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 Mogens Piepgrass 1929-2008 Mogens was born on November 10, 1929 in and lived all his childhood in Barrit – a small village in Jutland, Denmark. His father Ragnald worked locally as cooper. His mother Yrsa was originally educated as a nurse and worked some years as such in the village. Mogens was the second oldest of 6 children – 5 boys (Arne, Mogens, Helge, Tage and Ole) and 1 girl (Inger). After school he became an apprentice in the Danish Co-op and later on a clerk. In the 50’s he left for Canada to work for the Canadian Co-op. He worked his way up and became head of the local Co-op store in Dawson Creek and got a seat in Co-op’s national board. He was very dedicated to his work in the Co-op and on his holidays in Denmark he often spent a day at Co-op’s Danish headquarter where he among other things looked at the balance sheet. For many years he visited the family in Denmark every second year, but his heart was in Canada and he was very proud of being a Canadian citizen. In the later years he unfortunately wasn’t able to come to Denmark so often due to physically problems and the last time he visited was in 2002. From small girls to becoming adults his nieces were always excited when Uncle Mogens from Canada was going to visit. When he visited his family in Denmark he liked to go sightseeing, watch the Danish soccer teams play on television, read the Danish newspapers and play golf with his brother Helge. Mogens was intelligent, curious, outgoing, was very interesting and educational to talk to and had a great sense of humour and they really appreciated these qualities he possessed. He loved golf, hunting, going out to dance with a group of friends, and he loved to spend hours studying the stock prices in the newspapers to see how things were developing on the financial market. Even though he lived far away from his family (with family in Wyoming, Australia and Denmark) and therefore didn’t see or speak that often with each other, he meant a lot to them and it leaves a gap now that he’s no longer here. A Celebration of Life Social was held on August 13, 2008 at the Bergeron Funeral Service social room, Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Expressions of sympathy may be made in memory of Mogens by way of a donation to the Dawson Creek Junior Golf, Box 325, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4G7 or the Dawson Creek & District Hospital Foundation 11100-13 Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3W8. |
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