A family life
1919–2015
Airman, teacher, geologist, and radio amateur: Lester’s call sign gives VE6.CA its name.
Lester was born in Cardston in 1919 and died in Calgary in 2015. His memorial follows a life in the Royal Canadian Air Force, followed by teaching and geology.
Sources: Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorialAfter retirement in Calgary he used the amateur-radio call sign VE6CA. The archive takes that familiar family identifier into a new medium.
Sources: Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorialThe research identifies Joseph Young Card and Pearl Eliza Christensen as his parents. Lincoln Card’s obituary offers collateral support by naming that parent pair and Lester as a sibling; an original household or birth record would strengthen the link.
Sources: Lincoln John Card obituaryVE6.CA relationship evidence reviewFamily connections
A biography and a relationship can have different levels of support. The label on each connection describes that specific claim.
Reported parent
Lincoln Card’s obituary provides collateral support by naming this parent pair and Lester as a sibling; Lester’s own birth or household record is still sought.
Sources: Lincoln John Card obituaryVE6.CA relationship evidence reviewReported parent
Lincoln Card’s obituary provides collateral support by naming this parent pair and Lester as a sibling; Lester’s own birth or household record is still sought.
Sources: Lincoln John Card obituaryVE6.CA relationship evidence reviewSpouse
Lester’s QCWA memorial identifies Jean as his wife.
Sources: Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorialChild
Recent family memorial material and the family account support this relationship.
Sources: Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorialFamily recollections and relationshipsStill being researched
From the archive
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Memorial page that connects Lester's aviation life, family details, and radio identity.
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Portrait image preserved alongside the QCWA memorial material for Lester.
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Second portrait image preserved with Lester's memorial collection.
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Funeral-home obituary anchored to the twentieth-century Card family cluster.
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Funeral-home memorial for Jean Shirley Nelson Card. The original website may require JavaScript.
Follow the evidence
Memorial
A memorial preserving Lester’s family, RCAF service, later work, and amateur-radio identity.
Obituary
The funeral-home memorial entry identifies Lester and gives his death date.
Obituary
Names Joseph Young Card and Pearl Eliza Christensen as Lincoln’s parents and Lester among his siblings.