VAN DE RYSE, MARGARET LAWRIE OF KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY NOVEMBER 23, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
MARGARET WAS BORN MAY 3, 1924 AT ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND AND CAME AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS TO THE ORKNIE AREA WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND LIVED ON A FARM. IN 1940 THE FAMILY MOVED INTO DRUMHELLER WHERE SHE MET AMBROSE. THEY WERE MARRIED IN MAY OF 1942. IN 1957 THEY MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE THEY RESIDED UNTIL MOVING TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1990 THEN TO KIRKCALDY IN 1992 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
MARGARET LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE ALSO LOVED FLOWERS AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES SHE LIVED. SHE ENJOYED
CROCHETING, KNITTING AND WAS VERY GOOD AT EMBROIDERING, SHE ALSO ENJOYED CROSSWORD PUZZLE BOOKS.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. AMBROSE VAN DE RYSE OF KIRKCALDY, LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER ELIZABETH (WAYNE BOUTWELL) LANDRY, A SON ROBERT (ELIZABETH) VAN DE RYSE ALL OF CALGARY, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, HER MOTHER ANNABEL STANGER OF DRUMHELLER, A BROTHER THOMAS STANGER OF VANCOUVER, A SISTER LIZZIE VAN DE RYSE OF DRUMHELLER, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND HER CLOSEST FRIENDS JIM (SAM) NORTHCOTT.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY NOVEMBER 28 , 1994 AT 2 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1994 AT 2 P.M. AT DRUMHELLER CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO EITHER THE HEART FUND, 1825 PARK RD. S.E. CALGARY, T2G 3Y6 OR CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOC., 114, 1212-1 ST. S.E. CALGARY, T2G 0G8.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.