DAVIS, FLORENCE MARIE MARGARET, FORMERLY OF BATOCHE, SASKATCHEWAN AND CALGARY, WAS CALLED HOME BY HER LORD AND SAVIOUR AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 18, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
FLORENCE WAS BORN AUGUST 2, 1927 AT BATOCHE, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. SHE MOVED TO PRINCE ALBERT THEN TO NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. THEN BACK TO PRINCE ALBERT WHERE SHE ATTENDED BUSINESS COLLEGE TO LEARN SECRETARIAL SKILLS. IN 1949 SHE BEGAN WORKING FOR MR. CHIPPERFIELD, A REAL ESTATE AGENT, WHERE SHE WORKED UNTIL MOVING TO CALGARY IN 1956. SHE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR VARIOUS INSURANCE COMPANIES. SHE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY OF MONTGOMERY AND LATER IN 1972 MOVED TO VARSITY ACES IN CALGARY.
SHE MET WILLIAM JAMES DAVIS IN 1950 AND THEY WERE MARRIED. THEY MOVED TO ST. LAURENT ,SASKATCHEWAN IN 1985 THEN IN 1992 CAME TO VULCAN WHERE THEY HAV RESIDED SINCE.
FLORENCE LOVED BEING WITH HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE LIKED CROCHETING, KNITTING, PICKING BERRIES AND MAKING PRESERVES. IN HER EARLY YEARS SHE ATTENDED ST. BERNARD’S AND ST. LUKE’S PARISHES. SHE AND JIM WHERE MEMBERS OF SUNALTA SQUARE DANCE CLUB IN CALGARY FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE WITH THE SHRINE AT ST. LAURENT, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SHE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN ST. ANTONY’S CHURCH IN BATOCHE WHERE SHE SANG IN THE CHOIR AND WAS THE SECRETARY TREASURER FOR THE CHURCH COUNCIL.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. WILLIAM JAMES DAVIS OF VULCAN, LOVING MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS MARLENE (GORDON) FERGUSON, SHIRLEY (KEN) KELLNER, ALL OF CALGARY AND DIANE (ANDY) BROERE OF VULCAN, A SON GEORGE (SHARON) PILON OF CALGARY, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, JEFF, KARL, KEVIN, GEORGE, JASON, NICOLE AND KENT A BROTHER PAT (RUBY) PILON OF BATOCHE, SASK., TWO SISTERS JOSIE (ED) LARIVIER OF CALGARY AND BLANCHE (HENNING) BRINK OF CALGARY, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
FLORENCE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER MOTHER ELMIRE (nee; FIDDLER), HER FATHER WILLIAM JOHN PILON, A SISTER MARIE, TWO BROTHERS GEORGE AND OSCAR.
FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO MEET FOR PRAYERS FRIDAY AUGUST 20,1993 AT 7:00 P.M. AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN.
FUNERAL MASS SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1993 AT 10:30 A.M. ALSO AT ST. ANDREW’S, VULCAN, WITH FR. CONRADO BELOSO CELEBRANT. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, FRIENDS ARE ASKED TO MAKE MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THE VULCAN AMBULANCE SERVICE C/O VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.