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JOSEPHINE “JO”BEINGESSNER, OF VULCAN, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
JO WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1906 AT SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA TO OLE AND JOHANNA GROVER. SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA AND LATER TO MANYBERRIES WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS. SHE BEGAN WORKING IN THE HOTEL AT MANYBERRIES, LOOKING AFTER THE ROOMS AND ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE. WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE REPUTATION AS “HELLO GIRL”. JO WORKED THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN MOVED TO CHAMPION TO WORK FOR HER SISTER-IN-LAW ON A FARM.. DURING

WILLIAM HIGSON, “BILL”LUCAS, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 4, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
BILL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1910 AT BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND TO THOMAS AND MARION LUCAS. HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY NINE MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BORN AND SO HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS. IN 1920 BILL AND HIS UNCLE ROBERT BOARDED A SHIP AND SAILED TO CANADA. THEY ARRIVED IN VULCAN ON THE TRAIN AND WERE MET BY HIS UNCLE JIMMY, WHO TOOK HIM TO BE WITH HIS FATHER ON THE FARM IN THE ARMADA DISTRICT. THERE HE MET HIS SECOND MOTHER MARY AND

EDITH FRANCES “EDO” ANDREWS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 30, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY.
EDITH WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1913 AT DUNDURN, SASKATCHEWAN TO HAROLD AND RHODA ROW. EDITH CAME BY HER NICK NAME AT AN EARLY AGE, HER BROTHER WAS UNABLE TO PRONOUNCE EDITH, SO HE CALLED HIS SISTER EDO AND THE NAME REMAINED WITH HER. EDO RODE HORSEBACK TO AND FROM SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A FEW MILES FROM THE FAMILY FARM. SHE LOVED HORSES AND LATER TAUGHT HER CHILDREN TO RIDE. AS A TEENAGER IN DUNDURN, EDO PLAYED HOCKEY

EMMA (GRACE) COCKWILL PASSED AWAY AUGUST 27, 1998 AT VULCAN.
GRACE WAS BORN JANUARY 19, 1915, SECOND CHILD OF SYDNEY AND ELLEN COCKWILL. SHE LIVED HER LIFE ON THE HOME FARM IN HER BELOVED BUFFALO HILLS. FOLLOWING HER FATHER’S DEATH, SHE LIVED WITH AND CARED FOR HER MOTHER.
GRACE LOVED ANIMALS BOTH WILD AND DOMESTIC. THROUGH THE YEARS SHE HAD SHEEP, CHICKENS, DUCKS, DOGS, CATS AND HORSES BUT HER MAIN INTEREST WAS HER HERD OF HEREFORD CATTLE. SHE ENJOYED RIDING IN THE HILLS CHECKING HER OWN CATTLE AS WELL AS THOSE OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. DURING SOME OF THOSE RIDES SHE VISITED

MARTHA MARIE MUELLER, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 20, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
MARTHA WAS BORN AT CARBON, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 6, 1917 TO GOTTLEIB AND JACOBEANA KRANZLER, WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE EIGHT. MARTHA BEGAN WORKING AT AN EARLY AGE FIRST WORKING FOR OTHER FARMERS IN THE THREE HILLS AREA AND SENDING HER PAY CHEQUE HOME TO HELP OUT THE FAMILY OF SEVEN. SHE CAME TO THE CHAMPION AREA TO WORK FOR LOUIS MUELLER, WHOM, TURNED OUT TO BE HER FATHER-IN-LAW. SHE MARRIED CLAUDE LOUIS MUELLER IN MARCH OF 1944 AND TOGETHER THEY WORKED THE

DAVID CHARLES “DAVE”HEGLAND,OF LETHBRIDGE AND CHAMPION, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 20, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 58 YEARS.
DAVID WAS BORN NOVEMBER 8,1939 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA TO EARL AND AGNES HEGLAND. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CHAMPION AND WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AND BROTHER ON THE FAMILY FARM. HE MARRIED JOYCE HILL IN MARCH OF 1966 AND TOGETHER THEY CONTINUED FARMING IN THE CHAMPION AREA. HE PURCHASED HIS OWN PIECE OF LAND IN 1970. DAVID ENJOYED GRAIN FARMING, ESPECIALLY THE SPRING TIME. EVER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD AND HIS PARENTS TOOK HIM TO BALL GAMES, DAVID KEPT HIMSELF

VILATE  HARRIET KIMBALL FOWNES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JUNE 13, 1998 AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE, VULCAN , ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
VILATE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 20, 1902 AT SYNDERVILLE, UTAH AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO RAYMOND IN 1903 WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1921 SHE ATTENDED NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY. VILATE BEGAN HER FIRST TEACHING POSITION NEAR ALSASK, SASK. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AFTER GRADUATION IN 1922. SHE TAUGHT IN THE SIBBALD, ACADIA VALLEY AND EMPRESS AREAS.
VILATE MET AND MARRIED LEON SKILLEN FOWNES IN DECEMBER OF 1924, TOGETHER THEY FARMED AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY UNTIL RETIRING TO KINDERSLEY IN

MARGARET ELIZABETH “BETTIE” BECKNER, OF HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JUNE 11, 1998 AT HIGH RIVER , ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
BETTIE WAS BORN MARCH 14, 1924 AT VICTORIA, B.C. TO THOMAS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GRIFFIN AND MILO WHERE SHE RODE HER SHETLAND PONY TO ROUND UP CATTLE AND TO SCHOOL. SHE ALSO ATTENDED ST. MARY’S CONVENT IN CALGARY FOR TWO YEARS. AFTER SHE FINISHED SCHOOL AT AGE SIXTEEN, SHE RETURNED TO MILO TO WORK WITH HER FATHER WHOM SHE RESPECTED AND HELD MOST HIGH. HE WORKED WITH HORSES AND TAUGHT HER HOW TO

GEORGE HENRY SANDBERG, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE MAY 26, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN OCTOBER 20, 1907 AT ELVERUM, NORWAY TO GUNNAR AND JOHANA SANDBERG. HE GREW UP IN HEREDSBYGD, NORWAY. IN JUNE OF 1925 AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN HE CAME TO CANADA TRAVELLING FIRST BY BOAT AND THEN BY TRAIN TO VISIT HIS AUNT AND UNCLE IN THE BROADWAY DISTRICT, EAST OF NANTON. WHILE THERE HE WORKED FOR HIS UNCLE UNTIL 1929. HE THEN WORKED FOR TROND BERGER UNTIL1932 WHEN HE PURCHASED FARM LAND IN THE BROADWAY DISTRICT. GEORGE MARRIED

GEORGE HENRY SANDBERG, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE MAY 26, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN OCTOBER 20, 1907 AT ELVERUM, NORWAY TO GUNNAR AND JOHANA SANDBERG. HE GREW UP IN HEREDSBYGD, NORWAY. IN JUNE OF 1925 AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN HE CAME TO CANADA TRAVELLING FIRST BY BOAT AND THEN BY TRAIN TO VISIT HIS AUNT AND UNCLE IN THE BROADWAY DISTRICT, EAST OF NANTON. WHILE THERE HE WORKED FOR HIS UNCLE UNTIL 1929. HE THEN WORKED FOR TROND BERGER UNTIL1932 WHEN HE PURCHASED FARM LAND IN THE BROADWAY DISTRICT. GEORGE MARRIED