JACKSON, MARY JANE “MAE” PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL APRIL 30, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF ALLAN AND HIS WIFE SUE JACKSON OF VULCAN, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN BRENT (NIKKI) OF JAKARTA, INDONESIA, BRAD (JILL) AND GERRY (ANNE) OF LETHBRIDGE AND DARCY (RANDY) OBERHOLTZER OF ARROWWOOD, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN JOSH, KIRBY, ELLIOTT AND REBECCA.
MAE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FATHER JAMES W. AND MARY JANE JACKSON, FOUR SISTERS AND THREE BROTHERS.
MAE WAS BORN AT INDIAN HEAD, SASKATCHEWAN JULY 20, 1905. AT THAT TIME IT WAS STILL KNOWN AS THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WIDE AWAKE AND INDIAN HEAD, SHE CONTINUED HER EDUCATION IN REGINA, FIRST AT SECRETARY SCHOOL THEN IN NURSING.
SHE CAME TO THE SWAN RIVER VALLEY AREA IN MANITOBA IN 1936 WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1987, FIRST TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE THEN TO EXTENDICARE.
MAE ENJOYED GARDENING. SHE ALWAYS GREW ONE THAT WAS TWICE AS LARGE AS SHE NEEDED AND WOULD GIVE MOST OF IT AWAY TO THOSE WHO NEEDED THE FOOD.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1992 AT 10:30 A.M. AT VULCAN FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION 1331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY T2N 929 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, 403-485-2633.