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ANGUS HENDERSON
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A military funeral will be held for Sapper
Stephan Stock this Saturday at 1 p.m., in a private ceremony at the
Patterson Armouries. Stock was killed last week during operations
in Afghanistan.
The public is welcome to pay their
respects to Stock and his family by lining the funeral procession
route. At approximately 12:45 p.m., the procession will travel on
South Railway Street from Pattison Funeral Home up Scholten Hill to
Carry Drive and onto Cuyler Road. Limited outdoor seating will be
available to the public.
A 2004 graduate of Medicine Hat
College’s power engineering program, the 25-year-old was one
of three Canadian soldiers killed August 20 when his convoy hit a
roadside bomb. Fellow engineers Sergeant Shawn Eades and Corporal
Dustin Wasden died in the same incident.
Stock, who grew up in the Campbell River
area of British Columbia, was based out of Edmonton and joined the
Canadian Forces as a sapper in 2005. He was deployed to Afghanistan
in February and his six-month tour of duty was to end in
September.
He was a member of the Edmonton-based 1
Combat Engineer Regiment, serving with the Second Battalion
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group in
Afghanistan.
A media advisory Thursday from Jennifer
Taylor, public affairs officer for Canadian Forces Base (CFB)
Suffield on behalf of the family, stated that the family will not
issue a statement, or conduct interviews with the media at this
time. The family has requested privacy during their time of
grief.
Medicine Hat Mayor Norm Boucher announced
Thursday that city hall has provided a book for public signatures
of condolence to Sapper Stock’s family in the Legislative
Corridor on the main floor of city hall, outside the council
chambers.
"Sapper Stock and his family were part of
family both at the city organization and the City of Medicine
Hat,” said Boucher. “We felt that a book of condolences
that residents and visitors could sign would provide the Stock
family with some comfort knowing that the thoughts and prayers of
many people are with them at this time.”
The book will be presented to the
family.
The Medicine Hat News is also providing
residents and visitors an opportunity to offer their condolences to
the family. Starting today, people can log on to the News website
at www.medicinehatnews.com and click on the “Fallen
Hero” link.
In addition, residents and visitors can
drop of their written condolences at the News office located at
3257 Dunmore Road SE.
Condolences received by noon hour Friday
will appear in Saturday’s newspaper. Condolences received
after that will appear in Wednesday’s paper.
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