Glen Doerksen – Bus Driver
April 2, 1959 - April 6, 2018
Hometown: Carrot River, SK
Glen was born on April 2, 1959 in Prince George BC, the third son in a family of four boys, to Peter and Mary Doerksen. Glen attended Pineview Elementary School in Prince George until he was 12 years old, when his family moved to Saskatchewan to farm north of Carrot River. There he attended school at Carrot River Elementary School for one year and then Carrot River Jr.-Sr. High School until Grade 11.
He was an accomplished athlete, playing all sports he could, his favourites being football and basketball, and receiving the Male Athlete of the Year award in Grade 11. He attended Rosthern Junior College for his last year of high school, graduating in 1977. After high school, Glen took Computer Programming at Herzing Institute in Winnipeg and worked there for a few years. In 1986 he took Business Administration at STI in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where he met his wife Karen (Holitski) Doerksen. They were married in Killaly, Saskatchewan in 1989. In the years before and shortly after their marriage, they lived in Winnipeg, where Glen first worked at P&H Foods and then as a construction foreman for Randall Homes. In 1990 Glen worked for Royal Bank of Canada and transferred to Alberta, where his son Cameron and daughter Melissa were born.
Glen moved his family back to Carrot River in 1995. He worked for the Saskfor McMillan, then Weyerhaeuser sawmill for a number of years and then as a self-employed construction contractor. He attained his class 1A license and did some long-distance trucking for RDK Transportation Company, grain hauling and other work for Enns’, and then worked for Charlie’s Charters. Driving bus for Charlie’s was something he really loved, especially when he was driving for hockey teams.
He was a dedicated family man, always involved in his son and daughter’s many athletic activities. He was an active volunteer in community sports -organizations and always willing to contribute his time and talent wherever it was needed. Glen also loved to golf and fish but his biggest love was socializing. Being around Glen was being around fun, listening to his stories and lots of laughter.