HINKLE, CARELL (GRAVES) PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY JUNE 5, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 53 YEARS.
CARELL WAS BORN OCTOBER 11, 1943 AT ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN TO RAE AND ROSS GRAVES. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND IN THE SUMMER OF 1947. SHE RETURNED TO CANADA THEN TO VULCAN IN 1956. CARELL ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN AND AFTER GRADUATING GRADE TWELVE IN 1962, SHE BEGAN WORKING AT THE BANK OF COMMERCE IN VULCAN, UNTIL SHE MOVED TO CALGARY AND WORKED FOR THE BANK AS AN ACCOUNTANT FOR SEVEN YEARS.
IN 1970 SHE MARRIED WILLIAM “BILL” HINKLE, TOGETHER THEY TRAVELED AND LIVED IN MANY COUNTRIES, HOLLAND, IRAN, AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING SEVERAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES, MOSTLY IN TEXAS, WHERE SHE TOOK AN ADVANCED COURSE AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY IN LAW AND BANKING.
SHE RETURNED TO VULCAN FROM JAPAN IN 1992 AND ENJOYED TRAVELLING THROUGH VARIOUS PARTS OF TEXAS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND RETURNING TO VULCAN DURING THE SUMMERS.
CARELL LOVED PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HER FAMILY, AND SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. HER FAVOURITE HOBBY WAS, AS SHE WOULD SAY “SPOILING BILL”. SHE ALSO HAD A TENDER PLACE IN HER HEART FOR CHILDREN.
SHE WAS VERY ARTISTIC AND ENJOYED HANDICRAFTS OF ALL KINDS, INCLUDING OIL PAINTING (ONE OF HER PAINTINGS STILL HANGS IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WOODLANDS, TEXAS), BARBWIRE WALL HANGINGS AND TRAVELLING.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. WILLIAM HINKLE OF VULCAN, LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER SUSAN HINKLE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, A SON THOMAS HINKLE OF KENNEDY, TEXAS , HER STEP-FATHER DON MARSHMAN OF VULCAN, BROTHER-IN-LAW COY (RENE) HINKLE OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, SISTER-IN-LAW ORETA (C.D.) HARRISON OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, TWO NIECES A NEPHEW, NUMEROUS COUSIN S AND HER DOG (DIRTY HARRY).
CARELL WAS PREDECEASED BY HER MOTHER RAE MARSHMAN IN 1991.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY JUNE 10, 1997 AT 10 A.M. AT CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 16, 1997 AT 2 PM AT ROSE HILL CEMETERY, BLOOMING GROVE, TEXAS.
CASKET BEARERS WERE LYNDON MITCHELL, SCOTT MITCHELL, RANDY WOLFE, JOHN WOLFE, NICK PETKAU, JOE DENBIGH AND SIMON WIERSMA.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN CARELL’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE VULCAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, BOX 813, VULCAN, ALBERTA, T0L 2B0.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.