GUSTAVE THEODORE “GUS” STULBERG, BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE VI STULBERG OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 28 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GUS WAS BORN AUGUST 5, 1923 AT MAZENOD, SASKATCHEWAN TO HENRY AND ALVINA STULBERG. HE ATTENDED CRAIK, AND LATER AT THE AGE OF 17 YEARS DAVIDSON SCHOOL. HE GRADUATED IN 1941 AND JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE WHERE HE SERVED AS A WIRELESS AIR GUNNER UNTIL 1946. HE MET VIOLET “VI” MATHIESON AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IN JULY OF 1947 THEY MARRIED AT MOOSE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN. GUS CONTINUED HIS SERVICE AS
MCLAREN, Robert Kidd 1924 – 2000
McLAREN, ROBERT KYDD OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED ON TO THE HANDS OF THE LORD JESUS NOVEMBER 19, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT HIS SIDE.
ROBERT WAS BORN NOVEMBER 24, 1924 AT STIRLING, SCOTLAND TO ROBERT AND BETSY McLAREN. ROBERT ATTENDED SCHOOL NEAR STERLING AND BEGAN WORKING AT A LOCAL BUTCHER SHOP, WHERE HE HELPED TO PREPARE MEATS AND DELIVERED IT TO CUSTOMERS. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN 1943 AND SERVED ON NUMEROUS VESSELS UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE IN 1947 AND HE RETURNED HOME. IN 1954 ROBERT LEFT THE HOME
NELSON, Arthur Ole “Arty” 1931 – 2000
ARTHUR OLE “ARTY” NELSON OF MILO WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR NOVEMBER 13, 2000 AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
ARTY WAS BORN OCTOBER 19, 1931 AT ARROWWOOD THE ONLY SON OF NELS AND CLARA NELSON. HE RECEIVED ALL HIS SCHOOLING AT QUEENSTOWN. THERE WERE NO BUSES SO HE RODE HIS HORSE OR BUGGY WITH HIS SISTERS TO ATTEND SCHOOL. HE STARTED WORKING THE FIELD AT AGE ELEVEN DRIVING SIX HORSES ON A ROD WEEDER AND LATER HAULED GRAIN TO QUEENSTOWN WITH A GRAIN TANK AND HORSES. WHEN HE FINISHED SCHOOL ARTY STAYED
PALMER, Donna Lorraine 1935 – 2000
DONNA LORAINE PALMER, OF CALGARY PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY NOVEMBER 5, 2000 AT GIMLI, MANITOBA AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS.
DONNA WAS BORN MARCH 24, 1935 AT LOON LAKE, SASKATCHEWAN THE ELDEST OF THE LARGE FAMILY OF ORVILLE AND ALICE DITTO. DONNA BEGAN HER EDUCATION IN SASKATCHEWAN, AS A TEENAGER SHE CAME TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT TO WORK AND FINISH HER SCHOOLING. SHE LOVED THE PEOPLE, LANDSCAPE AND THE LIFESTYLE IN RURAL VULCAN. SHE MET A COWBOY AND FARMER, STEWART DOUGLASS AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1954. DONNA WAS A HARD WORKER AND ENJOYED THE FARM WAY OF LIFE, OPERATING
HARTUNG, Ferdinand “Ferd” 1929 – 2000
FERDINAND “FERD” HARTUNG WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR NOVEMBER 4, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
FERD WAS BORN JUNE 29, 1929 ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR CHAMPION, ALBERTA TO CONRAD AND MOLLY HARTUNG. HE ATTENDED YALE AND HARMONY HIGH SCHOOL . HE FARMED WITH HIS FATHER AND WHILE WORKING WITH HIM HE PURCHASED A SECTION OF LAND OF HIS OWN. FERD OFTEN WENT TO CALGARY FOR CHURCH EVENTS. WHILE HE WAS THERE HE MET TILLIE RATHGEBER OF MELVILLE, SASKATCHEWAN, WHO WAS LIVING AND WORKING THERE AT THE
PEACOCK, Nevada Jake 2000 – 2000
NEVADA JAKE PEACOCK PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 4, 2000 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY CENTRE AT SEVEN WEEKS OF AGE.
NEVADA WAS BORN OCTOBER 19, 2000 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
LOVING INFANT DAUGHTER OF MELISSA KIM PEACOCK AND ALAN ROY DUECK, SISTER SHYANN PATTI PEACOCK ALL OF CHAMPION, GRANDPARENTS PATTI PEACOCK (KEN JACKSON) OF CHAMPION, RAY (EVA) DUECK OF CHILLIWACK, B.C., TWO UNCLES DAVID PEACOCK OF CHAMPION, TOBIAS STORBO OF SALMON ARM, B.C., TWO AUNTS ANGELA DUECK, CAROL (MIKE) HOEPPNER ALL OF ABBOTTSFORD, B.C.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT 1:30 P.M. AT THE CHAMPION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WITH PASTOR WAYNE LEE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
ARRANGEMENTS IN
BROWN, William Aitken “Bill” 1910 – 2000
WILLIAM AITKEN “BILL” BROWN, FORMERLY OF LOMOND PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY OCTOBER 18, 2000 AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL CALGARY AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
BILL WAS BORN ON THE BROWN HOMESTEAD AT WHEAT CENTRE ON AUGUST 5, 1910. AS A YOUNG MAN HE DELIVERED MAIL TO BOW CITY, BADGER LAKE, AND WHEAT CENTRE. IN 1928 HE TOOK OUT HIS OWN HOMESTEAD AND STARTED FARMING. HE MARRIED GLADYS CHAPMAN OF LOMOND IN 1949. THEY RAISED THEIR TWO SONS, BILLY AND ROBERT ON THE FARM AND RETIRED TO LOMOND IN 1978. GLADYS PASSED AWAY IN 1985, BILL CONTINUED TO LIVE IN
BOLDT, John Bruce 1913 – 2000
JOHN BRUCE BOLDT , FORMERLY OF CLARESHOLM , ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 17, 2000 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
JOHN WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 28, 1913 AT GALAHAD, ALBERTA TO CHARLES AND DAISY BOLDT. HE ATTENDED BEDFORD SCHOOL NEAR ALLIANCE AND HIS JUNIOR HIGH AT GALAHAD SCHOOL. AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY AND JOHN QUIT SCHOOL TO RUN THE FAMILY FARM NEAR GALAHAD. IN 1942 HE JOINED THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS AND SERVED AS A SNIPER IN GERMANY, FRANCE, BELGIUM AND HOLLAND. IN 1945 AFTER RECEIVING AN HONOURABLE DISCHARGE, JOHN BOUGHT
MCFADDEN, Mary Irene 1938 – 2000
MARY IRENE “IRENE” McFADDEN,(nee:EARL), OF ENSIGN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY OCTOBER 14, 2000 AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS.
IRENE WAS BORN IN VULCAN ON AUGUST 9, 1938, THE OLDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO VIC AND ELSIE EARL. SHE SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE IN THE AREA ATTENDING SCHOOL IN MOSSLEIGH AND VULCAN. AFTER GRADUATING FROM VULCAN HIGH SCHOOL SHE WORKED AT THE ALBERTA TREASURY BRANCH AND LATER WORKED IN VARIOUS ACCOUNTING POSITIONS AND WITH FRANK McINENLY AUCTIONS.
IN 1959 SHE MARRIED JACK McFADDEN AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE ENSIGN AREA. THEY HAVE TWO
WILLIAMSON, Stella Eudora (nee: Sokvitne) 1916 – 2000
STELLA EUDORA (nee: SOKVITNE) WILLIAMSON, PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 9, 2000 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
STELLA WAS BORN FEBRUARY 17, 1916 TO NELS AND JOHANNA SOKVITNE. SHE ATTENDED PLATEAU AND SNAKE VALLEY SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS ONE YEAR OF SCHOOL IN VANCOUVER WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED THERE IN 1928. SHE LATER WENT TO THE OLDS SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND IN 1933 SHE RECEIVED HER DIPLOMA IN HOME ECONOMICS. STELLA MARRIED JERGEN HENRICKSON IN 1935 AND TOGETHER THEY LIVED IN THE ARMADA – LOMOND AREA, FARMING AND RAISING THEIR CHILDREN LEROY, MARVIN AND DELLA. THE