JANET WHITECROSS BROWN KERR, PASSED AWAY AT HOME WITH HER FAMILY JUNE 23, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
JANET WAS BORN DECEMBER 23, 1926 AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND TO HER PARENTS GEORGE AND MARGARET DAVIDSON. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN EDINBURGH. JANET ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE DURING THE WAR AND SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICE WOMEN IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, WINCHESTER AND SALISBERRY . IN 1947 SHE CAME TO CANADA AS A WAR BRIDE AND MARRIED JOHN BRUCE KERR IN 1948, A BANK MANAGER, TOGETHER THEY MOVED FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO ALBERTA AND BACK MANY TIMES. ARRIVING TO MANAGE THE CIBC BANK IN VULCAN IN 1967, THEN THEY MOVED TO MANAGE THE NANTON BRANCH, JOHN PASSED AWAY IN 1978 AND JANET MOVED BACK TO VULCAN, WITH HER DAUGHTER MARGARET WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
JANET LOVED TO TRAVEL ESPECIALLY TO SCOTLAND EACH YEAR WITH HER DAUGHTER, KNITTING AND PUZZLES. SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE VULCAN HOSPITAL LADIES AUXILIARY, WHERE SHE SERVED ON ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRS UNTIL HER HEALTH WOULD NOT ALLOW HER. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #21 VULCAN FOR MANY YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER MARGARET KERR OF VULCAN, A SON IAN KERR OF CALGARY, A BROTHER JOHN DAVIDSON OF EDINBURGH, AN AUNT MARGARET COPELAND OF ABERDEEN, MANY COUSINS, NUMEROUS BROTHER AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, LIFE LONG FRIENDS TOM AND BETTY McEWAN IN EDINBURGH, AND HOST OF FRIENDS IN THE VULCAN AREA.
JANET WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND JOHN IN 1978, A BROTHER TOM, A SISTER-IN-LAW MURIEL AND HER PARENTS.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY JUNE 26, 1999 AT THE VULCAN LEGION HALL WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT SEAFIELD CREMATORIUM, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.
LEGION COLOR GUARD ED ZELKE, JOHN SCATTERGOOD, GEORGE LAWRENCE, DAYTON WILLIAMS, SKEEZ CHRISTENSEN AND CHARLIE SEALOCK.
IF FRIENDS DESIRE TRIBUTES IN JANET’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE VULCAN HEALTH CARE AUXILIARY BOX 299, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633.