KUYKENDALL, GRACE AILEEN, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 11, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
GRACE WAS BORN APRIL 24, 1902 AT PATTERSON’S CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA. SHE WAS RAISED IN HER GRANDMOTHERS HOME. IN 1920 SHE MARRIED EDWIN RUSSELL KUYKENDALL, A GENERAL STORE KEEPER AT PATTERSON’S CREEK. THEY IMMIGRATED TO ALBERTA IN 1924, FOLLOWING EDWIN’S BROTHER, LAWSON’S INVITATION TO COME TO VULCAN. THEY MOVED TO THE REID HILL AREA EAST OF TOWN WHERE THEY OPERATED A GENERAL STORE AND THEN TO THIGH HILL TO FARM. IN 1942 THEY MOVED TO FARM IN THE SUNDRE AREA UNTIL EDWIN’S DEATH IN 1950. IN 1953 SHE MARRIED A NEIGHBOUR DANIEL JOHN ROSS OF VULCAN, A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND. THEY SHARED ONLY A SHORT TIME TOGETHER BEFORE DANIEL DIED IN AUGUST 1954. IN 1955 GRACE MARRIED LAWSON KUYKENDALL AND THEY ENJOYED
FIFTEEN YEARS OF HAPPINESS IN VULCAN BEFORE LOSS PASSED AWAY IN 1970.
GRACE WAS ALWAYS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH, UNITED CHURCH WOMEN, VULCAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, REBEKAH LODGE, ALBERTA WOMEN’S INSTITUTE, CANADIAN RED CROSS, ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION LADIES AUXILIARY, VULCAN DROP-IN CENTRE AND THE LADIES REST ROOM SOCIETY.
SHE HAD MANY HOBBIES AND ENJOYED HANDICRAFTS, ESPECIALLY QUILTING WHICH SHE HAS WON MANY AWARDS FOR OVER THE YEARS.
LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER MARY (LLOYD) MJOLSNESS OF CALGARY, TWO SONS KENNETH OF SURREY, B.C. AND GENE OF GRAND PRAIRIE, A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW PEGGY OF MEDICINE HAT, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
GRACE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FIRST HUSBAND EDWIN KUYKENDALL IN NOVEMBER 1950, HER SECOND HUSBAND DANIEL ROSS IN AUGUST 1954, HER THIRD HUSBAND LOSS KUYKENDALL IN NOVEMBER 1970, TWO SONS JAMES IN 1937 AND MARVIN KUYKENDALL IN 1991, TWO BROTHERS DON AND QUINN SHEFFLER AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 AT 3:00 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.