LAURA ALICE PALMER (NEE: HOUSE) OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA. PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA APRIL 14, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
LAURA WAS BORN MAY 12, 1921 AT MANYBERRIES, ALBERTA WERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS SHE WENT TO HIBBING, MINNESOTA WERE SHE FINISHED HER SCHOOLING. IN JULY OF 1940, SHE MARRIED ALBERT TREBER AND THEY RESIDED ON A FARM NEAR TABER FOR ONE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO CALGARY. SHE RETURNED TO CHAMPION IN 1948 WHERE SHE WORKED WITH HER PARENTS AT THE HOTEL CAFE AND THEN RAN IT HERSELF FOR AWHILE. WHEN
ULLY, Ina Elena 1923 – 1995
INA ELENA ULLY PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 12, 1995 IN THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, VULCAN, ALBERTA.
INA WAS BORN IN KANGASNIEMI, FINLAND ON SEPTEMBER 20. 1922 TO AUTU AND HILMA MARTINNEN. SHE CAME TO KIMBERLY, B.C. IN 1923 AT THE AGE OF 3 YEARS. SHE COULD SPEAK BOTH LANGUAGES, AND TRANSACTED MOST OF HER PARENTS BUSINESS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CARMANGAY WERE SHE WAS ACTIVE IN MOST ALL SPORTS. SHE RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR PUBLIC ADDRESSING, THAN CONTINUED HER EDUCATION BY ATTENDING SECRETARY SCHOOL IN CALGARY. IT WAS DURING THAT TIME SHE WAS OFFERED A POSITION WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMED
RUPP, Alfred “Alf” 1927 – 2015
RUPP, ALFRED, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY APRIL 12, 1995 AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 67 YEARS.
ALF WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 2, 1927 TO DAVID AND ANN MARIE RUPP AND WAS RAISED WITH HIS TWO SISTERS ON THE FAMILY FARM EAST OF CHAMPION. ALF RECEIVED HIS FORMAL EDUCATION AT SANDERSON SCHOOL, HARMONY SCHOOL AND CALGARY TECH.
ON OCTOBER 30, 1948, ALFRED MARRIED GLORIA GATENBY OF CHAMPION AND OVER THE YEARS THEIR FAMILY GREW TO INCLUDE THREE SONS, JIM, DALE AND GORDON.
ALFRED WAS A VERY COMMUNITY MINDED PERSON AND THIS IS ATTESTED TO BY THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
MASSEY, Mary Alice 1910 – 1995
MARY ALICE MASSEY, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA APRIL 4, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
MARY WAS BORN MAY 26, 1910 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED KIRK MCKINION SCHOOL IN SUFFIELD, ALBERTA. SHE MOVED TO CHAMPION WERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE NINE. SHE THEN MOVED TO FORT MACLEOD UNTIL RETURNING TO CHAMPION TO WORK AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR FOR BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. SHE TRANSFERRED TO CHINOOK, ALBERTA WERE SHE MET AND LATER MARRIED ROLLAND JOSEPH MASSEY IN CALGARY IN 1931. THEY MOVED TO CLARESHOLM IN 1940 THEN TO DAWSON CREEK IN 1945. THEY LIVED
LONG, Robert Charles “Bob” 1929 – 1995
LONG, ROBERT CHARLES “BOB”, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY MARCH 29, 1995 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
ROBERT CHARLES LONG WAS BORN JANUARY 5, 1929 TO RETA AND JOHN LONG ALONG WITH HIS IDENTICAL TWIN, JOHN BARRY LONG. ROBERT HAS LIVED ON THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD NEAR CHAMPION ALL OF HIS LIFE. DURING HIS SCHOOL YEARS BOB WAS VERY ATHLETIC AND ACTIVE IN SPORTS. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, HE AND HIS BROTHER JACK, LOOKED SO MUCH ALIKE, THEY OCCASIONALLY LIKED TO TRY TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO MISTAKING ONE FOR THE OTHER, AND SOMETIMES SUCCEEDED. DURING
BITTORF, Wilfred Howard “Wilf” 1915 – 1995
WILFRED HOWARD “WILF” BITTORF PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MARCH 23, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
WILFRED WAS BORN AT FAITH, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 6, 1915. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE REID HILL DISTRICT IN 1926, SO THE CHILDREN COULD ATTEND SCHOOL. WILF ATTENDED THE SUNNY GLEN SCHOOL. HE MARRIED GLADYS SODER IN 1940. WILF JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN 1941. WHILE STATIONED IN CALGARY, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH THE BIRTH OF THEIR DAUGHTER DONNA IN 1942, AND WHILE STATIONED IN DUNNVILLE, ONTARIO THEIR SON BRIAN WAS BORN IN 1943.
AFTER THE WAR, IN
MONNER, John William 1943 – 1995
MONNER, JOHN WILLIAM PASSED AT CALGARY, ALBERTA FEBRUARY 12, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 51 YEARS.
JOHN WAS BORN AT BASSANO, ALBERTA JULY 18, 1943. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MILO. WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL HE WORKED WITH THE MILO TELEPHONE CO-OP. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT OLDS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THEN HE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WERE HE APPRENTICED AS A HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC. HE MOVED TO EDMONTON TO WORK PLANTING TREES AND AS A RESEARCHERS ASSISTANT ON A STUDY OF MENTALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE.
JOHN MOVED TO CALGARY IN I975 AND WORKED WITH HIS FRIEND LEROY PETERSON DRY WALLING. IN 1974 HE
SOPIT, Prorkseda “Pearl 1907 – 1995
Prorkseda “Pearl” Sopit passed away peacefully at Vulcan Extendicare January 27, 1995 at the age of 87 years.
Pearl was born at Vegreville, Alberta February 18, 1907. One of six children. She married William Sopit in 1928 and together they farmed in Vegreville, Two Hills and Bonnyville. Pearl came to Vulcan in 1972 to Extendicare twenty-three years ago where she has resided since.
She was a very active, gracious, loving, caring and gentle lady who enjoyed sewing, embroidery, going for walks, camp weeks and bus trips. She was a very hard worker and when every there was work to be done, Pearl
MOTE, Nellie Ileen 1907 – 1994
NELLIE ILEEN MOTE OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT CALGARY, ALBERTA DECEMBER 28, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
NELLIE WAS BORN MAY 12, 1907 AT WHITECHURCH, MISSOURI. SHE CAME TO THE BRANT AREA AT THE AGE OF SIX YEARS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RICHMOND HILL, VULCAN AND OLDS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. SHE RETURNED HOME TO HELP OUT ON THE FARM. SHE MET CLARENCE IN I930 AT A BOX SOCIAL AND IN 1932 SHE MARRIED CLARENCE STANLEY MOTE. THEY STARTED FARMING AT PARKLAND IN 1945 AND WERE HAILED TWO YEARS IN A ROW. IN I947 THEY MOVED TO THE MOTTER FARM
VAN DE RYSE, Margaret Lawrie 1924 – 1994
VAN DE RYSE, MARGARET LAWRIE OF KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY NOVEMBER 23, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
MARGARET WAS BORN MAY 3, 1924 AT ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND AND CAME AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS TO THE ORKNIE AREA WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND LIVED ON A FARM. IN 1940 THE FAMILY MOVED INTO DRUMHELLER WHERE SHE MET AMBROSE. THEY WERE MARRIED IN MAY OF 1942. IN 1957 THEY MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE THEY RESIDED UNTIL MOVING TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1990 THEN TO KIRKCALDY IN 1992 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
MARGARET LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN.