOR IN 1990 WORKING THROUGH THE OFFICE OF RAPID REALITY. IN 1995 DOUG MARRIED SHEILA MOWAT AND THEY RESIDED IN VULCAN SINCE.
DOUG WAS AN AVID GOLFER AND WAS NEVER KNOWN TO TURN DOWN A GAME. HE WAS EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY WITH KINSMEN, AUXILIARY CONSTABLE WITH R.C.M.P., WHEAT COUNTRY SPECIAL NEEDS, CITIZENS ON PATROL, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WAS ELECTED TO TOWN COUNCIL IN 1989. DOUG LOVED VULCAN, HE LOVED HIS LIFE AND THE PEOPLE IN IT.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF SHEILA, LOVING FATHER OF A SON DOUG (LORA-LEE) ALL OF VULCAN, A DAUGHTER JACQUIE MAISEY OF CALGARY, STEP-DAUGHTER NADINE (RAY) CHITTENDEN, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN KURTIS, RYAN, KYLE, KENNEDY AND KAGE, A BROTHER DAVID MAISEY OF MEDICINE HAT AND A SISTER DARLYNE MALTAIS OF CALGARY, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, GRAND NIECES AND GRAND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD TUESDAY APRIL 25, 2000 AT CULTURAL RECREATIONAL CENTRE, VULCAN AT 1 P.M. WITH REV. MICHAEL HINGER OFFICIATING.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE TED HARTUNG, JEAN ANN HARTUNG, ALLAN WALKER, MYRTLE WALKER, CLEO SCHMIDT, MEL JORDON, JAY WIEBE, SUSAN WILLIAMS, VERN MALDANER AND WARDEN BUDD.
CASKET BEARERS WERE TERRY WHITE, JIM HENDRY, TONY MALTAIS, ALAN MALTAIS, DOUG FLETCHER AND SIMON LEUNG.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN DOUG’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA 1825 PARK RD. S.E. CALGARY, T2G 3Y6 , THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY 2ND FLR. 215-12 AVE. S.E. CALGARY, T2G 1A2, THE CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION #114, 1212 – 1 ST. S.E. CALGARY, T2G OG8 OR THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY #105, 1301 – 8 ST. S.W. CALGARY, T2R 1B7.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633 OF E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcafuneralhome@hotmail.com.