MABEL IRENE DEITZ (nee: McLARTY, PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE JULY 16, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
MABEL WAS BORN AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 21, 1894. HER FAMILY LIVED IN BARRIE, ONTARIO. HER MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS JUST EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD AND WHEN SHE WAS TEN YEARS OLD, HER FATHER DIED. ONE YEAR LATER, HER OLDER SISTER, EDITH ALSO DIED. SHORTLY AFTER, MABEL, HER SISTER, BELVIA AND HER BROTHER WILBERT CAME WEST TO WHAT WAS THEN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND NOW SASKATCHEWAN TO LIVE WITH SOME COUSINS AT WEYBURN. AT THE AGE OF TEN, MABEL EARNED
VOOYS, Elsie Albertina 1920 – 1991
VOOYS, ELSIE ALBERTINA OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JULY 13, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
ELSIE WAS BORN AT LOMOND, ALBERTA ON JUNE 1, 1920. SHE PLAYED PIANO FOR CHURCH SERVICES AT PROSPECT SLOPE HALL AND ALSO IN THE HENRY HUFF ORCHESTRA FOR DANCES ALL AROUND THE LOMOND AND MILO AREA. ELSIE MARRIED GILBERT VOOYS NOVEMBER 7, 1947 AND THEY FARMED AND RAISED A FAMILY IN THE MILO AREA. SHE WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED WITH HER CHURCH AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES. THE CHURCH AND THE LORD WERE HER FOUNDATION AND HARD WORK.
SHE LOVED HER FAMILY, HER ROSE GARDEN AND GARDENING.
BARNES, Mary Edith 1909 – 1991
BARNES, MARY EDITH PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL JULY 2, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN AUGUST 2, 1909 ON THE FARM ELEVEN MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANUM, ALBERTA IN THE NORTHERN LIGHT DISTRICT. SHE ATTENDED NORTHERN LIGHT AND CLARESHOLM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WORKED FOR MRS. J.W. BARNES ON THE FARM IN THE GRANUM DISTRICT, WHERE SHE MET BILL BARNES WHO MOVED TO BINDLOSS IN 1919. BILL AND EDITH WERE MARRIED IN 1938 AND RESIDED IN THE BINDLOSS COMMUNITY UNTIL RETIRING TO CLARESHOLM IN 1968 THEN TO VULCAN IN 1978 WERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
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SHARKEY, Gerald 1916 – 1991
SHARKEY, GERALD PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON JUNE 10, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
GERALD WAS BORN AT ST. PAUL, ALBERTA ON JANUARY 1, 1916 WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. IN 1939 HE JOINED THE ARMY AND SERVED OVERSEAS UNTIL RETURNING HOME IN 1944. HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE CALGARY BREWERY IN 1948 WHERE HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO A SUPERVISOR AT THE PLANT. HE PURCHASED A SMALL HOUSE IN VULCAN IN 1976 AND IN 1978 HE RETIRED AND MOVED TO VULCAN. IN 1985 HE MOVED TO THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AND IN 1989 TO THE
SALTER, Dora 1894 – 1991
DORA SALTER WAS QUIETLY CALLED HOME TO HER LORD ON JUNE 7, 1991 IN HER 96TH YEAR.
DORA WAS BORN AT STANTON, VIRGINIA ON JUNE 30, 1894. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO ROLLIC COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA IN 1897, THEN CAME TO NANTON IN 1900 TO HOMESTEAD SEVEN MILES WEST OF VULCAN. SHE ATTENDED RICHMOND HILL AND HARVEY SCHOOLS. IN 1916, SHE MARRIED RALPH SALTER AND TWO YEARS LATER MOVED THREE MILES EAST OF ARROWWOOD. IN 1927, THEY BEGAN OPERATING A GARAGE AT QUEENSTOWN FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. IN 1931, SHE MOVED HER FIVE CHILDREN TO
HOOD, Robert Dale 1934 – 1991
MR. ROBERT DALE HOOD OF VULCAN, PASSED AWAY MAY 22, 1991 AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 57 YEARS.
DALE WAS BORN AT OXBOW, SK ON JULY 31, 1934. DALE LIVED IN ARROWWOOD AND DROVE SCHOOL BUS AND RAN A BULK STATION UNTIL 1973 THEN MOVED TO VULCAN AND WORKED FOR THE COUNTY OF VULCAN AS ROAD MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR UNTIL HIS HEALTH PREVENTED HIM FROM WORKING.
HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND ENJOYED HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS GENEROUS BY NATURE AND A VERY KIND HEARTED PERSON WHO WAS ALWAYS READY TO LEND A HELPING HAND TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHEN
QUIGLEY, Laurine Elna Grace 1918 – 1991
QUIGLEY, LAURINE ELNA GRACE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME IN CALGARY, ALBERTA ON MAY 14, 1991.
LAURINE ELNA GRACE THOMANDER QUIGLEY WAS BORN OCTOBER 1, 1918, IN VULCAN ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED SUNNYLAKE SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE 9, THEN WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN MILO AND FINISHED IN VULCAN.
LAURINE MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM HOLY CROSS SCHOOL OF NURSING IN 1941. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM A. QUIGLEY IN 1944 AND MOVED TO EDMONTON, AND BEGAN RAISING A FAMILY. LAURINE HAD THREE CHILDREN, KAREN, KATHY, AND DAVID. AFTER RAISING HER CHILDREN, LAURINE MOVED BACK TO CALGARY IN 1974 AND RESUMED HER NURSING
DAUB, Irvine Leonard 1908 – 1991
IRVINE LEONARD DAUB PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL APRIL 30, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. HELEN DAUB OF CHAMPION AND LOVING FATHER OF A DAUGHTER LEONE JARDINE OF CRANBROOK, FOUR GRANDSONS ROSS, KYLE, SCOTT AND PAUL, A BROTHER WILFORD (ALICE) OF LETHBRIDGE, SIX SISTERS ANNETTA GROVES OF CHAMPION, EILEEN (CLARENCE) GREEN OF MOSSLEIGH, ANNA (LORN) MAISEY, LUCY MALMBERG ALL OF HIGH RIVER, DOROTHY STRANG AND LAURA GORELL BOTH OF CALGARY, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY A BROTHER CLAYTON, A SISTER CLARA ASHMORE AND HIS PARENTS.
IRVINE WAS BORN MAY 22, 1908
MARSHMAN, Rae 1923 – 1991
MARSHMAN, RAE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON APRIL 24, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS.
RAE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 24, 1923 AT ESTEVAN, SK. SHE CAME TO VULCAN IN 1946. RAE LOVED MUSIC AND JOINED THE UNITED CHURCH CHOIR AND ALSO WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR ELEVEN YEARS. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN ELDERS OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA FOR NINE YEARS. IN 1962, SHE BECAME A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH WOMEN. SHE ALSO TAUGHT SUMMER CHURCH SCHOOL AND STARTED THE CHILDRENS’ MISSION BAND AND
KONNO, Katsushige “Kats” 1924 – 1991
KONNO, KATSUSHIGE “KATS” PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY APRIL 10, 1991 AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 67 YEARS.
KATS WAS BORN IN MISSION, BC ON JANUARY 31, 1924 WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION. HE CAME WITH HIS FAMILY TO ALBERTA IN 1942 AND IN 1944 HE WORKED IN MILK RIVER AT A GARAGE. HE MARRIED HELEN IWABUCHI ON APRIL 23, 1960. IN 1964, HE WORKED IN TABER FOR JOHN DEERE AS A PARTSMAN AND IN 1965, HE CAME TO VULCAN TO WORK AT THE JOHN DEERE DEALERSHIP AS PARTS MANAGER. HE LATER WORKED AT OTHER BUSINESSES IN TOWN AND