Obituaries

KEITH ROBERT COCHRANE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT CALGARY, ALBERTA OCTOBER 29, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. PAULETTE COCHRANE OF ARROWWOOD, LOVING FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS, MARG SCHWEER, JOYCE AND HER HUSBAND GORDON ROE AND CAROL GORZITZA, A GRANDSON FRANK KOHUT, THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS – AMANDA, SARAH AND LAURA ROE ALL OF VULCAN, A BROTHER ALLEN AND HIS WIFE JEANETTE OF CALGARY, A SISTER PHYLLIS WILLIAMS OF ARROWWOOD, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
KEITH WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS WAYNE AND HANNA, A SON JOHN, AND A SON-IN-LAW DARRELL GORZITZA.
KEITH WAS BORN IN ARROWWOOD ON JUNE 28, 1920.

FERNAND DONAT “FERNIE” POMERLEAU PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY IN CALGARY ON OCTOBER 25, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. DOROTHY POMERLEAU OF VULCAN, HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A BROTHER ADELARD AND HIS WIFE JACQUELINE IN QUEBEC, TWO SISTERS ROSE HELENE JOHAIN OF MONTREAL AND ADRIENNE AND HER HUSBAND ELIE BILLDEAU OF ST. ODILON, QUEBEC, A SISTER-IN-LAW AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER DONAT AND MOTHER DELPHINA, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
FERNIE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 2, 1914 AT FRAMPTON, QUEBEC. HE WORKED IN THE LABOR CAMPS, RODE THE RAILS AND LIVED IN

HARVEY CLIFFORD BOE, FORMERLY OF THE ARMADA DISTRICT, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON OCTOBER 24, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.

BELOVED BROTHER OF ARNOLD AND HIS WIFE WILMA BOE OF LETHBRIDGE, A SISTER ANGELINE RITTER OF RED DEER, A SISTER-IN-LAW ESTHER BOE OF VERNON, B.C, FOUR NIECES AND TWO NEPHEWS.

HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS CHRISTIAN AND HELEN BOE IN 1961, TWO BROTHERS RUBEN IN 1969 AND MERV IN 1990, AND A NEPHEW CAMERON IN 1975.

HARVEY WAS BORN JULY 21, 1908 AT RYDER, NORTH DAKOTA. HE CAME TO ARMADA IN 1914 WITH HIS PARENTS. HE ATTENDED SONNY

ALTIZER, JEMIMA MARIA VELMA “MIMA” OF GRASSMERE, B.C, FORMERLY OF EDMONTON, BLACK DIAMOND AND VULCAN, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME ON OCTOBER 14, 1990 FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS, AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.

BELOVED WIFE OF MR. EARL ALTIZER AND LOVING MOTHER OF THREE SONS AND THEIR WIVES – CECIL AND PAT AND GERALD AND JUDY, ALL OF CALGARY AND EUGENE AND KATHY OF VERNON,B.C., A DAUGHTER – VIRGINIA CRISS OF GRASSMERE, TWO DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW – SHIRLEY ALTIZER OF CALGARY AND HILDA ALTIZER OF PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., 23 GRAND-CHILDREN, TWENTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

SHE WAS PREDECEASED

PETERSEN, HANS PETER HERMAN PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.

HANS WAS BORN AT GUDLEJERG, DENMARK ON FEBRUARY 28, 1903. HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1925 AT THE AGE OF 22 YEARS AND WORKED ON FARMS IN THE VULCAN AND CHAMPION AREAS. HE RETIRED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE. HE CAME TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE IN 1989 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.

HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS RASMUS AND MARY PETERSEN IN DENMARK.

FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1990 AT 3:00 P.M. AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE WITH PASTOR ANDY BLACK OFFICIATING. INTERMENT

GERDING, HEATHER BROWN, R.N., PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS.

BELOVED WIFE OF ROBERT AND LOVING MOTHER OF A SON – LYMAN, BOTH OF VULCAN, SIX DAUGHTERS – SUSAN (DON) MEADOWS OF YORKTON, SASK., JANICE GERDING OF CALGARY, GAYLE (DAVID) TARASOFF OF HIGH RIVER, BOBBI (RANDY) SALEY OF BANKEND, SASK., DONNA GERDING OF LETHBRIDGE AND MARILYN AND HER FIANCEE DAVID HOOVER BOTH OF HIGH RIVER, SIX GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS JAMES (JOANNE) LEES OF BILLINGS, MONTANA AND ARTHUR (ANN) LEES OF CALGARY, A SISTER JEAN (BILL) MILLS OF

BEINGESSNER, MICHAEL JOHN “MIKE”, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS.

MIKE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 67 YEARS ANNA MAE AND LOVING DAUGHTER RUBY AND HER HUSBAND PAUL DeCLERCQ ALL OF CHAMPION, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN CONNIE AND MICHAEL MORRISON OF RED DEER, LORI AND WIL AHART OF CALGARY, DARRELL AND CAROLINE OF STAVELY AND SCOTT OF VANCOUVER, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.

MIKE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS JOHN AND BRIDGIT BEINGESSNER AND FOUR SISTERS.

MIKE WAS BORN AT MILDMAY, ONTARIO ON

SCHUTT, JOHN PHILLIP OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON AUGUST 23, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.

JOHN WAS BORN IN BEDSTAD, DENMARK ON AUGUST 2, 1901 AND GREW UP ON A FARM NOT FAR FROM THERE. HE CAME TO NOVA SCOTIA BY BOAT IN 1926.,THEN TO A JOB WAITING FOR HIM IN PIAPOT, SASKATCHEWAN, TO WORK ON THE FARM OF A BROTHER OF A FRIEND HE KNEW IN DENMARK, WHERE HE LEARNED MOST OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FROM THIS MAN’S FOUR YEAR OLD SON. THAT WINTER HE WENT TO A LOGGING CAMP AT WHITECOURT AND

AGNES HELEN “NAN” DEGENSTEIN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL ON AUGUST 18, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.

NAN WAS BORN AT BERRY HILL FARM, CUMMINGSTONE, SCOTLAND ON JANUARY 24, 1915 WHERE SHE MET HER FIRST HUSBAND ALLAN SULLIVAN, WHO WAS HIS FROM HANNA, IN 1942. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1944. ALLAN WAS SERVING HIS COUNTRY WHEN HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN ONLY SEVEN MONTHS AFTER. NAN CAME TO HANNA IN 1947 TO MEET ALLAN’S PARENTS WHERE SHE STAYED AND WORKED UNTIL SHE MET AND MARRIED SENO DEGENSTEIN IN MARCH OF 1948. THEY CAME TO VULCAN IN 1950

TROVAGLIA, CARLO PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AUGUST 16, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.

CARLO IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER ELSA (FORTUNATO) MARGONI, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS ALL IN ITALY, A NEPHEW GERARDO (ENRICA) CATTONI OF LETHBRIDGE.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FIRST WIFE AGOSTINA, THREE BROTHERS, TWO SISTERS AND HIS PARENTS ALL IN ITALY, HIS SECOND WIFE GLADYS IN 1970 IN VULCAN.

CARLO WAS BORN IN CAVEDINE, TRENTO, ITALY JULY 7, 1902. HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1926 AND WORKED IN THE COALHURST COAL MINE UNTIL 1930, HE THEN WENT TO WORK