HEALY, BEATRICE ANNA EVELYN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA APRIL 7, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
BEATRICE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 5, 1904 AT LAKEVIEW, ONTARIO, WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING AND WORKED FOR A TIME AS A SECRETARY FOR A CIGAR COMPANY. IN JANUARY OF 1929, SHE MARRIED ARTHUR LORNE HEALY AND THEY CAME BACK TO HIS FARM ON THE OLD DeWITT PLACE, FIVE MILES NORTH OF THE REID HILL HALL, WHERE THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING IN 1945, A SHORT DISTANCE TO WHERE THE PRESENT FARM BUILDINGS ARE TODAY. SHE CAME TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE IN 1986, AND TO CARMANGAY IN 1989 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
BEATRICE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF REID HILL WOMEN’S INSTITUTE. SHE LOVED TO HAVE THE FAMILY TOGETHER AT HER HOME AND COOK DINNER AND IT NEVER MATTERED HOW MANY CAME. SHE ESPECIALLY LOVED HER GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE ENJOYED COOKING AND GARDENING – SHE COULD MAKE THINGS GROW, WHEN NOTHING ELSE WOULD.
BEATRICE KNEW THE FULL VALUE OF A DOLLAR, AS THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE THIRTIES. SHE RAISED TURKEY’S AND SOLD EGGS AND ALWAYS HAD A GOOD MEAL ON THE TABLE, SHE COULD MAKE THE BEST ICE CREAM ANYWHERE.
TOGETHER, BEATRICE AND LORNE TRAVELLED TO MANY PLACES INCLUDING ONTARIO, FLORIDA AND ALMOST ANY PLACE THAT HAD A RACE TRACK.
BELOVED MOTHER OF THREE SONS AND THEIR WIVES BOB AND DOROTHY, KEITH AND MARILYN AND LORNE AND MARLENE, ALL OF VULCAN, THIRTEEN GRAND AND TWELVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE SISTERS IRENE MILLER OF CALGARY, HELEN (CECIL) ROWE AND JOSEPHINE READ ALL OF VICTORIA, B.C. ,AND A NIECE NOREEN (RON) BARKER OF GODERICH, ONTARIO.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND LORNE IN 1991, A SON DONALD, HER PARENTS JOSEPH AND EVA BAGNALL AND A SISTER NORMA.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY APRIL 12, 1993 AT 2 P.M. AT CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH PASTOR DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO S.T.A.R.S BOX 570, 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E. CALGARY T2E 8M7 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.