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
SLETTO, Clayton Leon 1918 – 1992
SLETTO, CLAYTON LEON, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL SEPTEMBER 6, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
CLAYTON WAS BORN AT MOSCOW, IDAHO ON AUGUST 19, 1918. HE CAME TO THE CHAMPION AREA WITH HIS PARENTS IN MARCH OF 1921, WHERE HE HAS FARMED UNTIL HIS PASSING.
CLAYTON WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CHAMPION LIONS CLUB AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, CHAMPION.
BELOVED FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS CAROL (GERALD) ZINCK OF WINNIPEG AND SHARON (PAT) LATTERY OF CALGARY, TWO SONS DAVID AND HIS WIFE CINDY OF CHAMPION AND BOB OF CLARESHOLM AND HIS WIFE MARION OF
DOYLE, George Arnold 1929 – 1992
DOYLE, GEORGE ARNOLD, PASSED AWAY AT THE ACADIA LODGE, HANNA, ALBERTA AUGUST 11, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 63 YEARS.
GEORGE WAS BORN AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA MARCH 11, 1929 WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE CUBS SCOUT’S OF CANADA AND CALGARY HIGHLANDER ARMY CADET CORP. DURING THE SECOND WAR HE SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY IN ENGLAND, AND RETURNED TO CHAMPION THEN MOVED TO QUEBEC FOR A FEW YEARS. HE THEN RETURNED TO CHAMPION AND WORKED FOR FARMERS AND CONSTRUCTION, MOSTLY ELEVATOR ANNEXES MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE. IN THE EARLY 80’S, HE RESIDED IN YOUNGSTOWN, OYEN
MUNROE, Delphine Marguriete Pearl 1912 – 1992
DELPHINE MARGURIETE PEARL MUNROE, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL JULY 24, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
DELPHINE WAS BORN IN RIVERS, MANITOBA JANUARY 8, 1912 AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO GLEICHEN IN 1918. IN 1925 THEY MOVED TO ARROWWOOD WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE. SHE MARRIED GENE MUNROE IN 1945 AND OPERATED THE ARROWWOOD COFFEE SHOP FROM DECEMBER 1952 UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 1969. DELPHINE WAS AN AVID FLOWER GROWER AND ENJOYED CROCHETING AND READING.
BELOVED SISTER OF MRS. O’DELL LLOYD OF ARROWWOOD, SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, A SPECIAL GREAT
GILCHRIST, Alice Elase 1900 – 1992
GILCHRIST, ALICE ELASE, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL JULY 23, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
ALICE WAS BORN JUNE 22, 1900 AT PORT WAYNE, WISCONSIN. IN 1905 SHE CAME WITH HER FAMILY TO THE PARKLAND AREA, WHERE THEY BEGAN FARMING. IN 1922 SHE MET AND MARRIED HENRY GILCHRIST AND THEY FARMED WEST OF CAYLEY UNTIL THEY MOVED TO CALGARY IN I941. THEN IN 1968 SHE CAME TO CHAMPION AND IN 1985 SHE MOVED TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
ALICE WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST IN A FAMILY OF SEVEN CHILDREN, FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. SHE LOVED
SMITH, Ivah Marian (Nee: Miller) 1915 – 1992
SMITH, IVAH MARIAN MILLER, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JUNE 24, 1992 AT EXTENDICARE NURSING HOME, VULCAN, ALBERTA.
IVAH WAS BORN AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA MAY 4, 1915, THE DAUGHTER OF AL AND ELIZABETH MILLER, PIONEER HOMESTEADERS OF THE CHAMPION AREA. SHE ATTENDED BLUSSON SCHOOL, CHAMPION HIGH SCHOOL AND CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOL WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER CERTIFICATE IN 1935. SHE TAUGHT AT SEVERAL ONE ROOM SCHOOLS AND LATER AT CHAMPION SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. SHE IS WELL REMEMBERED BY HER STUDENTS FOR HER EXCELLENT TEACHING SKILLS, FIRM DISCIPLINE AND FAIRNESS TO ALL. SHE MARRIED GEORGE FRANKLIN SMITH JR. OF CHAMPION IN 1940
PELHAM, Ronald “Ron” John 1929 – 1992
PELHAM, RONALD JOHN “RON”, WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD, AT HIS HOME IN VULCAN, ALBERTA JUNE 14, I992 AT THE AGE OF 63 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. JOYCE PELHAM OF VULCAN AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO SONS – ERIC AND HIS FIANCEE BARBARA OF BANFF AND BLAKE AND HIS WIFE COREEN OF COCHRANE, HIS MOTHER LILLIAN PELHAM OF VULCAN, A BROTHER BILL (PRISCILLA) PELHAM OF LETHBRIDGE, TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW LEIGH (DORIS) AND GARTH (MARY) LINKLETTER OF P.E.I.
RON WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER JOHN IN 1985.
FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1992 AT 1:30 P.M. AT THE CULTURAL RECREATIONAL CENTRE, VULCAN WITH
BRIGGEMAN, Eric 1920 – 1992
BRIGGEMAN, ERIC, OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, CALGARY JUNE 7, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
HE WAS BORN DECEMBER 26, 1920 AT KENILWORTH, ENGLAND AND CAME TO CANADA AT THE AGE OF 9 YEARS. ERIC WORKED FOR VARIOUS FARMERS THROUGHOUT ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN. IN 1960 HE BEGAN DRIVING SCHOOL BUS FOR THE COUNTY OF ROCKY VIEW UNTIL RETIRING DUE TO HIS HEALTH IN 1982 AND CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN CALGARY. IN 1986 HE PURCHASED A HOME IN CHAMPION AND HAS RESIDED THERE SINCE.
ERIC WAS A VERY GENEROUS AND GIVING PERSON WHO WOULD LITERALLY GIVE
BATEMAN, Glen Thomas 1926 – 1992
BATEMAN, GLEN THOMAS, BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. ELAINE BATEMAN OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HOME MAY 26, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY, MAY 29 AT 1:30 P.M. AT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, CHAMPION WITH BISHOP RICHARD LAMBERT OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT 4 P.M. AT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE WHEAT COUNTRY SPECIAL NEEDS SOCIETY, BOX 763, VULCAN, T0L 2BO WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.
MONNER, Lawrence William 1907 – 1992
MONNER, LAWRENCE WILLIAM, DIED SUDDENLY MAY 26, 1992 NEAR MILO, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
LAWRENCE WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1907 IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON AND CAME WITH HIS PARENTS BROTHER AND SISTER TO MILO AT THE AGE OF 7 YEARS IN 1914. HE FARMED ALL OF HIS LIFE AND HE ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT HE BEGAN HIS FIRST JOB DRIVING A HAY RAKE AT THE AGE OF 9 YEARS. HE FILED ON A HOMESTEAD IN THE PEACE RIVER COUNTRY, WHERE HE LIVED FOR TWO YEARS, THEN RETURNED TO MILO AND MARRIED DOROTHY JACKSON IN JUNE OF 1937. THEY MOVED INTO