QUIGLEY, LAURINE ELNA GRACE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME IN CALGARY, ALBERTA ON MAY 14, 1991.
LAURINE ELNA GRACE THOMANDER QUIGLEY WAS BORN OCTOBER 1, 1918, IN VULCAN ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED SUNNYLAKE SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE 9, THEN WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN MILO AND FINISHED IN VULCAN.
LAURINE MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM HOLY CROSS SCHOOL OF NURSING IN 1941. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM A. QUIGLEY IN 1944 AND MOVED TO EDMONTON, AND BEGAN RAISING A FAMILY. LAURINE HAD THREE CHILDREN, KAREN, KATHY, AND DAVID. AFTER RAISING HER CHILDREN, LAURINE MOVED BACK TO CALGARY IN 1974 AND RESUMED HER NURSING CAREER AT THE BETHANY NURSING HOME.
LAURINE WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL TO MILO TO SPEND TIME WITH HER SISTER ELVERA, BROTHERS HAROLD, LLOYD, FLOYD, AND THEIR FAMILIES. SHE RETIRED HAPPILY AND SETTLED INTO A SENIOR CITIZENS APARTMENT AND HAD MANY GOOD FRIENDS. LAURINE LIKED TO PLAY THE PIANO, WRITE POETRY, AND COMPLETED HER LIFE FANTASY BY TAKING A CARIBBEAN CRUISE. LAURINE WAS KNOWN FOR HER WIT, INTELLIGENCE AND STRENGTH. ALTHOUGH SHE HAD PERIODS OF ILL HEALTH, SHE STILL MANAGED TO EFFECT PEOPLE’S LIVES IN A POSITIVE WAY AND WILL BE TRULY MISSED.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS KAREN (DAVID) TOUGAS OF EDMONTON AND KATHY (ALLAN) LABERGE OF CALGARY, A SON DAVID AND HIS SPECIAL FRIEND SUSAN O’SULLIVAN OF EDMONTON, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN CHRIS, KELSIE, AARON, BLAIR, AND DANIEL, A SISTER ELVERA (ROY) PAGE OF HIGH RIVER, A BROTHER LLOYD (BETTY) ARMSTRONG OF MILO, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
LAURINE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS AND TWO BROTHERS HAROLD AND FLOYD.
FUNERAL SERVICES TUESDAY MAY 21, 1991 AT 1:00 P.M. AT MILO UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. ERNIE ROBERTS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT O’ PERFECT PEACE CEMETERY, MILO, ALBERTA.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION C/O TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE 1331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY, T2N 929 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS PHONE 1-403-485-2633.