See also
Husband:
Arthur Meighen REYKDAL (1922-1982)
Wife:
PRIVATE ( - )
Name:
Arthur Meighen REYKDAL
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Feb 2, 1922
Manitoba1
Occupation:
c. 1956 (age 33-34)
linotype operator, Atikokan Progress Paper2
Residence:
1975 (age 52-53)
Calgary, Alberta1
Residence:
1982 (age 59-60)
Edmonton, Alberta1
Death:
Sep 14, 1982 (age 60)
Grace Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba1
Cause: cancer
Burial:
1982
Lundar Cemetery (North), Lundar, Manitoba3
Cremation:
1982
Neil Bardal Inc.
Name:
PRIVATE
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Arthur Meighen Reykdal was an Icelander, born and raised in Lundar, Manitoba. He lived mostly on cigarettes and beer. He was noisy, profane, and extremely funny. He used to drive Bob Clarke to distraction, and eventually he wasn't allowed to typeset anything even remotely to do with religion (he usually made changes, several of which put noses out of joint all over town). He was distainful of preachers, pomposity and any form of authority. Needless to say, we kids who folded papers at the Progress, worshipped him. But Art's most scathing criticisms were directed at himself -- his published autobiography was titled "Autobiograhy of a Damn Fool", the same as his hero Mark Twain's unfinished autobiography.
From: http://www.atikokanhistory.org/
Sent by Charles Dobie2
not known, Winnipeg Free Press.
Unknown: photo, Atikokan Progress Paper.
Linden Davidson, Linden Davidson.