LOOSE, AGNES ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 7, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
AGNES WAS BORN MAY 10, 1910 AT DUNGANNON, IRELAND TO WILLIAM AND MARGARET WIER. SHE MARRIED OTTO LOOSE IN MAGRATH, ALBERTA. IN 1938 THEY MOVED TO VULCAN WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN, MARY LOU, OTTO “BUNTY” AND SHIRLEY MAE. THEY SETTLED ON A SECTION OF LAND EAST OF VULCAN (THE ROGER HUBBARD PLACE) AND TOGETHER THEY WORKED THE LAND.
IN 1945 THEY PURCHASED A SECTION OF LAND WEST OF VULCAN, AND IN THE FALL OF THAT YEAR THEY MOVED THERE, THEY FARMED BOTH PLACES UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT IN 1957, WHEN THEY MOVED TO RED DEER. ON JUNE 22, 1978 OTTO PASSED AWAY AND AGNES RETURNED TO VULCAN WHERE SHE LIVED ON HER OWN ON MAIN STREET UNTIL MOVING INTO EXTENDICARE IN THE MID 80’s.
LOVING MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS MARY LOU BUEHLER, SHIRLEY TRAUTMAN BOTH OF RED DEER, A SON OTTO “BUNTY” LOOSE OF VULCAN, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, SHARON (CALVIN) CRAWFORD OF MISSION, B,C, RANDY (SHIRLEY) BUEHLER OF OLDS, BRIAN (GWEN) BUEHLER, KEVIN BUEHLER, RHONDA MILLER, MELANIE (MIKE) SIMMONS, TERRY (STAN) RABCHAK ALL OF RED DEER, DARREN BUEHLER OF ALDER GROVE B.C, ROCKY (BARB) TRAUTMAN OF SYLVAN LAKE, LAVONDA (KIM) JUSTINICK OF VULCAN, CARL LOOSE OF VANCOUVER, TWENTY TWO GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
AGNES WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND OTTO, FOUR BROTHERS, THREE SISTERS AND HER PARENTS.
HER FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AT THE EXTENDICARE FOR THE WONDERFUL, LOVING CARE THEIR MOTHER RECEIVED OVER THE PAST YEARS.
A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1997 AT 1 P.M. WITH CREMATION AND INURNMENT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1997 AT MAGRATH CEMETERY, MAGRATH, ALBERTA.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, TRIBUTES IN AGNES’ MEMORY TO S.A.V.E. EXTENDICARE 715-2 AVE SOUTH VULCAN, ALBERTA, TOL 2BO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.