ED MALINSKY

1928 - 2011

Edward Malinsky passed away in Taber on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the age of 83 years.
A private family burial service will be held at the Taber Memorial Garden on Wednesday, December 21, 2011.
Ed will be missed by his sisters-in-law Mary Malinsky and Elaine Malinsky both of Taber as well as nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents; five older brothers John, Nick, Bill, Alex and George; three older sisters Mary Crow, Dolly Douglas and Helen Malinsky; sisters-in-law May Malinsky and Gladys "Bunty" Malinsky; brothers-in-law Raymond Crow and Bud Douglas.
Ed was born in Taber on August 18, 1928 the son of Dan and Annie Malinsky.
He attended school grades one to twelve in Taber after which he journeyed to British Columbia where he was employed in a logging camp on Vancouver Island as a Signaller (whistle punk).
Ed enlisted in the Canadian Army in March 1948 and served until October 1968 with the Royal Canadian Engineers. During his service he was posted to bases in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. He also served in Korea during the Korean War, West Germany, Egypt and two and a half years with the Airborne Engineers.
After retirement from the Armed Forces he was employed with the Burndy Canada Ltd. supply and service office for seven years in Calgary. In 1975 he returned to Southern Alberta and Lethbridge where he secured employment with the Canada Post Office and remained there for the next eleven years. In 1986 he transferred to Vancouver, working for two years in the Vancouver Mail Processing Plant. In August 1988 Ed requested early retirement and moved to Kelowna, British Columbia. He remained in Kelowna for one year after which he was most happy to return to Alberta and Lethbridge to be near his family and “Postie” friends, with whom he regularly played floor hockey until he was sixty three years of age.
Ed was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Taber Branch, Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Lethbridge Branch, Korea Veterans Association of Canada, Lethbridge Y.M.C.A. for twenty years and the Federal Superannuates National Association. He was also a member of the Fort Macleod Golf Club for several years. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Ed’s name may be made directly to the Taber and District Health Foundation, 4326 - 50 Avenue, Taber, Alberta T1G 1N9.