Obituaries

COCKWILL, Helen Martha 1916 – 1996

COCKWILL, HELEN MARTHA OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 7, I996 AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS .
HELEN WAS BORN JUNE 28, 1916 ON THE FARM NEAR MOSSLEIGH, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED SUNSET VALLEY SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL IN VULCAN AND HER AUNT MARTHA HELPED HER THROUGH NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY IN 1935-6. SHE BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER TEACHING AT ECKVILLE, UNION JACK, DEWINTON, AND CHESTERMERE LAKE SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED SYDNEY JOHN “BUCK” COCKWILL IN 1942 AT HIGH RIVER. THEY FARMED AT ARROWWOOD AND BEGAN A FAMILY. SHE RETURNED TO TEACH SCHOOL AT ARROWWOOD

RICHARDSON, Norman Lloyd 1900 – 1996

NORMAN LLOYD RICHARDSON, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE APRIL 1, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
LLOYD WAS BORN FEBRUARY 9, 1900 AT CORBETTON, ONTARIO. HE CAME WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS, FIRST TO HIGH RIVER THEN FATHER’S HOMESTEAD IN THE VULCAN AREA. LLOYD ATTENDED BERRYWATER SCHOOL AND PLAYED BASEBALL AND HORSESHOE’S. HE ATTENDED AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN CLARESHOLM, WHERE HE LEARNED FARMING AND BLACKSMITHING. LLOYD BEGAN FARMING WITH HORSES AND HIS LAST TEAM OF BELGIAN HORSES WERE NAMED” STAR” AND” BUSTER”. HE MARRIED CORA WINNIFRED HAMILTON IN 1925 AND THEY OPERATED A MIXED FARM

DERSCH, Martin Henry 1904 – 1996

DERSCH, MARTIN HENRY PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA MARCH 26, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
MARTIN WAS BORN APRIL 2|, 1904 ON THE FAMILY RANCH WEST OF FORT MACLEOD, ALBERTA AND WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SISTERS AND FOUR BROTHERS. HE ATTENDED DAILY CREEK SCHOOL UNTIL 1918 WHEN A FLU EPIDEMIC STRUCK. MARTIN CONTINUED TO WORK THE FAMILY RANCH UNTIL IT WAS SOLD IN I945. MARTIN MOVED INTO FORT MACLEOD AND BEGAN WORKING FOR THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BRIGHT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS ON A ROAD CONSTRUCTION CREW. IN I953 A YEAR AFTER THE COUNTY OF VULCAN WAS FORMED,

SHEA,Edwin Earl “Ed” 1920 – 1996

EDWIN EARL “ED” SHEA PASSED AWAY MARCH, 14, 1996 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 75.
ED WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 1920 AT DRAKE, SASKATCHEWAN, SEVENTH OF TEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HE GREW UP ON THE FARM AT MOSSBANK WHERE HIS FATHER OPERATED A DAIRY FARM, LIVERY STABLES AND A DRAY SERVICE. HIS FATHER SOLD EVERYTHING AND DROVE BACK TO DAMACUS, ONTARIO IN 1937, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS AND SOME SPOUSES IN THE SAME CAR. IN 1947 ED RETURNED TO THE WEST ALL THE WAY TO VANCOUVER AND WORKED AT THE GRAIN TERMINALS. HE RETURNED TO

DUNHAM, Edith Winnifred 1904 – 1996

DUNHAM, EDITH WINNIFRED PASSED AWAY MARCH 3, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA
EDITH WAS BORN AT NEEPAWA, MANITOBA NOVEMBER 17, 1904. SHE MOVED WEST WITH HER FAMILY BY TRAIN IN 1905. ARRIVING IN HIGH RIVER TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE RED CROSS DISTRICT. SHE ATTENDED MAYVIEW AND RED CROSS SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED CLARE MELBOURNE DUNHAM IN 1924 AT THE FARM OF HER PARENTS JOHN AND MINNIE FULTON. EDITH CONTINUED TO WORK AND RAISE HER FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE VULCAN AREA UNTIL HER PASSING.
EDITH WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE ATTENDED NUMEROUS CHURCH FUNCTIONS, AS WELL AS MANY COMMUNITY DANCES. SHE

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.