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GARDNER, MARGARET JEAN WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR JUNE 6, 1997 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
JEAN WAS BORN JANUARY 27, 1916 AT REID HILL TO JOHN AND GRACE WARDEN. SHE MARRIED GORDON GARDNER IN NOVEMBER 1937, THE FIRST WEDDING IN THE VULCAN CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST. JEAN WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE CHURCH, SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, PLAYED THE ORGAN AND SANG. THEY BEGAN FARMING, FIRST SOUTHWEST OF KIRKALDY FOR TWO YEARS, THEN THEY
MOVED TO SYLVAN LAKE IN 1946, WHERE THEY RESIDED FOR TEN YEARS. THEY RETURNED TO FARM IN THE REID HILL

HINKLE,  CARELL  (GRAVES) PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY JUNE 5, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 53 YEARS.
CARELL WAS BORN OCTOBER 11, 1943 AT ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN TO RAE AND ROSS GRAVES. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND IN THE SUMMER OF 1947. SHE RETURNED TO CANADA THEN TO VULCAN IN 1956. CARELL ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN AND AFTER GRADUATING GRADE TWELVE IN 1962, SHE BEGAN WORKING AT THE BANK OF COMMERCE IN VULCAN, UNTIL SHE MOVED TO CALGARY AND WORKED FOR THE BANK AS AN ACCOUNTANT FOR SEVEN YEARS.
IN 1970 SHE MARRIED WILLIAM “BILL” HINKLE, TOGETHER THEY TRAVELED

ROBSTAD, IDA MAE PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JUNE 2, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
IDA MAE WAS BORN OCTOBER I3, 1905 AT MOOREPARK, MANITOBA THE THIRD OLDEST OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO LABON AND MARY EAMOR (nee: BRANDT). AT THREE YEARS OF AGE IDA MAE AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO ALBERTA, WHERE THEY RESIDED IN THE HIGHLAND AREA, NORTHWEST OF VULCAN FOR TEN YEARS. EVENTUALLY THEY MOVED EAST OF VULCAN. SHE GREW UP ON THE FARMSTEAD AND RECEIVED HER EDUCATION AT THE RED CROSS AND VULCAN SCHOOLS. SHE WORKED AS A HOSTESS AT THE EMPRESS HOTEL IN VICTORIA,

MCCALLUM,  WRAY WILLIS, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA MAY 28, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
WRAY WAS BORN MAY 12, 1920 AT QUEENSTOWN, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH QUEENSTOWN AND CALGARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL. IN 1943 HE ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT, WHERE HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN
THEATRE OF WAR AND ALSO IN NORTH AFRICA. HE RETURNED HOME IN 1945. WRAY MARRIED HELEN TRAVERS OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND IN DECEMBER OF 1946. HE HAS FARMED AT QUEENSTOWN ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE RETIRED AND THEY MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1993. IN 1997 WRAY MOVED INTO VULCAN EXTENDICARE WHERE HE

MARSHMAN,  HOWARD VICTOR PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MAY 19, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
HOWARD WAS BORN MAY 23, 1910 AT TROWBRIDGE, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND TO CLIFFORD AND ELIZABETH (nee: WEKIN S) MARSHMAN. HOWARD CAME WITH HIS FATHER TO CANADA IN MARCH OF 1921, SETTLING NEAR THE LITTLE BOW RIVER, EAST OF CHAMPION. THEY LIVED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FARMS IN THE AREA UNTIL PURCHASING A FARM ONE MILE EAST OF VULCAN. HOWARD MARRIED MILDRED DANN IN AUGUST OF 1949 AND MOVED TO THE FARM TWO MILES EAST AND ONE AND THREE QUARTER MILES NORTH OF VULCAN. THEY RAISED

RUTBERG, MYRTLE THERESA WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR MAY 18, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
MYRTLE WAS BORN AUGUST 28, 1913 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA, THE YOUNGEST OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO JOHN AND MINNIE (nee: EAMOR) FULTON. SHE GREW UP ON THE FARMSTEAD AND ATTENDED RED CROSS SCHOOL. MYRTLE MET HAAKON WALTIMAR “HANK” RUTBERG HER HUSBAND TO BE WHILE HE WAS WORKING AS A FARM HAND IN THE VULCAN AREA, THEY WERE MARRIED MARCH 14, 1935.
MYRTLE AND “HANK” CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN THE VULCAN AREA. MYRTLE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST.
BELOVED

PHYLLIS MARION NELSON, FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MAY 7, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS BORN DECEMBER 14, 1924 AT KINCAID, SASKATCHEWAN. FOLLOWING HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, SHE ATTENDED THREE YEARS OF NORMAL SCHOOL TO BEGIN HER TEACHING CAREER FIRST AT CARLYLE, QUEENSTOWN. IT WAS WHILE SHE WAS TEACHING THERE SHE MET AND MARRIED GEORGE OLIVER NELSON. SHE THEN TAUGHT AT MILO.
PHYLLIS IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER NAN (GARY) ROBERTSON OF FAIRVIEW, TWO SONS TOM AND BETTY AND ROSS ALL OF MILO, SIX GRANDCHILDREN DENA, DENVER, DAVIN, LYLE, MARY AND WILLY, A

KRASMAN, ALBERT “CHUCK” , PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, CARMANGAY, ALBERTA APRIL 27, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
ALBERT WAS BORN AUGUST 7, 1917 TO MICHAEL AND HELENA KRASMAN, IMMIGRANTS FROM TALLINN, ESTONIA WHO HAD HOMESTEADED IN THE BIRDS HOME AREA, LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOREMOST, ALBERTA. ALBERT WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND FROM BIRTH, FARMING BECAME A WAY OF LIFE. WHEN ALBERT WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, THE FAMILY MOVED TO A FARM WEST OF BARONS WHERE ALBERT CONTINUED TO GROW UP IN THE FAMILY FARMING TRADITION.
IN 1935, THE KRASMAN FAMILY MOVED

RODOLFO (RUDY) LEVER PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY, ALBERTA APRIL 11, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
RUDY WAS BORN AT VIGO CAVEDINE, ITALY, NOVEMBER 24, I920. HE GREW UP IN A LARGE FAMILY OF FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE BEGAN WORKING EARLY IN LIFE. RUDY LOVED TO PLAY BACCI BALL, RAID ORCHARDS AND DRINK WINE.
HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ITALIAN ARMY DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND SERVED AS AN “ALPINE SOLDIER” IN MONTENEGRO, YUGOSLAVIA AND FRANCE. FOLLOWING THE WAR IN I946 RUDY AND MARIA ZAMBALDI WERE MARRIED AND BEGAN THEIR YOUNG FAMILY. ITALY WAS A VERY

ROSEMARY WASHBURN, OF VULCAN, ALBERTA FORMERLY OF THE MOSSLEIGH AREA, PASSED AWAY APRIL 9, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
ROSEMARY WAS BORN MAY 24, I914 AT WASHINGTON, INDIANA TO EDWARD AND PEARLE REDFORD (nee: HORRALL). SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, INDIANA, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON AND LATER ATTENDED THE CHENEY NORMAL SCHOOL TO BECOME AN EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE ALSO WORKED AS A HAIRDRESSER AND FOR A SHORT TIME AS CARETAKER.
ON AUGUST 6, I940 SHE MARRIED HARRY THOMPSON WASHBURN AT CARSELAND, ALBERTA. TOGETHER THEY FARMED SOUTH OF MOSSLEIGH ON THE LAND WHICH HIS FATHER FARMED, WHERE HER DAUGHTER LOIS AND