GRAHAM, VINALD EDWARD PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE BLUE SKY LODGE, LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AUGUST 5, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
VINALD WAS BORN JANUARY 10, 1910 IN WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS. IN 1918 HE CAME WITH HIS FATHER AMADA AND MOTHER ROZELLA GRAHAM TO FARM IN THE ARMADA DISTRICT. VINALD WORKED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF VULCAN AIRPORT DURING THE WAR YEARS. FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF HIS FATHER, VINALD RETURNED TO OPERATE THE FAMILY FARM AND CARE FOR HIS MOTHER. HE SOLD THE FARM AND MOVED INTO LOMOND AND LATER TO VULCAN. HE WAS A HANDY MAN TO MANY PEOPLE AND HE
ROE, Helen Katherine (Nee: Meadows) 1919 – 1995
HELEN KATHERINE (NEE: MEADOWS) ROE PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 3, 1995.
HELEN WAS BORN IN HIGH RIVER ON JULY 26, 1919, AND LIVED WITH HER PARENTS, FRANK AND IDA MEADOWS, AND TWO BROTHERS STEWART AND CHARLIE IN THE BLACKIE AREA. HER DAD WAS A PIONEER OF THE GLADYS RIDGE AREA, SETTLING BEFORE 1895 AND LIVED IN A TENT WHILE BUILDING A HOME. HELEN RODE A HORSE TO THE ONE-ROOM PLAIN VALLEY SCHOOL NEAR BLACKIE AND TOOK HER GRADE TWELVE IN CALGARY. DURING HER BUSY SCHEDULE AT HOME, SHE STILL FOUND TIME TO GET INTO MISCHIEF WITH HER BROTHERS AND
MONTGOMERY, David 1924 – 1995
MONTGOMERY, DAVID OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AUGUST 2, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER.
BORN ON APRIL 17, 1924 AT INDIAN HEAD, SASKATCHEWAN, DAVID MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1926 WHEN HIS FATHER PURCHASED THE DAIRY.
DAVID WAS PAST MASTER OF VULCAN LODGE No.74 AF. & A.M. G.R.A, PAST DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF DISTRICT No.11 AND PAST PATRON OF FERRODALE CHAPTER N0. 65 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR. HE SERVED TWENTY THREE YEARS AS SECRETARY OF THE MASONIC LODGE, TWENTY YEARS AS SECRETARY OF THE UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL AND SERVED ON ALL OF THE
SILVERMAN, Carol-Ann 1962 – 1995
SILVERMAN, CAROL-ANN PASSED AWAY JULY 30, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 33 YRS.
CAROL-ANN WAS BORN JULY 6, 1962 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN AND LETHBRIDGE, GRADUATING FROM LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE IN 1980. WHILE IN LETHBRIDGE SHE WORKED WITH THE HANDICAPPED. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL SHE MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE MARRIED WILLIAM DURRELL. SHE WORKED AS A MODEL AND RECEIVED HER CERTIFIED INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTING CERTIFICATE AND WORKED DOING MOSTLY ACCOUNTING RELATED JOBS. ONE OF HER FAVOURITE JOBS, IN THE EVENINGS WAS LIFE GUARDING AND TEACHING CHILDREN TO SWIM. SHE RETURNED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
MOORE, Samuel James “Sam” 1920 – 1995
SAMUEL JAMES “SAM” MOORE PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY JULY 25, 1995.
SAM WAS BORN FEBRUARY 3, 1920 AT PRINCE ALBERT, SASKATCHEWAN, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. HE MARRIED DORIS JOSEPHINE CRERAR IN AUGUST OF 1949 AT NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SAM WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD. IN 1956 THEY MOVED TO DIDSBURY AND PURCHASED SHARES IN HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW’S FORD AND JOHN DEERE BUSINESS. IN 1970 HE SOLD HIS PORTION AND CAME TO VULCAN WHERE HE PURCHASED A PORTION OF THE FORD AND CASE DEALERSHIP WITH NORM PETTY. LATER THEY SOLD THAT BUSINESS AND SAM CONTINUED TO
TOMPOROWSKI, Paul Peter 1917 – 1995
PAUL PETER TOMPOROWSKI OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JULY 21, 1995 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
PAUL WAS BORN JULY I, 1917 AT HOLBEIN, SASKATCHEWAN WERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT AGE ELEVEN HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE A PORTION OF HIS LEG WHICH MADE IT SHORTER THAN THE OTHER. PAUL BEGAN WORKING ON THE FAMILY FARM IN THE CRAVEN AREA AND AT AGE SIXTEEN FOR LOCAL FARMERS.
HE CAME TO ARROWWOOD IN 1939 TO WORK FOR A FARMER. HOWEVER WHEN HE ARRIVED THE CROP WAS NOT READY SO HE WENT ON TO WORK FOR ANOTHER
FAIRBOURN, Hazel 1903 – 1995
Fairbourn, Hazel, passed away July 11, 1995 at Vulcan Extendicare at the age of 92 yrs.
Beloved mother of Jean and son-in-law Jack Laing of Calgary, a son Ray Fairbourn of B.C., 7 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and a sister Jessie Hallet of B.C.
Hazel was predeceased by her husband Fred in 1984 and by two sisters.
Memorial Service at Vulcan Extendicare on Friday, July 14, 1995 at 2:30 pm, Rev. Bob Manly officiating.
Interment Vulcan Cemetery.
Funeral Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home. Telephone 403-485-2633.
FOX, Arthur Douglas “Art” 1904 – 1995
ARTHUR DOUGLAS “ART” FOX PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JUNE 22, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
ART WAS BORN NOVEMBER 19, 1904 AT PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. HE CAME TO CANADA WITH HIS PARENTS FRED AND PHILLIS FOX AND SETTLED NEAR WEYBURN, SASKATCHEWAN ON A FARM. IN 191I THEY SOLD THAT FARM TO HOMESTEAD AT HARDY, SASKATCHEWAN. HE ATTENDED EGYPT VALLEY SCHOOL AND BEGAN WORKING AT OTHER FARMS IN THE AREA AND TRIED FARMING HIS OWN LAND. IN 1932 WHEN HE SOLD OUT AND MOVED TO PEACE RIVER. HE WORKED BUILDING ROADS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS IN THE SUMMERS
MCINTYRE, Clinton Ross 1912 – 1995
McINTYRE, CLINTON ROSS PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON JUNE 18, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
ROSS WAS BORN MARCH 4, 1912 AT REID HILL, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED PROSPECT SLOPE, VULCAN HIGH SCHOOL AND CALGARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL, AND RETURNED TO FARM. IN 1941 HE WORKED WITH THE TOMLINSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT BUILT THE VULCAN AIR BASE. HE WORKED FOR THE SAME COMPANY AGAIN AT THE FORT SAINT JOHN AIRPORT IN 1943 AND MOVED TO DAWSON CREEK TO WORK WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AS A PAYMASTER UNTIL 1944. HE RETURNED TO THE FARM HIS GRANDFATHER HOMESTEADED, AND IN 1952
CLARK, Leslie Myron “Jim” 1914 – 1995
Clark, Leslie Myron “Jim” peacefully passed away at Vulcan, Alberta June 12, 1995 at the age of 81 Years.
Jim was born on a farm at Lake City, Iowa, on January 16, 1914. He lived there with his sister, Joyce, and parents, Ross and Alice, until 1919, when they moved to Vulcan for one year. In the winter of 1920 they moved back to Lake City, and lived there until 1923. On December 11, 1928 they arrived on the Forrester homestead farm west of Vulcan, and lived there until retirement.
Jim attended school at Boyne School until Grade 6 or 7 then