Vulcan Funeral Home

LENZ, OTTO, PASSED AWAY AT THE COALDALE HEALTH CARE CENTRE NOVEMBER 20, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS.
OTTO WAS BORN NOVEMBER 2, 1924 IN HOHENZIETHEN, KREIS SOLDIN, GERMANY. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF HERMANN AND BERTA RUHL-LENZ. ON APRIL 2, 1939, HE WAS CONFIRMED INTO THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN HOHENZIETHEN, GERMANY. IN 1941 HE WAS CONSCRIPTED INTO THE GERMAN ARMY WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL RELEASE INTO WEST GERMANY IN 1945. IN 1946 HE LOCATED HIS MOTHER AND HIS NEPHEW WILLI LEHMANN IN EAST GERMANY AND LATER THAT SAME YEAR, UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS, HE CONVEYED THEM INTO

GROVES, ANNETTA ELNORA “NETTA”, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL NOVEMBER 20, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
ANNETTA WAS BORN IN ELMIRA, ONTARIO JANUARY 24, 1907 AND CAME TO CHAMPION IN 1916. SHE MARRIED MAXWELL GROVES IN 1929 THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO LIVE THERE UNTIL THEIR PASSING.
A BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER ELAINE (ALLAN) BUCHAN, TWO SONS KEITH (BARBRA) AND DALE (DIANE) ALL OF CHAMPION, ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER WILFRED (ALICE) OF LETHBRIDGE, FIVE SISTERS EILEEN (CLARENCE) GREENE, ANNA (LORNE) MAISEY, LUCY MALMBERG, ALL OF HIGH RIVER, DOROTHY STRANG AND LAURA GORRELL OF CALGARY, AND

HAGA, VERNAL WALLACE, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL NOVEMBER 13, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 67 YEARS.
VERNAL WAS BORN JANUARY 11, 1925 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. HE MARRIED MARY DOUGLASS IN OCTOBER 1948 AND THEY HAVE FARMED IN THE VULCAN/KIRKCALDY AREA UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN WHERE THEY HAVE RESIDED SINCE.
VERNAL WAS A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, VULCAN CURLING CLUB, ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION #21 VULCAN, AND A LIFE MEMBER OF THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #121 VULCAN.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. MARY HAGA OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS SANDRA (DANIEL) SCOTT OF

JOHNSON, CLIFFORD EDWARD, WAS CALLED HOME NOVEMBER 11, 1992 AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
CLIFFORD WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM ONE MILE NORTH OF QUEENSTOWN SCHOOL ON MARCH 21, 1922. IN 1942 HE JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AND WAS STATIONED AT HALIFAX AND WORKED AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN 1945. HE RETURNED HOME TO FARM WHERE HE HAS BEEN SINCE.
CLIFFORD WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE QUEENSTOWN LEGION UNTIL IT CLOSED. HE LOVED HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS, HORSES AND HORSE RACES. HE HAD A GREAT SENSE

MAXWELL, JEAN MARITA, WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD, OCTOBER 22, 1992 AT THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
JEAN WAS BORN AUGUST 5, 1909 AT SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA AND CAME FROM THERE TO CALGARY IN 1967 TO WORK AS A HOUSEKEEPER AND COMPANION FOR MANY WHO WERE NOT FULLY CAPABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES. SHE WAS A CARING PERSON WHO LOVED LIFE AND SHARED FREELY IN THE COMPANY OF HER FAMILY, HER FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE SHE WORKED FOR. HER FAMILY WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HER. THE PEOPLE THAT SHE MET, SHE ALWAYS

WILLIAMS, MARY MYRTLE, WAS TAKEN SUDDENLY ON OCTOBER 21, 1992 AT ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA.
MYRTLE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1925 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. SHE MARRIED LEIGH WILLIAMS AND TOGETHER THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN – DONNA (JOHN) GRAHAM OF VULCAN, JACK (WENDY) WILLIAMS OF OKOTOKS AND CHERYL (DON) HARTWELL OF IRRICANA, SIX GRANDCHILDREN – ANN AND HER FIANCÉ COLIN LECLAIR OF CALGARY, BEN GRAHAM, DEAN AND DAVIE WILLIAMS AND TYLOR AND TYSON HARTWELL, A BROTHER-IN-LAW EDWARD AND MARGARET CAMERON OF ARROWWOOD.
MYRTLE WAS RAISED AT SHOULDICE. IN 1942, TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FATHER, JOHN MCRAE, SHE AND HER MOTHER, CATHERINE BARRY

MATLOCK, MARTIN HALE, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CHAMPION, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 14, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
MARTIN WAS BORN AT PULLMAN, WASHINGTON ON APRIL 15, 1911. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE CHAMPION AREA IN 1912 AND GREW UP ON THE FARM, WORKING AT HOME AND FOR NEIGHBOURS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1941, HE WENT INTO THE SERVICE STATION BUSINESS IN CHAMPION WHICH HE OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN ABOUT 1980. HE MARRIED MARION TINDALL IN MARCH OF 1942.
MARTIN WAS VERY COMMUNITY MINDED AND SERVED IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING MAYOR, VILLAGE

GREENLEE, LAWRENCE “WELDON” PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 11, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
WELDON WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 8, 1899 AT WAYNE COUNTY, IOWA, USA. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO NANTON IN THE SPRING OF 1909. THEY HOMESTEADED SEVEN MILES EAST AND ONE MILE SOUTH OF REID HILL WHERE HE CONTINUED TO FARM UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN.
WELDON WAS A KIND, CONSIDERATE AND GENTLE MAN WITH AN EXCELLENT MEMORY. A HARD WORKER WHO ENJOYED GARDENING, GOLFING AND TRAVELLING TO NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA FOR THIRTY TWO CONSECUTIVE WINTERS.
HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HIS OWN CAR UP

DEITZ, LUCILLE JEANETTE, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL CALGARY, ALBERTA ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1992 AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS.
LUCILLE WAS BORN IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 31, 1929. SHE RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN COALDALE , A NATURAL TEACHER, SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL AT IRON SPRINGS, COALHURST AND MILO WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED DAVID DEITZ ON APRIL 5, 1958. SHE WAS A DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. SHE WILL BE ESPECIALLY REMEMBERED FOR HER MANY CREATIVE TALENTS AND ENTHUSIASTIC INVOLVEMENT IN HER CHURCH AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
BELOVED WIFE OF DAVID DEITZ OF MILO, LOVING MOTHER OF TWO SONS GREGORY OF VULCAN AND