LILLIAN SPARKS COCHRANE OF THE CHINOOK NURSING HOME, CALGARY, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JUNE 2, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. LLOYD COCHRANE OE CALGARY, LILLIAN WAS BORN AT BOLDON COLLIERY, TYNE AND WEAR, ENGLAND ON AUGUST 2, 1906, THE DAUGHTER OF MR.& MRS. WILLIAM MORLAND. SHE CAME TO NANTON WITH HER PARENTS IN 1913 WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND LATER MARRIED EDWARD WILFRED SPARKS. LILLIAN AND BILL SPARKS RAISED SIX CHILDREN, THREE DAUGHTERS – ISABELLE COLBY OF VANCOUVER, JEAN (BILL) ALWOOD OF AIRDRIE AND EDITH (GARRY) WRIGHT OF ST. ALBERT, THREE SONS – ERNIE (ALICE) SPARKS OF DEVON, JERRY SPARKS OF VANCOUVER AND DENNIS (BETTY) SPARKS OF CALGARY, NINETEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWELVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FIRST HUSBAND BILL SPARKS IN 1963, A SISTER EDITH SHERMAN AND HER PARENTS.
AFTER BILL’S DEATH, SHE CARRIED ON ALONE UNTIL 1972 WHEN SHE MARRIED LLOYD GEORGE COCHRANE. THROUGH SICKNESS AND HEALTH, THEY CARRIED ON TOGETHER, ENJOYING LIFE AND VISITS FROM THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. LILLIAN ENJOYED MANY SHORT HOLIDAYS WITH LLOYD TO WESTERN CITIES IN THE USA AND CANADA, MEETING PEOPLE, SINGING, A GOOD JOKE AND MANY HAPPY GATHERINGS, ESPECIALLY HER SURPRISE 80TH AND 82ND BIRTHDAY PARTIES. SHE WAS HAPPIEST WHEN HER FAMILY WAS AROUND HER. SHE WORKED WITH THE LADIES AID OF THE UNITED CHURCH AND THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION.
SHE HAS RESIDED AT THE CHINOOK NURSING HOME FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WHERE SHE SERVED AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR HER WING, WHERE HER HAPPY GREETINGS AND HER TALENT TO LEAD THE RESIDENTS IN SONG WILL BE MISSED.
FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY, JUNE 5 AT 11:00 A.M. AT MCINNIS AND HOLLOWAY’S “ELBOYA CHAPEL“ WITH REV. P.H. BURRILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY PLOT AT VULCAN CEMETERY AT 2:30 P.M. WITH PASTOR DOUG ASTLE OFFICIATING.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.