VOLESKY, RICHARD LOUIS PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 24, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
RICHARD WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM AT LOMOND, ALBERTA ON FEBRUARY 4, 1922. HE ATTENDED MIDWAY COUNTRY SCHOOL WALKING A DISTANCE OF TWO MILES EACH DAY AND LOMOND SCHOOL. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE WORK ON THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL HIS MOTHER’S PASSING IN I980. HE THEN FARMED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS.
RICHARD ENJOYED READING, DOING CROSSWORD PUZZLES AND WRITING LETTERS TO FAMILY IN WISCONSIN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SUNSHINE DROP- IN CENTRE IN LOMOND, ALBERTA WHEAT POOL AND ST. ANNE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN TRAVERS.
BELOVED BROTHER OF MARVIN AND VERNE AND HIS WIFE ISABEL, A NEPHEW WAYNE VOLESKY, TWO NIECES LEEANN (DOUG) PRENEVOST ALL OF LOMOND AND LAVONNE VOLESKY OF CALGARY, A GRAND NIECE LEAH PRENEVOST, A GRAND NEPHEW TROY PRENEVOST, NUMEROUS COUSINS IN CHAMPION AND WISCONSIN.
RICHARD WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER ANTON IN 1977, MOTHER ALICE IN 1980 AND AN INFANT BROTHER FLOYD IN 1923.
FUNERAL MASS MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1996 AT ll A.M. AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHAMPION WITH FR. MILES GAFFNEY AND FR. DAN STEVENOT CELEBRANTS.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY, FAMILY PLOT.
CASKET BEARERS WERE GEORGE HUMMEL, GEORGE ELLIS, ALFRED LITTLE, TOM ELLIS, DICK ELLIS AND DOUGLAS PRENEVOST.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN RICHARD’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE SENIORS ASSOCIATION OF VULCAN EXTENDICARE, BOX 810, VULCAN, T0L 2B0 OR THE SUNSHINE DROP-IN CENTRE, LOMOND T0L IG0.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.