MONTGOMERY, DAVID OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AUGUST 2, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER.
BORN ON APRIL 17, 1924 AT INDIAN HEAD, SASKATCHEWAN, DAVID MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1926 WHEN HIS FATHER PURCHASED THE DAIRY.
DAVID WAS PAST MASTER OF VULCAN LODGE No.74 AF. & A.M. G.R.A, PAST DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF DISTRICT No.11 AND PAST PATRON OF FERRODALE CHAPTER N0. 65 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR. HE SERVED TWENTY THREE YEARS AS SECRETARY OF THE MASONIC LODGE, TWENTY YEARS AS SECRETARY OF THE UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL AND SERVED ON ALL OF THE BOARDS AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH. HE SERVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS SECRETARY AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE LOCAL UNITED GRAIN GROWERS. HE WAS AN AVID CURLER IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS.
DAVID IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE GERTHA OF VULCAN, FOUR DAUGHTERS NANCY (HAROLD) STEIN OF LEDUC, MARY (BUD) MARCELLUS OF FT.ST. JOHN, B.C., HELEN (ALASTAIR) CULL OF RICHMOND, B.C., AND EVA (WILEY) AUCH OF CALGARY, SIX GRANDCHILDREN DAVID STEIN, SHAWNA STEIN, DEAN MARCELLUS, GRAEME CULL, KIMBERLEY AUCH AND CONRAD AUCH.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER WILLIAM AND MOTHER EVA.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY AUGUST 5, 1995 AT 1 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. DON WATT OFFICIATING. CREMATION TO FOLLOW.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO EITHER VULCAN UNITED CHURCH OR CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY #408,1305-11 AVE. S.W. CALGARY T3C 3P6.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.