ELSIE SCHLAHT, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY MANY IN LOMOND AS GRANDMA SCHLAHT, BELOVED WIFE OF THE LATE SAM SCHLAHT, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AUGUST 27, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
ELSIE WAS BORN OCTOBER 23, 1905 IN KRYM, RUSSIA AND CAME TO SCHULER, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. AT AN EARLY AGE SHE STAYED HOME TO LOOK AFTER HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND WORK AROUND THE FARM. SHE MARRIED SAMUEL “SAM” SCHLAHT IN FEBRUARY OF I924. TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO LOMOND IN 1937 AND LATER PURCHASED AND OPERATED THE POOL HALL AND BARBER SHOP. THEY SOLD THE SHOP AND RETIRED IN I973. ELSIE MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1992, FIRST TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AND THEN TO EXTENDICARE WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
ELSIE WAS VERY CLOSE TO HER CHURCH AND THEY DONATED THE LAND THE BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH WAS BUILT ON. ELSIE SPENT A LOT OF TIME KEEPING IT CLEAN AND PUTTING ON THE COFFEE BEFORE SUNDAY SERVICES. SHE ENJOYED MUSIC AND SANG IN THE CHURCH CHOIR. SHE WAS USUALLY THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE AFTER EVERYTHING WAS CLEANED UP.
SHE WAS A VERY INDEPENDENT PERSON WHO RARELY ASKED FOR HELP. PART OF HER DAILY ROUTINE WAS TO WALK ACROSS TOWN CARRYING A PAIL. ON HER WAY TO AND FROM MILKING THE COWS, SHE CLEANED THE PATH SHE WALKED ON. ELSIE WAS A VERY RESOURCEFUL PERSON, WHO WOULD NOT THROW OUT ANY WORKING PIECE OF FABRIC OR EQUIPMENT. WHEN SHE RECEIVED A NEW MACHINE IT WOULD BE STORED UNTIL THE CURRENT ONE QUIT WORKING. SHE HAD TO HAVE NEW CUPBOARDS BUILT TO STORE THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND EMPTY BOXES UNTIL
THE OLD ONES GAVE OUT.
ELSIE WAS A VERY BUSY LADY, ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING. WHILE SITTING DOWN SHE WOULD CROCHET AND DARN OLD CLOTHING AND SOCKS INTO NEW CREATIONS. SHE ALSO DID CRAFTS AND DONATED THEM TO THE CHURCH BAZAARS, AND GREW MANY INDOOR PLANTS. SHE ENJOYED GOING TO THE BROOKS RODEO WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN AND ATTENDING AUCTION SALES.
ELSIE WAS A VERY GOOD COOK, HER DOUGHNUTS WERE FAMOUS. SHE LOVED CHILDREN AND ALWAYS HAD A JAR OF CANDY, WAGON WHEELS OR ICE CREAM ON HAND FOR THEM, CHRISTMAS AND HALLOWEEN WERE ALWAYS SPECIAL TIMES FOR HER TO LOAD THE KIDS UP WITH TREATS.
ELSIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN WOMEN AND THE GOODWILL CLUB.
ELSIE IS SURVIVED BY A SON TED (BETTY) SCHLAHT OF OLIVER, B.C., A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LAVERNE SCHLAHT OF LOMOND, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN RANDY, RON (MARGARET), STEVE (BRENDA) ALL OF LOMOND AND JOANNE (BARRY) MONNER OF MILO, NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, THREE SISTERS ROSALIE ODENBACH AND CHRISTINA TIERELE BOTH OF MEDICINE HAT AND EMMA THOMSON OF WETASKIWIN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND SAM IN 1978, TWO SONS CLIFF IN 1993 AND LLOYD IN 1994, FOUR SISTERS ADAILIA, OLGA, LENA AND AUGUSTA, A BROTHER OTTO, A GRANDSON VERNON AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY AUGUST 30, 1997 AT 1 P.M. AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH PASTOR ED SUMMERS OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY AT 3:30 P.M.
CASKET BEARERS WERE RANDY SCHLAHT, RON SCHLAHT, STEVE SCHLAHT, BARRY MONNER, CURT SCHLAHT AND CHAD MONNER.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN ELSIE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND TOL IGO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.