VERDA OPHELIA HONESS, FORMERLY OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 100 YEARS.
VERDA MARRIED WILLIAM HONESS IN 1918, TOGETHER THEY FARMED THE HOMESTEAD EAST OF LOMOND. WILLIAM PASSED AWAY IN 1932 AND VERDA CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE FARM. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM’S BROTHER RUSSELL IN 1934 AND THEY CONTINUED FARMING EAST OF LOMOND UNTIL MOVING INTO TOWN IN 1966. RUSSELL PASSED AWAY IN 1974 AND VERDA REMAINED IN HER HOME UNTIL MOVING TO EXTENDICARE IN VULCAN IN 1991. SHE WAS THE OLDEST AND LONGEST RESIDENT AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING.
VERDA WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LOMOND SUNSHINE DROP-IN CENTRE, WHERE SHE SERVED AS TREASURER AND SPENT MUCH OF HER TIME THERE. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE UNITED FARM WOMEN OF ALBERTA AND A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR MEMBER OF THE BIRTHDAY CLUB.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON RUSSELL AND HIS WIFE MILDRED OF LOMOND, A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW NORMA HONESS OF LETHBRIDGE, A SON-IN-LAW ALAN VAILE OF LOMOND, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, NINETEEN GREAT GRAND AND FIVE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
VERDA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FIRST HUSBAND WILLIAM, HER SECOND HUSBAND RUSSELL, TWO INFANT DAUGHTERS, SON GILBERT, TWO DAUGHTERS MARION HOWELL AND ETHEL VAILE, A GRANDDAUGHTER BEVERLY HOWELL, SON-IN-LAW ED HOWELL, THREE SISTERS REETHA ODENWALD, METTA MILLER AND BEATRICE CHESTER, TWO BROTHERS LESLIE AND MAYNARD KNAPP.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1998 AT 1:00 PM AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND WITH PASTOR ED SUMMERS OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY AT 4:00 P.M.
HONORARY BEARERS AARON HONESS, DALYN ORSTEN, ROBIN ORSTEN, TANYA BRAUER, BOE BRAUER, KEVIN THURLOW, TREENA THURLOW, CORI O’CONNOR, FAREN HONESS, RILEY HONESS, BRETT VAILE, JARYN VAILE, KIRSTIE VAILE, GRACE-ANN GILLIS, TYSON THURLOW, CALEY O’CONNOR, MACK HONESS AND MADISON COUPLAND.
CASKET BEARERS GREG HONESS, ZAC COUPLAND, ALAN THURLOW, CURTIS SCHLAHT, QUENTIN BRAUER AND MITCH HONESS.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN VERDA’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, IN CARE OF ARRANGEMENTS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.