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Ralph Albert Steeves

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Ralph Albert Steeves

Birth
Lomond, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death
13 Aug 1994 (aged 81)
Vulcan, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Lomond, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
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STEEVES, RALPH ALBERT PASSED AWAY AUGUST 13, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.

RALPH WAS BORN DECEMBER 29, 1912 AT YETWOOD, ALBERTA, NEAR LOMOND. HE WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST CHILD OF KATE AND ROBERT STEEVES WHO HOMESTEADED IN THE DISTRICT IN 1911. RALPH SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFETIME IN THE LOMOND AREA, RECEIVING HIS EDUCATION FROM HIS MOTHER WHO WAS A TEACHER AT THE YETWOOD SCHOOL. HE WORKED FOR HIS BROTHER AND FARMED ON HIS OWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ONE OF RALPH‘S GREATEST INTERESTS WAS HORSES, SO FOR A FEW YEARS HE RAISED HORSES ON HIS FARM NEAR CALGARY. HE RETURNED TO THE LOMOND AREA AND CONTINUED HIS INTEREST IN HORSES AND HIS LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS. HE TOOK A JOB AS A RANGE RIDER WITH THE LOMOND GRAZING ASSOCIATION. WHEN RALPH RETIRED HE MOVED INTO LOMOND AND THEN IN 1991 TO VULCAN WERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.

RALPH LOVED YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN, HE ENJOYED THEIR VISITS WITH HIM. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LOMOND LIONS CLUB WHERE HE HELPED ON MANY COMMITTEES INCLUDING THE LIONS EYE BANK.

RALPH IS SURVIVED BY FOUR SISTERS-IN-LAW – AMY STEEVES OF RIMBEY, LAURINE STEEVES OF CAMROSE, PEGGY STEEVES OF CALGARY AND NORMA STEEVES OF GRAND FORKS, B.C., AND TWENTY-ONE NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, FIVE BOTHERS – CARL, HORACE, FRED, JOHN AND WALTER, AN INFANT SISTER EVELYN AND A SISTER JULIA GRAY.

FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17, 1994 AT 2 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH PASTORS LARRY LOSEY AND CHRISTINE SELBSTAEDT OFFICIATING. INTERMENT FAMILY PLOT, LOMOND CEMETERY.

CASKET BEARERS TIM STEEVES, JERRY STEEVES, BRIAN STEEVES, ROB STEEVES, DARRYL STEEVES AND MERVIN STEEVES.
STEEVES, RALPH ALBERT PASSED AWAY AUGUST 13, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.

RALPH WAS BORN DECEMBER 29, 1912 AT YETWOOD, ALBERTA, NEAR LOMOND. HE WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST CHILD OF KATE AND ROBERT STEEVES WHO HOMESTEADED IN THE DISTRICT IN 1911. RALPH SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFETIME IN THE LOMOND AREA, RECEIVING HIS EDUCATION FROM HIS MOTHER WHO WAS A TEACHER AT THE YETWOOD SCHOOL. HE WORKED FOR HIS BROTHER AND FARMED ON HIS OWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ONE OF RALPH‘S GREATEST INTERESTS WAS HORSES, SO FOR A FEW YEARS HE RAISED HORSES ON HIS FARM NEAR CALGARY. HE RETURNED TO THE LOMOND AREA AND CONTINUED HIS INTEREST IN HORSES AND HIS LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS. HE TOOK A JOB AS A RANGE RIDER WITH THE LOMOND GRAZING ASSOCIATION. WHEN RALPH RETIRED HE MOVED INTO LOMOND AND THEN IN 1991 TO VULCAN WERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.

RALPH LOVED YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN, HE ENJOYED THEIR VISITS WITH HIM. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LOMOND LIONS CLUB WHERE HE HELPED ON MANY COMMITTEES INCLUDING THE LIONS EYE BANK.

RALPH IS SURVIVED BY FOUR SISTERS-IN-LAW – AMY STEEVES OF RIMBEY, LAURINE STEEVES OF CAMROSE, PEGGY STEEVES OF CALGARY AND NORMA STEEVES OF GRAND FORKS, B.C., AND TWENTY-ONE NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, FIVE BOTHERS – CARL, HORACE, FRED, JOHN AND WALTER, AN INFANT SISTER EVELYN AND A SISTER JULIA GRAY.

FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17, 1994 AT 2 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH PASTORS LARRY LOSEY AND CHRISTINE SELBSTAEDT OFFICIATING. INTERMENT FAMILY PLOT, LOMOND CEMETERY.

CASKET BEARERS TIM STEEVES, JERRY STEEVES, BRIAN STEEVES, ROB STEEVES, DARRYL STEEVES AND MERVIN STEEVES.


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