NELLIE ILEEN MOTE OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT CALGARY, ALBERTA DECEMBER 28, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
NELLIE WAS BORN MAY 12, 1907 AT WHITECHURCH, MISSOURI. SHE CAME TO THE BRANT AREA AT THE AGE OF SIX YEARS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RICHMOND HILL, VULCAN AND OLDS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. SHE RETURNED HOME TO HELP OUT ON THE FARM. SHE MET CLARENCE IN I930 AT A BOX SOCIAL AND IN 1932 SHE MARRIED CLARENCE STANLEY MOTE. THEY STARTED FARMING AT PARKLAND IN 1945 AND WERE HAILED TWO YEARS IN A ROW. IN I947 THEY MOVED TO THE MOTTER FARM IN THE ENSIGN AREA WEST OF VULCAN, UNTIL RETIRING AND MOVING INTO VULCAN IN 1970. SHE MOVED INTO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.
NELLIE LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WOULD TAKE A BUS TRIP AND STAY WITH THEM FOR A SHORT TIME. SHE ENJOYED THE CABIN AT LITTLE BOW PARK UNTIL IT WAS SOLD IN 1975 AND TRIPS DOWN SOUTH WITH THE “VULCAN WHEELERS”. IT WAS DURING THESE TIMES SHE WOULD MAKE HER SPECIAL BRAND OF NUTS AND BOLTS FOR ALL TO ENJOY. IN HER LATER YEARS SHE ENJOYED CROCHETING AND READING ROMANCE NOVELS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER HELEN (JIM) ELSTON OF OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, A SON EARL (SHEILA) OF CALGARY, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWELVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER-IN-LAW PAUL MONTGOMERY OF POMEROY, WASHINGTON, A SISTER-IN-LAW DORA GOTHARD OF NANTON, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND CLARENCE IN MAY 1974, A BROTHER BOB GOTHARD, TWO SISTERS ALBERTA GOTHARD AND HELEN MONTGOMERY, FATHER AND MOTHER JESS AND BEULAH GOTHARD.
MEMORIAL SERVICE SATURDAY DECEMBER 31, 1994 AT 1:00 AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT AT A LATER DATE IN VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA, 1825 PARK RD. S.E., CALGARY, T2G 3Y6.
FUNERAL AND CREMATION ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.