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MR. JOHN O. CHARTRAND John has reached his final truck stop. With great sadness, our family announces his eternal rest. John is survived by his loving wife of 25 years Pat, daughters; Bonnie-Jean (Doug) Chartrand, and their children Cheyanne and John; Denise (Tim) Moroney and their daughter Meghan; Lisa (Garry) Thompson and their children David, Brian, Matthew and Sarah as well as Cathy’s children; Erin (Tom), Stacie and Karyn (Mark) and their daughter Alyssa.

JOHN FURY (1921 - 2013) passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Saturday, March 2, after a brief illness at the age of 91 years. He was born in Hungary on July 28, 1921. He was a devoted husband (married April 22, 1950) to Mary for almost 63 years. He was also a loving father to Linda (Jerry) Martin of Hanna, Alberta and to Kevin Fury of Medicine Hat, Alberta.

MR. JOHN “GORDON” ZUBACK, beloved husband of the Mrs. Claire Zuback of Lethbridge, passed away with his family at his side at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the age of 85 years. He is lovingly remembered by his wife Claire, one son Jason (Kari) Zuback and one granddaughter Lola of Calgary, one brother Joe (Joan) Zuback of Nanaimo, BC. Gordon was predeceased by his daughter Shelley-Anne, an infant son Gregory, his parents John and Anne Zuback, one brother Lawrence and a sister Dorothy Donovan.

JOHN GRANSON, passed away at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at the age of 90 years. He will be forever remembered and sadly missed by his three daughters; Annie (Ben) Littau, Hilda (Glen) Seeman, Gerda (Adrian) VanderFluit; six grandchildren, Carol (Marlow) Watts, Kevin (Carmen) Littau, Wade Seeman, Brad (Jakki) Seeman, Joseph and Jaclyn VanderFluit; and six great-grandchildren, Sheldon and Jayden Watts, Sonya and Taylor Littau, Paige Holtom and Madison Seeman; two sisters, Anna Moser of Calgary, AB and Helena Klein of Germany; one brother, Fred (Frieda) Granson of Coaldale, AB and numerous nieces and nephews and their families.

JOHN ALLEN GRANT beloved husband of the late Frances Elizabeth Grant passed away at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Friday, February 27, 2009, at the age of 86 years. John is survived by his 3 sons Ronald (Peggy), Dave (Betty) and Gary; daughter-in-law Helen as well as by numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Besides his loving wife Frances, John was predeceased by his son Clinton, his parents Scott and Vella, brother Dan and sister Ada.

It is with sadness that our family announces the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, ‘Pops’. JOHN GYORKOS, beloved husband of Doreen, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2008 at the age of 77 years. Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta on May 26, 1931, John graduated from St Theresa’s Academy. He worked for Motor Car Supply in Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Edmonton before returning to Lethbridge in May 1957 to work for Alberta Government Telephones until his retirement in December 1987.

JOHN HALLUK of Coaldale, beloved husband of 37 years to Mercedes, passed away suddenly on Monday, September 23, 2013 at the age of 68 years. John was born in Pilisborosjeno, Hungary, on February 28, 1945. As a child they lived in Chile, South America and then Germany. The family immigrated to Coaldale, AB., in 1956. In 1975 he met the love of his love, Mercedes in Calgary, Alberta at a thanksgiving party.

MR. JOHN WILLIAM MARIEA HAM, beloved husband of Mrs. Corry Ham, of Lethbridge, passed away at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Monday, April 6, 2009 at the age of 87 years. Besides his loving wife Corry, John is survived by his children; Dale (Brenda) Ham of Calgary, AB, Cathy (Ray) Marco of Dunmore, AB, Anita (Terry) Jones of Delburne, AB and Teresa (Scott) Daw of Edmonton, AB; eight grandchildren, Christopher and Jenna Ham, Colin and Stephen Marco, Doug and Dayna Jones, Darren (Danielle) and Cameron Daw.

MR. JOHN HEATON, beloved husband of Mrs. Marylyn Heaton of Lethbridge, died suddenly at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Sunday, January 5th, 2014 at the age of 75 years. John is survived by his loving wife, Marylyn, his daughter, Gillian (Warren) Sandham of Medicine Hat, son, Mark (Denise) Heaton of Calgary and daughter-in-law, Danielle Heaton, as well as grandchildren Evan, Paul and Jared Sandham, Megan and Dustin Heaton, Liz, Jack and Jess Heaton, and his sister Anne (David) Meadowcroft.

JOHN HENRY ABREY, of Coaldale, passed away at the Chinook Regional Hospital on Monday, July 1st, 2013 at the age of 48 years. John was born July 19, 1964 in LeRoy Saskatchewan to John and Janice Abrey. John married Wanda Bjorklund in 1981 and had two children Dawna Michelle Martha, and John Gordon Mark. In 1988 he married Vera Caldwell in Lethbridge who had two children, Vincent John William and Amy Brooke.