Calgarians rally around Auburn Bay family in time of need [Video]

Residents of one southeast Calgary neighbourhood have raised thousands of dollars to support a family grieving the losses of a father and grandfather. 

Auburn Bay’s Chad Martin, 48, and his father Willard Martin, 76, were killed Friday.

Both were working on a vehicle together — one of their shared hobbies — when something shifted and the vehicle fell on them.  

They leave behind Martin’s wife Natasha and three children under 12-years-old: Edie, Miah and Jake.

Family members describe the men as “hard working, kind and compassionate.”

“(Willard) was a wonderful guy, a wonderful dad,” Vance Eva said. “(They were) both really great people. The community was very lucky to have them.”

Another relative called Martin a “community guy,” who would be the first to help others on his block with anything and everything. 

So it should come as no surprise that many of those neighbours are pitching in for his …