MARY BAHSLER – NEE: LONG, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MARCH 28, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
MARY WAS BORN AT GOODEVE, SASKATCHEWAN JULY 27, 1913. HER FATHER MARTIN LONG PASSED AWAY WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG. MARY’S MOTHER DOROTHY NEE: HERR REMARRIED A FEW YEARS LATER, AND THE FAMILY MOVED TO A FARM WHERE MARY GREW UP. MARY WAS BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED IN TO THE LUTHERAN FAITH.
ON JUNE IO, 1930 MARY AND JOHN WERE MARRIED AT HOFFENTHAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. TOGETHER THEY RESIDED IN THE LANGENBURG DISTRICT WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.
JOHN PASSED AWAY IN 1985 AND MARY MOVED TO LOMOND TO LIVE WITH HER DAUGHTER ISABEL IN 1987. MARY MOVED TO THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE IN 1996 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
MARY ENJOYED KNITTING, CROCHETING AND SEWING FOR HER FAMILY. SHE LOVED HER GARDEN, FLOWERS AND RASPBERRIES WHICH SHE SHARED WITH EVERYONE.
MARY IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS ISABEL (VERNE) VOLESKY OF LOMOND, DOREEN (DONALD) McLEOD OF THREE HILLS AND DIANA (ROY) ULMER OF BARRHEAD, A SON VALENTINE BAHSLER OF LANGENBURG, SASK., NINE GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW GERTIE LONG AND REGINA LANG, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
MARY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND JOHN, TWO BROTHERS, SEVEN SISTERS, HER PARENTS AND AN INFANT GRANDDAUGHTER.
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FRIDAY APRIL 4, 1997 AT 2 P.M. AT ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, LANGENBURG, SASKATCHEWAN WITH PASTOR MICHAEL BERGMAN AND PASTOR BILL RUSSELL OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY PLOT HOFFENTHAL CEMETERY.
MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN MARY’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.