DOROTHY MONNER OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 18, 2001 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
DOROTHY WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 3, 1912 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA TO WILLIAM AND AGNES JACKSON AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM WEST OF MILO. SHE ATTENDED LAKE McGRAGOR AND MILO SCHOOL’S. DOROTHY BEGAN WORKING IN CALGARY AT THE BAKER TB SANATORIUM AND MANY OTHER JOBS IN CALGARY AND MILO. SHE MARRIED LAWRENCE WILLIAM MONNER IN JUNE OF 1937. THEY MOVED ON TO AND LATER PURCHASED THE GLAMBECK PLACE NORTHEAST OF MILO. IN 1960 DUE TO POOR GRAIN PRICES, THEY BEGAN AN EGG PRODUCTION BUSINESS WHICH INCREASED TO 11,000 LAYING HENS AND 5000 CHICKS LOCATED IN FOUR LARGE BARNS. DOROTHY LOVED TO COOK, SEAMSTRESS, SHE ENJOYED GARDENING AS WELL AS RAISE HER FOUR CHILDREN AND TAKE CARE OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN NEEDED.
DOROTHY WAS A MEMBER OF THE SNAKE VALLEY DROP IN CENTRE….
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER DIANE OF MILO, TWO SONS KEN OF OTTAWA AND GEORGE (PAT) OF FAIRVIEW, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN,
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND LAWRENCE IN 1992, A SON JOHN IN 1995, A GRANDSON RANDY IN 19.. AND HER PARENTS
SERVICE AT MILO COMMUNITY HALL TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2001 AT 1:30 P.M. WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
CREMATION TO FOLLOW HER ASHES WILL BE INURED IN THE O PERFECT PEACE CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, TRIBUTES IN ORVEL’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION 1331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY, T2N 4N2 OR TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE MEMORIAL FUND BOX 760 VULCAN , TOL 2BO.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL TRIBUTES COULD BE MADE TO S.T.A.R.S 1441 AVIATION PARK S.E. CALGARY T2E 8M7.
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