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Harold Eugene Victor Samuel Porkka

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Birth	:	1 Dec 1920 Foremost, Medicine Hat Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death	:	25 Jan 2012 Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial	:	Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	52.2743200, -113.7859000
Description	:	When Harold Eugene Victor Samuel PORKKA was born on December 1, 1920, in Goddard. Alberta, his father, SAMUEL, Porkka jr. was 37 and his mother, Hilma, was 34. He married Jean Miriam CAMERON on November 25, 1945. They had two children Susan and Wendy during their marriage. He died on January 25, 2012, in Red Deer, Alberta, at the age of 91, and was buried there. Harold was born to Samuel and Hilma Porkka, Finnish/American Homesteaders, in a small house on the prairie near Goddard, Alberta. He had an adventurous childhood with his sisters, Evelyn and Lillian.... Read More	When Harold Eugene Victor Samuel PORKKA was born on December 1, 1920, in Goddard. Alberta, his father, SAMUEL, Porkka jr. was 37 and his mother, Hilma, was 34. He married Jean Miriam CAMERON on November 25, 1945. They had two children Susan and Wendy during their marriage. He died on January 25, 2012, in Red Deer, Alberta, at the age of 91, and was buried there. Harold was born to Samuel and Hilma Porkka, Finnish/American Homesteaders, in a small house on the prairie near Goddard, Alberta. He had an adventurous childhood with his sisters, Evelyn and Lillian. He learned the value of hard work from doing daily chores on the homestead. He rode his horse miles to school every day in all kinds of weather. Although he did go to that one room schoolhouse, he always said jokingly “I got most of my education out behind the barn.” We wonder how he survived his youth from the experiments and inventions he came up with from “out behind the barn.” He was very creative and an inventor, making a homemade crystal radio as a child. This natural ability is what got him into radio communications during the war. He was only nineteen when he enlisted and was trained at Camp Borden in Ontario. This is when he met Mom, Jean Cameron, before he went overseas. When he came back, he was twenty four years old and married mom. They came to Alberta and ended up in Picture Butte, where he started up a business wiring the farms around the area. He had to have been one of the first T.V. Technicians in the area. He moved us to Red Deer in the late 1950s, bought a house and lived in the same house until the end of his life. Dad liked to be self-employed and was well respected for his abilities and was very busy with T.V. sales and services. He did other things too, such as fixing organs, wiring, anything involving electronics. Dad beat several possible terminal illnesses and even in his seventies, enjoyed bike riding as his favorite pastime. Dad was an accomplished musician and we were lucky to have him playing his guitar and singing. He shared his gentle humor with all he met. He was a man who never raised his voice, he used his intellect instead to make his point. He showed us his integrity, his gallant, resilient, kind and generous spirit always. He was a homesteader’s son, soldier, electrician, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle to many, business man, intellectual, musician, a contributor to many charities. He was a man who even through his own suffering at the end said “ I wish I could do more help the poor children in the world.” He leaves to mourn his daughters Wendy and Susan Porkka, his grandchildren, Winona Mondor, Sheila Mondor, his great grandchildren Jonah Major, Amber Castillo, Benjamin Brinkhurst, Jade Mondor and Willow Scott, as well as many nieces and nephews. Dad was predeceased by his parents, and wife Jean Porkka, his sisters and his cousins including Roy Porkka of Red Deer. Dad had many good friends in his life and to those that remain, he would wish them comfort. Dad will be greatly missed and forever remembered with love. A service will be held at Gaetz United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.

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Harold Eugene Victor Samuel Porkka's memorial is located at: Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Canada.
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Harold Eugene Victor Samuel Porkka death on 25 Jan 2012 in Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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Latitude: 52.2743200
Longitude: -113.7859000

Family Members:

Parent

Samuel Porkka Jr.

(1883 - 1955)

Hilma Matilda Sarkinen Porkka

(1886 - 1959)

Spouse

Jean Miriam Cameron Porkka

(1922 - 2002)

Siblings

Evelyn Mary Araila Porkka Black

(1922 - 1970)

Children

Susan Elizabeth “Suzie” Porkka

(1947 - 2017)

Wendy Anne Porkka

(1952 - 2016)

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1. Red Deer Cemetery
Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate: 52.2743200, -113.7859000

2. Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.2888200, -113.8205600

3. Alto Reste Cemetery
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6. Horn Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.1427800, -113.7700600

7. Aspelund Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.3630400, -113.9627400

8. Burnt Lake Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.2476600, -114.0497800

9. Saint Paul's Anglican Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.2228200, -113.5042200

10. Bentley Hutterite Cemetery
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11. Lakeview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.2980100, -114.0982500

12. Fairview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.4753000, -113.7214800

13. West Meadows Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.2909200, -114.1207700

14. Bentley Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.4346420, -114.0266220

15. Pine Hill Hutterite Colony Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.1479156, -114.0789926

16. Bentley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.4627700, -114.0388600

17. Pleasant Valley Hutterite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.3709470, -113.4168538

18. Tindastoll Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.1151990, -114.0972930

19. Pine Lake Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.1092500, -113.4811400

20. Kuusamo Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.3189170, -114.2112180

21. Innisfail Cemetery
Innisfail, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate: 52.0293300, -113.9598900

22. Benalto Cemetery
Benalto, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate: 52.2977900, -114.2639100

23. Vig Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 52.4438100, -114.1855600

24. Clive Cemetery
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