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HUFF, VIOLET ROSE, PASSED AWAY AT RIMBEY, ALBERTA ON JUNE 7, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 84 YRS.
VIOLET WAS BORN ON JULY 12, 1916 IN LOMOND, ALBERTA.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND, ALBERTA ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2000 AT 2 PM, PASTOR ED SUMMERS OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT LOMOND CEMETERY.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, VULCAN, ALBERTA.

ROBERT ARTHUR “BOB” POTTER OF QUEENSTOWN PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HOME JUNE 5, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
BOB WAS BORN OCTOBER 20, 1926 AT STEWART VALLEY, SASKATCHEWAN TO GEORGE AND VILNA POTTER. HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT SWIFT CURRENT. HE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN HIS LATE TEENS WHERE HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY MERCHANT MARINES FOR TWO YEARS AND SERVED DOING GENERAL DUTIES. AFTER HIS TOUR OF DUTY WITH THE NAVY HE WORKED IN LETHBRIDGE AS A SELF EMPLOYED TRUCK DRIVER. IN 1954 BOB MARRIED SABINA PELUCH IN CALGARY AND THEY RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL

CLARENCE EARL CHADWICK OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY MAY 29, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
CLARENCE WAS BORN MARCH 5, 1929 AT MAPLE CREEK, SASKATCHEWAN TO EARL AND IDA MARIE CHADWICK. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT KEALEY SPRINGS IN THE CYPRESS HILLS SOUTH OF PIAPOT. AFTER COMPLETING HIS SCHOOLING HE HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FAMILY FARM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1948 HE BEGAN WORKING AS A HIRED HAND AT THE A.D. GRANT RANCH AT WALSH, ALBERTA. ON OCTOBER 30, 1951 HE MARRIED ELLEN BRANIFF AT MAPLE CREEK, SASKATCHEWAN. CLARENCE MANAGED A FEEDLOT JUST OUTSIDE OF

HERBERT “HERB” WEST, FORMERLY OF LOMOND PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MAY 29, 2000 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
HERB WAS BORN JUNE 26, 1915 AT LOMOND, ALBERTA TO HERBERT AND EDITH WEST. HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT BRUNETTA AND LOMOND SCHOOLS. HERB HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FARM, AND CONTINUED FARMING FULL TIME AFTER FINISHING HIS SCHOOLING. HE CARRIED ON A MIXED FARMING OPERATION. HERB ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE FARM ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE DOGS, HORSES AND COWS. HE LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE ON THE SAME SECTION OF LAND, UNTIL MOVING IN DECEMBER OF 1999. DUE TO

VIOLET “VI” STULBERG OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY MAY 20, 2000 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
VI WAS BORN MARCH 6, 1927 AT LAURENCE KIRK SCOTLAND TO CUMMIN AND ALICE MATHIESON. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO COLD CREEK COLONY SASKATCHEWAN IN 1930. SHE RECEIVED HER EARLY SCHOOLING AT COLD CREEK SCHOOL, AND AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN MOVED TO MOOSE JAW, WHERE SHE CONTINUED WITH HER EDUCATION. VI WORKED AT JOHNNIE’S BAKE SHOP DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND AT SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHE HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL TO LOOK AFTER HER MOTHER

WILLIAM EARL “BILL” FRANCIS, OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY MAY 20, 2000 AT THE PETER LOUGHEED HOSPITAL, CALGARY AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
BILL WAS BORN OCTOBER 21, 1920 AT BASSANO, ALBERTA TO WILLIAM AND ELLA FRANCIS. HE BEGAN HIS SCHOOLING IN THE MILO DISTRICT, ATTENDING ROCKY BUTTE SCHOOL, THEN MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO NIAGRA, ONTARIO WHERE THEY RESIDED FOR FOUR YEARS, THEN RETURNED TO THE MILO AREA. BILL ENLISTED WITH THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE INFANTRY FROM 1943 TO 1945. HE RETURNED TO THE MILO DISTRICT WHERE HE CONTINUED FARMING.
BILL LOVED HIS FAMILY AND

VIOLET LAURETTA “VI” DECKER PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE APRIL 30, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
VIOLET WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 14, 1909 AT RUSHFORD, MINNESOTA TO EVAN AND LILA EBNER. SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN CONSUL, SASKATCHEWAN. VIOLET GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR ROBSART, SASKATCHEWAN. VIOLET MARRIED MATHAIS DECKER IN MAY 1942 AND THEY RESIDED IN VULCAN UNTIL 1945, MOVING TO MANY PLACES AND IN SEPTEMBER 1950 THEY MOVED TO CHAMPION. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND IN 1963 SHE BRIEFLY MOVED TO CALGARY AND RETURNED TO VULCAN IN 1967, WHERE SHE HAS

REV. ERNEST ISAAC LOSEY WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST APRIL 30, 2000 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS.
ERNEST WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10, 1906 AT BARRON COUNTY, WISCONSIN FIFTH CHILD OF SEVEN BORN TO LAFAYETTE AND GRACE LOSEY. IN 1922 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, ERNEST AND HIS FATHER MOVED TO BRUSH PRAIRIE AND LATER WOODLAND, WASHINGTON. IT WAS A SUMMER DAY IN 1924 THAT ERNEST ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR. GOD CALLED HIM TO PREACH AND HE ATTENDED MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE AND THEN WESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN PORTLAND,

VIOLET MARY RUGGLES OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY APRIL 23, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
VIOLET WAS BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1913 ON THE FAMILY FARM AT SWEET VALLEY NEAR LOMOND TO THOMAS AND WINIFRED CHAPMAN. SHE TRAVELED BY A HORSE DRAWN VAN TO ATTEND LOMOND SCHOOL AND KEPT HER FEET WARM IN THE WINTER WITH A CHARCOAL HEATER. SHE HELPED HER FATHER IN THE FIELD AND WORKED AS A COOK FOR THE THRASHING CREWS. SHE TOOK CARE OF WAYNES, GRANDMA GRAY, WHILE HER CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL AND

DOUGLAS BRUCE “DOUG” MAISEY PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY APRIL 20, 2000 AT VULCAN AT THE AGE OF 57 YEARS.
DOUG WAS BORN DECEMBER 22, 1942 IN RED DEER, ALBERTA TO ARTHUR AND JANET MAISEY. HE STARTED HIS FARMING CAREER IN VULCAN AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF THIRTEEN, SPENDING EVERY SUMMER ON THE FARM. HE JOINED THE ARMY AT AGE SEVENTEEN AND AFTER HIS RELEASE AT AGE TWENTY-ONE HE MADE VULCAN HIS HOME. DOUG WORKED AS A PLUMBER FOR A FEW YEARS THEN HE TOOK UP HIS FIRST LOVE, FARMING. FROM THE TIME HE COULD TALK HE WANTED TO BE A “BOMBER”