GATEMAN, BEULAH ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 14, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
BEULAH WAS BORN AT RED DEER, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 7, 1905. SHE WAS RAISED IN THE NANTON AND OKOTOKS AREAS. SHE THEN ATTENDED NORMAL SCHOOL AND BEGAN TEACHING AT BIG ROCK, HIGHLAND AND UNION JACK SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED NORMAN GEORGE GATEMAN IN 1929. THEY FARMED IN THE MOSSLEIGH AREA UNTIL SHE MOVED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN IN 1984 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
BUELAH WAS AN AVID SCRABBLE PLAYER AND EXCELLENT SPELLER. SHE ENJOYED READING OUT LOUD FOR ANYONE TO LISTEN. SHE ALSO ENJOYED A GOOD GAME OF BRIDGE, KNITTING, NEEDLE WORK AND IN HER YOUNGER YEARS – SQUARE DANCING. SHE ENJOYED GARDENING AND HAD AN ABILITY TO REVIVE SICK HOUSE PLANTS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF THREE SONS – JOHN “JACK” (PAT) OF CALGARY, BRUCE (JOAN) AND VIC ALL OF MOSSLEIGH, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN DAWN (KEN) GATEMAN-HAND, RICK GATEMAN AND HIS FIANCEE DONNA MEADOWS, HEATHER (WALTER) CURILLA, SANDRA (MERLE) GATEMAN-THOME, GLEN GATEMAN, COLIN (JENNIFER) GATEMAN AND BRENT GATEMAN AND HIS FIANCEE KIM LIEVAART, A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER LAUREN CURILLA, A SISTER LILLIAN PELHAM OF VULCAN AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
BEULAH WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND NORMAN IN 1957, TWO BROTHERS SHELDON AND CLIFFORD, HER PARENTS AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SHIRLEY.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 AT 3:00 P.M. AT THE CHAPEL OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY FUNERAL HOME, 17 AVE. AT GARDEN ROAD S.E. CALGARY WITH RON PELHAM OFFICIATING. INTERMENT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS.
PALLBEARERS DAWN GATEMAN, RICK GATEMAN, HEATHER CURILLA, SANDRA GATEMAN, GLEN GATEMAN AND COLIN GATEMAN.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION 1331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY T2N 9Z9 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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