ENID ALICE MAGNUSON OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 27, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
ENID WAS BORN JUNE 12, 1923 ON THE FARM AT TWIN LAKES, ALBERTA. SHE COMPLETED HER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WOOLFORD AREA. SHE BEGAN WORKING AT FOODLAND STORE IN CARDSTON WHERE SHE WORKED FOR TWENTY YEARS. ENID TRAINED AS A HAIR DRESSER AND SET UP A BEAUTY SALON IN THE BASEMENT OF HER HOME. SHE MET AND MARRIED MELVIN MAGNUSON IN JANUARY OF 1991 AND THEY RESIDED IN VULCAN.
ENID WAS A VERY LOVING CARING PERSON WHO LOVED PEOPLE AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE FRIENDS SHE HAD MADE IN CARDSTON, VULCAN AND LOMOND. SHE ESPCIALLY LOVED HER GRAND AND GREAT GRAND AND STEP CHILDREN, GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
ENID WAS VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS INCLUDING WATER SKIING, SOFTBALL, CURLING, BOWLING AND SHE REALLY ENJOYED DANCING AND GOLFING. SHE WAS ALSO A VERY GOOD BRIDGE PLAYER SHE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN HER FAITH AS A MEMBER OF THE CARDSTON UNITED CHURCH AND CHOIR DIRECTOR AND WHEN IN VULCAN SHE SANG WITH THE CHURCH CHOIR. SHE ALSO SANG SOLOS FOR FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS. ENID WAS A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR MEMBER OF THE CARDSTON ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FIRST HUSBAND FRED NOBLE IN I971, A TWIN DAUGHTER FERN MARIE NOBLE AND TWO BROTHERS BILLIE AS AN INFANT AND RAYMOND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, HER FATHER RAYMOND AND MOTHER ALICE CHRISTIE.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND MELVIN, HER TWIN DAUGHTER JUNE (KEN) BLACK, THREE GRANDCHILDREN FRED BLACK, BRAD BLACK AND SHAWNA (KEN) FETH, THREE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TARYNE, MIKE AND KRISTA FETH, THREE STEP DAUGHTERS SANDRA BECKNER, MARILYN MAGNUSON AND BRENDA (BARRY) LAINOF, A STEP SON RON (DEB) MAGNUSON, FOUR SISTERS LOIS STAPLETON, ELEANOR McCLEARY, VIRGINIA (GLEN) WELCH AND BETTY (KEITH) SHAW, A BROTHER DAN (GERI) CHRISTIE, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, STEP GRANDCHILDREN, RELATIVES AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.
ENID LOVED HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER GRAND AND GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN AND WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY MARCH 2, 1996 AT I1 A.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. DON WATT OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT WOOLFORD CEMETERY AT 3:30 P.M. SATURDAY.
HONORARY BEARERS DELLA STEWART, PHYLIS HOFFARTH, GWEN CHRISTIE, RAE OLDS, MARTHA REICHLE AND MARMION GESCHWENDT.
CASKET BEARERS BOB WELSH, JACK WELSH, BLAINE CAMPBELL, JACK WARD, LORNE HEALY, BRENT KOZAK, DWAYNE KOZAK, GUNTHER SHULTZ, LEN SHAW AND RON MAGNUSON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO EITHER THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT C/O BOX 299, VULCAN T0L 2B0 OR ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION I331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY T2N 9Z9.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.