MARY IRENE “IRENE” McFADDEN,(nee:EARL), OF ENSIGN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY OCTOBER 14, 2000 AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS.
IRENE WAS BORN IN VULCAN ON AUGUST 9, 1938, THE OLDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO VIC AND ELSIE EARL. SHE SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE IN THE AREA ATTENDING SCHOOL IN MOSSLEIGH AND VULCAN. AFTER GRADUATING FROM VULCAN HIGH SCHOOL SHE WORKED AT THE ALBERTA TREASURY BRANCH AND LATER WORKED IN VARIOUS ACCOUNTING POSITIONS AND WITH FRANK McINENLY AUCTIONS.
IN 1959 SHE MARRIED JACK McFADDEN AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE ENSIGN AREA. THEY HAVE TWO SONS BILL AND DARWIN. DARWIN LIVES IN ENSIGN; BILL AND HIS WIFE PATSY AND DAUGHTER KELSEY LIVE IN THE ENSIGN AREA AND FARM WITH JACK AND IRENE. IRENE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN ALL THE FARMING OPERATION – DOING EVERYTHING FROM DRIVING COMBINE TO BOOKKEEPING.
FAMILY WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO IRENE. JACK, BILL, DARWIN AND PATSY WERE SPECIAL TO HER BUT THE ‘LIGHT OF HER LIFE’ FOR THE LAST THIRTEEN YEARS HAS BEEN HER GRANDDAUGHTER KELSEY. SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO OCCASIONS THAT INCLUDED HER MOM AND DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES AND COUSINS. TO IRENE FAMILY INCLUDED FRIENDS OF THE BOYS AND ESPECIALLY THE ‘FISHER BOYS’. BOB, CHAR AND THEIR GIRLS BECAME HER FAMILY AND SHE WAS ‘GRANDMA IRENE’ TO AMBER JEAN AND DAKOTA.
IRENE WAS COMMUNITY MINDED AND VERY INVOLVED IN ALL ACTIVITIES IN THE ENSIGN COMMUNITY AND IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION.
BELOVED WIFE OF JACK OF ENSIGN, LOVING MOTHER OF TWO SONS BILL (PATSY), DARWIN ALL OF VULCAN, A GRANDDAUGHTER KELSEY, HER PARENTS VICTOR AND ELSIE EARL, FOUR BROTHERS RICHARD (BARBARA) EARL, ALBERT (DIANNA) EARL ALL OF CALGARY, GORDON (DENISE) EARL OF MEDICINE HAT, CARL (PAT) EARL OF CROSSFIELD, THREE SISTERS FRANCES (DON) JEONDRON OF BURNABY, B.C., CHARLOTTE (HOWARD) BRINTON OF EDMONTON, GWEN (BILL) FOX OF BLACK DIAMOND, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW DAPHNE (PAT) FEENEY OF HIGH RIVER AND ELSIE (FRANK) GOULDSBROUGH OF WINFIELD, B.C., CLOSE NEIGHBOURS BOB (CHARLOTTE) FISHER AND THEIR CHILDREN AMBER AND DAKOTA WHO SHE LOVED AS GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
IRENE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW BOB AND OLIVE “OLLIE” McFADDEN AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW DONNY McFADDEN.
FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO MEET FOR PRAYERS AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2000 AT 2 P.M WITH REV. PHILLIP LEE OFFICIATING.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2000 AT 1:30 P.M. AT THE CULTURAL RECREATIONAL CENTRE, VULCAN.
HONORARY BEARERS RON LEROHL, DIANE LEROHL, ECHO PATON, MARY HAGA, CAROL NADOBNY, WILMA PATON, ELAINE HALL, JOYCE BIRCH, MONA HORNBERGER AND PATTY MASSEY.
CASKET BEARERS RON HUNTER, DICK HALL, ED NOLTE, GARY HAGEN, DAVE PATON AND KEN NADOBNY.
INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN IRENE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA 1825 PARK RD. S.E. CALGARY T2G 2Y6 OR LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE VULCAN LEGION BOX 175 VULCAN TOL 2BO.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633, E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com