Obituaries

LEBSACK, Conrad 1900 – 1995

LEBSACK, CONRAD, FORMERLY OF VULCAN AND CHAMPION, WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR MAY 9, 1995 AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS.
CONRAD WAS BORN NOVEMBER 10, 1900 AT BRUNNENDAHL, SAMARA, RUSSIA WERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1911 HE CAME BY SHIP WITH HIS PARENTS TO PHILADELPHIA THEN TO HIS UNCLES FARM IN KANSAS. THEY MOVED TO A FARM IN THE CHAMPION AREA IN 1913 AND A YEAR LATER CON WENT TO WORK FOR A FARMER MILKING COWS, FEEDING PIGS AND OTHER CHORES. HE ALSO HELPED ON OTHER FARMS AND HIS FATHERS FARM. THEN IN

THARLE, Howard Albert 1909 – 1995

THARLE, ALBERT HOWARD, FORMERLY OF MOSSLEIGH, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA MAY 5, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
HOWARD WAS BORN JANUARY 3, 1909 AT MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA. HE HAS ALWAYS LIVED ON HIS FATHER’S HOMESTEAD. HE ATTENDED SUNSET VALLEY SCHOOL. THROUGH SCHOOL FAIRS, HOWARD WON A YEAR’S TUITION AND ATTENDED THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AT CLARESHOLM FOR THE TERM I924-25. HE WOULD HAVE ATTENDED ANOTHER TERM BUT SUDDENLY BECAME VERY ILL WHEN HIS APPENDIX RUPTURED WHILE STANDING ON THE HARROWS DRIVING A TEAM IN THE FIELD. FOLLOWING SURGERY IN CALGARY HE RETURNED TO THE FARM AND CONTINUED

CARLSON, Richard Edwin 1961 – 1995

Mr. Richard Edwin Carlson, loving husband of Bev Carlson, passed away at the Holy Cross Hospital in Calgary early Saturday morning, April 29, 1995 at the age of 33 years.
Born on November 30, 1961 in Vulcan, he was raised on the family farm north east of Champion. Richard attended school at Champion and Vulcan and moved to Vulcan with his mother in 1981 after the untimely death of his father. Richard had been working for the County of Vulcan since 1980 in the Road Maintenance Department. In February 1989, he married Bev Todd and in 1990 their daughter Alana Margaret

TUTTLE, Stanley Elmer 1916 – 1995

TUTTLE, STANLEY ELMER PASSED AWAY APRIL 27, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
BELOVED BROTHER OF MRS. ORINE ZIMMERMAN OF VULCAN AND MRS. DORIS GREENE OF VANCOUVER, B.C., AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY THREE SISTERS, A BROTHER AND HIS PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY, MAY 1, 1995 AT 11 A.M. AT CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT 3 P.M. AT ARCHMOUNT CEMETERY, LETHBRIDGE, AB.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.

PALMER, Laura Alice 1921 – 1995

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.
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