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HARTFORD
AUGUSTUS GARNER passed away July 24, 2005
in Moose Jaw
at the age of 91 years.
Hartford was born in Iowa, USA in 1914, coming to the
Petrolia district with his family in 1919.He married Dorothy Brown
in 1937, moving to farm in the Watrous district, returning to
Moose Jaw in 1941. He
served overseas in the Canadian Army from 1944 to 1946.
In 1948 they moved to the farm in the Petrolia district. He was a member of the Petrolia
United
Church, served on the church and school boards and
was a member of the Petrolia Orange Lodge.
He served on the Moose Jaw R.M. Council and the Upper Qu’Appelle Valley Board. Retiring
in 1980 they moved to Moose Jaw, joining the St. Andrew’s United
Church. He
was a member of St. Andrew’s A.O.T.S., the Royal Canadian Legion
and took active part as a member of the Buttons and Bows Square
Dance Club. Predeceased
by his mother and father, Sarah and Charlie Garner, his loving
wife, Dorothy, his son, Charlie; sisters: Cleo Kennedy,
Pearl
Lewis, Phylis McComb and Martha Reid;
brothers: Othal,Wilbur and Seth.
He is survived by sons: Fred (Lynne) of Weyburn and Gerald
(Sharon) of Calgary, daughter-in-law, Marjorie of Carstairs, AB,
sister, Marion Potter of Saskatoon; six grandchildren, eleven
great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchildren;
sisters-in-law: Virginia Duncan and Bernice Smith of British
Columbia, nieces and nephews as well as many long-life friends.
The Funeral Service will be held at W.J.Jones & Son
Chapel on Friday, July 29, 2005
at 1:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
St. Andrew’s United
Church, 60 Athabasca St. E., Moose Jaw, S6H 0L2. In living memory of Hartford, a tree will be planted in Wakamow
Valley
by W.J.Jones & Son Funeral Home.
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