MCASKILE, DOROTHY JOYCE (nee: CLARK) WAS BORN ON HER GRANDPARENTS FARM AT LAKE CITY, IOWA ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1915 AND DIED JULY 16, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS, JOYCE CAME TO VULCAN WITH HER PARENTS ROSS AND ALICE CLARK, BROTHER JIM AND SISTER LILLIAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL.
JOYCE TOOK HER NURSES TRAINING AT CRANBROOK, B.C. GRADUATING IN 1939. SHE MARRIED CLIFFORD MCASKILE THAT SAME YEAR. SHE WORKED AT THE VULCAN HOSPITAL AND ALSO HELPED HER HUSBAND AND LATER HER SON OPERATE MCASKILE’S MENS WEAR FOR MANY YEARS.
IN MARCH OF 1993 SHE MOVED INTO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AND HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
JOYCE ENJOYED KNITTING, CROCHETING, SEWING AND DOING CROSSWORDS. SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO SPENDING HER SUMMER HOLIDAYS WITH HER DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTERS AT CHRISTINA LAKE, B.C. AND SEVERAL VISITS TO PARKSVILLE ,B.C. TO SEE HER SON AND HIS FAMILY.
JOYCE MADE MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS OVER THE MANY YEARS SHE RESIDED IN VULCAN, MANY STAYED BY HER SIDE IN THE LAST WEEKS. JOYCE SPENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS UNDER THE EXCELLENT CARE OF STAFF AND DOCTORS, WHO HELPED HER FIGHT A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. WE LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU — MOM, GRANDMA AND FRIEND.
JOYCE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING DAUGHTER CAROL (DAVID) ROLFE OF RED DEER, A SON ALLAN (DONNA) MCASKILE OF PARKSVILLE, B.C., SIX GRANDCHILDREN CLARK (ANNA) MCASKILE OF HIGH LEVEL, AB., KARA KEAM OF VANCOUVER, ALYCE FRYE OF VULCAN, EVAN MCASKILE OF PARKSVILLE, KATHY AND MAUREEN ROLFE BOTH OF RED DEER, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER JIM CLARK OF VULCAN A SISTER LILLIAN WILLIAMS OF TRAIL, B.C., NEPHEWS DAVID (EDNA) CLARK OF VULCAN, AND DALE (JAN) CLARK OF CALGARY.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND CLIFF IN 1986, HER PARENTS ROSS AND ALICE.
MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY JULY 23, 1994 AT 1:30 P.M. AT ST. ALDHELM’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, VULCAN WITH REV. JACK DALTON AND GAR MILNAR OFFICIATING.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO HER MEMORY TO THE PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.