MARY YVONNE “BONNY” DANN WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST NOVEMBER 25, 1991 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
BONNY WAS BORN JULY 7, 1927 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AND CAME TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT A FEW DAYS LATER WHERE SHE ATTENDED SUNNY GLEN SCHOOL. SHE MARRIED WALTER DANN MARCH 29, 1944. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE DISTRICT SINCE.
BONNY LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDDAUGHTERS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED CAMPING AND TRAIL RIDING AND TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS, GARDENING, QUILTING AND COULD SHE EVER MAKE GOOD BREAD. SHE LOVED HORSES – HER FAVOURITE WAS CALLED “LUCKY”. SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH 4H FOR MANY YEARS AS THE BARN BOSS.
BONNY WAS A MEMBER OF CHRISTIAN LIFE FELLOWSHIP. SHE SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR THE PAST THIRTY YEARS AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS.
SHE WAS THE LIGHT AND A BEACON IN THE LIVES OF MANY, INCLUDING HER HUSBAND OF 47 YEARS, WALTER DANN OF VULCAN, A DAUGHTER BONNY MARIE OF BARRHEAD, A SON JIM AND HIS WIFE HANNAH, OF VULCAN, TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS TAMMY OF CALGARY AND LEAH OF VULCAN, HER STEP- FATHER BILL SWANSON OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW BEN AND HIS WIFE RUTH OF VULCAN AND BOB AND HIS WIFE ROSEMARIE OF CALGARY, A SISTER-IN-LAW MILDRED AND HER HUSBAND HOWARD OF VULCAN, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS SAM AND MATILDA BERG AND HER BIRTH MOTHER MARIA SWANSON.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1991 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE AND PASTOR LAWRENCE BONK OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE JEAN JONES, LOIS SCHNEIDER, ELAINE SCHNEIDER, ELSIE TOMPKINS, VIOLET REATH AND HELEN FULTON.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WERE ALLAN FULTON, DAN LOVE, DAVID MUNRO, DALE SILBERNAGEL, PAUL WALD AND RANDY WILLIAMS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE VULCAN AMBULANCE SERVICE C/O VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, 403-485-2633.