Obituaries

HUGH BANNERMAN WINCH, PASSED AWAY AT THE PETER LOUGHEED HOSPITAL, CALGARY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
HUGH WAS BORN JANUARY 10, 1913 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA TO HENRY AND ALMEDITH WINCH. THE FAMILY RESIDED IN THE MAJORVILLE DISTRICT AND HUGH ATTENDED LIBERTY AND EAST MAJORVILLE SCHOOLS.
HUGH MARRIED BERNICE RUSSELL OF QUEENSTOWN IN 1933. THE FOLLOWING SUMMER THEY LOOKED AFTER CATTLE AND HORSES ON PASTURE NEAR LATHOM. THAT FALL THEY MOVED TO DIDSBURY TO WORK WITH HIS BROTHER IVAN IN A TRUCKING BUSINESS, HAULING MINE PROPS FROM THE BUSH WEST OF DIDSBURY, OLDS AND

EVA KSENYCH OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY AUGUST 28, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
EVA WAS BORN MARCH 19, 1925 TO DUMITRU AND ECATERINA VILCU ON THE FARM NEAR DYSART, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1945 THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE HUNTOON DISTRICT WHERE SHE MET JOHN KSENYCH. THEY WERE MARRIED IN NOVEMBER OF 1947 AT THE ROMAN AND MARY KSENYCH FAMILY FARM NEAR INNIS, SASKATCHEWAN. THEY RESIDED AT INNIS AND OPERATED A MERCANTILE STORE. IN 1951 THEY MOVED TO THE GRASSDALE DISTRICT SOUTH WEST OF WEYBURN, TO FARM UNTIL 1954 WHEN THEY

ELIZABETH “LILLIAN” LIL STEPHENS OF ARROWWOOD, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AUGUST 19, 2000 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
LIL WAS BORN DECEMBER 21, 1924 AT SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN TO MATHEW AND ELLEN MAGILL. SHE ATTENDED KING GEORGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND LEARNED TO TAP DANCE AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME AT THE SANATORIUM BEFORE SHE MET DONALD RAYMOND STEPHENS IN 1942 AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN JUNE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEY MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1945 BUILT A HOUSE ON 21ST AVENUE AND LATER MOVED TO NORTHMOUNT CRESCENT. UPON DONALD’S RETIREMENT THEY MOVED TO LANTZVILLE

PHYLLIS HEGLAND, OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY AUGUST 2, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS BORN FEBRUARY 7, 1922 ON HER GREAT GRANDFATHER FRED ALCOCK’S FARM NEAR CHAMPION, THE ONLY CHILD OF DUANE AND MAY CHAMBERLAIN. IN 1927 HER FAMILY MOVED TO KARIMUIR, ALBERTA WHERE SHE STARTED SCHOOL AND IN 1929 RETURNED TO CHAMPION WHERE SHE COMPLETED HER SCHOOLING.
FOLLOWING GRADUATION PHYLLIS WORKED IN LOMOND AT THE SPECIAL AREAS OFFICE AND IN THE EARLY 1940’S SHE WORKED FOR SHORTY HARRIS AND MARTIN MATLOCK AS A BOOKKEEPER IN CHAMPION. IN 1942 SHE MARRIED RUSSELL HEGLAND

ELGIN DALE DUECK PASSED AWAY JULY 25, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 63 YEARS.
DALE WAS BORN JUNE 30, 1937 AT HANOVER, MANITOBA TO FRANK AND MATHILDA DUECK. HE WAS PLACED IN AN ORPHANAGE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY EDUCATION IN WINNIPEG AND AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN MOVED IN WITH HIS AUNT AND UNCLE AT ROSENHOFF, MANITOBA. HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION AT ROSENHOFF AND JOINED THE AIR FORCE IN 1957. HE WAS STATIONED AT GIMLI, MANITOBA WHERE HE SERVED AS AN AIR CRAFT MECHANIC. IN

LOIS MARION SCHNEIDER, FORMERLY OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY JULY 23, 2000 AT LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL CARMANGAY AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
LOIS WAS BORN JUNE 22, 1904 AT WESTHOPE, NORTH DAKOTA TO JOHN AND MARGARET CRAIG. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CLARESHOLM IN 1907. IN 1909 THEY MOVED TO THE FARM EAST OF BARONS. SHE ATTENDED BLACK SPRING RIDGE DISTRICT SCHOOL EAST OF CARMANGAY DURING HER ELEMENTARY YEARS. SHE RECEIVED HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR SCHOOLING IN CLARESHOLM AND LETHBRIDGE. ON JUNE 25, 1930 SHE MARRIED BUD SCHNEIDER ON HER PARENTS FARM AT BARONS. THEY LIVED ON THE FARM

GEORGE LEVERN “BUSTER” ARMSTRONG FORMERLY OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY JULY 13, 2000 AT VICTORIA, B.C. AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
BUSTER WAS BORN JANUARY 20, 1920 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO GEORGE AND MABEL (nee:FERNLEY). HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD. BUSTER ATTENDED SUNNY LAKE SCHOOL WITH HIS SISTER ADELINE WHO LOOKED AFTER CLEANING AND BUSTER’S JOB WOULD BE CHOP WOOD AND LIGHT THE STOVE TO WARM UP THE SCHOOL FOR CLASSES.
HIS FATHER SUFFERED A STROKE WHEN BUSTER WAS FOURTEEN SO HE TOOK ON RESPONSIBILITY AT AN EARLY AGE AS WELL AS TAKING

PARSLOW, LYNETTA VIOLET PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE JULY 3, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
LYNETTA WAS BORN JUNE 4, 1913 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO RICHARD AND JOSEPHA PARSLOW. SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN MANY HALLS OF LEARNING, BEGINNING AT HIGHLAND SCHOOL LIVING WINTERS IN TOWN AND SUMMERS AT THE FARM THEN SHE ATTENDED SUNDAY SCHOOL AT THE UNITED CHURCH. LYNETTA BECAME A CHURCH MEMBER AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE SANG IN THE CHURCH CHOIR, BELONGED TO C.G.I.T AND LATER THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S SOCIETY. SHE ENJOYED WORKING IN ALL THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, HELPED TO

REA MELINDA DINGWALL, PASSED AWAY JULY 1, 2000 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
REA WAS BORN JULY 29, 1910 ON THE FARM WEST OF VULCAN, ALBERTA TO ROBERT AND TRESSIA DINGWALL. SHE ATTENDED RICHMOND HILL SCHOOL. AFTER GRADE EIGHT SHE STAYED AT HOME AND HELPED HER PARENTS ON THE FARM WITH HOUSEWORK AND CHORES. REA CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE FARM HER WHOLE LIFE UNTIL THE PASSING OF HER BROTHER GEORGE IN 1996. SHE THEN MOVED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL MOVING TO EXTENDICARE IN APRIL, 2000. THIS

WILLIAM ARTHUR “ART” JONES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2000 FOLLOWING SEVERAL YEARS OF DECLINING HEALTH.
ARTHUR WAS BORN MAY 22, 1921 AND SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THE VULCAN AREA .HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE VULCAN LIONS CLUB WHERE HE RECEIVED THE “MELVIN JONES FELLOW”, VULCAN MASONIC LODGE #74 AF&AM, LETHBRIDGE LODGE OF PERFECTION (SCOTTISH RITE), VULCAN UNITED CHURCH, VULCAN CURLING CLUB, VULCAN AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE WEATHER MODIFICATION BOARD OF THE ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL. HE FREELY SHARED HIS GIFT OF MUSIC BY DIRECTING THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH