THELMA MADELINE BANNISTER, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR, AUGUST 11, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
THELMA WAS BORN MAY 18, 1920 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA TO HARRY AND FLORENCE BROWN. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO ONTARIO AT THE AGE OF THREE AND RETURNED TO THE ARROWWOOD AREA AT THE AGE OF FOUR. AT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE THELMA HAD RHEUMATIC FEVER AND SPENT EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN BED. SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN ARROWWOOD AND AFTER SCHOOL SHE WENT TO HENDERSON’S BUSINESS COLLEGE. THELMA WORKED IN THE BANK OF NOVA
SPEER, Geraldine “Gerry” Frances 1922 – 1999
GERALDINE FRANCES SPEER, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AUGUST 10, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GERRY WAS BORN MAY 17, 1922 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO LEO AND PAULINE SPANKE. SHE RECEIVED HER GRADE SCHOOLING IN VULCAN. IN 1939 SHE ATTENDED OLDS AGRICULTURE COLLEGE, GRADUATING IN 1940. IN 1942 SHE MARRIED HOWARD FOSTER AND HAD THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER. HOWARD PASSED AWAY IN 1965. A FEW YEARS LATER GERRY MARRIED ALLYN SPEER. IN 1983 ALLYN PASSED AWAY AND GERRY STAYED IN HER HOME FOR TEN YEARS UNTIL HER HEALTH STARTED TO FAIL. IN 1993 SHE MOVED TO THE WHEAT
DEAL, Mary 1906 – 1999
MARY DEAL, OF VULCAN, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST JULY 25, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE.
MARY WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 24,1906 IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF LUDWIG AND MARIA GRAFF. IN 1907 SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO PRELATE AND THEN TO LEADER, SASKATCHEWAN AREAS WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. SHE MARRIED CONRAD DEAL IN LEADER, SASKATCHEWAN DECEMBER 23, 1925. THEY MOVED TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT EAST OF VULCAN IN 1929 WITH THEIR DAUGHTER DOROTHY. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THEY LIVED ON VARIOUS FARMS.
BANNISTER, Charles Wilburn “Chuck” 1922 – 1999
CHARLES WILBURN “CHUCK” BANNISTER, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JULY 8, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
CHUCK WAS BORN JULY 13, 1922 AT ELNORA, ALBERTA, THE SECOND SON OF CHARLES AND LILLIAN BANNISTER. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING IN THE MAYERTHORPE AREA UNTIL ABOUT GRADE SEVEN, HE HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FARM . JOBS WERE HARD TO FIND AND LIKE MANY OTHERS LOOKING FOR WORK, CHUCK RODE THE RAILS TO THE COAL BRANCH, THEN WORKED AT A LOGGING CAMP AT BLUERIDGE FOR AWHILE. AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS
JOHNSON, Marjory Louise Beckner 1911 – 1999
JOHNSON, MARJORY LOUISE BECKNER FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JULY 3, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
MARJORY WAS BORN IN 1911 TO DICK AND LOUISE SHORE, SHE ATTENDED CORBIE HILL AND MILO HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED CLINTON “TOOKE” BECKNER IN 1933 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE McGREGOR SOUTH OF MILO, THEY PURCHASED THE MILO TRANSPORT AND MOVED CLOSER TO MILO. IN 1941 THEY PURCHASED SLIM MARSDEN’S SUPER SERVICE STATION AND MOVED INTO MILO. IN 1945 THEY SOLD THE TRANSPORT COMPANY AND DEVELOPED BECKNER’S SERVICE, A FORD, CASE AND COCKSHUTT
KERR, Janet Whitecross Brown 1926 – 1999
JANET WHITECROSS BROWN KERR, PASSED AWAY AT HOME WITH HER FAMILY JUNE 23, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
JANET WAS BORN DECEMBER 23, 1926 AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND TO HER PARENTS GEORGE AND MARGARET DAVIDSON. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN EDINBURGH. JANET ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE DURING THE WAR AND SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICE WOMEN IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, WINCHESTER AND SALISBERRY . IN 1947 SHE CAME TO CANADA AS A WAR BRIDE AND MARRIED JOHN BRUCE KERR IN 1948, A BANK MANAGER, TOGETHER THEY MOVED FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO ALBERTA AND BACK MANY TIMES. ARRIVING TO MANAGE THE CIBC BANK IN
ARMEY, Thurza Mae 1914 – 1999
THURZA MAE ARMEY, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JUNE 20, 1999 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
THURZA WAS BORN JUNE 12, 1914 AT MILDEN, SASKATCHEWAN . THE SIXTH OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO ELMER AND GERTIE GATES. THURZA ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT MILDEN THEN WORKED IN THE KITCHEN OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR A SHORT TIME. THURZA CAME TO THE ARROWWOOD AREA IN THE LATE 1930’S TO WORK FOR MRS. JOHN IRWIN. SHE LATER MARRIED CHESTER ARMEY IN 1939 AND. TOGETHER THEY FARMED UNTIL THEY RETIRED IN 1970 TO THE TOWN OF ARROWWOOD. IN
KLEINSASSER, Rachel J. 1917 – 1999
KLEINSASSER RACHEL J.
81 years
Born Nov. 07, 1917 at South Dakota Died June 20, 1999 at Vulcan, Alberta
SURVIVED BE HER BELOVED HUSBAND JOHN OF WILD ROSE COLONY, THREE DAUGHTERS LYDIA, SARA, JUSTINA, EIGHT SONS ELIAS, DANIEL, WILLIAM, ISACC, JOSEPH, GIDION, RONNIE AND MICHAEL, TWO BROTHERS JACOB AND GEORGE, ONE SISTER ELIZABETH.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY A DAUGHTER ELIZABETH, FOUR BROTHERS JOSEPH, DAVID, JOHN, MICHAEL, FIVE SISTERS JUSTINA, ANNIS, SARA, KATIE AND SUSIE.
SOMMERS, Donald Roy “Don” 1932 – 1999
DONALD ROY “DON”SOMMERS, OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS FARM WEST OF CHAMPION MAY 12, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
DON WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1932 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. DON ATTENDED HIAWATHA, ALSTON AND CHAMPION SCHOOLS. HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE LAND. DON WAS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS FARMER AND NEIGHBOR WHO WAS A KIND AND GENTLE PERSON. A MAN OF FEW WORDS BUT A MAN OF MUCH COMPASSION SAYING MORE WITH ACTIONS THAN WORDS. HE LOVED TO VISIT HIS MANY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. WINTER’S PROJECTS INCLUDED WORKING WITH METAL AND FABRICATING IMPROVEMENTS TO HIS MACHINERY, ALWAYS
BROWN, Fred Milton 1918 – 1999
FRED MILTON BROWN, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY APRIL 24, 1999 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
FRED WAS BORN JANUARY 2, 1918 AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA TO HARRY AND FLORENCE BROWN. FRED ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ARROWWOOD UNTIL 1936 WHEN HE WENT TO WORK FOR COLIN PARKS, NORTH OF MOSSLEIGH. IN 1941 FRED JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AND SERVED IN CANADA AS GROUND CREW, THEN TO ENGLAND IN 1944. FRED RETURNED TO ARROWWOOD IN 1945 TO FARM. HE MARRIED JANE ANNE “NAN” BRUCE OF SCOTLAND A WAR BRIDE IN 1948 IN CALGARY. TOGETHER THEY RAISED THEIR