SMITH, GEORGE FRANKLIN, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE GLENMORE PARK AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, CALGARY, ALBERTA OCTOBER 7, 1994 FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN APRIL 3, 1917 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA, THE SON OF HOMESTEADERS IN THE CHAMPION DISTRICT, MR. & MRS. G.F. SMITH SR. AND SPENT HIS LIFE FARMING THERE.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE IVAH (MILLER) SMITH IN JUNE OF 1992, AFTER FIFTY-TWO YEARS OF MARRIAGE, HIS PARENTS, TWO SISTERS MABEL JONES AND RACHEL GOETZ.
GEORGE IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES – DOUGLAS (GLORIA), JASON AND CHRISTOPHER OF LETHBRIDGE AND ROGER (JUDY), JAMIE (DONNA) OF VULCAN, CATHERINE AND RYAN OF CHAMPION, A DAUGHTER PATRICIA BROOKS OF CALGARY, TOM, MICHELLE AND LEONARD, A GREAT GRAND-DAUGHTER BRIANNA, A NEPHEW FRANK JONES AND THREE NIECES MARGARET PERROTTI BOTH OF WINLOCK, WASHINGTON, MARJORIE DONHAUSER OF CARSTAIRS AND CAROL CHATHAM OF KELOWNA, B.C.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994 AT 1 P.M. AT CHAMPION UNITED CHURCH WITH FRANK JOHNSON L.M. OFFICIATING. INTERMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE CHAMPION CEMETERY MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION BOX 214, CHAMPION, AB. T0L 0R0.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.