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DEGENSTEIN, AGNES ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY JANUARY 21, 1993 AT BOW ISLAND, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF SIX DAUGHTERS EVELYN (RAY) ELLIOTT OF PICTURE BUTTE, PHYLLIS (HENRY) HUFF OF LOMOND, NELLIE TROTTIER OF CARSTAIRS, CATHY TURLOCK OF MEDICINE HAT, ODELL (ROY) STEPHENSON OF CALGARY AND FLORENCE FORRER OF VANCOUVER, FOUR SONS WALTER AND TWILA OF FORT MACLEOD, TONY OF LETHBRIDGE, PETER AND JUNE OF VULCAN AND MIKE AND PAT OF FT. MACLEOD, FIFTY~EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, OVER EIGHTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE HALF
BROTHERS GEORGE (PALMA) DEGENSTEIN OF BURSTALL, SASK., FRED (MARY) DEGENSTEIN OF CALGARY, GABE DEGENSTEIN AND FRANK (ROSE) DEGENSTEIN

OST, PAUL GUSTAV ADOLF PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT EXTENDICARE, VULCAN, AB ON JANUARY 15, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
PAUL WAS BORN DECEMBER 11, 1916 AT LOMOND, ALBERTA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING. HE WORKED ON MANY FARMS AROUND THE AREA. HE ALSO WORKED IN THE NORTHERN ALBERTA LUMBER CAMPS NEAR DeBOLT DURING THE WINTER, AND FOR A SHORT TIME IN A STEEL MILL IN CALGARY.
IN 1949 HE MARRIED MARGARET KIEMELE AND THEY FARMED IN THE LOMOND AREA UNTIL RETIRING TO A HOUSE IN TOWN IN 1981. HE MOVED TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE IN 1991 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
PAUL

DUNCAN, CLETUS HARPER WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 14, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
CLETUS WAS BORN APRIL 4 1904 AT DENBEIGH, NORTH DAKOTA AND CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO NANTON IN 1910 TO HOMESTEAD EAST OF NANTON IN THE ENSIGN DISTRICT. THEY MOVED TO BULLS HEAD IN THE MEDICINE HAT AREA THEN CAME TO ARROWWOOD IN 1916 WHERE HE WORKED ON MANY FARMS IN THE AREA UNTIL MOVING TO CALGARY WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY UNTIL RETIRING AND RETURNED TO ARROWWOOD IN 1969. HE MOVED

SMITH, EDWARD “ED” PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL JANUARY 10, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
EDWARD WAS BORN JUNE 4, 1914 TO ETHEL AND HOWARD SMITH ON THEIR FARM NEAR ELFROS, SASKATCHEWAN. HE RECEIVED A DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN. HE RETURNED TO THE FAMILY FARM, WHERE HE FARMED WITH HIS BROTHER HOWARD UNTIL 1958. IT WAS DURING THESE EARLY YEARS HE WAS VERY ACTIVE ON SEVERAL COMMUNITY AND SPORTS COMMITTEES.
ON JULY 22, 1958 HE MARRIED JOHANNA de JONG OF WADENA, SASKATCHEWAN. THEY CAME TO VULCAN TO BUILD A HOME AND SERVICE STATION

BEINGESSNER, EDWIN JOHN “ED” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, CARMANGAY, ALBERTA ON JANUARY 3, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
ED WAS BORN MAY 12, 1902 AT MILDMAY, ONTARIO AND CAME OUT WEST WITH HIS PARENTS FRANCIS AND MARY BEINGESSNER IN 1909, EDWIN BEING THE YOUNGEST OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AND AROUND THE DISTRICT UNTIL 1930 WHEN HE RENTED HIS DAD’S FARM. EDWIN MARRIED JOSEPHINE GROVER IN NOVEMBER OF 1926. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER THEY PURCHASED THE HOME PLACE AND CONTINUED TO FARM THERE UNTIL SELLING IT AND MOVING INTO
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CRABB, IRENE EVA, FORMERLY OF VULCAN AND MILO, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 18, 1992 AT THE TABER & DISTRICT HEALTH CARE COMPLEX AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
IRENE WAS BORN AT MORDEN, MANITOBA ON JUNE 20, 1912. SHE MET DAVID CRABB IN 1928, THEY WERE MARRIED SEPTEMBER 1933 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE MILO DISTRICT. THEY MOVED INTO VULCAN AND CONTINUED TO FARM UNTIL SELLING IT IN 1963. SHE OPERATED THE VULCAN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB KITCHEN FOR A SHORT TIME. IRENE MOVED TO THE HOMESTEAD MANOR IN TABER IN NOVEMBER IN 1986 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
IRENE ENJOYED HER

MYERS, PEARL LEAVURN, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 5, 1992 AT THE OF 98 YEARS.
LEAVURN WAS BORN FEBRUARY 25, 1894 AT WOODSLEE, ONTARIO. SHE MARRIED PERCY MYERS DECEMBER 1913. PERCY HAD CAME OUT AND APPLIED FOR A HOMESTEAD THE YEAR EARLIER. THEY CAME TO ALBERTA IN THE WINTER OF 1914 TO THEIR TWO ROOM HOUSE NEAR THE AMETHEST POST OFFICE. THE SAME YEAR, THEY MOVED TO THE REID HILL DISTRICT WHERE THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1955. LEAVURN REMAINED IN HER OWN HOME UNTIL MOVING TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN 1987AT THE AGE OF 85

INGRAHAM, HELEN ISABEL, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE PETER DAWSON LODGE, VULCAN, ALBERTA DECEMBER 2, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
HELEN WAS BORN OCTOBER 17, 1903 AT GRAFTON, NEW BRUNSWICK. SHE CAME TO CALGARY IN 1912 WITH HER MOTHER ADA, HER FATHER CHARLES HALE CAME OUT EARLIER. IN 1914 THEY MOVED TO THE MOSSLEIGH DISTRICT FOR ONE YEAR WHERE SHE ATTENDED MOSSLEIGH SCHOOL, THEN TO A FARM NEAR BLACKIE. IN 1922 HELEN BEGAN HER NURSE’S TRAINING AT THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1925, AND CONTINUED WORKING THAT WINTER AND CAME TO VULCAN IN

BRIDE, HAROLD WILSON, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 1, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
HAROLD WAS A MEMBER OF A.F & A.M. MASONIC LODGE #74, FERRODALE CHAPTER #65 ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, LETHBRIDGE LODGE OF PERFECTION, LETHBIRDGE SHRINE CLUB, AND THE VULCAN UNITED CHURCH. HE WAS A DIRECTOR OF R.E.A IN BRANT, AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE FELLOWSHIP OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
HAROLD WAS ALWAYS MECHANICALLY INCLINED AND ENJOYED WORKING IN HIS SHOP AND GOING TO TOWN TO MAKE THE “DEALS” FOR HIS FARM. HE WAS A PROUD AND LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER,

THOMPSON, TRYGVE DARYL, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 20, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 48 YEARS.
DARYL WAS BORN AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA ON MARCH 6, 1944. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING AT DIAMOND CITY AND PICTURE BUTTE. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, HE WORKED AT THE SCOTIA BANK IN MANY SOUTHERN ALBERTA LOCATIONS. HE THEN WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA WHEAT POOL IN CALGARY FOR ELEVEN YEARS AND THEN RESIDED AT THE VULCAN FARM FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY AND TOWN OF VULCAN IN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE TAKING A POSITION WITH THE