Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.
Bailey, Lawrence
It seems disingenuous to distill the entirety of a life down to so few written words, and what a life it was. From humble beginnings in Flin Flon, Manitoba, to stock car racing in Calgary. From long haul trucking to business ownership and everything in between. It seemed there was nothing he couldn't do and couldn't fix, mechanical or otherwise, as long as it was made before the 2000s. And though he began hundreds of projects, never finishing any of them, he was never too busy to stop what he was doing if someone needed help, family or otherwise. LAWRENCE BLAINE BAILEY passed away the evening of November 5, 2019, our father, a man who loved his wife and children, now gone, will never be forgotten.
It seems disingenuous to distill the entirety of a life down to so few written words, and what a life it was. From humble beginnings in Flin Flon, Manitoba, to stock car racing in Calgary. From long haul trucking to business ownership and everything in between. It seemed there was nothing he couldn't do and couldn't fix, mechanical or otherwise, as long as it was made before the 2000s. And though he began hundreds of projects, never finishing any of them, he was never too busy to stop what he was doing if someone needed help, family or otherwise. LAWRENCE BLAINE BAILEY passed away the evening of November 5, 2019, our father, a man who loved his wife and children, now gone, will never be forgotten.
Lawrence is survived by his loving wife Betty; daughter Jennifer (Jason) deBoer and granddaughters Ceili and Bridget; and son Sean (Shanna) Bailey and grandsons Connor and Ryder. Lawrence will be greatly missed by his family.
At Lawrence's request, no funeral service will be held. A Celebration of Life will be held in the Spring.
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So long, Lawrence. You drove off too soon.
Sorry to see you go bud.
Please accept our sympathy in the passing of Lawrence. He will be fondly remembered.
Betty, Jen, Sean and families. We were so sorry to hear of your loss. May happy memories sustain you through this time. Stuart and Rita
Riding your Pepsi route to Fort Macleod, prepping the track for race night, riding in the wrecker and getting out of the way in the nick of time as a car came careening over the edge, meeting your caravan train in Pembroke, just a few small time capsule memories, oh yeah, working on the broken down pickle van from California ...turned his hand to all with success
Beautiful words. Anything you need, just call.
RIP grandma.
We are so saddened to hear of Lawrence's passing. There was no better friend or person with such a large heart. We will miss him greatly. Our thoughts go out to Betty, Sean and Jennifer.