WILLIAM JARVIS obituary

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WILLIAM JARVIS

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July 31, 2014

To the Jarvis family...our sincerest condolences on the loss of Bill. He was a great guy and the memories just keep on coming...goose hunting, the Chicken store, The Brickyard, Jesters, the Masonic brotherhood, and last but not least all the great times in Palm Springs. We all share in your loss and our thoughts and prayers are with you. Jack, Don, Peggy and Orral Little.

Redge Teague

July 31, 2014

Bill & Madge were wonderful to me & my family over the years I lived in Edmonton and I still have such wonderful memories of them !
Redge ,Taylor & Landon Teague

July 27, 2014

Rest in peace, thank you for the help, advice and influence , plus the fun times, as young men, you did so much for my brother and I. Tim Kurucz

July 27, 2014

Our Deepest Sympathy to Bills Family.
Loving memories sustain us in times of sadness-may your memories grow sweeter as your sorrow fades away.
Michael & Marie Minailo - Calgary

Linda Rae

July 26, 2014

RIP Uncle Bill. Love Linda Rae

Carol Berry

July 26, 2014

Geri and Family. My deepest condolences to you and your family on Bill's passing. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Ray Marshall

July 26, 2014

Jo-Ann, Bill, and boys & Geri, Don, and family;

Dorothy and I send you prayers of comfort and support. Bill and I have both been members of the Downtown Rotary club for many years. He did some amazing work for the community; saving the Clock tower and being instrumental in the creation of Fort Edmonton Park, are just two of many good works. He'll be missed by many.

John & Jeannette Winnick

July 25, 2014

Celebrating a life well lived. We will cherish the memories forever.
The Waterloo Mercury Days!!

July 25, 2014

our condolences to Gill's children Jo Ann & David. And the rest of his extended family. Bill was a generous and likeable man who was held in great respect by those whose lives he touched.. Godspeed Bill. norm & Betty Yellowlees

July 25, 2014

It was an honour to share grandchildren with Bill. Bill will be greatly missed by his family, extended family and many, many friends.
Donna Cruikshank,

James Templeton

July 25, 2014

Bill will be dearly missed by all his Masonic Brothers. Bill always had a great sense of humor and enjoyed our Brotherhood.

Darcy Godin

July 25, 2014

Uncle Bill will be fondly remembered and greatly missed. He was one of the best men I ever knew and a darn good shot. My hero uncle.
Looking forward to seeing him in Heaven!
Darcy Godin

Brad Hampson

July 25, 2014

Bill was a great man, and always fondly remember spending time with he and his family at the Pigeon Lake cabin as neighbours with our Stebner family. Always recall my father (Garth Hampson) speaking to Bill and telling stories of Bill's famous family connection to the Mounties and the early days of the NWMP (RCMP).
Story below...
W. D. Jarvis was one of nine commissioned officers named in 1873 to command the newly founded Force. On the March West, Jarvis was assigned A Division and at Roche Percée left the main column to shepherd 62 men, 55 sick or tired horses and 50 cows with calves to Fort Edmonton, 875 miles away. The route was often rough and deep in mud yet they arrived in 88 days. After wintering at the Hudson Bay Company fort, Jarvis moved his men 16 miles downstream to the junction of the Sturgeon and North Saskatchewan rivers.
Here they established Fort Saskatchewan from which they policed the north. Commissioner French thought Jarvis a good officer but they had their differences over expenses and reports. In 1881, Jarvis, by then a Supeintendent, left the NWMP.
So sorry for your loss. My condolences to the family.

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