Vulcan Funeral Home

EVELYN CHLOE MARSHALL, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY OCTOBER 8, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
CHLOE WAS BORN DECEMBER 3, 1904 AT MILTON, IOWA. SHE CAME TO ALBERTA WITH HER PARENTS BY WAY OF MANITOBA IN 1917. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM NORMAN MARSHALL IN JULY OF 1922 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED WITH HIS FATHER IN THE EASTWAY DISTRICT. THEY PURCHASED THEIR OWN LAND, KNOWN AS THE GUNN PLACE. TIMES WERE VERY HARD DURING THE 30’s AND IN 1935 THEY RENTED AND MOVED TO THE CORNER STORE WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT TWO YEARS BEFORE. THEY OPERATED THE STORE FOR EIGHT

RUSSELL HODGINS PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN CHAMPION, ALBERTA ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
RUSSELL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 27, 1927 AT ST. BONIFACE, MANITOBA. HE WORKED AS A CHEF FOR MANY HOTELS AND WORK CREWS. HE MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1977 AND WORKED FROM THERE. HE MOVED TO CHAMPION IN 1991. THE LAST KITCHEN HE WORKED IN BEFORE RETIRING WAS AT THE CEDAR VISTA IN VULCAN WERE HE WORKED FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
RUSSELL WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY HIS FAITHFUL COMPANION, PET AND FRIEND MOZIE, A STEP-SON DAVID AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY WELSH A

WIERSMA, KATHRYN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 99 YEARS.
KATHRYN WAS BORN JULY 2, 1897 AT MARKUM, FRIESLAND, HOLLAND. SHE CAME BY BOAT FROM HOLLAND TO BRANT, ALBERTA IN AUGUST OF 1920 WHERE HER HUSBAND WORKED FOR THE FLETCHER DAIRY. THEY MOVED TO ENSIGN IN 1923 AND IN 1928 TO VULCAN. IN 1937 THEY MOVED TO TURNER VALLEY AND A YEAR LATER RETURNED TO VULCAN WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO RESIDE UNTIL 1982 WHEN SHE MOVED TO THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY IN CARMANGAY.
KATHRYN WAS A MEMBER OF

BUEHLER, BERNICE LUCY PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SEPTEMBER 3, 1996 AT CLARESHOLM, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
BERNICE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 12, 1913 AT CROSSFIELD, ALBERTA WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. SHE CAME TO VULCAN IN 1933 WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED RON BUEHLER IN MAY OF 1934. THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN 1994.
BERNICE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN VULCAN. SHE SERVED AS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE VULCAN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY SHE ENJOYED PLAYING GOLF AND THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME IN 1978 ACROSS CANADA IN THE SAME YEAR, OCEAN TO

WALTER HARRY ROMANIUK PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1996 AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
WALTER WAS BORN MAY 25, 1908 AT MISKOV, POLAND. HE CAME TO ONTARIO WERE HE FARMED FOR TWENTY YEARS NEAR DUNVILLE, HE WAS A LOGGER AND A SAYER WORKING AT THE MILL, HE WAS A COOK AT FISHING CAMPS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER INTERESTING OCCUPATIONS OVER HIS LIFETIME.
WALTER WAS A HARD WORKER WITH A CREATIVE MIND TO MAKE THE WORK EASIER. HE MARRIED MARY BUCHKO IN WINNIPEG IN THE FALL OF 1933. THEY MOVED TO CARMANGAY IN 1980 THEN TO VULCAN IN 1994

BERNARD HENRY BEXTE, (BETTER KNOWN AS BENY) OF ARROWWOOD , AB, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 30,1996 AT MOSSLEIGH, AB, FIVE DAYS AFTER HIS 59TH BIRTHDAY.
BENY WAS BORN AUGUST 25TH,1937, IN DAMMER, EAST GERMANY. HE CAME TO CANADA IN MAY OF 1953 WITH HIS PARENTS BY BOAT, LANDING IN MONTREAL, AND FINALLY THEY ARRIVED IN PICTURE BUTTE.
IN 1959 HE MOVED TO ARROWWOOD AND WORKED FOR THE P.F.R.A. HE MARRIED EDNA HUFF IN 1961. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY MOVED EAST OF VULCAN WHERE HE FARMED FOR TWENTY YEARS UNTIL MOVING BACK TO ARROWWOOD TO WORK FOR THE P.F.R.A, ALSO KNOWN AS

URDAL, JOSEPH LUTHER “JOE” FORMERLY OF ARMADA AND LOMOND, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AUGUST 26, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
JOE WAS BORN JANUARY 6, 1915 AT BERNETTA, ALBERTA, HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ARMADA AND BERNETTA AND CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT OLDS COLLEGE. FARMING WAS JOE’S LIFE AND HE CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE AREA UNTIL MOVING TO LOMOND IN 1979. IN 1994 JOE MOVED TO CARMANGAY AND HAS RESIDED AT THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL SINCE.
JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS, THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION AND CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP IN THE BIG 4

RUSHFELDT, VICTOR LARUE “VIC” PASSED AWAY AUGUST 24, 1996 AT LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS, FOLLOWING A BRIEF BATTLE WITH CANCER.
VIC WAS BORN IN CORA RINEHART’S HOSPITAL IN VULCAN, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 23, 1927. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RED CROSS AND LATER VULCAN. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED OLDS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
VIC HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN LEGION, THE VULCAN MASONIC LODGE AND MILO CURLING CLUB, AS WELL AS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE B.P.O. ELKS LODGE, VULCAN. HE WAS AN ASSISTANT LEADER OF BERRYWATER 4-H BEEF CLUB FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO

BARTSCH, JOHN JACOB OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE BROOKS HEALTH CENTRE AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS WITH CANCER ON AUGUST 20, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
JOHN WAS THE FOURTH CHILD BORN TO JAKE AND FAITH BARTSCH ON APRIL 17, 1914 AT THE FARM HOME NEAR MAJORVILLE. MOST OF HIS SCHOOLING WAS SPENT AT EAST MAJORVILLE SCHOOL AND HE FINISHED HIS EDUCATION WITH TWO YEARS AT OLDS COLLEGE. DURING THE YEAR OF 1937 HE SPENT WINTERING CATTLE SOUTH OF ELNORA, ALBERTA WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE , ALICE CAMPBELL. THEY WERE MARRIED THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER 8,

CALLIE OMA CLEVER ( nee: MYERS) PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON AUGUST 11, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
OMA WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1901 AT CONDON, OREGON. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS AND THREE BROTHERS BY COVERED WAGON TO HIGH RIVER ARRIVING IN THE SUMMER OF 1905 AND WORKED ON THE BILL McMULLEN PLACE AS PART OF THE THRESHING CREW. LATER IN THE FALL THEY MOVED TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT. THEY LIVED IN TENTS THROUGH THE WINTER UNTIL FEBRUARY AS THEY WERE WARMER THAN IN THE HOUSE, AS THE TENTS WERE COVERED WITH