William James JEFFREY

JEFFREY, William James (Senior) William James (Senior) Jeffrey went to join his Maker on May 22, 2008. Bill was born in Des Moines, Iowa on the 8th of August, 1915. He was educated at Norberry School and Glenlawn Collegiate in St. Vidal, Manitoba and Success Business College in Winnipeg. At the height of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served at various stations as an Administrative Officer. On posting overseas he was assigned to the Intelligence Branch until he retired as a Flight Lieutenant in December, 1945. On return to "Civy Street" he was employed federally as an auditor for twenty-eight years and then provincially for four years. Bill was predeceased by his loving wife Jean in August 1997, after fifty-five years of close togetherness. Those left to celebrate his life include daughter Marion and husband Bill McComb; daughter Beverley and husband David Tkachuk, grandchildren: Andrea, Jeffrey and Rebecca; also, son William J. Jeffrey Junior and his wife Mary (nee Bialek); also, a brother Herbert and his wife Gay (nee Morrison) and niece Jacqueline and nephew Gordon; also numerous friends from all walks of life in business and pleasure and with whom life became a wonderful adventure. In living memory of William Jeffrey a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park adjacent to the tree already there in memory of Jean. Graveside Service will be held at the Military Section of Rocky View Cemetery in Calgary, Alberta, and Interment will be held in the plot next to Jean's on Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alberta Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Alberta Cancer Foundation. "If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me and Your right hand shall hold me." Psalm 139, vv. 9 & 10. DELTA FUNERAL HOME Telephone: 1-604-946-6040.Published in the Calgary Herald on 5/24/2008