SCHLAHT, HECTOR CLIFFORD “CLIFF” PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HOME APRIL 22, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 64 YEARS.
CLIFF WAS BORN JANUARY 16, 1929 AT DIDSBURY, ALBERTA AND LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS IN SCHULER. THEY CAME TO LOMOND IN MAY OF 1937 WHERE HE ATTENDED LOMOND SCHOOL. HE WORKED WITH HIS PARENTS IN THE POOL HALL AND AS JANITOR OF THE SPECIAL AREAS OFFICE AND COMMUNITY HALL, PAINTED FARM BUILDINGS, MANAGED THE OGILVIE ELEVATOR AND DROVE SCHOOL BUS. IN 1951 CLIFF AND HIS FATHER SAM, PURCHASED THE ESSO SERVICE STATION AND JOHN DEERE AGENCY WHERE HE WORKED AS A MECHANIC AND WELDER. THEY ALSO SOLD AND SERVICED PROPANE APPLIANCES.
IN AUGUST OF 1951, CLIFFORD MARRIED LAVERNE WILLIAMS OF THE ARMADA DISTRICT. IN 1958 THEY SOLD THE SERVICE STATION AND PURCHASED LAND TO BEGIN HIS CAREER IN FARMING, WHICH GREW FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND INCLUDED HIS THREE SONS. HE BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE, HOWEVER THE COMPLETION WAS EXTENDED FOR MANY YEARS AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT, HIS USUAL REPLY WAS “ROME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY”.
CLIFF WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVING ON TOWN COUNCIL, COMMUNITY CENTRE BOARD, ROAD COMMITTEE, HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH LOMOND WATER CO-OP. HE WAS A LOYAL MEMBER OF THE LOMOND LIONS CLUB WITH 35 YEARS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE, HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT, BULLETIN EDITOR, ASSISTANT ZONE CHAIRMAN AND ZONE CHAIRMAN. HE SPEAR-HEADED THE LOMOND CEMETERY TREE PLANTING AND CLEAN-UP, AND SERVED MANY YEARS ON THE BARBEQUE COMMITTEE. THE PLACE TO FIND CLIFF WOULD BE BARBEQUING BEEF FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. HE ALSO ATTENDED MANY CONVENTIONS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SUNSHINE DROP-IN CENTRE.
IN THE MANY COMMUNITY PROJECTS, CLIFF WAS THE CLEAN-UP PERSON. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN THE WAY THINGS LOOKED, ESPECIALLY HIS YARD. HE ENJOYED BEING BUSY, PLANTING TREES AND WATERING THEM. HIS REGULAR TRIP TO THE COFFEE SHOP AND TALKING POLITICS, ESPECIALLY CLEARING UP THE DEFICIT, CAMPING AND PLAYING CARDS, MOSTLY SMEAR WITH A GROUP NICKNAMED “THE SMEAR GANG”, FISHING IN HIS STOCKED DUG-OUT AND TAKING HIS FAMILY TO LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS.
FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS HE AND LAVERNE HAVE ENJOYED TRAVELLING TO MANY PLACES, INCLUDING MANY WINTER TRIPS TO LAS VEGAS. HE ENJOYED THE SHOWS, THE CASINO’S AND WHEN FRIENDS CAME TO VISIT HE WOULD TAKE THEM ON A TOUR AND SHOW THEM ALL THE SIGHTS. IN 1989 HE WENT ON AN AGRICULTURAL TOUR OF RUSSIA, WITHOUT LAVERNE, AND ON HIS OWN HE PURCHASED A GIFT FOR EVERYONE BACK HOME – THAT WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE CLIFF NEVER SHOPPED. THIS PAST SUMMER THEY TOOK A BUS TRIP TO ALASKA. HE LOVED LIVE PERFORMANCES
AND REGULARLY ATTENDED JAMBOREES AND FESTIVALS.
CLIFF LOVED HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A TREAT FOR THEM. HE REALLY LOVED THE FARM WAY OF LIFE AND CONTINUED TO HAVE AN ACTIVE INTEREST, EVEN AFTER RETIRING FROM ACTIVE FARMING. UPON RETURNING FROM A WINTER TRIP, HE WOULD ASK HIS SONS WHAT NEW TOYS THEY PURCHASED AND HELPED OUT WHERE HE COULD.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. LAVERNE SCHLAHT OF LOMOND, LOVING FATHER OF A DAUGHTER JOANNE (BARRY) MONNER OF MILO, THREE SONS RANDY (LINDA), RON (MARGARET), STEVE (BRENDA), ALL OF LOMOND, NINE GRANDCHILDREN ERIN, CHAD OF MILO, CORI, CURT, LAURIE, KIM, KARISSA, SHERISE AND JAYDEN ALL OF LOMOND, HIS MOTHER ELSIE OF VULCAN, TWO BROTHERS TED (BETTY) OF OLIVER,B.C. AND LLOYD OF LOMOND.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY A SON VERNON AND HIS FATHER SAMUEL.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY APRIL 28, 1393 AT 1:30 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH PASTOR LEWIS BOOTH OFFICIATING. INTERMENT IN THE FAMILY PLOT LOMOND CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH BOX 65, LOMOND, AB. T0L IG0 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.