We Remember

Honess, Russell Allan, beloved husband of Mildred (formerly of Lomond), passed away June 7, 2013 in Brooks, AB.
Russell was born March 15, 1922, the oldest son of William & Verda Honess. He received all of his schooling at Midway School (east of Lomond). Russell’s dad passed away in 1932 so at the age 14 years, Russell left home to work for farmers at Rainier and the Bow City Coal Mine. On June 18, 1943, Russell married Mildred Armstrong. This year they would have celebrated their 70th year of marriage. In 1944, Russell contracted polio and spent 3 months in the

Alene “Yvonne” West of Vulcan, formerly of Lomond, passed away May 23, 2013 at the Vulcan Community Health Centre at the age of 88 years.
Loving mother of a daughter Bev (Doug) Lee of Brooks, three sons Bruce (Patricia) of Olds, Doug of Lomond, Bob (Carol Robertson) of Vulcan, six grandchildren Lori and Rick Lee, Evan and Casey West, Elyse (Derek) Belanger and Brett Robertson and numerous nieces and nephews.
Yvonne was predeceased by her loving husband of 52 years, Herb, in May of 2000. Yvonne lived at the Peter Dawson Lodge in Vulcan for 13 years, from 2000 to the time

MOON, Mildred “Millie”, of Vulcan, formerly of Stavely, passed away on May 22, 2013 at the Vulcan Extendicare at the age of 92 years.
Celebration of Life Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 2:00 pm at the Stavely Community Centre (501 – 50 St., Stavely, AB).
Tributes in Millie’s memory can be made to the Elks and Royal Purple Fund For Children, #100, 2629 – 29 Ave., Regina, SK, S4S 2N9.
Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home. Telephone 1-403-485-2633. E-mail condolences through www.vulcanfuneralhome.ca.

Burgess, Gordon Clarke, formerly of Champion, passed away May 19, 2013 at Vulcan Community Health Centre at the age of 82 years.
Gordon is survived by his loving wife Dorothy, three daughters, Rose-Marie (Eldon) Kube of Dixonville, AB, Cynthia Houston of the Yukon, Patricia “Trish” (Glen Barker) Gibson of Winfield, B.C, Richard of Calgary, Ron of Vancouver and Darrell (Cheryl) Burgess of Lethbridge, eleven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one brother Don (Jean) Burgess of Edmonton, three sisters Ruth Burgess of Vancouver, Marie (Roy) Corless of Sundre, E. Mae (Phil) Ruggles of Lomond, and numerous nieces and nephews. Gordon was predeceased by his

Johnston, Robert Nelson “Bob”, of Vulcan, passed away  May 12, 2013 at the Vulcan Community Health Centre at the age of 83 years.
Bob was born July 4, 1929 at Brome, Quebec, where he attended school. He worked on the farm and had many jobs and hobbies in the off season, including building and driving stock cars and working in the bush. He worked at many garage repair shops, then worked for Bunnie Chev Olds in Quebec. Bob played the drums in a dance band, at first with his mother, sister and uncle and later with other band members. They played

ROOT, Jerome “Jerry” passed away on May 9, 2013 in Brooks Health Centre at the age of 88 years.
Jerry Root was born on February 25, 1925 on the Lomond homestead. Except for a few winters during his youth, he lived in Lomond all his life before moving to Brooks in the fall of 2010.
Jerry started his working career as a partner in an implement agency, service station and oil agency. After that was sold 4 years later, he became the agent for the Imperial Oil bulk plant from 1951 – 1957. It was in1952 that he began farming, the profession

Bexte, Adolf Kasper  1933 – 2013
Bexte, Adolf Kasper, of Vulcan, formerly of Arrowwood, passed away March 16, 2013 at Vulcan Community Health Centre at the age of 79 years.
Adolf was born to Bernhard and Anna Bexte October 8, 1933 in Freischlag, Germany and was the second son of 9 children.
Adolf worked in road construction for many years. He and Dorothy enjoyed camping for many years and when he retired, enjoyed working in his shop making many beautiful wood carvings.
Adolf is survived by his wife Dorothy, His son Joseph (Kathy) His daughters Cindy (Dave), Holly (Roger), and Lynn (Stewart), three generations

Rodney Donald Povey of Champion, passed away suddenly March 5, 2013 at Lethbridge, AB, at the age of 57 years.
He was predeceased by his parents Don & Lorraine Povey.
Rod is survived by his loving wife Janice, sons Tyler, Chad (Stephanie) and Coltan (Beth), grandsons Gavin and Morgan, brothers Kelly (Vicki) Lyle, Darcy and Dwight, in-laws Ed & Lois Suchow, Derinda Thatcher, Patti (Randy) Pederson and Lynn (Ed) Cole and numerous nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life Funeral service Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 2:00 pm at the Vulcan Cultural and Recreation Centre (504 – 4 Ave. South), lead by Mike Miller.
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