HART, FLORENCE ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 19, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 98 YEARS.
FLORENCE WAS BORN JANUARY 21, 1898 AT FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA. SHE MOVED TO FLAXTON, NORTH DAKOTA IN 1900. THEN SHE MOVED TO HOMESTEAD AT LOMOND, ALBERTA IN THE SPRING OF 1908.
SHE ATTENDED FIRST CHANCE SCHOOL, NOW BADGER LAKE. FLORENCE MARRIED FRED HART IN 1916, THEY MOVED FARMS IN 1925 TO THE SHAW PLACE WHERE SHE HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE ON HER OWN UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE IN 1993, WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
FLORENCE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE SUNSHINE DROP-IN CENTRE.
BELOVED MOTHER OF
DUNCAN, Mary Alice 1907 – 1996
DUNCAN, MARY ALICE WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ON DECEMBER 15, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
MARY WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 24, 1907 AT DENBEIGH, NORTH DAKOTA AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO NANTON IN 1910 TO HOMESTEAD EAST OF NANTON IN THE ENSIGN DISTRICT. THEY MOVED TO BULLS HEAD IN THE MEDICINE HAT AREA THEN CAME TO ARROWWOOD IN 1916 WHERE SHE WORKED IN THE HOME TAKING CARE OF HER PARENTS AFTER HER BOTHERS AND SISTERS MOVED AWAY FROM HOME.
SHE ENJOYED TIMES WITH FAMILY ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN
BROTHERWOOD, William John “Bill” 1914 – 1996
WILLIAM JOHN “BILL” BROTHERWOOD, PASSED AWAY AT BOW VALLEY CENTRE, CALGARY, ALBERTA DECEMBER 14, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
BILL WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM AT BRUNETTA, ALBERTA NEAR LOMOND. HE ATTENDED BRUNETTA, DIAMOND CITY AND GREEN PRAIRIE SCHOOLS. BILL WAS MUSICALLY TALENTED. HE COULD PLAY AN ACCORDION, A JEW’S HARP AND HE LOVED TO DANCE. HE WAS SKILLED AT BREAKING HORSES AND USING THEM TO PULL HIM AND ANYONE ELSE WHO LIKED TO JOIN THEM, ON SNOW SKIS TO THE HILL, UP THE HILL AND THEN BACK HOME. IN HIS EARLY YEARS HE ENJOYED HUNTING ANTELOPE.
BILL HAD
WINCH, Bernice Dorothy 1913 – 1996
BERNICE DOROTHY WINCH, WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
BERNICE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 12, 1913 AT MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA, THE FIRST BORN TO CLYDE AND BESSIE RUSSELL. THEY CAME BY TRAIN TO TABER IN 1916. SHE ATTENDED REID HILL, SUNNY LAKE, THIGH HILL, SUNNY GLEN, QUEENSTOWN AND WILLARD SCHOOL’S. BERNICE MARRIED HUGH WINCH IN OCTOBER OF 1933 IN BASSANO, ALBERTA AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE MILO AREA.
IN HER EARLY YEARS, BERNICE WAS VERY ATHLETIC. SHE ENJOYED CURLING, PLAYING THE PIANO, WHICH IN LATER YEARS SHE LOVED TO HAVE THE
BJORNSON, Mary Rosella 1914 – 1996
MARY ROSELLA BJORNSON, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY NOVEMBER 11, 1996 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
MARY WAS BORN MAY 11, 1914 AT THE CARMANGAY NURSING HOME, CARMANGAY, ALBERTA, THE THIRD DAUGHTER OF ELSIE AND JULIUS DOWNING. THEY LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM EIGHT MILES WEST OF CARMANGAY NEAR RICKMAN SCHOOL. IN 1919, THE FAMILY MOVED ONE MILE SOUTH OF HAMMER SCHOOL, TEN MILES EAST OF OLDS AND LATER IN 1926 MOVED INTO THE TOWN OF OLDS WHERE MARY ATTENDED PIANO LESSONS, AND RECEIVED MANY CERTIFICATES FOR MUSIC.
IN 1930, THE FAMILY MOVED BACK TO THE DOWNING FARM AT CARMANGAY
GARYK, Eugene “Gene” Patrick 1938 – 1996
EUGENE PATRICK “GENE” GARYK PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 6, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 58 YEARS.
GENE WAS BORN AUGUST 3, 1938 AT CANORA, SASKATCHEWAN. HE ATTENDED MEADOWDALE SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE EIGHT THEN MOVED TO ROBLIN, MANITOBA TO COMPLETE HIS GRADE TWELVE. GENE BEGAN WORKING FOR SCOTT NATIONAL IN WINNIPEG, HE WORKED IN THE BUSH AND DURING THE 1960’S HE WAS A PAINT CONTRACTOR. HE MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1972 TO OWN AND OPERATE THE MACLEODS STORE UNTIL 1984. FOLLOWING A YEAR OFF GENE BEGAN WORKING AS THE MAINTENANCE MAN FOR THE PETER DAWSON LODGE WHERE HE WORKED
WOBICK-MIDDLETON, Irma Kathreen 1909 – 1996
WOBICK, IRMA KATHREEN MIDDLETON, BELOVED WIFE MR. GEORGE WOBICK OF LETHBRIDGE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY OCTOBER 31, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
IRMA WAS BORN TO ROY AND LEONA RENNELS ON THE HOMESTEAD FOUR MILES SOUTH OF THE VULCAN GOLF COURSE ON MAY 28, 1909. SHE MOVED TO VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON AND RETURNED TO VULCAN IN 1923.
SHE MARRIED ROBERT MIDDLETON IN 1927 TOGETHER THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1961. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND BOB, SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1969 WERE SHE MET AND MARRIED GEORGE WOBICK IN 1973. IRMA RETUNED TO VULCAN IN
SANDE, Floyd Arthur 1915 – 1996
SANDE, FLOYD ARTHUR PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY OCTOBER 30, 1996 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
FLOYD WAS BORN FEBRUARY 13, 1915 ON THE FAMILY FARM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOMOND. HE WAS THE SECOND OLDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN BORN TO OLAF AND LULU SANDE. HE BEGAN FARMING ON HIS OWN IN 1937 AND CONTINUED UNTIL HE HAD A SERIES OF STROKES IN 1994. FLOYD MARRIED EDITH FROST IN 1943 AND THEY CONTINUED TO FARM.
FLOYD WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE LOMOND COMMUNITY. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LOMOND LIONS CLUB. HE WAS THE FIRST
ONSTAD, Lillian Florence 1912 – 1996
LILLIAN FLORENCE ONSTAD PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY OCTOBER 19, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
LILLIAN WAS BORN OCTOBER 16, 1912 AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA, THE FIRST CHILD OF SYDNEY AND ELLEN COCKWILL, BOTH OF WHOM CAME FROM ENGLAND. LILLIAN’S EARLY SCHOOLING AND CHURCH LIFE WAS AT EASTWAY COUNTRY SCHOOL. LATER SHE WORKED IN THE DISTRICT HELPING WITH HOUSE WORK AND COOKING FOR THRESHING CREWS.
LILLIAN AND RAY ONSTAD WERE MARRIED IN THE LATE 1920’s AT THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN HIGH RIVER, THE SAME CHURCH WHERE HER PARENTS HAD BEEN MARRIED. LIL AND RAY FARMED WITH RAY’S BROTHER AND
DINGWALL, George Alexander Munroe 1919 – 1996
DINGWALL, GEORGE ALEXANDER MUNROE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME ON THE FARM, WEST OF VULCAN, ALBERTA ON OCTOBER 13, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM WEST OF VULCAN JUNE 7, 1919 WHERE HE HAS LIVED AND WORKED ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RICHMOND HILL SCHOOL HOUSE AND COMPLETED GRADE EIGHT. HE MARRIED HIS WIFE PATRICIA IN APRIL 1954 AT HIGH RIVER UNITED CHURCH. THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 42ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR. TOGETHER THEY BUILT THEIR HOME ON THE HOME QUARTER AND HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE.
GEORGE LOVED THE LAND AND