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
FATH, Jean Irene 1921 – 1993
FATH, JEAN IRENE OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA DIED SUDDENLY NOVEMBER 28, 1993 NEAR BARONS, ALBERTA.
JEAN WAS BORN NOVEMBER 30, 1921, AT BLACKIE, ALBERTA. SHE LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM AT DINTON UNTIL SHE GRADUATED FROM THE HIGH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. SHE THEN ATTENDED NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY. SHE BEGAN TEACHING AT YALE SCHOOL EAST OF CHAMPION FROM 1941 TO 1944 THEN SHE TAUGHT AT COALHURST UNTIL 1947 WHEN SHE MARRIED RAYMOND FATH.
JEAN SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMPION I.O.D.E. AND C.W.L (ST. MARY’S ALTER SOCIETY).
BELOVED WIFE OF RAYMOND FATH OF CHAMPION, LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER GLENDA(GERRY) CUTFORTH OF HIGH RIVER,
MORRISON, Bridget Lorna Alice 1947 – 1993
MORRISON, BRIDGET LORNA ALICE DIED SUDDENLY NOVEMBER 28, 1993 NEAR BARONS, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 46 YEARS.
BRIDGET WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 1947 AT KILMAR, QUEBEC SHE MOVED TO ONTARIO THEN TO SOURIS, MANITOBA WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED CECIL MORRISON IN JULY OF 1966. THEY CAME TO CHAMPION IN 1968 WHERE SHE RAISED HER BOYS PAUL AND DALE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF HER LIFE. SHE BEGAN WORKING OUT OF THE HOUSE FIRST AT GATENBY’S GROCETERIA, THE POST OFFICE, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK AND FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AT THE ALBERTA WHEAT POOL WHERE SHE WORKED AS SECRETARY AND
KLIPPERT, Howard Beverly “Howie” 1925 – 1993
KLIPPERT, HOWARD BEVERLY “HOWIE”, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 20, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS, FOLLOWING A BRIEF BATTLE WITH CANCER.
HOWIE WAS BORN MAY 7, 1925 AT KINDERSLEY, SASKATCHEWAN. DURING WWII, HOWIE SERVED IN THE NAVY ON THE HMCS “ONTARIO”. HOWIE WAS EMPLOYED WITH TRANSALTA UTILITIES FROM 1948 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1984. MOST OF HIS CAREER WAS SPENT IN VULCAN WHERE HE WAS AN ACTIVE LIONS CLUB AND ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION MEMBER. HE ALSO SERVED ONE TERM ON TOWN COUNCIL.
HOWIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE LILL OF VULCAN, TWO SONS TOM (LEILA) OF LETHBRIDGE AND RICK
LONG, John Barrie “Jack” 1929 – 1993
LONG, JOHN BARRIE “JACK”, PASSED AWAY AT ALBERTA HOSPITAL, PONOKA, ALBERTA NOVEMBER 14, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 64 YEARS.
JACK WAS BORN JANUARY 5, 1929 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER ROBERT. THEY RESIDED IN CHAMPION ON THE FARM WHERE THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS INTRODUCED TO FLYING. JACK MARRIED JEAN CAMPBELL THEN THEY MOVED VANCOUVER WHERE HE WORKED AS A REALTOR FOR MANY YEARS. IN 1969 JACK REMARRIED DORIS COX AND FARMED WITH HIS BROTHER BOB. JACK HAS BEEN IN ALBERTA HOSPITAL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
BELOVED FATHER OF A DAUGHTER CARRIE (DAVID) JOHNSON. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY
DANIELS, Alice May 1920 – 1993
DANIELS, ALICE MAY PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL NOVEMBER 12, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
ALICE WAS BORN MAY 1, 1920 AT WHITLAW, ALBERTA. SHE MOVED WITH HER MOTHER TO REGINA IN 1937, THEN TO CALGARY IN 1939 WHERE ALICE WORKED AS AN EGG GRADER. IN 1943, DURING THE WAR SHE MOVED TO VANCOUVER TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REGRADE EGGS THAT WERE SENT ON TO THE MEN IN THE BATTLE FIELDS. SHE RETURNED TO CALGARY IN 1945 AND FOLLOWING THE DISCHARGE OF HER FORMER CLASS MATE AT CEYLON, SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERT DANIELS, THEY WERE MARRIED IN