GERALD ROBERT DAHL AGE 76 DIED IN TISDALE HOSPITAL DECEMBER 25
2015.
GERALD WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 1939 TO ROBERT AND JOSEPHINE DAHL,
AT THEIR HOMESTEAD SW 26-46-13 W2, ½ A MILE EAST OF NEW OSGOODE
SASKATCHEWAN. HE WAS THE OLDEST OF 3 BOYS.
GERALD ATTENDED SCHOOL AT NEW OSGOODE, VERCHERES &
EVENTUALLY GRADUATED FROM ZENON PARK SCHOOL. WHILE
ATTENDING ZENON PARK SCHOOL, HE BOARDED WITH ROLAND ROY WHO
WAS THE TOWN BUTCHER. WHEN HE WASN’T BUSY ATTENDING TO HIS
STUDIES, GERALD LEARNED HOW TO CUT & WRAP MEAT. WINTERS HE
WENT HOME BY TRAIN AND IN THE SPRING HE CHOSE TO WALK HOME.
AFTER GRADUATING GERALD WORKED TO BRING THE FIRST RURAL
TELEPHONE SERVICE TO ZENON PARK. HE WORKED IN THE BUSH
SKIDDING AND CHOKING NEAR EB CAMPBELL DAM FOR MANY WINTERS
WITH HIS BROTHER LARRY.
IN 1960, GERALD STARTED FARMING WITH HIS DAD. AFTER SICKNESS
STRUCK A FAMILY MEMBER GERALD BEGAN DOING CHORES AND
EVENTUALLY BOUGHT OUT THE CATTLE.
IN 1970, GERALD MARRIED PHYLLIS WALTON, DAUGHTER OF LUCY & TOM
WALTON.
THEY LIVED IN FLIN FLON MB, WHERE GERALD WORKED IN THE MINES
UNTIL THE MINE WENT ON STRIKE. THEY THEN MOVED BACK HOME AND
GERALD STARTED FARMING FULL TIME.
THEY MOVED TO SE 25-46-12 W2.
THROUGH THE FAMILIES HARD WORK, PLANTING EVERY TREE BY HAND,
NO MATTER WHAT AGE, THE ACREAGE THAT WAS ONCE BARREN BECAME
THE BEAUTIFUL YARD IT IS TODAY.
TOGETHER THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN CHANTAL (1973), CRYSTAL (1979)
& KENT (1980). PHYLLIS & GERALD EVENTUALLY PARTED WAYS.
HIS CHILDREN REMIAN TO BE HIS PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS &
WHOM HE SPENT EVERY MOMENT HE COULD WITH EVEN IF BY
TELEPHONE.
HE WAS AN AVID OUTDOORSMEN AND LOVED NATURE.

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