THOMPSON, TRYGVE DARYL, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 20, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 48 YEARS.
DARYL WAS BORN AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA ON MARCH 6, 1944. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING AT DIAMOND CITY AND PICTURE BUTTE. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, HE WORKED AT THE SCOTIA BANK IN MANY SOUTHERN ALBERTA LOCATIONS. HE THEN WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA WHEAT POOL IN CALGARY FOR ELEVEN YEARS AND THEN RESIDED AT THE VULCAN FARM FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY AND TOWN OF VULCAN IN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE TAKING A POSITION WITH THE PIONEER CREDIT UNION IN HIGH RIVER, FOR TEN YEARS, WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE 1989.
DARYL LOVED HIS CHILDREN. HE ENJOYED PLAYING BOARD GAMES AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. HE WAS EASY TO TALK TO AND FUN TO BE WITH, A VERY GENEROUS AND LOVING PERSON.
DARYL ENJOYED MANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SWIMMING, CAMPING, FISHING, GOLFING AND FARM WORK HE ALSO ENJOYED BOWLING, DANCING, LISTENING TO MUSIC AND READING. HE WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA IN PICTURE BUTTE.
DARYL IS SURVIVE BY HIS WIFE RITA OF VULCAN, A DAUGHTER NATALIE, A SON CHRISTOPHER, HIS MOTHER MARION OF CLARESHOLM, TWO SISTERS LINDA (JERRY) LINDEN AND MARILYN (ALAN) WALSH, ALL OF LETHBRIDGE, TWO NEPHEWS TIM AND BRANDON, TWO NIECES KIMBERLY AND KRISTEN, HIS GRANDMOTHER MRS. LUCY KESLER OF LETHBRIDGE, ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW WALTER MCNIVEN, THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW MARG (FRANK) BATES, DONNA (PAUL) VOISEY AND MARION (ED) HORKOFF, HIS FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW DONALD AND MEGAN MCNIVEN, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND AUNTS.
DARYL WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER TRYGVE, GRANDPARENTS HARLEY KESLER, NILS AND BORGHILD THOMPSON, HIS AUNT LIL WALKER, UNCLE CLARENCE THOMPSON AND A COUSIN RON TURLEY.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1992 AT 1 P.M. AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT AT 3:15 P.M. AT ARCHMOUNT CEMETERY, LETHBRIDGE.
PALLBEARERS JERRY LINDEN, TIM LINDEN, STACEY KESLER, WALTER MCNIVEN, PAUL VOISEY AND EDWARD HORKOFF.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO EITHER TELE CARE (SUICIDE CRISIS) BOX 4639 STN. “C” CALGARY T2T 5P1 OR CNIB (RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA), 15 COLONEL BAKER PL. N.E. CALGARY T2E 4Z3 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 403-485-2633.