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JOHNSON, MARJORY LOUISE BECKNER FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JULY 3, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
MARJORY WAS BORN IN 1911 TO DICK AND LOUISE SHORE, SHE ATTENDED CORBIE HILL AND MILO HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED CLINTON “TOOKE” BECKNER IN 1933 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE McGREGOR SOUTH OF MILO, THEY PURCHASED THE MILO TRANSPORT AND MOVED CLOSER TO MILO. IN 1941 THEY PURCHASED SLIM MARSDEN’S SUPER SERVICE STATION AND MOVED INTO MILO. IN 1945 THEY SOLD THE TRANSPORT COMPANY AND DEVELOPED BECKNER’S SERVICE, A FORD, CASE AND COCKSHUTT

JANET WHITECROSS BROWN KERR, PASSED AWAY AT HOME WITH HER FAMILY JUNE 23, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
JANET WAS BORN DECEMBER 23, 1926 AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND TO HER PARENTS GEORGE AND MARGARET DAVIDSON. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN EDINBURGH. JANET ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE DURING THE WAR AND SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICE WOMEN IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, WINCHESTER AND SALISBERRY . IN 1947 SHE CAME TO CANADA AS A WAR BRIDE AND MARRIED JOHN BRUCE KERR IN 1948, A BANK MANAGER, TOGETHER THEY MOVED FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO ALBERTA AND BACK MANY TIMES. ARRIVING TO MANAGE THE CIBC BANK IN

THURZA MAE ARMEY, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JUNE 20, 1999 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
THURZA WAS BORN JUNE 12, 1914 AT MILDEN, SASKATCHEWAN . THE SIXTH OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO ELMER AND GERTIE GATES. THURZA ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT MILDEN THEN WORKED IN THE KITCHEN OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR A SHORT TIME. THURZA CAME TO THE ARROWWOOD AREA IN THE LATE 1930’S TO WORK FOR MRS. JOHN IRWIN. SHE LATER MARRIED CHESTER ARMEY IN 1939 AND. TOGETHER THEY FARMED UNTIL THEY RETIRED IN 1970 TO THE TOWN OF ARROWWOOD. IN

KLEINSASSER RACHEL J.
81 years
Born Nov. 07, 1917 at South Dakota Died June 20, 1999 at Vulcan, Alberta
SURVIVED BE HER BELOVED HUSBAND JOHN OF WILD ROSE COLONY, THREE DAUGHTERS LYDIA, SARA, JUSTINA, EIGHT SONS ELIAS, DANIEL, WILLIAM, ISACC, JOSEPH, GIDION, RONNIE AND MICHAEL, TWO BROTHERS JACOB AND GEORGE, ONE SISTER ELIZABETH.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY A DAUGHTER ELIZABETH, FOUR BROTHERS JOSEPH, DAVID, JOHN, MICHAEL, FIVE SISTERS JUSTINA, ANNIS, SARA, KATIE AND SUSIE.

DONALD ROY “DON”SOMMERS, OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS FARM WEST OF CHAMPION MAY 12, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
DON WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1932 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. DON ATTENDED HIAWATHA, ALSTON AND CHAMPION SCHOOLS. HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE LAND. DON WAS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS FARMER AND NEIGHBOR WHO WAS A KIND AND GENTLE PERSON. A MAN OF FEW WORDS BUT A MAN OF MUCH COMPASSION SAYING MORE WITH ACTIONS THAN WORDS. HE LOVED TO VISIT HIS MANY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. WINTER’S PROJECTS INCLUDED WORKING WITH METAL AND FABRICATING IMPROVEMENTS TO HIS MACHINERY, ALWAYS

FRED MILTON BROWN, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY APRIL 24, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
FRED WAS BORN JANUARY 2, 1918 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA TO HARRY AND FLORENCE BROWN. FRED ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ARROWWOOD UNTIL 1936 WHEN HE WENT TO WORK FOR COLIN PARKS, NORTH OF MOSSLEIGH. IN 1941 FRED JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AND SERVED IN CANADA AS GROUND CREW, THEN TO ENGLAND IN 1944. FRED RETURNED TO ARROWWOOD IN 1945 TO FARM. HE MARRIED JANE ANNE “NAN” BRUCE OF SCOTLAND A WAR BRIDE IN 1948 IN CALGARY. TOGETHER THEY RAISED THEIR

CLIFFORD VERNON “CLIFF” SCHULER, OF LETHBRIDGE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT CALGARY, ALBERTA APRIL 16, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 63 YEARS.
CLIFF WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 2, 1935 IN BIG RIVER, SASKATCHEWAN TO FRED AND GWEN SCHULER. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN SASKATCHEWAN, RED CROSS SCHOOL NEAR VULCAN AND LATER ATTENDED SAIT TO BEGIN HIS CAREER IN CARPENTRY. IN 1955 HE APPRENTICED WITH HIS UNCLE CARL IN HAWAII STAYING FOR SEVEN YEARS. FOLLOWING HAWAII, HE WORKED AS A CARPENTER FOR THREE YEARS IN AUSTRALIA. RETURNING TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1965, CLIFF HAD HIS OWN BUSINESS UNTIL 1975 THEN WORKED FOR

WURTZ, SAMUEL R.
69 years
Born January 11, 1930 at Magrath, Alberta Died April 16, 1999 at Calgary, Alberta
BELOVED HUSBAND OF WIFE RACHEL OF NEW DALE COLONY, TWO BROTHERS CHRIST AND JACOB AND SISTER KATIE WURTZ OF NEWDALE COLONY.
SAMUEL WAS PREDECEASED BY ONE BROTHER JOHN WURTZ AND HIS PARENTS.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, VULCAN, ALBERTA.

RALPH ROBERT LIGATE, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN ALBERTA APRIL 11, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS.
RALPH WAS BORN JULY 3, 1933 AT HANNA, ALBERTA TO JAMES ROBERT AND NETTIE LIGATE. RALPH ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE NINE. HE BEGAN WORKING AT CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY, JUNE 1, 1948 AS A CALL BOY. ONE OF HIS FIRST PURCHASES WAS A HI-FI FOR HIS MOTHER. HE THEN WORKED AS A CLERK IN DRUMHELLER FOR A WHILE AND IN 1952, RALPH ACCEPTED A TRANSFER WITH CN AND MOVED WITH HIS MOTHER TO CALGARY. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-SIX , RALPH WAS INTRODUCED

GEORGE JAMES GOOCH, FORMERLY OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA APRIL 8, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN AUGUST 25, 1921 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO PHILLIP SR. AND CLARISSA GOOCH. HE GREW UP IN THE QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT WHERE HE ATTENDED THE WILLARD SCHOOL. HE QUIT SCHOOL AT AN EARLY AGE TO WORK, AS MOST EVERYONE IN THOSE DAYS WERE HARD UP. HE WORKED FOR LOCAL FARMERS, MAINLY HARRY HOULTON, BOB HILL AND DAVE LEWIS. ON NOVEMBER 23, 1942 HE MARRIED MABEL HELLEVANG AND SHORTLY AFTER, HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMY AND WAS SENT OVERSEAS SIX