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ARTHUR GEORGE THARLE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JANUARY 27, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
ARTHUR WAS BORN JUNE 2, 1912 ON THE HOMESTEAD QUARTER N.E.22-24-W4th NEAR ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA THAT HIS FATHER HOMESTEADED IN 1903. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SUNSET VALLEY AND AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY. HE AND HIS MOTHER CONTINUED OPERATING THE FARM.
ON MARCH 16, 1938 HE MARRIED GRACE MARIE STRONG. THEY LIVED ON THE FARM FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN MOVED INTO MOSSLEIGH. ARTHUR CONTINUED FARMING AND OPERATING HIS OWN TRUCKING OPERATION, HAULING GAS FROM TURNER VALLEY AT NIGHT AND

PAPP,  JOHN OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY NEAR HIS HOME JANUARY 27, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
JOHN WAS BORN APRIL 15, 1922 AT BUJ, HUNGARY WHERE HE ATTENDED HIS FIRST FIVE YEARS OF SCHOOLING AND FOUR YEARS OF VIOLIN LESSONS. JOHN AND HIS BROTHER GEORGE ARRIVED IN HALIFAX IN 1933, AFTER AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP BY BOAT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. THE BOYS WERE HAPPY TO SEE THEIR DAD WHO TOOK THEM BY TRAIN TO ANTELOPE, SASKATCHEWAN. LATER THEY MOVED TO PENANT AND IN 1935 TO CHANCELLOR, ALBERTA WHERE JOHN ATTENDED SCHOOL AND FARMED FROM THE AGE OF SIXTEEN.
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GILCHRIST, THOMAS JOHN “TOM” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT HIS DAUGHTERS HOME NEAR BROOKS, ALBERTA JANUARY 23, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
TOM WAS BORN MAY 2, 1927 AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR CAYLEY, ALBERTA. THOMAS STARTED AS A RANCH HAND FOR LOCAL RANCHERS AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS FOR A SHORT TIME IN CALGARY, THOMAS CONTINUED TO WORK AS A RANCH HAND UNTIL GETTING A JOB WITH HOME OIL THEN HE MOVED
AND WORKED AS A GAS PLANT OPERATOR. HE MARRIED VIOLET HARTELL

JOHNSON, CARL LUDVIG PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JANUARY 18, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
CARL WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 7, 1906 AT PALERMO, NORTH DAKOTA. IN 1907 HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE QUEENSTOWN AREA WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS SCHOOLING. HE BEGAN WORKING DRIVING TRUCK ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR CARL WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. HE RETURNED TO MILO AND DROVE SCHOOL BUS FOR MANY YEARS, FOLLOWING HIS MARRIAGE TO IRENE WHO WAS POST MASTER AT THE POST OFFICE, HE BECAME POST MASTER FOR MANY YEARS. CARL ENJOYED

BEULAH DORA OLSEN, OF AIRDRIE, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT THE PETER LOUGHEED CENTRE, CALGARY, ALBERTA JANUARY 11, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
BEULAH WAS BORN IN MOLD COUNTY, WASHINGTON OCTOBER 11, 1906. SHE EMIGRATED TO A HOMESTEAD IN THE KINNONDALE DISTRICT NEAR LOMOND IN 1908, THEN CAME TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1917. IN 1929 THE FAMILY MOVED TO FARM IN THE MILO AREA. IN 1937 THEY MOVED TO RANCH NEAR LONGVIEW . DURING THE WAR YEARS BEULAH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALE TAXI DRIVERS IN CALGARY. BEULAH MOVED TO SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE WORKED AS A

 CONSTABLE, ERNEST ALBERT “ERNTE”, BORN DECEMBER 30, 1913 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA, BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. MAE CONSTABLE OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT SAANTCHTON, B.C. JANUARY 1, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
A SERVICE OF REMEMBRAN CE WILL BE HELD AT FOREST LAWN UNITED CHURCH (2236—35 ST. S.E, CALGARY) TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 1997 AT 2 P.M. WITH REV. GORDON SAVILLE OFF ICIATING. INURNMENT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, CALGARY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE TRIBUTES IN ERNIE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE SAANICH PENINSULA HOSPITALFOUNDATION 2166 MOUNT NEWTON CROSSROAD, SAANICHTON, B.C. V/6%? 2B2.
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HOLOBOFF, ANNE, BELOVED WIFE OF JOE HOLOBOFF OF SHOULDICE, AB PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON DECEMBER 31, 1996 AT BASSANO, AB AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.

ANNE HOLOBOFF (ZAYSTOFF), MORE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “BABA” WAS BORN ON MARCH 16, 1927 AT PASS CREEK, BRITISH COLUMBIA. HER FAMILY MOVED TO THE QUEENSTOWN AREA WHEN SHE WAS SIX AND THEN RETURNED TO B.C. WHEN SHE WAS TWELVE YEARS OF AGE. THERE SHE COMPLETED HER SCHOOLING AND WORKED IN THE ORCHARDS. FOLLOWING HER MARRIAGE TO JOSEPH HOLOBOFF ON DECEMBER 17, 1944 THE COUPLE MOVED TO THEIR PRESENT LOCATION NEAR SHOULDICE, ALBERTA AND TOOK UP

MAVIS ELVA ROEBUCK (nee:RUARK), PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 29, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
MAVIS WAS BORN JANUARY 24, 1910 AT KINNONDALE, ALBERTA, IN THE COUNTY OF VULCAN HER PARENTS THEN MOVED WEST OF VULCAN, WHERE MAVIS ATTENDED THE PEACE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN HIGH RIVER. SHE GRADUATED FROM VULCAN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928.
ON JANUARY 24, 1929 SHE MARRIED W.E. (ED) ROEBUCK AND THEY FARMED EAST OF VULCAN UNTIL 1951 WHEN THEY MOVED INTO TOWN. MAVIS WORKED AT THE CLEANERS AND BECAME VERY INVOLVED WITH C.G.I.T.. FERRODALE CHAPTER #65, ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, CLOVERLEAF REBEKAH

VOLESKY, RICHARD LOUIS PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 24, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
RICHARD WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM AT LOMOND, ALBERTA ON FEBRUARY 4, 1922. HE ATTENDED MIDWAY COUNTRY SCHOOL WALKING A DISTANCE OF TWO MILES EACH DAY AND LOMOND SCHOOL. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE WORK ON THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL HIS MOTHER’S PASSING IN I980. HE THEN FARMED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS.
RICHARD ENJOYED READING, DOING CROSSWORD PUZZLES AND WRITING LETTERS TO FAMILY IN WISCONSIN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SUNSHINE DROP- IN CENTRE IN LOMOND, ALBERTA WHEAT POOL AND ST.

VERSLUYS, CORNELIS JOHANNES WILLEM “CORNIE” PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 19, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
CORNIE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1910 AT MONARCH, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BARONS AND WORKED OUT AS A FARM HAND. HE MARRIED OLIVE RHEA HIGGINS IN MAY OF 1932. THEY MOVED BY COVERED WAGON NORTH TO FALUN, ALBERTA, TWENTY-SIX MILES WEST OF WETASKIWIN. THERE THEY CLEARED THE LAND, DID ODD JOBS AND BUILT A CABIN WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1934. THEY STARTED A FAMILY, RAISED LIVESTOCK AND WORKED THE LAND. FINALLY, CORNIE TOOK A JOB AS A WEED INSPECTOR, UNTIL ENLISTING