Obituaries

CHAPMAN, LOUISE EDITH, FORMERLY OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 19, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS.
LOUISE WAS BORN MARCH 31, 1901 AT MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN WHERE SHE COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL. SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO VANCOUVER WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED PHILLIP “PHIL” CHAPMAN IN 1936. IN 1939 THEY MOVED TO LOMOND TO FARM AND OPERATE A SERVICE STATION. LATER THEY OPERATED THE POOL HALL. THEY CONTINUED TO FARM UNTIL RETIRING INTO LOMOND WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN THIS YEAR.
LOUISE LOVED CHILDREN AND ENJOYED THE TIME WITH THEM. SHE ALSO LOVED PETS INCLUDING

GORE, PHYLLIS IRENE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT MILO, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 15, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS BORN FEBRUARY 4, 1920 AT MELVILLE, SASKATCHEWAN. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO MANY PLACES IN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, THEN TO FLORIDA WITH HER MOTHER IN THE MID 193O’S. THEY CAME TO MILO IN 1937 AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE BEGAN NURSES TRAINING AT VEGREVILLE. SHE MARRIED AUBREY GORE IN MARCH OF 1940 IN MILO WHERE THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1975.
PHYLLIS WAS AN ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER. SHE LOVED TO SING IN THE CHURCH CHOIR AND THE COMMUNITY

LARKINS, IRVINE EDMUND PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 13, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 64 YEARS.
BORN FEBRUARY 17, 1930 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA, IRVINE ATTENDED BOTH REID HILL AND VULCAN SCHOOLS. IRVINE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE ALBERTA WHEAT POOL IN 1951 AT LEGEND. HE MOVED TO GRASSY LAKE IN 1954, BARONS IN 1965 AND IN 1969 TO HIGH PRAIRIE TO WORK AS A TRAVELLING SUPERVISOR IN THE PEACE COUNTRY. HE MOVED TO HEAD OFFICE IN CALGARY IN 1974 WHERE HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL RETIRING IN 1985 AFTER 34 YEARS WITH ALBERTA WHEAT POOL.
IRVINE WAS A MEMBER OF MANY

LLOYD GILBERT SCHUMACHER PASSED AWAY AT LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL NOVEMBER 6, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
LLOYD WAS BORN MARCH 2, 1919 AT CLARESHOLM, ALBERTA, THE OLDEST SON OF GILBERT AND PEARL (nee:CAVNEY) SCHUMACHER. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STAVELY AND CLARESHOLM. HE MARRIED ANNETTA MARIE WIESS IN AUGUST OF 1940. IN JANUARY 1942, LLOYD ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND SERVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENTAL EUROPE UNTIL 1946 WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED. THE SAME YEAR THEY CAME TO FARM IN THE CHAMPION AREA. IN 1956 THEY MOVED TO VULCAN AND HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COUNTY

RUARK, ARCHIE EARL OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OCTOBER 9, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS.
ARCHIE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 25, 1900 AT CLEARWATER, IDAHO. HE IMMIGRATED TO THE KINNONDALE AREA NORTH OF LOMOND TO HOMESTEAD WITH HIS FATHER JOHN “JACK” RUARK. IN 1910, THE FAMILY PURCHASED A FARM AND MOVED TO THE ENSIGN AREA. ARCHIE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PEACE, ENSIGN AND CALGARY. IN 1921 HE GRADUATED FROM THE OLDS SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION IN NEW YORK WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM ELECTRICAL SCHOOL IN 1924. HE MARRIED ANNA WILLIAMS IN TORONTO, ONTARIO

FULTON, MARY ETHEL OF CALGARY, AND FORMERLY OF VULCAN, AB, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON OCTOBER 7, 1994 AT 89 YEARS OF AGE AT THE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, IN CALGARY.
ETHEL WAS BORN AUGUST 27, 1905 AT MAXVILLE, ONTARIO. SHE CAME OUT WEST TO FLAXCOMBE, SASK, WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1924 SHE CAME TO VULCAN TO VISIT RELATIVES AND REMAINED IN THE AREA TO WORK AS A MOTHER’S HELPER FOR VARIOUS FAMILIES IN THE AREA. SHE MET WILLIAM ROY FULTON IN VULCAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN SASKATCHEWAN IN 1927. THEY RESIDED ON THE W.G. PETERSON FARM, NORTH OF VULCAN. IN

SMITH, GEORGE FRANKLIN, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE GLENMORE PARK AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, CALGARY, ALBERTA OCTOBER 7, 1994 FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN APRIL 3, 1917 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA, THE SON OF HOMESTEADERS IN THE CHAMPION DISTRICT, MR. & MRS. G.F. SMITH SR. AND SPENT HIS LIFE FARMING THERE.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE IVAH (MILLER) SMITH IN JUNE OF 1992, AFTER FIFTY-TWO YEARS OF MARRIAGE, HIS PARENTS, TWO SISTERS MABEL JONES AND RACHEL GOETZ.
GEORGE IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES – DOUGLAS (GLORIA), JASON AND CHRISTOPHER OF

BROWN, ROBERT “BOB” PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 2, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
BOB WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1923 AT GILBERT, ALBERTA NEAR SUNNYNOOK. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN AND SUNNYNOOK. HE RETURNED TO VULCAN IN 1937 AND WORKED AT THE GARAGE FOR HIS BROTHER BILL BROWN. HE MARRIED RUBY JOHNSON IN 1940 AND THEY CONTINUED TO MAKE THEIR HOME IN VULCAN.
IN 1942 BOB JOINED THE LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT AND TRAVELLED TO ENGLAND, NORTH AFRICA THEN TO ITALY WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED IN ITALY THEN RETURNED TO ENGLAND ON A HOSPITAL SHIP

AUESTAD, ALLAN BRADLEY DIED SUDDENLY SEPTEMBER 17, 1994 NEAR MILO, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 17 YEARS.
ALLAN WAS BORN JUNE 7, 1977 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA. HE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR MILO. HE ATTENDED GRADES 1 THROUGH 9 IN MILO AND HIGH SCHOOL IN VULCAN. HE BEGAN WORKING WITH DENIM PIPELINE FOR A SHORT TIME IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 1993 AND THAN BEGAN WORKING FULL TIME FOR RICHARDSON BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, AT FIRST ON THE MILO DAM AND LATER ON THE LOMOND-VULCAN HIGHWAY.
ALLAN WAS AN HONEST FUN LOVING PERSON WHO WOULD GO

AN EARLY PIONEER OF THE EAST MAJORVILLE AREA, ESTELLA MAY FRANCES KIEMELE PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1994 AT THE GRANDVIEW NURSING HOME, CARDSTON, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS.
ESTELLA WAS BORN DECEMBER 6, 1899 AT WESTBOURGH, MISSOURI. SHE CAME TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WITH HER PARENTS AND SETTLED IN HIGH RIVER IN 1904. THEY MOVED TO THE GLADYS RIDGE DISTRICT WHERE THEY RESIDED UNTIL 1911, WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE MAJORVILLE AREA.
IN 1916, ESTELLA MARRIED BILL KIEMELE AND THEY RESIDED ON THEIR FARM UNTIL THEY RETIRED TO VULCAN IN 1963. SHE HAS RESIDED AT THE GRANDVIEW NURSING HOME IN