ORINE MARIE ZIMMERMAN, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON DECEMBER 17, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
ORINE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10, 1913 IN MAYVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA. AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE SHE CAME TO CANADA WITH HER PARENTS, SIMON AND SELMA TUTTLE. THEY SETTLED ON A FARM IN PENDANT D’OREILLE UNTIL 1926 WHEN THEY MOVED TO VULCAN. ORINE RECEIVED ALL OF HER SCHOOLING TO GRADE TEN IN VULCAN, SHE ALSO TOOK MUSIC LESSONS.
IN HER EARLY ADULT YEARS SHE BEGAN WORKING AT THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE MET CLIFFORD PERCY ZIMMERMAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON OCTOBER 15,
SMITH, Annie Nancy 1919 – 1997
SMITH, ANNIE NANCY PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 14, I997 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
NANCY WAS BORN OCTOBER 14, 1919 AT LEICESTER, ENGLAND. SHE ATTENDED MANTLE ROAD SCHOOL TO GRADE EIGHT. AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN SHE WENT TO WORK AT KIRBY’S WEST, WORKING IN THE OFFICES, THEN WORKED AT TAYLOR HOBSON DOING OFFICE WORK.
WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR II, SHE MET LAWRENCE SMITH. NANCY CAME TO CANADA AS A WAR BRIDE, TRAVELING FIRST ON AN OCEAN VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND, THEN BY TRAIN TO GLEICHEN, ALBERTA WHERE LAWRENCE WAS TO
WASER, Winifred Lucinda “Winnie” 1908 – 1997
WINIFRED LUCINDA ‘WINNIE” WASER, (nee: MONNER) PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, DECEMBER 8, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
WINNIE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 20, 1908 IN PORTLAND, OREGON. IN 1914 HER FAMILY EMMIGRATED TO CANADA, AND THEY SETTLED IN THE MILO AREA. WINNIE RECEIVED HER EARLY SCHOOLING AT PIONEER, GIFFEN AND MILO.
SHE WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER AND BECAME MOTHER’S HELPER AT AN EARLY
AGE, HELPING RAISE HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS. WINNIE ATTENDED AGRICULTURE
COLLEGE IN CLARESHOLM FROM I928 TO I930 WHERE SHE BECAME AN EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS AND COOK. DURING THE LATE TWENTY’S AND EARLY THIRTIES SHE BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE
JORDAN, Vernon George 1931 – 1997
VERNON GEORGE JORDAN OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ON DECEMBER 8, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
VERNON WAS BORN IN VULCAN JANUARY 16, 1931, SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN BORN TO JIM AND ALICE. HE IS SURVIVED BY JEAN, HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 44 YEARS, SONS RICK (LYNN) OF BROOKS , LES (JAN) OF CALGARY, DAUGHTER DIANE (TONY) KRYSTALOWICH OF VULCAN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER, BLAKE, COLE, KASSIE , LOWELL AND JORDAN. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY BROTHERS KEN OF INNISFAIL, KEITH (RITA) OF SPRUCE GROVE, MELVIN OF VULCAN, RON (MARJ)
SHARP, Helma 1922 – 1997
HELMA SHARP, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HOME DECEMBER 3, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
HELMA WAS BORN JULY 15, 1922 IN BASSANO, ALBERTA TO ANNA AND GEORGE GREAVES. SHE WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN, AND GREW UP ON THE FARM, ATTENDED FAWN HILL SCHOOL, WHERE SHE RODE A HORSE WITH HER SISTER EARLY TO SCHOOL TO GET WATER AND START THE FIRE. SHE FINISHED SCHOOL AND BEGAN HOUSEKEEPING FOR FARM FAMILIES IN THE AREA.
HELMA MARRIED FREDERICK WILLIAM (BILL) SHARP DECEMBER 19, 1942 AT BASSANO. THEY FARMED NORTHEAST OF VULCAN IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT WHERE
HUDSON, Benjamin James “Jim” 1928 – 1997
BENJAMIN JAMES “JIM” HUDSON, BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. MARGARET HUDSON OF VULCAN, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 1, 1997 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS.
JIM WAS BORN ON JULY 8, 1928 AT KAPUSKAING, ONTARIO. HE WORKED IN CALGARY AS A COMMISSIONAIRE AT THE BAKER CENTRE GROUP HOME IN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1986 WHILE WORKING AS A CARETAKER AT A CALGARY LEGION, HE MET MARGARET BENNETT AND IN JULY OF 1987 THEY WERE MARRIED. IN I990 THEY MOVED TO VULCAN WHERE THEY HAVE RESIDED SINCE.
JIM ENJOYED WOOD WORKING, REFINISHING ANTIQUE FURNITURE, MAKING LAWN ORNAMENTS, CAMPING AND
MCNIVEN, James Harvey “Jim” 1921 – 1997
JAMES HARVEY “JIM McNIVEN, FORMERLY OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, CARMANGAY, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 16, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
JIM IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND BEST FRIEND FAY, A DAUGHTER CAROL (DON) WRIGHT OF DIDSBURY, FIVE SONS DAN (BONNIE) OF BALLINAFAD, ONTARIO, JIM (CATHIE) OF VULCAN, MICHAEL (KATHY) AND PETER (GAIL) ALL OF CESSFORD, TOM (JOANNE) OF VULCAN, FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, RON, LEXI, ELLA, CASEY, MALCOLM, ROY, COLIN, MARY ANN, KEVIN, SHARI, DANIEL, JAMES, CHRISTA, RANDY AND DAINE, THREE BROTHERS, DON (MEGAN), FRANK (JESSIE) AND DAN (VICKY), TWO SISTERS, MAE (BLAKE) SPRINGER OF
LOOSE, Agnes Elizabeth 1910 – 1997
LOOSE, AGNES ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 7, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
AGNES WAS BORN MAY 10, 1910 AT DUNGANNON, IRELAND TO WILLIAM AND MARGARET WIER. SHE MARRIED OTTO LOOSE IN MAGRATH, ALBERTA. IN 1938 THEY MOVED TO VULCAN WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN, MARY LOU, OTTO “BUNTY” AND SHIRLEY MAE. THEY SETTLED ON A SECTION OF LAND EAST OF VULCAN (THE ROGER HUBBARD PLACE) AND TOGETHER THEY WORKED THE LAND.
IN 1945 THEY PURCHASED A SECTION OF LAND WEST OF VULCAN, AND IN THE FALL OF THAT YEAR THEY MOVED THERE, THEY FARMED BOTH
STOKES, Amy Bernice 1917 – 1997
AMY BERNICE STOKES, BELOVED WIFE OF THE LATE GEORGE STOKES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON NOVEMBER 6, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
AMY WAS BORN MARCH 24, I917 AT ARMADA, ALBERTA TO GEORGE AND SARA CRAINE. SHE RECEIVED ALL HER EDUCATION AT THE SUNNY PLAINS SCHOOL IN ARMADA. IN 1937 SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO SPRINGBANK WHERE SHE HELPED THEM ON THE DAIRY FARM. SHE MARRIED GEORGE “JIM” STOKES ON NOVEMBER 29, 1939. AMY AND JIM MOVED TO THE FARM IN ARMADA AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY. THEY FARMED UNTIL GEORGE’S PASSING ON 1967. A FEW YEARS
GIBBS, Gary James “Nick” 1936 – 1997
GARY JAMES “NICK” GIBBS, PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 8, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 61 YEARS.
NICK WAS BORN APRIL 22, 1936 AT SARNIA, ONTARIO, THE YOUNGEST OF NINE CHILDREN TO JOSEPH AND FRANCES GIBBS (nee:SPENCER). HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY EDUCATION AT MEADOWLEA PUBLIC SCHOOL IN SARNIA. LATER HE ATTENDED A TRADE SCHOOL WHERE HE BEGAN TRAINING FOR HIS CAREER AS A MOTOR MECHANIC. HE WORKED IN THE BEAUFORT SEA AS CHIEF MECHANIC ON THE DRILL SHIP EXPLORER II FOR DOME PETROLEUM FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. HE MOVED TO CALGARY AND NICK WORKED AT BERNIE SCOFIELD’S PETRO CANADA FOR A