CLARKSON, VIOLET MARGARET “VI” PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 22, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS – HANNA J. (HARRIS) MATLOCK OF VULCAN, LILLIAN V. (CHARLES) MILLS OF BROADVIEW, SASKATCHEWAN AND LILA J. (FRED) STEPHENS OF TORONTO, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER MIMA (EARLE) ALTIZER OF ELKO, B.C. AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND ROY IN 1975, AN INFANT DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER MARIE LUELLA FISHER IN 1945, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
VIOLET WAS BORN AT MADOWASKA, ONTARIO ON NOVEMBER 20, 1895, DAUGHTER OF GABRIEL AND ELIZABETH DAVIDSON. SHE MARRIED MORIN LEROY CLARKSON ON NOVEMBER 29, 1916 AND THEY RESIDED AT SUFFIELD BEFORE COMING TO VULCAN IN NOVEMBER OF 1924. IN 1956, THEY MOVED TO CALGARY, THEN LATER IN 1984, SHE RETURNED TO VULCAN TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE. VIOLET MOVED TO THE HIGH RIVER AUXILIARY HOSPITAL IN 1986 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
VI WAS A SEAMSTRESS AND ALSO ENJOYED KNITTING, CROCHETING AND NEEDLEWORK. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND ENJOYED MEETING NEW FRIENDS. SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT WHEN NEEDED. VI WAS A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE UNITED CHURCH WOMEN GROUP.
FUNERAL SERVICES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989 AT 11 AM AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH PASTOR DOUG ASTEL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH BUILDING FUND OR THE ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, 1820 RICHMOND RD. SW, CALGARY, T2T 5T7.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.