Obituary for Walter Laye
LAYE, Walter
1922 – 2022
Mr. Walter Laye passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, with his family by his side, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at the age of 99 years and four months. Walter was born on November 26, 1922 on the farm at Walsh, Alberta, to Gotthilf and Brigetta Laye. He attended Box Elder School. While growing up, he worked for Tom Hargrave and Ross Haighe. Walter’s favorite pastime was hunting, including hunting coyotes with hounds. Walter moved with his family to the Horseshoe District, north of Monitor, Alberta, in the spring of 1944. He helped at home for a while, and then went to work for Johnson’s Sawmill in the Porcupine Hills, near Fort MacLeod, Alberta. He married Ruby May Deacon on October 31, 1947 at Consort, Alberta. Walter started trucking in 1948, and competed in rodeos until 1950, when he quit and never went back. He did general grain and cattle hauling, then went into hauling gravel, which he continued doing for thirty-six years. The family moved all over Alberta, while stock piling gravel and paving highways. Walter and Ruby moved to Lacombe. Alberta in 1972 and Walter retired due to poor health. Ruby passed away in March of 2000, but Walter continued to live in his own home with his best fur buddy, “Penny”. He continued to enjoy his passion of hunting and fishing for as long as his health allowed. Walter will be lovingly remembered by his children, Shirley (Jack) Nielsen, Linda (Harold) Peterson, Randy (Judy) Laye, and Debra Lynnette, his grandchildren, Lonnie (Kirstin), Jason (Jennifer), Chad (Jolea), Natalie (Laina), Duke (Lacinda), and Tova (Jeff), and his great grandchildren, Sierra, Eric, Amber, Ben, Marissa, Aveya, Cayson, Reece, Ryerson, Kiana, Oliver, Everly, Keenan and Eliza. He will also be sadly missed by his brothers, Alex and Bill Laye, his sister-in-law, Vay Dumouchel, his special friends, Ron Seely and Carl Ganter; as well as many, many nieces and nephews. Walter was predeceased by his wife, Ruby, his siblings, Adelina, Edna (Rath), Annette (Wiest), and Albert, his grandsons, Joshua Laye and Shawn Nielsen, and a great granddaughter, Eden Laye. As per Walters request, no service will be held. Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Walter’s honor may be made directly to STARS, 1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8M7or at www.stars.ca. Condolences, memories and photos may be shared and viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 – 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
1922 – 2022
Mr. Walter Laye passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, with his family by his side, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at the age of 99 years and four months. Walter was born on November 26, 1922 on the farm at Walsh, Alberta, to Gotthilf and Brigetta Laye. He attended Box Elder School. While growing up, he worked for Tom Hargrave and Ross Haighe. Walter’s favorite pastime was hunting, including hunting coyotes with hounds. Walter moved with his family to the Horseshoe District, north of Monitor, Alberta, in the spring of 1944. He helped at home for a while, and then went to work for Johnson’s Sawmill in the Porcupine Hills, near Fort MacLeod, Alberta. He married Ruby May Deacon on October 31, 1947 at Consort, Alberta. Walter started trucking in 1948, and competed in rodeos until 1950, when he quit and never went back. He did general grain and cattle hauling, then went into hauling gravel, which he continued doing for thirty-six years. The family moved all over Alberta, while stock piling gravel and paving highways. Walter and Ruby moved to Lacombe. Alberta in 1972 and Walter retired due to poor health. Ruby passed away in March of 2000, but Walter continued to live in his own home with his best fur buddy, “Penny”. He continued to enjoy his passion of hunting and fishing for as long as his health allowed. Walter will be lovingly remembered by his children, Shirley (Jack) Nielsen, Linda (Harold) Peterson, Randy (Judy) Laye, and Debra Lynnette, his grandchildren, Lonnie (Kirstin), Jason (Jennifer), Chad (Jolea), Natalie (Laina), Duke (Lacinda), and Tova (Jeff), and his great grandchildren, Sierra, Eric, Amber, Ben, Marissa, Aveya, Cayson, Reece, Ryerson, Kiana, Oliver, Everly, Keenan and Eliza. He will also be sadly missed by his brothers, Alex and Bill Laye, his sister-in-law, Vay Dumouchel, his special friends, Ron Seely and Carl Ganter; as well as many, many nieces and nephews. Walter was predeceased by his wife, Ruby, his siblings, Adelina, Edna (Rath), Annette (Wiest), and Albert, his grandsons, Joshua Laye and Shawn Nielsen, and a great granddaughter, Eden Laye. As per Walters request, no service will be held. Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Walter’s honor may be made directly to STARS, 1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8M7or at www.stars.ca. Condolences, memories and photos may be shared and viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 – 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.