LLOYD GILBERT SCHUMACHER PASSED AWAY AT LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL NOVEMBER 6, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
LLOYD WAS BORN MARCH 2, 1919 AT CLARESHOLM, ALBERTA, THE OLDEST SON OF GILBERT AND PEARL (nee:CAVNEY) SCHUMACHER. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STAVELY AND CLARESHOLM. HE MARRIED ANNETTA MARIE WIESS IN AUGUST OF 1940. IN JANUARY 1942, LLOYD ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND SERVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENTAL EUROPE UNTIL 1946 WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED. THE SAME YEAR THEY CAME TO FARM IN THE CHAMPION AREA. IN 1956 THEY MOVED TO VULCAN AND HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COUNTY OF VULCAN IN 1971 UNTIL RETIRING IN 1984.
LLOYD IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 54 YEARS OF VULCAN, THREE DAUGHTERS BONNIE (BOB) STRONG OF OSHAWA, ONT., CINDY (JOHN JOHNSON) CHAMBERS OF MELITA, MANITOBA AND DESIREE OF VULCAN, THREE SONS MEL (MARY) OF COQUITLAM, B.C., LORNE (BRENDA) OF KELOWNA AND RANDY OF VULCAN, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, A GREAT GRANDSON, AND A SISTER MADELEINE FRITZ OF SHELBY, MONTANA.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER GILBERT, MOTHER PEARL, A BROTHER, A SISTER, A DAUGHTER DEBBIE IN 1943 AND A SON DARCY IN 1962.
PRAYERS WERE SAID TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994 AT 7 P.M. AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN.
FUNERAL MASS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1994 AT 11 A.M. ALSO AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER STAN LASKO CELEBRANT.
INURNMENT TO FOLLOW AT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.
HONOUR GUARD MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #21 VULCAN.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION, 1331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY T2N 9Z9.
FUNERAL AND CREMATION ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.