Obituary of Roger Thomas LIEN

LIEN, Roger Thomas It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Roger Lien on April 11, 2016. The devoted grandfather, dad, brother, uncle and great-uncle was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan and grew up in Radville, Saskatchewan. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan as a Mechanical Engineer and went to work with Atlantic Richfield. His work took him and his family to many different locations including Calgary, Louisiana and Texas, which is how he ended up with an American-born daughter. He took the family north to Fort St. John and enjoyed the curling and bowling scenes there as District Manager with Petro Canada. He finished his career with Petro Can in Calgary and was able to take an early retirement. This gave him plenty of time to utterly enjoy his grandchildren. A doting grandpa, even when they moved to Kamloops, BC 9 years ago he would make a monthly trip to visit. We were unable to talk him into relocation however, as he settled in Strathmore 18 years ago and found the lifestyle and people suited him. He was a volunteer handibus driver for many years in Strathmore, even weeks where he worked 60 plus hours he said it was his all time favorite “job”. He also volunteered with Meals on Wheels in Calgary and logged more than 1500 volunteer hours driving for them. In the last few years health concerns slowed him down but he took great happiness in playing bridge and made some great friendships. His intelligence and great sense of humour will be dearly missed by his daughter Susan Neurauter, son-in-law Chris Neurauter, grandchildren Connor Neurauter and Ashlynn Neurauter, sisters Penny Clark (Larry), Linda Korsbrek (Dwaine) and Trisha Evert (Roger), nieces Jackie Clark (Steve Fedyna) and Pam Bell (Tom) great-nephew Wyatt Bell and great-niece Georgia Bell, as well as his bridge friends, co-volunteers and many recipients of his generous nature. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at the Strathmore Royal Canadian Legion Hall (230 2nd Ave, Strathmore, Alberta) at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests that a donation be made in Roger’s name to The Terry Fox Foundation, Suite D10 – 6115, 3rd Street SE, Calgary, AB T2H 2L2. Special thanks to Dr Gotto and the entire nursing and support staff staff at Unit 82 for the compassion and respect they showed Roger during his time there. To send condolences, please click on the link below or send emails directly to: condolences@wheatlandfuneralhome.ca Send Condolences