Jabze Kenneth "Ken" Waring

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    We regret to advise that Jabze Kenneth "Ken" Waring passed away in St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 26 August 2005 at the age of 86 years.

    Ken was born in 1919 in the Village of Shepsherd, England and the family immigrated to Canada in 1926. In the early 1940s, Ken responded to the call to arms joined the Royal Canadian Engineers. He started his military career at Dundurn and was transferred to Winnipeg to take a mechanics course. Ken then completed his training at Camp Chilliwack and went overseas where he was responsible for road construction and the construction of airstrips. Ken returned to Winnipeg in October 1945 and was discharged in January 1946.

    The funeral service for Ken was conducted from the Grace United Church, Lloydminster, Alberta on 1 September 2005. [zsd, zcc, zpp]