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JAMES CLARENCE “JIM” MCCLUSKEY FORMERLY OF LACOMBE, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT ROCKY VIEW HOSPITAL, CALGARY FEBRUARY 20, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 55 YEARS.
JIM WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1942 AT GRAND FALLS, NEW BRUNSWICK. HE MARRIED KATHLEEN “KAY” NORTHEY ON JUNE 13, 1964. THEY RESIDED IN OKOTOKS FOR MANY YEARS WHERE JIM WAS EMPLOYED WITH ROBERT HUNT CORPORATION, WELDWOOD AND VARIOUS OTHER COMPANIES. HE MOVED HIS FAMILY TO LACOMBE WHERE HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS OF SUNWOOD WINDOWS AND DOORS LTD. WHICH HE HAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE UNTIL HIS PASSING.
JIM LOVED HIS FAMILY, HE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED WATCHING HIS CHILDREN PARTICIPATE

CUTFORTH,  ARTHUR QUINCEY “ART” OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY , SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE FEBRUARY 5, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
ARTHUR WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM HOME NEAR BARONS, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 17, 1909. HE WAS THE FIRST OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO FRANK AND EVA CUTFORTH. ARTHUR ATTENDED GARDEN PRAIRIE SCHOOL, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT CLARESHOLM AND SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN CALGARY.
IN 1937 HE MARRIED IRENE OHLER OF CARMANGAY AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE BARONS DISTRICT. IN 1944 THEY PURCHASED THE ISAAC JACOBSON FARM NORTH OF VULCAN. ARTHUR RAN

SAMUEL JESSE “SAM” FRANCIS, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST ON FEBRUARY 5, I998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
SAM WAS BORN SEPTEMBER I 1, 1902 NEAR WESTBORO, MISSOURI, U.S.A. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS MILTON W AND MARGARET V FRANCIS TO THE GLADYS RIDGE DISTRICT IN I904 AND MOVED ON TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE MAJORVILLE AREA IN 1912. SAM ATTENDED LIBERTY SCHOOL AND HELPED AT HOME AND ON THE NEIGHBOUR’S THRESHING MACHINES IN THE FALL. IN 1925 THEIR HOME BURNED DOWN AND THE FAMILY RETURNED TO HIS

VERA MAE STEWART, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FEBRUARY 4, 1998 AT VULCAN HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
VERA WAS BORN JULY 2, 1919 IN VULCAN, ALBERTA TO JACK AND ETHEL MARTIN. SHE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM AND ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MOSSLEIGH. VERA MARRIED ROY STEWART FEBRUARY 22, 1941 IN CALGARY AT THE KNOX UNITED CHURCH. TOGETHER THEY F ARMED IN THE MOSSLEIGH DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AFTER LEAVING THE FARM THEY MOVED TO MOSSLEIGH UNTIL 1957, WHEN ROY PASSED AWAY. VERA AND JIM THEN MOVED TO VULCAN AND THEN TO LETHBRIDGE FOR A SHORT TIME. IN

LESLIE WAYNE “LES” CHAMBERS, OF LOMOND, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING A BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER JANUARY 26, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 41 YEARS.
LESLIE WAS BORN MAY 27, 1956 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING IN LOMOND AND VULCAN. IN 1973 HE MOVED TO CALGARY WERE HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF CALGARY FOR ELEVEN YEARS. LES RETURNED TO THE FAMILY FARM AND LATER MOVED TO THE MYERS FARM WHERE HE HAS RESIDED UNTIL HIS PASSING. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS LES KNITTED BARBIE DOLL DRESSES FOR HIS SISTERS AND PLAYED HOCKEY. HE LOVED

JOHN RANDLE “RANDY” STEINER WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST AT CALGARY FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 18, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 50 YEARS.
RANDY WAS BORN FEBRUARY I7, 1947 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING AT VULCAN AND THE NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDMONTON, HE GRADUATED FROM FOREST TECHNOLOGY IN 1968. HE WORKED FOR TI-IE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY IN EDMONTON AND TRAVELLED ACROSS MOST OF ALBERTA AND SOME OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. IN 1972 RANDY RETURNED TO THE FAMILY FARM AND BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A FARMER.
RANDY MET JEAN ANN IN EDMONTON WHILE

FLORENCE FITZPATRICK, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JANUARY 15, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 98 YEARS.
FLORENCE WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND DECEMBER 4, 1899. SHE CAME TO CANADA AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS, ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MONTREAL AND CHATHAM, ONTARIO. FLORENCE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CALGARY. SHE ENTERED THE HOLY CROSS SCHOOL OF NURSING IN I914 AND GRADUATED AS A REGISTERED NURSE FROM THE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL IN 1918, THE SECOND GRADUATING CLASS OF THE HOLY. FLORENCE WORKED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN LETHBRIDGE DURING THE 1918 FLU EPIDEMIC. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT SHE

DAVID WILSON “DAVEY” CAUSEY, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JANUARY 5, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
DAVEY WAS BORN NOVEMBER 21, 1921 AT TABER, ALBERTA TO THOMAS AND ELIZABETH CAUSEY. HIS FATHER, A COAL MINER, MOVED THE FAMILY TO LETHBRIDGE IN I93 6. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH TABER AND LETHBRIDGE. HE WAS WORKING AT THE MACLEOD’S STORE IN LETHBRIDGE WHEN HE MET LOURETTA CLEVER. THEY WERE MARRIED IN CHAMPION IN AUGUST OF 1942. DURING THE SAME YEAR DAVEY ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND SERVED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE IN 1945. HE RETURNED

HUBKA, RUDOLF EMMETT “RUDY”, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 20, 1997 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
RUDY WAS BORN AUGUST 25, 1916 ON THE FAMILY FARM OF FRANK AND BESSIE HUBKA WEST OF CARMANGAY. A FARMER ALL HIS LIFE, HE SAW FARMING EVOLVE FROM HORSE DRAWN EQUIPMENT TO THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY OF TODAY.
A COMMUNITY MINDED MAN, RUDY WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CARMANGAY LIONS CLUB, A DIRECTOR OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SECRETARY OF THE LITTLE BOW GAS CO-OP AND CARMANGAY SEED CLEANING PLANT. HE ENJOYED SPORTS, ESPECIALLY BASEBALL, HOCKEY AND CURLING.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS OF MRS. BEULAH