Obituaries

WILLIAMS, Melvin Earl 1945 – 1991

MELVIN EARL WILLIAMS WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AUGUST 3O, 1991 AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 46 YEARS.
MELVIN WAS BORN IN CALGARY, ALBERTA JUNE 28, 1945. HE WORKED IN THE COAL MINES IN GRAND CACHE AREA AND ACHIEVED HIS BLACK TAG WHICH ALLOWED HIM MORE CHALLENGING WORK IN MINING. HE ALSO WORKED AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR DOING STRIP MINING. MOST RECENTLY HE WORKED FOR WORLD DIESEL TRUCKING BETWEEN CALGARY AND HIGH LEVEL, SASKATCHEWAN OIL FIELD SUPPLIES.
IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, MELVIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CEREBRAL CANCER AND MOVED TO CARMANGAY. MELVIN ALWAYS HAD A SMILE

DOYLE, Elizabeth “Lizzy” 1887 – 1991

DOYLE, ELIZABETH “LIZZY”, PASSED AWAY THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, CARMANGAY, ALBERTA AUGUST 28, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 104 YEARS.
LIZY WAS BORN AT BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND ON APRIL 27, 1887. HER MOTHER DIED AT BIRTH AND SHE WAS RAISED BY HER AUNT AND UNCLE WHO WAS A CLERGYMAN ON HER MOTHERS SIDE OF THE FAMILY. SHE WORKED IN A FACTORY AND SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO COME TO STAVELY, ALBERTA WITH A FRIEND IN 1911. SHE WORKED THERE FOR A SHORT TIME, AND MARRIED JOHN HENRY “JACK” DOYLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1914. THEY CAME TO HOMESTEAD FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPION.

LARKINS, Edmund “Ed” Patrick 1908 – 1991

LARKINS, EDMUND PATRICK PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AUGUST 28, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
ED WAS BORN JULY 26, 1908 AT SMITH FALLS, ONTARIO, MOVING TO CHAMPION WITH HIS FATHER PATRICK JOHN LARKINS, WHEN HE WAS A VERY SMALL BOY. HE GREW UP IN CHAMPION AND MOVED TO THEIR FIRST FARM. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PROSPECT SLOPE, REID HILL AND VULCAN FOR HIGH SCHOOL. HE MARRIED ROSE ALBERTA BREWSTER OF FORT MCLEOD. IN 1942 THEY MOVED WITH HIS YOUNG FAMILY TO THE HENRY HORN FARM SOUTH EAST OF VULCAN. AND IN 1958 ED AND HIS SON

HEALY, Arthur Lorne Sr. 1903 – 1991

HEALY, ARTHUR LORNE OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AUGUST 27, 1991 AT THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
LORNE WAS BORN MAY 11, 1903 AT TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO. HE WORKED IN THE LUMBER CAMPS IN ONTARIO AND CAME OUT TO BELLEPLANE, SASKATCHEWAN ON A HARVEST EXCURSION IN 1921 FROM GLANWORTH, ONTARIO, THEN VISITED WITH HIS UNCLES JOHN AND JIM MCROBERTS BEFORE RETURNING HOME. IN 1924 HE CAME BACK OUT TO VULCAN TO WORK FOR JOHN AND IN 1925 PURCHASED LAND ALONGSIDE HIS LAND, IN THE SUNNY GLEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH THEY FARMED TOGETHER.
HE RETURNED TO GLANWORTH TO MARRY

THOMPSON, Haldor Thov 1919 – 1991

HALDOR THOV THOMPSON PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THIS HOME IN MILO ON AUGUST 26, 1991.
BORN AT MILO ON OCTOBER 6, 1919, HALDOR WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN BORN TO THORE AND RAGNHILD THOMPSON. HAL’S MOTHER PASSED AWAY BEFORE HE WAS A YEAR OLD SO A SPECIAL BOND DEVELOPED BETWEEN HIM AND HIS FATHER.
HE ATTENDED LAKE MCGREGOR SCHOOL UNTIL THE FAMILY MOVED TO VICTORIA, BC WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS SCHOOLING. HE RETURNED WITH HIS FATHER TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE MILO AREA. HE SERVED IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II AND ON RETURNING IN 1945, HE PURCHASED MORE LAND

NOLAN, Christy Lee 1975 – 1991

CHRISTY LEE NOLAN DIED SUDDENLY AUGUST 3, 1991 FROM AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WEST OF VULCAN, ALBERTA, AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS.
CHRISTY WAS BORN MARCH 25, 1975 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY FROM VULCAN TO KIRKALDY IN 1976 AND A YEAR LATER MOVED TO CHAMPION. SHE STARTED SCHOOL IN CHAMPION AND WAS THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF THE STUDENTS UNION. IN 1988 SHE CAME WITH HER FAMILY TO VULCAN AND CONTINUED HER EDUCATION AT CCHS AND WAS ABOUT TO START THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN GRADE ELEVEN. SHE WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT AND FRIEND WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO

HAYNE, Dale Jason 1973 – 1991

DALE JASON HAYNE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AUGUST 3, 1991 FROM AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WEST OF VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS.
BELOVED SON OF ALLAN AND OLIVE HAYNE OF CARSELAND, BROTHER OF MERLE OF CARSELAND, HIS GRANDPARENTS JIM AND MARY HAYNE AND STEP GRANDFATHER HENRY GOEBEL, NUMEROUS AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS AND FRIENDS AND A SPECIAL FRIEND KELLY CUTFORTH.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DALE AND CHRISTY NOLAN TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 AT 1:30 P.M. AT THE VULCAN CULTURAL RECREATIONAL CENTRE WITH PASTOR NEIL UNRUH AND REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT AT 4:30 P.M. AT STRATHMORE CEMETERY FAMILY PLOT.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS

DEITZ, Mabel Irene 1894 – 1991

MABEL IRENE DEITZ (nee: McLARTY, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE JULY 16, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
MABEL WAS BORN AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 21, 1894. HER FAMILY LIVED IN BARRIE, ONTARIO. HER MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS JUST EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD AND WHEN SHE WAS TEN YEARS OLD, HER FATHER DIED. ONE YEAR LATER, HER OLDER SISTER, EDITH ALSO DIED. SHORTLY AFTER, MABEL, HER SISTER, BELVIA AND HER BROTHER WILBERT CAME WEST TO WHAT WAS THEN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND NOW SASKATCHEWAN TO LIVE WITH SOME COUSINS AT WEYBURN. AT THE AGE OF TEN, MABEL EARNED

VOOYS, Elsie Albertina 1920 – 1991

VOOYS, ELSIE ALBERTINA OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JULY 13, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
ELSIE WAS BORN AT LOMOND, ALBERTA ON JUNE 1, 1920. SHE PLAYED PIANO FOR CHURCH SERVICES AT PROSPECT SLOPE HALL AND ALSO IN THE HENRY HUFF ORCHESTRA FOR DANCES ALL AROUND THE LOMOND AND MILO AREA. ELSIE MARRIED GILBERT VOOYS NOVEMBER 7, 1947 AND THEY FARMED AND RAISED A FAMILY IN THE MILO AREA. SHE WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED WITH HER CHURCH AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES. THE CHURCH AND THE LORD WERE HER FOUNDATION AND HARD WORK.
SHE LOVED HER FAMILY, HER ROSE GARDEN AND GARDENING.

BARNES, Mary Edith 1909 – 1991

BARNES, MARY EDITH PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL JULY 2, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN AUGUST 2, 1909 ON THE FARM ELEVEN MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANUM, ALBERTA IN THE NORTHERN LIGHT DISTRICT. SHE ATTENDED NORTHERN LIGHT AND CLARESHOLM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WORKED FOR MRS. J.W. BARNES ON THE FARM IN THE GRANUM DISTRICT, WHERE SHE MET BILL BARNES WHO MOVED TO BINDLOSS IN 1919. BILL AND EDITH WERE MARRIED IN 1938 AND RESIDED IN THE BINDLOSS COMMUNITY UNTIL RETIRING TO CLARESHOLM IN 1968 THEN TO VULCAN IN 1978 WERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
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