DOREEN MARGARET HANNA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 8, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 45 YEARS.
DOREEN WAS BORN MARCH 19, 1949 AT BANFF, ALBERTA WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL COMING TO VULCAN IN 1964 WHERE SHE COMPLETED HER HIGH SCHOOL. DOREEN ATTENDED S.A.I.T AND COMPLETED A COMMERCIAL COOKING COURSE AND WORKED IN INUVIK FOR TWO YEARS. SHE RETURNED TO VULCAN IN 1971 WERE SHE MET AND MARRIED JAMES “JIM” HANNA IN JUNE OF 1973. THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN VULCAN AND WERE BLESSED WITH TWO DAUGHTERS AND A SON, LESLI IN 1973, SHERRY ANN WAS STILLBORN IN 1976 AND MICHAEL IN 1977.
IN 1982 DOREEN BEGAN WORKING IN VULCAN AT MANY PLACES INCLUDING IGA, LORN’S CLOTHING AND TOM BOY FOODS. SHE BEGAN HER OWN JANITORIAL BUSINESS WHERE SHE WORKED UNTIL HER DEATH.
DOREEN LOVED HER FAMILY AND FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE WAS CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH HER CHILDREN AND THEIR FRIENDS, THAT OFTEN FELT AS FRIENDS RATHER THAN AS A MOTHER. SHE BABYSAT MANY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CHILDREN AND CONTINUED TO BE IN TOUCH AS THEY WERE GROWING UP. SHE WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH MANY EVENTS IN VULCAN INCLUDING BASEBALL AND BEAVERS. SHE ALSO HELPED WITH THE SUMMER GAMES. SHE ENJOYED WATCHING ALL SPORTS, LIVE OR ON TELEVISION. SHE PLAYED HORSESHOES, ALL KINDS OF BOARD GAMES, CRIB AND COMPUTER GAMES INCLUDING NINTENDO AND READING MYSTERY STORIES. DOREEN ENJOYED DANCING, ESPECIALLY TO ELVIS PRESLEY MUSIC, MEETING PEOPLE, TIME IN THE MOUNTAINS AND TRAVELLING. SHE COLLECTED SPOONS, UNICORNS, PINS, ORNAMENTS, RINGS AND STUFFED ANIMALS INCLUDING “MISS PIGGY”.
DOREEN WAS A FIFTEEN YEAR MEMBER OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #21. AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. SHE WAS SERVING AS AUXILIARY SECRETARY. SHE HAD ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND WAS A FLAG BEARER FOR MANY YEARS AT THE NOVEMBER 11TH CEREMONIES, RALLIES AND PARADES. SHE WAS A VALUED MEMBER OF THE LEGION DART AND BOWLING TEAMS. SHE ALSO HELPED TO ORGANIZE THE MEAT RAFFLE AND BLOCK PARENTS PROGRAM. DOREEN WAS THE LADIES AUXILIARY LIAISON TO THE VULCAN CUBS AND BROWNIES. SHE WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST VOLUNTEER TO HELP IN ANY WAY SHE COULD.
SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
BELOVED WIFE OF JIM AND LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER LESLI AND A SON MIKE ALL OF VULCAN. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER LOVING MOTHER HARRIET CONNON, A SISTER MARGARET (LORN) MCLEAN ALL OF CHAMPION, THREE BROTHERS ALBERT (RUBY), GARY ALL OF CALGARY AND KEN OF EDMONTON, SPECIAL FRIENDS NADINE, JUSTIN AND TIM WASS. NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER INFANT DAUGHTER SHERRY ANN IN 1976 AND
HER FATHER THOMAS “TOM” IN 1969.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY APRIL 12, 1994 AT 2 P.M. AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
HONORARY BEARERS DIANE BIRCH, JOYCE BIRCH, KELLY NOBERT, DIANE LEROHL, HELEN ROE AND ANNA RUPPERT.
CASKET BEARERS TIM WASS, ROB DAVIDSON, DARREN POSEIN, LANCE SOMERVILLE, JIM PRENTICE AND MARC MACKENZIE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE VULCAN AND DISTRICT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BOX 299, VULCAN, T0L 2B0.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.