Reg was born January 6, 1913 at Heward and passed away at Kinmara Personal Care Home in Regina on May 5, 2012. He was predeceased by his parents, Frederick and Nellie Mountjoy; wife, Ruby Mountjoy (nee Fowlie) and sister, Bee MacIntosh. Reg is survived by his daughter, Donna Quinn of Regina; sons, Neale (Lois) Mountjoy of Rocky Ford, AB; Terry Mountjoy and Fred Mountjoy of Regina; grandchildren - Barry, Stacy, Bobin, Chantelle, Shaun, Steve, Tony; great grandchildren - Amber, Ben, Ethan, Davin, Jacob, Joel, Nate, Cody, Ellen, Emma; great great grandchildren - Brayden, Ashlyn; sisters, Violett Stalker of Saskatoon; and Vietta Fowlie of Regina. In lieu of flowers, please make donations for Kinmara Personal Care Home, 74 Duncan Cr., Regina, SK S4T 6L5, or a charity of your choice. A private family service was held at Paragon Funeral and Cremation Services, 521 Victoria Ave., Regina. Interment took place at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Weyburn. Paragon Funeral and Cremation Services entrusted with arrangements (306) 359-7776. Reg was born to Frederick William and Nellie Mountjoy on the farm northeast of Heward 35-09-07-W2 on January 6, 1913. He took his schooling in Heward often staying at Grandma and Grandpa Mounjoy's house in town. He started school at age seven, along with his sister Viola (Bee). Reg couldn't say Viola after she was born, so called her Baby, later shortened to Bee. Here was this seven year old with a heavy head of red, slightly wavy hair, wearing a full suit (you know, a Sunday suit), and then the kids at school called him "Preacher". Later on they called him "Red". It was always said jokingly, but his hair turned black when he got married. While he was in school, scholastically, I found no record, but I know he was involved in track and field, and played softball and hardball, which he continued to play on into adult years. At some point, the family moved to the new house on the farm 26-09-09-W2. I think this was when the children were teenagers. Reg helped his dad with the farming, then he went to Waterloo, ON to assemble combines. This is the kind of work he really liked. When Reg's young sisters Violett and Vietta were in high school they brought home a friend from school, Ruby, Josephine Fowlie on different occasions. As girls will do, they gathered on the girls' bed to talk 'girl-talk' and at times Reg would join them, thereby getting to know Ruby better. Eventually Reg and Ruby started dating and fell in love. Reg returned from Waterloo after six months, determined to get married. Ruby and Reg were married by Rev. Stade on October 9, 1939. Reg had rented the Mitchell place, northeast of Froude and Reg and Ruby made their first home there on that farm. On September 22, 1940 their daughter Donna Treva was born at home with the assistance of Reg and Ruby's aunt Maggie (Maw) Baillie. In 1943 Reg rented the Calvin farm which was about 2.5 miles south of Highway 13, and purchased a Massey Harris tractor with rubber tires, one of the first in the area. At some time before Reg had purchased a two-seater wooden body car with a rumble seat. When he was finished his own farm work he hired himself and the tractor out in custom work. In about 1944 Reg bought a 1940 black two-door Ford car. On May 9, 1945 his first son was born, Dennis Neale, in Weyburn Union Hospital. In 1946 Reg bought the Dix farm 22-08-10-W2, butting onto Highway 13, across from the hamlet of Froude in time for Donna to start school. On September 9, 1948 his second son Terry Wayne was born in Weyburn Union Hospital. In the fall and winter of 1949-50 Reg and the family spent the winter in the house of his parents while the new house on Reg's farm was being built. Reg got a book on electrical wiring and learned to wire the whole house and when it was inspected it passed. On June 7, 1954 son number three was born in Regina General Hospital named Frederick George, called Freddie by Terry after Freddie the Fish that Terry liked to play with. In 1956, with the power lines installed and power hooked up, Reg bought a Co-op fridge and freezer combination for the house. Farming, being as it was, it was hard to support a growing family on a half section of land, so Reg began farming and got a job at the Western Wire and Cable at the Weyburn Airport and commuted the 25 miles twice a day, five days a week. Eventually the farm land was rented out, at first to Charles Broughton and Reg continued to work in Weyburn, but the family lived on the farmstead. This was then the time that Reg started his years of taking night classes; first welding classes in Weyburn, then welding and other classes in Regina and Moose Jaw, after he had moved the family to these cities. Reg received his journeyman welder papers, boiler papers, machinist papers and finally his millwright papers. When Reg and the family moved to Regina in the fall of 1964, Reg worked for a couple of companies for a short time, then worked for Sacksbys. In 1967 Reg, Ruby and Fred moved to Moose Jaw. Reg worked in the maintenance dept. of the Valley View Mental Training Centre for 10 years, then he and Ruby moved to Weyburn and bought a house on 745 Elm Cr. which was originally built for the son of Ruby's cousin Grant Procknow. Reg work at the Weyburn Mental Hospital in the maintenance dept. for another 10 years until he retired. Reg continued to live alone in Weyburn, following Ruby being placed in Weyburn Special Care Home and then after her death on January 4, 1999. He was faithful to visit Ruby daily and weekly he would visit his parents in the Pioneer Village home in Stoughton. He started joining some fellows for coffee downtown, at first he walked downtown, and later drove downtown for coffee daily. Reg loved his gardening and working on his two lathes and generally just fixing and inventing things. Reg sometimes made things for Steve's glow plugs. In 2006 Reg sold his house in Weyburn and moved to Regina to Queen Victoria Estates. He stopped driving when he moved to Regina. In 2009 Reg fell outside Queen Victoria Estates after getting his flu shot and fractured his hip. After hip replacement surgery and a three week hospital stay he moved to Precious Memories Care Home. In February of 2012 he moved to Kinmara Personal Care Home, owned by his son Terry. On May 5, 2012 Reg passed away at 99 years and four months. He died very peacefully without any pain or suffering; even the doctor commented on how peaceful he looked after death.
