CALLIE OMA CLEVER ( nee: MYERS) PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON AUGUST 11, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
OMA WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1901 AT CONDON, OREGON. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS AND THREE BROTHERS BY COVERED WAGON TO HIGH RIVER ARRIVING IN THE SUMMER OF 1905 AND WORKED ON THE BILL McMULLEN PLACE AS PART OF THE THRESHING CREW. LATER IN THE FALL THEY MOVED TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT. THEY LIVED IN TENTS THROUGH THE WINTER UNTIL FEBRUARY AS THEY WERE WARMER THAN IN THE HOUSE, AS THE TENTS WERE COVERED WITH
BOON, William “Bill” 1933 – 1996
WILLIAM “BILL” BOON, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, VULCAN, ALBERTA JULY 27, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF FORTY-TWO YEARS OF DIANE OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF DAUGHTER LAURIE LEE AND SON-IN-LAW RUSSELL BRADFORD OF CALGARY, TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS BRANDY LEE AND CASEY LYNN, TWO BROTHERS BOB AND HIS FAMILY OF CALGARY AND TED (VIRGINIA) AND FAMILY OF TORONTO.
BILL WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1933 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA. AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS, BILL BEGAN HIS APPRENTICESHIP AT SNYDER AND BOON PLUMBING AND HEATING AND WORKED HIS WAY TO PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY, WITH
KRISCHUINATE, Maria 1911 – 1996
KRISCUINATE, MARIA OF CARMANGAY, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JULY 5, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
MARIA WAS BORN FEBRUARY 16, 1911 AT KRIAUNDISKIAI, LITHUANIA. SHE RECEIVER HER REGISTERED NURSES TRAINING AT KAUNAS, AND WORKED IN PANEVEZYS FOR EIGHT YEARS.
DURING THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION, SHE WAS PLACED IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP FOR TWO YEARS AND GAVE UP ALL HER POSSESSIONS AND LOST TRACK OF A BROTHER AND A SISTER.
SHE ARRIVED IN CANADA IN 1949, SHE WAS ADMITTED TO VARIOUS FACILITIES UNTIL SETTLING IN RAYMOND IN 1961. SHE CAME TO CARMANGAY IN 1992 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED AT THE LITTLE
PALMER, Glen “Gordon” 1925 – 1996
GLEN GORDON PALMER PASSED AWAY QUIETLY IN HIS SLEEP MAY 23, 1996 AT KELOWNA, B.C. AT THE AGE OF 67 YEARS.
GORDON WAS BORN IN MAKAWA, SASKATCHEWAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1925, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. HE CAME TO VULCAN AS A YOUNG MAN, WHERE HE LIVED FOR SOME TIME WITH HIS BROTHER LOUIE AND HIS WIFE DOROTHY. WHILE LIVING IN THE VULCAN AND CHAMPION AREAS HE PARTICIPATED IN THE SPORTS OF BOXING, RODEO, WEIGHT LIFTING AND HOCKEY. HE WORKED FOR MANY FARMERS AND DROVE SCHOOL BUS TO THE REID HILL SCHOOL. LATER HE WORKED OIL RIGS FARTHER NORTH. FOR THE PAST
WILLMS, Johann Jacob “John” 1912 – 1996
WILLMS, JOHANN JACOB “JOHN” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY WITH HIS LOVING WIFE TINA BY HIS SIDE AT THE LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL MAY 20, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS ELINOR (GEORGE) HOOGE AND KATIE (PETER) KRAUS ALL OF CALGARY, SIX SONS EDWIN (PENNY) OF SCANDIA, JOHN (LaVAUN) OF VANCOUVER, ART (KAREN) OF CALGARY, HERBERT (GLORIA) OF VERNON, WILLI OF PENTICTON AND VIC (KAREN) 0F CALGARY AND A STEP-SON PETER (SARA)PETERS OF WINNIPEG, TWENTY GRANDCHILDREN, FOURTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS MARGARET WILLMS AND HELEN SYMMONDS BOTH OF CALGARY AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
JOHN WAS
STEPHEN, Robert “Bob” George 1926 – 1996
STEPHEN, ROBERT “BOB” GEORGE , PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY, AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS, AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL , CALGARY, ALBERTA ON SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
BOB AND HIS TWIN BROTHER WERE BORN APRIL 14, 1926 AT EATONIA, SASKATCHEWAN. AT THE TENDER AGE OF THIRTEEN YEARS, HE LEFT HOME TO WORK ON FARMS IN NORTHERN ALBERTA, LATER WORKED IN A SMELTER MINE AT KIMBERLEY, B.C. AND THEN AT THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD IN LETHBRIDGE. IN THE SPRING OF 1946 HE WORKED FOR C.S. NOBLE FARMS IN NOBLEFORD. IN 1967 BOB STARTED A FERTILIZER BUSINESS IN NOBLEFORD NAMED
IVARSON, Ivar Joseph 1922 – 1996
IVAR JOSEPH IVARSON, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY ON MAY 5, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARGUERITE IVARSON AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO SONS KARL (MONICA) ALL OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA AND HARLAN OF BROOKS, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN KORIN, KYLE, ALYCIA AND TRAVIS AND A BROTHER KARL OF CHAMPION.
IVAR WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER KARL IVARSON, MOTHER CHRISTIAN KOST, TWO HALF BROTHERS DAN SULLIVAN AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN AND A HALF SISTER CECILIA NELSON.
IVAR WAS BORN JULY 28, 1922 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH ALSTON AND HIAWATHA.
IVAR MARRIED MARGUERITE BECKER OCTOBER 25, 1951 AT
PETERSON, Conrad “Con” 1906 – 1996
CONRAD “CON” PETERSON, OF VULCAN, FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 19, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
CON WAS BORN MAY 1, 1906 AT RIBLAKE, WISCONSIN. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN OF SIX BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE ATTENDED CORBY HILL SCHOOL, AND HE WORKED ON HIS FATHERS FARM. THE HOMESTEAD WAS NEAR SLICKUP LAKE. THE LAKE GOT IT’S NAME BECAUSE WHEN THE COWBOYS CAME FROM THE LOMOND AND ARMADA LEASES, THEY WOULD GO DOWN TO THE LAKE TO GET “SLICKED-UP” TO GO TO MILO. HE PURCHASED LAND FROM HIS FATHER AND THE
FRENCH, Edith Katherine 1905 – 1996
EDITH KATHERINE FRENCH, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME IN VULCAN, ALBERTA APRIL 16, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 1905 IN AURORA COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CORSICA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND CAME TO STRASBOURG, SASKATCHEWAN IN 1915 WITH HER PARENTS, BROTHER AND SISTER. SHE MARRIED JOHN FRENCH IN DECEMBER OF 1927. TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO BATHOON, SASKATCHEWAN AND RETURNED TO STRASBOURG IN 1930. IN 1941 THEY MOVED TO EDMONTON, THEN TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1942. EDITH WORKED AS A COOK FOR JIM YEE AT THE VICTORY CAFE AND LATER BOUGHT THE RESTAURANT
RUPP, Dale 1953 – 1996
RUPP, DALE PASSED AWAY APRIL 10, 1996 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 43 YEARS.
DALE WAS BORN MARCH I2, 1953 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH CHAMPION AND VULCAN, GROWING UP ON THE FARM, HE LOVED THE FARM WAY OF LIFE AND CONTINUED TO FARM, RAISING CATTLE AND GRAIN.
DALE ENJOYED SPORTS INCLUDING CURLING WHERE HE SERVED A TERM AS PRESIDENT, BASEBALL AND HOCKEY. HE ENJOYED WATCHING LOCAL AMATEUR AND JUNIOR GAMES. FARMING WAS HIS FIRST PLEASURE. HOWEVER HE WAS NOT FOND OF PICKING ROCKS.
DALE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS. GLORIA RUPP OF CHAMPION, HIS GRANDMOTHER ANNE