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Edwin Robert Hewitt
October 5, 1927 - December 31, 2015
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<div itemprop="description">Edwin Robert Hewitt of Calgary, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the age of 88 years. <br /><br />Ed started his life in Coronation Alberta on the farm. In his younger years Ed was part of a combining crew that traveled around Alberta in the fall assisting farmers with their harvest. Later he learned how to operate heavy machinery constructing roads through the Rocky Mountains. In the early 60&rsquo;s he and his wife Beatrice and their children moved to Calgary, and Ed got a job working for the Calgary Board of Education as a grader operator and also was a part of CUPE. He worked at the CBE for 25 years until his retirement. Ed loved country music and played many instruments. He was one of the founding members of the J&rsquo;Dels and played for many years during most weekends throughout various Calgary Legions and southern Alberta communities. Ed will be sadly missed by his children, Joan Mousley and Gary Hewitt; his two grandchildren; and his large extended family. He was predeceased by his wife, Jean Beatrice Hewitt and his brother, Gordon Ross Hewitt. <br /><br />Funeral Services will be held at Eden Brook Funeral Home, 17th Avenue &amp; Lower Springbank Road S.W. on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Heart &amp; Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 200, 119 &ndash; 14th Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6 Telephone: (403) 264-5549, www.heartandstroke.ca.<br /></div>