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Albert Friebel passed away at the Battlefords District Care Centre, Battleford, Sask. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 at the age of 97 years. Albert is survived by: his four daughters: Pearl (Keven) Ulrich, Carol (Ross) Burns, Esther (the late Joseph Forest) Delainey and Rachel (Harry) Dinisyk; grandchildren: Dan (Julie) Carey, Marv (Terri) Carey, Lee (Christine) Burns, Donna (Steve) Burns, Jonathan (Christel) Delainey, Dustin (Lori) Delainey, Clayton (Leanne) Delainey, Beverly (Chris) Oborowsky, Kenny (Ashley) Whittle and Anthony (Danielle) Whittle; great-grandchildren: Megan, Breanna, Christian, Cole, Adam, Hailea, Morgan, Lawrence, Marshall, Shayne, Sharla, Sharmaine, William, Alexander, Logan, Brooklynn, Blake, Chloe, Philip, Keisha, Daygen, Callie, Kenny (Ashley) and Anthony (Danielle); sisters: Elizabeth Wilson and Ruth Farnham and brother Jack Friebel, sisters-in-law, Emelia Friebel and Marge Friebel and numerous nieces and nephews. Albert was predeceased by his parents, Paul and Antonia Friebel, brothers, Kurt, Reinhard and David, sister, Erika Schmitt, sister-in-law, Helen Friebel, brothers-in-law, Ralph Schmitt, John Wilson, Roy Farnham and granddaughter, Kimberly Delainey. The eulogy was given by Beverly Oborowsky. The soloist was Doreen Klatt. The pianist was Sandra Babcock. The hymns were: "Precious Lord Take My Hand" "He The Pearly Gates Will Open" and "In The Garden." The honorary pallbearers were: Dan Carey, Marv Carey and Kenny Whittle. The active pallbearers were his grandsons: Jonathan Delainey, Lee Burns, Anthony Whittle, Clayton Delainey, Dustin Delainey and Chris Oborowsky. The interment was held at the Paradise Valley Cemetery, Paradise Valley, Alta. Donations in memory of Albert may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or Charity of Choice. McCaw Funeral Service Ltd., of Lloydminster, Alta. administered the funeral arrangements.

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Dad was born on Oct. 22, 1917 in the Neutral Hills, north of Consort, Alta. He was the third of eight children born to Paul and Antonia Friebel. His siblings were: Reinhard (Helen) Friebel, Curt (Emilia) Friebel, Erika (Ralph) Schmitt, Elizabeth (John) Wilson, Ruth (Roy) Farnham, Jack Friebel and David (Marge) Friebel. He took his schooling at the Sandhurst School south of the Neutral Hills. He completed Grade 8 and took most of his Grade 9 but when it was time to do his exams he didn鈥檛 even go because he knew he wouldn鈥檛 come close to passing his math as he hated algebra. He then stayed home to help his father with the farming. When he left home he worked for numerous farmers before he was conscripted into the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in June of 1942. He took his basic training at Camrose, Alta. and was on his way to Halifax, N.S. to be deployed overseas when he ended up in hospital in Valcartier, Que. with ear infection. When he got out of hospital he was sent back to Calgary where he was a truck driver, chauffeur, and later drove fire truck. He was transferred to Camp Wainwright where he transferred to the Royal Canadian Engineers Corps. He was discharged in Calgary in the spring of 1946. He served for three and a half years. Dad came to the Paradise Valley District on May 10, 1948. He arrived when the Battle River was flooded so Lyle Greenwood met him with two saddle horses and brought him across. They had to lift their feet out of the stirrups on the bridge to keep them out of the water. The first field work was just getting started so he started work immediately for a local farmer. That summer he met Phyllis Fulgham and they were married on Jan. 2, 1949. To this union, four girls were born; Pearl, Carol, Esther and Rachel. In the fall of 1949 Dad bought two quarters of land. The one being the home quarter where he lived until September of 2003. During his years of farming, Dad continued to work for various people to supplement the farm until the fall of 1973. This included such things as: helping farmers with seeding, summer fallowing, haying, and harvesting; running a Cat in the winter to clear brush, running a Cat in the summer to break land, silaging, building houses and being a director on the rural telephone company working at installing and repairing lines until the dial phones came in and custom combining. Other things Dad did was taking a truck load of potatoes to Keewaytin Bible Institute in Lac La Biche, Alta. each fall for the students and then staying for a few days to help with carpentry and maintenance work. Dad also loved hunting and fishing which he would do as often as time would allow with one neighbour or another. This included duck, goose and deer. I also think at least once he went hunting moose, but I don鈥檛 think he got anything. There were times where he would bring home so many fish we thought we would be sick of eating them. He also had honey bees and would extract the honey from the combs so that we always had all the honey we could ever want. They also took two trips to Costa Rica to help build churches and one trip on the Doulos mission ship. One of the ports the Doulos stopped at was Papua, New Guinea. In April of 1997 Dad had a farm auction as he had sold the land. He continued living there until 2003 when he made a really big move. He moved to North Battleford, Sask. At first he wasn鈥檛 happy with the move, but when summer came he had something to occupy his time. This was gopher-hunting, which he did well and often all summer long. There were four or five farmers in the area who asked him to look after the problem for them. He always kept track of his daily shoots and one summer he recorded over 5,000 gophers in one farmer's pasture. This past summer, even though his mobility had become diminished, he was able to get out twice. Dad lived in an apartment on the seventh floor on the west side of North Battleford, which overlooks the North Saskatchewan River. This made it possible for him to see for miles, often watching semis coming and going both on Highway 16 to Lloydminster and with binoculars he could see them on Highway 40 to Cut Knife. This gave him the feeling of being in the country. He lived there until November of 2013, when he had to be hospitalized after falling and fracturing his hip. He had surgery, but did not regain his mobility enough to be able to go back home. It was at this time that he moved to Battlefords District Care Centre where he resided until his passing.