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GEORGE HARRIS “GEORDIE” NICHOL, FORMERLY OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN VULCAN, ALBERTA OCTOBER 5, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
GEORDIE WAS BORN AT BLUECHER, SASKATCHEWAN TO FRANCIS WITLAW “FRANK” AND MARIA (nee:CHAPMAN) NICHOL, MARCH 6, 1919. THEY MOVED TO FARM IN THE SNAKE VALLEY AREA WHERE GEORDIE ATTENDED SCHOOL. AT AN EARLY AGE GEORDIE JOINED THE FORCES, WHERE HE TOOK ILL AND WAS RETURNED HOME. GEORDIE FARMED IN THE LOMOND AREA MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE MOVED INTO LOMOND IN 1980 THEN TO VULCAN IN 1982 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
HE IS SURVIVED BY A

STANLEY ELLSWOOD “STAN” WICKSTROM, WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST OCTOBER 1, 2000 AT THE TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE, CALGARY, ALBERTA, FOLLOWING A SHORT STRUGGLE WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
STAN WAS BORN DECEMBER 27, 1922 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO PETER AND AMELIA WICKSTROM, SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS. HE GREW UP IN CALGARY WITH HIS MOTHER AND FOUR BROTHERS. STAN ATTENDED THE BALMORAL AND WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOLS. STAN BEGAN WORKING WITH WILSON STATIONERS UNTIL 1942 WHEN HE JOINED THE NAVY. HE SERVED AS A SAILOR ON A FRIGATE ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC UNTIL

ANGELA MAGDALENA “LENA” JACOBSON, (nee: ELL) OF CALGARY, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 AT THE ROCKY VIEW HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 91YEARS.
LENA WAS BORN JUNE 26, 1909 AT HAGUE, NORTH DAKOTA U.S.A. TO ROCHUS AND KATHERINE ELL. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO GRASSY LAKE, ALBERTA IN 1917 WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1927 SHE MARRIED ALVIN JESSE JACOBSON IN VULCAN AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED NORTH OF TOWN, UNTIL ALVIN’S DEATH IN 1966. LENA SOLD THE FARM AND MOVED TO CALGARY TO BE WITH HER DAUGHTER, CLARA, WHO DIED IN 1971. LENA BECAME VERY ACTIVE IN THE HILLHURST

MELVIN JOSEPH EAMOR PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE SEPTEMBER 14, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
MEL WAS BORN DECEMBER 2, 1918 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO LABON AND MARY EAMOR. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING AT VULCAN AND BEGAN WORKING AS A COWBOY IN THE BUFFALO HILLS FOR BILL HILL’S BAR-U-M RANCH. IN 1942 MEL ENLISTED IN TO THE AIR FORCE, IT WAS IN 1943 THAT HE MET BETTY KOWALEWSKY AT PEIRCE BASE NEAR FT. MACLEOD. THEY WERE MARRIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN LETHBRIDGE AND CONTINUED TO SERVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1945. HE CAME TO VULCAN TO WORK AS A

HUGH BANNERMAN WINCH, PASSED AWAY AT THE PETER LOUGHEED HOSPITAL, CALGARY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
HUGH WAS BORN JANUARY 10, 1913 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA TO HENRY AND ALMEDITH WINCH. THE FAMILY RESIDED IN THE MAJORVILLE DISTRICT AND HUGH ATTENDED LIBERTY AND EAST MAJORVILLE SCHOOLS.
HUGH MARRIED BERNICE RUSSELL OF QUEENSTOWN IN 1933. THE FOLLOWING SUMMER THEY LOOKED AFTER CATTLE AND HORSES ON PASTURE NEAR LATHOM. THAT FALL THEY MOVED TO DIDSBURY TO WORK WITH HIS BROTHER IVAN IN A TRUCKING BUSINESS, HAULING MINE PROPS FROM THE BUSH WEST OF DIDSBURY, OLDS AND

EVA KSENYCH OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY AUGUST 28, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
EVA WAS BORN MARCH 19, 1925 TO DUMITRU AND ECATERINA VILCU ON THE FARM NEAR DYSART, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1945 THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE HUNTOON DISTRICT WHERE SHE MET JOHN KSENYCH. THEY WERE MARRIED IN NOVEMBER OF 1947 AT THE ROMAN AND MARY KSENYCH FAMILY FARM NEAR INNIS, SASKATCHEWAN. THEY RESIDED AT INNIS AND OPERATED A MERCANTILE STORE. IN 1951 THEY MOVED TO THE GRASSDALE DISTRICT SOUTH WEST OF WEYBURN, TO FARM UNTIL 1954 WHEN THEY

ELIZABETH “LILLIAN” LIL STEPHENS OF ARROWWOOD, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AUGUST 19, 2000 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
LIL WAS BORN DECEMBER 21, 1924 AT SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN TO MATHEW AND ELLEN MAGILL. SHE ATTENDED KING GEORGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND LEARNED TO TAP DANCE AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME AT THE SANATORIUM BEFORE SHE MET DONALD RAYMOND STEPHENS IN 1942 AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN JUNE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEY MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1945 BUILT A HOUSE ON 21ST AVENUE AND LATER MOVED TO NORTHMOUNT CRESCENT. UPON DONALD’S RETIREMENT THEY MOVED TO LANTZVILLE

PHYLLIS HEGLAND, OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY AUGUST 2, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS BORN FEBRUARY 7, 1922 ON HER GREAT GRANDFATHER FRED ALCOCK’S FARM NEAR CHAMPION, THE ONLY CHILD OF DUANE AND MAY CHAMBERLAIN. IN 1927 HER FAMILY MOVED TO KARIMUIR, ALBERTA WHERE SHE STARTED SCHOOL AND IN 1929 RETURNED TO CHAMPION WHERE SHE COMPLETED HER SCHOOLING.
FOLLOWING GRADUATION PHYLLIS WORKED IN LOMOND AT THE SPECIAL AREAS OFFICE AND IN THE EARLY 1940’S SHE WORKED FOR SHORTY HARRIS AND MARTIN MATLOCK AS A BOOKKEEPER IN CHAMPION. IN 1942 SHE MARRIED RUSSELL HEGLAND

ELGIN DALE DUECK PASSED AWAY JULY 25, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 63 YEARS.
DALE WAS BORN JUNE 30, 1937 AT HANOVER, MANITOBA TO FRANK AND MATHILDA DUECK. HE WAS PLACED IN AN ORPHANAGE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY EDUCATION IN WINNIPEG AND AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN MOVED IN WITH HIS AUNT AND UNCLE AT ROSENHOFF, MANITOBA. HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION AT ROSENHOFF AND JOINED THE AIR FORCE IN 1957. HE WAS STATIONED AT GIMLI, MANITOBA WHERE HE SERVED AS AN AIR CRAFT MECHANIC. IN

LOIS MARION SCHNEIDER, FORMERLY OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY JULY 23, 2000 AT LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL CARMANGAY AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
LOIS WAS BORN JUNE 22, 1904 AT WESTHOPE, NORTH DAKOTA TO JOHN AND MARGARET CRAIG. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CLARESHOLM IN 1907. IN 1909 THEY MOVED TO THE FARM EAST OF BARONS. SHE ATTENDED BLACK SPRING RIDGE DISTRICT SCHOOL EAST OF CARMANGAY DURING HER ELEMENTARY YEARS. SHE RECEIVED HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR SCHOOLING IN CLARESHOLM AND LETHBRIDGE. ON JUNE 25, 1930 SHE MARRIED BUD SCHNEIDER ON HER PARENTS FARM AT BARONS. THEY LIVED ON THE FARM