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Gordon George “Jordy” Petronech of Champion, Alberta passed away May 17, 2011 in Calgary at the age of 67 years.
Gordon was born December 9, 1943 in Coaldale, Alberta to Gordon and Betty Petronech. He attended school in Coaldale and Champion. Once he moved to the farm at Champion, Gordon knew that was where he always wanted to be.
Following his leg surgery and the loss of his father, he carried on farming. Gordon married Maxine in 1978 and they raised their family in Champion. He was very community minded and was always helping or doing projects to assist his

Flight is freedom in its purest form,To dance with the clouds which follow a storm;To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,To feel the joy that swells within.
To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,And know the warmth of a clear spring sky;Then back to earth at the end of the day,Released from the tensions which melted away.
Should my end come while I am in flight,Whether brightest day or darkest night;Spare me no pity and shrug off the pain,Secure in the knowledge that I’d do it again.
For each of us is created to dieAnd within me I know,I was

Joyce Ann Birch passed away surrounded by her loving family April 27, 2011 at Vulcan, Alberta at the age of 74 years.
Joyce was born on May 29, 1936 Calgary, Alberta to John and Agnes “Nan” Black. Her early years were spent on the family dairy farm. She grew up learning the values of family, work and honesty. She was involved in the Bearspaw 4-H Club and showing her Ayrshire project. Her 4-H highlight was going to Toronto as part of the Alberta judging team and winning. After high school she attended secretarial school and then

Alice Dorothy Bartsch passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the Sunrise Gardens in Brooks, Alberta at the age of 91 years.
A funeral service was held on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 1:30 pm at the Milo Community Hall, Milo, Alberta. Officiated by Reverend Gordon Cranch. Interment followed in the O Perfect Peace Cemetery, Milo, Alberta.
In lieu of flowers, tributes in Alice’s memory can be made to Hope Lutheran Church, Box 31, Milo, Alberta T0L 1L0.
Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home, telephone 403-485-2633. E-condolences through www.vulcanfuneralhome.ca

HANSEN, Henry Peter, born November 1, 1925, passed away in Vulcan, Alberta on March 30, 2011, at the age of 85.
Henry was born at Ensign, Alberta, the youngest son of Agnes and Elmer Hansen. As a young boy he attended Derry School, a one-room prairie school located northwest of Vulcan. After finishing grade 12 in Vulcan in 1942, Henry returned to the family farm to begin his farming career, which he would continue for 66 years until his retirement in 2008. Over the years, he was quick to embrace farming innovations as they became available, including

Norma Ellen (Adam) Silbernagel was born in Vulcan, Alberta on July 23, 1935. She took her schooling at Sunnyglen and Reid Hill, and then to Vulcan, Alberta. She road her pony to school at the age of 6 which was about 3 ½ miles.
Norma went to Olds College and took Home Economics. She met her Pete at the College, and they got married in 1954 and came back to the farm. She tells everyone that she brought him home and he would not leave, so she married him. They have three children, Dalyce,

Lorraine Lillian Pobst of Edmonton (formerly of Arrowwood) passed away March 6, 2011, in the University of Alberta Hospital at the age of 81 years.
Lorraine was born June 4, 1929 in Sundre, Alberta to Chris and Hazel Sheets, and lived in the Westward Ho area until moving to Calgary in 1941. After the war in 1945 the family relocated to New Westminster. After grade eleven, she went to work. She met Arnold Pobst shortly after and they were married March 26,1947. They travelled back and forth between Arrowwood and B.C. and in 1958, they were able to

Ladislav “Leslie” Kovacs of Vulcan passed away Saturday March 5, 2011 at Vulcan Community Health Center at the age of 83 years.
A Celebration of Life was held on saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Tuxedo Park Community Center, Calgary, Alberta from 2-6 pm.
Cremation. Inurement at a later date in Salmon Arm Cemetery, Salmon Arm, B.C.
In lieu of flowers tributes in Leslie’s memory could be made to Vulcan Health Care Auxiliary Box 299 Vulcan, Alberta T0L 2B0.

Leslie will be missed by Ernest (Julie), Ildiko (Jason), Ashlyn, Dean, Brayden, Tibor (Kelly), Jay (Shaina) and Dustin.
Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home.