ELLENTON, SARAH ELLEN “SADIE” PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON JANUARY 16, 1989 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO SONS – KAYE “DUKE” (KATHY) OF OLDS AND GARY (LOUISE) OF CANMORE, FIVE GRANDSONS, THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER – MRS. IVEY CARMACK OF CALGARY AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND EARL IN 1968, FIVE SISTERS, A BROTHER AND HER PARENTS.
SADIE WAS BORN AT MARKDALE, ONTARIO ON OCTOBER 11, 1903 AND CAME TO CALGARY WITH HER FAMILY AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS IN 1909. SHE RECEIVED HER EDUCATION AND CONTINUED ON TO RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA IN SECRETARIAL ARTS. SHE WAS EMPLOYED WITH MANY FIRMS IN CALGARY. SADIE CAME WITH HER FAMILY IN 1920 TO FARM IN THE NANTON AREA. SHE MARRIED MR. JAMES EARL ELLENTON IN MARCH OF 1929 AND THEY CONTINUED TO FARM EAST OF NANTON UNTIL MOVING TO TOWN IN 1932 AND SHE HAS RESIDED AT THE SILVER WILLOW LODGE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.
SADIE WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE NEEDS OF OTHERS AND A SUPPORTER OF THIRD WORLD FOSTER PARENTING AND SHE WAS A FOSTER PARENT OF A GIRL IN KOREA. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER HANDWRITING AND GARDENING AND HAD A KEEN INTEREST IN SPORTS THAT HER FAMILY PARTICIPATED IN, ESPECIALLY HOCKEY AND FOOTBALL. SHE ENJOYED PLAYING THE PIANO AND ORGAN, BOTH BY EAR. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NANTON UNITED CHURCH WOMEN FOR MANY YEARS.
FUNERAL SERVICES FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1989 AT 1:30 PM AT THE NANTON UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. LILLIAN SOGA OFFICIATING. INTERMENT NANTON CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO WORLD VISION OF CANADA, 6630 TURNER VALLEY RD, MISSISSAUGA, ON, L5N 2S4 OR THE NANTON UNITED CHURCH PARKING LOT FUND.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.