MARY ALICE MASSEY, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA APRIL 4, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
MARY WAS BORN MAY 26, 1910 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED KIRK MCKINION SCHOOL IN SUFFIELD, ALBERTA. SHE MOVED TO CHAMPION WERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE NINE. SHE THEN MOVED TO FORT MACLEOD UNTIL RETURNING TO CHAMPION TO WORK AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR FOR BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. SHE TRANSFERRED TO CHINOOK, ALBERTA WERE SHE MET AND LATER MARRIED ROLLAND JOSEPH MASSEY IN CALGARY IN 1931. THEY MOVED TO CLARESHOLM IN 1940 THEN TO DAWSON CREEK IN 1945. THEY LIVED IN MANY PLACES INCLUDING RAINIER, BOW CITY, BROOKS, EDMONTON THEN MOVING TO CHAMPION IN 1976. MARY CAME TO WHEAT COUNTRY HOMES IN VULCAN IN 1990. SHE THEN MOVED TO CALGARY WITH HER SON AND RETURNED TO VULCAN TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN 1992 WERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
MARY LOVED HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY THE TIMES VISITING. SHE ENJOYED COOKING AND DID NOT CARE FOR BLAND FOOD. SHE WOULD ALWAYS ADD A LITTLE ZING TO PEP IT UP. MARY ENJOYED HAVING VISITORS AND IN HER EARLY YEARS SHE ENJOYED DANCING, TO GO TRUCKING WITH HER HUSBAND AND SQUAW WRESTLING. SHE LIKED FAST MOVING CARS AND DUNE BUGGY RIDES WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN. MARY ALWAYS ENJOYED A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT SPORTS ESPECIALLY HOCKEY, PLAYING CARDS, CROCHETING AND KNITTING.
MARY WAS THE LOVING MOTHER OF TWO SONS – RON OF CHAMPION AND LAMOND (LORY) OF STRATHMORE, FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN MICHAEL (PAT) MASSEY, GRANT (KATHY) MASSEY, DARCY (KORI) MASSEY, MICHELE (KURTIS) HAIMILA, LYNETTE MASSEY, ROXANNE (ALBERT) WEEKS, DARLENE (SCOTT) WARDLEY, ANDY (JANETTE) CAMERON, TERRY (TIA), LYNN GAGNON, LAURIE GAGNON, WENDY MASSEY, DENISE MASSEY AND DEBBY MASSEY, TWENTY-EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER-IN-LAW HELMA SHARP OF VULCAN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
MARY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND ROLLAND IN 1985, A DAUGHTER LEONA GAGNON IN 1994, A SON TERRY IN 1973, A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW JEAN IN 1991, TWO SISTERS ANNIE HOPKINS AND MARGARET BASSET, A BROTHER BILL SHARP, AND HER PARENTS WILLIAM AND ALICE SHARP.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY APRIL 7, 1995 AT 3 P.M AT CHAMPION UNITED CHURCH WITH FRANK JOHNSON L.M. OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.
CASKET BEARERS MICHAEL MASSEY, GRANT MASSEY, DARCY MASSEY, ALBERT WEEKS, KURTIS HAIMILA AND SCOTT WARDLEY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE MAKE MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOOSING.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.