ROBINA HUTTON OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AUGUST 20, 2001 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
ROBINA WAS BORN OCTOBER 3, 1909 IN DENHOLMHILL, SCOTLAND TO DAVE AND FRANCES WYLIE. SHE CAME TO CROSSFIELD, ALBERTA FROM SCOTLAND WITH HER PARENTS IN 1912. IN 1925 SHE MOVED TO VULCAN. ROBINA MARRIED GEORGE HUTTON IN 1927 AND TOGETHER THEY LIVED IN A ONE ROOM SHACK RAISING THEIR FAMILY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. EVENTUALLY THEY MOVED TO A TWO ROOM HOUSE AND THEN A FOUR ROOM HOUSE. WHILE GEORGE WAS WORKING AT THE COAST ROBINA PURCHASED AN OLD FORD TRUCK AND BEGAN HAULING COAL AND WHEAT WHENEVER IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HER TO DO SO. WHEN GEORGE RETURNED FROM THE COAST THEY BOTH BEGAN WORKING FOR MR. PEACOCK. IN 1958 GEORGE DIED AND SHE CONTINUED TO FARM WITH HER SON JIM FOR TWO MORE YEARS UNTIL THE FARM SOLD. WHILE SHE RESIDED ON THE FARM SHE ALSO DROVE SCHOOL BUS FOR TWENTY YEARS. ROBINA KEPT HOUSE FOR MR. AND MRS. ROSS CLARK FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE THEN MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE KEPT HOUSE FOR MRS. CARRIE ROSS FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS. AFTER RETIRING IN 1979 ROBINA TOOK A TRIP BACK TO SCOTLAND WHERE SHE SAW THE LITTLE CHURCH THAT SHE WAS BAPTIZED IN AND THE HOUSE WHERE SHE WAS BORN. ROBINA RESIDED ON THE FARM WITH HER DAUGHTER PATRICIA AND GEORGE DINGWALL UNTIL 1987 WHEN SHE MOVED INTO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE. IN NOVEMBER OF 1998 SHE MOVED INTO THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY OF THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE WHERE SHE HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE SINCE.
LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER SHIRLEY (GLEN) CAHOON OF PRINCE GEORGE B.C., THREE SONS ROBERT (NELLIE) OF VULCAN, JAMES (HILARY), JACK (ELSIE) ALL OF CALGARY, A BROTHER ALLEN WYLIE OF INNISFAIL, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN DOUANNE (JACK) BROWN OF COQUITLAM, B.C., SHIRLEY (RANDY) BUEHLER OF OLDS, WENDY (RAYMOND) FORSHNER OF FT. ST. JAMES B.C., GWEN (BRYON) BUEHLER OF RED DEER, DONNA (ALLAN) HORNBERGER OF VULCAN, DEANNA (BRIAN) WALKER OF CAYLEY, KEITH HUTTON AND DALE HUTTON BOTH OF CALGARY, DEBBIE CAHOON, CINDY CAHOON, MIKE (SUSAN) CAHOON, ALLAN (CHERYL) CAHOON ALL OF PRINCE GEORGE , B.C. ,SEVENTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ROBINA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND GEORGE, A DAUGHTER PATRICIA DINGWALL, SON-IN-LAW GEORGE DINGWALL, GRANDDAUGHTER SHARON DINGWALL AND BROTHER BILL WYLIE.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 2001 AT 1:30 P.M. AT THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. LORRAINE POWELL OFFICIATING.
CASKET BEARERS ALLAN HORNBERGER, KEITH HUTTON, DALE HUTTON, MIKE CAHOON, ALLAN CAHOON AND BRYON BUEHLER.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN ROBINA’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO S.T.A.R.S. 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E. BOX 570 CALGARY T2E 8M7.
THE FAMILY WISH TO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO JERRY WYLIE, RUTH AND GEORGE RICHARDSON, TOM AND VIVIAN WYLIE THE RESIDENTS AND NURSING ATTENDANTS OF THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE FOR THEIR LOVE AND ATTENTION SHOWN TO ROBINA DURING HER STAY.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com.