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STEWART CARL DOUGLASS, OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 30, 1998 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
STEWART WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1927 IN VULCAN AND RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR BERRYWATER. DURING THE THIRTIES THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE PHELAN PLACE IN THE BUFFALO HILLS AND THEN RETURNED TO BERRYWATER. HE ATTENDED BOTH THOSE SCHOOLS AND VULCAN FROM GRADE TEN ON. HE FURTHERED HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA. THE STEWART WE ALL KNOW WAS VERY ACCEPTING OF OTHER PEOPLES VALUES, RELIGIONS AND BACKGROUNDS.
HIS TENACITY SHOWED IN HIS RODEO INTERESTS, BOXING, FARMING AND

VICTOR ARTHUR “VIC” ENGEN OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 28, 1998 AT THE PETER LOUGHEED CENTRE, CALGARY AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
VIC WAS BORN MAY 24, 1928 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AND WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM FIFTEEN MILES EAST AND TWO MILES NORTH OF VULCAN. HE ATTENDED SUNNY LAKE, REID HILL AND VULCAN HIGH SCHOOLS. VIC WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AND OTHER FARMERS IN THE DISTRICT. HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COUNTY OF VULCAN IN 1954 AND CONTINUED WORKING THERE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1986. DURING THIS TIME HE RAISED TWO SONS WITH A FATHERS LOVE, COMPASSION

ALEXANDER HENRY “ALEX” HAGEN, OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 14, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
ALEX WAS BORN ONE OF FOURTEEN CHILDREN ON JANUARY 26, 1910 AT FOX LAKE, WISCONSIN TO FRANCIS AND THERESA HAGEN. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WEYBURN, SASKATCHEWAN UNTIL THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. ALEX WORKED AS A FARM LABORER, LATER HE WORKED AS A CARPENTER, BUILDING AIRPLANE HANGERS FOR THE WAR. HE MARRIED VIOLET NORDELL FISHER IN 1941 AT ROSETOWN, SASKATCHEWAN. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY MOVED TO THE VULCAN AREA TO WORK ON THE ARCHIE McINTYRE FARM. HE ALSO WORKED AT MANY OTHER

JAMES ALLEN BARR, OF STRATHMORE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY DECEMBER 10, 1998 AT STRATHMORE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 28 YEARS.
JAMES WAS BORN OCTOBER 30, 1970 AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL IN CALGARY TO ALLEN AND CHRISS BARR. HE GREW UP ON THE FARM LOCATED BETWEEN ARROWWOOD AND MOSSLEIGH. JAMES WAS AN ACTIVE 4-H MEMBER AND HIS EARLY YEARS WERE FILLED WITH HOCKEY AND BASEBALL. JAMES TOOK HIS FIRST NINE YEARS OF SCHOOLING AT MOSSLEIGH AND HIS HIGH SCHOOL AT C.C.H.S. IN VULCAN. HE GRADUATED WITH HIS MATRICULATION IN 1988. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION S.A.I.T IN CALGARY AND GRADUATED FROM PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

ELSE ZANTINGE, WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE NOVEMBER 26, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 58 YEARS.
ELSE WAS BORN JANUARY 7, 1940 AT BANDUNG, INDONESIA ON THE ISLAND OF JAVA TO PIET AND MARIA ZYLEMAKER. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BANDUNG CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF TWELVE AT ARNHEN, HOLLAND. ELSE CAME TO CANADA TO ATTEND EXPO IN 1967. SHE MET HANK AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN MAY OF 1969 IN GUELPH, WHERE ELSE WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH. TOGETHER THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH YOUTH WITH MISSION WHICH TOOK THEM

LORRAINE ANNABELLE UELAND PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 19, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
LORRAINE WAS BORN JULY 31, 1908 IN TRACY, MINNESOTA. SHE WAS ADOPTED WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG BY ROBERT AND BLANCHE PLUNKETT, AFTER HER MATERNAL PARENTS WERE KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. IN 1910 HER FAMILY MOVED TO A HOMESTEAD EAST OF LOMOND. SHE ATTENDED DUFFERIN SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE NINE AND THEN HELPED HER MOTHER WITH THE THRESHING CREW. LORRAINE CONTINUED TO WORK AS A HOUSEKEEPER FOR RUSSELL MILLS FAMILY, IN MILO AND WINTER MONTHS IN CALGARY.
IN 1940 LORRAINE MARRIED OLAV “OLE” UELAND AND

EVELYN LUCILLE KENNEDY, PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 18, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE NURSING HOME, AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
EVELYN WAS BORN AT GRISWALD, IOWA, AUGUST 28, 1903. SHE CAME TO DINTON, ALBERTA IN MARCH 1904 WITH HER MOTHER MAGGIE, FATHER JOHN AND BROTHER RUSSELL. WHERE HER FATHER JOHN HOMESTEADED WITH HIS BROTHER. SHE ATTENDED HILLCREST SCHOOL, NORTH OF BLACKIE TO GRADE EIGHT. SHE WOULD RIDE HER PONY TO AND FROM SCHOOL, AND TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY SHE WOULD FALL OFF THE PONY, BECAUSE HER PONY WAS SPOOKED EASILY, BUT WOULD ALWAYS WAIT FOR HER, TO GET BACK ON

CHESTER ALLEN ARMEY, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 13, 1998 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
CHESTER WAS BORN DECEMBER 16, 1908 AT NANTON, ALBERTA.. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS FRANK AND NELLIE ARMEY AND FOUR SISTERS TO ARROWWOOD IN 1917. CHESTER ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL IN ARROWWOOD, AND HIGH SCHOOL IN PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE HE MAJORED IN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS. AFTER GRADUATION IN 1928, HE RETURNED TO ARROWWOOD TO HELP HIS FATHER ON THE FARM AND IN 1935 TOOK OVER THE OPERATION.
CHESTER MARRIED THURZA GATES IN 1939 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED UNTIL THEY RETIRED IN

VERDA OPHELIA HONESS, FORMERLY OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 100 YEARS.
VERDA MARRIED WILLIAM HONESS IN 1918, TOGETHER THEY FARMED THE HOMESTEAD EAST OF LOMOND. WILLIAM PASSED AWAY IN 1932 AND VERDA CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE FARM. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM’S BROTHER RUSSELL IN 1934 AND THEY CONTINUED FARMING EAST OF LOMOND UNTIL MOVING INTO TOWN IN 1966. RUSSELL PASSED AWAY IN 1974 AND VERDA REMAINED IN HER HOME UNTIL MOVING TO EXTENDICARE IN VULCAN IN 1991. SHE WAS THE OLDEST AND LONGEST RESIDENT AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING.
VERDA WAS A

GOLDIE “MAE” McMULLEN, FORMERLY OF THE UNION JACK DISTRICT, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE, VULCAN, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 6, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
MAE WAS BORN APRIL 24, 1902 IN YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, TO LAWRENCE AND MARGARET JARRETT. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO HIGH RIVER THE SAME YEAR. MAE ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE, WHEN HER FATHER MOVED TO THE FARM, HER MOTHER AND MAE MOVED TO KINGS GATE, WHERE HER MOTHER WORKED. THEN HER YOUNGEST BROTHER CAME TO LIVE WITH THEM. THEN THEY MOVED TO CRANBROOK AND ON TO SPOKANE WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL OFF AND ON AND