UMSCHEID, JESSIE JANE PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 3, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS.
JESSIE WAS BORN MARCH 6, 1900 AT BAKER CITY, OREGON. SHE CAME TO THE MILO AREA IN 1907 WITH HER PARENTS JIM AND ELIZABETH BURK. JESSIE WAS THE FIRST GIRL IN MILO TO HAVE A CAMERA AND SHE USED IT A LOT TO CAPTURE LIFE’S MOMENTS AS SHE GREW UP. SHE ALSO HELPED OUT ON THE FARM AT HARVEST WITH A TEAM OF HORSES AND ON THE COOK CAR. SHE ALSO HAD MANY PETS INCLUDING A BADGER, A PORCUPINE TO NAME A FEW, SHE
MCASKILE, Dorothy Joyce (Nee: Clark) 1915 – 1994
MCASKILE, DOROTHY JOYCE (nee: CLARK) WAS BORN ON HER GRANDPARENTS FARM AT LAKE CITY, IOWA ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1915 AND DIED JULY 16, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS, JOYCE CAME TO VULCAN WITH HER PARENTS ROSS AND ALICE CLARK, BROTHER JIM AND SISTER LILLIAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL.
JOYCE TOOK HER NURSES TRAINING AT CRANBROOK, B.C. GRADUATING IN 1939. SHE MARRIED CLIFFORD MCASKILE THAT SAME YEAR. SHE WORKED AT THE VULCAN HOSPITAL AND ALSO HELPED HER HUSBAND AND LATER HER SON OPERATE MCASKILE’S MENS WEAR FOR MANY YEARS.
IN MARCH OF 1993 SHE MOVED INTO THE PETER DAWSON
DOUGLAS, Marie Alexandra Fabiola “Fabie” 1918 – 1994
DOUGLAS, MARIE ALEXANDRA FABIOLA “FABIE” PASSED AWAY JULY 15, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
BELOVED WIFE OF JACK DOUGLAS OF ARROWWOOD, SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER, ALL IN QUEBEC, THREE STEP GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES, INCLUDING A CLOSE NIECE NICOLE FAILLE AND NEPHEWS, HER SPECIAL FRIENDS INCLUDING LYNN HAYES OF STAVELY AND SHIRLEY KOOLE OF ARROWWOOD.
FABIE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS PIERRE AND MARIE (nee:RICHARD) BRENIER, SEVEN SISTERS AND SIX BROTHERS.
FABIE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 27, 1918 AT ST.MARCEL, QUEBEC. SHE LIVED IN MONTREAL AND WHILE THERE SHE WORKED AS A MODEL THEN
HAGEN, Violet Nardell “Vi” (Nee: Fisher) 1920 – 1994
VIOLET NARDELL “VI” FISHER HAGEN PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON JULY 7, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 74YEARS.
VI WAS BORN JUNE 26, 1920 AT ROSETOWN, SASKATCHEWAN, ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SHE MARRIED ALEX HAGEN IN 1941 AT ROSETOWN AND THEY CAME TO THE ENSIGN AREA IN 1942, WHERE THEY WORKED FOR MANY FARMS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING MATLOCK’S, FINNEGAN’S AND SPAETH’S. THEY THEN PURCHASED THE ARCHIE MCINTYRE FARM WHERE THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING INTO VULCAN TO RETIRE.
VI IS REMEMBERED AND APPRECIATED BY HER MANY NEIGHBOURS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. ALL THE GOOD TIMES WORKING WITH THE ENSIGN COMMUNITY, HER SPECIAL
HOPKINS, Justin Wade 1981 – 1994
HOPKINS, JUSTIN WADE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME AT DEMMETT, ALBERTA ON JULY 6, 1994.
HE WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON DECEKBER 18, 1981. HE LIVED IN CHAMPION, LETHBRIDGE, RED DEER AND DEMMETT, ALBERTA.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER ERIN AND TIM OF DEMMETT, ALBERTA, HIS DAD BRUCE AND DEBBIE AND SISTER CHEYENNE OF BARONS, GRANDPARENTS BARB AND JIM HOPKINS OF LETHBRIDGE, AND TERRY AND RAE BENNETT OF LETHBRIDGE, GREAT GRANDPARENTS MINNIE AND ANDY ELSERLING OF YORKTON, SK AND SARAH BENNETT OF EDMONTON, ALBERTA.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY ONE UNCLE ELI (BUTCH) HOPKINS, GREAT GRANDPARENTS ELI AND ANNIE HOPKINS AND JOHN
IRWIN, Robert Simpson “Bob” 1901 – 1994
IRWIN, ROBERT SIMPSON “BOB” PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON JUNE 18, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS.
BOB WAS BORN JANUARY 14, 1901 AT SEA ISLAND, B.C. HE CAME WITH HIS FAMILY TO NANTON IN 1908. HIS FATHER PURCHASED LAND EAST OF THE LITTLE BOW RIVER ON TOP OF THE HILL, WHICH WAS LATER SOLD AND CROWN LAND WAS PURCHASED IN 1911 CLOSER TO THE RICHMOND HILL SCHOOL WHICH BOB ATTENDED.
BOB BEGAN FARMING IN 1921 AND WHILE HE WAS SERVING AS SECRETARY FOR THE RICHMOND HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT HE MET VIOLA SAUNDERS, WHO CAME TO TEACH IN SEPTEMBER 1925
FATH, Clifford Joseph “Cliff” 1930 – 1994
CLIFFORD JOSEPH “CLIFF” FATH, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 23, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 64 YEARS.
CLIFF WAS BORN FEBRUARY 4, 1930 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL, THE YOUNGEST OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO GREGORY AND SABINA FATH.
CLIFF BEGAN WORKING AT AN EARLY AGE FOR LOCAL FARMERS, INCLUDING ED LUNDBERG, LEONARD VOISEY AND RAY NOWLIN. IN 1951 HE WAS EMPLOYED BY HOWARD SPAETH WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL DECEMBER 1954, WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE UNITED OIL CO. AT FORT ST. JOHN, B.C.. IN 1956, HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE MASSEY HARRIS
KNIGHT, Wesley Victor 1915 – 1994
KNIGHT, WESLEY VICTOR “WES” WAS BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1915 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA AND DIED APRIL 13, 1994 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
WES WAS RAISED IN CARMANGAY, THE ELDEST SON OF TOM AND EMMA KNIGHT. HE MARRIED ALICE TAYLOR AND THEY CONTINUED TO LIVE IN CARMANGAY WHILE HE FARMED THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL 1980 WHEN HE RETIRED. THEY MOVED TO CHAMPION IN 1992 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
WES LOVED HIS FAMILY, TIMES TOGETHER AND TRAVELLING ANYWHERE WITH THEM. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHAMPION PIONEER CLUB WHERE HE ENJOYED PLAYING CRIB AND CALLING BINGO, THE CARMANGAY LIONS CLUB WHERE HE HAD
JENNINGS, Walter 1910 – 1994
WALTER JENNINGS PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL APRIL 11, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
WALTER WAS BORN MAY 16, 1910 IN ONTARIO, TO WALTER AND MARY JENNINGS. HE WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN, THREE SISTERS EDNA, BESSIE AND ELIZABETH AND THREE BROTHERS FRANK, STANLEY AND ANTHONY. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ONTARIO UNTIL GRADE 9 THEN WENT TO WORK IN KENDRA IN A LUMBER MILL. HE CONTINUED TO WORK DOING FARM LABOUR AND PAINTING. AS HE CROSSED CANADA COMING TO WETASKIWIN, ALBERTA IN 1938. IT WAS DURING THAT SAME YEAR HE WENT TO FORT SASKATCHEWAN AND TO PONOKA AND
HANNA, Doreen Margaret 1949 – 1994
DOREEN MARGARET HANNA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 8, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 45 YEARS.
DOREEN WAS BORN MARCH 19, 1949 AT BANFF, ALBERTA WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL COMING TO VULCAN IN 1964 WHERE SHE COMPLETED HER HIGH SCHOOL. DOREEN ATTENDED S.A.I.T AND COMPLETED A COMMERCIAL COOKING COURSE AND WORKED IN INUVIK FOR TWO YEARS. SHE RETURNED TO VULCAN IN 1971 WERE SHE MET AND MARRIED JAMES “JIM” HANNA IN JUNE OF 1973. THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN VULCAN AND WERE BLESSED WITH TWO DAUGHTERS AND A SON, LESLI IN 1973, SHERRY ANN WAS STILLBORN IN