Obituary of John Harvey Wight

John Harvey Wight

(August 25, 1933 - July 19, 2021)

John Harvey Wight was born on August 25, 1933, in Edmonton, Alberta to parents Harvey and Viola Wight. 
Dad grew up in the Eastervale School district, the youngest of four children: Alex, Margaret, and Lois.

John and Lorraine Stavne married in October, 1959 and they operated the family farm. Together they raised five children:  Gaylene, David, Laurel, Mark and Nelson. Sadly, Gaylene died in April of 1965.

John and Lorraine were active in their community with the Lutheran Church, as well as with the local cross-country ski group (the Ook-Piks) and the local ski hill (Sugar Bowl).

After losing his wife in 1982, Dad put his efforts into raising his family and farming.  He also kept busy with Church council, singing in the community choir, cross-country skiing in the winter and walking in all other seasons.

Dad remarried in 1989 to Adeline Renman.  The time that follows is fondly remembered by the broader family as the “golden years” on the farm because that was a time when Dad and his siblings and their partners worked together to run the family farm to which they were all connected.

John was predeceased by his first wife Lorraine and his second wife Adeline; his daughter Gaylene; his parents Harvey and Viola Wight; his brother Alec Wight; and his sister Margaret Densmore. He leaves to mourn his passing his children David (Maureen) Wight, Laurel (Peter) Harrison-Edge,  Mark (Kjirsti) Wight, and Nelson Wight (Glenda Newsted); his grandchildren Jonathan Wight, Virginia Wight, Benjamin (Paige) Wight, Alex Wight, and Olivia Wight; his great-grandchildren Alastair and Winnifred Wight; his sister Lois Lord; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and neighbours.

John’s passing marks and end in an era for our family.  But as we acknowledge his many contributions to our family and the community, so too do we acknowledge the many who supported him and our family over the years.
 

His funeral service was held at 1:30 p.m., July 31, 2021, from the Hughenden Community Hall with Rev. Eleanor Ness officiating. Interment followed in the Amisk Bethany Cemetery.

To view a recording of the service for John Wight, please click the link below:
 
John Wight Funeral Service

If family and friends so desire, memorial contributions in John's memory may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta.