HOOD, SHIRLEY MAE, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY ON APRIL 16, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 51 YEARS.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. DALE HOOD AND LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER BETTY BOTH OF VULCAN, THREE SONS ROBIN, NORMAN (ANGIE) OF CHAMPION, BRIAN (WANDA) OF VULCAN, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER MRS. DOROTHY (NORMAN) MILLER OF LETHBRIDGE, THREE BROTHERS – BOB GOOCH OF CALGARY, GEORGE(MABEL) GOOCH OF VULCAN AND BILL GOOCH OF MILO, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS PHIL AND CLARISSA GOOCH AND TWO BROTHERS HARRY AND PHILIP.
SHIRLEY WAS BORN AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON MAY 15, 1937 AND LIVED IN THE GLEICHEN DISTRICT. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN GLEICHEN, CLUNY AND MILO. IN OCTOBER 1956, SHE MARRIED ROBERT DALE HOOD IN GLEICHEN. SHE WORKED ON THE TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD, DROVE SCHOOL WHILE THEY RESIDED IN ARROWWOOD. IN JULY OF 1925, THEY CAME TO VULCAN WHERE SHIRLEY BEGAN WORK AS COOK AT THE PETER DAWSON LODGE UNTIL 1980 WHEN SHE TOOK A POSITION WITH TEXACO BULK STATION UNTIL 1988 WHEN HER HEALTH PREVENTED HER FROM WORKING.
SHE ENJOYED COOKING AND BEGAN COOKING WITH HER MOTHER WHO WOULD COOK FOR CONSTRUCTION CAMPS. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN.
FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY, APRIL 20 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH PASTOR DOUG ASTLE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY 317 – 10 ST. SOUTH, LETHBRIDGE T1J 2M7.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.