VILATE HARRIET KIMBALL FOWNES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JUNE 13, 1998 AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE, VULCAN , ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
VILATE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 20, 1902 AT SYNDERVILLE, UTAH AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO RAYMOND IN 1903 WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1921 SHE ATTENDED NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY. VILATE BEGAN HER FIRST TEACHING POSITION NEAR ALSASK, SASK. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AFTER GRADUATION IN 1922. SHE TAUGHT IN THE SIBBALD, ACADIA VALLEY AND EMPRESS AREAS.
VILATE MET AND MARRIED LEON SKILLEN FOWNES IN DECEMBER OF 1924, TOGETHER THEY FARMED AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY UNTIL RETIRING TO KINDERSLEY IN 1964. LEON PASSED AWAY IN 1977 AND VILATE CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN THEIR HOME UNTIL SHE MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1993 TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AND LATER IN 1996 TO EXTENDICARE.
VILATE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE RELIEF SOCIETY. SHE ALSO BELONGED TO THE KINDERSLEY DROP-IN CENTRE, WHERE SHE ENJOYED BOWLING WITH HER FRIENDS. SHE WILL BE MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM BOTH KINDERSLEY AND VULCAN.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS RUTH FOWNES OF VULCAN AND GLADYS HERTZ OF CALGARY, TWELVE GRAND CHILDREN, TWENTY-NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS LOLA FLEXHAUG OF LETHBRIDGE AND DELLA THOMPSON OF CLARESHOLM, SIX NIECES AND THREE NEPHEWS.
VILATE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND LEON IN 1977, A DAUGHTER LEONA IN 1934, TWO BROTHERS NORMAN KIMBALL AND JOHN KIMBALL, TWO SISTERS RUTH BAKER AND ELLEN KIMBALL.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY JUNE 17, 1998 AT 2 P.M. AT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, CHAMPION, ALBERTA, WITH BISHOP BRUCE K. SMITH OFFICIATING.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE AND INTERMENT THURSDAY JUNE 18, 1998 AT 2 P.M. AT KINDERSLEY CEMETERY, KINDERSLEY, SASKATCHEWAN WITH BISHOP DEAN CAMPBELL OFFICIATING.
HONORARY BEARERS LAWRENCE HERTZ, ROBERT HERTZ, DOUG HERTZ, ANTHONY HERTZ, DONNA HERTZ AND BEV KNUTSON-SHAW.
CASKET BEARERS GERALD HERTZ, JOY TILLEY, FRANCES ROSENAU, GREG HERTZ, DAN KNUTSON AND DALE KNUTSON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS IN MEMORY OF VILATE DONATIONS TO THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE AUXILIARY BOX 810, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.