DeWITT, SARAH OLIVE, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE MARCH 18, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
BORN DECEMBER 28, 1901 IN SOUTHAMPTON, ONTARIO, OLIVE CAME TO ALBERTA IN 1911 WITH HER PARENTS NAT & ELIZABETH SPEER AND SETTLED IN THE VULCAN AREA. OLIVE MARRIED BILL DEWITT IN JULY OF 1919. THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN, OPAL (ERNIE) RIPSKI, OF ONOWAY, ALBERTA AND HAROLD (JOYCE) OF CALGARY. BILL AND OLIVE MOVED TO ARROWWOOD IN MARCH OF 1938. BILL PASSED AWAY IN 1975 AND OLIVE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN ARROWWOOD UNTIL 1982 WHEN SHE MOVED TO CARSELAND WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL MAY OF 1991. SHE SPENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF HER LIFE AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE WHERE SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 18, 1992.
OLIVE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 5 GRANDCHILDREN, BETTY PENNER, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, PAUL (WENDY) RIPSKI, STONY PLAIN, ALBERTA, KAREN ROTH, ONOWAY, ALBERTA, DOUGLAS DEWITT (NOLA) CARSELAND, ALBERTA AND MELANIE (TERRY) MACK OF CLARESHOLM,6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NEIL RIPSKI, JOHN, JOE & WILLIAM DEWITT, TRINA ROTH AND AMY MACK. ONE SISTER GLADYS ESLER OF CALGARY, 2 SISTERS-IN LAW BERNICE SPEER OF RIMBEY, ALBERTA AND BARBARA DEWITT OF HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA.
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