Obituaries

Grant Austin Lahd, born August 7, 1937, passed away peacefully at his home in Milo, Alberta, on February 28, 2017.
Grant is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Betty Lahd and his children Rod (Leslie) Lahd, Lee (Tammy) Lahd, Darla (Vaughan) Hartigan and Kyle (Crystal) Lahd. He is also survived by his grandchildren Paige (Chris) Hartung, Brody Lahd (Courtney Chow), Jesse Lahd, Natasha Lahd, Riley Lahd (Tori Carson), Celia Lahd, Rory Lahd, Julia Hartigan, Daisy Lahd, Ella Hartigan, and Gus Lahd. He is also survived by his sister Jo-Ann (Cameron) Klem and his brother-in-law Keith Healy. Grant was predeceased

Knive, Ruby Alberta, of Vulcan, passed away peacefully at the Vulcan Extendicare on February 23, 2017 at the age of 98 years.
Ruby was born on September 9, 1918 on the family farm at Kirkcaldy, to Michael and Dorthea Sullivan. Andy and Ruby married in Vulcan in 1942 and in the same year, they rented the Stager farm in the Red Cross district where they lived for the next eight years. They purchased the Henry McBride place in the Union Jack area in 1948. After years of farming and raising their three children, Andy and Ruby retired and moved to Vulcan

Fisher, Margaret Kathleen of Nanton, peacefully passed away at the Willow Creek Continuing Care Centre in Claresholm on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at the age of 97 years.
Margaret spent many years with Keith on the farm in the Vulcan area. She enjoyed traveling to Mexico and Hawaii as well as spending time at their home on the Kootenay Lake. She will be sadly missed by many.
Margaret leaves to mourn, sons Warren Fisher of Nanton and Allan (Charlean) Fisher of Vulcan, grandchildren David (Corrie) Fisher and Diana (Grant) Render, great grandchildren Zachary and Callie Render, Charlotte and Gabrielle Fisher, one sister

Francis, Lorna Opal, of Vulcan, peacefully passed away at the Vulcan Community Health Centre on February 11, 2017, at the age of 81 years.
Lorna was born on October 8th, 1935 in Arrowwood, to Nels and Clara Nelson. Lorna grew up on her parents farm near Queenstown, where she started her schooling. After school, she attended Secretarial College in Calgary and worked in Calgary and in the Western United States before returning to Milo. She married William “Bill” Francis and together they raised two sons on the farm – Timothy and Daniel. Lorna remained on the farm until 2007 then moved

McCaskill, Marjorie Frances, of Vulcan, beloved wife of Bob McCaskill, passed away at the Vulcan Community Health Centre on February 5, 2017 at the age of 91 years.

Marjorie was born on January 1, 1926 in the first Vulcan hospital. The only daughter of Clifford and Marie Love, she completed nursing training at the Calgary General Hospital in 1949 and went on to have a successful nursing career, helping war veterans at the Colonel Belcher Hospital in Calgary. She was married to Robert Douglas McCaskill of Calgary on November 06, 1949 in Vulcan and while most of her married life was

Margaret Enns Reimer 1934 – 2017
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our mother, Margaret Enns Reimer. After 3 1/2 year struggle with the after effects of a stroke, she went peacefully with her family around her. She was surrounded by what she deemed most important: family and love.
Margaret changed the world. She was a wife of 56 years, a mother to 4, grandmother to 7 , great-grandmother to 6. She loved traveling. She always had itchy feet. She loved grapes and she enjoyed watching the women in her family in the kitchen.
She was born and

Kehr, Edgar Maxwell “Max” , of Vulcan, beloved husband of Betty, passed away peacefully at the Vulcan Community Health Centre on January 25, 2017 at the age of 84 years.
Max was born in Vulcan on September 25, 1932 to Edgar and Jessie Kehr. Max took his schooling at Highland, Red Cross and Vulcan schools. In 1949-50, he attended Mount Royal College where he took Grade 11. He was also active in amateur wrestling and basketball as well as hockey and baseball. Max started playing hockey at the age of eleven which carried on well into his forties.
In the spring of

Williams, Irene, formerly of Arrowwood, passed away peacefully at the Vulcan Extendicare on January 23, 2017 at the age of 99 years.
Irene is survived by her children – Fern (Richard) Vachon of Vulcan, Gale (Gerry) Hammett of Vulcan, Faith (Alvin) Vaage of Champion and Jim (Twi) Williams of Okotoks, nine grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents James and Rose Page, husband Leonard Williams and seven siblings.
Family Graveside Service and Interment was held at the Arrowwood Cemetery.
Tributes in Irene’s memory can be made to the Vulcan Extendicare Ladies Auxiliary, Box 810, Vulcan,