JEANNETTE HUNTLEY SINCLAIR, (nee:SMITH), AGED 84 YEARS OF STRATHMORE, FORMERLY OF VULCAN WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR JANUARY18, 2001 IN THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT AT STRATHMORE & DISTRICT HOSPITAL.
JEANNETTE WAS BORN AUGUST 10, 1916 AT OKOTOKS, ALBERTA. THE FAMILY MOVED TO A FARM IN THE MAYVIEW DISTRICT EAST OF VULCAN WHERE JEANNETTE WAS RAISED. HER FIRST JOB TOOK HER TO CALGARY, THEN SHE WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME IN EDMONTON, THEN TO VANCOUVER. IN 1940 JEANNETTE WORKED AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE DEPOT. FOLLOWING THE WAR SHE COMPLETED A NURSING PROGRAM AT
MCCULLOUGH, Maebell Elizabeth “May” 1940 – 2001
MAEBELLE ELIZABETH “MAY” McCULLOUGH, OF COALDALE, FORMERLY OF VULCAN, PASSED AWAY JANUARY 16, 2001 AT LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 60 YEARS.
MAY WAS BORN APRIL 15, 1940 AT YORK, ONTARIO TO GEORGE “BILL” AND MARGARET “EMILY” SKEFFINGTON. AT THE AGE OF EIGHT MONTHS SHE WAS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, HER LAST FOSTER FAMILY WAS THE PATTERSON’S IN TORONTO, WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. WHILE WITH THE PATTERSON’S AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN, MAY WAS STRUCK WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RECOVERED WHILE IN THE SICK CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN TORONTO. MAY MET AND MARRIED JAMES DONALD McCULLOUGH IN MARCH OF 1959
CROSS, Mary Ada “Verna” 1928 – 2001
MARY ADA VERNA CROSS OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JANUARY 6, 2001 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
VERNA WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 1928 IN ARMADA, ALBERTA TO JOHN AND RUTH JOHNSON. RUTH PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER THE SAME YEAR. VERNA WAS RAISED BY HER GRANDPARENTS CHARLES AND ELIZABETH GAY WHO CAME OUT WEST FROM SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. AND FOUR UNCLES. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN VULCAN WHERE SHE LIVED FROM 1936 TO1945. IN 1943 VERNA MET HARVEY FRANCIS CROSS AT A DANCE IN CHAMPION, WHILE HE WAS HOME ON LEAVE VISITING HIS FAMILY WHO LIVED IN
BAKER, Wayne Douglas 1946 – 2000
BAKER, WAYNE DOUGLAS
54 years
Born September 26, 1946 at Cranbrook, B.C. Died December 24, 2000 at Claresholm, Alberta
Beloved wife Margaret Baker of Vulcan, four children Gordon Baker (Blood son) of Cranbrook, Ron Baker (Blood son) of Kamloops, B.C., Jason Baker (Margaret’s son by his brother) of Vernon, B.C., Tanya Gauthier (Margaret’s daughter) of Vulcan, five grandchildren, parents Ron & Margaret Baker of Cranbrook, In-Laws Isobel and Ron Sparks of Vulcan, three sisters Liz (Bill) Chiz, Marlene (Bruce) ?, Gloria (Merv) Harris two brothers Terry (Judy) Baker, Lionel (Monica) Baker all of Cranbrook, B.C.
PRENTICE, James Fredrick “Jim” 1920 – 2000
JAMES FREDRICK “JIM” PRENTICE , OF MILO PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 21, 2000 AT HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL.
JIM WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 27, 1920 AT BASSANO, ALBERTA TO GEORGE AND FREDA (nee; ROSEEN) PRENTICE. HE WAS RAISED AND LIVED ALL OF HIS LIFE IN THE MAJORVILLE AREA; HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIBERTY AND MILO. HOME TO JIM WAS ALWAYS THE HOUSE ON THE HOME QUARTER. AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY AND JIM TOOK OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF RUNNING THE FAMILY FARM.
JIM ENJOYED SPORTS OF ALL KINDS, AND TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN CURLING, BASEBALL AND HIS
GORZITZA, Walter Edward 1926 – 2000
WALTER EDWARD GORZITZA OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 13, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
WALTER WAS BORN DECEMBER 21, 1926 AT COALHURST, ALBERTA TO EMIL AND ELSIE GORZITZA. HE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM TWO MILES NORTH WEST OF KIPP. WALTER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FORT KIPP, ROLLING HILLS AND NOBLEFORD SCHOOL.WALTER MET LAURA RIEHL IN 1936 AND THEY ATTENDED SCHOOL TOGETHER. WALTER HELPED OUT BY DRIVING TRUCK AND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HE DELIVERED GERMAN PRISONERS TO FARMS IN THE AREA TO WORK THE SUGAR BEETS. HE ALSO WORKED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR
MATLOCK, Hannah Josephine “Jo” 1920 – 2000
HANNAH JOSEPHINE “JO” MATLOCK WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR DECEMBER 10, 2000 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT 80 YEARS OF AGE.
JO WAS BORN AT SUFFIELD, ALBERTA TO ROY AND VIOLET CLARKSON. SHE CAME TO VULCAN AT AGE OF FOUR YEARS. SHE ATTENDED VULCAN SCHOOL AND IN GRADE NINE, SHE MET HARRIS MATLOCK AND TOGETHER THEY FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL AND WERE MARRIED IN OCTOBER OF 1941. THEY BOUGHT A FARM WITH HARRIS’S VETERAN’S AFFAIRS AGREEMENT. ERECTED A BUILDING ON THE FARM AND CALLED IT “THE COTTAGE”, WHERE THEY SPENT THE SPRING, SUMMER AND PART OF THE
BOISVERT, Joseph Nil Ivan Gerard “Gerry” 1928 – 2000
JOSEPH NIL IVAN GERARD “GERRY” BOISVERT OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FOLLOWING A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH CANCER AND HEART DISEASE ON DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
GERRY WAS BORN JULY 14, 1928 AT MARENGO, SASKATCHEWAN TO WILLIE AND ALMA BOISVERT. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MARENGO UNTIL GRADE EIGHT WHEN HE STARTED WORKING ON THE FAMILY FARM, THEN OTHER FARMS IN THE AREA, HE DROVE FUEL TRUCK. GERRY MARRIED MYREL HARLEY IN 1950 AT MARENGO, SASKATCHEWAN. IN 1952 THEY MOVED TO ST. PAUL WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH CANADIAN UTILITIES UNTIL HE WAS INJURED. HE THEN WENT TO WORK
PETERS, Betty Lou 1937 – 2000
PETERS , BETTY LOU OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND GERALD PETERS AND FAMILY DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 63 YEARS.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FRIDAY DECEMBER 15, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. AT CHAMPION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WITH PASTOR WAYNE LEE OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN BETTY’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT OF THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE BOX 299, VULCAN, TOL 2BO OR TO S.T.A.R.S. 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E. BOX 570 CALGARY, T2E 8M7.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633. E-MAIL
COWGILL, Hazel Florence 1916 – 2000
HAZEL FLORENCE COWGILL, 1916-2000 FORMERLY OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 1, AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
HAZEL WAS BORN JANUARY 31, 1916 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO JOHN “JACK” DAVID AND NELLIE MAUD McDOUGALL WHO FARMED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVERVILLE. HAZEL ATTENDED CHAMPION SCHOOL. SHE BEGAN WORKING IN THE AREA FOR A FAMILY UNTIL SHE MARRIED JOHN STEPHEN NOEL COWGILL, SON OF VICAR HARRY COWGILL OF SHIREOAKS, NOTTS, ENGLAND ON THE 30TH OF MAY 1939 AT THE VULCAN ANGLICAN CHURCH. TOGETHER THEY FARMED THE HOME PLACE AND. STEVE DIED IN 1971 AND HAZEL CONTINUED TO RESIDE