Obituaries

MAGNUSON, Enid Alice 1923 – 1996

ENID ALICE MAGNUSON OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 27, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
ENID WAS BORN JUNE 12, 1923 ON THE FARM AT TWIN LAKES, ALBERTA. SHE COMPLETED HER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WOOLFORD AREA. SHE BEGAN WORKING AT FOODLAND STORE IN CARDSTON WHERE SHE WORKED FOR TWENTY YEARS. ENID TRAINED AS A HAIR DRESSER AND SET UP A BEAUTY SALON IN THE BASEMENT OF HER HOME. SHE MET AND MARRIED MELVIN MAGNUSON IN JANUARY OF 1991 AND THEY RESIDED IN VULCAN.
ENID WAS A VERY LOVING CARING PERSON WHO LOVED PEOPLE AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE FRIENDS

ANDERSON, William Jennings “Bill” 1906 – 1996

WILLIAM JENNINGS ” BILL” ANDERSON PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FEBRUARY 18, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF 62 YEARS OF ANNIE ANDERSON AND LOVING FATHER OF A SON WAYNE AND HIS WIFE GERRIE, A GRANDSON SHELDON AND HIS WIFE LEANNE ALL OF VULCAN, A GRANDDAUGHTER KIM AND HER HUSBAND KEVIN BOOTH OF MILO, TWO GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TAYLOR AND SARAH ANDERSON, A BROTHER GEORGE (WIN) OF FT. MACLEOD, A SISTER DORIS (CHESTER) JENSEN OF LETHBRIDGE, THREE SISTERSiN-LAW AVIS, ERMA AND BETTY, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
BILL WAS PREDECEASED BY A SON ARVIN IN 1958, FOUR BROTHERS

LUCAS, Ernest Lorne 1906 – 1996

ERNEST LORNE LUCAS PASSED AWAY JANUARY 29, 1996 AT CAMROSE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
LORNE WAS BORN AT LONDON, ONTARIO OCTOBER 9, 1906. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND GUELPH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WHERE HE GRADUATED AS A FIRST CLASS CHEESE MAKER IN 1921. HE SERVED WITH THE FIRST HUSSARS ARMY CORE IN LONDON. LORNE MARRIED HAZEL VERA MIFFLIN AT BELMONT, ONTARIO IN 1932. IN I943 HE CAME TO CHAMPION WITH A HARVEST CREW. HE DECIDED TO STAY AND HAZEL JOINED HIM LATER. HE FIRST WORKED ON GLEN CLEVER’S FARM AND THEN BEGAN WORKING FOR W. I. HARRIS

CALLAGHAN, Eva Agnes 1914 – 1996

CALLAGHAN, EVA AGNES PASSED AWAY JANUARY 13, 1996 AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
EVA WAS BORN MARCH 29, 1914 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA. DAUGHTER OF LUKE AND LENA OHLHEISER. SHE ATTENDED ALSTON SCHOOL AND FATH HILL CATHOLIC CHURCH. IN I935 SHE MARRIED JOHN FRANCIS CALLAGHAN AND THEY MOVED TO CARSTAIRS THEN IN 1943 TO VULCAN. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY MOVED TO THREE HILLS WERE THEY FARMED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.
FOLLOWING RETIREMENT FROM FARMING THEY COOKED AT FORESTRY SCHOOLS AT SEEBE AND HINTON FOR ELEVEN YEARS UNTIL EVA MOVED CALGARY IN 1970. SHE MOVED TO THE GARDENVIEW LODGE IN LETHBRIDGE

VALTOUR, Marcel 1911 – 1996

MARCEL VAUTOUR PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME AT THE PETER DAWSON LODGE, VULCAN ON JANUARY 4, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
MARCEL WAS BORN MAY 20, 1911 AT ST. LOUIS, NEW BRUNSWICK WERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. UPON FINISHING PUBLIC SCHOOL HE WORKED IN THE WOODS AS A LUMBERJACK IN NOVA SCOTIA FOR MANY YEARS. LATER HE WORKED BUILDING BRIDGES FOR THE GOVERNMENT. HE CAME TO LIVE AT RED DEER WHERE HE MARRIED AND HAD A FAMILY AND LATER DIVORCED. WHILE IN RED DEER HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER, PLASTERER AND OTHER JOBS IN CONSTRUCTION UNTIL RETIRING IN 1976.

NELSON, Alma Karolina 1907 – 1995

NELSON, ALMA KAROLINA PASSED AWAY AT HOME NEAR QUEENSTOWN, ALBERTA DECEMBER 23, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS JULIA (JIM) BROWN OF NANTON AND JOAN NELSON OF HIGH RIVER, THREE SONS CHRIS AND DEANNA, KEN AND CHARLOTTE AND DAVID AND JULIE ALL OF MILO, TWO SON-IN-LAWS JACK LONG OF HANNA AND EUGENE BUSHELL OF MILO, TWENTY-THREE GRANDCHILDREN, FORTY-TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A GREAT GREAT GRANDSON, TWO SISTERS SELMA LARSON OF VICTORIA AND JULIA DOLEMO OF HYTHE, ALBERTA, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ALMA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND PAL IN 1982, TWO DAUGHTERS, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, A GREAT

MIDDLETON, Jesse Martin 1974 – 1995

MIDDLETON, JESSE MARTIN DIED SUDDENLY AT HOME DECEMBER 20, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 21 YEARS.
JESSE WAS BORN APRIL 4, 1974 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AND MOVED TO VULCAN AT THE AGE OF TWO YEARS. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN. HE DELIVERED THE CALGARY HERALD FOR FIVE YEARS, THEN BEGAN WORKING AT HOME HARDWARE. AFTER COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL HE WORKED FOR JOHN KING OIL WELL SERVICING FOR TWO YEARS . JESSE WAS THEN EMPLOYED WITH ESSO, HAULING FERTILIZER AND WORKED WITH LARIAT LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT AND CUSTOM COMBINED WITH RON HEALY THIS PAST FALL.
JESSE WAS A HARD WORKING, CONSCIENTIOUS, GENTLE PERSON AND

HELLEVANG, Oscar Selmer 1913 – 1995

HELLEVANG, OSCAR SELMER PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE DECEMBER 18, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
OSCAR WAS BORN MAY 17, 1913 AT TRIPOLI, ALBERTA NEAR MEDICINE HAT. HE ATTENDED TRIPOLI, RED CLIFF AND BRITUS SCHOOLS. HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE MILO DISTRICT IN 1925 AND AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN HE BEGAN WORKING AS A JANITOR AT THE PIONEER SCHOOL, NORTH AND EAST OF MILO. UPON FINISHING SCHOOL HE HELPED HIS DAD FARMING, WITH HORSES, UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1944, WHEN THE HORSES WERE SOLD AND A NEW TRACTOR WAS PURCHASED. IN 1969 HE BUILT A HOME

NOLAN, William Carl “Bill” 1924 – 1995

William Carl Nolan
William Carl Nolan was born in Quinton, SK to Irish Immigrant parents on May 2, 1924. The youngest of nine children, he was raised in Wynyard, SK. Bill passed away peacefully on December 16, 1995 at Vulcan Extendicare.
Bill served with the Winnipeg Rifles in Europe during World War II and with the Fighting 59th in Korea from 1951 to 1954. He fondly recalled camaraderie and friendship during his years of service.
Following the Second World War, he arrived in the Vulcan are where he worked as a firefighter at the Vulcan Airport, clerk at the Red and White store,

LENNOX, Leona Anna 1906 – 1995

LENNOX, LEONA ANNA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 10, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
LEONA WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1906 AT CORWITH, IOWA. SHE CAME IN 1910 FIRST TO GRANUM AND THEN TO LOMOND WITH HER PARENTS PETER , ANNA AND SISTERS MARGARET AND BEULAH THIEL. LEONA ATTENDED MIDWAY SCHOOL.
SHE MARRIED GLEN FIELD IN 1927 AND THEY MOVED TO ARROWWOOD TO FARM. IN 1937 THEY MOVED TO CARSELAND TO OPERATED A GARAGE AND TRUCKING BUSINESS OF WHICH LEONA DROVE TRUCK HAULING MOSTLY GRAIN, COAL AND SOME LIVESTOCK. IN I946 SHE DIVORCED GLEN AND MOVED TO CALGARY WERE