EVELYN CHLOE MARSHALL, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY OCTOBER 8, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
CHLOE WAS BORN DECEMBER 3, 1904 AT MILTON, IOWA. SHE CAME TO ALBERTA WITH HER PARENTS BY WAY OF MANITOBA IN 1917. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM NORMAN MARSHALL IN JULY OF 1922 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED WITH HIS FATHER IN THE EASTWAY DISTRICT. THEY PURCHASED THEIR OWN LAND, KNOWN AS THE GUNN PLACE. TIMES WERE VERY HARD DURING THE 30’s AND IN 1935 THEY RENTED AND MOVED TO THE CORNER STORE WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT TWO YEARS BEFORE. THEY OPERATED THE STORE FOR EIGHT YEARS THEN SOLD THE BUSINESS AND RETURNED TO HIS FATHER’S ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD.
CHLOE ENJOYED TRAVELLING INCLUDING TRIPS TO HAWAII AND MEXICO CITY AND CAMPING. THEY PURCHASED THEIR FIRST CAMPER IN 1959 AND HAVE HAD MANY UNITS SINCE. CHLOE AND BILL RETIRED FROM FARMING IN THE MID 60’S AND CONTINUED TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. IN 1978, THEY PURCHASED A HOME IN MESA, ARIZONA WHERE CHLOE WORKED ON MANY CRAFTS DURING THE WINTERS. IN 1986 SHE MOVED INTO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE WHERE SHE CONTINUED HER CRAFTS INCLUDING KNITTING AND CROCHETING. SHE MOVED TO THE EXTENDICARE IN 1990 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
WHILE ON THE FARM, CHLOE WAS ACTIVE IN HER COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE EASTWAY LADIES CLUB AND THE REBEKAH LODGE IN MILO AND THEN BLACKIE.
LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER RUTH (DR. CHARLES) ANDERSON OF TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, TWO SONS MEL AND HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE AND NORM AND HIS WIFE WINNIE ALL OF VULCAN, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN; CHRIS (DELAIN) ANDERSON, TERRY (HARLEN) HOBBS, TROY (JANET) ANDERSON, LOURIE AND TAMMY ANDERSON ALL OF TENNESSEE, GORD (LORRAINE) MARSHALL OF VULCAN, MAXINE (HAROLD) BARTELEN OF LYALTA, DOLORES (HERB) HARDER, MARIE MARSHALL ALL OF VULCAN, LONNIE OF CALGARY, JOE AND VAL LEBSACK ALL OF VULCAN, SIXTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND BILL IN 1982, TWO SISTERS NINA WILSON AND HELEN DEXTER.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY OCTOBER ll, 1996 AT 11 A.M. AT CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
CASKET BEARERS WERE GORD MARSHALL, HAROLD BARTHELEN, JOE MARSHALL, DARREN LEBSACK, JEFF LEBSACK AND CHRIS ANDERSON.
INTERMENT AT 3 P.M. AT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, CALGARY, ALBERTA.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.