MARSHMAN, RAE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON APRIL 24, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS.
RAE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 24, 1923 AT ESTEVAN, SK. SHE CAME TO VULCAN IN 1946. RAE LOVED MUSIC AND JOINED THE UNITED CHURCH CHOIR AND ALSO WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR ELEVEN YEARS. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN ELDERS OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA FOR NINE YEARS. IN 1962, SHE BECAME A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH WOMEN. SHE ALSO TAUGHT SUMMER CHURCH SCHOOL AND STARTED THE CHILDRENS’ MISSION BAND AND NURSERY SCHOOL. RAE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FORMATION OF GIRL GUIDES AND BROWNIES AND IN VULCAN IN 1948, IT BECAME A REALITY. HER GREATEST TIME DURING THE GIRL GUIDE YEARS WAS WHEN LADY BADEN POWELL WAS AT THE GALT GARDENS IN LETHBRIDGE TO CONGRATULATE AND GIVE A HANDSHAKE TO ALL OF THE LEADERS FOR THEIR WORK AND INTEREST IN THE YOUTH OF CANADA. SHE ALSO STARTED A DAY NURSERY FOR WORKING MOTHERS, ONLY IN VULCAN.
RAE MARRIED DON MARSHMAN ON DECEMBER 4, 1971. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN VULCAN SINCE. RAE WAS ALWAYS ACTIVE WITH CHILDREN AND SHE ALSO ENJOYED FLOWERS AND GARDENING. RAE LOVED HER FAMILY AND HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY AT EASTER, WITH THE EGG HUNT AT THEIR PLACE.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE REBEKAH LODGE FOR 42 YEARS, AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, BRANCH 21, VULCAN, FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. SHE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE AUXILIARY FOR THE “LEGION’S MORTGAGE BURNING CEREMONY” ON DECEMBER 10, 1983.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. DON MARSHMAN OF VULCAN, LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER CARELL AND HER HUSBAND BILL HINKLE OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, A BROTHER PERCY (QUEENIE) SIMPSON, A SISTER LILLIAN (ALEC) LANCASTER, ALL OF CALGARY, STEP GRANDCHILDREN SUSAN AND TOM HINKLE, BOTH OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER MOTHER DOROTHY SIMPSON IN 1972 AND HER FATHER JOHN SIMPSON IN 1979.
FUNERAL SERVICES SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1991 AT 1:30 PM AT CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN, WITH PASTOR STACEY LANDRY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
HONOR GUARD – JOYCE BIRCH, KELLY NOBERT, DOREEN HANNA, HELEN ROE, DIANNE LEROHL, ALICE WARK AND BETTY ROEBUCK (CHAPLIN).
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WERE CARSON MCKAY, CHARLIE FULTON, PETER PICKERSGILL, JERRY WYLIE, WALTER DANN AND BILL ROEBUCK.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, 403-485-2633.