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VIOLET “VI” STULBERG OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY MAY 20, 2000 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
VI WAS BORN MARCH 6, 1927 AT LAURENCE KIRK SCOTLAND TO CUMMIN AND ALICE MATHIESON. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO COLD CREEK COLONY SASKATCHEWAN IN 1930. SHE RECEIVED HER EARLY SCHOOLING AT COLD CREEK SCHOOL, AND AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN MOVED TO MOOSE JAW, WHERE SHE CONTINUED WITH HER EDUCATION. VI WORKED AT JOHNNIE’S BAKE SHOP DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND AT SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHE HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL TO LOOK AFTER HER MOTHER

WILLIAM EARL “BILL” FRANCIS, OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY MAY 20, 2000 AT THE PETER LOUGHEED HOSPITAL, CALGARY AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
BILL WAS BORN OCTOBER 21, 1920 AT BASSANO, ALBERTA TO WILLIAM AND ELLA FRANCIS. HE BEGAN HIS SCHOOLING IN THE MILO DISTRICT, ATTENDING ROCKY BUTTE SCHOOL, THEN MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO NIAGRA, ONTARIO WHERE THEY RESIDED FOR FOUR YEARS, THEN RETURNED TO THE MILO AREA. BILL ENLISTED WITH THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE INFANTRY FROM 1943 TO 1945. HE RETURNED TO THE MILO DISTRICT WHERE HE CONTINUED FARMING.
BILL LOVED HIS FAMILY AND

VIOLET LAURETTA “VI” DECKER PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE APRIL 30, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
VIOLET WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 14, 1909 AT RUSHFORD, MINNESOTA TO EVAN AND LILA EBNER. SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN CONSUL, SASKATCHEWAN. VIOLET GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR ROBSART, SASKATCHEWAN. VIOLET MARRIED MATHAIS DECKER IN MAY 1942 AND THEY RESIDED IN VULCAN UNTIL 1945, MOVING TO MANY PLACES AND IN SEPTEMBER 1950 THEY MOVED TO CHAMPION. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND IN 1963 SHE BRIEFLY MOVED TO CALGARY AND RETURNED TO VULCAN IN 1967, WHERE SHE HAS

REV. ERNEST ISAAC LOSEY WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST APRIL 30, 2000 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS.
ERNEST WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10, 1906 AT BARRON COUNTY, WISCONSIN FIFTH CHILD OF SEVEN BORN TO LAFAYETTE AND GRACE LOSEY. IN 1922 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, ERNEST AND HIS FATHER MOVED TO BRUSH PRAIRIE AND LATER WOODLAND, WASHINGTON. IT WAS A SUMMER DAY IN 1924 THAT ERNEST ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR. GOD CALLED HIM TO PREACH AND HE ATTENDED MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE AND THEN WESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN PORTLAND,

VIOLET MARY RUGGLES OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY APRIL 23, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
VIOLET WAS BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1913 ON THE FAMILY FARM AT SWEET VALLEY NEAR LOMOND TO THOMAS AND WINIFRED CHAPMAN. SHE TRAVELED BY A HORSE DRAWN VAN TO ATTEND LOMOND SCHOOL AND KEPT HER FEET WARM IN THE WINTER WITH A CHARCOAL HEATER. SHE HELPED HER FATHER IN THE FIELD AND WORKED AS A COOK FOR THE THRASHING CREWS. SHE TOOK CARE OF WAYNES, GRANDMA GRAY, WHILE HER CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL AND

DOUGLAS BRUCE “DOUG” MAISEY PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY APRIL 20, 2000 AT VULCAN AT THE AGE OF 57 YEARS.
DOUG WAS BORN DECEMBER 22, 1942 IN RED DEER, ALBERTA TO ARTHUR AND JANET MAISEY. HE STARTED HIS FARMING CAREER IN VULCAN AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF THIRTEEN, SPENDING EVERY SUMMER ON THE FARM. HE JOINED THE ARMY AT AGE SEVENTEEN AND AFTER HIS RELEASE AT AGE TWENTY-ONE HE MADE VULCAN HIS HOME. DOUG WORKED AS A PLUMBER FOR A FEW YEARS THEN HE TOOK UP HIS FIRST LOVE, FARMING. FROM THE TIME HE COULD TALK HE WANTED TO BE A “BOMBER”

CAROLINE ANNA “CARRIE”GRAHAM, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY APRIL 20, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
CARRIE WAS BORN MAY 13, 1914 AT CARSTAIRS, ALBERTA TO ROBERT AND ANNA REID. THEY RESIDED ON A FARM IN THE CREMONA AREA, FOLLOWING A FARMING ACCIDENT HER FATHER BEGAN TEACHING. AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS, CARRIE MOVED TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN ONTARIO. SHE RETURNED HOME AFTER THREE YEARS, AND ANNOUNCED, SHE WAS NOT GOING BACK AND COMPLETED HER GRADE 12 IN EDMONTON. SHE COMPLETED NORMAL SCHOOL AND BEGAN TEACHING IN RURAL ALBERTA DURING THE THIRTIES. CARRIE PLANNED COMMUNITY DANCES

VERNE FRANCIS VOLESKY PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HOME IN LOMOND SUNDAY APRIL 16, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
VERNE WAS BORN MARCH 20, 1929 AT BASSANO, ALBERTA TO ANTON AND ALICE VOLESKY. HE ATTENDED MIDWAY AND LOMOND SCHOOLS. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS SCHOOLING HE STARTED HIS OWN TRUCKING BUSINESS IN 1947, HAULING COAL AND WHEAT. IN 1949, WHILE CONTINUING HIS TRUCKING BUSINESS, HE STARTED FARMING EAST OF LOMOND, ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS BADGER LAKE. ON OCTOBER 10, 1952 VERNE MARRIED ISABEL BAHSLER AT IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN LETHBRIDGE. THEY THEN MOVED ONTO THE

WILLIAM “BILL” SAWCHUK Born September 27, 1911 at Arron, Saskatchewan Died April 15, 2000 at Vulcan, Alberta.
Memorial held on Thursday, April 20, 2000 at 1:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home, 1708 – 16 Avenue NW, Calgary, AB.
If friends so desire, donations in Bill’s memory may be made to the charity of your choice.

RUSSELL LAMONT FINDLAY, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE APRIL 5, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
RUSSELL WAS BORN AT SAND POINT, IDAHO MAY 4, 1925 TO LAMONT (MONT) AND VERA FINDLAY. THEY MOVED TO MOUNTAIN VIEW, LOMOND, THEN TO BLACKIE, WHERE HE BEGAN SCHOOL AND CAME TO VULCAN IN 1939 WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1945 HE BEGAN WORKING AT BILL BROWN’S GARAGE, WHERE HE BEGAN LEARNING AUTO BODY WORK. RUSSELL APPRENTICED AT RAE’S AUTO BODY SHOP UNTIL 1952. THEN HE WORKED FOR STAN SCALE’S MOTORS ON MAIN STREET. HE JOINED WITH ROY