Vulcan Funeral Home

Charles Hamilton “Charlie” Strum of Arrowwood passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at the Vulcan Community Health Centre at the age of 81 years.
Charlie was born April 8, 1922 in Farmington, Maine to Aura and William Strum. At age 6 he moved with is family to Arrowwood for two years and then moved to Queenstown. In October 1940 he joined the Armed Forces and was a member of the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corp.(R.C.O.C.). He traveled to England where he was stationed in the Royal Canadian Electric and Mechanical Engineers Corp until 1943. Upon discharge in 1945

Earl was born the son of Lars and Ella Helland on July 19, 1915, in Medicine Hat, Alberta. His parents immigrated from Norway and Sweden to North Dakota in 1897 and met there. They were married in Devils Lake, North Dakota in 1906. Always the adventurer and nomad, Lars convinced his wife and family of three children to move to Canada in 1909 where they homesteaded north of Winnifred, Alberta. They acquired a land base there where they ranched and farmed. They lost their first family in one week in 1911 to diphtheria. Earl

Davis, Roberta Mae passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Vulcan Extendicare April 19,2003 at the age of 86 years.
Roberta was born June 1, 1916 at Carmangay, Alberta to Robert and Maryanne Todd. At first, she was schooled at home, then the whole family moved to Vulcan where she attended school. She furthered her education at the University of Calgary and then Edmonton, becoming one of the first eight students to receive a Bachelor’s degree in Recreation in the west. She also had a Bachelor of Education degree.
Roberta taught figure skating and power

Walter William Clements of Vulcan, Alberta, formerly of High River passed away at Vulcan Extendicare Friday April 11, 2003 at the age of 85 years.
Walter was born April 5, 1918 at Richdale, Alberta to William and Florence Clements. He received his education at the Union Jack school, Corbihill school and Provost schools. After completing his schooling in the late 1930’s he moved and farmed in the Lindale area. On November 18, 1944 he married Mayme Neff at Carnwood, Alberta. In the spring of 1953 Walter and his family moved to Leduc, Red Deer, back to the farm

William Joseph “Joe” McCombe, of Lomond, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday April 11, 2003 at the age of 89 years.
Joe was born on May 22, 1913 at Alcan near Taber, Alberta. He grew up on the homestead west of Travers and completed grade 8 at Yetwood School before taking a mechanics course in Calgary. Joe married Ragna Nelson on March 31, 1949, farmed the homestead until its sale in 1951 and moved to central Alberta in 1953. He worked on various farms before returning to Lomond in 1966 where he and his wife were caretakers of the

Emma Kathleen Root, of Lomond passed away April 6, 2003 at the Vulcan Community Health Centre at the age of 72 years.
Emma was born July 18, 1930 in Glenboro, Manitoba to Robert and Ida Dodds. Following her schooling at the Glenboro school, Emma worked as a housekeeper looking after children. She moved west to Medicine Hat and then to Lomond in 1953, where she kept house for Mervin and Inez Liebreich. Emma met Jerry Root and they were married in Medicine Hat in June of the same year. In 1957 they built their first home in Lomond and in 1977

James “Bob” Monner, of Milo passed away April 6, 2003 at the Vulcan Community Health Center at the age of 81 years.
Bob was born April 9, 1921 at Gleichen, Alberta to Michael and Myrtle (nee: Baker). He attended Pioneer School for eight years, then Milo and completed High School at Western Canada High in Calgary. Bob joined the RCAF on September 1, 1941, trained as a mechanic in Edmonton and St. Thomas, Ontario. He served in Mont Joli, Quebec, then served with the 426 Bomber Squadron at Linton on Ouse, England.
Bob met Muriel Shepherd during the war and