ANNA MARIE (ANNA MAE) BEINGESSNER, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY JUNE 11, 2000 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 97 YEARS.
ANNA MAE AS MOST KNEW HER, WAS BORN NOVEMBER 30, 1902 ON THE FARM NEAR WALES, NORTH DAKOTA TO ANDREW AND MARY FATH. SHE ARRIVED IN THE CHAMPION AREA WITH HER PARENTS AND BROTHER IN 1912.SHE ATTENDED SHERWOOD SCHOOL, ST. ALOYSIUS CONVENT IN LETHBRIDGE AND HIAWATHA SCHOOL NEAR EIGHT MILE LAKE. UPON COMPLETION SHE WORKED IN VULCAN AND CALGARY, RETURNING TO WORK IN CHAMPION AT THE TELEPHONE OFFICE IN 1922. ANNA MAE MARRIED MIKE BEINGESSNER AT ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN VULCAN IN 1923. TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE ALSTON COMMUNITY UNTIL 1990 WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN. LATER ANNA MAE MOVED TO THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ANNA MAE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED SEAMSTRESS AND ENJOYED NEEDLE CRAFTS AND ALSO GARDENING.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. MARY’S ALTER SOCIETY AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ALSTON COMMUNITY.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER RUBY (PAUL) DeCLERCQ OF CHAMPION, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN CONNIE (MICHAEL) MORRISON OF RED DEER, LORI (WILL) AHART OF CHAMPION, DARRELL (CAROLINE) DeCLERCQ OF STAVELY, SCOTT (MONICA) DeCLERCQ OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ANNA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND MIKE IN 1990, AN INFANT SON CLARENCE, A BROTHER JOE IN 1984 AND SISTER-IN-LAW MARJ IN 1997 AND HER PARENTS.
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO PRAYERS AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHAMPION THURSDAY JUNE 15, 2000 AT 7:30 P.M.
FUNERAL MASS FRIDAY JUNE 16, 2000 AT 1:30 P.M. ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHAMPION WITH REV. FR. BENEDICTO M. MARINO AND REV. FR. LONG VU CELEBRANTS.
CASKET BEARERS ELMER GOETZ, MAX BEINGESSNER, DOUG BEINGESSNER, JERRY STRAUSS, ROY WALDEN AND GLENN FATH.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN ANNA MAE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CHAMPION CEMETERY MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION BOX 214 CHAMPION, TOL ORO.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. -485-2633 OR E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcafuneralhome@hotmail.com.