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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
STEARN, Arthur David - Art passed away in Chilliwack on January 21, 2015. Born in Yorkton, Sask. on Jan 16, 1921 to Walter and Margaret (Drynan) Stearn, and had six brothers and three sisters: Nellie, William, Walter, Gertrude, James, John, Ernest, George and Gwen. In 1936 Art hired on with the CPR and learned telegraphy. In 1939 & 40 he took volunteer training with the 64th artillery. Upon being accepted he spent one year in the RCAF then in Dec 1941 transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as a telegrapher, serving on ships HMCS Calgary, Assiniboine, Tordo, Armentiers and the Hetherington. He was discharged in Oct 1945, returning to Yorkton. During the war, brothers William and James served in the RCAF, Walter and John in the Army and Ernest and Art in the Navy. Art resigned from the CPR in Oct 1945 and hired out as an agent on the CNR in Nov 1945. In the meantime he had met Caroline McLachlan and they were married in 1946. They have a daughter Phyllis, living in Chilliwack, BC and a son Hugh, married to Barbara Bauer living in Saskatoon, Sk, . They have one son, David, and one daughter, Heather, deceased. While he was a CNR agent at Fenwood, Sk for 14 years, Art was also the Sec-Treasurer of the village for several years. After becoming the Past Master of the Melville Masonic Lodge, he became their Sec-Treasurer, and after serving as the First Principal of the Royal Arch Masonic Lodge, also became their Sec-Treasurer, serving in that capacity for both Lodges for several years. He retired from the CNR in Melville in 1981. In 1984 they moved to Chilliwack, BC. He joined the Royal Canadian Legion in 1945 and after moving to Chilliwack, B.C. in 1984, joined the Chilliwack Senior Veterans Society in 1985 becoming the President in 2002 and 2003. He has always enjoyed dancing, golf and playing cards. Art was survived by his daughter Phyllis, son Hugh, daughter-in-law Barbara, grandson David, sister Gwen and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by Carol, his wife of almost 63 years, parents, Walter and Margaret (Drynan) Stearn, brothers William, Walter, John, James, Ernest and George and sisters Nellie and Gertrude.
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