GERDING, JOSEPH “JOE” OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY, ALBERTA MARCH 15, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
JOE WAS BORN JULY 19, 1913 AT PANDORA, ALBERTA WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. THEY CAME TO THE VULCAN DISTRICT IN I925 WHERE HE ATTENDED SAND PIT SCHOOL. JOE WORKED FOR MANY FARMERS IN THE AREA. HE MARRIED LORNA RICHARDSON IN 1941 AND THEY FARMED IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT OF VULCAN UNTIL RETIRING IN THE EARLY 1980’S. THEY CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE FARM UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1993.
JOE LOVED HIS FAMILY, CAMPING AND BOATING WITH THEM, HE
HAGG, Anna Minna 1902 – 1994
HAGG, ANNA MINNA PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA MARCH 10,1994 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
ANNA WAS BORN JUNE 5, 1902 AT BELDEN, NEBRASKA. SHE CAME IN 1909 WITH HER FAMILY TO NANTON AND HOMESTEADED IN THE VULCAN AREA. SHE ATTENDED BOTH ALSTON AND BOYNE SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED OTTO HAGG IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1922 AND THEY CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE CHAMPION AND VULCAN AREAS UNTIL RETIRING IN 1964 AND MOVING INTO VULCAN. ANNA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO MOVE INTO THE WHEAT COUNTRY HOMES AND LATER SHE MOVED INTO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AND MOST RECENTLY TO EXTENDICARE.
ANNA
ROSE, Louella Andrina 1909 – 1994
ROSE, LOUELLA ANDRINA DIED SUDDENLY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE FEBRUARY 18, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
LOUELLA WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 13, 1909 AT LEONARD, NORTH DAKOTA AND AT THE AGE OF 2 YEARS SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO THE MEADSTEAD AND GREEN LAKE AREAS OF SASKATCHEWAN. LOUELLA WORKED IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY WITH NUMEROUS RESTAURANTS ACROSS CANADA. SHE CAME TO ARROWWOOD IN THE LATE 196O’S WERE SHE HAS RESIDED UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN SEPTEMBER 1992 WERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
BELOVED MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS MARY (HENRY) BLOCK OF ARROWWOOD, MAXINE(KEITH) TOLMAN OF HILLSPRING,B.C. AND SARAH (LORNE)
BOOSE, Mary Edith 1900 – 1994
BOOSE, MARY EDITH PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL FEBRUARY 15, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN JANUARY 24, 1900 AT LIMA, OHIO AND CAME TO NANTON WITH HER SISTER RUTH AND THEIR PARENTS, HENRY FRANKLIN BOOSE AND MARY ESTHER (nee: RINEHART) IN THE SPRING OF 1909. THEY SETTLED ON THE FARM 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTON.
EDITH ATTENDED AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHAMPION AND CALGARY HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE ENTERED CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 1923-24 AND THERE BECAME A TEACHER. SHE BEGAN TEACHING SCHOOL AT EASTWAY, VULCAN AND TURNER VALLEY AND AFTER THIRTY-NINE AND A HALF
CUTLER, George Robert “Bob” 1917 – 1994
CUTLER, GEORGE ROBERT “BOB” OF KIRKCALDY, ALBERTA DIED SUDDENLY JANUARY 13, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN MARCH 26, 1917 AT ROSEMEAD, ALBERTA EAST OF TRAVERS, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. HE WORKED ON VARIOUS RANCHES EAST OF THE TRAVERS AREA INCLUDING THE WILLIAMS RANCH AND TRAPPED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. IN 1939 HE MOVED TO BARONS WHERE HE MET AND IN APRIL 1944, MARRIED MURIEL EVA CUTFORTH IN CALGARY.
GEORGE AND MURIEL RENTED A FARM IN THE BARONS AREA FOR THREE YEARS UNTIL THEY BOUGHT THEIR OWN FARM IN 1946 NEAR KIRKCALDY, WHERE HE HAS LIVED SINCE.
GEORGE WAS
CROSS, Harvey Francis 1924 – 1993
CROSS, HARVEY FRANCIS, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA DECEMBER 31, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
HARVEY WAS BORN MAY 6, 1924 AT WILLMAR, SASKATCHEWAN. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LETHBRIDGE, ECKVILLE AND CALGARY WHERE HE ALSO WORKED AT THE CN RAIL YARDS CHECKING CARS. IN 1943 HE JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND SERVED ON MERCHANT SHIPS IN FOUR OCEANS. HE RETURNED HOME IN 1945.
HARVEY MARRIED VERNA JOHNSON IN APRIL OF 1946 IN HIGH RIVER WHERE HE WORKED AS A STUCCO AND PLASTERBOARDER, THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND HE JOINED THE PIPE FITTERS UNION AND SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A
HOUSE, Kathleen Joyce 1911 – 1993
HOUSE, KATHLEEN JOYCE, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT CALGARY, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 25, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
JOYCE WAS BORN JULY 24, 1911 AT TORONTO, ONTARIO AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS FRANK AND ELLEN POLLEY TO LAVERNA, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE NINE WHEN SHE MOVED TO CALGARY TO ATTEND MT. ROYAL COLLEGE AND TOOK A SECRETARIAL COURSE. SHE BEGAN WORKING ON A RANCH IN THE BASSANO AREA WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN AND HOUSE WORK WHERE SHE MET FOREST HOUSE. THEY WERE MARRIED IN CALGARY IN 1936. THEY RETURNED TO RANCH IN THE ARROWWOOD
KRANZLER, Ernest “Ernie” 1910 – 1993
KRANZLER, ERNEST “ERNIE”, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 21, 1993 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
ERNIE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 21, 1910 AT EUREKA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND CAME WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE AGE OF TWO YEARS TO THE BEISEKER AND CARBON AREA WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND WORKED ON FARMS IN THE CARBON AREA. HE MARRIED LILY KRAUSE IN 1937 IN CARBON WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL MOVING TO CHAMPION IN 1941. ERNIE HAS WORKED AT MANY JOBS IN THE AREA SINCE INCLUDING THE MUELLER AND DICK HOWE FARMS.
HIS NATURAL TALENT WITH HORSES, ESPECIALLY
JOBE, Robert Leonard 1908 – 1993
JOBE, ROBERT LEONARD, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 17, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
ROBERT WAS BORN APRIL 16, 1908 AT PRINCE ALBERT, SASKATCHEWAN AND MOVED TO MEATH PARK, SASK. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. AS THE OLDEST SON, HE TOOK CARE OF HIS MOTHER, EIGHT OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HE MET AND MARRIED ANGELLA LIDDY IN 1938. TOGETHER THEY HOMESTEADED IN THE AREA UNTIL MOVING TO KIMBERLY, B.C. IN 1945 WHERE ROBERT WORKED FOR COMINCO AT THE SULLIVAN MINE. HE RETIRED AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1973.
ROBERT LOVED HIS FAMILY, HE ALSO ENJOYED TRAVELLING,
FLEETWOOD, Alfred William “Alf” 1909 – 1993
FLEETWOOD, ALFRED WILLIAM “ALF” JR., LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA DIED AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA DECEMBER 17, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
ALF WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 27, 1909 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA AND WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM IN THE CHAMPION AREA. HE WAS THE FIRST BABY BAPTISED IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH AT CARMANGAY.
HE MARRIED BERNICE BORCHERT FROM CARMANGAY IN 1945. IN THE EARLY YEARS HE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMPION RURAL TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION, HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHAMPION ROPING AND RIDING CLUB, CHAMPION PIONEERS CLUB AND A FAITHFUL LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE