Hugh Laycock

LAYCOCK

HUGH LAYCOCK, beloved patriarch of the Laycock family, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 19, 2016 in Lethbridge, Alberta at the age of 93. He was the beloved husband of the late Audrey Laycock.

Survived by his children: Bill (Carol) Lethbridge, Brent (Kathy) Calgary, Kim (Glenda) Raymond, and Roxanne (Mark) Bingham Calgary; 27 grandchildren and 74 great-grandchildren of whom he was very proud. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Audrey, (2007), his daughter Melanie Bastian (August 2016), and his siblings: Harold Laycock, Merne Livingstone, and Ralph Laycock.

To his family and community, he was tall and strong in both physique and integrity. Hugh was born on October 3, 1923 in Lethbridge to George Laycock and Fern Redd Laycock. He married Audrey Storie on December 16, 1943, in the Cardston Temple and moved to the family farm where they raised their five children. In 1973 they returned to Lethbridge.

Most of his working life was devoted to farming, but his focus was on raising his family. For a few years, he worked as a real-estate agent in Lethbridge.

Consistently faithful in the LDS Church, he served in various positions such as bishop, high counselor, and teacher of adults and youth. He and Audrey served at the Cardston Temple, a family history mission in Salt Lake City and a stake mission in Southern Alberta. He happily served others.

Hugh was never bored. His life was filled with creative passions in music, flying, building, inventing, photography and other hobbies. He sang in church choirs, the Choralaires, and many quartets, and he played drums in a dance band as a young man and was a violinist in the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra for 48 years. At the age of 50, he fulfilled a long-time dream of learning to fly and eventually established the Lethbridge Adventure Flight Centre on the farm where he trained ultra-light pilots until his late eighties. All his talents were used to lift others.

The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were a source of continual joy for Hugh. He left them a legacy of love, hard work, service and faith.

The family expresses sincere appreciation to the staff at Fairmont Extendicare for their kindness and care.

Friends may meet the family on Friday, November 25 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at CHRISTENSEN SALMON GENERATIONS FUNERAL HOME, 703-13 Street North, Lethbridge, or prior to the funeral service on Saturday from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. at the Church.

The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 12:00 noon at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FAIRMONT CHAPEL, 205 Fairmont Blvd. South, Lethbridge.

Interment to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge.

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