Obituaries

Richard Cletis Lambert, age 79, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 4, 2021, at the Vulcan Community Health Centre, Vulcan, Alberta, after a brief battle with cancer.
Richard was born to Evelyn Melvina and Leslie Bert Lambert on June 9, 1941 in Franklin*, West Virginia (*Upper Smith Creek, Ziglar, West Virginia). He loved gardening, walking, learning about history and politics, researching family history, bluegrass music, and making useful things out of discarded items. As a young man, he spent two years in the United States Army, Armor Division and two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of

Helen JOYCE Pelham (nee Linkletter)
Sept 15, 1926 – Dec 30, 2020
Pelham, Helen ‘Joyce’, of Calgary (formerly of Vulcan), peacefully passed away at Bow View Manor on December 30, 2020 at the age of 94 years.
The second child of Harry and Flossie Linkletter, Joyce was raised on a mixed farming operation near Summerside, Prince Edward Island, that included dairy cattle, hay, grain and potatoes.
Early days, more often than not, found Joyce assisting her brothers with chores in and around the dairy cows and horses. She often reminisced about accompanying her father to go cut down a tree for Christmas with

Trevor Ian Hackett of Milo, Alberta, was taken from us so tragically on December 20th, 2020 near Edmonton, at the age of 42 years.
Trevor was always ready to assist others and had a great love for the outdoors. His biggest joy was to be involved in Kenny’s hockey as well as fishing and hunting.
He will be lovingly remembered and never forgotten by his wife Tamara Toporowski and precious children Kennith and Kayla, who were the loves of his life. Trevor will also be missed by his biological mom Ellen Findlay, parents Heather and Richard Hackett, sister Tammy (Don) Godfray and

With much love and sorrow, we announce the passing of our mom, grandmother, sister cousin and dear friend, VERLA J. DOWELL (1941). Verla passed peacefully on December 18, 2020 in Vulcan Alberta.
Verla loved traveling, living, laughing and creating memories with her daughter Ruth Goodwin of Black Diamond (Murray Fath, Champion) and spending time with her son Roby Goodwin, his wife Nicole and grandchildren Avery and Nate of Lake County BC.
She spent many years traveling with good friend Eva Friesen, husband Stan Carscallen and their daughters Maria and Natalie McHenry (the girls’ Calgary Grandmother) as they competed in horse shows in

Middleton, Ruby McGregor “Mickey”, of Champion, passed away peacefully at the Vulcan Community Health Centre on December 10, 2020 at the age of 93 years.
Mickey was born August 30, 1927 at Barons, AB to Charlie and Ina Raaschou. Along with her brother George, they were raised in the Barons/Keho Lake area and attended school at the Barons Consolidated School. After completing her education, she worked for AGT in Lethbridge for a few months before transferring to the Vulcan office. Here she met Cam Middleton and they married in June of 1949. They lived on the Middleton family farm and together

Evelyn Victoria Judd of Airdrie, passed away at the Foothills Medical
Centre in Calgary on November 27, 2020 at the age of 82 years.
Evelyn is survived by daughters Shirley (John) Lewis, Barbara da Silva,
4 grandchildren  – Eileen (Clarence Keating) Marage, Joshua (April)
Lewis, Charity (Jared) Reeves and Lissa (Cody) Perren, 5 great
grandchildren – Dominic Reeves, Alexa Reeves, Avery Perren, Lincoln
Perren and Tristan Keating, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by husband John Penner in 2000, husband Michael Judd
in 2018, son-in-law Manuel da Silva and son Kenneth Grekul.
A Celebration of Evelyn’s life will take place at a later date in
Vanderhoof, B.C.
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Robertson-Ciminelli, Julie Ann, of Mossleigh, passed away peacefully at the Vulcan Extendicare on November 23, 2020 at the age of 65 years.
Julie is survived by her sister Irene Beddome, brother Edwin De Ruiter, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, son Shawn, his father Dave Ciminelli, and her beloved partner of 33 years John Robertson.
There will not be a formal service at this time.
Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home. Telephone 1-403-485-2633. E-mail condolences through www.vulcanfuneralhome.ca.

Elaine Madeline Schneider passed away peacefully on November 3, 2020 at the Extendicare Fairmont Park in Lethbridge, Alberta at 83 years of age.
As the youngest child of William and Jane Grant, she was raised on their farm located near Lomond, Alberta along with her brothers Allan and Derwyn and her sister Audrey (Middleton). All of the Grant children attended the Armada school.
When Elaine left the farm she moved to Vulcan to work at the CIBC as a teller. She met her beloved husband Claire during those years and they were wed in June of 1956. Tragically, Claire died in a

Donald Guy (Pat) Walker, born March 17, 1927, passed away peacefully on November 1, 2020 with family by his side and a beautiful sunset in the sky outside his window. As his 7 year old great grandson Jaxon noted, “Big Grandpa was born and also died in Vulcan”.
Pat was born on St. Patrick’s Day (thus the nickname Pat) to parents, Ross and Gail (Waterstreet) Walker. He grew up on the family farm 9 miles east of Vulcan, first attending the nearby school of Sunny Glen and then later at Vulcan. After high school, he enrolled at the University of Alberta,

Smith, Allan Peter, of Vulcan (formerly of Okotoks), passed away at the Vulcan Extendicare on November 1, 2020 at the age of 94 years.
Allan was born in Calgary, AB on July 29th, 1926 and was the son of Stewart Peter Smith and Jean Kilpatrick (Greig). He will be greatly missed by his family.
Allan is survived by his son Donald (Inger) and by his daughter Carol Ray. He is also survived by five Grandchildren, 10 Great Grandchildren and three Great Great Grandchildren. Allan was predeceased by his beloved wife Barbara in July 2017, his parents, sister-in-law Patricia and son-in-law Lloyd Ray.
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