FULTON, MARY ETHEL OF CALGARY, AND FORMERLY OF VULCAN, AB, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON OCTOBER 7, 1994 AT 89 YEARS OF AGE AT THE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, IN CALGARY.
ETHEL WAS BORN AUGUST 27, 1905 AT MAXVILLE, ONTARIO. SHE CAME OUT WEST TO FLAXCOMBE, SASK, WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1924 SHE CAME TO VULCAN TO VISIT RELATIVES AND REMAINED IN THE AREA TO WORK AS A MOTHER’S HELPER FOR VARIOUS FAMILIES IN THE AREA. SHE MET WILLIAM ROY FULTON IN VULCAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN SASKATCHEWAN IN 1927. THEY RESIDED ON THE W.G. PETERSON FARM, NORTH OF VULCAN. IN 1933 THEY MOVED TO BEISEKER AND LATER IN 1943 MOVED BACK TO VULCAN TO OPERATE THE RED AND WHITE GROCERY STORE.
THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN 1977 IN VULCAN. SHE MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1937 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
ETHEL LOVED HER FAMILY AND ALL THE SPECIAL TIMES TOGETHER. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WOMEN AND ENJOYED WORKING TOGETHER WITH HER FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS.
ETHEL IS THE DEAR MOTHER OF BETTY (KEITH) HARRISON AND ENID (JAKE) HAMM, SISTER OF JEAN HAMILTON ALL OF CALGARY, AND SISTER-IN-LAW OF DORIS MacRAE OF FLAXCOMBE, SASKATCHEWAN. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN JOANN (GEORGE), SHEILA, BROCK (BARB), GAIL AND ALLISON, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN CHAD, SCOTT, KAREN AND TARA AS WELL AS SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND CLOSE FRIENDS.
ETHEL WAS PREDECEASED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND ROY IN 1978 AND A SON LYLE IN 1944.
FUNERAL SERVICES AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994 AT 3:30 P.M. WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CALGARY 4112-4 ST. N.W. T2K 1A2 AND/OR THE ALBERTA LUNG ASSOCIATION 826, 205-9 AVE S.E. CALGARY T2G OR3.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.