PAULINE (POLLY) HORKOFF, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JANUARY 8, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
PAULINE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 5, 1927 AT MILO, ALBERTA FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM AND PAULINE (nee:HLOOKOFF) SHKURATOFF. SHE ATTENDED BLACKIE, EASTWAY AND BERRYWATER SCHOOLS. SHE HAD A GREAT LOVE OF MUSIC AND PERFORMED AT LOCAL CONCERTS WITH HER BROTHER. IN 1946 PAULINE MARRIED NICK HORKOFF, THEY WORKED ON AN ORCHARD IN THE OKANAGAN, UNTIL PURCHASING THEIR OWN IN 1951. IN 1953 PAULINE’S MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND THEY RETURNED TO THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT TO HELP WITH THE FAMILY FARM.. IN 1958 PAULINE’S FATHER PASSED AWAY LEAVING THE TOTAL FARMING RESPONSIBILITIES TO THEM. THEY CONTINUED TO RUN THE FARM, UNTIL HER HEALTH WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO CONTINUE HER WORK. WITH THE LOVE AND COMPASSION OF HER HUSBAND, PAULINE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO RESIDE AT HOME UNTIL HER PASSING.
PAULINE LOVED HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN, SHE WOULD SPEND MANY HOURS LISTENING TO THEM. SHE ALSO ENJOYED GARDENING AND TRYING NEW CRAFT IDEAS. CRAFTS WERE ALWAYS HER PASSION AND SHE SPENT MANY HOURS QUILTING, KNITTING, CROCHETING, DOING CERAMICS AND MAKING CORSAGES. PAULINE WAS A WELL KNOWN CRAFT VENDER AT MILLERVILLE AND OTHER FARMERS MARKETS IN THE AREA, WHERE SHE ENJOYED VISITING HER FRIENDS. PAULINE WILL BE SADLY MISSED.
PAULINE WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WAS A MEMBER OF UNIFARM AND BERRYWATER LADIES.
LOVING WIFE OF NICK HORKOFF OF VULCAN, LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER HELEN (DENNIS) CLEASE OF BRAGG CREEK, TWO SONS EDWARD (MARION) HORKOFF OF CALGARY AND JIM HORKOFF OF VULCAN A SISTER MARY SHKURATOFF, A SISTER -IN-LAW PAULINE SHKURATOFF OF OLIVER, SIX GRANDCHILDREN DONNIE HORKOFF, KRISTA HORKOFF, JENNIFER HORKOFF, DAVID CLEASE, JODIE CLEASE AND AUSTIN HORKOFF, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
PAULINE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, SON DAVID IN 1953, AND A BROTHER WILLIAM JR. IN 1983.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY JANUARY 12, 1999 AT 11 A.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. LORRAINE POWELL OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT AT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD CEMETERY.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE MARJORIE LOVE, EDNA WEBBER, ZOLA WEBBER, BETTY WICKSTROM, FRANK LOVE AND STAN WICKSTROM.
CASKET BEARERS WERE KEVIN LOVE, MURRAY McLEAN, BILL SHARP, ALLEN WEBBER, SHELDON WEBBER AND RON WICKSTROM.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN PAULINE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO VULCAN HEALTH CARE AUXILIARY BOX 299, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633.