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Edgar Berry
December 28, 2016
Edgar William Berry died December 28, 2016 at Extendicare Red Deer. Born in
Loverna, SK he received his early education at Antelope Park School near the home
farm. Following high school in Kindersley he attended SAIT studying electronics. Ed
spent the next fifteen years working in radio, telegraph and telephone communications,
a career that began with the air force ground crew in Clinton, ON and led to travel to
various exotic Canadian spots, the Alaska Highway, Kenora, Moose Jaw, Uranium City
and Fort Smith to name a few. The highlight might have been work on the DEW Line at
Cape Dyer on Baffin Island where he stayed for three years. A return to the south
brought him to Vegreville with AGT. In 1965 he made a career change and attended U
of A for a B.Ed after which he taught electronics at Red Deer Vocational High School,
now Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive. Out of many class projects the building of Hero
the robot with a class in the mid 1980’s was most memorable.
Following retirement in 1990 Ed found more time to pursue his many hobbies,
anthropology, Spanish, archaeology, travel, car restoration, and antique furniture
collecting. He especially enjoyed an RDC archaeological trip to the U.S. Four Corners
into Anasazi country. As well he travelled with “Operation Amigos” to Juarez, MX where
the group built school houses for the locals.
Predeceased by brothers George and Norman, Ed is survived by his longtime partner,
Anita, two brothers, Gordon and Mark(Vivian) and numerous nieces and nephews as
well as grand-nieces-and-nephews. As Ed wished there will be a private burial. In his
memory if friends wish donations can be made to Red Deer Regional Hospital
Foundation or Extendicare.
Loverna, SK he received his early education at Antelope Park School near the home
farm. Following high school in Kindersley he attended SAIT studying electronics. Ed
spent the next fifteen years working in radio, telegraph and telephone communications,
a career that began with the air force ground crew in Clinton, ON and led to travel to
various exotic Canadian spots, the Alaska Highway, Kenora, Moose Jaw, Uranium City
and Fort Smith to name a few. The highlight might have been work on the DEW Line at
Cape Dyer on Baffin Island where he stayed for three years. A return to the south
brought him to Vegreville with AGT. In 1965 he made a career change and attended U
of A for a B.Ed after which he taught electronics at Red Deer Vocational High School,
now Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive. Out of many class projects the building of Hero
the robot with a class in the mid 1980’s was most memorable.
Following retirement in 1990 Ed found more time to pursue his many hobbies,
anthropology, Spanish, archaeology, travel, car restoration, and antique furniture
collecting. He especially enjoyed an RDC archaeological trip to the U.S. Four Corners
into Anasazi country. As well he travelled with “Operation Amigos” to Juarez, MX where
the group built school houses for the locals.
Predeceased by brothers George and Norman, Ed is survived by his longtime partner,
Anita, two brothers, Gordon and Mark(Vivian) and numerous nieces and nephews as
well as grand-nieces-and-nephews. As Ed wished there will be a private burial. In his
memory if friends wish donations can be made to Red Deer Regional Hospital
Foundation or Extendicare.