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 Robert Edward "Bob" Heath 1927-2009 Robert Edward Heath was born to Robert and Vera Heath in Calgary, Alberta on the 11 January 1927. Two years later, his only sibling, Gwen, was born. Bob grew up in Calgary, but also spent time in and around Turner Valley just as the first oilfields were opened up after 1937. In particular, he lived and worked, even as a boy, at Little Chicago hauling water for thirsty rig hands, which is now Longview, Alberta. Bob attended and graduated from Western Canada High School in Calgary. Shortly after graduation, while working on a ranch just west of Calgary, at Jumping Pound, Bob drove a small herd of saddle horses into the Calgary Stockyards. He loaded these horses as well as his own in a boxcar and headed east to Ontario with them. In Ontario, Bob lived and worked with cousins on his Grandpa Scotchmer’s farm located just outside the village of Bayfield. In Bayfield, Bob met Beryl; they married on Christmas Day, 1948. In 1951, Bob and Beryl moved west to Calgary. When Bob and Beryl arrived in Calgary he worked construction, chiefly as a dozer operator, then for MacLin Ford, and for General Motors. Between 1954 and 1958 all the three Heath children—Lynn, Kevin, and Tim—were born. Bob and Beryl left Calgary and headed for the Peace Country, ending up in Dawson Creek in 1959. In the fifty years he spent in Dawson Creek, Bob was part of the partnership that founded Dawson Universal Sales, the Pontiac, Buick, GMC dealership now known as Timberline Sales, and he owned Dawson Creek Cleaners, worked as a realtor, as a Justice of the Peace, a coroner, sat on the Court of Revision, served as a Freemason and Shriner, and was an active member of the Dawson Creek Sportsman’s club. Bob is predeceased by his wife, Beryl Ann Heath. He is survived by daughter Lynn Heath and Rick Collis, grandchildren: Roland Esposito, Lucas Esposito, Maligne Esposito, son Kevin and Melody Heath, grandchildren: Bronaugh Heath-Waugh, Vanessa Dertschal, Kamen Heath, VeraRay Heath, and Katie Heath, son Tim Heath and Rita Dirks Heath, and sister Gwen Kjonaas. A Celebration of Life was held on February 7, 2009 at the Best Western Banquet Room. Bob’s remains will be interred this coming spring in a private family service at Brookside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Dawson Creek Hospital Foundation or to any children’s charity are welcome. |
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