It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Robert Williams of Blairmore, Alberta who valiantly battled cancer but peacefully passed away on August 10, 2013 while receiving care and compassion at the Crowsnest Pass Health Care Centre in Blairmore. He was 70 years of age.
Bob was born on July 30, 1943 in Blairmore, Alberta to Lloyd & Ann Williams. He was raised to appreciate the love of family and this community. His playground was the mountainside: it’s rivers, creeks, lakes and valleys. He learned to hike, hunt, trap and fish while marveling at the quiet majesty of it all.
Bob grew to be a dashing young man with a reserved and respectful demeanor. He fell in love with a lovely and graceful young lady, Betty Liska, and they pledged their love in marriage on April 24, 1965. They were blessed with children and later with grandchildren. Bob cherished his family above all else and provided for them to his utmost. He was employed at Phillips Cables as a Foreman and later at the local hospitals managing materials and supplies.
He always found time for fun and spent quality time with his family and in the great outdoors. He had many talents and loved to make frames from old barn wood, impart wisdom with tales from the ‘good old days’, and would often help those who needed a hand. His sense of humour and dry wit were hilarious and he loved to make us laugh. He was a member of the Hillcrest Fish & Game Club, the Willow Valley Trophy Club, the Boone & Crockett Club, the Crowsnest Mountain Gun Club & Range and the Blairmore Curling Club, to name but a few. He had a passion for wood-cutting and especially Chuck Wagon racing. His life was full with challenges and struggles, laughter and love; he touched our hearts and will be fondly remembered and dearly missed.
“Every man is born but not every man truly lives”.
Left to honour his life include his family: his wife, Betty Williams of Blairmore; his children, Kevin (Corrine) Williams of Coleman and Pam Williams of Lethbridge; his grandchildren, Dillon Williams, Laken (Benson) McKee and Brooke Williams; his sisters, Fay (Tony) Irving of Pincher Creek and Judy Colwell of Coleman; and numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
By request of the family, no funeral services will be held.
Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca. Donations in memory may be directed to the Hillcrest Fish & Game Protective Assoc., Box 125, Hillcrest Mines, AB T0K 1C0.
Fantin's Funeral Chapel entrusted with arrangements. (403) 562-8555.