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MR.
ARCHIBALD ERNEST COCKBURN passed
away at Providence Place, Moose Jaw, Monday, June 28, 2004, at the age of 85 years. Arch was born
September 9, 1918, at his parental home at
Briercrest, the
second oldest child of Bill and Rachel Cockburn.
Archie had many happy memories of his home life; loving
parents, three sisters and two brothers.
He was educated at Briercrest
School.
Arch
enjoyed small town life and had many amusing remembrances of
school with his brothers, sisters, cousins and friends.
He was active in sports, including a softball team, which
frequented many small town sports days.
Archie was an avid curler and hockey player.
After school, Arch farmed with his father and brother,
George. He joined the
Canadian Army in May 1941 and took his military training in Canada
and England
before going to France
in 1944 with the 6th AntiTank
Regiment. Due to an
injury suffered while on active service in France, he was returned to Canada
where he received a Medical Discharge in
February 1945. Arch returned to his original farm and continued
farming with his father and brother.
After his father’s death, Arch farmed with his brother,
George. They enjoyed a
particularly close relationship and shared a sense of humor and
cooperation. In 1984,
Arch traveled to Europe and visited the family home of his
grandparents in Cockburnspath, Scotland, and the grave of his
brother, James Ward Cockburn, in France. Arch continued actively
in farming with his nephew Jim.
He was known for his kindness and humor and enjoyed a
particularly close relationship with his nieces and nephews.
He was a patient and loving person to whom family meant a
great deal. He will be
deeply missed by his surviving family: his loving sisters: Peg (Cec)
Akins of Harris, Sask., and Marion Lawrence of Ridgedale, Sask.;
nieces and nephews: Janet (Rich) Hauff, Dennis (Vicky) Tyson,
Diane (Everett) Evison, Doug (Kathy) Tyson, Eleanor (Keith) Akins,
Lynne Cockburn, Phyllis (Tom) Havard, Jim (Fay) Cockburn;
great-nieces and nephews: Dale Hauff, Lori Hauff, John Tyson,
Brian Tyson, Yolanda Charron, Patrick Charron, Michelle Danyluk,
Terry Tyson, Mark Akins, Leanne Thompson, Darcy Millar, Matthew
Parisian, Erin Havard, Suzanne Havard, Ward Cockburn, Darin
Cockburn and Jamie Cockburn, as well as many great-great nieces
and nephews. Arch was
predeceased by his parents, William James Cockburn (1969) and
Rachel Mae (McLaughlan) Cockburn (1963), brother, James Ward
Cockburn (1944), brother, George Daniel Cockburn (1997), and
sister, Vivian Lenore (Cockburn) Jaques (2002).
A Service of
Remembrance will be held at the Briercrest United Church on
Friday, July 2, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. Reverend
Desmond Patton will officiate.
Cremation has taken place with memorialization at
Briercrest Cemetery. Memorials
to the Briercrest United Church Memorial Fund would be
appreciated. In living
memory of Arch, a tree will be planted in Wakamow Valley by W.J.Jones & Son Funeral Home.
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