HABERMAN, John

HABERMAN, JOHN JACOB RICHARD Jack Haberman was born in Calgary October 5, 1944 to Mary and John Haberman.
He grew up in Lethbridge, at first living with the family at the airport in housing that had been converted from WWII Army barracks. He told many stories of playing with his friends on the runways and climbing on planes and exploring. When his step-son Nicolas was reconstructing the main army building for the funeral home, Jack knew where the original walls started and which sections had been added over the years. He had so much history to add to the project.
Jack graduated from LCI in 1962 and did one year at the University of Lethbridge in bioscience. In 1964 he went to UBC for engineering but halfway through switched to medicine and graduated in 1968 with a degree in family medicine. Jack then moved to Edmonton to the Misericordia Hospital where he did his residency and in 1970 he started practicing as a physician at the Campbell Clinic in Lethbridge. He spent his entire medical career at the Campbell, retiring in 2020. He was the original “Black Bag” doctor and long after making house calls was not popular he would still head out after work many nights to visit sick patients who could not make it to the clinic. He worked in emergency and surgery for many years and he always said that he enjoyed every minute of his work.
Jack always said he was blessed with four sons, four step-sons and one step-daughter He coached most of them in soccer or hockey and for many years he coached more than one team. He loved sports and was a great fan of watching anything the grandchildren played. The family was his greatest joy and he took the opportunity to travel with the different families and he was always looking for things the entire family could do together. Jack had Calgary Flames tickets for many years and for a lot of those years he would drive to Calgary for the game, drive home and be at the hospital by 7 the next morning. In the later years he would stay over and take the next day off.
Jack and his wife Rita have been together 35 years with their blended family of 9 children, 17 grandchildren and two great granddaughters. Jack loved the chaos of Christmas, the summer holiday trips and the general business of a large family.
He leaves to mourn his passing his beloved wife Rita, sons Albert, Ron and Tim; step-sons Maurey, Michael, Nicolas and Nathan and one step-daughter, Audra; also 16 grandchildren and 2 great granddaughters. He was pre-deceased by his son Shane and his grandson Elijiah. He is sharing family time with them now.
A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at Salmon and Sons Funeral Home (433 Stubb Ross Rd S, Lethbridge), with burial to follow at The Mountain View Cemetery.
A Viewing will be held from 7:00 to 8:00pm on Friday August 29, 2025 at the funeral home.
To send a condolence, please visit www.salmonandsons.ca