LILJA, ELIZABETH JOYCE, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CALGARY, PASSED AWAY AT THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL FEBRUARY 5, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 54 YEARS.
CREMATION. MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE GEORGE BOYACK NURSING HOME CHAPEL, 1203 CENTRE AVE. E., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1992 AT 2:30 P.M. WITH FR. B. BLACK OFFICIATING.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION l33l-29 ST. N.W. ,CALGARY, T2N 9Z9 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. PHONE 403-485-2633.
ROSENKRANZ, Gertrude Emma Marie 1895 – 1992
ROSENKRANZ, GERTRUDE EMMA MARIE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FEBRUARY 5, 1992 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
GERTRUDE WAS BORN AT WESTFALIA, GERMANY FEBRUARY 13, 1895. SHE CAME TO CANADA IN 1914. IN 1916 SHE MARRIED JOHN ROSENKRANZ OF CARMANGAY. THEY LIVED ON HIS HOMESTEAD WHERE THEY RAISED THE FAMILY.
SHE WAS VERY TALENTED WHICH MADE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER, RAISING NINE CHILDREN THROUGH THE DEPRESSION YEARS. SHE DID A LOT OF SEWING AND KNITTING FOR HER CHILDREN. SHE ALSO KEPT A LARGE GARDEN AND RAISED POULTRY, ALONG WITH HER OTHER CHORES. AS THE YEARS WENT BY AND THE FAMILY
KLEIN, Charles Carl 1932 – 1992
KLEIN, CHARLES CARL, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL FEBRUARY 5, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 59 YEARS.
CARL WAS BORN AUGUST 26, 1932 AT REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN AND WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR LIMERICK WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS SCHOOLING. IN 1951 HE MET HELEN MATTHEWS AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON NOVEMBER 28, 1953. THEY FARMED IN SASKATCHEWAN UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1966 WHERE THEY HAVE RESIDED SINCE.
CARL WAS EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY OF VULCAN FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS, CHARMATT GRADER SERVICES.
CARL LOVED HIS FAMILY. HE ENJOYED MUSIC, READING, HISTORY, ANTIQUES, ANIMALS AND
THARLE, Grace Marie (Nee: Strong) 1916 – 1992
THARLE, GRACE MARIE, DIED SUDDENLY AS THE RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT EAST OF HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA JANUARY 30, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
GRACE WAS BORN AT VANGUARD, SASKATCHEWAN ON JUNE 16, 1916. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CRESTON, B.C. AS A YOUNG GIRL. THE FAMILY CAME TO MOSSLEIGH IN 1930. SHE WALKED TO THE ONLY SCHOOL WITH HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHICH WAS TWO AND A HALF MILES WEST OF MOSSLEIGH UP ON THE HILL AND ONE OF HER FIRST TEACHERS WAS MARGARET EATON.
SHE MARRIED ARTHUR THARLE IN 1938. THEY LIVED IN MOSSLEIGH WHERE THEIR THREE
PATON, Odile Yvonne 1905 – 1992
PATON, ODILE YVONNE, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE ENSIGN DISTRICT, PASSED AWAY AT THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL JANUARY 9, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON DAVID OF VULCAN, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ECHO PATON OF VULCAN, TWO GRANDCHILDREN BRENDA (DOUG) MACDONALD OF STAVELY AND LORI PATON OF EDMONTON, A GREAT GRANDSON DERRICK JAMES PATON, A SISTER PAULINE YOUNG OF CALGARY, THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW HELEN PATON, BESSIE GIBSON AND HELEN CARGILL, ALL OF MONTROSE, SCOTLAND AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ODILE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND WILLIAM IN 1949, A SON WILLIAM, A GRANDSON DUANE, SEVEN BROTHERS, FOUR SISTERS AND HER
NIELSEN, Edith Mary 1906 – 1992
NIELSEN, MRS. EDITH NIELSEN OF LOMOND, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT SHUSWAP LAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL, SALMON ARM, B.C. ON JANUARY 2, 1992 AFTER A LENGTHY STRUGGLE WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1906 IN VEGGERLASE, DENMARK AND LANDED IN HALIFAX APRIL 30, 1924, THEN TO CALGARY A WEEK LATER.
EDITH WENT TO WORK ON A FARM IN STANDARD. SHE MARRIED AXEL NEILSEN IN CALGARY JULY ll, 1924. THEY WENT TO WORK ON THE MCDOUGALL RANCH IN COCHRANE UNTIL MOVING TO LOMOND IN 1927 TO WORK FOR OLI SOKVITNE. IN 1929 THEY STARTED FARMING LAND THEY HAD
BRETT, Anna May 1896 – 1991
BRETT, ANNA MAY, FORMERLY OF CALGARY AND CHAMPION, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT THE BURNABY GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 29, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
MAY WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1896 AT BARRIE ONTARIO AND MOVED TO SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN WHEN SHE WAS A YEAR OLD. THE FAMILY TRAVELLED TO STAVELY IN 1906 AND SETTLED IN CHAMPION. SHE ATTENDED COUNTRY SCHOOLS OF BOW VALLEY AND WASHINGTON. IN 1920 MAY MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE T. EATON COMPANY. MAY AND HER SISTER PEARL ALSO MODELLED FOR THE EATON COMPANY. IN 1931 SHE RETURNED TO THE FARM AT CHAMPION AND
GATEMAN, Beulah Elizabeth 1905 – 1991
GATEMAN, BEULAH ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 14, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 86 YEARS.
BEULAH WAS BORN AT RED DEER, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 7, 1905. SHE WAS RAISED IN THE NANTON AND OKOTOKS AREAS. SHE THEN ATTENDED NORMAL SCHOOL AND BEGAN TEACHING AT BIG ROCK, HIGHLAND AND UNION JACK SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED NORMAN GEORGE GATEMAN IN 1929. THEY FARMED IN THE MOSSLEIGH AREA UNTIL SHE MOVED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN IN 1984 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
BUELAH WAS AN AVID SCRABBLE PLAYER AND EXCELLENT SPELLER. SHE ENJOYED READING OUT LOUD FOR ANYONE TO
KUYKENDALL, GRACE AILEEN 1902 – 1991
KUYKENDALL, GRACE AILEEN, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 11, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
GRACE WAS BORN APRIL 24, 1902 AT PATTERSON’S CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA. SHE WAS RAISED IN HER GRANDMOTHERS HOME. IN 1920 SHE MARRIED EDWIN RUSSELL KUYKENDALL, A GENERAL STORE KEEPER AT PATTERSON’S CREEK. THEY IMMIGRATED TO ALBERTA IN 1924, FOLLOWING EDWIN’S BROTHER, LAWSON’S INVITATION TO COME TO VULCAN. THEY MOVED TO THE REID HILL AREA EAST OF TOWN WHERE THEY OPERATED A GENERAL STORE AND THEN TO THIGH HILL TO FARM. IN 1942 THEY MOVED TO FARM IN THE SUNDRE AREA UNTIL
WILL, Alice 1903 – 1991
WILL, ALICE, FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL DECEMBER 10, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
ALICE WAS BORN JUNE 3, 1903 AT AIRDRIE, SCOTLAND WHERE SHE WORKED AT SEVERAL JOBS HER LAST JOB WAS AT A BISCUIT FACTORY. SHE ARRIVED IN HIGH RIVER BY TRAIN IN JUNE OF 1926 WHERE SHE WORKED AS A DOMESTIC. SHE MARRIED WILSON ANDREW “PETE” WILL IN DECEMBER OF 1928. THEY FARMED IN THE MILO AREA UNTIL PETE DIED IN 1968. ALICE CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE FARM UNTIL MOVING TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN IN 1988