Obituaries

Walter William Clements of Vulcan, Alberta, formerly of High River passed away at Vulcan Extendicare Friday April 11, 2003 at the age of 85 years.
Walter was born April 5, 1918 at Richdale, Alberta to William and Florence Clements. He received his education at the Union Jack school, Corbihill school and Provost schools. After completing his schooling in the late 1930’s he moved and farmed in the Lindale area. On November 18, 1944 he married Mayme Neff at Carnwood, Alberta. In the spring of 1953 Walter and his family moved to Leduc, Red Deer, back to the farm

William Joseph “Joe” McCombe, of Lomond, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday April 11, 2003 at the age of 89 years.
Joe was born on May 22, 1913 at Alcan near Taber, Alberta. He grew up on the homestead west of Travers and completed grade 8 at Yetwood School before taking a mechanics course in Calgary. Joe married Ragna Nelson on March 31, 1949, farmed the homestead until its sale in 1951 and moved to central Alberta in 1953. He worked on various farms before returning to Lomond in 1966 where he and his wife were caretakers of the

Emma Kathleen Root, of Lomond passed away April 6, 2003 at the Vulcan Community Health Centre at the age of 72 years.
Emma was born July 18, 1930 in Glenboro, Manitoba to Robert and Ida Dodds. Following her schooling at the Glenboro school, Emma worked as a housekeeper looking after children. She moved west to Medicine Hat and then to Lomond in 1953, where she kept house for Mervin and Inez Liebreich. Emma met Jerry Root and they were married in Medicine Hat in June of the same year. In 1957 they built their first home in Lomond and in 1977

James “Bob” Monner, of Milo passed away April 6, 2003 at the Vulcan Community Health Center at the age of 81 years.
Bob was born April 9, 1921 at Gleichen, Alberta to Michael and Myrtle (nee: Baker). He attended Pioneer School for eight years, then Milo and completed High School at Western Canada High in Calgary. Bob joined the RCAF on September 1, 1941, trained as a mechanic in Edmonton and St. Thomas, Ontario. He served in Mont Joli, Quebec, then served with the 426 Bomber Squadron at Linton on Ouse, England.
Bob met Muriel Shepherd during the war and

Shirley Arlene Walker of Vulcan, Alberta passed away suddenly at Dillon, Montana Monday, March 3, 2003 at the age of 75 years.
Shirley was born July 16, 1927 at Youngstown, Alberta to Edward and Nelly (nee Lammedee) Rushfeldt. She attended Heinsburg School and later went to Camrose Lutheran College where she also did some substitute teaching. Shirley graduated from the Royal Alexandra Hospital nursing program in 1949 and this beautiful young woman began her nursing career at the Vulcan Municipal Hospital in 1950. That same summer she met her life partner, Donald Guy “Pat” Walker and they were

Albert Schierman of Vulcan was called home to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ February 25, 2003 at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta at the age of 78 years.
Albert was born in Calgary, Alberta August 15, 1924 to John and Mary (Dippel) Schierman. He grew up near Queenstown Alberta (1925-1937) where he attended Griffen school and near Vulcan (since 1937) where he attended Snake Creek school. He took over the family farm in 1950 and married Helen Rausch on November 1, 1952.
Albert enjoyed working with his hands at woodwork or lawn chair macrame, collecting coins and stamps, fishing, watching

Reginald Hugh Bomford, passed away February 21, 2003 at the Little Bow Continuing Care Centre, Carmangay, Alberta at the age of 78 years.
Reg was born January 7, 1925 at Ashern, Manitoba to Trevor and Henrietta Bomford. He worked in farming, but he really enjoyed working with cattle and horses. In November of 1947 he married Noma Ferguson and together they resided in Manitoba until 1951. They moved to Calgary and Reg began working for the City Water Works Department. They moved to Vulcan in 1955 to work as a grain buyer for many grain companies then moved to many