GERDING, LORNA ELAINE, BELOVED WIFE OF JOE GERDING OF VULCAN, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL IN CALGARY ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
LORNA WAS BORN AUGUST 9, 1912 AT HEARNLEIGH, ALBERTA AND WAS RAISED ON THE HOMESTEAD IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT OF VULCAN. SHE ATTENDED MAYVIEW SCHOOL AND FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE ACCEPTED PART OF THE HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBLITIES.
SHE MARRIED JOSEPH GERDING JANUARY 17, 1941 AT VULCAN AND THEY CONTINUED TO FARM HER FATHER’S HOMESTEAD UNTIL RETIRING FROM FARMING IN THE EARLY 1980S. THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE ON THE FARM UNTIL THIS PAST SUMMER WHEN SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
LORNA LOVED HER FAMILY, HER CHILDREN AND HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS ALWAYS IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND KNEW ALL THEIR BIRTHDAYS AND FOLLOWED THEIR ACTIVITIES WITH GREAT INTEREST. SHE LOVED ALL CHILDREN AND WAS ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS.
SHE WAS ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH AS A MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE WHERE SHE SERVED FOR MAY YEARS. SHE ALSO SERVED AS ORGANIST FOR ST. ANDREWS PARISH AND AS PIANIST FOR THE ORDER OF THE ROYAL PURPLE AND A MEMBER OF THE BERRYWATER LADIES OF UNIFARM. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OFTEN PLAYED PIANO AND BAKED HER SPECIALTIES FOR THE MANY BAKE SALES IN THE AREA.
LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER EDNA (KEN) WILSON, A SON KEN (KAREN) GERDING, THREE GRANDCHILDREN JEFF AND TIM, ALL OF CALGARY AND ORLENA OF NANAIMO, BC., TWO BROTHERS LLOYD AND ED (MARGARET) RICHARDSON OF VULCAN AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, TWO BROTHERS LEE AND LESLIE (BERTHA) RICHARDSON AND A SISTER-IN-LAW CORA RICHARDSON.
FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO MEET FOR PRAYERS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1993 AT 7 PM AT ST. ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN.
FUNERAL MASS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1993 AT 10 AM, ALSO AT ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, WITH FR. CONRADO BELOSO CELEBRANT. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, TRIBUTES MAY BE MADE TO THE CANADIAN DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY, #104, 112 – 28 ST. SE, CALGARY, ALBERTA.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.