McCORD, AGNES MURIEL OF VULCAN, FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL APRIL 7, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
MURIEL WAS BORN AT MONTREAL, QUEBEC ON JULY 20, 1908, THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND AGNES COWAN. SHE TOOK HER TEACHERS TRAINING AT NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY AND CAME TO THE MILO AREA AND TAUGHT AT CORBY HILL SCHOOL UNTIL SHE MARRIED NORMAN McCORD ON OCTOBER 3, 1933 AND LIVED ON THE FARM. THEIR HOME WAS OFTEN A GATHERING PLACE FOR FRIENDS AND STRANGERS WOULD RECEIVE A WARM WELCOME. ON OCTOBER 31, 1955 THEIR HOME WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THEY MOVED INTO MILO AND MURIEL RETURNED TO TEACHING. IN 1969, SHE RECEIVED HER LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN THE ALBERTA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
SHE WAS A VERY ACTIVE AND CHARTER MEMBER OF THE ROSELEAF REBEKAH LODGE IN MILO AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO VULCAN, THEN TO THE BLACKIE LODGE. THE LORD AND HER CHURCH WERE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HER LIFE, AS THROUGH THE LORD ALL THINGS WERE POSSIBLE. MURIEL LOVED HER FAMILY AND WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER ALL BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL DAYS. SHE WAS EXPLORER LEADER, ON CHURCH COUNCIL AND A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE MILO UNITED CHURCH WOMEN WHERE SHE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED HER LIFE MEMBERSHIP. AFTER RETIRING FROM TEACHING, SHE BECAME VERY ACTIVE AT THE PRESBYTERAL LEVEL, SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND MANY OTHER COMMITTEES. SHE ALSO SERVED AS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FOR THE COUNTY OF VULCAN FOR MANY YEARS. MURIEL ALSO ENJOYED GARDENING AND HANDICRAFTS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON BOB AND HIS WIFE GAIL OF CALGARY, TWO DAUGHTERS MARILYN (ART) NELSON OF MILO AND SHEILA (RICHARD) STOKES OF LOMOND, FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS ARNOLD (FLORENCE) COWAN OF EDMONTON AND DON COWAN OF CALGARY, A SISTER EILEEN (HUGH) ATKINSON OF CALGARY, A BROTHER-IN-LAW DON McCORD OF WEST BANK, B.C., TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW MAE McCORD OF VAUXHALL AND MURIEL MITCHELL OF EDMONTON, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND MANY FRIENDS AND STUDENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1990 AT 1:00 PM AT MILO COMMUNITY HALL WITH REV. ERNIE ROBERTS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT 3:30 PM AT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, 17TH AVE SE AT GARDEN ROAD, CALGARY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO THE MILO UNITED CHURCH, MILO, AB T0L 1L0.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS, 403-485-2633.