Husband of Joan Cragg Kappeller.∼ALFRED PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JANUARY 27, 2014 AFTER A LONG HARD LIFE STRUGGLE OF MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS. DESPITE ALL HIS HEALTH PROBLEMS HIS WILL TO LIVE WAS STRONGER THAN HIS WILL TO DIE. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND CLOSE FRIENDS AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING.
ALFRED WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1936, IN A LOG HOUSE ON THE NE OF 5-48-10 (FORMER HARRY McLELLAN LAND) IN THE CONNELL CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WAS THE 5TH CHILD OF SIX, BORN TO JOSEPH PAUL AND ELIZABETH KAPELLER. LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE NE OF 32-47-10 IN THE MEGAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL, GRADES ONE TO EIGHT.
ALFRED GREW UP ON A MIXED FARM IN THE DAYS WHEN A LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONE WITH HORSES AND BY HAND. HIS FAMILY MADE A LIVING BY RAISING BEEF, DAIRY COWS AND PIGS. THEY ALSO LOGGED AND RAN A SAWMILL.
ALFRED LEFT HOME TO WORK IN BUSH CAMPS AND THE OIL RIGS. LATER HE SUFFERED AN ACCIDENT ON THE OIL RIGS THAT RESULTED IN A MAJOR BACK INJURY WHERE HE SPENT EXTENSIVE TIME RECOVERING. AFTER MONTHS OF TREATMENT HE WAS GRADUALLY ABLE TO RETURN HOME TO FARM WITH HIS DAD AND BROTHERS. IN JANUARY 1960 HE MOVED TO THOMPSON, MANITOBA AND BEGAN A CAREER IN CARPENTRY. WHILE WORKING THERE, HE PURCHASED TWO QUARTERS OF LAND NEAR HOME. IN 1962 HE LEFT THOMPSON AND CARP ENTERED IN TISDALE FOR A WHILE AND LATER LEFT TO WORK AT THE SAWMILLS IN PRINCE GEORGE, BC. IN THE SPRING OF 1963 HE RETURNED TO CARPENTRY IN TISDALE AND ON AUGUST 23RD MARRIED JOAN CRAGG FROM ARBORFIELD, SASKATCHEWAN.
AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO JOAN HE CONTINUED CARPENTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1967 HE OBTAINED HIS PROVINCIAL, INTER-PROVINCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARPENTRY CERTIFICATES. IN 1968 HE RETURNED HOME TO FARM THE LAND HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED WHERE HE BUILT WHAT BECAME THE FAMILY HOME. ALFRED AND JOAN CONTINUED TO FARM AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY THERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 2004 WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO TOWN DUE TO ALFRED'S FAILING HEALTH.
ALFRED'S LOVE FOR LIFE WAS REFLECTED IN HIS FARM, HIS WIFE WHO LOVED AND CARED FOR HIM UNCONDITIONALLY, HIS CHILDREN, HIS FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. THE FARM HOME IN WHICH HE BUILT WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS SAW MANY GATHERINGS AND MANY CARD GAMES. THE LOVE HE POURED INTO HIS ANIMALS AND HIS FAMILY DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. HE HAS CREATED A LEGACY LIKE NO OTHER.
ALFRED IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE JOAN, OF FIFTY YEARS, HIS CHILDREN; SHELDON KAPELLER (DELREE DUMONT), CHARLENE BLENKINSOP (DAVID), CRYSTAL PEVERETT (GERALD ANTHONY), CHRISTOPHER KAPELLER (TAMARA); THIRTEEN GRAND CHILDREN (KARMEN, KRISTINA, JUSTIN, JENNIFER, ASHLEY, ANDREW, ALEX, JORDAN, KRISTA, JESSICA, BRITTANY, VICTORIA AND KAYLA); THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN (KENNEDY, KARLIE AND KARISSA) AND SIBLINGS BETTY GOVENLOCK (SISTER), LOUISE NORDICK (SISTER) AND ED KAPELLER (BROTHER); SISTER-IN-LAWS, ISABELLE KAPELLER AND ELAINE KAPELLER AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT SHARED IN HIS LIFE.
HE IS PREDECEASED BY PARENTS JOSEPH & ELIZABETH KAPELLER; BROTHERS; JOSEPH (JOE) AND WILLIAM (BILL) KAPELLER.
ALFRED WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1936, IN A LOG HOUSE ON THE NE OF 5-48-10 (FORMER HARRY McLELLAN LAND) IN THE CONNELL CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WAS THE 5TH CHILD OF SIX, BORN TO JOSEPH PAUL AND ELIZABETH KAPELLER. LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE NE OF 32-47-10 IN THE MEGAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL, GRADES ONE TO EIGHT.
ALFRED GREW UP ON A MIXED FARM IN THE DAYS WHEN A LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONE WITH HORSES AND BY HAND. HIS FAMILY MADE A LIVING BY RAISING BEEF, DAIRY COWS AND PIGS. THEY ALSO LOGGED AND RAN A SAWMILL.
ALFRED LEFT HOME TO WORK IN BUSH CAMPS AND THE OIL RIGS. LATER HE SUFFERED AN ACCIDENT ON THE OIL RIGS THAT RESULTED IN A MAJOR BACK INJURY WHERE HE SPENT EXTENSIVE TIME RECOVERING. AFTER MONTHS OF TREATMENT HE WAS GRADUALLY ABLE TO RETURN HOME TO FARM WITH HIS DAD AND BROTHERS. IN JANUARY 1960 HE MOVED TO THOMPSON, MANITOBA AND BEGAN A CAREER IN CARPENTRY. WHILE WORKING THERE, HE PURCHASED TWO QUARTERS OF LAND NEAR HOME. IN 1962 HE LEFT THOMPSON AND CARP ENTERED IN TISDALE FOR A WHILE AND LATER LEFT TO WORK AT THE SAWMILLS IN PRINCE GEORGE, BC. IN THE SPRING OF 1963 HE RETURNED TO CARPENTRY IN TISDALE AND ON AUGUST 23RD MARRIED JOAN CRAGG FROM ARBORFIELD, SASKATCHEWAN.
AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO JOAN HE CONTINUED CARPENTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1967 HE OBTAINED HIS PROVINCIAL, INTER-PROVINCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARPENTRY CERTIFICATES. IN 1968 HE RETURNED HOME TO FARM THE LAND HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED WHERE HE BUILT WHAT BECAME THE FAMILY HOME. ALFRED AND JOAN CONTINUED TO FARM AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY THERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 2004 WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO TOWN DUE TO ALFRED'S FAILING HEALTH.
ALFRED'S LOVE FOR LIFE WAS REFLECTED IN HIS FARM, HIS WIFE WHO LOVED AND CARED FOR HIM UNCONDITIONALLY, HIS CHILDREN, HIS FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. THE FARM HOME IN WHICH HE BUILT WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS SAW MANY GATHERINGS AND MANY CARD GAMES. THE LOVE HE POURED INTO HIS ANIMALS AND HIS FAMILY DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. HE HAS CREATED A LEGACY LIKE NO OTHER.
ALFRED IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE JOAN, OF FIFTY YEARS, HIS CHILDREN; SHELDON KAPELLER (DELREE DUMONT), CHARLENE BLENKINSOP (DAVID), CRYSTAL PEVERETT (GERALD ANTHONY), CHRISTOPHER KAPELLER (TAMARA); THIRTEEN GRAND CHILDREN (KARMEN, KRISTINA, JUSTIN, JENNIFER, ASHLEY, ANDREW, ALEX, JORDAN, KRISTA, JESSICA, BRITTANY, VICTORIA AND KAYLA); THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN (KENNEDY, KARLIE AND KARISSA) AND SIBLINGS BETTY GOVENLOCK (SISTER), LOUISE NORDICK (SISTER) AND ED KAPELLER (BROTHER); SISTER-IN-LAWS, ISABELLE KAPELLER AND ELAINE KAPELLER AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT SHARED IN HIS LIFE.
HE IS PREDECEASED BY PARENTS JOSEPH & ELIZABETH KAPELLER; BROTHERS; JOSEPH (JOE) AND WILLIAM (BILL) KAPELLER.
Husband of Joan Cragg Kappeller.∼ALFRED PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JANUARY 27, 2014 AFTER A LONG HARD LIFE STRUGGLE OF MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS. DESPITE ALL HIS HEALTH PROBLEMS HIS WILL TO LIVE WAS STRONGER THAN HIS WILL TO DIE. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND CLOSE FRIENDS AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING.
ALFRED WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1936, IN A LOG HOUSE ON THE NE OF 5-48-10 (FORMER HARRY McLELLAN LAND) IN THE CONNELL CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WAS THE 5TH CHILD OF SIX, BORN TO JOSEPH PAUL AND ELIZABETH KAPELLER. LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE NE OF 32-47-10 IN THE MEGAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL, GRADES ONE TO EIGHT.
ALFRED GREW UP ON A MIXED FARM IN THE DAYS WHEN A LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONE WITH HORSES AND BY HAND. HIS FAMILY MADE A LIVING BY RAISING BEEF, DAIRY COWS AND PIGS. THEY ALSO LOGGED AND RAN A SAWMILL.
ALFRED LEFT HOME TO WORK IN BUSH CAMPS AND THE OIL RIGS. LATER HE SUFFERED AN ACCIDENT ON THE OIL RIGS THAT RESULTED IN A MAJOR BACK INJURY WHERE HE SPENT EXTENSIVE TIME RECOVERING. AFTER MONTHS OF TREATMENT HE WAS GRADUALLY ABLE TO RETURN HOME TO FARM WITH HIS DAD AND BROTHERS. IN JANUARY 1960 HE MOVED TO THOMPSON, MANITOBA AND BEGAN A CAREER IN CARPENTRY. WHILE WORKING THERE, HE PURCHASED TWO QUARTERS OF LAND NEAR HOME. IN 1962 HE LEFT THOMPSON AND CARP ENTERED IN TISDALE FOR A WHILE AND LATER LEFT TO WORK AT THE SAWMILLS IN PRINCE GEORGE, BC. IN THE SPRING OF 1963 HE RETURNED TO CARPENTRY IN TISDALE AND ON AUGUST 23RD MARRIED JOAN CRAGG FROM ARBORFIELD, SASKATCHEWAN.
AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO JOAN HE CONTINUED CARPENTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1967 HE OBTAINED HIS PROVINCIAL, INTER-PROVINCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARPENTRY CERTIFICATES. IN 1968 HE RETURNED HOME TO FARM THE LAND HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED WHERE HE BUILT WHAT BECAME THE FAMILY HOME. ALFRED AND JOAN CONTINUED TO FARM AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY THERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 2004 WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO TOWN DUE TO ALFRED'S FAILING HEALTH.
ALFRED'S LOVE FOR LIFE WAS REFLECTED IN HIS FARM, HIS WIFE WHO LOVED AND CARED FOR HIM UNCONDITIONALLY, HIS CHILDREN, HIS FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. THE FARM HOME IN WHICH HE BUILT WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS SAW MANY GATHERINGS AND MANY CARD GAMES. THE LOVE HE POURED INTO HIS ANIMALS AND HIS FAMILY DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. HE HAS CREATED A LEGACY LIKE NO OTHER.
ALFRED IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE JOAN, OF FIFTY YEARS, HIS CHILDREN; SHELDON KAPELLER (DELREE DUMONT), CHARLENE BLENKINSOP (DAVID), CRYSTAL PEVERETT (GERALD ANTHONY), CHRISTOPHER KAPELLER (TAMARA); THIRTEEN GRAND CHILDREN (KARMEN, KRISTINA, JUSTIN, JENNIFER, ASHLEY, ANDREW, ALEX, JORDAN, KRISTA, JESSICA, BRITTANY, VICTORIA AND KAYLA); THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN (KENNEDY, KARLIE AND KARISSA) AND SIBLINGS BETTY GOVENLOCK (SISTER), LOUISE NORDICK (SISTER) AND ED KAPELLER (BROTHER); SISTER-IN-LAWS, ISABELLE KAPELLER AND ELAINE KAPELLER AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT SHARED IN HIS LIFE.
HE IS PREDECEASED BY PARENTS JOSEPH & ELIZABETH KAPELLER; BROTHERS; JOSEPH (JOE) AND WILLIAM (BILL) KAPELLER.
ALFRED WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1936, IN A LOG HOUSE ON THE NE OF 5-48-10 (FORMER HARRY McLELLAN LAND) IN THE CONNELL CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WAS THE 5TH CHILD OF SIX, BORN TO JOSEPH PAUL AND ELIZABETH KAPELLER. LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE NE OF 32-47-10 IN THE MEGAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL, GRADES ONE TO EIGHT.
ALFRED GREW UP ON A MIXED FARM IN THE DAYS WHEN A LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONE WITH HORSES AND BY HAND. HIS FAMILY MADE A LIVING BY RAISING BEEF, DAIRY COWS AND PIGS. THEY ALSO LOGGED AND RAN A SAWMILL.
ALFRED LEFT HOME TO WORK IN BUSH CAMPS AND THE OIL RIGS. LATER HE SUFFERED AN ACCIDENT ON THE OIL RIGS THAT RESULTED IN A MAJOR BACK INJURY WHERE HE SPENT EXTENSIVE TIME RECOVERING. AFTER MONTHS OF TREATMENT HE WAS GRADUALLY ABLE TO RETURN HOME TO FARM WITH HIS DAD AND BROTHERS. IN JANUARY 1960 HE MOVED TO THOMPSON, MANITOBA AND BEGAN A CAREER IN CARPENTRY. WHILE WORKING THERE, HE PURCHASED TWO QUARTERS OF LAND NEAR HOME. IN 1962 HE LEFT THOMPSON AND CARP ENTERED IN TISDALE FOR A WHILE AND LATER LEFT TO WORK AT THE SAWMILLS IN PRINCE GEORGE, BC. IN THE SPRING OF 1963 HE RETURNED TO CARPENTRY IN TISDALE AND ON AUGUST 23RD MARRIED JOAN CRAGG FROM ARBORFIELD, SASKATCHEWAN.
AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO JOAN HE CONTINUED CARPENTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1967 HE OBTAINED HIS PROVINCIAL, INTER-PROVINCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARPENTRY CERTIFICATES. IN 1968 HE RETURNED HOME TO FARM THE LAND HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED WHERE HE BUILT WHAT BECAME THE FAMILY HOME. ALFRED AND JOAN CONTINUED TO FARM AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY THERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 2004 WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO TOWN DUE TO ALFRED'S FAILING HEALTH.
ALFRED'S LOVE FOR LIFE WAS REFLECTED IN HIS FARM, HIS WIFE WHO LOVED AND CARED FOR HIM UNCONDITIONALLY, HIS CHILDREN, HIS FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. THE FARM HOME IN WHICH HE BUILT WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS SAW MANY GATHERINGS AND MANY CARD GAMES. THE LOVE HE POURED INTO HIS ANIMALS AND HIS FAMILY DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. HE HAS CREATED A LEGACY LIKE NO OTHER.
ALFRED IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE JOAN, OF FIFTY YEARS, HIS CHILDREN; SHELDON KAPELLER (DELREE DUMONT), CHARLENE BLENKINSOP (DAVID), CRYSTAL PEVERETT (GERALD ANTHONY), CHRISTOPHER KAPELLER (TAMARA); THIRTEEN GRAND CHILDREN (KARMEN, KRISTINA, JUSTIN, JENNIFER, ASHLEY, ANDREW, ALEX, JORDAN, KRISTA, JESSICA, BRITTANY, VICTORIA AND KAYLA); THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN (KENNEDY, KARLIE AND KARISSA) AND SIBLINGS BETTY GOVENLOCK (SISTER), LOUISE NORDICK (SISTER) AND ED KAPELLER (BROTHER); SISTER-IN-LAWS, ISABELLE KAPELLER AND ELAINE KAPELLER AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT SHARED IN HIS LIFE.
HE IS PREDECEASED BY PARENTS JOSEPH & ELIZABETH KAPELLER; BROTHERS; JOSEPH (JOE) AND WILLIAM (BILL) KAPELLER.
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