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MIDDLETON, JESSE MARTIN DIED SUDDENLY AT HOME DECEMBER 20, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 21 YEARS.
JESSE WAS BORN APRIL 4, 1974 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AND MOVED TO VULCAN AT THE AGE OF TWO YEARS. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VULCAN. HE DELIVERED THE CALGARY HERALD FOR FIVE YEARS, THEN BEGAN WORKING AT HOME HARDWARE. AFTER COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL HE WORKED FOR JOHN KING OIL WELL SERVICING FOR TWO YEARS . JESSE WAS THEN EMPLOYED WITH ESSO, HAULING FERTILIZER AND WORKED WITH LARIAT LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT AND CUSTOM COMBINED WITH RON HEALY THIS PAST FALL.
JESSE WAS A HARD WORKING, CONSCIENTIOUS, GENTLE PERSON AND

HELLEVANG, OSCAR SELMER PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE DECEMBER 18, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
OSCAR WAS BORN MAY 17, 1913 AT TRIPOLI, ALBERTA NEAR MEDICINE HAT. HE ATTENDED TRIPOLI, RED CLIFF AND BRITUS SCHOOLS. HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE MILO DISTRICT IN 1925 AND AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN HE BEGAN WORKING AS A JANITOR AT THE PIONEER SCHOOL, NORTH AND EAST OF MILO. UPON FINISHING SCHOOL HE HELPED HIS DAD FARMING, WITH HORSES, UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1944, WHEN THE HORSES WERE SOLD AND A NEW TRACTOR WAS PURCHASED. IN 1969 HE BUILT A HOME

William Carl Nolan
William Carl Nolan was born in Quinton, SK to Irish Immigrant parents on May 2, 1924. The youngest of nine children, he was raised in Wynyard, SK. Bill passed away peacefully on December 16, 1995 at Vulcan Extendicare.
Bill served with the Winnipeg Rifles in Europe during World War II and with the Fighting 59th in Korea from 1951 to 1954. He fondly recalled camaraderie and friendship during his years of service.
Following the Second World War, he arrived in the Vulcan are where he worked as a firefighter at the Vulcan Airport, clerk at the Red and White store,

LENNOX, LEONA ANNA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 10, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
LEONA WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1906 AT CORWITH, IOWA. SHE CAME IN 1910 FIRST TO GRANUM AND THEN TO LOMOND WITH HER PARENTS PETER , ANNA AND SISTERS MARGARET AND BEULAH THIEL. LEONA ATTENDED MIDWAY SCHOOL.
SHE MARRIED GLEN FIELD IN 1927 AND THEY MOVED TO ARROWWOOD TO FARM. IN 1937 THEY MOVED TO CARSELAND TO OPERATED A GARAGE AND TRUCKING BUSINESS OF WHICH LEONA DROVE TRUCK HAULING MOSTLY GRAIN, COAL AND SOME LIVESTOCK. IN I946 SHE DIVORCED GLEN AND MOVED TO CALGARY WERE

JOSE, ANNIE SLEENA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 6, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS GRETTA LOOSE AND FLORENCE (MAURICE) DITTO ALL OF VULCAN, LOVING GRANDMOTHER OF DUANE AND DEAN DITTO AND LAVONDA (KIM) JISTINICK AND THEIR CHILDREN KERA AND COLE ALL OF VULCAN.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY DECEMBER 11, 1995 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. DON WATT OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS COULD BE MADE TO THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT OF THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, BOX 299, VULCAN, AB. T0L 2B0.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.

STEVENSON, MYRTLE “MERT” FRANCES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 2, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
MERT WAS BORN NOVEMBER 17, 1902 AT LEWISTON, IDAHO. SHE CAME TO CLARESHOLM IN 1903. SHE AND HER BROTHER MERLE WERE AMONG THE FIRST STUDENTS TO ATTEND NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL, SOUTHWEST OF CLARESHOLM FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF HER PARENTS ALEXANDER AND FRANCES STEVENSON. MERT CONTINUED TO FARM WITH HER BROTHERS UNTIL 1955. SHE MOVED T0 BINDLOSS TO LIVE WITH HER SISTER EDITH BARNES TO HELP HER WITH HER FAMILY. IN 1968 SHE MOVED BACK TO CLARESHOLM, SOLD HER FARM AT WOODHOUSE AND

HERMANN, RUTH ADELINE PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 6, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
RUTH WAS BORN FEBRUARY 15, 1909 AT LaCROSSE , WISCONSIN, A SECOND DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND ADELINE REDMAN. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN LaCROSSE WHERE ALSO LEARNED TO ROLLER SKATE, ON HER MOTHERS HARDWOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN. IT WAS ONE OF HER FAVORITE PASTIMES.
SHE WENT ON TO TEACHERS COLLEGE AND HER FIRST SCHOOL HAD EIGHT GRADES, IN ONE ROOM. RUTH, HER MOTHER AND BROTHER CAME TO VISIT FRIENDS IN CANADA FOR ABOUT A MONTH. RUTH ATTENDED A DANCE AT REID HILL WERE SHE MET

MENSINGER, FREDRICK JORDAN “FRED” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY NOVEMBER 3, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
FRED WAS BORN MAY 20, 1906 AT DANBURY, IOWA. HE CAME TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT OF VULCAN IN 1909 WITH HIS FATHER FREDRICK SR, MOTHER MAMIE, BROTHERS BENJAMIN AND ADAM AND A BABY SISTER MABEL. HE ATTENDED SUNNY GLEN SCHOOL AND HIS FIRST TEACHER WAS AN UNCLE OF THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER JOHN DIEFENBAKER. IN 1927 FRED MARRIED VIOLA RICHARDSON AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM HIS FATHERS FARM. IN 1938 THEY MOVED TO VULCAN AND OPENED A ONE CAR DEALERSHIP “MENSINGER MOTORS” WHICH FRED

LOUISE SANDBERG PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE OCTOBER 25, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
LOUISE WAS BORN DECEMBER 24, 1916 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED TWIN COULEE SCHOOL WHICH WAS FOUR MILES FROM HER HOME, AND THE TREK WAS EITHER WALKED, ON HORSE BACK OR IN A ONE-HORSE TWO WHEELED CART OR BUGGY. ONE PROJECT FOR THE SCHOOL FAIR WAS COLLECTING GOPHER TAILS. ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL, LOUISE AND HER FRIENDS WOULD SNARE GOPHERS AND SAVE THE TAILS. ONE PARTICULAR DAY THEY ARRIVED HOME A LITTLE LATE – ABOUT 6:30 P.M. AS THERE WERE

BOWIE, ANNA BERYL PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, VULCAN, ALBERTA ON OCTOBER 14, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
BERYL WAS BORN NOVEMBER 22, 1920 AT PENTICTON, B.C. WHILE HER MOTHER WAS THERE VISITING. THEY RETURNED TO THE FARM EAST AND NORTH OF CHAMPION. BERYL ATTENDED GARRARD AND HARMONY SCHOOLS. SHE BEGAN WORKING IN A COFFEE SHOP AND AS FARM HELP.
IN 1939 SHE MET ERNEST “ERNIE” OSWALD BOWIE AT A DANCE AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1940. SHE WAS TOTALLY DEVOTED TO HIM AND HE WAS HER BEST FRIEND. THEY FARMED IN THE REID HILL DISTRICT