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JAMES CLAUDE “JIM” KELLY PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
JIM WAS BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1919 AT MONTREAL, QUEBEC. HE ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON APRIL 7, 1941 AND SERVED IN CANADA, BRITAIN AND NORTHWEST EUROPE. WHILE SERVING HIS COUNTRY JIM RECEIVED NUMEROUS MEDALS INCLUDING 1939-45 STAR, FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR, DEFENSE MEDAL, CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL WITH CLASP AND WAR MEDAL 1939- 45. JIM RECEIVED THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN SEPTEMBER 1945. FOLLOWING HIS LIFE IN THE ARMY, JIM WORKED AS

ADRIANNA “NANCY”den TUINDER, WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
NANCY WAS BORN DECEMBER 18, 1912 AT DORDRECHT, HOLLAND TO JURIE AND ROOKSJE VERSENDAAL. SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN HOLLAND AND IN 1929 RECEIVED A DIPLOMA AS A SEAMSTRESS. SHE MET AND MARRIED DIRK den TUINDER JUNE 6, 1934, TOGETHER THEY LIVED IN STRYEN, HOLLAND WHERE HE OWNED A MOTORCYCLE SHOP. NANCY SURVIVED A FLOOD IN 1953 THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF HER SISTER-IN-LAW AND A THIRTEEN MONTH OLD BABY. IN THE

CLAYTON LEROY HAMILTON, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE STRATHMORE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE SEPTEMBER 9, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
CLAYTON WAS BORN OCTOBER 26, 1926 AT HAMILTON, ONTARIO TO ROY AND MAYBELLE HAMILTON. THE FAMILY RESIDED AT NINGA, MANITOBA WHERE CLAYTON ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL WORKING FOR MANITOBA HYDRO. IN THE EARLY 1950’S HE TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF CALGARY ELECTRIC SYSTEM WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL RETIRING IN 1985. FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT HE ENJOYED MANY TRIPS TO THE STATES AND SUMMERS AT THE COTTAGE AT SIKSIKA. IN 1992 CLAYTON AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO VULCAN WHERE HE

ISABEL ANNIE SELLAND RILLING, WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
ISABEL WAS BORN AT LOMA, NORTH DAKOTA NOVEMBER 28, 1906 TO EDWIN AND RACHEL LAING THEY MOVED TO WINNIPEG WHERE ISABEL ATTENDED SCHOOL. THEN MOVED TO RETLAW AND THEN TO KIRKALDY, ALBERTA, WHERE ISABEL MET HENRY SELLAND, THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1926. THEY FARMED IN THE CHAMPION AREA UNTIL HENRY PASSED AWAY IN 1942. ISABEL MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE MET AND LATER MARRIED WILLIAM “BILL” RILLING. THEY MOVED

CONRAD DEAL, OF VULCAN, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST AUGUST 19, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 100 YEARS AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE NURSING HOME.
CONRAD WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 17,1898 AT SARATOV, RUSSIA TO CONRAD AND KATHERINE DEAL .HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1912 WITH HIS FAMILY FIRST SETTLING IN CALGARY, THEN IN 1923 HE MOVED TO MENDHAM, SASKATCHEWAN. HE MARRIED MARY GRAFF IN LEADER, SASKATCHEWAN DECEMBER 23, 1925. THEY MOVED TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT EAST OF VULCAN IN 1929. CON WORKED AS A CARPENTER BUILDING HOUSES, BARNS AND CABINETS AND IN 1940 HE HIRED ON

STANLEY HENRICK FRANK “STAN” HENRICKSON, FORMERLY OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY AUGUST 12, 1999 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
STAN WAS BORN MAY 18, 1920 AT HAZELET, SASKATCHEWAN TO SIGURD AND DOROTHY HENRICKSON. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING AT INDIAN HEAD, SASKATCHEWAN. IN 1927 HE MOVED INTO THE TOWN OF INDIAN HEAD WITH HIS FAMILY. IN 1929 HE MOVED TO THE BRUNETTA DISTRICT WHERE HE FINISHED SCHOOLING UP TO GRADE EIGHT. STAN WORKED FOR SEVERAL FARMERS IN THE ARMADA AND LOMOND DISTRICTS. IN 1940 HE STARTED FARMING WITH HIS BROTHER MAURICE AND EVENTUALLY TOGETHER THEY OPERATED

THELMA MADELINE BANNISTER, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR, AUGUST 11, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
THELMA WAS BORN MAY 18, 1920 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA TO HARRY AND FLORENCE BROWN. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO ONTARIO AT THE AGE OF THREE AND RETURNED TO THE ARROWWOOD AREA AT THE AGE OF FOUR. AT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE THELMA HAD RHEUMATIC FEVER AND SPENT EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN BED. SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN ARROWWOOD AND AFTER SCHOOL SHE WENT TO HENDERSON’S BUSINESS COLLEGE. THELMA WORKED IN THE BANK OF NOVA

GERALDINE FRANCES SPEER, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AUGUST 10, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GERRY WAS BORN MAY 17, 1922 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO LEO AND PAULINE SPANKE. SHE RECEIVED HER GRADE SCHOOLING IN VULCAN. IN 1939 SHE ATTENDED OLDS AGRICULTURE COLLEGE, GRADUATING IN 1940. IN 1942 SHE MARRIED HOWARD FOSTER AND HAD THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER. HOWARD PASSED AWAY IN 1965. A FEW YEARS LATER GERRY MARRIED ALLYN SPEER. IN 1983 ALLYN PASSED AWAY AND GERRY STAYED IN HER HOME FOR TEN YEARS UNTIL HER HEALTH STARTED TO FAIL. IN 1993 SHE MOVED TO THE WHEAT

MARY DEAL, OF VULCAN, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST JULY 25, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE.
MARY WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 24,1906 IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF LUDWIG AND MARIA GRAFF. IN 1907 SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO PRELATE AND THEN TO LEADER, SASKATCHEWAN AREAS WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. SHE MARRIED CONRAD DEAL IN LEADER, SASKATCHEWAN DECEMBER 23, 1925. THEY MOVED TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT EAST OF VULCAN IN 1929 WITH THEIR DAUGHTER DOROTHY. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THEY LIVED ON VARIOUS FARMS.

CHARLES WILBURN “CHUCK” BANNISTER, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JULY 8, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
CHUCK WAS BORN JULY 13, 1922 AT ELNORA, ALBERTA, THE SECOND SON OF CHARLES AND LILLIAN BANNISTER. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING IN THE MAYERTHORPE AREA UNTIL ABOUT GRADE SEVEN, HE HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FARM . JOBS WERE HARD TO FIND AND LIKE MANY OTHERS LOOKING FOR WORK, CHUCK RODE THE RAILS TO THE COAL BRANCH, THEN WORKED AT A LOGGING CAMP AT BLUERIDGE FOR AWHILE. AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS