JOHNSON, MARJORY LOUISE BECKNER FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JULY 3, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
MARJORY WAS BORN IN 1911 TO DICK AND LOUISE SHORE, SHE ATTENDED CORBIE HILL AND MILO HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED CLINTON “TOOKE” BECKNER IN 1933 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE McGREGOR SOUTH OF MILO, THEY PURCHASED THE MILO TRANSPORT AND MOVED CLOSER TO MILO. IN 1941 THEY PURCHASED SLIM MARSDEN’S SUPER SERVICE STATION AND MOVED INTO MILO. IN 1945 THEY SOLD THE TRANSPORT COMPANY AND DEVELOPED BECKNER’S SERVICE, A FORD, CASE AND COCKSHUTT IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY OPERATED UNTIL 1974 AND CLINT PASSED AWAY LATER THAT YEAR AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1975 MARJORY MARRIED CARL JOHNSON. THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN MILO, UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1997 FIRST TO PETER DAWSON LODGE, CARL PASSED AWAY. SHE THEN MOVED INTO EXTENDICARE WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
IN HER EARLY YEARS, MARJORY ENJOYED READING, KNITTING, EMBROIDER, PLAYING SAXOPHONE AND PIANO AND TRAVELING.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON LES (CLAIRE) OF CALGARY, SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW CONNIE AIKEN IN ONTARIO, FOUR GRANDCHIDLREN DAVID AND HIS WIFE TERI, MICHAEL ALL IN ONTARIO, BONNIE (MURRAY) SPOONER OF CARSTAIRS AND ROBERT, TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN KELSY AND TAYLOR SPOONER, TWO BROTHERS ROBERT (EMERICE) SHORE OF LETHBRIDGE AND BRUCE (MOIRA) SHORE OF CALGARY, A SISTER KAY (CURTIS) DURIE OF SALEM, OREGON, A SISTER-IN-LAW MARGARET SHORE, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
MARJORIE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FIRST HUSBAND CLINTON IN 1974, HER SECOND HUSBAND CARL IN 1997, A SON DENNIS IN 1988, FIVE BROTHERS ALLAN, GEORGE, BOB, HAROLD, ERIC AND HIS WIFE EDNA.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD TUESDAY JULY 6, 1999 AT O PERFECT PEACE CEMETERY, MILO, ALBERTA AT 2 P.M. WITH NELLIE SPICER D.M. OFFICIATING.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN MARJORY’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE LONG TERM CARE UNIT OF THE VULCAN HOSPITAL.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633.