CHAMBERS, ANNIE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE APRIL 29, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 97 YEARS.
ANNIE WAS BORN MAY 5, 1895 AT HIGH LANE, COUNTY OF NORBURY, ENGLAND WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1903 AT THE AGE OF 14 YEARS, SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS, ISAAC AND HANNAH BENNETT, BY BOAT TO CANADA, ARRIVING FIRST IN NEWFOUNDLAND THEN CAME BY TRAIN TO NANTON AND BY TEAM AND WAGON TO REID HILL GENERAL STORE, WHICH WAS OWNED BY HER COUSINS AT THE TIME.
SHE MARRIED STANCIL CHAMBERS AND THEY BOUGHT THE FARM JUST NORTH OF HIS FATHERS PLACE IN THE ARMADA DISTRICT WEST OF LOMOND, WHERE THEY FARMED AND SHE RAISED TURKEY’S. SHE REMAINED ON THE FARM UNTIL SHE MOVED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN 1978, THEN TO EXTENDICARE IN 1990 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
ANNIE WAS A VERY CONTENTED PERSON, ALWAYS CHEERFUL AND PLEASANT, EVEN DURING THE TIMES WHEN STANCIL WOULD BRING INTO THE KITCHEN A MOTOR TO REBUILD.
SHE LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THE GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE ENJOYED PEOPLE COMING TO HER PLACE TO VISIT, COOKING, GARDENING, CANNING VEGGIES AND CHICKENS AND IN HER LATER YEARS, KNITTING AND CROCHETING.
BELOVED MOTHER OF FOUR DAUGHTERS SIS (FRANK) STOKES OF VULCAN, GLADYS MESTON OF SARNIA, ONT., PAT (GEORGE) MEHALKO OF LETHBRIDGE AND GRACE (STAN) MARKS OF LOMOND, FOUR SONS VIRGIL (EDITH) OF WHITE ROCK, B.C., ROSS (MARY) OF VULCAN, ALLAN (JOANNE) AND RON (RENIE) ALL OF LOMOND, 25 GRANDCHILDREN, 37 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
ANNIE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND STANCIL IN 1969, TWO BROTHERS HORACE AND ALBERT, A SISTER BETTIE McINTYRE IN 1988 AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY MAY 3, 1933 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS, HER GRANDSONS RICHIE STOKES, GARY CHAMBERS, DON MEHALKO, LES CHAMBERS, MIKE CHAMBERS, TIM CHAMBERS, GARY MARKS, BRAD CHAMBERS, KELLY CHAMBERS , DANNY CHAMBERS AND BARRY CHAMBERS.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-485-2633.