DOYLE, ELIZABETH “LIZZY”, PASSED AWAY THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, CARMANGAY, ALBERTA AUGUST 28, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 104 YEARS.
LIZY WAS BORN AT BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND ON APRIL 27, 1887. HER MOTHER DIED AT BIRTH AND SHE WAS RAISED BY HER AUNT AND UNCLE WHO WAS A CLERGYMAN ON HER MOTHERS SIDE OF THE FAMILY. SHE WORKED IN A FACTORY AND SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO COME TO STAVELY, ALBERTA WITH A FRIEND IN 1911. SHE WORKED THERE FOR A SHORT TIME, AND MARRIED JOHN HENRY “JACK” DOYLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1914. THEY CAME TO HOMESTEAD FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPION. THEN MOVED INTO TOWN IN 1924 AND CONTINUED TO FARM THE HOMESTEAD. SHE RETIRED AND TURNING THE FARM OVER TO HER SON TOM IN 1978. IT WAS SOLD IN 1987. IN 1978 SHE MOVED TO ALIX TO BE CLOSE TO HER DAUGHTER, THEN THE SAME YEAR, MOVED TO CARMANGAY AUXILIARY HOSPITAL WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
SHE LOVED TO SING, ESPECIALLY HYMNS, SHE ENJOYED FLOWERS, BIRDS, GARDENING, KNITTING AND PETS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER MRS. ROSE RICHARDSON OF ALIX, ALBERTA, A SON GEORGE DOYLE OF HANNA, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES SHARON NIELSEN OF RED DEER, HER CHILDREN CORDELL OF RED DEER AND SHELDON (MISTY) AND THEIR DAUGHTER STEPHANIE OF COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO, LYNDA (NEIL) FORSYTHE AND THEIR DAUGHTER SERENA OF DAWSON CREEK, B.C., GLORIA YEATMAN AND BOB, THEIR SONS SCOTT AND SHANE OF ROYSTOM,B.C. JOHN (VAL) RICHARDSON OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, THEIR CHILDREN DAN, ANGELA AND SCHAIE (IVAN) AND THEIR DAUGHTER JESSICA AND MURRAY DOYLE IN ONTARIO. NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS IN ENGLAND AND UNITED STATES.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND JOHN IN 1959 THREE SONS PATRICK IN 1959, TOM IN 1987 AND BOB IN 1990, A SON-IN-LAW LEE RICHARDSON.
FUNERAL SERVICES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1991 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, CHAMPION WITH PASTOR ANDY BLACK OFFICIATING. INTERMENT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, BOX 160, CARMANGAY, AB, T0L 0N0 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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