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Thursday, October 24, 2024


By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on October 24, 2024.

GYORFI, Robert GYORFI Robert Earl Gyorfi of Carmangay AB passed away peacefully with his daughters by his side at the Vulcan Community Health Centre on October 15, 2024 at the age of 65 years. He was our hero as a dad and a great man to look up to as a grandpa. Robert was born May 27, 1959 to Mike and Grace Gyorfi.
A family graveside service will be held October 29, 2024 at Bow Island Cemetery. The family invites everyone to attend coffee time at 3PM at the Bow Island Legion.
Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home. Telephone 1-403-485-2633. E-mail condolences through http://www.vulcanfuneralhome.ca
SPRENTZ, Sharon SHARON SPRENTZ 1943 – 2024 Mrs. Sharon Sprentz of Magrath, beloved wife of the late Mr. James Sprentz, passed away suddenly at home on Friday, October 18, 2024 at the age of 81 years.
Cremation entrusted to Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels.
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DE GROOT, David “Dave” DAVID “DAVE” DE GROOT 1964 – 2024 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of David “Dave” De Groot on Friday, October 18, 2024, at Good Samaritan Park Meadows, at the age of 60 years.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am, on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610-4 STREET SOUTH, Lethbridge, Alberta
For those unable to attend, the celebration of Dave’s life will be live streamed and available to view at https://www.mbfunerals.com/obituary/DavidDave-DeGroot-1
A private Interment will be held at the Mountain View Cemetery where Dave will be laid to rest with his parents.
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MORRIS, Elizabeth “Elsie” ELIZABETH “ELSIE” MORRIS 1928 – 2024 Mrs. Elizabeth “Elsie” Morris of Lethbridge, beloved wife of the late Mr. Terence “Terry” Morris, passed away at Buffalo Grace Manor on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at the age of 95 years.
Funeral arrangements to be announced when completed.
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URBAN, Julius JULIUS JOHN URBAN 1933 – 2024 Mr. Julius John Urban of Shaughnessy & Picture Butte, beloved husband of Mrs. Lorna Urban, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 21, 2024, at the age of 91 and 1/2 years.
Julius was born in Throne, Alberta on April 16, 1933, to Elek and Emma Urban, the fourth child of five. He was a man who did a variety of things in this lifetime: he farmed (on the home place and on the Blood Reserve), he was also an auctioneer and liked to go to auction sales to buy, fix up and sell machinery. He had many interests which included dancing (where he met Lorna in September of 1970), he loved to travel (mostly around Alberta delivering machinery to clients as well as to B.C, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and parts of the U.S.A; holidays in the U.S; playing cards; reading books on antique vehicles and several papers; going to car shows; he built a horseless carriage which the family used to go to and from school with neighbors. He and a friend put a motor in it and entered it into many parades from Calgary to small towns in Southern Alberta, winning many prizes for the subject of the year. He took a meat butcher course and was a bench chemist in the Picture Butte Sugar Factory from 1951 to 1958.
Besides his loving wife Lorna, Julius is survived by 2 sisters Victoria Sander of Lethbridge and Anne Hadford of Calgary and their families; niece Leanne (Darryl) Warner of Calgary; nephew Gary Coleman of Red Deer; 2 brothers in law Barry Coleman and family of Winnipeg; and Clare Coleman and family of Sherwood Park.
He was predeceased by his parents, Elek (1975) and Emma (2005); brother Alec (1998); sister Irene (2023); and niece Terry Hadford (2024) of Maple Ridge, B.C.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am, on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at ST. CATHERINE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 762 CRESCENT AVENUE, Picture Butte, Alberta, with Father Ian Gagne, celebrant. A recording of the service will be available to view at https://www.mbfunerals.com/obituary/Julius-Urban
Interment will follow at Archmount Cemetery.
Flowers are gratefully declined. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Lethbridge, 1202 2 Ave S #40, Lethbridge, AB T1J 0E3; or Stars Foundation, 1441 Aviation Park, NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 8M7.
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LUDWIG, Kathy LUDWIG KATHY L. LUDWIG, the beloved wife of the late Oscar Ludwig, passed away in Lethbridge on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at the age of 84 years.
Arrangements will be announced once completed.

To send a condolence, please visit http://www.cornerstonefuneralhome.com
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