Obituaries

THARLE, GRACE MARIE, DIED SUDDENLY AS THE RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT EAST OF HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA JANUARY 30, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
GRACE WAS BORN AT VANGUARD, SASKATCHEWAN ON JUNE 16, 1916. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CRESTON, B.C. AS A YOUNG GIRL. THE FAMILY CAME TO MOSSLEIGH IN 1930. SHE WALKED TO THE ONLY SCHOOL WITH HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHICH WAS TWO AND A HALF MILES WEST OF MOSSLEIGH UP ON THE HILL AND ONE OF HER FIRST TEACHERS WAS MARGARET EATON.
SHE MARRIED ARTHUR THARLE IN 1938. THEY LIVED IN MOSSLEIGH WHERE THEIR THREE

PATON, ODILE YVONNE, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE ENSIGN DISTRICT, PASSED AWAY AT THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL JANUARY 9, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON DAVID OF VULCAN, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ECHO PATON OF VULCAN, TWO GRANDCHILDREN BRENDA (DOUG) MACDONALD OF STAVELY AND LORI PATON OF EDMONTON, A GREAT GRANDSON DERRICK JAMES PATON, A SISTER PAULINE YOUNG OF CALGARY, THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW HELEN PATON, BESSIE GIBSON AND HELEN CARGILL, ALL OF MONTROSE, SCOTLAND AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ODILE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND WILLIAM IN 1949, A SON WILLIAM, A GRANDSON DUANE, SEVEN BROTHERS, FOUR SISTERS AND HER

NIELSEN, MRS. EDITH NIELSEN OF LOMOND, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT SHUSWAP LAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL, SALMON ARM, B.C. ON JANUARY 2, 1992 AFTER A LENGTHY STRUGGLE WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1906 IN VEGGERLASE, DENMARK AND LANDED IN HALIFAX APRIL 30, 1924, THEN TO CALGARY A WEEK LATER.
EDITH WENT TO WORK ON A FARM IN STANDARD. SHE MARRIED AXEL NEILSEN IN CALGARY JULY ll, 1924. THEY WENT TO WORK ON THE MCDOUGALL RANCH IN COCHRANE UNTIL MOVING TO LOMOND IN 1927 TO WORK FOR OLI SOKVITNE. IN 1929 THEY STARTED FARMING LAND THEY HAD

BRETT, ANNA MAY, FORMERLY OF CALGARY AND CHAMPION, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT THE BURNABY GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 29, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
MAY WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1896 AT BARRIE ONTARIO AND MOVED TO SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN WHEN SHE WAS A YEAR OLD. THE FAMILY TRAVELLED TO STAVELY IN 1906 AND SETTLED IN CHAMPION. SHE ATTENDED COUNTRY SCHOOLS OF BOW VALLEY AND WASHINGTON. IN 1920 MAY MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE T. EATON COMPANY. MAY AND HER SISTER PEARL ALSO MODELLED FOR THE EATON COMPANY. IN 1931 SHE RETURNED TO THE FARM AT CHAMPION AND

GATEMAN, BEULAH ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 14, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
BEULAH WAS BORN AT RED DEER, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 7, 1905. SHE WAS RAISED IN THE NANTON AND OKOTOKS AREAS. SHE THEN ATTENDED NORMAL SCHOOL AND BEGAN TEACHING AT BIG ROCK, HIGHLAND AND UNION JACK SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED NORMAN GEORGE GATEMAN IN 1929. THEY FARMED IN THE MOSSLEIGH AREA UNTIL SHE MOVED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN IN 1984 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
BUELAH WAS AN AVID SCRABBLE PLAYER AND EXCELLENT SPELLER. SHE ENJOYED READING OUT LOUD FOR ANYONE TO

KUYKENDALL, GRACE AILEEN, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 11, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
GRACE WAS BORN APRIL 24, 1902 AT PATTERSON’S CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA. SHE WAS RAISED IN HER GRANDMOTHERS HOME. IN 1920 SHE MARRIED EDWIN RUSSELL KUYKENDALL, A GENERAL STORE KEEPER AT PATTERSON’S CREEK. THEY IMMIGRATED TO ALBERTA IN 1924, FOLLOWING EDWIN’S BROTHER, LAWSON’S INVITATION TO COME TO VULCAN. THEY MOVED TO THE REID HILL AREA EAST OF TOWN WHERE THEY OPERATED A GENERAL STORE AND THEN TO THIGH HILL TO FARM. IN 1942 THEY MOVED TO FARM IN THE SUNDRE AREA UNTIL

WILL, ALICE, FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 10, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
ALICE WAS BORN JUNE 3, 1903 AT AIRDRIE, SCOTLAND WHERE SHE WORKED AT SEVERAL JOBS HER LAST JOB WAS AT A BISCUIT FACTORY. SHE ARRIVED IN HIGH RIVER BY TRAIN IN JUNE OF 1926 WHERE SHE WORKED AS A DOMESTIC. SHE MARRIED WILSON ANDREW “PETE” WILL IN DECEMBER OF 1928. THEY FARMED IN THE MILO AREA UNTIL PETE DIED IN 1968. ALICE CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE FARM UNTIL MOVING TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN IN 1988

RALPH WATSON HALL PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 26, 1991 AT THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
RALPH WAS BORN AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA ON OCTOBER 25, 1909. HE WAS RAISED ON THE FARM IN MILO WHERE HE RECEIVED MOST OF HIS SCHOOLING. HE SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY WHERE HE COMPLETED A WELDING COURSE AND CONTINUED TO WORK AS A WELDER IN THE SHIPYARDS IN VANCOUVER. HE ALSO SURVIVED SOMETIME IN YORK ISLAND, BC. FOLLOWING HIS DISCHARGE, HE RETURNED TO MILO. IN 1953 HE MARRIED VIENNA AND THEY LIVED ON THE FAMILY

MARY YVONNE “BONNY” DANN WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST NOVEMBER 25, 1991 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
BONNY WAS BORN JULY 7, 1927 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AND CAME TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT A FEW DAYS LATER WHERE SHE ATTENDED SUNNY GLEN SCHOOL. SHE MARRIED WALTER DANN MARCH 29, 1944. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE DISTRICT SINCE.
BONNY LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDDAUGHTERS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED CAMPING AND TRAIL RIDING AND TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS, GARDENING, QUILTING AND COULD SHE EVER MAKE GOOD BREAD. SHE LOVED HORSES – HER FAVOURITE WAS CALLED “LUCKY”. SHE WAS INVOLVED

MUNRO, EVAN WILLIAM, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME IN VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 23, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
EVAN WAS BORN APRIL 25, 1920 AT HANNA, ALBERTA. AT THE AGE OF FIVE, HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS WILLIAM AND AGNES MUNRO TO THE FARM WEST OF KIRKCALDY WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL HE MOVED INTO VULCAN IN 1985.
EVAN WAS A QUIET, LOVING PATIENT FATHER AND A COMMUNITY MINDED PERSON. HE JOINED THE VULCAN LIONS CLUB IN 1951 AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT, ZONE CHAIRMAN AND DISTRICT DEPUTY GOVERNOR. HE JOINED THE MASONIC LODGE IN 1954 AND WAS PAST MASTER. HE