DELLA ELAINE “DEL” DORSEY BALOG, PASSED AWAY MAY 17, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 54 YEARS.
DELLA WAS BORN DECEMBER 4, 1943 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AND WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR LOMOND WHERE DELLA ATTENDED SCHOOL. AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN SHE MOVED TO CALGARY AND ATTENDED HAIRDRESSING SCHOOL. SHE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE COURSE AND BEGAN WORKING IN THE FIELD, FIRST IN CALGARY THEN IN 1961 SHE MOVED TO WILLIAMS LAKE AND MANY OTHER PLACES, RETURNING TO VULCAN IN 1972. DELLA WAS EMPLOYED AT THE VULCAN HOTEL FOR MANY YEARS. IN 1978 SHE MOVED TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE AND WORKED WITH JOE BALOG. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1984 THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE THERE UNTIL DELLA RETURNED TO VULCAN IN HER OWN HOME IN 1993 THEN MOVED INTO THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER LONG TERM CARE UNIT IN 1997 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
DELLA ENJOYED FISHING, ESPECIALLY ON THE SASKATCHEWAN RIVER NEAR ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, WHERE THEY HAD A TRAILER PARKED FOR THE SUMMERS. DELLA ALSO ENJOYED WATCHING WWF WRESTLING, HER HERO WAS “HULK HOGAN”, GARDENING AND RIDING HORSES. SHE OWNED A HORSE BY THE NAME OF “WING WALKER” WHOM SHE LET A CLOSE FRIEND’S CHILD USE FOR HER 4H COMPETITIONS THAT WON MANY RIBBONS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON KEVIN DORSEY HIS SPECIAL FRIEND JEAN WILLIAMS OF EDMONTON, MOTHER STELLA (LLOYD) WILLIAMSON OF BROOKS, TWO BROTHERS MARVIN (HELENE) HENRICKSON AND LEROY HENRICKSON ALL OF LOMOND, STEPDAUGHTER BRANDY BALOG OF BANFF, A GRANDSON ASHTON DORSEY OF BOWDEN, A NIECE LOREEN HENRICKSON (ROD ORMAN), A NEPHEW LORNE (CONNIE) HENRICKSON , TWO AUNTS, THREE UNCLES AND NUMEROUS COUSINS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FATHER JERGEN HENRICKSON IN 1956.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE THURSDAY MAY 21, 1998 AT 1:30 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH REV. ED SUMMERS OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT VULCAN CEMETERY AT 3:30 P.M.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES COULD BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE VULCAN HEALTH CARE AUXILIARY L.T.C. GARDEN PROJECT BOX 299, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.