Robert John Clements. In great sorrow, the family of Bob Clements announces his death on March 8 in Edmonton. Predeceased by his parents, Jack and Marjorie Clements, he leaves to celebrate his life his wife of 35 years, Carole Clements (Edmonton), sisters Patricia (Edmonton) and Lois (Coquitlam), brother Bill (North Battleford), niece Marjorie Clements Sorensen (Frankfurt, Germany), and nephew Jamie Clements Sorensen (Vancouver), together with close friends dating from childhood, and two step-daughters and their families. Bob was born and went to school in Wilkie, Saskatchewan, then moved with his family to North Battleford. As a boy he showed his business side in the contract he struck with his parents for the produce of his garden. A little older, he worked at Victory Motors in North Battleford, then in Edmonton with, among other companies, Wells Construction. Later he established his own trucking business. Bob was a child of the prairie. He grew up literally on its edge, running on its grassy spaces, rafting on its spring pools, learning to know its creatures. He became a life-long naturalist, a keen observer and appreciator of the prairie landscape. Whether as a boy searching for birds’ nests or mending the broken wing of a young owl, or, as he did on the last day of his life, taking his long, early-morning walk with his dog Cocoa, he loved it all. At his wish, there will be no funeral. Family and close friends will celebrate the life of this strong, gentle, husband, brother and friend at a celebration this summer at Jackfish Lake, the prairie lake of his happy boyhood.
