SCHLAHT, LLOYD LESLIE OF LOMOND, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL ON MARCH 21, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 58 YEARS.
LLOYD WAS BORN AUGUST 22, 1935 AT SCHULER, ALBERTA. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS SAMUEL AND ELSIE TO LOMOND IN 1937, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. HE WAS ONE OF THE HIGH JUMP COMPETITORS AND HE COULD JUMP TWO INCHES TALLER THEN HIS OWN HEIGHT.
LLOYD BOUGHT INTO THE FAMILY SERVICE STATION WHERE HE WORKED AND HAD A BUS ROUTE. AFTER A SHORT TIME HE SOLD HIS SHARE AND WORKED AT MANY JOBS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALBERTA, INCLUDING THE CLARESHOLM TRAILER FACTORY, VILLAGE OF LOMOND, CHINOOK SHOPPING CENTRE IN CALGARY, WHERE HE LIVED FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS, VAUXHALL SUGAR BEET PLANT, VULCAN MARKET PLACE, AND MANY OTHER MAINTENANCE RELATED JOBS. HE RETURNED TO LOMOND IN 1979 TO STAY WITH HIS MOTHER WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
LLOYD ENJOYED FISHING, WORKING ON CARS, PLAYING POOL AT THE DROP-IN, WATCHING CURLING, MUSIC, HIS FAVOURITE SONG “THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING” AND IN HIS EARLY YEARS, DANCING, ESPECIALLY THE POLKA. HE ATTENDED BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ENJOYED TIMES WITH PASTOR BOOTH AND HIS WIFE.
LLOYD IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER ELSIE SCHLAHT OF VULCAN, A BROTHER TED (BETTY) SCHLAHT OF OLIVER, B.C., A SISTER-IN-LAW LAVERNE SCHLAHT OF LOMOND, A NIECE JOANNE (BARRY) MONNER OF MILO, THREE NEPHEWS RANDY (LINDA), RON (MARGARET) AND STEVE (BRENDA) ALL OF LOMOND.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER SAM IN 1978 AND BROTHER CLIFF IN 1993.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY MARCH 24, 1994 AT 1:30 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH REV. LEWIS BOOTH OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT LOMOND CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS BRIAN HUFF, FRANK TOLSDORF, BILL HENDERSON, LEROY HENRICKSON, RON WALKER AND TOM HOLLWEY.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.